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This charming hotel is located in a centuries-old stone building just 25 metres from Mardin's historic handicraft bazaar. It offers a rooftop dining terrace with mountain views and rooms with arched stone ceilings.
Located inside the 4000 B.C. Mardin Castle, the hotel's guests are within 10 minutes' walk from the historic Sehidiye Mosque and Mardin's Great Mosque. The hotel also offers a guide service to give information about the historical places such as Deyrulfazan, Midyat and Hasankeyf.
Balconies, air conditioning and a modern, private bathroom are standard in all of the hotel's rooms. Décor includes white linens and traditional Turkish accents.
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CARSON, Calif. -- No David Beckham? No problem.
Juninho continued his sizzling streak with two spectacular goals, the first with a Beckham-like free kick, as the LA Galaxy nailed down a berth in the MLS Cup playoffs with a 4-2 triumph over Toronto FC at the Home Depot Center that wasn't nearly as close as the scoreline suggests.
WATCH: GOAL: Juninho scores off a free kick
Robbie Keane netted his 12th and 13th goals of the year for the Galaxy, who took a three-goal lead after 36 minutes and then saw its shutout streak end at 491 minutes in all competitions on Terry Dunfield's header two minutes later.
The Galaxy (15-11-4) won their fourth straight league game -- and notched its first victory over Toronto since 2009 -- to climb to second place in the Western Conference, ahead of Real Salt Lake on goals scored after both vaulted past Seattle.
Juninho scored his sixth and seventh MLS goals of the season -- he also has seven in his last seven starts in all competitions -- and might have had a first-half hat trick. Toronto goalkeeper Freddy Hall parried his rocket from 22 yards off the top of the crossbar in the 23rd minute.
The Galaxy fielded their first-choice lineup sans Beckham, who has been out three weeks with a sprained ankle. Toronto, missing all three of its Designated Players to injury -- Danny Koevermans with a torn ACL, Torsten Frings with a hip ailment and Eric Hassli with a sprained ankle -- had four players in the lineup with fewer than 10 starts: Hall, Irish defender Darren O'Dea, and midfielders Aaron Maund and Andrew Wiedeman.
Toronto, which eliminated the Galaxy from the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League in their last meeting in mid-March, lost center back Richard Eckersley to injury; he departed at halftime after getting shaken up in an aerial collision with LA's Mike Magee in the 14th minute.
The Galaxy was in charge from the start, repeatedly finding paths into TFC's box, but couldn't find the net until the 11th minute, after LA-bred Luis Silva spilled Christian Wilhelmsson just outside the 18, about halfway from the semicircle and the box's edge. Juninho stepped up and curled the ball around the wall and toward the upper-right corner, leaving Hall flat-footed as it hit the net.
OPTA Chalkboard: LA dominate from start to finish
His second goal, in the 33rd minute, was special: a first-time blast from about 32 yards that streaked into the upper-right corner. Keane made it 3-0 three minutes later, chipping over a goalmouth scrum after Landon Donovan and Magee twisted to deliver passes into the box.
WATCH: Juninho's rocket shot
Dunfield tallied from a Jeremy Hall throw-in on the right wing. Silva beat Todd Dunivant in the air to flick it toward the far post, where Marcelo Sarvas let Dunfield drift away for an open header inside the six-yard box. Before that Dunfield goal the Galaxy had shut out its previous five opponents in all competitions and its last three in MLS play.
Silva trimmed the deficit to 3-2 in the 86th minute, his shot deflecting off Omar Gonzalez and over leaping goalkeeper Josh Saunders. But Keane restored the cushion deep into stoppage after juking past Ashtone Morgan in the TFC box.
The Galaxy next play a week from Sunday in Colorado. Toronto FC head from LA to El Salvador for Tuesday's CONCACAF Champions League group stage clash with CD Aguila followed by a road game next Saturday against New York.


