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MIAMI — What a weekend for Northern Illinois: Win a conference championship, lose a coach and bust the BCS.
The Huskies are headed to the Orange Bowl, set to make their Bowl Championship Series debut against Florida State. Northern Illinois won the Mid-American Conference title on Friday, lost coach Dave Doeren to North Carolina State on Saturday, and then spent Sunday anxiously waiting to see if it cracked the top 16 in the final BCS standings.
By 0.0404 points, the Huskies did just that and will play in Miami on Jan. 1 as their reward.
"We are sure excited," said Rod Carey, the former Northern Illinois offensive assistant who was promoted to head coach Sunday evening, just before learning the team made the Orange Bowl. "It's been a crazy weekend up here at Northern Illinois."
The MAC champions (12-1) were 15th in the final BCS standings. Finishing in the top 16 and ahead of the champion of a qualifying conference – they actually finished ahead of two, Big East winner Louisville and Big Ten titlist Wisconsin – meant the Huskies were automatically BCS-bound, earning them this date with the Atlantic Coast Conference champion Seminoles (11-2).
Northern Illinois is the first MAC school to reach the BCS. The Huskies were 21st in last week's BCS standings, meaning they not only needed to beat Kent State – which entered championship week as another BCS hopeful – in the MAC title game to have a shot, they also needed some help to reach the top 16. And enough help came, particularly with Nebraska losing badly in the Big Ten title game, along with UCLA and Texas both falling over the weekend.
So it's the Huskies and Seminoles, a matchup that surely very few people would have expected when the season began.
"There's nowhere that's more tradition-rich than the Orange Bowl," Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said.
And while Northern Illinois will be a fun story line throughout bowl season, the Huskies earned their way into the conversation. Since last Oct. 2, Northern Illinois is 21-1, the best record in the country. For comparison's sake, that's two more wins than Alabama and four more than Notre Dame – the Crimson Tide and Fighting Irish are this year's title-game qualifiers – over that stretch.
It will likely be cast as an offense vs. defense matchup. Florida State is second nationally in total defense and seventh in scoring defense, while Northern Illinois is ninth in scoring offense.
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It's good to have the opportunity once again to address an AIPAC annual conference.
I'd like to talk with you about the war on terrorism -- America's war and Israel's war. I'll take my lead from the current headlines and start with the Middle East.
Day after day, we read of attacks targeted at Israeli civilians.
The suicide bombers -- or, homicide bombers, as President Bush calls them -- have a political cause. But the systematic killing of ordinary people going about their lives with their children in shopping malls, on buses, at restaurants -- is not politics. It's not even war. It's deranged ideology in action. At stake is not just the fate of a particular country, but the fate of all open societies.
The intentional mass murder of civilians, including children, forces us to speak in moral terms about basic ideas -- about good and evil.
President Bush states the case starkly: Terrorism is evil.
The suicide bombers who kill Israelis, like those who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon last September 11th, are enemies of the idea of humanity. They may claim to represent a good people or a worthy cause, but they taint the political platforms they embrace. It's immoral to seek excuses for terrorism and harmful to reward it. So the message of responsible governments should be unwavering: terrorists do not advance their causes; rather, they lose ground.
The Palestinian people are long suffering. They have profound grievances against many who have done them harm and served them ill throughout the Middle East, and not just in Israel.
The Palestinians have been damaged severely for a century or so by leaders who have time and again made disastrous strategic choices -- from siding with the Nazis in World War II to siding with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, to siding with Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War. The question now is: What side are they on in the current global war against terrorism? People always pay a price when their leaders fail them. The Palestinian people have paid, and continue to pay, such a price. It is a tragedy.
Referring to Yasir Arafat, President Bush has said, "He's missed his opportunities, and thereby betrayed the hopes of the people he's supposed to lead. Given his failure, the Israeli government feels it must strike at terrorist networks that are killing its citizens".
