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|Geeking in the Third World
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While I applaud the concept of getting I.T. people out to developing nations to help build the infrastructure - something doesn't sit with me quite right. For one thing, I guess it seems like Geekcorps is providing a lot of free labor to companies that will (or hope to!) eventually make large profits on the results. Since they're saying 90% of their funding comes from international development funds provided by the U.S. - doesn't that really amount to the United States paying for I.T. staff to work for private businesses in other countries?
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I've spent months as a child of medical volunteers in Ethiopia and Haiti and wanted to give other geeks a little insight into what it's like to be in these kinds of places. Geeks might feel especially anxious about a massive change of scenery. I want to argue that in some ways, geeks are the best cultural ambassadors we have. Read on.
I consider myself a pretty typical geek: studious my whole life, had few friends, greatly appreciate my alone time when I can get it, lack of social sophistication, lack of desire to become socially sophisticated.
I was 18 in my last trip to Haiti, so you might keep in mind that my sense of self was still quite green. At first, there was a sense of complete shock at how different people's lives are from those I knew growing up in the U.S. It was like going to another planet. This was both exciting and overwhelming for the first few days. As a geek, I think I was less prepared than others for the powerful effect another cultural mindset can have. My shields were not at 100%, let's say.
As an example, at first it was very hard for me to be the target of panhandling from children: children without shoes asking you for your shoes, your watch, your shirt, any change you can spare. I came to eventually see myself as an actor acting out the part of an elite individual saying "no" to almost all of them, but it took a while to overcome the resentment I felt for being put into this position whether I liked it or not. I eventually learned to make it a kind of game where I would try to divert the flow of events by making them laugh at something funny I did, or I would ask them if I could join in on their soccer game with a tennis ball, and then it would turn into great fun. I could go on about how incredibly good-natured some of these super-skinny kids with ragged clothes were. The ones who couldn't be bothered to talk about something besides handouts were likely to leave after a few minutes of my attempts at diversion. Those that stuck around were more likely to follow me back to the house where we were staying to get some small food item or toy. Even simple things like yarn were considered very cool at times. Or they would get a taste of American candy or somesuch.
There was a two week period where I felt a sense of depression because it seemed completely arbitrary that I got to sit in an air-conditioned room in a house, eating and drinking good food whenever I wanted, while countless numbers of people just as deserving as me were going hungry and yet somehow managed to get up every and make the best of it. It probably didn't help that we were there to help at a hospital, where I got to see very sick people struggling to live. The worst were the small children in the burn ward who were often there because illness is sometimes treated with superstitious practices of throwing children into fires, perhaps to exorcise demons.
OK, I think I described my depression pretty well in that last paragraph, but I don't want to overpower my comments with negativity. So I'll move onto what was so great about what I did and why I think every person in the U.S., especially geeks, should try going to a developing country, preferable before they get too old and set in their ways.
It was an experience that has absolutely changed my life. Perhaps it was because I was a geek, but I found myself particularly affected by my exposure to different cultures. This is both good and bad: if you learn how to let it affect you positively, it's good. If you get overwhelmed and depressed from it, it's bad at least in the short term. But in either case, you're living a new experience and life seems fresh and vibrant, like you're a child learning everything for the first time again. Geeks are, I believe, especially "good" at empathy, which is the essential ingredient to building bridges across cultures. Ideally, geeks also need something like a mentor so that their idealism and empathy aren't used against them. So teaming up with other geeks with more experience is probably a really good idea.
Here are the positive things my visits to Haiti and Ethiopia have meant to me: I'll never take all of the luxuries I have here in the US for granted again (I'm sill very interested in low-tech living). I'll never take some of our incredibly strong and vibrant democratic instituions for granted. I'll never believe some of the bizarre rhetoric that comes out of US politician's mouths about how poor people and countries are there because they don't apply themselves enough. This is easy to say if you isolated yourself from poverty your whole life, as most U.S. politicians have. Go to a poor country, and you'll see how hard people there work for a couple dollars a day or even the chance to have a job.
If you want to view "reality" as it is for most people on earth, you absolutely must leave the U.S. and learn about human cultures elsewhere. It will make you stronger, more compassionate, and more able to see things from multiple perspectives.
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"I guess it seems like Geekcorps is providing a lot of free labor to companies that will (or hope to!) eventually make large profits on the results." That is exactly the point. They are getting IT companys on their feet, so that money will roll in. '...teach a man to fish...' and all that...
"The work seems to be going to companies that really should be trying to hire people from overseas, instead of "leeching" off of volunteers." Read the article. The point is that the companies shouldnt need to go overseas to get programmers, they should get local workers. Then you need teachers/volunteers...
"The countries the work is being done in aren't ones most people I know would put on a list of "places they'd really like to visit, sometime", either." Then dont volunteer, work for Microsoft, get rich and go to Majorca on holiday with your friends, or something like that.
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You say: "doesn't that really amount to the United States paying for I.T. staff to work for private businesses in other countries?" Yes, that's right. And that's terrific. You've got to remember the scale of dollars in these countries. These are not profits that would be more than a rounding error to even small US companies in many case -- not "large profits." But what's wonderful about this approach rather than the "handout" style of a lot of charity, is that it means that the money you spend is an investment. And after a while, you don't have to keep making it. It's like volunteer capital, in a way. Start a business ecology, and you improve the company by helping the people to help themselves.
FWIW, this is the approach taken by a lot of forward thinking charities. It was originally pioneered by the Grameen Bank in India, where they provide "microfinance" loans of $50 to start small businesses (where a business might be as small as owning a goat that provides milk). But even folks like the (lately much maligned) Nature Conservancy do this. Rather than telling folks in Oceania how bad for the coral reefs it is to fish with dynamite, they help them set up sustainable fishery businesses.
I have mixed feelings on this.....
2003-05-15 13:47:17 anonymous2 [View]
Amazing! You completely missed the point of the entire project. You would only sign up for this sort of thing if you wanted to volunteer your services to help the people in these developing nations. So it's not "still worth mentioning to point out that salary certainly is no plus" and that most people you know wouldn't put these places on the top of there "places they'd really like to visit, sometime" list. And "leeching" off volunteers? Isn't that non-sensical considering you specifically do *volunteer* work when you don't expect to get anything back for it. Get your head out of your ass!


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The whole idea behind this game from initial conception was to create a game that breaks down social gaming to its most basic elements, make fun of it, and succeed. For me, it was my first hand at a typical Facebook game so it was a new way to think about mechanics.
In some ways I walked the line between Game Designer and Product Manager. As a designer I wanted to create a good product that lived up to be a satire. On the other hand, it quickly became about finding ways to understand and guide players to maximize interest in specific elements for the purpose of success.
Oh, I also coded the whole thing. Definitely pushed my knowledge of Flash a significant amount and I learned a great deal more than I have in recent years. I loved the opportunity to try and deal with so many elements.