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Mongolian wild horse
From Horsegenome.org
Mongolian wild horse Equus ferus przewalskii, Mongolian: Тахь, Takhi, or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered subspecies of wild horse (Equus ferus) native to the steppes of central Asia, specifically China and Mongolia.[3] At one time extinct in the wild, it has been reintroduced to its native habitat in Mongolia at the Khustain Nuruu National Park, Takhin Tal Nature Reserve and Khomiin Tal.[1] The taxonomic position is still debated, and some taxonomists treat Przewalski's horse as a species, Equus przewalskii. In China, the last wild Przewalski's horses were seen in 1966. The Przewalski's Horse Reintroduction Project of China was initiated in 1985 with the creation of the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding Center.
Common names for this equine include Asian wild horse, Przewalski's Horse and the Tahki. Historical but obsolete names include true tarpan[4] and Mongolian tarpan. The horse is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky.
Most "wild" horses today, such as the American Mustang or the Australian Brumby, are actually feral horses descended from domesticated animals that escaped and adapted to life in the wild. In contrast, Przewalski's horse has never been successfully domesticated and remains a truly wild animal today. Przewalski's horse is one of two known subspecies of Equus ferus, the other being the extinct tarpan (Equus ferus ferus). The Przewalski's horse is considered the only remaining truly wild "horse" in the world and may be the closest living wild relative of the domesticated horse, Equus caballus. There are still a number of other wild equines, including three species of zebra and various subspecies of the African wild ass, onager (including the Mongolian wild ass) and kiang.
The Przewalski's horse was described in 1881 by L.S. Poliakov. The taxonomic position of Przewalski's horse has always been problematic and no consensus exists whether it is a full species (Equus przewalskii), a subspecies of the wild horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) or even a sub-population of the horse (Equus ferus).[5][6][7] Studies using DNA have been inconclusive, in part due to crossing domestic horses into the Przewalski's horse as well as the limited genetic variation present in the founder population of the Przewalski's horse. A 2009 molecular study using ancient DNA (that is DNA recovered from archaeological finds like bones and teeth) places the Przewalski's horse in the middle of the domesticated horses,[7] but more recent mitochondrial DNA analysis suggests that the Przewalski and the modern domestic horse diverged some 160,000 years ago.[8] The karyotype of the domestic horse differs from that of Przewalski's horse by an extra chromosome pair either because of the fission of domestic horse chromosome 5 in Przewalski's horse or fusion of Przewalski's horse chromosomes 23 and 24 in the domestic horse. In comparison, the chromosomal differences between domestic horses and zebras include numerous translocations, fusions, and inversions. Przewalski's horse is known to have the highest diploid chromosome number among all equine species. Przewalski's horse can interbreed with the domestic horse and produce fertile offspring (65 chrosomes) [9]
The world population of these horses are all descended from 9 of the 31 horses in captivity in 1945.[10] These nine horses were mostly descended from approximately 15 captured around 1900. A cooperative venture between the Zoological Society of London and Mongolian scientists has resulted in successful reintroduction of these horses from zoos into their natural habitat in Mongolia; and as of 2011 there is an estimated free-ranging population of over 300 in the wild.[11] The total number of these horses according to a 2005 census was about 1,500.[12]
Przewalski's horse is stockily built in comparison to domesticated horses, with shorter legs. Typical height is about 13 hands (52 inches, 132 cm), length is about 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in). They weigh around 300 kilograms (660 lb). The coat is generally dun in color with pangaré features, varying from dark brown around the mane (which stands erect) to pale brown on the flanks and yellowish-white on the belly and around the muzzle. The legs of Przewalski's horse are often faintly striped, also typical of primitive markings.[13] The tail is about 90 cm (35.43 in) long, with a longer dock and shorter hair than seen in domesticated horses.
In the wild, Przewalski's horses live in social groups consisting of a dominant stallion, a dominant lead mare, other mares, and their offspring. The patterns of their daily lives exhibit horse behavior similar to that of feral horse herds. Each group has a well-defined home range; within the range, the herd travels between 3 miles (4.8 km) and 6 miles (9.7 km) a day, spending time grazing, drinking, using salt licks and dozing. At night, the herd clusters and sleeps for about four hours. Ranges of different herds may overlap without conflict, as the stallions are more protective of their mares than their territory.
Stallions practice a form of scent marking and will establish piles of dung at intervals along routes they normally travel to warn other males of their presence. In addition, when a female in the herd urinates, the stallion will frequently urinate in the same place, to signal her membership in the herd to other males. The stallions can frequently be seen sniffing dung piles to confirm scent markings.[citation needed]
In the 15th century, Johann Schiltberger recorded one of the first European sightings of the horses in the journal of his trip to Mongolia as a prisoner of the Mongol Khan.[14] The horse is named after the Russian colonel Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888) (the name is of Polish origin and "Przewalski" is the Polish spelling). He was the explorer and naturalist who first described the horse in 1881, after having gone on an expedition to find it, based on rumors of its existence. Many of these horses were captured around 1900 by Carl Hagenbeck and placed in zoos. As noted above, about twelve to fifteen reproduced and formed today's population.
The native population declined in the 20th century due to a combination of factors, with the wild population in Mongolia dying out in the 1960s. The last herd was sighted in 1967 and the last individual horse in 1969. Expeditions after this failed to locate any horses, and the species was designated "extinct in the wild" for over 30 years.
After 1945 only two captive populations in zoos remained, in Munich and in Prague. The most valuable group, in Askania Nova, Ukraine, was shot by German soldiers during World War II occupation, and the group in the USA had died out.
By the end of the 1950s, only 12 individual Przewalski's horses were left in the world.[15]
In 1977, the Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski horse was founded in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, by Jan and Inge Bouman. The Foundation started a program of exchange between captive populations in zoos throughout the world to reduce inbreeding, and later began a breeding program of its own. As a result of such efforts, the extant herd has retained a far greater genetic diversity than its genetic bottleneck made likely.[15]
In 1992, sixteen horses were released into the wild in Mongolia, followed by additional animals later on. One of the areas to which they were reintroduced became Khustain Nuruu National Park in 1998. Another reintroduction site is Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, located at the fringes of the Gobi desert.
The reintroduced horses successfully reproduced, and the status of the animal was changed from "extinct in the wild" to "endangered" in 2005.[12] On the IUCN Red List, they were reclassified from "extinct in the wild" to "critically endangered" after a reassessment in 2008[16] and from "critically endangered" to "endangered" after a 2011 reassessment.[11]
Preservation efforts
While dozens of zoos worldwide have Przewalski's horses in small numbers, there are also specialized reserves dedicated primarily to the species.
The world's largest captive breeding program for Przewalski's horses is at the Askania Nova preserve in Ukraine. Several dozen Przewalski's horses were also released in the area evacuated after the Chernobyl accident, which now serves as a deserted de facto natural preserve.[17] An intensely researched population of free-ranging animals was also introduced to the Hortobágy puszta in Hungary; data on social structure, behavior, and diseases gathered from these animals is used to improve the Mongolian conservation effort.
Several American zoos also collaborated in breeding Equus ferus przewalskii from 1979 to 1982.[18] Recent advances in equine reproductive science in the USA also have potential to further preserve and expand the gene pool. In October 2007, scientists at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo successfully reversed a vasectomy on a Przewalski's horse — the first operation of its kind on this species and possibly the first ever on any endangered species. While normally a vasectomy may be performed on an endangered animal under limited circumstances, particularly if an individual has already produced many offspring and its genes are overrepresented in the population, scientists realized the animal in question was one of the most genetically valuable Przewalski's horses in the North American breeding program.[19]
There is also a scheme to breed horses run by WWF, the Tour de Valat research station and the Cévennes National Park authority which is based at Le Villaret on the Causse Mejean in the Cévennes National Park, France known as TAKH. Eleven horses were introduced in 1993 into a remote fenced upland area, which formed themselves into family groups and bred, the population reaching 50 by 2003. In 2004 and 2005 horses from this group were sent to Mongolia. In 2011 there 31 individuals left in France [20]
The Przewalski's Horse Reintroduction Project of China was initiated in 1985 when the country introduced 11 wild horses from overseas. After more than two decades of dedicated efforts, the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding Center managed to breed a large number of the horses, of which 55 were let loose into the Kalamely Mountain area. The animals quickly adapted to their new environment. In 1988, six foals were born and survived. In 2001 there were over 100 horses at the center. Now both their reproduction rate and survival rate are the highest in the world.[citation needed]
See also
- Mongolian horse (domestic)
- ^ a b Boyd, L. & King, S. R. B. (2011). "Equus ferus ssp. przewalskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/7961. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
- ^ "The Takhi". International Takhi-Group. http://www.savethewildhorse.org/takhi.html. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ Grubb, Peter (16 November 2005). "Order Perissodactyla (pp. 629-636)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 630-631. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14100018.
- ^ William Ridgeway (1908). "Environment and race". The Geographical Journal (Royal Geographical Society.) 32 (4): 405–412. doi:10.2307/1776930. JSTOR 1776930. http://books.google.com/?id=MqgMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA407&dq=tarpan. , page 407
- ^ lau, Allison; Lei Peng, Hiroki Goto, Leona Chemnick, Oliver A. Ryder, Kateryna D. Makova (2009). "Horse Domestication and Conservation Genetics of Przewalski's Horse Inferred from Sex Chromosomal and Autosomal Sequences". Mol. Biol. Evol. 26 (1): 199–208. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn239. PMID 18931383.
- ^ Kavar, Tatjana; Peter Dovč (2008). "Domestication of the horse: Genetic relationships between domestic and wild horses". Livestock Science 116: 1–14. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2008.03.002.
- ^ a b Cai, Dawei; Zhuowei Tang, Lu Han, Camilla F. Speller, Dongya Y. Yang, Xiaolin Ma, Jian'en Cao, Hong Zhu, Hui Zhou (2009). "Ancient DNA provides new insights into the origin of the Chinese domestic horse". Journal of Archaeological Science 36 (3): 835–842. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.006.
- ^ O A Ryder, A R Fisher, B Schultz, S Kosakovsky Pond, A Nekrutenko, K D Makova. "A massively parallel sequencing approach uncovers ancient origins and high genetic variability of endangered Przewalski's horses". Genome Biology and Evolution. 2011
- ^ lau, Allison; Lei Peng, Hiroki Goto, Leona Chemnick, Oliver A. Ryder, Kateryna D. Makova (2009). "Horse Domestication and Conservation Genetics of Przewalski's Horse Inferred from Sex Chromosomal and Autosomal Sequences". Mol. Biol. Evol. 26 (1): 199–208. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn239. PMID 18931383.
- ^ Boyd, Lee. (1994). Przewalski's Horse, p. 1.
- ^ a b "Another leap towards the Barometer of Life". International Union for the Conservation of Nature. 10 November 2011. http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/red_list/?8548/Another-leap-towards-the-Barometer-of-Life.
- ^ a b "An extraordinary return from the brink of extinction for worlds last wild horse" ZSL Living Conservation, December 19, 2005.
- ^ National Zoo information on Przewalski's horse
- ^ Breeds of Livestock - Przewalski Horse
- ^ a b O. A. Ryder et al, ibid
- ^ IUCN Red List - Equus ferus
- ^ Mulvey, Stephen (April 20, 2006). "Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4923342.stm. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
- ^ Oliver A. Rydera and Elizabeth A. Wedemeyera, "A cooperative breeding programme for the Mongolian wild horse Equus przewalskii in the United States," Biological Conservation, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 1982, pp. 259-271, abstract found at Science Direct website. Accessed February 24, 2010.
- ^ "Zoo Performs First Reverse Vasectomy on Horse" The Horse online edition, citing Associated Press, June 17, 2008.
- ^ "Przewalski's Horse - the last wild horse" leaflet produced by TAKH, available on-line [1]
- Boyd, Lee and Katherine A. Houpt. (1994). Przewalski's Horse: The History and Biology of an Endangered Species. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. 10-ISBN 0-791-41889-8; 13-ISBN 978-0-791-41889-5; OCLC 28256312
- Forestry Commission. 2004. FC Wales turns clock back thousands of years with 'wild' solution to looking after ancient forest site. News release, No: 7001, September 16, 2004. [2]
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2003. Opinion 2027 (Case 3010). Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera, Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved. Bull.Zool.Nomencl., 60:81-84. [3].
- Ishida, Nobushige; et al. (1995). "Mitochondrial DNA sequences of various species of the genus Equus with special reference to the phylogenetic relationship between Przewalskii's wild horse and domestic horse". Journal of Molecular Evolution 41 (2): 180–188. doi:10.1007/BF00170671. PMID 7666447.
- Jansen, Thomas; et al. (2002). "Mitochondrial DNA and the origins of the domestic horse". PNAS 99 (16): 10905–10910. doi:10.1073/pnas.152330099. . PMID 12130666. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=125071.
- King, S. R. B.; Gurnell, J. (2006). "Scent-marking behaviour by stallions: an assessment of function in a reintroduced population of Przewalski horses (Equus ferus przewalskii)". Journal of Zoology 272 (1): 30–36. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00243.x.
- Wakefield, S., Knowles, J., Zimmermann, W. and Van Dierendonck, M. 2002. "Status and action plan for the Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalski)". In: P.D. Moehlman (ed.) Equids: Zebras, Asses and Horses. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, pp. 82–92. IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. [4]
- Wilford, John Noble (October 11, 2005). "Foal by Foal, the Wildest of Horses Is Coming Back". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/science/11hors.html.
- [5]
- http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/237442.htm
- Cao Jie, Przewalski's Horse Reintroduction Project of China
- Przewalski's Horse - Equus ferus przewalskii; IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group; Species Survival Groups ([6])