President Bush then added, "Yet, Israel must understand that its response to these recent attacks is only a temporary measure. All parties have their own responsibilities. And all parties owe it to their own people to act".
Despite the current fighting, the President still envisions Israel and the Palestinians achieving a peace by mutual consent. He stresses that this will require compromises and "hard choices" regarding territorial and other claims and desires of Israelis and Palestinians. The achievement of a negotiated peace settlement would bring an end to the issues of legitimacy, borders, settlements and occupation.
The President has declared, "We have no illusions about the difficulty of the issues that lie ahead. Yet, our nation's resolve is strong. America is committed to ending this conflict and beginning an era of peace".
Many Palestinians say that their aim is to live dignified lives, in freedom, in peace and prosperity in their own state. That goal could be achieved. The U.S. government supports it. Israeli leaders have for years acknowledged that a Palestinian state will be the ultimate outcome of any negotiated peace. As President Bush noted on April 4th, "Israel has recognized the goal of a Palestinian state. The outlines of a just settlement are clear: two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side, in peace and security".
But that goal grows increasingly remote as terrorism belies and precludes diplomacy -- and darkens the Palestinian people's future.
President Bush has called on Israelis to show"a respect for and concern about the dignity of the Palestinian people who are and will be their neighbors. It is crucial [the President noted] to distinguish between the terrorists and ordinary Palestinians seeking to provide for their own families".
The Palestinians could help themselves by acknowledging that their worst enemies are those who inspire, finance, equip, excuse and otherwise encourage children to commit homicide bombings.
The major state supporters of terrorism -- Iraq, Syria and Iran -- offer incentives to encourage such bombings, host terrorist headquarters and supply the arms and explosives. Clerics, who should be faithful trustees of God's word, violate their trust by legitimating suicide and calling murderers "martyrs."
The cult of suicide and murder is sustained through the education of children to hate and to aspire to become suicide bombers. That cult is fostered by those who praise terrorists as "heroes" and those who rationalize terrorism as the understandable act of the politically frustrated. This includes prominent statesmen from many countries who should know better.
The sad reality is that there are politically frustrated people throughout the Middle East and the broader world. Political, religious and other leaders who craft excuses for terrorism are sowing the wind. It is deadly recklessness.
The United States is fighting terrorism, using the full range of tools at our disposal, military and non-military. We'll continue to confront terrorism on the military battlefield, but equally importantly on the battlefield of ideas.
Winning the war requires us to help change the way people think. This can be done. Worldwide moral battles can be fought and won. For example, no decent person any more -- no one who hopes to be recognized as respectable in the wider world -- supports or excuses slave trading, piracy or genocide. No decent person should support or excuse terrorism either.
Our initial victory in Afghanistan deprived al Qaeda of its safe haven and infrastructure there. We daily learn more about that infrastructure -- its administrative apparatus, training facilities and laboratories in which al Qaeda worked to develop biological and other weapons of mass destruction.
For now, at least, the al Qaeda leadership is on the defensive -- some are in captivity; the rest are on the run.
With a few exceptions, such as Iraq, most countries now wish -- at least they now profess to wish -- to be associated with our global war against terrorism. But at the same time, we see this upsurge in terrorism directed against Israel and brazen public support for anti-Israel terrorism, especially suicide bombings, even from seasoned, sophisticated officials.
Which brings us to the dangers of intellectual as well as military passivity in the face of terrorism.
For three decades or so, the world grew tolerant of terrorism. Many belittled the problem: Recall the famous phrase that commonly passed for sophisticated discourse: "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." Some countries supported terrorism -- perhaps not openly, but often without even bothering to cover their tracks. As terrorists racked up a large civilian death toll in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, they and their causes often flourished diplomatically and politically.
The forces of civilized humanity did not take the offensive against terrorism; rarely went after terrorist groups root and branch; failed to coerce the state sponsors of terrorism to stop; never overthrew a regime because it supported terrorism.
