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Mongabay.com news articles on green in blog format. Updated regularly.
Indigenous groups re-occupy Belo Monte dam in the Amazon
(10/09/2012) Construction on Brazil's megadam, Belo Monte, has been halted again as around 150 demonstrators, most of them from nearby indigenous tribes, have occupied the main construction site at Pimental. Over a hundred indigenous people joined local fishermen who had been protesting the dam for 24 days straight. Indigenous people and local fishermen say the dam will devastate the Xingu River, upending their way of life.
Appreciating elephant individuality: a new approach to preventing conflicts with humans
(10/09/2012) To prevent conflicts between humans and elephants in developed areas, a new study shows there is much to learn from analyzing Asian elephant behavior at the individual level as opposed to population studies. Researchers have traditionally interpreted elephant behavior at the population level, looking for behavior patterns among elephants of similar ages, group sizes, and genders. Today, field researchers in India are studying elephant behavior at the individual level. Their goal is to appreciate the idiosyncrasies of individual elephants in the hopes of predicting their behavior. Nishant Srinivasaiah, of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and lead author of the study, told mongabay.com that it is vital "to get to know our elephants more intimately than ever before and, more importantly, to shift our focus from a population to include its individuals as well."
Cambodia drops case of murdered forest activist, Chut Wutty
(10/08/2012) An investigation into the mysterious death of Cambodian forest activist, Chut Wutty, has been dismissed by the courts, which critics allege is apart of an ongoing cover up. The court decided that since the suspect in Wutty's death, In Rattana, was also dead there was no need to proceed. Chut Witty was shot to death while escorting two journalists to a logging site run by Timbergreen. Wutty, whose death made international news, was a prominent activist against illegal logging in Cambodia.
Brainless slime mold uses slimy memory to navigate
(10/08/2012) How do you navigate space efficiently without a brain? Slime, according to a surprising new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of a brainless slime mold named Physarum polycephalum. Scientists at the University of Sydney have discovered that the mold secretes slime as an 'external spatial memory' to make sure it doesn't end up going around in circles.
Parrots of the Caribbean: extinction looms in the Bahamas
(10/08/2012) I think about extinction a lot. It's only natural for someone in my line of work. On my way to work I drive past the Colorado National Monument. Even from a distance it's impressive: piles of dark schist 1,500 million years old; Wingate sandstone from the age of dinosaurs, all of it formed into cliffs, carved into spires. I can see Independence monument from the highway; a tall tower of tan sandstone that John Otto climbed near the beginning of the 20th century without rope. The monument is a display of the massive changes in the world. I often think about the rainforests and the oceans that once covered the land. Ecosystems have come and gone, the planet destroyed and rebuilt over and over.
First REDD Textbook - Forest and Climate Change: The Social Dimensions of REDD in Latin America – Book Review
(10/08/2012) Thank you Professor Anthony Hall. After many years, we finally have a REDD textbook that can be used in the undergraduate and graduate classroom. Professor Hall has produced an excellent contribution to the growing Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) literature.
90 percent of oil palm plantations came at expense of forest in Kalimantan
(10/08/2012) From 1990 to 2010 almost all palm oil expansion in Kalimantan came at the expense of forest cover, according to the most detailed look yet at the oil palm industry in the Indonesian state, published in Nature: Climate Change. Palm oil plantations now cover 31,640 square kilometers of the state, having expanded nearly 300 percent since 2000. The forest loss led to the emission of 0.41 gigatons of carbon, more than Indonesia's total industrial emissions produced in a year. Furthermore the scientists warn that if all current leases were converted by 2020, over a third of Kalimantan's lowland forests outside of protected areas would become plantations and nearly quadruple emissions.
Indigenous blockade expands against massive dam in Sarawak
(10/08/2012) Indigenous people have expanded their blockade against the Murum dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, taking over an additional road to prevent construction materials from reaching the dam site. Beginning on September 26th with 200 Penan people, the blockade has boomed to well over 300. Groups now occupy not just the main route to the dam site, but an alternative route that the dam's contractor, the China-located Three Gorges Project Corporation, had begun to use.
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil hits 10 year mark
(10/04/2012) The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is holding its tenth annual meeting later this month. The initiative, which aims to improve the social and environmental performance of palm oil production through a certification standard, has advanced considerably during that time, moving from an idea to a reality: RSPO-certified palm oil now accounts for 12 percent of global palm oil production. Yet the RSPO is not without controversy. Some palm oil companies say its criteria are too costly to adopt and are therefore discriminatory, while environmental critics argue its bar for "sustainable" palm oil is too low and the loopholes allow producers to claim membership even if they aren't actually producing certified palm oil across all their holdings. Nonetheless the RSPO has support from many of the world's largest palm oil producers, traders, and consumers as well as the biggest NGOs.
Food prices rise as food aid needed in Middle East and Africa
(10/04/2012) Food prices increased in September on the FAO Food Price Index after two months of stability, while food aid has been urgently called for in Yemen and Syria, and concerns lingered in parts of Africa. Food prices globally rose 3 points (or 1.4 percent) to 216 points.
Nary a mention of climate change during U.S. presidential debate
(10/04/2012) The hour-and-a-half long debate between President Barack Obama and ex-governor Mitt Romney last night ended without a single reference to climate change. Frustrated with the lack of discussion on the issue from both candidates, environmental activists sent a petition with over 160,000 signatures to debate moderator, Jim Lehr, urging him to ask a question about climate change. The petition fell on deaf ears.
Cute animal picture of the day: red panda kits
(10/04/2012) Although called red pandas, these Asian animals are neither pandas nor bears, and despite a resemblance to raccoons they are not closely related to them either. Red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) are actually now thought to be the sole living representative of the taxonomic family, Ailuridae. The rest of their near-relatives are extinct, making red pandas a very important species.
Forest destruction leads to more floods in temperate regions
(10/04/2012) Keeping forests standing would lessen both the number and size of spring floods in temperate regions, according to a new study in Water Resources Research, by slowing seasonal snow melts. In deforested areas, snow melts faster due to a lack of shade causing at least twice as many, and potentially up to four times as many, flood events. The new research highlights a largely unknown ecosystem service provided by temperate forests: flood mitigation.