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Honestly, I had no idea that such massive doses of LSD had been used. I came across a thread describing a "thumbprint" of LSD, a dose based on sticking one's thumb into pure LSD powder and licking it off, an amount equivalent to hundreds of doses, several milligrams of pure LSD (old school doses were typically 100 micrograms, sometimes only 20-50 mcg these days). Several people on the thread had supposedly taken this dose, typically described as an initiation of trust into the family of folks who lovingly supply LSD to the clan of deadheads, rainbow gatherings, etc.
[EDIT - just to be on the safe side, please understand that I'm not recommending this to anyone. Just sharing interesting info from the thread linked above. Personally, I'm a fan of small safe, reasonable doses. Also, although I can't point to any super hard data, for whatever reason it seems that reports of long term problems seem to come more from LSD users, possibly DMT users, but not so much, if any, from mushroom (psilocybin) users]
What follows is a substantial amount of selected quotes from several people, mainly two individuals. [note that 1 mg = 1000 mcg]:
What's it like? - It's not possible to describe what it's like. Except maybe DEATH.
What did you see? - ALL
What did you do? - My body did nothing, but lay down. I was no more, just ALL
Eating LSD crystal is intense, magical, crazy and the ULTIMATE ACT OF SUBMISSION TO THE PSYCHEDELIC STATE
You feel it almost instantly. LSD crystal has an energy to it. Having a jar of it in my pocket is enough to alter my consciousness. As soon as it touches your skin or goes in your mouth you can feel it. A lot of folks will throw up within minutes. This is an exorcism of sorts. Like all the negative energy being cast out of your body. Then you lay down and learn. As for the experience I just couldn't do it justice to describe it. You're never the same again. A thumbprint doesn't open the door of perception it blows it off the hinges. You melt into eternity. You let go and die into the moment which is all. There is no you anymore only all. The intensity of this can't be described, but you realize as you're slipping away that it's familiar. This is because it becomes quite clear this is exactly what happens when you die. After an eternity you slowly start to come back in pieces. You feel reborn and a completely different person. You don't ever come completely down or back. This isn't a bad thing, but it's very scary at first.
It is hard to describe a thumbprint. Human language cannot describe an experience that encompasses all of life. Every cell of every creature or living thing that ever lived or will live is connected by the energy or light. When we die our body and our ego is gone. We become one with eternity or the light or God or whatever name you wish to call it. A thumbprint allows this to happen and return to our physical body. My first print I laid down and quickly realized that this was my actual death. You watch the whole process unfold with complete awareness. I didn't cling to my body I just realized my life had passed. As I was spiraling up or out I saw my life evolve through the years I lived. The happiness, the sadness, the people I loved and the people I didn't. The joy that I gave and the pain that I caused. I saw the true nature of reality and why things were the way they were. As I got higher I saw the nature of reality on the cosmic scale and saw that the reason for our evolution was to experience love. To love is to have experienced the finest of life. Then came the moment were it was time to let go. As I did it came for me and I sobbed uncontrollably for I realized that the light or energy we call god or creation was perfect. It was pure unconditional love.
What else could god have been I realized. That glint of innocent perfection in a baby's eye. The light was pure as the heart of Jesus Christ. I dissolved into it and died. Since there was no me only the all, I cannot remember the rest because there was no me to remember. After forever I slowly descended into my body. I spent days awake afterwards talking to myself. I vowed to god to spread LSD so others could see the light. I vowed to look at every person as the lord and treat them as such. I was reborn and continue to live by the values I learned.
LSD is a direct message from God. Period. I don't think we get another chance. We can love each other or we can kill each other, but it is up to us.
I feel high all the time still and it's been years.
I must stress that I was in the company of very evolved and older people that made sure my experiences were optimal. These were kind old spirits that had been where I was going many years before and many times. They held me as a baby every inch of the way.
You have heard of near death experiences right. A thumbprint is a beyond death experience.
It is something one cannot just "decide to do one day" and EVERYONE I know who has done it has had a pretty high LSD tolerance and experience level. It is more a symbol of trust than key to enlightenment as the experience is completely overwhelming and memory is scrambled between acid dream and "reality" with most of it blank. I had persistent imagery for several months and for the following week felt "rode hard and put away wet".
When I showed up at the trailer he had a funny grin on his face and he said "I hope you don't have plans." We went in and his old lady was there, unusual, and she was holding a small watch glass with the crystal spice in it. She said "honey it is time to grow up". They then told me to stick in my thumb and press. By then I was nervously curious and my hands were sweaty so I pulled my thumb free with a generous coating on it. I looked at it and I swear I could feel it starting then I stuck my thumb in my mouth and let go. The first hour or so I think I was in and out of the world then "I" just disappeared for eternity. IMO part of me still is there.
I am facing death due to a botched angiogram and I know I will meet with the part of me which rides the eternal winds when my time is over. I know that death is a mere transition, I know this because I died that day in late '78 and arose again reborn. My priorities of life were refocused and I have been working to integrate the new paradigm of being which was created by that day every since. I think if a lesson or enlightenment came from this it is that I consciously participate in my life to a much greater degree. This is not the "easy' way to live in a world of injustice and cruelty. I have been forced to accept the balance of positive and negative without imposing my own desire.
And I still must struggle mightily to integrate and exist in this society. My friends old lady said it was time to grow up but she did not say I would outgrow myself. I have absolutely NO regrets although the changes in my mind and thought process have made interfacing with traditional thinking a challenge.
Like China said every day I know I 'thumbprinted" but the funny thing is no matter how you rewire your brain life still brings the same challenges. I still have to stuggle with the challenges but I believe that I may have somewhat more novel solutions to some things than some others, but all in all I am remarkably Ward Cleaver considering.
One last thing, I have experienced literal death (heart stopped) and the irresistibility of death and strong psychedelic experience are quite similar. In Death one realizes the ineffable nature of the experience and resisting is futile, much like resisting a thumbprint, it is just NOT possible.
There is a massive difference between 500mcg and a thumbprint. They're not even comparable trips. As for saturation effect this is from medical research in the 50's comparing doses of LSD. There may not be a noticeable difference between 1000 and 2000 mcg. There is a huge difference between 1000 mcg and 40 or 50 mg. Of course the researchers never ventured into this dosage range.
Usually the person is deemed ready by those who can tell. They are taken care of before and after the print by the family, this may take up to a week before you're functioning again. Sometimes skeptics are printed, but their reactions are usually very, very shattering. It's hard when your whole belief system explodes and the truth is revealed. You basically have to start from scratch. All those years you thought you knew the truth and God, then in a matter of minutes you find you didn't know shit, then you die.
It's affected me on so many different levels. Mentally it has changed my whole outlook on life and my perception of the world. Spiritually it has given me the absolute faith in eternity that can only be had from being eternity. My philosophies are all based on my experiences. I no longer see the world as a bunch of separate species and things, but a connected matrix of biology and energy that flows to and from a core that is the pure light of unconditional love. Physically it's affected me in that you never come back down completely. But why would you anyway? You can't look at the truth and then pretend you didn't see it and that it doesn't exist. A thumbprint is a life long commitment. As for visual activity, it's constant. But I hardly notice it anymore. Eternity is in the here an now. So is my life, so they constantly flow together or against each other. Meditation is key for me now.
I no longer consider my physical reality my true reality.
I guess you could sum it up as Robert Hunter did after his night of 250,000 mcg, "I died 1000 deaths." That's what it really is, death. Most people live their lives unsure about what happens when we die. Even the most devoutly religious have anxiety about the big moment. I don't, I welcome it. That's how it's changed me.
The 50-500 mcg range will saturate the serotonin system however LSD also affects other receptors like dopamine and noradrenaline to a lesser degree, at ultradoses these effects come more strongly into play negating the plateau effect. The difference between 500 mcgs and 10000+ is incomparable as is the mode of ingestion. The change begins as the crystals melt on your tongue and is totally unlike eating a pile of pre-layed paper [blotter]. One senses his imminent ego death coming as the crystals are absorbed into the tongue. The knowledge that you are totally in the care of family is what one clings to as long as concepts such as family contain meaning then one is simply ... gone. When awareness returns it is changed and IMO forever. I have to laugh when Ram Dass says he "came down" - returning to sobriety is not the same as being unchanged. One does come down from a print but NOT UNCHANGED. I have had the privilege of speaking with Ram Dass on several occasions and to this older tripper his "mark" is as clear as if it were painted upon his forehead.
It's a feeling of energy. You feel it instantly. Especially after your first one. Your nervous system jolts to attention as if to say, "here we go."
On a thumbprint size dosage you no longer have any beliefs. There is no you. Reactions can vary on the way up, but soon all your beliefs, attitudes and perceptions completely vaporize along with physical reality. None of it survives a print. There is no I anymore only ALL. Afterwards your beliefs are very different or they may be similar if your beliefs were close to the truth to begin with.
People can bullshit their way through a lot of intense psychedelic experiences. Somehow they can hold onto their twisted ego games sometimes. On a thumbprint that's not even a possibility. You can't bullshit Eternity when it's blasting you to pieces. The more you try to hold on the quicker and harder it burns you. You dissolve and dissolve till there's no you left to hold on.
On a print you can go quietly and easily or you can go kicking and screaming, but you are going to go no matter what.
The thing about thumbprints is that after the first hour there is no you to create fear or trick your body into shutting down. We have taken BP and pulse of people on thumbprint size doses before and there is a slightly elevated BP and heart rate, but not too extreme. These were experienced people though, and there was no fear involved.
We can only speculate as to these hypothesis, as no studies will ever be done. The fact that these doses are usually only done by people ready for them greatly helps that there are so little negative outcomes. That's why I believe prints should be done in the mountains with family and not in a hospital like a lab rat.
One thing I have noticed is at print doses after the first hour when you have been vaporized and are completely gone breathing seems to stabilize. Before that the anxiety and fear have folks breathing like they're in a marathon. After they have let go though it seems that the body continues to function quite normally while there away. It's that first hour that's so traumatic.
There could be a dosage range though that can cause physiological harm. We don't know it and we never will, and people have survived more than a gram [that would be 10,000 x 100 mcg doses].
On a normal large dose of LSD there is the high visual activity, sensory alteration, synesthesia, ego loss, etc, etc. On a thumbprint it feels like you completely short circuit your brain. All cognitive function stops. Like pouring water on a breaker panel it pops, then all connections and activity are fried. The cognitive filter is shut off and eternity is able to creep in. Obviously all brain activity doesn't stop because you keep breathing and your heart keeps pumping. The brain stem, hindbrain, medulla, pons and cerebellum are probably not affected.