But September 11th was a turning point. That attack made it clear that the United States and other open societies required a new approach: We recognized that our countries are too big, too open, too full of high-value targets for us to defend them against terrorists. We had to take the offensive.
The action of US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan has already altered the intellectual atmosphere favorably. Some states that had winked at or even supported terrorism are modifying their policies. In some countries, the policy changes don't necessarily reflect a change of heart. But in others, such as Pakistan, the changes have been dramatic and appear to signify a true strategic redirection.
The United States will stay on the offensive against terrorism -- targeting the terrorists themselves and, where necessary, coercing the states that support or tolerate them. Much of our work in this war is less dramatic than the liberation of Afghanistan. While other actions may once again involve larger-scale US military operations, our current work around the world, including in the Middle East, involves foreign military anti-terrorism training and international law enforcement, the freezing of bank accounts, intelligence and diplomatic activity and so forth.
Our ultimate goal is to change the international environment regarding terrorism-- instead of tolerance, an international norm of renunciation and repudiation of terrorism. As I said, we want the world to view terrorism as it views piracy, slave trading or genocide -- activities universally repudiated by respectable people. This is not an abstract, philosophical, academic point, but a strategic purpose of great practical significance.
As we continue the US offensive against terrorism, we have in mind not only the more familiar kinds of terrorism.
As horrifying as September 11th was, the anthrax attacks that occurred later --though small in scale -- warned us that terrorists using weapons of mass destruction -- biological agents, or chemical, nuclear or radiological weapons -- are an even greater threat.
When he spoke of state supporters of terrorism that are developing weapons of mass destruction, President Bush said in his State of the Union message that, "they could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic".
Our goal therefore must be, as the President stated, "to prevent regimes that sponsor terrorism from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction".
Also in that speech, President Bush declared, "The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons".
So far, I've focused on terrorism as a political tool and the danger that terrorists could acquire weapons of mass destruction.
I'd like to conclude with some thoughts about the sources of terrorism.
It's often argued that the phenomenon of suicide bombers -- terrorists who perform attacks that they know they cannot survive -- demonstrates that we aren't dealing with people who calculate the benefits and costs of their actions.
In this vein, we frequently hear that suicide bombing is the product of the combination of poverty and hopelessness.
Westerners -- we whom Usama bin Laden has sneeringly referred to as "lovers of life" -- cannot easily understand how a young man (or woman) straps on several pounds of high explosive and then blows himself up in a crowd of civilians. We assume that only a person ensnared in deep despair could do such a thing.
This diagnosis implies its own solution -- that the world should address what is called the "root causes of terrorism," the poverty and political hopelessness that many people imagine are the traits and motives of the suicide bombers. This diagnosis, however, doesn't jibe with actual experience. And it blinds us to opportunities we have to confront terrorism strategically.
When we look at the records of the suicide bombers, we see that many aren't drawn from the poor. Mohammed Atta, for instance -- a key figure in executing the September 11 attack -- was a middle-class Egyptian whose parents were able to send him to study abroad. And his education meant that he could look forward to a relatively privileged life in Egypt -- hardly grounds for extreme despair.
Indeed, as we learn from a recent New York Times interview with Hamas leaders in Gaza, what characterizes the suicide bombers -- and especially the old men who send them off on their missions -- is rather hope than despair:
First of all, the bombers cherish a perverse form of religious hope. The promise of eternity in paradise is a tenet of many faiths, a noble incentive and consolation to millions of people. It's as cynical as it is sinister that leaders of al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas and other groups convince young people that eternity in paradise is available as a reward for the murder of innocents.
Second, there is the bomber's hope of earthly glory and reward -- praise as a hero from political leaders and honor for one's parents and a $25,000 check to the bomber's family from Saddam Hussein. President Bush has condemned, "[t]hose governments, like Iraq, that reward parents for the sacrifice of their children "....
Those who encourage homicide bombing, as the President said, "are guilty of soliciting murder of the worst kind".