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It also involved a lot of going into Flash and setting up assets while having to speak with artists on getting everything setup.
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I came up with some of the initial concept ideas for chicken types, and worked with artists to bring those chickens to life. Working with an editor we put together, I've also been making a few personal custom ones that we then made available.
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I'll admit, I'm inordinately excited about this game, and I've had my copy pre-ordered since it was first available on Amazon.com. No matter what George Lucas does to his once-beloved franchise, there's still a little part of me that remembers being a boy and watching the original versions of the first three films on VHS.
That said, I've played a LOT of other MMORPGs and none of them have managed to unseat WoW in my heart or in my regular play-schedule. Age of Conan couldn't do it (largely because at the time the graphics requirements were impossible, and after level 20 it just sort of fell flat), Aion couldn't do it, City of Heroes (which was my first MMORPG and to which I came back once or twice) couldn't do it, Warhammer Online couldn't do it, Pirates of the Burning Sea couldn't do it, LotRO couldn't do it... Rift just looked like a tiresome retread, as did EQ2; and Wizard 101 and Puzzle Pirates, while fun, are more like an appetizer than a main-course. The only things that have even come close have been Dragon Age: Origins/Awakening (DA2 was pure crap) and getting my degrees, and even those couldn't keep me away from WoW for longer than a year.
Did Cataclysm include a lot of mis-steps and wasted opportunities? Absolutely, and I'm worried about Blizzard's increasingly slapdash approach to its most popular franchise. But Cataclysm also included a lot of features that have managed to keep me playing. I honestly don't think anything is going to take WoW's place for me, at least not for a good long while.


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Tim Lane For the good of the game, Paul Roos should share his views on a second Sydney team.
Thereabouts isn't always the formula for ultimate success
Tim Lane It's fashionable these days for coaches to espouse the notion of consistently putting their teams "thereabouts". That is, of achieving a run of top-four finishes. Of regularly being in the ballpark.
Ross Lyon is winning the AFL coaches battle year-in and out
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Unfortunately, it's not always just "that simple." Often times I find that the player that is overwhelmingly arrogant is the tank in the PuG group. Where I really don't even bother with dps that think they're too good for the group, dealing with a pompous tank is a whole other issue. I don't mind speed runs myself, but if I'm pugged with a group that can't dps the mobs down quickly enough then there should be no reason that said tank cannot slow it down a bit. This idea, however, seems completely heinous for someone of this tank's stature, "Why slow down? I'm doing this for free. I don't want to waste my time with noobs when I could be selling instaqueues instead." Rolling a plate (or bear) class doesn't give you the right to degrade others.


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I still think that user ratings should depend on how often and what scores the user rates (like giving all fives or all ones) as well as the amount of time spent on Kongregate. I suggest this because it looks like the Badge of the Day is quickly becoming the mark of death for a lot of games, especially old ones. Scores have significantly lowered with people that were just there for the badge and nothing else. I feel that it's extremely unfair considering the age of the game; today it's rather clunky, but back then people thought it was novel and fun. Moreover, this system would stop bot accounts from highly rating certain games to try to push to the front page as their score won't have a lot of impact.


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The South Point Hotel and Casino consists of a 25 story hotel tower and 90,000 square feet (8,400 m2) convention center located on a 60 acres (24 ha) site along Las Vegas Boulevard in Enterprise, Nevada. The casino is owned and operated by Michael Gaughan.
This $500 million project started construction in 2003, under the South Coast name. Based on advance booking, Coast Casinos announced expansion plans to add additional hotel rooms, with a second tower, for a total of 1,350 rooms. The foundation was also poured for a possible third tower during the initial construction phase.
The casino received approval to open from the Nevada Gaming Commission on November 17, 2005. At opening on December 22, 2005, the South Coast was the first megaresort located south of McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip. The hotel contained 662 rooms and 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2) of space that was not finished and was available to be converted into restaurant or casino space.
In mid July 2006, it was announced that Michael Gaughan would sell all of his Boyd stock to Boyd gaming in exchange for full ownership of the South Coast. The Nevada Gaming Commission approved the sale on October 19, 2006. After the deal closed, the South Coast was renamed South Point on October 24.
On August 24, 2007 the South Point announced an 830 room expansion with construction of the third hotel tower, turning the hotel towers into a "T"-shaped facility as seen from above. The $95 million expansion, planned for completion in July 2008, would add 10,000 sq ft (930 m2) of convention space and 5 food and beverage locations.[1][2] The third tower opened on July 21, 2008 with the hotel now offering a total of 2,163 rooms and 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m2) of meeting and convention space; the largest of any hotel in Las Vegas that is not on the Strip.[citation needed]
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- During 2006, the South Point was the venue of NBC's Poker After Dark, ESPN's Pro-Am Poker Equalizer and the third and fourth season of GSN's High Stakes Poker.
- The South Point has been the host site for the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon since 2006.
- The South Point Bowling Center, adjacent to the casino, is the site for the 2010 PBA "World Series of Bowling," and was featured in six ESPN telecasts during the 2010-11 PBA season.[3]
- In 2012, the Travel Channel featured a show titled Vegas Stripped that examined behind-the-scenes operations and management of South Point.[4]
- 4,400 seat equestrian arena with a 125 by 250 ft (38 by 76 m) arena with accommodations for 1,200 horses. At opening, it was the only equestrian arena connected to a hotel in the United States. The stalls are also air conditioned.
- 400 seat showroom
- 300 seat race and sports book
- 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m2) of meeting, banquet, and exhibit hall space
- A 16 screen movie theater
- A 64 lane bowling alley with pro shop
- 8 restaurants
- Bingo hall
- Poker room
- Steak 'n Shake restaurant
- ^ vegastodaytomorrow.com
- ^ KNIGHTLY, ARNOLD M. (2007-08-24). "South Point starts project to expand". Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ Schneider, Jerry. "2010 World Series of Bowling Q & A." Article at www.pba.com on July 21, 2010. [1]
- ^ http://www.travelchannel.com/video/vegas-stripped Vegas Stripped homepage
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I'm not Supermom.
As I write this, my floor is covered in dirt and toys, my kitchen sink is full of dishes, my preschooler is out somewhere with her dad, and my baby is eating a piece of paper.
So who am I?
I'm a mom all the time, although I spend a lot of that time looking forward to the day when all my kids are in school. I'm also a wife all the time, although I often forget that I love my husband like crazy and get mad at him because he didn't finish the dishes. I'm a writer when my kids are sleeping, or when they'll entertain themselves long enough for me to get on my computer. I almost never clean the house, I hate cooking, and I don't have pets. I do have a group of mom friends who are the greatest mama tribe you can imagine, and they've taught me everything I know. My superhero power is that I can get middle schoolers to do anything, although I haven't tested this on my kids yet. (They're not old enough. Ask me in ten years.) And I've had a lifelong crush on Spiderman.