NASA satellites catch vast deforestation inside Virunga National Park
(10/03/2012) Two satellite images by NASA, one from February 13, 1999 and the other from September 1, 2008 (see below), show that Virunga National Park is under assault from deforestation. Located in the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the park has been assailed by entrenched conflict between rebels and government forces, as well as slash-and-burn farming, the charcoal trade, and a booming human population.
Photos: new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
(10/03/2012) Every year scientists describe around 18,000 new species, but mammals make up less than half a percent of those. Yet mammal surprises remain: deep in the remote Peruvian Andes, scientists have made an incredible discovery: a rich cloud forest and alpine grassland ecosystem that may be home to no less than eight new mammal species. Although most of these new mammals are currently under study—and have not been officially described yet (a process which can take several years)—lead scientists, Horacio Zeballos of Peru and Gerardo Ceballos of Mexico are certain they have uncovered a small forest, surrounded by deforestation and farmland, that shelters a remarkable menagerie of mammals unknown to scientists until now.
Gaming for rainforests
(10/03/2012) The average gamer will spend thousands of hours playing video games by the time they reach adulthood, but the most popular games among some demographics — shoot-em-up and sports games — don't seem to offer many dividends to society or the environment. However Jan Dwire doesn't believe that has to be the case. With a small team in Costa Rica, Dwire has developed "Rainforest Rangers", a multi-platform game that teaches kids about rainforests, including their importance and the threats they face.
In midst of rhino poaching epidemic, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy has happy problem: too many black rhinos
(10/02/2012) So far this year, South Africa has lost 430 rhinos to poachers, more than one animal a day. The epidemic of rhino poaching, fueled by demand for black-market powdered rhino horn in Vietnam and China, is decimating rhino species worldwide. In fact, last year saw the official extinction of two rhino subspecies: the Vietnamese rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus), a subspecies of the Javan, and the western black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes), a subspecies of the black. However there is one place where rhinos still thrive. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya has found itself with a unique, but happy, problem: they have so many black rhinos, which are considered Critically Endangered by the IUNC Red List, that they need to move some to stop rhino-fights. In other words, their rhino population has hit its limit for the 25,000 hectare (62,000 acre) nonprofit protected area.
Cute animal picture of the day: new gorilla baby and mom
(10/02/2012) A baby western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) was born recently at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust's (DWCT) to mother, Hlala Kahilli and first-time father, Badongo.
Great Barrier Reef loses half its coral in less than 30 years
(10/01/2012) The Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its coral cover in the last 27 years, according to a new study released today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Based on over 2,000 surveys from 1985 to this year the study links the alarming loss to three impacts: tropical cyclone damage, outbreaks crown-of-thorns starfish that devour corals, and coral bleaching.
Mr. Darcy and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl: monkeys display distinct personality types
(10/01/2012) Remember the 'man with no name' played by Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars, Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, or the bubbly cute girl in every romantic comedy from Legally Blonde to Breakfast at Tiffany's? Each of these characters represent an over-the-top type of human personality—loner (man with no name), aloof (Darcy), and nice (the bubbly cute girl)—but a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that it's not only humans that show such distinct types, but baboons as well. Studying 45 female chacma baboons in Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve over seven years, the researchers found that such personality types, unrelated to social statues, helped to determine the animals' overall sociability and the stability of their relationships.
British government comes out against drilling in Virunga National Park by UK company
(10/01/2012) The British government has come out in opposition against oil drilling plans by UK-based, SOCO International, in Virunga National Park, reports Reuters. The first national park established on the continent, Virunga is home to one of only two populations of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the world. In March of this year, two oil exploratory permits came to light granting SOCO seismic testing inside the park by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Illegal logging worth $30-100B annually
(10/01/2012) Illegal logging accounts for 15-30 percent of forestry in the tropics and is worth $30-100 billion worldwide, alleges a new report published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL. Consuming countries play a major role in the trade, which is increasingly sophisticated and in some places is facilitated by the expansion of industrial plantations.
Rarest gorillas lose half their habitat in 20 years
(10/01/2012) Cross River gorillas and eastern gorillas lost more than half their habitat since the early 1990s due to deforestation, logging, and other human activities, finds a comprehensive new assessment across great apes' range in West and Central Africa.
Cute animal picture of the day: caracal kitten in Yemen
(10/01/2012) The first ever research project on the caracal (Caracal caracal) in Yemen has taken an astounding photo of a mother caracal and her kitten in the Hawf Protected Area. Conducted by largely local researchers, the study is aiming to estimate Yemen's caracal population and better understand the threats to the species.
Aceh revokes permit for controversial oil palm plantation in Sumatra
(10/01/2012) Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah officially revoked the business permit for a company developing a controversial oil palm plantation in a peat swamp in Sumatra, concluding a case that had tested Indonesia's commitment to a moratorium on new concessions in peatlands and rainforests.
200 indigenous block road to dam in Sarawak
(09/29/2012) 200 indigenous men and women are blockading shipments of construction materials to a dam site in Malaysian Borneo to protest the impact of the hydroelectric project on their traditional forest home, reports the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), a Switzerland-based group that campaigns on behalf of forest people of Sarawak.
Sustainability pact aside, Greenpeace says paper giant APP must stop facilitating deforestation
(09/27/2012) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) must stop accepting timber sourced from clearance of rainforests and peatlands for its sustainability pact to have any credibility, says Greenpeace.
IUCN to kick-off Green List for 'fully conserved' species
(09/27/2012) Following news on endangered species can sometimes be a depressing, albeit important, affair. In an age of vast deforestation, pollution, overexploitation, rising human populations, and climate change, every day seems to bring more stories about species, or biodiversity in total, on the brink. However, the news is not grim for all species, conservation efforts has achieved success in stabilizing, growing, and in some cases, even protecting in the long-term, for a number of the world's wildlife. Now, a new list by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will highlight these positive poster-childs of conservation.
Another journalist attacked in Cambodia for covering illegal logging
(09/27/2012) Two weeks after an environmental journalist was found murdered in the trunk of his car, another journalist has been brutally attacked in Cambodia. Ek Sokunthy with the local paper Ta Prum says he was beaten in his home by three assailants by a pistol and a stick. The attack follows swiftly after the high-profile murder of 44-year-old forest journalist Hang Serei Oudom.
