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Fayette County is getting its first built-to-order college campus. Read More»
Tyrone Mayor Eric Dial lunches with Burch Elementary student Ude Ike during the school's "Lunch and Learn" program. Students were excited to share a special luncheon with a community leader while one special student was given the chance to be principal. It was a great time of leadership mentoring and self-esteem building for the students. Photo/Special.
Central Educational Center Director of Arts Dr. Lyn Schenbeck has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2015 Georgia Teacher of the Year. Schenbeck was Coweta County's 2013 Teacher of the Year.
The announcement of the 10 finalists was made by State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge on April 7. The finalists were chosen from a pool of 156 applicants from across the state who had received the top honor from their respective school districts. Read More»
Robert J. Burch Elementary Assistant Principal Tammy Sibley confers with Davis Chapman, a second-grade student performing part of his responsibilities as "Principal for a Day." Chapman was selected as part of a fundraiser for the school's Parent Teacher Organization and used by the school to foster leadership mentoring and students' self-esteem. Photo/Special.
A math team from Lee Middle School traveled to the campus of the University of West Georgia recently for district MathCounts competitions and took 1st Place in the West Georgia Region.
Lee's team, consisting of Math Club students Jenny Oh, Chris Raum, Laura Keuhl, Josh White, Minhyuk Kim, April Hong, Ben Lacina, Marlayna Cromedy, Bryan Shim and Joon Baek, represented the region at this year's MathCounts State Level Competition, held March 17 on the Georgia Tech campus, said school system spokesman Dean Jackson. Read More»
Nine Sandy Creek FBLA members attended the 2014 Georgia State FBLA State Leadership Conference after qualifying at the regional level. Six members won top honors and qualified to attend the 2014 FBLA National Leadership Conference. Front row, from left: Madison McNair, Saridh Galvan, Rosie Jamison, Tamara Lopez, Ellie Klarl, and Carlisle Vidourek. Back row, from left: Malcolm Woods, Sanjay Rampersaud and Jamarcus Mathis. Photo/Special. Read More»
Coweta County's 2014 STAR Student Yehong Zhu has another star attached to her name. The East Coweta High School senior on March 21 was named STAR Student for the 10-county region that includes Coweta County.
Zhu and her family, along with STAR Teacher Paula Corley, were present at the Region 3B STAR Student and Teacher banquet in Griffin when the announcement was made. Zhu is now a contender for Georgia's 2014 State STAR student. Read More»
The McIntosh High School graphics design team was recognized Monday night by the Fayette County Board of Education. Pictured from left are school system school nutrition director Kokeeta Wilder, graphics art teacher Lauren Bozone and students Timberlene Gilliam and Veronika Zwicke. Photo/Ben Nelms.
McIntosh High School's state champion debate team was honored March 24 by the Fayette County Board of Education. Pictured, from left, are teacher and debate coach Ward Abel and students John Hamlin, Elizabeth Roshelli, Christian Carr, Alex Marty, Stephen Black and Kyle Bligen. Photo/Ben Nelms.
A large donation by AT&T will provide support for site coordinators working with the Coweta Communities In Schools (CIS) program.
The $60,000 donation was presented by AT&T Regional Director of External Affairs Rich Johnson to the Coweta County Board of Education at its March 11 meeting. CIS is the nation's leading drop-out prevention program. Read More»


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With the holidays upon us and most of us crunched for time, a few hotels have cleverly figured out that travelers could use help with the dreaded chore of wrapping presents.
In what I see as a kind gesture with no obvious upside for the hotel except to create more loyal guests, the Embassy Suites Boston-Logan Airport hotel is offering a complimentary gift-wrapping service this week.
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Guests can take advantage of the service through Dec. 25, though the service may require a wait time so check first. If you can wait, however, you can get up to three gifts wrapped with paper, string and even a bow - for no cost.
At the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, the hotel shops will wrap gifts that you purchase there for no additional cost. This is also a nice move, although the free service does require a purchase.
Chicago's Hotel 71 boutique hotel is running a "Ribbons and Bows" holiday shopping package that includes complimentary gift wrapping, travel writer Melanie Nayer notes in the Boston Globe. Starting at $209 a night, rates include a $50 Visa gift card redeemable at one of many stores along Michigan Avenue or State Street.
A nice gesture to stressed-out guests
Complimentary gift wrapping is a nice gesture that more hotels should consider offering next year.