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Movie Review: Prometheus
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Director Ridley Scott grabbed audiences by the stomach and took them on a horrific journey into space with "Alien." He returns to the science-fiction genre for the first time in decades with "Prometheus," the tame and confused prequel to his 1979 classic.
Thanks in large part to the brilliance of the first "Alien," as well as Scott's other successes (most notably "Black Hawk Down" and "Gladiator"), "Prometheus" has received more fan and critical buzz than almost any summer movie that doesn't include comic heroes and villains.
But lovers of "Alien" and Scott's adept hand with action will likely be disappointed with this unnecessary and cluttered bit of cinematic preamble. Scott moves too far from his roots as a great entertainer, pulled by the hokum of a screenplay that contemplates a plethora of half-baked philosophical ideas.
"Alien" had audiences on the edge of their seats. Eerie silences burst into extraterrestrial exclamations of violence and gore. Every dark corner of the ship Nostromo held the potential for terror. In "Prometheus," the spaceship feels more antiseptic and benign, and the sweeping music throughout feels better suited for a Spielberg melodrama than a horror.
Scott still has an eye for epic landscapes and the sublime, as evidenced by early scenes of a muscle-bound ivory figure (a proto-human?) deteriorating into a rushing avalanche of water (primordial soup?) as something of a creation story for mankind. But questions remain: Were humans built from a super race? Was mankind's creation intentional? One assumes the movie may hold the answers.
Flash forward to 2089, and a couple of scientists, Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (TV veteran Logan Marshall-Green), have discovered cave paintings around the world that point to a star map they believe may hold the answer to mankind's origins. What an odd, but convenient, assumption.
Shaw and Holloway are not just partners in inter-galactic anthropology. They have a romantic relationship, and his skepticism is meant to play off of her faith. But the relationship, intended as an adversarial exploration of belief systems, ends up falling flat thanks in part to Marshall-Green's one-note acting and a startling lack of chemistry with a somewhat cloistered Rapace.
The couple joins a mission aboard privately funded spacecraft Prometheus and sets out to find the star map, which the rosy-eyed Shaw calls "an invitation." That's the kind of naïveté that gets people killed. The ship's name, a nod to the titan who stole fire in an attempt to bridge the gap between gods and men, is a heavy-handed allusion to the crew's mission to discover man's origin.
We catch up with the crew asleep in pods (just one of several callbacks to "Alien") as they nod for their two-year journey to deep space. It is here we meet the most interesting character of "Prometheus," the cyborg David, played with measured control by Michael Fassbender ("Shame").
David pokes around the silent spacecraft, busying himself with ship maintenance, bouncing a basketball with alien awkwardness and watching "Lawrence of Arabia," looking for clues to the conversational ease of normal human speech. Fassbender even resembles Peter O'Toole a bit.
Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron) has control of the space venture and, one assumes, David, as the representative of the Weyland Corporation, a nefarious-sounding organization serving as Prometheus' patron. With her stern glares and admonishments, Theron, in full body jumpsuit, resembles the sporty version of her evil queen in "Snow White and the Huntsman." As with many plot points in the film, there is a suggestion of duplicity in Vickers' behavior, but the idea is never fully examined, just another loose end that drifts off into space.
Joining Shaw and Holloway for their journey is a rag-tag crew with none of the memorable personalities that joined Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley. Idris Elba (a revelation as Stringer Bell on "The Wire") plays the ship's captain Janek as a folksy Southern boat pilot with a forced accent. And there are others, but they are so thinly painted, you won't care whether they live or die.
We also discover that Peter Weyland, the multibillionaire funding the operation, has come along for the ride. What, then, are his intentions? Well, when a billionaire old guy goes tromping through space, one can imagine he is after only one thing (and it's not a hot alien trophy wife). Life everlasting!
Guy Pearce, in pounds of prosthetics that leave him resembling the Emperor in "Return of the Jedi," curiously plays Weyland, whose presence weakly conjures ideas of the search for eternal life and the role and power of corporations. More ideas!
Once the ship reaches its destination, the team sets out to look for traces of the Engineers, the race of progenitor aliens possibly responsible for our existence. But contrary to Shaw's best hopes, the aliens don't seem very pleased to have been reacquainted with humans. And then, as they say, it is on.
Unwanted infections take hold, a host of slithering and frightening alien life forms are introduced to the rushed story, and people start dying. As the space battle escalates, Shaw must go to heroic lengths to protect humankind.
The final sequences are such an obvious nod to a sequel to this prequel that you can almost envision the slew of advertisements that will run during the 2014 NBA Finals.
The script from Damon Lindelof (co-creator of "Lost") and John Spaith simply tries too hard to inject what could have been a taut action film with pseudo-intellectual ideas about spirituality, faith and the destructive nature of man.
The slight storylines take themselves too seriously, bogging down the action. Wooden performances from most of the cast, excepting the always strong Fassbender, feel as unbelievable as the story the film is trying to tell.
Scott shows a restrained hand with his use of 3D and makes the most of the visual gimmick, specifically with his hologram star map and a mesmerizing chase scene, but the script saps the director's strengths. There is a clarity and dark purity to Dariusz Wolski's cinematography and shots of the alien planet, but the visuals are little more than a beautiful shell protecting a hollow center.
The screenplay offers few answers to the multitude of questions it raises. Maybe that is the intention of this uncalled-for prequel. But I didn't realize there was ever a clamoring for an explanation of how "Alien" came to be, and I don't assume there will be much curiosity of how the story of "Prometheus" ends.
Director Ridley Scott grabbed audiences by the stomach and took them on a horrific journey into space with "Alien." He returns to the science-fiction genre for the first time in decades with "Prometheus," the tame and confused prequel to his 1979 classic.(Full review)


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And it will only get better from here…
The end of the month…the end of the YEAR is coming up ever so sneakily. I wanted to give you a little reminder of the project Holly is running, and I hope you will be a part of it too.
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There are things I feel that I don't know, that I can't name, that are there, just below the surface.
Music gives them a voice, makes them heard, forces me to listen. There are songs that make you think of that special person you have in your life. If you don't have one, of whom do you think? Or do you just smile at the sentiment?
What happens when you're not supposed to feel a particular way about a person? Do those songs bring them to mind?
I have thoughts in my head, I can't speak them because they scare me. I can't speak them because I'd rather they weren't true. I can't speak them because they just might be.
I wish I had a heart of stone.
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Craving a lover, friend, confidant, other half.
Thanking Christ I'm single.
How the fuck am I supposed to deal with both of those thoughts in a single day, a single hour, a single moment!?
I first met Yolie on Twitter, then in person, back before she started blogging, before she tumblrd. She is gorgeous and I'm so pleased to be able to call her a friend. She writes music, she…
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ISA Regatta Records
ISA Rule Book
February 4, 2014
"Counting Stars"
Well edited video from Dan Clapp. Great to see the orange Skeeter having fun on the ice at the Eastern ISA.