World Bank agrees to fund project related to controversial Gibe III dam
(09/27/2012) Originally refusing to provide funding to Ethiopia's controversial Gibe III hydroelectric dam, the World Bank has now announced plans to fund the power lines that will carry generated electricity away from it. In their official statement they report that the lines will "connect Ethiopia's electrical grid with Kenya's, create power-sharing between the two countries, reduce energy costs, promote sustainable and renewable power generation [and] better protect the region's environment...eventually benefiting 212 million people in five countries."
Jaguar conservation gets a boost in North and Central America
(09/27/2012) Jaguar conservation has received a huge boost in the past few months both in Latin America and in the U.S. An historic agreement singed between the world's leading wild cat conservation organization Panthera and the government of Costa Rica in addition to a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposal bring renewed hope to the efforts to revive the iconic jaguar in its current habitat and return the cats to the American Southwest.
Livelihoods depend on the environment in the Western Ghats
(09/27/2012) In the Uttar Kannada district of the Western Ghats, the livelihood of the average individual depends largely on the well being of the environment. Six months ago, before large-scale mangrove planting of the area, if someone were to walk through the banks of the mangroves in the Western Ghats he would see many fishermen casting their long nets and wires, time and time again noticing pieces of trash such as plastic grocery bags tangled in the nets.
Agriculture causes 80% of tropical deforestation
(09/27/2012) Agriculture is the direct driver of roughly 80 percent of tropical deforestation, while logging is the biggest single driver of forest degradation, says a new report funded by the British and Norwegian governments. The report presents an overview of drivers of deforestation to inform policymakers involved in developing the REDD+ mechanism, an international program that aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Commentary: Protecting the people, not the polluters, says Greenpeace
(09/27/2012) Greenpeace is dedicated to ending deforestation and preventing catastrophic climate change. We are often recognized for putting our lives and freedoms on the line to accomplish these goals. In the U.S. alone, Greenpeace is campaigning to save ancient forests, speaking out against the coal industry; mobilizing millions to save the arctic from new oil drilling; and pushing key industries to commit to renewable energy.
In eco-pact, will controversial paper giant APP turn over a new leaf?
(09/26/2012) Over the past decade-and-a-half there has arguably been no paper supplier as controversial as Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), an umbrella brand for several Indonesian forestry companies. The paper giant has been dogged by allegations that is destroying key wildlife habitat, driving substantial greenhouse gas emissions through the conversion of peat forests, dispossessing local communities of land, and engaging in a heavy-handed campaign to undermine its critics within Indonesia and abroad. Its reputation hasn't be helped by its financial record — in 2001 it defaulted on $13.9 billion in debt, making it difficult for APP to raise money for expansion.
Penguins face a slippery future
(09/26/2012) Penguins have spent years fooling us. With their image seemingly every where we turn—entertaining us in animated films, awing us in documentaries, and winking at us in commercials—they have made most of us believe they are doing just fine; the penguin's charming demeanor has lulled us into complacency about their fate. But penguin populations are facing historic declines even as their popularity in human society rises. Overfishing is decimating some of their prey species, climate change is shifting their resources and imperiling their habitat, meanwhile pollution, such as oil spills, are putting even healthy colonies at risk. Now, a young organization, the Global Penguin Society (GPS), is working to save all of the world's 18 penguin species by working with scientists, governments, and local communities.
Corruption still plundering forests in Laos for furniture
(09/26/2012) The forests of Lao are still suffering from widespread destruction with the government turning a blind eye to a thriving black market logging trade on the border of Laos and Vietnam, according to an update report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Last year, the EIA found that powerful players, including the Vietnamese military, were plundering Laos of its forests for raw logs. Smuggled from Laos into Vietnam, the raw logs are crafted into furniture, which are eventually exported to Europe and the U.S. Now, over a year later a new report finds little has changed.
Cute animal picture of the day: tiger triplets
(09/25/2012) Last month, the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Bronx Zoo saw the arrival of three Siberian tiger cubs (Panthera tigris altaica). Also known as Amur tigers, they are the world's largest cats with adult males weighing up to 318 kilograms (700 pounds). Most of the population is found in far eastern Russia, however a few animals also survive across the border in China.
Commentary: Greenpeace report threatens climate change mitigation and tropical forests
(09/25/2012) From 2008 through 2010, deforestation in the states of the Brazilian Amazon declined steeply, lowering reductions in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere by approximately 1.5 billion tons. During this same period, the 30 nations that participate in the world's largest carbon market—the European Union's "Emissions Trading Scheme" (EU ETS)—reduced emissions by about 1.9 billion tons (Figure 1). There is an important difference between these two extremely important steps towards emissions reductions. The first was achieved through climate-related donations of approximately US$ 0.47 billion. The second involved financial transactions of US$ 411 billion—roughly 875 times more money. Greenpeace's new report , Outsourcing Hot Air, could help to slow—or reverse—the progress of tropical states and provinces around the world in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
Greenpeace targets forest carbon offsets in California's cap-and-trade
(09/25/2012) California's inclusion of forest conservation-based carbon offsets in its climate change legislation may not lead to net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and could exacerbate social conflict in places like southern Mexico, argues a report released Monday by Greenpeace. But the activist group faced sharp criticism from backers of California's initiative.
Featured video: trailer for Living Downstream
(09/25/2012) After suffering from bladder cancer at 20, Sandra Steingraber began to study the links between toxic chemicals and deadly diseases. Her research led her to write the the much-acclaimed book Living Downstream, which combines her personal struggles with disease and the on-going contamination of our environment. Now, a new film based on the book, Steingraber's life, and the science behind cancer and chemicals in our environmental, is being released worldwide. To see the list of screenings worldwide: LIVING DOWNSTREAM.
New website highlights the plight of the pangolin
(09/25/2012) Scaly, insect-devouring, nocturnal, and notoriously shy, pangolins are strange mammals who remain unknown to many. But they are facing a major crisis as they are stolen from the wild in East Asia to serve as meat or traditional medicine. In Asia, two of the four species are now listed as Endangered due largely to poaching. Now, a new expert group through the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) aims to work toward better research and conservation of the world's imperiled pangolins, starting with launching a new website, PangolinSG.