Wrapping, after all, is an issue for the many people who fly to eat Christmas dinner and don't travel with wrapped presents.
The Transportation Security Administration, after all, still advises fliers not to wrap presents in case they need to inspect them.
"The TSA will force you to unwrap gifts if they see something suspicious through the scanner," Chris Gray Faust recently reported on her blog, Chris Around the World.
Hotels, of course, aren't always staffed by Martha Steward wannabes who are both willing - and able - to wrap presents. This simple fact could prevent this concept from taking off.
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February 27th, 2013 | 9
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January 8th, 2013 | 1
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February 8th, 2013 | 18
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Blackboards Make You Stupid (Or Is It Just Me?)
August 31st, 2013 | 1
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October 30th, 2014 | 3
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Multitask at Your Own Risk
July 2nd, 2014 | 2
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Who Needs Stimulants for ADHD?
February 13th, 2014 | 15
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Teen Builds Gateway to the Brain for Girls
November 6th, 2013 | 1
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The Making of a Mathematical Mind: 1 Step at a Time
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Build-A-Monster From the Inside Out
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Speaking of Tax Dollars… Do You Like Yours Spent on Teaching Creationism?
January 29th, 2014 | 19
After the State of the Union address last night, everyone is talking about how best to spend tax dollars. So it seems appropriate to bring this into the conversation. Slate published a critical interactive map this week showing schools that allow the teaching of creationism in their science classrooms while receiving public funding. It's a [...]Keep reading »
Iran's Position on Evolution? Not What You Might Expect.
August 9th, 2013 | 7
If you had asked me before yesterday what the official Iranian position on evolution was, I would have shrugged my shoulders and said, "skewed?" As such you can imagine my surprise when I found out that Neil Shubin's popular book, Your Inner Fish, has been translated into Persian: And here I must admit: I'm more [...]Keep reading »
The Promise and Perils of Pinterest
March 16th, 2012 | 18
The Promise – a bold credited, copyright future Initially, I was enamored by Pinterest, the image sharing and collecting site. It's like a visual scrapbook of all the things you love online, and does what Tumblr has neglected to do, and requires a link back to the source of each image. Amazing. A boon for artists, illustrators [...]Keep reading »
Spongelab: gaming the art of science education
September 12th, 2011 | 4
"What famous painting does this remind you of?" I was sitting in the offices of Spongelab Interactive about a month ago speaking with Jeremy Friedberg, molecular genetics and biotechnology professor, now science education game-guru, and we were discussing the interactive opening image of History of Biology, an expansive mystery game. The image in question, above, contains [...]Keep reading »
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Dear Editor,
First, I would like to share with you my cure for the so called Gun Show Loophole.
If our government would require gun shows to do what the Washington Arms Collectors do for the Monroe and Puyallup shows it would take care of everyone's concern about criminals buying guns at gun shows.
I have been a member of Washington Arms Collectors for about 30 years. The only people who can buy a gun are members of the club. To be a member you have to have a concealed weapons permit.
This means you have already had a background check. We also can do a background check at the show when you apply for membership. We have security and they are good at their job.
Occasionally they catch people who don't follow the rules. I have never known of a gun purchased at one of our shows that was used in a crime.
The assault gun and high capacity magazine ban when Clinton was in office did nothing to stop criminals. This is one reason our legislators didn't renew it.
One of my concerns is if I'm attacked by someone that has an assault rifle with a 30 or 20 round magazine and I'm only allowed to have a 10 round magazine I'm at a big disadvantage.
You hear on the news the anti-gun people say no one should own a military style weapon, you can't hunt with them, not true, in most states you can hunt small game and varmints like rabbits and squirrels and prairie dogs.
I have a lot of fun going to the range and punching holes in paper targets, or going out in the desert and blasting pop cans with my assault rifle. Try it sometime.
I just want our government to stop posturing for votes with useless legislation that wastes time and money.
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SJR-8200 would add the 2/3 majority requirement in the legislature to raise or institute taxes to the State Constitution. The voters have chosen on five separate occasions to require the State Legislature to not raise or create taxes unless they had a super-majority (2/3).
We have to continually reaffirm this requirement because after two years an Initiative can be set aside by the Legislature.
Obviously the voters want this requirement and it is time for the Legislature to give the voters the option in 2013 to make it an amendment and therefore permanent.