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Would you share the recipe?
to see the recipe !
And you can be proud of your English! Can't wait to try this!
I don't have that kind of pan, but would a angel food cake pan work?
Its such an interesting recipe and the raises are very long it should have wonderful flavours.
When I get some time (redoing a room right now) will try this, and the raisins sound wonderful as well, love them soaked in rum. I have a great cookie recipe for rum soaked raisin cookies. I make them for Xmas, they always disappear so they must be great tasting.
a round object, kleine Kugel would be a marble :)
Go up to the posting and in the lower right corner, click on edit. Make the changes and then click on save below the post. Good luck.
I see that has such large pores - isn't it a cake?
to learn something new - I know only the pound cake Gugelhupfs/Kugelhopfs. I'll definitely try your version, Hezi - it looks very appetizing.
Hezi, I just put the recipe in my program, and have a few questions:
Do you mean zest of 1 small lemon?
I assume the 20 g dry yeast is not instant or rapid rise yeast, but what's here called active dry yeast (100% fresh yeast = 50% active dry yeast = 40% instant yeast (for enriched doughs)?
How long is the baking time?
Please enlighten me,


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May 14-20 is National Salvation Army Week, and we in Central Oklahoma celebrate the important work that our volunteers contribute each and every day.
In the spirit of "Doing the Most Good," The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma asks, "How do you do the most good?"
Share your story about how you help your community. We want to hear from supporters, volunteers, employees, and fans and followers on social media about how you volunteer and help your communities. You can send a photo or make a video or share your story on how YOU do the most good.
If you've ever wanted to make a difference, now is your chance. We've got a few ideas on how to get started, including:
* When you buy in bulk, share your surplus by dropping off any non-perishable food item to your local Salvation Army.
* Bring flowers to work and share them with your coworkers.
* Volunteer to be a tutor in a Salvation Army after-school program.
* Join The Salvation Army in their visits to sing to seniors and residents of nursing homes.
* Offer a couple of hours of baby-sitting service to friends and family.
* Have a Salvation Army Doing the Most Good Day at work, with employees bringing nonperishable food and toys to donate to the charity.
* Pay a compliment to someone at least once a day.
* Call or visit a housebound person or older relative.
* Volunteer at your local Salvation Army Center.
* Give the gift of your smile to everyone you meet.
* Do the WRITE thing by sending a few kind words and a cookie or two to our soldiers overseas, especially on May 19, 2012, which is Armed Forces Day.
* Tell your husband/wife or children why you love them.
* Give your stuff a second life by donating old clothes to The Salvation Army Family and Thrift Stores.
* Tell your coworkers that you think they're doing a good job.
* Give new toys or books to children at a Salvation Army shelter.
* For one week, act on every single thought of generosity that comes in your heart. Notice what happens.
* Say thank you.
* While in a restaurant, pay for the meals at another table. Instruct the waitress to give you that table's check, quietly without notice.
* Cut someone's grass or weed or plant flowers in someone's garden.
* Drop off a bag of groceries on someone's doorstep.
* Go to a nursing home and bring an anonymous bouquet of flowers. Visit the Warr Acres Senior Center at noon this Wednesday and join the residents for an ice-cream social.
* Put quarters in expired or about-to-be-expired parking meters.
Take pictures of "Doing the Most Good" this week and post them to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Salvation-Army-Oklahoma-City/111677641619 or on twitter at @salvationarmyok.
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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!!! In honor of ALL you do {and then some}, I'm having a 20% off sale in my TpT store for 3 days {May 6th-8th}! PLUS, if you use the coupon code [ TAD12 ] you will get an extra 10% off!!!!!! Click *here* to check it out!
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This word wall packet contains over 200 vocabulary cards to help you create the ultimate content word wall! Each card contains a visual and definition/example of the vocabulary word. They are aligned to the Reading, Language Arts, Writing, and Math Common Core 1st Grade Standards, but I also included additional content vocabulary cards for you to use with your first graders (contractions, compound words, synonyms, antonyms, money, even & odd numbers, etc)!
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Domestic violence victims terrified that their tormentors will ignore protective orders and attack them again will get some security through a new state program using GPS monitors to track the movement of high-risk offenders.
The $140,000 pilot program, paid for with federal stimulus funds, will begin in the Bridgeport, Hartford and Danielson judicial districts, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Saturday. It will last a year.
The program was one of several reforms passed a week ago by the legislature's judiciary committee. Domestic violence is a high-profile issue for this year's General Assembly.
It comes in the wake of some high-profile cases in which women were killed, allegedly by estranged husbands and former boyfriends.
State workers will outfit at least 21 high-risk offenders with devices that will let victims and police know when an offender is too close to a victim, the victim's home or any other place court orders bar the offender from approaching.
"These funds will help us take a key step forward in our domestic violence prevention efforts," Rell said. "We continue to do all we can to keep victims safe and to make our domestic violence laws the toughest in the nation. These stimulus funds could save lives and prevent senseless tragedies."
The equipment will be used on domestic violence offenders who are charged in adult criminal court with violating a restraining or protective order or are considered likely to go after their victims, she said. Court officials will choose which offenders receive the monitors.
Both the offender and victim will have ankle bracelets. The device will notify a victim and the police when a defendant has violated set buffer zones or tampers with the device.
The device's warning will enable victims to get away and will guide police to the offender. Anyone in the program who violates restrictions will face additional penalties in criminal court.
Chief Court Administrator Barbara M. Quinn said the pilot program will allow the state to gauge the effectiveness of this new technology prior to statewide use.
"While we believe that this technology will be very useful in protecting victims' safety, it is but one tool to be utilized," Quinn said. "Domestic violence is a complex problem requiring all of the players in the criminal justice system, as well as domestic violence advocates, to continue to work together to enhance victims' safety."
Estimated family violence incidents in Connecticut year-to-date, based on 2008 data.


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Top 100 International Exchange & Expats Blogs 2014
The IX14 (International eXchange and eXperience blogs) is a competition by bab.la and Lexiophiles. It presents you with the current year's top 100 blogs on living abroad. The IX blog competition has been running for six years (check out the 2011, 2012 and 2013 results, too).
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I figured it's about time for an update.
A lot has happened in a very short amount of time, I've been a busy guy! A few days after winning the Scholarship eadams contacted me about participating in a little distance based learning experiment he whipped up involving the Cisco Network Academy. Without getting into all the details Aubrey opened up an enrollment slot in his CCNA Exploration program to assist in my studies. In return he asked me to blog about my experiences with the program from a distance based learning perspective and post a link from my blogs here onto the Cisco NetAcad's Facebook page. Hopefully that will drive up some unique IP's
I've been watching the CBTNugget and Train-Signal CCNA Training video's in addition to the Cisco Network Academy courses. They really offer fun alternative to the sturdy workload of the NetAcad. I've finished both the CBTnuggets and Train-Signal ICND1 DVD's and feel pretty good about what's covered in the CCENT. I'm really impressed with Jeremy Clorara's teaching style, he's not much about whiteboards or lecture based teacher like Chris, he's just hands on multitasking with lots of little stories and metaphors that keep you entertained and engaged. Chris is great too, but between the two I favor Jeremy. Chris has a really nice set of 3 x 100 question practice test on his DVD. Quiz 1 has a lot of great story based subnetting questions that are pretty challenging and make you stop and do the work!
I've also finished the first Network Academy Course called Network Fundamentals. It's an 11 chapter, 18-22 week instructor lead semester structure as a crash course in the OSI & TCP communications. That's a bit of an understatement, but I can tell you It was tough. it's really designed to make you slow down, do the labs and Packet Tracer examples and embed the concepts. I wasted the better portion of a day taking the first 5 tests without studying the chapters just to figure out that there was no way I was going to pass the exam unless I went back and did the work! Cisco Network Academy is no joke.
I've read upto Chapter 5 in the CiscoPress ICND1, I put it on the back burner until finishing the DVD's. I wanted a general scope of the CCENT and it's content before reading the book so I could focus on key principals I know I need to work with. It's a good book, I'm looking forward to slowing things down a LOT next week and putting the book to good use!
In my spare time between studying, I've managed to set up my Rack for future ICND2 labs. It may seem funny, but I was taken back on just how different real hardware is to work with then GNS3. Everything takes about 3 times as long and when something does go unexpectedly wrong you take it a lot more serious. So far on the rack I've successfully setup a working topology, tftp server, updated the IOS's, added some new physical memory, couple new NM-cards, and even had time last night to configure DHCP and NAT thought the SDM. No thanks to the newer Java version. I was pulling my hair out trying to get SDM to load on my PC before looking online and noticing only the older java versions work with SDM, what's up with that!