Coral diversity off Madagascar among the world's highest
(09/24/2012) The western Indian Ocean, especially the waters between Madagascar and mainland Africa, may be among the world's most biodiverse for coral species, according to a new study in PLOS ONE. Conducting dive surveys in the region for nearly a decade, David Obura with the Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) identified 369 coral species in the western Indian Ocean and predicts there may be nearly another 100 unidentified. If so, this would make the region as biodiverse as the Great Barrier Reef, but still behind the Coral Triangle which has over 600 species.
Featured video: camera traps find rare, mountain animals in Sumatra
(09/24/2012) In May of this year, Dutch filmmaker, Marten Slothouwer and his team trudged up Sumatra's northern-most mountains with video camera equipment in hand, hoping to capture rare and cryptic species for the world to see. Already the camera trapping initiative, dubbed Eyes on Leuser, took incredible footage in the region's imperiled lowland rainforest, but the group hoped now to capture mountain endemics.
Amazon deforestation jumps in August
(09/22/2012) Satellite imagery released by the Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) reveals a sharp jump in deforestation during the month of August. The new data, which wasn't publicized by usual press release on INPE's homepage, was first highlighted by O Eco, a Brazilian environmental news site.
New forest map shows 6% of Amazon deforested between 2000 and 2010
(09/21/2012) An update to one of the most comprehensive maps of the Amazon basin shows that forest cover across the world's largest rainforest declined by about six percent between 2000 and 2010. But the map also reveals hopeful signs that recognition of protected areas and native lands across the eight countries and one department that make up the Amazon is improving, with conservation and indigenous territories now covering nearly half of its land mass.
What's wrong with tree plantations?
(09/21/2012) Public environmental awareness has come a long way since September 1962, when Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' was published, stimulating the birth of the environmental movement.
Arctic sea ice is 'toast' as old record shattered
(09/19/2012) Some twenty days after breaking the record for the lowest sea ice extent, the Arctic sea ice has hit a new rock bottom and finally begun its seasonal recovery. In the end, the Arctic sea ice extent fell to just 3.4 million square kilometers (1.32 million square miles) when only a few months ago scientists were wondering if it would break the 4 million square kilometers. The speed of the sea ice decline due to climate change has outpaced all the computer models, overrun all expert predictions, and shocked even the gloomiest scientists.
Conflict and perseverance: rehabilitating a forgotten park in the Congo
(09/19/2012) Zebra racing across the yellow-green savannah is an iconic image for Africa, but imagine you're seeing this not in Kenya or South Africa, but in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Welcome to Upemba National Park: once a jewel in the African wildlife crown, this protected area has been decimated by civil war. Now, a new bold initiative by the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), dubbed Forgotten Parks, is working to rehabilitate Upemba after not only decades of conflict but also poaching, neglect, and severe poverty.
NGO: Malaysian leader worth $15 billion despite civil-servant salary; timber corruption suspected
(09/19/2012) Abdul Taib Mahmud, who has headed the Malaysian state of Sarawak for over 30 years, is worth $15 billion according to a new report by the Bruno Manser Fund. The report, The Taib Timber Mafia, alleges that Taib has used his position as head-of-state to build up incredible amounts of wealth by employing his family or political nominees to run the state's logging, agriculture, and construction businesses. Some environmental groups claim that Sarawak has lost 90 percent of its primary forests to logging, while indigenous tribes in the state have faced the destruction of their forests, harassment, and eviction.
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The Jolt Is Legit
The performance boost you get from caffeine is a result of how it hot-wires your central nervous system, says Matthew Ganio, PhD, an exercise physiologist at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine in Dallas.
"Caffeine crowds out a calming brain chemical called adenosine," he says. You become more alert, you react faster, and you don't feel like you're working as hard, all of which add up to training or competing at a higher intensity for a longer period of time and being more agile in a pack.
It Will Not Dehydrate You
"In reasonable doses, caffeine alone won't lead to more bathroom breaks during a ride or a greater risk of dehydration," says Mindy Millard-Stafford, PhD, former president of the American College of Sports Medicine. The upshot, she says, is that regardless of whether you supplement with caffeine, you don't need additional fluid to avoid performance-sapping dehydration during a ride. The long-held belief that caffeine can muck with your body's ability to regulate heat during exercise in hot weather has also been muted by science.
It Affects Everyone Differently
Before breaking out a venti on event day, Ganio suggests testing what caffeine does to you during hard training sessions. "If you feel jittery, anxious, or notice your heart racing, dial back the amount you take in before a ride," says Ganio. "If you can't find a caffeine level that leaves you feeling comfortable, skip it. Side effects can impair performance."
You Can Develop A Tolerance
Your body eventually adapts to the effects of caffeine, limiting the performance benefit. If you regularly drink more than five daily cups of coffee, Ganio recommends tapering your intake by a half cup a day for several days prior to a big ride, saving higher amounts of caffeine for before and during actual events.
Timing Is Everything
It takes 60 minutes for caffeine to start affecting the body, so imbibe one hour before a ride. "For rides lasting two hours or more, take half of your caffeine before and the other half in divided amounts during the ride," says Ganio, "making sure to consume the remainder when there is more than an hour left in your ride." Say you plan to take 200mg of caffeine for a three-hour ride: Aim for 100mg one hour before you get on the bike, and 50mg at the beginning of each hour thereafter.


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Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th largest city in the United States. With a population of 393,987 (2012 US Census estimate), it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 951,880 residents in the MSA and 1,122,259 in the CSA. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, and extends into Osage, Rogers and Wagoner counties.
Tulsa was first settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe. For most of the 20th century, the city held the nickname "Oil Capital of the World" and played a major role as one of the most important hubs for the American oil industry. Tulsa is the birthplace of U.S. Route 66 and is also known for its Western Swing music.