The last initiative (I-1185) passed with 64 percent of the vote, passed each county, and all but five legislative districts. The voters have spoken and spoken loudly to this point.
Please tell our State Representatives and Senator to support SJR-8200.
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The literature describing behavioral or psychosocial treatments commonly focuses on these interventions for outcomes of disruptive behavior, not ADHD symptoms, even though these are commonly comorbid conditions. Therefore, few long-term extension studies lasting 12 or more months are available, and evidence is insufficient to know if behavioral or psychosocial treatment alone is an effective long-term treatment option for children with ADHD.
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Are you looking to make some tasty treats? Bud butter/cannabutter is a vital ingredient in most marijuana recipes. Bud butter can be used in any recipe that calls for butter or oil.Learn how to decarboxylate your weed before cooking with it, for the full psychoactive effect!
½ cup (1 stick) salted butter
¼ ounce cannabis buds, finely ground
To make cannamargarine, simply substitute margarine for butter.
Grinder, medium saucepan, glass (with a tight fitting lid), spoon
Decarboxylating your weed:
To get the full psychoactive effect when ingesting Cannabis, it is highly recommended you first decarb your cannabis before you cook with it. Learn how to decarboxylate your Cannabis
- Melt the butter on low heat in a medium saucepan. Add the ground buds (a little bit at a time), and simmer on low heat for 45 minutes, stirring frequently. You should see small bubbles slowly forming at the surface.
- Strain the butter into a glass with a tight-fitting lid using a metal strainer. Press the cannabis against the metal strainer using the back of a spoon to release the excess butter. When you're done, throw the leftover cannabis in the compost.
- You can use the cannabutter immediately or store it in the refrigerator for later. You can easily scale this recipe up for larger batches of cannabutter. The general rule is that 1 pound of butter (4 sticks) can absorb 1 ounce of cannabis. For larger quantities we recommend that you simmer the butter for 60 minutes to get the maximum results!
Note: For medical patients, we recommend using 2 ounces of cannabis for each pound of butter, effectively doubling the strength of the cannabutter.
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I used 1 stick of butter to 1/4 bud and simmered it 45 minutes. I only yielded 1/4 c. cannabutter.
Did I do it wrong?
|so just to clarify here: yes decarbonize before you begin this recipe? or does the simmering already do that? thanks!
|I was curious to know if there was a method to infuse butter or oil with concentrates (wax or hash ) or would I just be wasting good product
|V has it down.... thats the method I use except I do it with 3 10 qt pots... filling half to 3/4 full of trim and scruff.... add 5-6 lbs of butter....and fill with water an inch from the lip...margerine doesnt work...thc cbd and cbn's bond to the fat molecule in the butter... I prefer unsalted butter as well.... I found a tshirt works better than a cheese cloth for straining and squeezing out the butter from the debris... hope this helps .... have fun in the kitchen making a mess is the funnest part lol
|I am curious as to what kind of metal strainer I need? And maybe where I could get one?!
|Does this work with keef as well?
This was a lot of help! I put mine into a butter stick mold container and tossed them into the freezer. Will the freezer hurt or limit the longevity of my butter?
|Also i only had it on the stove for 45 minutes was this enough time to build up a potency in the butter?
|Guys/Ladies i was making my butter when i found out that my mom was on her way home. This forced me to just stop where i was and throw my butter in the fridge. I never got to strain the weed from the butter, does this make a difference if i eat it?
|I make butter all the time. I use approximately 1/2 to 1 oz of trim from kind bud for every pound of butter. I melt the butter in water and add my trim. I simmer it for 3-4 hours, stirring about every 5-10 minutes. When my butter is a dark green and very glossy I strain it and let it chill for a minimum of 12 hours in the fridge. Drain the water and shazam I have amazing butter. I use it in place of any recipe that calls for oil. I do not grind up my trim or any bud that I may use. I find that on the stove, 3-4 hours of simmering gives me the same quality as 8 hours in the crock pot. I just made some butter this morning that is so dark it looks like spinach water. I am very excited to try the treats I make.
|I think some people are missing the point of making cannabutter. You aren't trying to get all of your pot into the butter. The thc will bind to the fat in the butter while cooking it ( or any fat for that matter). That's why you leave it coarse and strain it out. If you are grinding your pot into a powder you may as well skip the butter and just toss it in the mix. You are essentially doing the same thing by not straining out the plant matter. I'm not saying it won't work but why make the extra effort when your brownies won't be reaching their full potential anyway.