February 3, 2014
EISA Drone
Photographer Jeff Smith shot some photos at the Eastern ISA with his new drone helicopter. See them here.
Sail Racing ISA Pictures
Jay Yaeso makin' wake
All photos credit Sail Racing/Jan Söderström
As we prepare for the ISA regatta called on for Lake Champlain this coming weekend, it's a great time to share these photos from Sweden's Sail Racing. Their photographer, Jan Söderström shot thousands of photos at the 2013 ISA regatta sailed on Lake Kegonsa for an ad campaign that was to have been released in the fall of 2013. But due to a very warm autumn and winter in Europe, Sail Racing has decided to wait with the Skeeter story until next season, autumn 2014. They also filmed quite a bit of video which will be released next season as well.
Bill Dale's Merlin
JD pushes off.
Madison's skyline from Lake
The local constabulary are always
interested in ice sailing.
Ken Whitehorse
February 2, 2014
Eastern ISA Awards
C Skeeter Winners
Regatta Chairman: Jordan Glazer, 3rd place: Robert Queisser (right), 2nd Place: Bob Crum (not shown), 1st Place: James Lamb (left)
B Skeeter Winners:
Left to right 3rd: Keith Kennedy, 2nd: George Neyssen, 1st: Mark Hancik, RC: Jordan Glaser
A Skeeter Winners
L to R RC: Jordan Glaser, 3rd: Tony Bosco, 2nd: Chris Davidson, 1st: Dan Clapp
February 1, 2014
Eastern ISA Day 1
Photo Credit: Jeff Brown
Yankees on the line today at the Eastern ISA on Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh, New York. Day one standings posted here. Via Skeeter skipper Jordan Glaser, "Three races were run for A, B, & C Skeeter classes today. The day started out with little wind and ultimately blew nice & hard as the day progressed. There was plenty of hard, smooth snow ice...so after enjoying Brooklyn Bagels for breakfast, the DN boys set up there own course and ran the Eastern DNs. Of course, Dan Clapp was in top form and ran away with the A skeeter races today. Chris Davison, Tony Bosco & Jordan Glaser enjoyed duking it out for the other positions. Mark Hancik finally emerged in 1st after today's B skeeter Yankee races. Boy wonder James Lamb (from the New England Ice Yacht Club) took all the C Skeeter races. I'd like to see him match up against Gus Stauber (Rush) from Michigan. Attendees were from Indiana, Sodus Bay, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Red Bank, Lake Hopatkong, Greenpoint & Lake Ronkonkoma. Jeff Smith took a bunch of pics with his new drone (Watch out Craig Wilson!). We'll get Jeff to send you some."
January 30, 2014
Eastern ISA Called ON for Champlain
Today's MODIS view of Lake Champlain is looking really good!
Date: February 1-2, 2014
Launch: Gilbert Brook Marina
715 Lake Shore Road, West Chazy, NY Link to Map
Lodging: Holiday Inn Express, Plattsburgh Link to Map
UPDATE 2: 5:30 PM Dan Clapp talk in Champlain Room at Plattsburgh Holiday Inn Saturday night followed by-
Banquet: 7:30PM Green House Butcher Block Restaurant 15 Booth Dr, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Link to Map
UPDATE 1: It looks like a Ferry made the original site unsafe to sail. We will be moving further north to sail on a large plate on snow ice on Monty Bay (North of Plattsburgh). The primary launch site will be at the Gilbert Brook Marina, 715 Lake Shore Road, West Chazy, New York. An additional launch is north of the Marina. Lodging will remain at the Plattsburgh Holiday Inn. First race at 11AM Saturday (wind permitting). Dan Clapp talk Saturday evening. Additional races Sunday. Thanks to Bob Dill for checking things out today. "Open to all Skeeter classes. 1st race is 11AM on Saturday. There is a large plate of black ice. Lodging will be at the Plattsburgh Holiday Inn: 412 Highway #3, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 ph (518)-561-5000. On Saturday evening at 5:30 PM, Dan Clapp will run a clinic for all skippers on "Racing Tactics."
January 13, 2014
ISA Postponed
The International Skeeter Association Regatta has been postponed until February 7,8,9, 2014. Check back on Sunday, February 2, 2014 for the next update. If there are conditions for a Northwest regatta, the Northwest will take precedence.
December 30, 2013
ISA News
INTERNATIONAL SKEETER ASSOCIATION DUES NOTICE The annual dues is $25.00 for the 2013-2014 season, payable to the Secretary/Treasurer:
Paul Krueger, 3027 Siggelkow Road, McFarland, WI 53558. December 15, 2013 is the deadline for items to be placed on the 2014 agenda. January 10, 11, & 12, 2014 (Friday, Saturday, & Sunday) is the scheduled weekend for the 2014 Regatta.
February 2013
See results, reports, and photos from the 2013 ISA here.
ISA Agenda
Via ISA Secretary Paul Krueger, here is your 2012 ISA meeting agenda.
July 8, 2012
Skeeter News: Things Just Got A Lot More Interesting....
Via New Jersey Skeeter skipper Dan Clapp: "Yesterday, it was predicted to reach 102 degrees here in NJ. Tom Nichols informed me that John Dennis was on his way here to buy Tom's patriotic skeeter...and that we were going to set it up. WHAT?? On the hottest day of the year?? Ugh.
Well, we didn't set it up. And it never reached 102. But 99 was hot enough.
Tom's dark blue paint job gets hot in direct sunlight. So to save the boat from "cooking" all the way back to MN, John Dennis wrapped the boat in white plastic....and it worked. The "package" was now cool to the touch.
John Dennis came with friend and fellow DNer Jim McDonaugh and his dog Neil. Tom Nichols summoned Mark Hancik and I to help with the transfer. Mark and I were jealous to watch sail after sail....and several sets of carbon fiber battens...and three sets of stainless runners get loaded into John's van....especailly considering I only have ONE SET.
I said to John, "this isn't the DN class with a set for every ice condition". John replied by saying, "I read the skeeter rules on runners and I love it. There are no rules." (Note to Yaeso: get ready to either make alot of runners or, propose a new runner rule".)
We are thrilled to have John Dennis in the skeeter class. Current DN Northwest Champion and recent DN North American Champion, John is the most talented sailor to join the Skeeter class in decades. And his learning curve will be quick, especially considering he's driving a two-time ISA winning boat. We fully expect John to be stirring things up at the front of the pack. And although I look forward to competing against him, I don't look forward to now having to drive to Minnesota."
John Dennis, Tom Nichols, Jim McDonagh, and Mark Hancik
January 4, 2012
Dat's Da One
4LIYC skipper Bob Kau has the decking on his latest Skeeter creation.