Once heavily dependent on the oil industry, economic downturn and subsequent diversification efforts created an economic base in the energy, finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology sectors. The Tulsa Port of Catoosa, at the head of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, is the most inland river port in the U.S. with access to international waterways. Two institutions of higher education within the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I level, Oral Roberts and The University of Tulsa. TU, as The University of Tulsa is referred, has the distinction of being the smallest school playing FBS (Division I-A) football with an undergraduate enrollment of 3,100 students.
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The resulting signal resembles white noise, like an audio recording of "static". However, this noise-like signal can be used to exactly reconstruct the original data at the receiving end, by multiplying it by the same pseudorandom sequence (because 1 × 1 = 1, and −1 × −1 = 1). This process, known as "de-spreading", mathematically constitutes a correlation of the transmitted PN sequence with the PN sequence that the receiver believes the transmitter is using.
For de-spreading to work correctly, the transmit and receive sequences must be synchronized. This requires the receiver to synchronize its sequence with the transmitter's sequence via some sort of timing search process. However, this apparent drawback can be a significant benefit: if the sequences of multiple transmitters are synchronized with each other, the relative synchronizations the receiver must make between them can be used to determine relative timing, which, in turn, can be used to calculate the receiver's position if the transmitters' positions are known. This is the basis for many satellite navigation systems.
The resulting effect of enhancing signal to noise ratio on the channel is called process gain. This effect can be made larger by employing a longer PN sequence and more chips per bit, but physical devices used to generate the PN sequence impose practical limits on attainable processing gain.
If an undesired transmitter transmits on the same channel but with a different PN sequence (or no sequence at all), the de-spreading process results in no processing gain for that signal. This effect is the basis for the code division multiple access (CDMA) property of DSSS, which allows multiple transmitters to share the same channel within the limits of the cross-correlation properties of their PN sequences.
As this description suggests, a plot of the transmitted waveform has a roughly bell-shaped envelope centered on the carrier frequency, just like a normal AM transmission, except that the added noise causes the distribution to be much wider than that of an AM transmission.
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Confront 6 Sha-Touched Footmen.
I can't believe this has happened, <name>. After all we have been through here on Pandaria, will our people never learn from their past mistakes?
Brann's expedition returned recently from Mogujia, bearing a sample of sha for study.
I had my reservations about this endeavor in the first place, and my worst fears have been realized.
The sha has escaped containment. I do not need to explain the horror of bringing the sha into the heart of the Vale.
We must dispel any sha we can find, and quickly!
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New For 2014Everything -- the 2014 Impala shares only a name and its emblems with the outgoing car.
Vehicle SummaryChevrolet first used the Impala name on a sedan back in 1958, but today's Impala isn't the rear-wheel-drive slice of America it used to be. For that matter, it also isn't the basic, bland appliance it was for the past decade. The 2014 Impala is all-new from head to toe and is infused with more style and flair than any Impala built in the last three decades. The 2014 Impala shares its platform with the Buick LaCrosse and the Cadillac XTS. A 195-hp, 2.5-liter four-cylinder is standard on the majority of Impala models, but a 305-hp, 3.6-liter V-6 is standard on 2LT and 2LTZ trims. A smaller 2.4-liter four-cylinder, paired with a "mild" hybrid system, is also expected to join the lineup later this year.
OverviewThe idiom about the ugly duckling matriculating into a beautiful, graceful swan applies perfectly to the new 2014 Impala. Whereas the outgoing car was the flavorless but faithful steed of rental counters coast-to-coast, to consumers, it looked dated and dumpy. That can't be said of the new 2014 Impala. Its long, flowing roofline and cascading rear haunches echo those Impalas from the 1960s, while the front fascia shows a surprising amount of Camaro influence. It's the little things, however -- the taut character lines, the paper-thin panel gaps, intricate grille and headlamp details -- that suggest Chevy's design team didn't phone this one in.
Likewise, the 2014 Impala's interior appointments are a far cry from the cheap plastics that ruined the last car. A two-tier dashboard emphasizes a dual-cockpit look. Monotone color schemes are available, but the cabin truly pops when accented with a contrasting color -- for instance, the noir-and-saddle combination offered on the Impala LTZ. There's plenty of gadgetry to be found, too, as higher-trim Impalas are offered with Chevrolet's MyLink infotainment system, Bluetooth connectivity, a USB audio input, and OnStar emergency services. Four-cylinder Impalas even sport an active-noise-cancellation system to further insulate the cabin.
Fortunately, the 2014 Impala drives as well as it looks. The Impala finally ditches the ancient "W-body" platform that dates back three decades in favor of more modern and sophisticated hardware -- and it shows. The suspension dampening is top-notch and soaks up road imperfections without feeling gelatinous. Steering is precise and well-weighted. The 305-hp V-6 is the most powerful engine in the class and renders the Impala rather quick, but the base 2.5-liter I-4 is best described as adequate -- it is, after all hefting more than 3800 pounds with only 196 hp and 253 lb-ft of torque on tap.
The large-sedan segment is starting to heat up, thanks to the recent introduction of the 2014 Toyota Avalon, the 2014 Kia Cadenza, and the 2014 Hyundai Azera, but the Impala's pricing, styling, comfort, and size will likely render it quite popular.
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It's true that you really don't know what direction life is going to take you. You start off on plan "A" and before you know it, you're on plan "E" and clueless on how you got so far off track. This phenomenon is especially common when it comes to gearheads and their project cars. Take Larry Callahan for example. When he bought his '68 Camaro 20 years ago he didn't have a clue as to the automotive adventure that awaited him. Larry recalled, "Around 1988 when I was living in the San Fernando Valley, I went looking for a muscle car.
As luck would have it, I spotted a '68 Camaro with a $3,850 price tag on the windshield at a consignment lot. It was red with a deluxe houndstooth interior, air conditioning, a 327, and a powerglide. The interior was in decent shape and it ran fairly well, but it was a gutless wonder with a two-barrel carb. The previous owner said he was selling it because he bought it for his daughter who didn't want it. She said it was a boat and wanted something cute and small."
Larry continued, "The '68 then became my daily driver for about the next 10 years until the powerglide died. I swapped in a TH350 and a mild 383 from a local speed shop and that's where it all went south. Shortly after it was running again, I started messing with it. I tweaked the valve body and governor to make it shift harder and later. Hard enough that while approaching redline in Second gear the tranny shifted hard into Third and snapped the input shaft. The engine must have hit 10,000 rpm before I was able to lift my foot; the converter ballooned and put enough pressure on the crank to spin the main bearing.