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Moore is in his fifth season as bench coach after being hired Oct. 22, 2008...this is his record fourth stint as a coach for the Rangers, having also served from 1973-76 (first base and third base coach), 1980 (third base) and 1993-94 (bench)...Moore has been involved in the game as a player, coach, or manager for 55 consecutive years...the Arlington resident has lived in the city for many years.
Prior to joining the staff, served as bench coach for the Houston Astros during the 2008 season...was manager of Houston's farm club, the Round Rock Express, from 2000-07...the Express was a Double-A team from 2000-04 and has been a Triple-A affiliate beginning with the 2005 campaign...Moore was named Texas League Manager of the Year in 3 of his 5 seasons at the DoubleA level, and reached the playoffs in 5 of his 8 seasons at the helm in Round Rock...the Express won the Texas League championship in the franchise's inaugural season in 2000, when club was named Baseball America Minor League Team of the Year after establishing a Double-A attendance record...was Baseball America Manager of the Year in 2001...has served as a coach at MLB Futures Game in Milwaukee (2002), Houston (2004), and Pittsburgh (2006)...he was the bench coach for the Rockies from 1996-98 and has also coached with Milwaukee (1970-72), Texas (1973-76, 1980, 1993- 94), Toronto (1977-79), Montreal (1987-89) and Cincinnati (1990-92)...he was the dugout coach for the 1990 World Champion Reds...he was manager of the Oakland A's from 1984-86...Moore served as an assistant coach for the silver medal-winning Pan American team in Winnipeg in 1999.
His 11-year playing career began in 1957 and included stints as an outfielder and a catcher with the Detroit and Boston organizations...he had one stint in the big leagues, spending the majority of the 1965 season with the Tigers...his lone year in the Red Sox system was 1967 with Toronto, topping the International League catchers with a .944 fielding percentage...with Detroit in 1965, he started behind the plate on Opening Day.
Jackie Spencer Moore...graduated from Houston's Bellaire High School in 1957...wife's name is JoAnne...their son, Johnathan, was selected by the Rangers in the 45th round of the 2010 June draft...has hosted nearly 100 guests from Snowball Express for an event in Mansfield the last 4 years...Snowball Express is an organization which provides opportunities for children of military members who have died on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001...Jackie has also participated in many other local charitable efforts, including the team's visits to local children's hospitals...took part in the 2013 Rangers Winter Caravan.


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Deadly tornadoes rip through central Florida
Seven tornadoes rip through central Florida on this day in 1998, killing 42 people. This was the deadliest outbreak of twisters in Florida's history.
The potential for deadly storms in the winter of 1997-98 in Florida was first forecast in October. The El Nino weather system was in full effect, pushing high-altitude jet stream winds further south than normal–right through the middle of Florida. Meteorologists predicted that this would give rise to a significant possibility of tornado activity in Florida, where such events are usually quite rare. A few twisters hit southern Florida on February 2, but were not deadly. On Friday, February 20, officials saw that an unusually warm system arriving from the southeast was set to collide with the jet stream, which suggested that tornadoes were very likely. The public was alerted.
On Sunday, official tornado warnings were issued for counties across the central portion of the state. However, despite the advance notice, many people went to bed and turned off their radios and televisions, missing the detailed warnings that were issued in the evening. The first tornado struck down at about 10:30 p.m.; six more formed over the next several hours.
The most powerful and deadly tornado of the series came down in Kissimmee at 12:40 a.m. It was categorized as an F3 with winds up to 206 miles per hour. The tornado destroyed multiple motor homes in the city's Ponderosa RV Park, where 10 people died, including a man who was thrown onto the Florida Turnpike. Elsewhere in Kissimmee, an 18-month-old child was pulled right out of its father's arms by the tornado and killed. In all, 25 people lost their lives in Kissimmee.
The last of the 42 victims died from his injuries on March 5. At least 250 people were seriously injured and approximately 3,000 buildings were destroyed. And it could have been worse–the tornadoes took paths that went just north and just south of the city of Orlando, the most heavily populated part of the region.


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Although actor Emraan Hashmi does not believe in the supernatural, he would love to meet a real witch some day.
The 34-year-old will soon be seen playing a magician in Kannan Iyer's directorial venture Ek Thi Daayan, which is about witches.
"I think I am a little superstitious, but I haven't had the chance to meet any 'daayan'. But I definitely want to meet one and it would be great if she is beautiful and sexy," Emraan said at a press conference in New Delhi, Thursday.
Co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj and Ekta Kapoor, the movie also stars Huma Qureshi, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kalki Koechlin. It is slated to release April 19.


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Preview Information about Installing & Using the Burnstation Prototype
As part of the Burnstation prototype's package we'll be including a README.TXT that provides:
- Instructions for installing the Burnstation prototype's components on a Plumi system
- How to use the Burnstation prototype
- Instructions for installing the Burnstation prototype's components on a Plone system (without Plumi installed)
A preliminary copy of the README.TXT file is available for you to review on the Burnstation section of the Plumi Wiki. This is a sneak preview for you to review but we do not recommend installing the Burnstation prototype as it is not yet ready to be deployed into the wild.
Click here to view the preliminary copy of the Burnstation prototype's README.TXT file,


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World Environment Day 2013: Five Ways to Preserve Food and Prevent Waste
|The theme of this year's World Environment Day—celebrated today—is Think.Eat.Save., a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) campaign aimed at curbing food waste and food loss.
|Sophie Wenzlau
|Sophie Wenzlau is a Food and Agriculture Staff Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute.
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|Supporting Climate-Friendly Food Production
|To Combat Scarcity, Increase Water-Use Efficiency in Agriculture
|Disease and Drought Curb Meat Production and Consumption
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Approximately one third of the food produced for human consumption every year—roughly 1.3 billion tons—is lost or wasted in fields, grocery stores, and kitchens around the world, to the detriment of bank accounts and the environment. In addition to its moral implications, food waste leads to the unnecessary consumption of land, water, and energy resources, and contributes to environmental problems such as deforestation, water scarcity, and pollution.
Rotting food is also a significant source of methane emissions, which contribute to global climate change. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), methane is one of the most environmentally harmful greenhouse gases—twenty times more so than carbon dioxide.
In honor of World Environment Day, Nourishing the Planet recommends five low-tech ways to make use of the food hiding in the bottom of your refrigerator.
1. Freeze it. If you bought too many fruits, vegetables, or loaves of bread, consider tossing extras in the freezer. With minimal preparation, many foods can be stored at low temperatures for weeks or months at a time, and used as needed. To save soft fruit—such as berries, kiwi, and peaches—mix one cup of fruit with one teaspoon sugar, let stand until the juices release, transfer to a freezer-safe bag, squeeze out the air, and freeze for up to nine months. To save firmer fruit—such as apples and pears—simmer in a covered pot with a squeeze of lemon juice, a splash of water, and a few tablespoons of sugar until just limp, then transfer to a container and freeze. For information on freezing bread, vegetables, and herbs, see this article on curbing food waste.
2. Dry it. Dehydration is one of the oldest and simplest methods of food preservation; dried foods keep well because their water content is low, which inhibits the growth of bacteria, yeasts, and molds. Though there are many ways to dry food, common methods include sun drying, air drying, oven drying, dehydrating, and smoking. If you have ever found yourself with an excess of quickly-wilting fresh herbs, drying is an easy way to save them for later. To dry less tender herbs—such as rosemary, sage, thyme, summer savory, and parsley—simply tie them into small bundles and hang them to air dry, preferably indoors. To dry tender herbs with a higher moisture content—such as basil, oregano, tarragon, lemon balm, and mint—hang a small bunch inside a paper bag, close the top with a rubber band, and punch holes in the sides for ventilation. Place the bag in an area where air currents will circulate and allow to dry. For more information about drying, see the National Center for Home Food Preservation's (NCHFP) website.
3. Can it. Canning—a method of preservation in which food is sealed in an airtight container—removes oxygen, destroys enzymes, and prevents the growth of undesirable bacteria in food, ultimately increasing shelf-life. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, meats, and seafood can all be canned safely and easily at home with minimal effort and equipment. With the simplest method of canning—water bath canning—one need only fill a jar with the desired ingredient, add hot water or syrup, cover the jar with a lid, and boil it in an open pan of water until a seal forms under the lid, creating a vacuum in which bacteria will not thrive. See NCHFP for additional, detailed information about canning, or check out the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Complete Guide to Home Canning.
4. Pickle it. Pickling is the centuries-old process of preserving food by storing it in salt brine or vinegar, and is used to make foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, and ceviche. Pickled food is made by the process of fermentation—in which the growth of "good" microorganisms is encouraged and that of spoilage-causing microorganisms prevented—a trait it shares with bread, yogurt, wine, beer, coffee, cheese, soy sauce, and other goods. Although the shelf-life of fermented foods is shorter than that of canned foods, which can last for years, fermentation is an effective way to preserve foods for a number of seasons. Check out pickling tips and recipes from the Old Farmer's Almanac and NCHFP.
5. Salt it. The process of salting meat—also known as curing—draws out moisture from meat through osmosis, retarding the lifespan of microorganisms and extending the lifespan of the food. Often, the process of curing meat also involves the addition of nitrates, nitrite, or sugar. If you find yourself with an excess of beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, or poultry, consider curing and saving the meat for later consumption. For recipes and more information on cured meat production, check out NCHFP and honest-food.net. If the prospect of curing your own meat is too daunting, consider dehydrating it instead. This is the process by which jerky is made, and is less time consuming.
These preservation techniques are but a few ways that consumers can reduce their "foodprint," a term coined by UNEP. There are other ways to prevent food waste, of course, techniques that include buying only what you need, eating seasonal produce, and cooking creatively. For more information about World Environment Day and the Think.Eat.Save. campaign, visit UNEP online.