December 20, 2011
Area 311 Skunkworks Update
Via Jay Yaeso, "These 2 rock stars are building parts for a unidentified coming attraction."
December 19, 2011
A Coming Attraction for 2012?
If you guessed that this was 4LIYC Skeeter skipper Bob Kau's formerly top secret latest A-Skeeter creation, you are correct. Bob writes, "my new boat is a combination of my 'malt tempered thinking', Elmer's [Millenbach] dream boat, Charlie Miller's old boat, and Jay Yaeso's skills and help."
June 24, 2010
Art Siebke, NJ Skeeter Sailor
Click to see entire Camel ad "DAVID & GOLIATH ON ICE!"
We received an inquiry from the nephew of Greenwood Lake, New Jersey Skeeter sailor Art Siebke wanting to learn more about his uncle's involvement in ice boating.
Above is part of a beautifully illustrated advertisement for Camel cigarettes featuring Siebke. Be sure to click on the image to see the entire panel.
Sailing as a member of the Skeeter Ice Boat Club, Siebke won the International Skeeter Association championship in 1948.
The ISA continues to award the Siebke Memorial Trophy to the skipper who travels the farthest to race his yacht in the annual regatta.
If you have any stories to share about Art Siebke, email to me and I'll pass them on to his nephew.


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East Ormsby shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – In the last hours of a three-day weekend a student is preparing for surgery instead of attending classes on Tuesday.
It was sad news to Smoketown residents who came home to a crime scene.
"Sixteen? He's still a baby, he's a baby. Somebody's baby and those [who] probably did it are babies," resident June Alexander said.
Just after 5 p.m. police were called to a home in the 600 block of East Ormsby where they found a teenage victim shot in the upper torso. According to witnesses, he may have been chased there by other young men.
"We believe anywhere from three to 6 black male juveniles were involved so we are combing the area looking for these people," Sgt. Robert Biven of Louisville Metro Police said.
Early on, investigators weren't sure where the shooting happened and covered blocks in crime scene tape.
Police believe there were multiple people involved but are unclear if there was more than one shooter.
Though no one has confirmed what led to the shooting, one neighbor feels the problem and the solution are one and the same.
"It's the parents. Simple as that, it's the parents," the neighbor said.
The juvenile is currently at University Hospital where his injuries aren't life threatening.
Police have detained three people but there have been no arrests or charges at this time.
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How to steal all coins
In Bitcoin all transactions and balances are visible to everyone. If you want to spend someone else's coins, you just need to pick any unspent transaction, figure out a secret key and make another transaction moving money to some of your addresses. How hard can it be?
First of all, all transactions use elliptic curve crypto for creating public/private key pairs (ECDSA). The idea is that it is easy to compute a public key from a private one, but very hard to do it in reverse. Unfortunately, we cannot know for sure that in the future we will not discover a relatively fast way to find private keys. Also, there is already efficient quantum algorithm to do just that (provided you have big enough quantum computer).
But ECDSA public keys are not exposed. Every publicly visible address is a hash of a public key, not the key itself. More specifically, the public key is hashed with two algorithms: RIPEMD160(SHA256(pubkey)). If you wish to spend money from any given address, you not only have to find a private key, but also find a public key which produces the exact same address. It is called "pre image attack". (Pedantic note: if you spend coins from an address, you expose its public key, so it is one more reason not to reuse addresses, but always generate new ones for accepting payments.)
Obviously, two different hash functions are used in case one of them becomes weak to preimage attacks. Lets say, you have efficient way to find preimages for RIPEMD-160 (faster than brute force). Then, you would have to attack SHA-256 in order to find its preimage. And even if you succeed there, you will have to start searching for ECDSA private key matching the SHA-256 preimage you have just discovered.
The interesting question is why these two specific hash functions were chosen? RIPEMD160 is nice because it produces the shortest possible hash among non-broken hash functions (which makes the address as compact as possible). But I couldn't find any definitive answer why need for SHA-256 as well, so here's my understanding.
Both algorithms are widely used and no weaknesses were found in them yet (although, there are known weaknesses in the reduced versions of them). Moreover, SHA-256 is designed in US by NIST while RIPEMD-160 in KU Leuven university in Belgium. In other words, both functions come from very different places and were designed for different customers. This reduces the likelihood of finding the common weakness and also acts as a precaution against potential backdoor left by US or EU.
In the end, all coins are available for everyone to inspect, but each address is protected by 3 independent unique algorithms. So if there is an intentional or accidental weakness in any of them, other two are likely to remain strong.


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Some people may have saved enough money to be able to pay cash for a new car. Others must finance the purchase. Take a careful look at your budget to determine how much you can afford to spend as a down payment on a new car and how much you can spend on monthly payments.
Once you have decided on your price range, decide what type of car you want and need. When making this decision, consider how many passengers will be riding in the vehicle and the kind of driving you do. While a sports coupe might be just what you need to get back and forth to work, a larger vehicle may be in order if you need the car to shuttle children to and from various activities.
Information Equals Bargaining Leverage Once you decide on the type of car you need, it is time to do your research to narrow down the choices. A number of publications and other resources can provide comparison information rating the vehicles within specific categories. You can also find up-to-date car buying information at your local library. Ask friends what they like and dislike about their cars.
Compare such areas as safety, reliability, fuel economy, warranties, operating costs, theft rates, general features, and options when making your decision.
Safety Consider the safety features offered in a car. More and more auto makers are offering air bags on the front passenger's side, in addition to the driver's side. Air bags automatically inflate on impact to provide a cushion.
Other optional safety features include built-in child safety seats, anti-lock brakes, and traction control. Anti-lock brakes keep the wheels from locking up and skidding out of control when the driver slams on the brakes suddenly, or hits a slick spot in the road. Also, consider whether the car has good outward visibility, and whether or not the gauges on the instrument panel are easy to read.
The U.S. Department of Transportation runs a crash test program, comparing how well each vehicle protects the driver and front-seat passenger in a frontal crash, at a speed of 35 mph. The results of these tests can be used to compare cars within weight classes.
You can find out about a car's accident history using data collected by the Highway Loss Data Institute in Arlington, Virginia. The ratings are based on the frequency of medical claims filed for specific car models and makes.
Reliability A number of sources compare maintenance costs on vehicles and have compiled information about repairs that are likely with particular models. Information is also available on the number of complaints filed about particular cars.
Remember that if you buy a "lemon" that needs constant repairs, you may be protected by "lemon laws" in your state. The car manufacturer may be required to refund your money or repair the vehicle. Maintain a file of every repair order, receipt, and letter of complaint.
Fuel Economy Mandated by federal law, fuel economy has improved over the years. The average fuel economy is now more than 28 miles per gallon. Federal law requires an Environmental Protection Agency label to be placed on the window of every new car, listing average fuel economy for city and highway driving according to EPA tests. The ratings are intended to be a comparison between models. Depending on how and where you drive, your actual mileage may not match the estimates.