|Margarine is NOT like butter and is for the most part very BAD for yo so it does not make a good substitute well in any situation really.
|I just made this recipe last night I just winged it as this recipe does not give you any hints or much detail. I did not use water like most people are saying to use just butter, pot and a cheese cloth for staining. I simmered it for a hour and a half as I wanted to get the most of it but did not have time to do it for 24 hours like some peoples recopies I have seen and I thought 30 mins was low. My pot butter is dark green color tasts great smells great and because I ground it in a coffee grinder till it was almost poweder ther are no bits or pieces just clear green yummy pot butter. I used 1 pound butter and 17 grams of some good trimmings. Now I just have to see how the stone is I am working all day so I will let you all know how it is later this evening! I think it turned out great.
|so after I make the butter, or lets say I make the tea, can I dy the bud and smoke it?
|Why not use margerine?
|Yes, very much so... Hint, use crock pot in room by window, i found a ionic breeze at goodwill for 5$'s works like a dream...
|Does it smell when you make weed butter?
|Oh ya.. as far a bud to butter ratio. I normally use 1/2 oz of shake/trim to every stick of butter I make. If you are using kind nug then much less is needed. However I'd smoke the kind. But thats just me.
|This way of making butter will not get you good results. The best way to cook the butter is with a crock pot on low for 8-10 hours. If you dont have a crock pot use a double boiler. If you dont have a double boiler at least put the stove on simmer. Over heating will ruin your butter, about 220 is the perfect temp to cook it at.
|note: i'm vegan and make it with Earth Balance, and it works just as well!
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|How much bud should I use for every LB of butter?
|what are the rest of the directions? LOL.
|Do you think I can use fresh stuff or should it be dry.
|Hey AM, what do you mean will just eating the bud butter get you high? Of course it will, are you high already? I heard if you eat 2 whole sticks of regular butter before you eat the "bud Butter" you'll be ten times higher. Go for it buddy
My friend showed me to use a coffee grinder to make it dust..:). No straining needed:) also, she used the manicure clippings not the leaves she saved up and they were dried before putting in the grinder:)
It smelt sooo good!
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It was nearly impossible to read XLR8R during the latter parts of 2011 without seeing some bit of ecstatic praise for the LA-based experimental dance music label 100% Silk; we've been more or less hooked on the record hub's output since day one. Elsewhere on the internet, you've likely found heaps of accolade for sister imprint Not Not Fun, especially in regards to the 936 LP it released for Madison, WI husband-and-wife duo Peaking Lights. So, one might assume that the 936 Remixed EP is the end product of a handful of 2011's most exciting artists coalescing into 25 minutes of top-shelf dancefloor sounds, and that would be wholly accurate.
Ital's rework of the drifty, sun-soaked "Marshmellow Yellow" easily takes the prize for the best remix. The Brooklyn producer's knack for sample manipulation is on full display here, as he builds most of his track from chopped elements of the excellent original and beefs up the reformatted tune ever so slightly with a solid dance rhythm, funky bass pattern, and some whispy atmospherics. And even though "Marshmellow Yellow (Ital Remix)" works out its sticky groove with barely any reprieve, there are more than enough sonic subtleties interwoven throughout its lengthy run time to keep your attention from waning.
The remaining three productions opt to use less of Peaking Lights' source material, though the results are no less interesting. "Shine for U (Innergaze Remix)" is a cool, electro-tinged jam that soaks its elements—vocal samples, drum-machine loops, bulbous basslines, dark synth tones—in spacey delay before coasting along for four and a half minutes, and Xander Harris' "Birds of Paradise" remix boasts a syrupy kind of house music that still remains engaging, bubbly, and readily danceable. The only real misstep on 936 Remixed comes from Cuticle, whose version of "Tiger Eyes" is a bit unsettling. Even as it builds to its synth-laden epoch, the sloppy composition just crosses over the fine line between pleasantly loose and irkingly off-kilter. Thankfully, this record offers plenty of other options for DJs and electronic music lovers looking to score an eclectic mix of inventive dance tunes.
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SANAA, Yemen, (AP) - Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh issued
messages of hard-line defiance Wednesday even as intense battles raged in
the heart of the capital for a third day, saying he will not step down or
allow the country to become a "failed state."