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Don't think your SUV is less of a target because you've removed loose valuables from the interior.
Some thieves aren't looking for your electronics devices or your briefcase or what have you. No, they want your third row seat!
ABC News is reporting that "third seat theft" is on the rise in Texas and California.
That's right, crooks are taking the seats and selling them for as much as $1,000. That's a lot of loot especially for something that can be stolen so easily.
Police recommend you engrave your vehicle's VIN number on the seat structure or using a bike lock to make it more difficult to unhinge. But frankly the latter will not slow them down much.
And they omit the most obvious solution: a superior car alarm!
Watch the video and see how quickly the robbers are able to access the truck through the back. In less than a minute they've accomplished their task while drawing no attention to themselves.
In our opinion, the time to thwart a thief is before they gain entry into your ride. Being able to recover the seats is all well and good, but we'd rather not have to go through that hassle.
Considering how much it costs to replace the third row at the dealership, a wise investment in protecting your vehicle is a must.


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With the school year well underway, we would have thought the annual transition for drivers already would have taken place. Apparently not.
Just this week, Hays USD 489 Transportation Director Russ Henningsen told Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler that bus drivers continue to see violations.
The moving traffic violations include speeding through school zones and passing school buses when they're not allowed to do so.
Based on personal observations, we would have to conclude the speeding is not taking place near Hays High School. The combination of road construction on 13th Street and the regular presence of an occupied squad car generally has traffic there at a snail's pace anytime close to school starting or letting out.
But at every other school in town, and likely throughout the region, many motorists are ignoring the rules of the road.
As a public service reminder, penalties for committing moving offenses near buses or in school zones are higher by design. There are children involved, and their safety potentially is compromised by inattentive or uncaring drivers.
There are pentagon-shaped signs to mark every school zone and student crosswalk. Signs have a yellow background with a black border and black legend. Often, they're accompanied by flashing yellow lights. Those same lights are utilized with speed limit signs so drivers know when to follow any designated slower zones.
Any motorist encountering a school bus (again, conveniently painted yellow for easy identification) needs to pay close attention. You cannot pass a school bus from either direction if the bus either has its flashing red lights going or its stop signal arm extended. As a warning, bus drivers activate warning lights that are amber-colored prior to turning on the red flashing lights -- much the same way a yellow light precedes red on a stoplight.
Motorists are not allowed to proceed until the flashing red lights and the stop signal arm are no longer activated, or until the bus resumes motion.
The concept is simple to understand, but for some apparently difficult to accomplish. Any child's safety should be enough motivation, but perhaps the court's effect on one's pocketbook might help. First convictions result in a $100 fine, plus court costs of $70. Repeat offenders run the risk of being reminded that driving is not a right, it's a privilege. And privileges may be revoked.
It's been more than 30 years since a new school was built in Hays. All drivers should know the rules of the road. We believe it's either inattention or somehow one's lateness is rationalizing breaking the law.
So remember, it's not merely a speeding violation or improper passing. Children's lives could be at-risk. Let's keep it safe.
Editorial by Patrick Lowry


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I'm very pleased to share with you my initial offerings for 2012.
It is a teleconference series (webinar) entitled,
The Dagara Medicine Wheel & The 2012 Shift:
Living Higher Consciousness in the New Age.
This seven-part teleconference series will guide you through ancient indigenous wisdom from the Dagara Tribe of Burkina Faso in West Africa and teach specific technology for using this African medicine wheel to achieve a higher consciousness lifestyle. Through discussion of 5 powerful and soul-nourishing themes that characterize new age thought, conference participants will receive guidance, inspiration, and wisdom for addressing challenges in personal development, physical and emotional health, relationships, money, and right livelihood.
The 5 themes are:
Divinity Within (What if you were born in grace instead of sin?)
Personal Sovereignty (Why do we so readily giveaway our personal power?)
Interdependence (Can we really transcend co-dependency through vulnerability?)
Sacred Contracts (How do fairy/folk tale and movie characters reveal life purpose?)
Unity Consciousness. (Can a telepathic ritual teach reverence for life?)
Each of the 7 sessions will be presented monthly on Thursday evenings
from 7-8:30pm CST/8-9:30pm EST/5-6:30pm PST
beginning February 23rd through August 23rd.
To receive a description of each session and instructions for registering and payment, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
I look forward to working with you in cyberspace!