Warranties Compare each car's warranty coverage, which may vary widely among car manufacturers. Consider the length of the warranty, mileage limits, and deductibles. Some cars have basic warranties which cover the entire vehicle, while others have limited warranties.
Operating Costs A number of publications offer estimates on what it costs to operate a car in a year's time. These costs vary greatly from one model to another, with luxury cars costing more than economy cars. The factors included in operating costs are fuel, oil, maintenance, and tires. Other costs associated with ownership, which also vary greatly, are insurance, depreciation, taxes, and licensing.
Theft Rates Anyone is susceptible to car theft, but certain cars are more popular with thieves. The primary reason for considering the theft factor is the higher cost of your insurance.
The Highway Loss Data Institute compiles data on car thefts, which can be useful in making a decision about buying a car. Insurance is higher for those cars with higher risks of being stolen.
General Features Consider your particular needs when analyzing different vehicles. For instance, if you need a lot of trunk space for hauling groceries, baseball equipment, or boxes of supplies for your office, choose models with larger trunks.
Will others be riding in your back seat? You may want to choose a four-door model over a two-door one. What size engine do you need? Smaller engines may give better fuel economy, but larger engines may give better performance.
When looking at different types and models of cars, consider the standard features. All the cars of a particular make and model come with a standard package of features. Optional features usually add costs to the car. Some models have more standard features than others. For instance, some models include anti-lock brakes as a standard feature; in others, they may be optional or may not be available at all.
Options Numerous options are available for cars, in any number of different packages, or they can be ordered separately. One option may be so important to you that it determines the type of car you buy.
Give Yourself Flexibility Do not narrow your choice to just one car -- choose three or four that suit your needs and your wallet. One of the biggest mistakes new car shoppers make is being so set on buying a certain type of car that they lose the power of negotiation.
A number of cars are "twins;" they have the same engine and chassis but different names and styling. One model may be less expensive or offer more standard features than its twin. By narrowing the choice to several, you maintain your bargaining power. Thus, if you are not able to get the car you want at the right price, you can negotiate on another car.
Getting Ready To Shop You can make a much wiser decision about purchasing a car if you do your homework first.
Auto clubs, insurance companies, employers, or others may offer membership-based buying services, sometimes at no charge for membership. Buying services do not help you decide which car to buy; they help you get the best price they can on a car you have chosen. They do not guarantee the lowest possible price.
For each car, list the options you want, describing them with the invoice number. Also, write down the dealer's cost and the list price. Look up the destination charges for the car, and include this in both the dealer's cost and the list price, since there is no markup. The destination charge is the cost the dealer pays to get the vehicle to the dealership.
Now compare the dealer's cost and the list price for the car. The difference is your negotiating room. Do the same thing with each of the options. You may be able to negotiate on individual options.
Take A Test Drive Now that you are ready to visit a showroom, it is time to test drive the cars that interest you.
Too many buyers forget this critical step. Only by taking a test drive can you determine if the car suits your needs and tastes and has good visibility in every direction, an important safety consideration. If your spouse or someone else will also be driving the car, take them with you to the showroom so they can do a test drive, too.
Take a test drive checklist with you to examine important characteristics of the car. Items to include on the checklist are:
Negotiating The Best Deal There are different negotiating steps in the showroom: getting the best price on a particular car; selling or trading in the car you now own; considering warranties and other extras; and arranging financing. When you are in a car dealership, it is important to keep each of these stages separate. Negotiating at each stage should be done separately so you will know exactly how much the car is costing you.
Remember to take your list of comparison prices of different cars so you will know how much negotiating room you will have.
Getting the Best Price
Warranties, Service Contracts, Extras, and Fees
If you decide to buy a service contract, do some comparison shopping. Buying a service contract through an insurance company, for instance, may save you up to 50 percent on the cost. Find out which company is responsible for the contract, and contact your Better Business Bureau and office of consumer affairs to check their reputation.
Make sure you know exactly what the contract covers, and the length of time it will be in effect. Also ask how the repair bills will be paid. Will the company pay the bill directly? Or will you be required to submit the bill for reimbursement? Where can the car be serviced? If you are away from home, can you take the car to any mechanic? What if you move? What other costs, such as deductibles, are to be expected?
Financing Your Vehicle
Check Out Your Car Before you drive away from the dealership in your new car, take a few minutes to carefully inspect it.
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Leading a charge that could become a nationwide movement, the Georgia Senate on Wednesday unanimously voted to ban the use and sale of synthetic marijuana.
Known commonly as K2 or Spice, the product was recently banned in by lawmakers in Kansas and the town council of St. Charles, Missouri recently passed emergency legislation banning its sale.
If approved by the Georgia House of Representative, the bill, SB 498, would make the sale of K2 illegal. It would be add to the Schedule 1 list of Georgia 's controlled substances along with heroin and meth.
Use or sale of drugs on that list carries the most severe penalties. The product is currently legal and widely available in Georgia.
"Georgia citizens need to be protected from products that may cause irreversible harm to their bodies," said the bill's key sponsor Sen. Ed Harbison of Columbus. "Teens assume these drugs are harmless because they are so easily accessible. These drugs, however, are so dangerous it's sending our young people to the emergency room."
Harbison said he was motivated to draft the K2 legislation after hearing about a group of Atlanta area teens that were hospitalized after using it.
K2 is an herbal smoking blend made of herbs and spices sprayed with synthetic cannabinoids, the compound found in marijuana. The synthetics mimic the effects of marijuana and can be consumed in similar ways.
"These drugs are not harmless recreational substances, but actually potent concoctions of harmful materials that can cause a variety of problems," Harbison said. "The manufacturers for these products do not put the ingredients on packaging, and do not have to follow any type of regulated standards."
March 25th, 2010
5:32 pm
March 25th, 2010
5:34 pm
OMB is on K2.
March 25th, 2010
5:39 pm
let me go stock up!
March 25th, 2010
5:43 pm
If they are using the same type of material to spray on this stuff that is in MJ, then it SHOULD be banned…however, it should be the same schedule as MJ…not higher. I don't know how they could sell it in the first place. I stopped using the "real thing" as it was destroying my lungs. It's worse than tobacco.
March 25th, 2010
5:44 pm
Are they planning on banning non-alchoholic beer & electronic cigarettes too?
March 25th, 2010
5:46 pm
Thanks for solving this before the budget crisis. We appreciate you protecting us from ourselves. Good work.
March 25th, 2010
5:58 pm
I guess we can move to California…They are about to vote whether to legalize marijuana for personal consumption…With a nice tax attached, of course…
March 25th, 2010
5:59 pm
I love how "small government" conservatives are fine criminalizing our children, and wasting resources (police, jails, lost tax revenue, etc.) with stupid crap like this.