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were having dinner at Postrio's. Nature placed us at 36 degrees,
5 minutes north latitude, 115 degrees 10 minutes west longitude
– in the middle of a North American desert. There were only
30 residents at that location in 1902 — every one of them probably
wishing he was somewhere else. But that was before the mafia, gambling,
air conditioning, and the Colorado River transformed Las Vegas into
the "Entertainment Capital of the World."
in the very same spot you can enjoy cuisine moderne, sitting "outside"
in a replica of St. Mark's Square, Venice. Not only that, you can
arrive by gondola!
place is better than the real thing," said a friend. "No
pigeons, the water in the canal is clean, it's air-conditioned,
it never rains, and there are no pesky foreigners."
never rains in St. Marks Square in the Venetian. The sky is always
perfect — with wispy clouds punctuating a clear blue ciel.
a nearby table, a 50-something man entertained three young women.
The women looked like they might have been Italian prostitutes or
models for a Latin American motorcycle magazine.
it nice," said someone at our table, "he brought his daughters
to Las Vegas…"
goes in Las Vegas. No hallucination is too bizarre. No perversion
too revolting. No idea too absurd. My friend could not have picked
a better place for the first annual convention of the Foundation
for Economic Education.
love this place," said Harry Browne, twice Libertarian Party
candidate for president. "People are so relaxed. And so friendly.
It also illustrates what the free market…and man's imagination…can
editor was not sure. He was either impressed. Or appalled.
he was not there to pass judgment. He was there to give a speech…and
found himself with hecklers even before he opened his mouth.
if you're going to say something anti-American," said a man
as the audience collected, "we don't want to hear it."
Mark had asked me to speak. The other speakers — one after another
— celebrated the virtues of liberty and the remarkable country it
had produced. How could I resist?
stand before you a heretic," I told the audience. "I have
nothing against liberty…or against America itself. But, both are
like Las Vegas hookers — overbought…and under-appreciated. Their
virtues have been corrupted for the sake of convenience." Excerpts
from my speech, reconstructed from memory and improved, follow:
is certainly a worthy ideal. Like honesty and integrity, it is something
we should strive for. But it is not everything. It doesn't explain
why people do what they do. Nor is it even what people really want.
needs to be nourished from time to time with the blood of patriots,
they say. But perhaps some other body fluids might help from time
to time — gall, bile, sweat and tears. And whatever goo greases
the synapses of the brain.
point I am reaching for is that u2018liberty' can be a slippery concept.
It can have a very simple meaning and simple application…or it
can get stretched into a grotesque shape and used to justify things
that make people less free. It is typical of bull market tops that
people do not think critically. They accept whatever they are told…whatever
they want to hear…whatever makes them believe that the good times
will continue for ever.
has been a bull market in American power and wealth for the last
226 years…with a major rally since the end of the Carter Administration.
People seem to have lost the capacity of skeptical reflection. They
will get it back, I predict, but not before a lot of body fluids
have been expended. Because a kind of madness often takes over when
you come near a major top. It has to run its course…it has to
exhaust itself…destroy
itself…before it finally comes to an end.
the twin towers of the World Trade Center went down, the flags went
up all across the land. u2018Proud to be an American' banners unfurled
everywhere. But what were Americans so proud of? Is what we see
better? Is what we eat better? Are we better people?"
we're the richest people on Earth," my heckler had said to
me as if that settled the matter…
course, it all depends on how you measure it, I told him. But even
if it were true, what does it prove? Is wealth all that matters?
Mencken summed up the simple spirit of liberty in America when he
translated the Declaration of Independence into the unadorned American
language. I will read a passage for you:
you and me is as good as anybody else, and maybe a damn sight better;
second, nobody ain't got no right to take away none of our rights;
third, every man has got a right to live, to come and go as he pleases,
and to have a good time however he likes, so long as he don't interfere
with nobody else. That any government that don't give a man these
rights ain't worth a damn; also, people ought to choose the kind
of government they want themselves, and nobody else ought to have
no say in the matter…
things get so bad that a man ain't hardly got no rights at all no
more, you might almost call him a slave, then everybody ought to
get together and throw the grafters out, and put in new ones who
won't carry on so high and steal so much, and then watch them…'
liberty may have been the idea foremost in the minds of the patriots
who set up the republic. America never was a nation — for we are
a diverse people, with different customs, languages, religion, history.