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Video Calling Going Prime Time
Visual communication is different in different markets, with the consumers being the "late entrants" in this case. While this might be true while we're still in the early adoption stages of this technology/service, it is probably about to change in 2009. Living here in Israel, hasn't exposed me to any videophone ad on TV, but there have been a few in the US which were targeted directly at consumers. Here's some of those I bumped into through my twitter account and those I am following Full Story
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President Barack Obama's plan to get utilities, banks and other essential services to bolster defenses against hackers will be filled with technical standards and guidance on responding to attacks.
One thing will be missing — financial incentives to help pay for computer and network security upgrades — and that could mean many companies decide not to take part in the voluntary program.
"If the framework isn't cost effective and isn't supported by incentives, it's hard to see how it can work on a sustainable basis," Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, which represents General Electric Co., Boeing Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., said in a telephone interview.
The U.S. plan, scheduled to be released tomorrow, will outline standards that companies providing critical services such as electricity and water can use in preventing hacker attacks that may cripple their networks. Trade groups say inducements such as tax breaks and legal protections are needed to help offset the cost of security upgrades.
Obama issued an executive order last year after failing to get Congress to require companies to better defend their networks. While the order called for incentives, the administration couldn't work them out in time and some will require legislation or regulatory approval.
"Six months ago the message we were hearing is that incentives were coming," Robert Dix, vice president of government affairs for Sunnyvale, California-based Juniper Networks Inc., said in a telephone interview. "Virtually nothing has been done to move the needle on any incentives that are going to be economic motivators for investments."
Companies and government agencies spent more than $88 billion in 2013 on cybersecurity, more than double the $40 billion spent in 2006, according to research conducted by the Ponemon Institute based in Traverse City, Michigan.
The attack on Target Corp.'s payment processing system through a vendor shows that small and medium-sized companies might be used to begin attacks, Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, said in a phone interview. They may not be able to afford to improve network security without incentives, Ponemon said.
"Companies are between a rock and a hard place," he said. "A lot of very small companies are very attractive to cyber criminals because they will use that small company as a staging ground to larger companies."
Sharing Data
While the administration's National Institute of Standards and Technology developed the framework with industry, it left out incentives. The Homeland Security Department will develop a program to encourage participation in the framework.
Companies need legal protections for sharing digital threat information with each other and the government, said Marillyn Hewson, chief executive officer of Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp., which sells cybersecurity services to companies and governments.
"The threats are very significant and can be hugely devastating for a company, whether they lose their intellectual property or their systems are shut down and they can't perform their functions," Hewson said at a Bloomberg Government breakfast yesterday.
An attack can open up a company to lawsuits from customers, partners or other parties.
Utilities might want to be authorized by regulators to raise rates in order to help pay for higher security spending, Scott Aaronson, director of national security policy for the Edison Electric Institute in Washington said in an e-mail.
Banks want to be protected from lawsuits if they follow the framework and still encounter an attack, as well as tax incentives and discounts on cybersecurity insurance, Doug Johnson, vice president for risk management policy at the American Bankers Association in Washington said in a telephone interview.
No decisions have been made on incentives and some are easier to do than others, Michael Daniel, White House cybersecurity coordinator, said in a phone interview.
The administration might be able to quickly come up with a way to publicly recognize companies that embrace the framework, which would represent a sort of federal seal of approval, Daniel said. Linking federal grants to improved cybersecurity also might be possible in the near term, he said.
Legislation, Regulation
Allowing utilities to recover costs through higher rates may be more difficult because it probably requires actions by state legislatures or regulators, Daniel said.
"The primary driver behind getting companies to use the framework is really going to have to be the market dynamics," Daniel said. "This is about risk management. The framework is designed for companies to take a look at where they are currently and where they should be with regard to their cybersecurity posture."
Honeywell International Inc., the technology and aerospace company based in Morris Township, New Jersey, "generally supports non-financial government incentives that establish a legal framework with limited liability, antitrust, and other protections for companies that share threat information and to ensure appropriate privacy protections," Robert Ferris, a spokesman, said in an e-mail.
Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, and Sempra Energy, an energy-services holding company based in San Diego, also submitted comments to NIST calling for incentives.
Ann Beauchesne, vice president of national security and emergency preparedness for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said in an e-mail that companies "need certainty that threat and vulnerability information voluntarily shared with the government will not lead to frivolous lawsuits, will not be publicly disclosed, and could not be used by officials to regulate other activities."
Breaking down legal barriers that impair information sharing will require congressional legislation, Daniel said.
That's unlikely anytime soon. Many lawmakers are outraged at the reach of National Security Agency spy programs exposed in documents leaked by former government contractor Edward Snowden and may be reluctant to approve bills that would give the government more visibility into what's happening on private networks.
"There's been no question that the unauthorized disclosures have made life a lot harder for promoting things like information sharing," Daniel said.
Flexible Framework
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a February speech that Congress should move forward on cybersecurity legislation and that the administration could support "some form of limitation on potential civil liability for private sector entities."
The executive order called for incentives to encourage use of the framework. Agencies issued recommendations in August that included legal protections, tax breaks, streamlined regulations and preferential treatment for federal grants and contracts.
One of the most important incentives for companies "is the assurance that the cyber framework will remain collaborative, flexible, and innovative in the long-term," Beauchesne said. The Chamber is the nation's largest business lobby and led opposition to legislation that would have created cybersecurity mandates.
The Washington-based Information Technology Industry Council, which represents technology companies like International Business Machines Corp. and Symantec Corp., said companies will find the framework useful even if incentives are still months or years away.
"While incentives might not be immediately available, they certainly warrant serious consideration," Danielle Kriz, the council's director of global cybersecurity policy, said in an interview. "We need to pinpoint options that are workable, that fill identified gaps, and that do not create unwieldy, compliance-based programs that undermine the voluntary nature of the framework and the program."
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I have recently been contacted by a self-published author David H. Burton, who is hard at work promoting his debut novel, The Second Coming (see trailer here). It's my pleasure to announce this interview, as well as host a giveaway of the book. Welcome, David!
Please tell us a little bit about your debut novel, The Second Coming.
Well, it's hard to categorize other than: paranormal/fantasy/horror. It's not for those who are sensitive about their religious beliefs, as it will likely offend.
The religious context of the novel is very delicate. Where did this come from?
From my past where I was immersed in it. In my early years, I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness. Later, after my father was excommunicated and became a born-again Christian, I was brought up in a nondenominational congregation. I've never seen so much judgment and hypocrisy, which I have very little tolerance for. For instance, people will use various biblical passages to justify their own bigotry and skip the passages that don't suit them. As for my book, I decided that if others can pick and choose passages to suit their own purposes, why can't I? The Old Testament God is jealous, pompous and blood-thirsty, so it was easy to "demonize" him.
You mention on your blog that you are a person of "queer persuasion".
In other words, gay. I live with my same-sex partner near Toronto. We have three boys, brothers that we adopted two years ago. We're lucky to have them. I often blog about adoption, particularly older child adoption. Our children were truly the greatest thing that ever happened to us. And being gay has had an influence on my writing, as well. A couple of the main characters in the book are queer, and I have a children's fantasy novel finishing up that will include two dads. Sometimes you write what you know.
Your blog is used for both promotional purposes, as well as a personal blog. How important do you think it is to communicate with one's readers?
Extremely important, especially in today's connected world. I like being able to share both my experiences as a writer and as a human being with others. And I love hearing from readers! I think that, moving forward, authors will be more connected with their readers and that's a great place to be. It allows us to get feedback directly about what they like and don't like about a book. It might even help shape a series, for instance, which is very exciting (and a little scary!).
Do you have a ritual when it comes to writing?
I often write on the commuter train - that's as close to a ritual as I can get. It seems to be the only time I have to sit and be creative. Basically, I just need uninterrupted time and music. I like dark, Gothic music like Evanescence when I write. The Open Door album is perfect for writing this particular series. It's dark, tragic and brings out one's anguish. It may sound weird, but it really works.
What's next on your agenda as a writer?
I'm currently working on the next novel (tentatively titled The Blood of Isis). I'm self-published so I also have to spend considerable time peddling my book. I'm hoping a traditional publisher will pick it up at some point. Also, I've mentioned I'm working on a steampunk fantasy novel for children. There aren't enough boy books out there! I hope it will be ready soon.
What book is on your night stand at the moment? Could you share some authors whose works have influenced you?
George R.R. Martin, both on my night stand and as an influence. When I first read his novel A Game of Thrones, I was aghast that he killed off one of my favorite characters. That was a huge influence on me, realizing I shouldn't be afraid to kill off a character. I also realized I didn't need to use traditional fantasy settings, nor the dichotomy of good pitted against evil. Some people can do evil things, despite their good intentions, and vice-versa.
I also love Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, Margaret Weis, Mark Anthony, J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert J. Sawyer and Dan Brown, to name a few.
Finally, are there any literary trends you particularly like or dislike?
I hear angels are the new vampires. I suppose my angels are not what you'd expect. Sadly, publishing houses latch onto some trends and flog them to death. Right now the focus seems to be on urban fantasy and it's killing the authors who write something different. I don't follow trends as a writer or a reader and I think the vampire/werewolf thing is way overdone.
David has generously offered 5 E-book copies of his novel for a giveaway, in the format of your choice.
The giveaway is open to all and will end on April 28th. Leave a comment to enter. Extra entries are as follows:
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If you need to provide multiple possible values for a field in a select query, then the following will help.
// Assume that $values[] is an array containing the values you are interested in.
$values = array(1, 4, 5, 8);
// To select a variable number of arguments using pg_query() you can use:
$valuelist = implode(', ', $values);
$query = "SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE col1 IN ($valuelist)";
$result = pg_query($query)
or die(pg_last_error());
// You may therefore assume that the following will work.
$query = 'SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE col1 IN ($1)';
$result = pg_query_params($query, array($valuelist))
or die(pg_last_error());
// Produces error message: 'ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer'
// It only works when a SINGLE value specified.
// Instead you must use the following approach:
$valuelist = '{' . implode(', ', $values . '}'
$query = 'SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE col1 = ANY ($1)';
$result = pg_query_params($query, array($valuelist));
The error produced in this example is generated by PostGreSQL.
The last method works by creating a SQL array containing the desired values. 'IN (...)' and ' = ANY (...)' are equivalent, but ANY is for working with arrays, and IN is for working with simple lists.