March 25th, 2010
6:05 pm
Why not just tax it along with marijuana use. Budget problems could be solved. Please quit wasting the taxpayers money for stupid stuff like this one. Quite locking up people who smoke a little to catch a buzz (just like drinking a couple glasses of wine – to get a buzz) and focus on the 100,000 child molester running around un accounted for in our country. Protect the children first!!!
March 25th, 2010
6:08 pm
It was announced today that California voters will head to the ballots in November to decide whether to become the first state to legalize the sale and distribution of marijuana for recreational use. WHEN this measure passed (current polls have a comfortable majority of voters favoring the initiative) people across the country are going to look at CA as a model of what is possible and will quickly move to enact similar legislation.
The legalization, regulation and TAXATION of marijuana will not only save the state and its local governments hundreds of millions of dollars from not having to arrest, prosecute and house offenders, but it will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenues as law-abiding citizens start paying sales taxes on a product that is currently enriching Mexican drug cartels. Legitimate business will open, and with them will come well-paying jobs and a flood of tourism money.
Wake up Georgians!!!! Millions of responsible adults already use marijuana in this country. Marijuana is far less harmful to the individual who chooses to use it and to society in general than alcohol, and causes far fewer problems than tobacco. Very few people have ever seen what society would look like with legal marijuana, but we're all about to find out.
If you want to create jobs in America and cripple the cartels then you should be embracing the legalization, regulation and taxation of marijuana.
March 25th, 2010
6:10 pm
Once again, a waste of our money. If the stories of people being hurt by K2 aren't outright lies you've got to ask yourselves, why would anyone smoke K2? The answer is painfully obvious, because the real thing, though harmless, was outlawed by the government for racist and selfish reasons. What, no more slaves to work for free????? Guess we need to find a way to provide free labor through our prison system! Them darkies and mexicans and entertainers smoke the stuff and we all know how worthless THEY are.
March 25th, 2010
6:17 pm
Georgia citizens need to be protected from products that may cause irreversible harm to their bodies," said the bill's key sponsor Sen. Ed Harbison of Columbus. "Teens assume these drugs are harmless because they are so easily accessible. These drugs, however, are so dangerous it's sending our young people to the emergency room.
I love how senators can decide a chemicals harmful effects on the body before a comprehensive study has been done.this is a typical case of government overreaction to a news story. everyday thousands of people are hospitalized or killed by alcohol related illnesses yet they arent trying to ban that.This is supposedly a "free" country yet the citizens are not trusted to make decisions for themselves instead its left up to politicians with no medical knowledge.
March 25th, 2010
6:37 pm
Please BIG BROTHER save us from ourselves, tell us what to do, what to eat, where to live, when to go to work, what to smoke, sounds familiar ehhh…. Its called Socialisim…….
March 25th, 2010
6:56 pm
I bought some of it on amazon.com and it does not work. Waste of money. As for the legislature, I wish they would work as quickly on potholes.
March 25th, 2010
6:59 pm
Ban cigarettes and alcohol. The two of them together has killed more people than synthetic pot. Oh I forgot, the tobacco and alcohol lobbyist have you in their back pocket. Can't get elected without money from them.
March 25th, 2010
7:03 pm
Georgia is such a backwards state. Glad i left there 11 years ago after having grown up in all that foolishness
March 25th, 2010
7:05 pm
Legalize pot and no one will want this fake stuff
March 25th, 2010
7:08 pm
Bunch of Homers in office. Remember this when election time comes around, and elect officials who have a REAL agenda!
March 25th, 2010
7:29 pm
Harbison tough on drugs, think of the children, men will get married to trees and women live in bee hives, kill'em all in God's glass parking lot, party before country, permanent scrap metal majority, drill baby drill with a wide stance, pray for rain to go fish, time management for ghetto grandmothers… zombie has no brain, zombie eat all brains, turn everyone into brainless zombie voter!
March 25th, 2010
7:32 pm
Really? THIS is a priority? Can someone please explain to me why a state like Georgia has not even explored the idea of medical marijuana when that is clearly the direction we are going (and further in the case of California, as someone pointed out)? This makes no sense. What a F*&$ing joke.
March 25th, 2010
7:57 pm
What a waste of time and money.
March 25th, 2010
8:16 pm
New tourism slogan: Georgia, where it's always 1953.
March 25th, 2010
8:54 pm
is this doodie for real? when is the last time anyone went to work with a "hangover" from buzzn' with maryjane the night before? i mean come on politicos! wake up and smell the weed! we as a society must not allow idiots to legislate incompetence! what's next… Playboy magazine?
March 25th, 2010
9:36 pm
Hey, if idiots can go to bars, funerals and kiddie day care centers with guns, why can't I, a law abiding citizen buy synthetic weed. This is another example of the silly stupidity of the right wing monkeys leading your near broke state goverment. Like I have said time and again, you folks love putting the dumb and clueless in office. I guess it's because you can whine and belly ache about being broke and last in everything except gun running. I have a right to smoke synthetic weed, it's in the constitution you dumbasses!!!!
March 26th, 2010
3:03 am
So yes making MJ legal would give us more money but hello one of the side effects is LAZYNESS … oh yeah and the fact many people who smoke weed are unmotivated and probably won't get a job when this economy picks up, so why make it legal when its not going to help, keep putting people who decided to smoke in jail for distributing to kids and selling weed.
March 26th, 2010
3:27 am
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March 26th, 2010
7:40 am
Legalize marijuana and tax the hell out of it.
March 26th, 2010
7:42 am
Maybe it'll work as well as the ban on the real thing…oops that didn't work did it…I guess they just created a new profit center for K2 with the non-tax paying mob that doesn't ID your kids…Great work. You're so out of touch with reality that I can't wait to November…
March 26th, 2010
8:05 am
Why haven't they banned bleach or paint thinner? I'm sure ingesting either of those wouldn't be too pleasant. Why isn't the state protecting us from those things??? While you're at it, I'm pretty sure anti-freeze isn't very safe to drink either, but it does give you a good buzz right before you die.
March 26th, 2010
8:07 am
Is this all our legislature has to work on……? Seems to me the ObamaCare Bill will cause even greater damage to our bodies…..why aren't they working on that? Throw all the bums out and let's start over
March 26th, 2010
8:37 am
I wouldn't dare inhale this fake chemical stuff.
To One-time_user, just get a vaporizer or use it to cook.
March 26th, 2010
8:39 am
"Is this all our legislature has to work on……? "
No, no, no. We have lots of pressing issues. For example, did you know that just last month we passed a bill to make it illegal for you to be forced to have microchips under your skin. So, crisis averted on that one, huh?
March 26th, 2010
10:19 am
Appartently our paternalistic legislators have solved all other problems in Georgia and they can once again tell us how to live.
March 26th, 2010
10:45 am
Where can you buy this in ATL?
March 26th, 2010
11:01 am
@need some, why would you buy this stuff?