Genetically, individual Americans are closer to their European,
Asian or African relatives than they are to other Americans. The
only thing that unified the country was the idea of liberty — that
anyone could come and make a new start, so long as he was willing
to work.
while the simple liberty may have been the idea behind the country…it
was not necessarily the idea in front of it. A lot can happen in
226 years. And a lot has. Flying from Baltimore yesterday, I stood
in line for an hour…and then was ordered to partially undress.
I was checked out so thoroughly I thought I should cancel my annual
medical examination. My shoes were removed and run through a special
shoe scanner! (Of course, I can't tell you how many people have
wanted to hijack a commercial airliner with a pair of loafers. I
know I have.) But all this was done in the name of protecting our
Hitler probably reached a episodical bull market top of his power
when he invaded Russia on June 22nd, 1941. He didn't
say he was trying to enslave the Russians and kill the Jews. Instead,
he said he was promoting the cause of liberty! Stalin fought back
with the same rhetoric — claiming that he was fighting to protect
the liberty of Mother Russia. It was hard to tell which was the
bigger lie. In neither country were citizens free to do what they
wanted. In Russia, particularly, they were almost completely enslaved
the habit of using u2018liberty' to describe acts of terror, barbarism
and war was already well established in the world. At Gettysburg,
Abraham Lincoln described his war against the southern states as
a war to ensure that a 'nation conceived in liberty…shall not
perish.' Nobody laughed. Americans had already lost their sense
of humor…and their liberty.
I read in the International Herald Tribune that geopolitical thinkers
are becoming comfortable with describing America as an u2018empire.'
America is more powerful compared to the rest of the world than
even ancient Rome was. We have bases all over the world and routinely
meddle in almost everyone's business. Why not just own up to the
fact that we've become an empire?
with agents all over the planet, supposedly looking out for u2018America's
interests,' there's bound to be trouble. And little by little, the
freedom of individual Americans gives way to the security needs
of the empire. And so we all stand in line, like sheep, getting
our penny-loafers examined…and not saying a word in protest. 'Inappropriate
comments are illegal' says a sign in the airport. But, in the name
of liberty, what isn't?"
Tocqueville thought American liberty improved the morals of its
people. A Frenchman, he was surprised — and perhaps disappointed
— to find American women reluctant to cheat on their husbands. He
ascribed the virtue to exhaustion. Americans worked so hard they
had no energy left for fooling around, he thought. But times change…
the Venetian, I ran a gauntlet of leafleteers. Taking the handouts
just to be sociable, your editor discovered they were pornographic.
He examined them carefully — with an eye to plumbing the depths
of depravity in Las Vegas. A pair of twins promised to "Double
Your Fun" by visiting your hotel room — "within 20 minutes."
A pregnant "bored housewife" pledged to shed whatever rag of decency
she had left — again, in the privacy of your hotel room. And, for
those who weren't quite sure what they wanted, a "trans-gender"
person claimed to be "fully equipped" to satisfy whatever disgustingly
perverse ambition you may closet.
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Genome Map Might Help Save Tasmanian Devil From Extinction
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have sequenced the genomes of the animal known as the Tasmanian devil and the transmissible facial cancer that threatens the species with extinction.
The findings may help efforts to save the meat-eating marsupials found only on the Australian island of Tasmania, according to the study in the Feb. 17 issue of the journal Cell.
"There are targeted drugs that work against cancer genes," Elizabeth Murchison, a Tasmanian native working at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom, said in a journal news release "We hope some of the mutations that we have found in genes in the devil cancer may point to therapeutic strategies."
The facial cancer ravaging the Tasmanian devil population is spread through bites that transfer living cancer cells. Tasmanian devils bite each other often. The first recorded case of the disease was noted in 1996. By the early 2000s, "it was clear that this was a new type of infectious disease," Murchison said.
The genomes of the Tasmanian devil and the facial cancer suggest that the cancer first arose in a female Tasmanian devil.
"The cancer genome has evolved as it has spread through the population, but overall it appears to be rather stable," study senior author Michael Stratton said in the news release. "The genetic differences between 104 Tasmanian devil tumors from all around the island present us with a remarkably clear picture of how the cancer has spread in time and space over the last couple of decades, which may help with strategies for disease containment."
More than 17,000 mutations in the devils' cancer genome have been cataloged and researchers must now determine which of those are most important. Early indications suggest that changes in immunity genes may explain how the cancer evades the immune system.
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The Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service has more about the Tasmanian devil.
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