After the engine was fixed I put about 500 more miles on the Camaro, then I tore it apart to put on disc brakes and work on making it more like a new sports car. The front suspension was so worn out I was afraid to drive it on the freeway next to the center divider. I knew what I wanted to do with the car, but at the time there were no readily available parts like there are today. Back then the term Pro Touring had not been coined, but that's what I wanted to do; build an old-looking car that could spank anything you could buy new at a dealership. So I tore it apart, started collecting parts, and began working on it. Over time it was set aside when money ran dry, or I didn't have a place to work on it."
Of course, it didn't help that Larry kept changing direction with the build. After all, when you build a car slowly, styles and tastes tend to evolve. What's cool this year looks outdated down the road. Larry ended up going through three sets of Auto Meter gauges simply because they kept coming out with styles he liked better each year. During this time Larry created a website where he could post pictures of his project. One thing led to another, and on March 9, 2000 he registered and started pro-touring.com. Larry told us, "For years I ran the site and tinkered with my car, but could never find the time, or energy, to get it back on the road.
I lived vicariously through the members of the site, attended and helped organize events, all to promote the build style I enjoyed so much. All the while I was constantly being asked where my car was." Larry was stuck in a place we've all been at one time or another. The responsibilities of life just didn't leave him with enough time, or motivation, to get his pile of a project anywhere near the vision he had locked in his gray matter.


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The Enchant library is to the spelling libraries what MDB2 is to the databases, a nice and working abstraction layer. it is developed by Dom Lachowicz from Abisource.com . It provides a simple and powerfull API to work with many spelling tools.
These tools include Aspell/Pspell, MySpell/Hunspell, Hspell, and AppleSpell. Enchant is looking to replace each of these layered under a nice, clean abstraction layer.
Pierre also notes an update he's made to the PHP binder:
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Not the prettiest of accessories, the functionality of the device and its associated app - allowing users to accept credit card payments via their Apple handset - might be enough to persuade some to take a hit on the aesthetics front.
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So maybe you're like me and loved to play with those little trucks and cars when you were little. Each car and truck had its own unique design. But of course, my brothers and I fought over the cars, because we each wanted to have the fastest car or the biggest truck. Sometimes we even had to put the cars and trucks away, they caused such an uproar.
If you were a fan of cars and trucks when you were little, or are just now starting, it's never too late to relive your childhood fantasy. You can now watch trucks come alive with Monster Jam 2012! (Talk about your toy trucks and cars on steroids!) These powerhouse vehicles keep gettin' bigger and badder every year. Just ask Dennis Anderson, the driver of Grave Digger:
Monster Jam: What are your expectations for the 2012 Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam World Finals?
Dennis Anderson: I go into every Monster Jam World Finals with the mentality to bring home the trophy, but I will be happy if one of us Andersons brought home the hardware! We are also expecting the biggest and baddest encore ever in the history of Monster Jam.
Monster Jam: What are some of the most memorable Grave Digger moments in the last 30 years?
Dennis Anderson: All of my Monster Jam World Finals wins, Adam Anderson taking over my seat in Grave Digger when I was injured, Adam coming back to the Grave Digger team and driving The Legend and last but not least Ryan Anderson introducing Son-uva Digger with his awesome back flip at the 2011 Monster Jam World Finals.
Monster Jam: What is so special about the Monster Jam World Finals?
Dennis Anderson: There is something there for every Monster Jam fan… The Young Guns Shootout – a true battle of up and coming superstars to the sport, will go head to head in an exclusive Racing battle during the Friday night Double Down! The Young Guns Shootout will feature eight drivers who have two years or less experience driving in the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam, and will make for an exciting addition to an already eventful night for sure.
Monster Jam: In your eyes over the last 30 years how has the sport of Monster Jam changed?
Dennis Anderson: Monster Jam is very competitive. Monster trucks have become more durable and every driver has top notch equipment. Every team runs their equipment so hard and the obstacles and jumps keep getting bigger and bigger. The biggest change for me at least is that the new generations of drivers are just running harder and harder and keep raising the bar which ultimately makes Monster Jam so much better for the fans.
Sounds awesome, right? This event is happening March 23-24 at Sam Boyd Stadium, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stay tuned for the competition-I may even tune in myself!


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Well, as the title says, this is my own attempt at a book from a while back, I've been trying to work on it but unfortunately I don't ever really have the time, so I just thought - what the hey, I may as well see what people thought of it, and if it helps get me back into it, great - It was based in its own world that I was planning to explore into (ridiculous) depth, but it really depended on how it went, as to write this I had to unlock my mind, as If you knew me, I have a completely nutty side that I gradually surpressed as it tended to stop me from getting on very well while I was in school, so I had to wake it up again, but it tended to rely on a very specific way of feeling to be able to do it well and let my (now subconscious) write for me. please excuse the swearing, as I was going throuh a stage where I did that far too much, and also the character names, as tthey werent the proper ones, they were just what I used till inspiration hit me (in the face, with a hammer).
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Well. Hello, I guess? That's a good way to start, right? Aww, who am I kidding, of course it is!
Now. Let's make this clear – this was intended to be a book – unfortunately, the publisher said I'd have to source my own materials for publishing, and what with having kicked a tree when I was six and promptly been knocked cold by a conker, I'm loathe to risk further reprisals. so I have had to resort to having this book actually made out of the compressed life savings of mice – yes, mice – though I'd rather not have to explain how I source this potentially limitless supply of material, so let's just say that one gang of squirrels is going to be eating well this Christmas!
Though it is rather cruel to leave you hanging like this, so I guess I'll explain to you why it is limitless – Mice are scrupulous savers, but very rarely invest in good quality locks. Also, they are extreme optimists, so you can "borrow" as much as you like and they'll just start saving again! This is especially great, as it's meant I've received very few death threats/attempts (apart from one horrifying occasion involving a sack and 20 pounds of diluted faeces. Though I won't delve any further into that particular instance.).