Thats like buying fake tea. The real stuff is ubiquitous.
March 26th, 2010
11:59 am
Thats the good thing about younger generations taking over. We are more open minded. Older generations are set in their ways. I honestly think that cali legalizing marijuana will be a milestone in our countries history, because it very well could be a stepping stone in turning our economy around. I personally have smoked spice, and I will say that is makes you cough your lungs out and is far more expensive that marijuana. You see how spice sold now lets legalize the real thing and let our government profit.
March 26th, 2010
12:49 pm
I started smoking this "synthetic" stuff about 3 years ago, as I love weed, but I don't like to break the LAW- IE prohibition of weed drove me to a substitute
The ONLY reason this is being made illegal is the recent sensationalism over a few isolated cases of some kids freaking out.
If they are so scared of this unknown pot substitute, then legalize weed! Its proven safe by thousands of years of use around the world by millions upon millions of people!
If people can have the real thing, they wont buy the mystery stuff.
March 27th, 2010
6:37 am
lol i realy think the government is a big joke they make natural harmless marijuana elegal but its ok to drink alcohol even thow alchohol has worse effects on your body. But the funniest thing is that the government will just never get that people will have to resort to more harmfull drugs to stay out of trouble and i blame all the hospitalizations of spice on are congress because if marijuana was legal for midicinal use only there would be nobody in the hospital because they where forced to resort to spice.
In my eyes there is no other truth
March 28th, 2010
10:14 am
"Georgia citizens need to be protected from products that may cause irreversible harm to their bodies.".
How about protecting our right to make our own decisions regarding our bodies?
March 29th, 2010
10:32 am
@ Eric: "How about protecting our right to make our own decisions regarding our bodies?"
You gave up that right when the HealthCare Bill was passed…
March 29th, 2010
11:39 am
is this all synthetic marijuana products.. such as serentiy now or black magic..? if so then this is CRAP!
April 1st, 2010
7:14 am
Nearly three-quarters-of-a-century after it was made illegal; half-a-century after it was proven to be practically harmless – why is it still a crime to possess and smoke marijuana?
Here is a list of ten famous people who died as a result of nicotine abuse:
Humphrey Bogart
Edward R. Murrow
Nat King Cole
George Harrison
John Huston
Noel Coward
Betty Grable
Walt Disney
Gary Cooper
Peter Jennings
Here is another list. Ten famous people who died from alcoholism:
Billie Holiday
Jack Kerouac
Truman Capote
Lorenz Hart
Veronica Lake
Bix Beiderbecke
Montgomery Clift
Dylan Thomas
John Barrymore
Errol Flynn
Now I'm going to ask you to name for me one celebrity who has died from too much grass.
Go on, I'm waiting….
Couldn't do it, could you? Don't feel bad. Neither could I. Not only am I not aware of anyone ever dying in that manner, I am not aware of it happening in all recorded human history. If someone can come up with one example I'll shut up forever on the subject. Is it a "gateway drug" as they never tire of reminding us? An argument may be made that it is. But so is Pabst Blue Ribbon. Also, ciggies and booze have absolutely no medicinal value. Marijuana has. Think about it.
Do I advocate its use? I don't. I haven't smoked pot in over twenty years and have no intention to take up the habit again any time soon. But at the dawn of the second decade of the twenty-first century the question is screaming to be asked: Why are we still having this stupid conversation?
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
April 4th, 2010
9:12 pm
Listen up people! … This isn't about pot smokers, and getting high ! This is a type of terrorist attack !!.. It's not pot!!.. It's not cigarettes!!.. The consuming of K2, spice, or any of it's type is horrible murder!!!!…. Don't try it even once for any reason !! It's Darwin suicide!!. Stick to pot, and beer!!!
April 5th, 2010
1:05 pm
I'm experienced with the effects JWH-018…The stuff over ran Europe within six months. It is currently banned in most countries within the European Union. The reasons why it was banned are similar to the physical symptoms that Senator Harbison mentioned…I can add heart palpitations, hallucinations, disorientation. JWH-018 is detectable detectable in the urine if you run the proper testing protocols. The stuff has only been tested on lab rats. Long term effects on humans is unknown.
April 6th, 2010
11:02 pm
I guess the reports who sensationalize the K2 stories and then the politicians trying to make a name for themselves think the cops in GA have arrested all the meth, crack, heroin, ecstasy, marijuana, and PCP dealers in GA, so the needed something else to do.
Put the murders, rapes, child molesters, burglars, robbers, gang bangers, and dog fighting rings have all been busted!
April 7th, 2010
1:58 pm
This means more college students and other adults will be arrested. Period. It's not going to stop anyone who wants it. Just like every other Prohibition we have had. It has always failed and always ruined the lives of millions of Americans. But who cares, after all we're a "christian" nation.
Did everyone have a nice Easter celebration? I just love the story of how zombie jesus came back from the dead, crawled out of the tomb and now seeks to take the soul of everyone. Oh No! it's zombie jesus!
April 15th, 2010
4:49 am
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Enough Said.
April 20th, 2010
11:22 pm
Our government sucks! And that goes all the way to the top. They spend tax money after tax money trying to make us believe how much we need them and how concerned they are. They, in fact, are the reason we are where we are and they want it that way. They complain and complain and bring up issue after issue, only they are the reason why things are the way they are. They never fix any issues, they only create them! Alcohol and tobacco are a thousand times more harmful to us than marijuana is, yet alcohol and tobacco are both still legal. Can you say, "Lobbyist!" Clinton says, " I never inhaled" and "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." only he did and he did and he is treated like a saint. He is now being considered for one of the Supreme Court Justice positions. What is wrong with our country?
April 26th, 2010
10:48 pm
They better ban bannana peels, nutmeg, gasoline, glue, butane, and reddie whip to "PROTECT" us as well for these items also produce a "HIGH".
May 10th, 2010
10:08 pm
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May 10th, 2010
10:30 pm
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1:11 am
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June 14th, 2010
6:41 pm
Legalize marijuana and tax the hell out of it.
July 13th, 2010
7:41 pm
Go look at the chemicals in your shampoo. Those are something to be afraid of. I found the best k2 herb blends here….


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New Year's Eve dining options in Baltimore [Pictures]
We've rounded up New Year's Eve dining options in Baltimore. Many of the restaurants are offering a fixed-price menu, but some of them are offering a la carte options as well -- either in addition to, or instead of, the special menu. Some restaurants are asking for deposits when diners make reservations. Call the restaurants for details.
-- Richard Gorelick
-- Richard Gorelick
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New Year's Eve at Petit Louis Bistro( Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun photo photo / September 29, 2005 )
The Roland Park restaurant (4800 Roland Ave., 410-366-9393, petitlouis.com) will offer a fixed-price, multi-course menu on New Year's Eve. The cost is $79 ($119 with paired wines), plus tax and gratuity.