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AK_Brickster wrote:GLOBAL CHALLENGE III - PURGING THE MAGIC ISLANDS
[b][i]For years, the lawful rulers of Roawia tolerated the use of magic on islands isolated off of the eastern shores because the Lands were divided and we were on the brink of internal war. Now, with mutual treaties bringing the factions closer together, the King of Roawia has decided that it is time to finally cleanse the world of the vile and dangerous practics of sorcery! Together, we can rid our lands of their filth!
...If the winning faction is Garheim, Lenfald, or Loreos, that faction will be awarded a stronghold in outlaw territory!"
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The City of Poughkeepsie now works with Paymentus Corporation, a third party secured payment service, to offer payment options for customers interested in paying their water and sewer bills online or through an automated phone service. Paymentus accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, debit cards with Visa or Mastercard logos and electronic checks. Paymentus will charge a convenience fee of $3.75 for each transaction up to a maximum amount of $300.00. Multiple payments can be made if necessary.
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And it's not just a nightmare. The Miami Herald reports that:
'The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans are falling closer to the poverty line, and the gulf between the nation's ''haves'' and ''have-nots'' continues to widen.
A McClatchy Newspapers analysis of 2005 census figures, the latest available, found that nearly 16 million Americans are living in deep or severe poverty.'
Oddly, enough the spike in poverty parallels a spike in corporate earnings, the Herald reported today.
'The plight of the severely poor is a distressing sidebar to an unusual economic expansion. Worker productivity has increased dramatically since the brief recession of 2001, but wages and job growth have lagged behind.
At the same time, the share of national income going to corporate profits has dwarfed the amount going to wages and salaries.
That helps explain why the median household income of working-age families, adjusted for inflation, has fallen for five straight years
....since 2000, the number of severely poor has grown ''more than any other segment of the population,'' according to a recent study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine' -- Miami Herald
I'm not wealthy, but I live in relative comfort. What's more, I have the safety net of a loving and generous family. Yet, with all those blessings, I feel the pinch of reality in our paycheck-to-paycheck economy. To help me sleep better at nights, I have put together a strategy for maintaining a healthy personal balance sheet.
1. Diversify income sources. A business with just one major customer is vulnerable to the whims and financial fortunes of that customer. Likewise, a worker with just one income stream is overly dependent on that employer, venture or contract.
2. Save, save, save. The importance of emergency funds is often stressed by many bloggers. I'm committed to building a $10,000 emergency fund. I like to go to pfblogs.org to search and study the emergency fund plans of other bloggers. There are so many excellent posts on the topic.
3. Live frugally. Over the last few years, I've cut a lot of excess expenditures from my budget. I will continue to do so.
4. Commit to continued education: I've made a dedicated push to stay informed of major changes in my industry and in the world of finance. I will also continue to upgrade my technology skills.
5. Give to charity. I have enough to share. It's good karma to give. Generosity makes me feel wealthy, even if I only have a quarter or a dollar to share.
6. Hunt for passive income: Days are short and my to-do list is long. I need to find more ways to make my money work for me when I am asleep.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Thresia Elskamp (Potosi, Wis.) had her best night as a member of the Georgia College women's basketball team (9-5, 5-2 PBC) but it would prove to be not enough as The University of North Georgia Saints (5-8, 3-3 PBC) would come away with a 58-48 victory Thursday night at the Centennial Center.
Elskamp led all scorers with 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from behind the arc. The junior guard also chipped in 10 rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block. The double-double is the first for of the year for the Bobcats and the first since Chimere Jordan March 11, 2011.
Shanteona Keys (Roswell, Ga.) was the only other Bobcat in double figures with 14 points on 4-of-11 shooting. Keys added three assists, two steals and two rebounds to her final line.
As a team, the Bobcats shot 18-of-64 from the field and 7-of-23 from downtown compared to the Saints 19-of-47 from the field and 3-of-13 from three-point-range. The Bobcats only made nine trips to the charity stripe, making five of them, while the Saints had 26 attempts and converted 17. The Bobcats turned the ball over 10 times, while forcing 24 turnovers by the Saints.
Four Saints finished in double-digit points, led by Jaymee Carnes with 13. Carnes and Mimi Hill each had 11 rebounds and Carnes also had two blocks.
The Bobcats will be back in action Monday, Jan. 20 at 5:30 p.m. when they head to Augusta, Ga. for the third Battle of the Cats matchup.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Can Terry McAuliffe govern himself?
So far, almost every external event in the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial race — the federal investigation of a sitting governor and the selection of an over-the-top activist as the GOP lieutenant governor candidate, for starters — has helped Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe.
This weekend, the trajectory of the race may hinge on a different question: Can Terry McAuliffe help himself?
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The irrepressible former Democratic National Committee chairman and his opponent, Republican state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, will meet for their first debate on Saturday at Virginia's Homestead resort. The event will be an early gauge of whether the two candidates can deliver their messages convincingly (they both want to create jobs) and make their attack lines stick.
( PHOTOS: Terry McAuliffe's career)
For McAuliffe, however, the debate will be a test of more than that. Despite all the breaks their candidate has caught this year, what still keeps Democrats awake at night is chronic uncertainty over whether McAuliffe can rein in his showman's instincts, hit his marks and present himself as, you know, gubernatorial.
McAuliffe's friends and allies freely acknowledge that's not necessarily an easy sell for a man who once waved a bottle of rum around on national television, while clad in a floral shirt, on the day of Puerto Rico's 2008 Democratic presidential primary. The same expansive personality that helped McAuliffe bank nearly twice as much cash as Cuccinelli last month is also a big fat target for his opponent to bait, prod and attack.
In a sense, the matchup between Cuccinelli and McAuliffe going into the debate is a microcosm of the whole race: a Republican candidate hobbled by his ultra-ideological reputation but confident he can win an off-year campaign on his own terms versus a Democrat with a heck of an electoral opportunity in front of him, who's still making the often unsteady transition from political fixer-cum-talking head to credible leader.
( PHOTOS: Ken Cuccinelli's career)
Former Virginia legislative leader Brian Moran, who tussled with McAuliffe in debates during the 2009 Democratic gubernatorial primary, predicted this weekend would be a "very good indicator" of McAuliffe's battle-readiness.
When McAuliffe is at his best, Moran said, he's talking about the "economy, jobs, not making this necessarily about himself but rather his vision for Virginia."
"He really is a business guy, and an exuberant one at that," said Democratic strategist Paul Begala, a McAuliffe friend and fellow Clinton-world insider. "Terry is running as a pro-business Democrat like Mark Warner. Cuccinelli is running as a hard-edged social conservative."
Begala said that McAuliffe has "got his work cut out for him" as a messenger, adding: "He does seem much more disciplined this time around."
At the very least, his 2013 campaign is more disciplined than his previous effort. Up to this point in the race, the longtime Democratic rainmaker has run a tightly controlled effort, one designed in every way as a rectification of his expensive, over-the-top, consultant-heavy 2009 gubernatorial bid, which ended in a last-place primary finish.
( Also on POLITICO: Poll: McAuliffe holds narrow edge)
McAuliffe himself is said to be far more focused and goal-oriented in his approach to the race, in his 2013 incarnation. Several extra years of working the Richmond power structure have brought once-skeptical state Democrats squarely into McAuliffe's cheering section.
But all of that has only gone part of the way to calming Democrats' Virginia jitters. Even as McAuliffe's public appearances have been relentlessly on message — often held on out-of-the-way community college campuses and other locales unlikely to attract hordes of media — there's still simmering concern in the party that in his heart, Terry is still Terry.
That is, the Terry McAuliffe who claimed in his 2009 campaign to have created "over 100,000 jobs." Or the Terry McAuliffe who's quoted in the new D.C. narrative "This Town" cracking a prostate-exam joke in the middle of a party.
Democrats plainly broadcast their anxiety about McAuliffe's debating skills earlier this week, with the Democratic Governors Association releasing a memo furiously downplaying expectations for his performance. Even by contemporary standards of political spin, this was a particularly straightforward effort at lowering the bar.


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Students at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder will launch a co-working space in an effort to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship and connect students with area businesses.
Dubbed Spark Boulder and scheduled to open February 21, the space will feature desks, Wi-Fi access, printers, mailboxes, conference rooms with phone and video capability, mentoring, server services, iPads, iPhones, Android devices and weekly speed-networking events. Spark Boulder will be open to the public and will offer monthly memberships to students at a discounted rate.
"We're building a bridge between CU-Boulder and the amazing startup ecosystem that's all over Colorado," said Fletcher Richman, managing director of Spark Boulder and a senior in electrical and computer engineering, in a prepared statment. "We're giving businesses a way to tap into the talent that's on campus while also bringing more visibility and introducing students to the businesses that want to talk with them."
"Campuses in general can be fragmented places and that's not really ideal for starting great businesses or coming up with really innovative ideas," added Richman. "We want to bring together students from engineering, arts and sciences, law, business and other departments, and put them in one space and allow them to interact with people who think differently than they do."
"Richman is launching the 5,400-square-foot Spark Boulder with Bill Shrum, a senior in environmental design," according to a CU-Boulder news release, "and Ben Buie, a spring 2013 graduate of CU-Boulder's MBA program."
Early projects underway at Spark Boulder include "a Web platform that connects people with expert professionals instantly through video chat, an aquaponics — or food production — system, a student-run design agency and the development of iPhone apps," according to the news release.
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January 2005
ARM Program Research Improves Longwave Radiative Transfer Models
As published in a series of recent journal articles, researchers sponsored by the DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program have completed a major effort aimed at improving parameterizations of radiative transfer used in global climate models. Their development and validation of a line-by-line radiative transfer model (LBLRTM) resulted in a reduction in errors of longwave flux calculations from 6 to 8 W/m2 to less than 1.5 W/m2. This improvement reduces the uncertainties in model simulations of heating and cooling of the earth's atmosphere.


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