Now that that's over and done with, I'll give you a solution to the inevitable plethora of theoretical pot and sinkholes in my writing – just think of it as if a small piece of chewing gum covered in skittles was left in the sun for too long, then baked in a cake. Basically, it's just like a book except much, much worse.
Steve stared, stared and stared, deeper and deeper into the brew - watching as a skin -like substance slowly congealed on the surface...
"It's horrible, that's what it is, cutting you out of the will at the last second like that – I hope her grave is extremely uncomfortable and 3000 years from now some archaeologists dig her up, and due to a awkward mistake say she was some form of mutated cow!"
Steve slowly phased in and out of listening while moping and moping while listening as Gingie raged away next to him, both of Gingie's green pupils focusing in and out as white spittle flew from his lips in a cloud that slowly settled on the back of a dwarf opposite, causing a face to appear that looked somewhat like the resident God-figure of that particular region.
Finally Steve managed to have gained enough slime in his mouth for him to speak, his mouth having gone full circle from being in the process of desertification to the dripping, stinking chasm that is usually was-suddenly something caught his eye...
"I'm getting the finger from the grave..." Steve's mouth slopped away.
"Your right, that's exactly what it is! Gingie screamed, his ranting now having continued for so long that the resident god-figure now had his arm over the shoulder of his son.
Steve's drowning brain welled to the surface long enough for it to casually point out;
'He's got it wrong you know.... then again he never had it to begin with...'
It mumbled pessimistically.
"Noo "mumbled Steve, "I'm literally getting the middle finger from the grave...."
This contradiction to Gingie's aforementioned revelation completely threw him off his rickety tracks (which were rickety in the first place due to a mother who'd killed his father and all his siblings when she had a breakdown after years of ginger hair-related abuse and her hair -and most of her head- spontaneously combusted, setting the house and eventually the town on fire as her body rolled around like a giant badly – launched firework.).
"Yer what?" Gingie exclaimed, his eye balls nearly popping out of their bruised sockets. "What cher getting at? Wanna fight?"
Somehow Steve's brain managed the massive feat of rising to the surface again despite the several layers of lager, beer and shots that it was buried under;
"Say no"
"No." Steve replied, pointing groggily at the pissed skeleton slowly scraping down the window with its right index finger extended, alcohol dribbling from between its teeth, and with grave dirt still hanging off its finger.
***I feel now is a good point to try explain why there was a pissed skeleton scraping down a window outside the inn, and the reason is this – we're not sure who felt sorry for the undead (seeing as they are generally evil minions to darkness) but something out there, be it the skeleton's own rotting brains or a pointless but powerful charity decided that the undead had pretty rough time of it really, what with having no chance of getting a living girl, not being able to comfort eat ( or to a greater extent eat in general), or even just the basic function of thinking. But for some bizarre reason, the undead's rotting brain can somehow still recognise alcohol and remembers how it tasted to them when they were alive- this still has its limitations however, as there is nothing worse for a skeleton at a party that there to be no drinks they recognise. However the outcasts of the undead race are in a very difficult situation. They are the ones that in life decided to go T-total. The problem is that they have absolutely nothing to do as their brain doesn't recognise any of the alcohol, but they still try as hard in death as they did in life, living in shanty towns on the edge of the skeleton boneyards, drinking tea and coffee made from mice faeces in a hope they might recognise it.But now, back to life in appalling general! ***
As the skeleton disappeared out of sight through the foggy glass with a faint slop into the poo-filled mud outside,, two of his friends (or hopeful muggers) came and started to attempt to drag him away through the piles of poo. They quickly realised this was a bad plan, their feet sticking as they desperately tried to escape from the two massive ice hounds who's surprisingly large brains had decided they wanted this hunk of bones to chew.
Gingie glanced at the widow for a split second before he was forced to return to the problem at hand – the very angry drunken dwarf who had finally felt the damp patch through his leather doublet. Rather conveniently, he started shouting just in time to block out the ghostly screams, crunching and eventual silence as the drunken skeleton attempted to kiss the closest of the ice hounds, before tripping and landing with his head in the slavering jaws of the first and dragging his two "friends" face down before the second, vainly attempting to get back to their feet as its massive iron-grey paws pressed down on their backs...
*** skeletons can't drown (which is quite clear to most onlookers as they are quite blatantly already dead) and therefore have very little left to lose in this life – apart from that is, their dignity – even skeletons can feel embarrassment, though it normally takes a lot to get through to them-In this case however, what appears to them as having ice wolf poop forced through their iris and into their very eyeballs as they feel an overgrow dog chew their body piece by piece, is suitably embarrassing and horrific ***
"Yaah, ye stupide ginger cook, ye've ruined me doublet" was left echoing in Steve's ears, accompanied by the frantic whimpering of Gingie as his eyes crossed and uncrossed in panic. Thus' forcing Steve's brain to raise itself from its stupor for a third time and for it to resolve to give up its attempt at staying low profile and try to stay afloat – for the while at least.
"Here I am, trying to watch Ice Hounds tear a couple of drunk skeletons to shreds, and then I have to stop to tell you what to do because the aggressive uneducated company you seem to like to keep, is trying-yet again- to get itself killed! Gods, you should have gone to Stansburg College like your parents told you - Go sort out this bleeding mess, before your friend becomes a red mess for the bar boy to clean up – or don't, I couldn't care less"
*** Stansburg College – one of the most prestigious college in the whole Realm, coming third in the vine league of Colleges***
His brain screamed at him.
By now the Drunken Dwarf had pulled his massive (and previously unnoticed) axe from his belt while Gingie desperately scrabbled backwards and fell off the bench screaming
"Leave me alone yer tiny little nutter, I never did nuthin!"
At the same time Steve's tired and equally pissed muscles forced themselves into motion, moving at a climatically slow speed despite the distance of a foot or two between him and Gingie, just managing to gently shove him. This was done with such insufficient force that in any normal case that the laws of physics would have broken their own rules, just to cause a rare species of helmet to fall from the sky and promptly send him into cardiac arrest. As it was, when the Dwarf brought his axe up and over his shoulder in a blaze of singed oxygen particles, a strange combination of events occurred to save Gingie's pathetic life – despite Steve's pathetically drunken attempt to save him. First of all, Steve's pathetically drunken attempt did in fact move Gingie roughly half a fly, so was not actually have been as pathetic as first thought – second of all the dwarf was almost equally as drunk as Steve, but more importantly he had a spontaneous fit of lazy eye which caused his aim to be thrown completely off, though as it is actually impossible for dwarves to get lazy eyes as the eyes themselves are so ridiculously stubborn that they just won't move, so the dwarf didn't register this phenomenon till after the axe was thrown, and he was half way home. Third of all, exactly half a mile away a tree fell over. Ok, the third one may or may not have actually done anything to save Gingie's life.
These all conspired to cause the dwarf to drop the axe, catch it on the tip of his toe then flick it, narrowly missing Gingie and promptly shave half the hair off of the head of the monstrously large owner of the two Ice Hounds.
Then all hell broke loose.
-WARNING - this area was very much work in progress, and I handt really got my brain to get clunking away a full speed, so this really isnt in character as much as chapter one and the introduction.-WARNING-
"Tweetletweetletweet, tweettweettweetletweet"
"UHHH? What the....?"
The world gradually came into focus...
Two creatures stood there....
They were rather strange looking creatures it thought to itself, with white tips to their.... What, exactly? Faces? Hillocks? Yorkshire dales? Wings? Ah yes, wings sounded about right......
As they bounced about, the creature noticed something grasped in the creature's......beak? It'll do for now it thought...
As the two creatures continued conversing, a faint pounding began in the back of its head, causing it to notice the most intolerable aching...
***The next events happened so closely together that there are still theories whether any of this is actually real, or in fact the figment of a boozy squirrel on Christmas' alcohol fuelled dream...***
First of all one of the creatures hopping around, noticed that It was awake. Second of all, the name tag attached to the badly scratched pair of keys held in its beak moved, causing the sunlight to catch its carved wood surface and reveal the name Steve. Third of all Steve remember his name with a tremendous roar of "OY", and the events of the last twenty four hours. Fourth of all – One of the Magpies pulled a knife.
Steve vainly tried to scrabble to his feet, slipping and sliding in the dirty mud and muddy dirt, all the while with the magpie bearing down on him at a rate of hops, the vicious blade gleaming in the Saturday morning sun. Gradually the pounding got louder, causing Steve's migraine to ache to ache even more. The magpies closed in for the kill, leaving Steve's life flashing before his eyes;
Steve's brain thought to itself as no life flashed before Steve's eyes.
"Oh wait your drunk"
Suddenly a foot crashed down out of nowhere, accompanied by the frenzied roaring of an extremely hung over ginger. The other Magpie, suddenly having no peer to pressure him into any act of violence promptly started running, only to be crushed by yet another foot in a yet ANOTHER sickening display of gore, especially for a creature as small as this. However in this case the foot was only constructed of bone, as Gingie was hounded down the street by a gang of campaigning T-total skeletons.
as a final note here, I'd just like to point out that this was written by a me who was going through a very stressful period and so (naturally) became extremly childish - oh, and I'm SO sorry about all the stuff about gingers in here, no offense is intended in any way, shape or form.


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DEFUNIAK SPRINGS —Fifteen years ago, Joe (Bauer) Griffin may have been one of the most talked-about toddlers in the medical community.
At 2, the little boy with the deep dimples damaged his spinal cord rolling out of bed. The freak accident left him quadriplegic.
"Normal bed, normal house, fell on carpet," Mark Griffin, his grandfather and guardian, told the Daily News in 1998. "He just hit the wrong way."
Doctors gave Joe less than a year to live, but his family believed he would be healed. They prayed for a miracle and the community prayed with them.
"Whether he's in a wheelchair, whether he's on a respirator for the rest of his life, whether we sacrifice everything we have, that doesn't bother me," Mark Griffin said after the accident. "We can handle that. We just want him."
Joe turned 18 last month. He graduated from high school, excelled on the academic team and is going to college online.
He never walked again after the accident, but uses a respirator only at night. He did not regain feeling or use of his hands, legs or torso.
"His physical limitations are one thing," Mark says now. "However, his positive mental attitude is what kept him alive more than anything."
Joe's childhood was played out in the media, as he met and later mourned the death of Christopher Reeve, the "Superman" star who suffered injuries similar to Joe's.
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By 10, Joe also had met actress Jane Seymour, flown on a private jet and bagged his first buck using a gun with a trigger activated with his mouth.
The deer head from that hunt is mounted on the wall of his new home next to his computer table.
He remembers little about those early years and nothing about the accident or its aftermath.
"I don't remember last week, let alone 15, 16 years ago," he jokes. "I recognize the disability but I've lived with it for so long I pretty much see myself as everybody else does, as weird as everybody else."
Joe grew up in Destin with Mark and his family, which included Mark's two young daughters. The girls were technically Joe's aunts, but they were raised as sisters.
"He's just the coolest person in the world," says Jennifer Griffin, who is five years older than Joe. "He's a deep and thoughtful person, very observant of the world, very intelligent."
As Joe approached his 18th birthday last month, Jennifer said he went through a difficult emotional transition.
"Now that he's at the point where it's no longer shocking that he's alive, he's realizing that there's more to come," she says. "He's wondering, 'What does my future hold?'
"That's a big thing for anybody."
For now, Joe lives next door to his grandfather on their 400-plus-acre farm north of DeFuniak Springs.
In 2008, he went through the legal proceedings to have his name changed from his birth name of Bauer to Griffin.
"The Griffin family has been there my entire life," he says. "I decided I wanted it."
He dreams of living in a slightly more populated area and says his dream town would include that throwback to the past — a drive-in movie theater.
He would also like to complete his college studies on a campus to expand his social life.
Every week or two, he gets out to a local store. There's something about the anonymity of shopping at Wal-Mart that relaxes him, even though there's always a caregiver with him.
"It's just you, completely you," he says of casual conversations with strangers in stores. "It's not my personal overall life. It's not my medical life. It's not my social life."
Mark, who has raised Joe and six daughters, says he's made provisions for all of his children. He sees Joe graduating from college, getting a job and living as independently as possible.
"Joe wants his independence. He wants to work. He needs to be a man."


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