Third, there is the homicide bomber's political hope. As that New York Times interview makes clear, Palestinian extremists think they have finally discovered a winning strategy.
The recent outpouring of open support in the Arab world for homicide bombers -- from Mrs. Arafat, from a senior Arab diplomat, from clerics associated with prestigious universities -- reflects excitement at the thought that bombings are producing success. It is the kind of triumphalism characteristic of a mentality that believes in "the worse the better."
This suggests a strategic course for us: attack the sources of these malignant hopes.
Regarding the religious hope: Many Islamic religious leaders seem uncomfortable with suicide bombing -- but many of them have been silenced or intimidated to voice support for the terrorists. The civilized world should exert itself to support moderate clerics, defend them and provide them with platforms to protect their religion from extremists who want to distort and hijack it.
The civilized world should also deal with political leaders who heap honor (and money) on the suicide bombers and their families. President Bush, speaking of suicide bombers, said: "They are not martyrs. They are murderers." Other world leaders have the responsibility to reinforce this message.
Finally, as to the suicide bombers' political hopes, we must ensure that terrorism is not seen as a winning strategy. This is today's immediate challenge: For example, we have to make it understood that the Palestinian homicide bombers are harming, not helping, their political cause.
Peace can be achieved when the conditions are right: and the most important condition is the state of peoples' minds. Thus, we must take seriously the incitement to hatred that creates the intellectual atmosphere in which terrorism can flourish. If we seek the "root cause" of terrorism, this is where we'll find it.
Peace diplomacy in the Middle East has been an intense activity for decades. It's now clear that we have not focused enough attention on the relationship between peace and education. We spend a great deal of attention on what diplomats say to each other. We need to pay closer attention to what teachers instill in their students. Therein lies the key to peace.
Changing the intellectual fashions in the world regarding terrorism -- and ultimately de-legitimating it altogether, without regard to the various causes espoused by the terrorists -- won't be easy. But its importance as a strategic requirement is right up there with the destruction and disruption of terrorist operational infrastructure.
The Bush administration appreciates the complexity of its tasks -- in the war on terrorism and in Middle East diplomacy. The President approaches these tasks with the steadiness and energy appropriate to the magnitude of the stakes.
We have our nation and its liberties to protect, our friends to assist, and our adversaries to deter and defeat. This is a rare period of flux in world affairs. We have opportunities to do good for ourselves and for others -- in the Middle East and other regions of the world -- by enhancing security, suppressing terrorism, eliminating weapons of mass destruction, promoting freedom and prosperity and opening paths to peace. The American people expect this administration to rise to the occasion. We shall do our best.
Thank you.

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Tarsang village is around 165 kms from Ahmedabad. Police will ascertain what led to the firing and who actually started the stone pelting in Tarsang, which is the native of Congress candidate Takhatsingh Solanki.
Bharwad also sustained some injuries on his head in the stone pelting and has been admitted to a hospital in Godhra town.
"Attack on Jethabhai is the conspiracy of the Congress party which is desperate to stop the tide of high voting which has continued in the second phase too. Congress has realised its defeat in this high voter turn out," alleged BJP general secretary Vijay Rupani.
Solanki, who is pitted against Bharwad on Sahera seat has alleged that Bharwad had come to his village for bogus voting and that he staged the stone pelting.
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Toorcamp is a hacker/maker conference and camp, the next one is coming up August 8th through the 12th and takes place on the Northern Washington coast in Neah Bay. Hacker camps generally consist of talks and workshops, plus the fine tomfoolery that hackers can come up with when faced with the great out doors.
Just like last year, Noisebridge is planning a camp, The People's Republic of Nosebridge. Within PR0N we'll be hosting the Welcome Pavilion, Light Tower of Consenso, Occubus, Drama Cafe, and a vomitorium.
Interested in going to Toorcamp? Want to possibly camp with PR0N? Are you an excellent human being? Great! Get on our mailing list and ask how now!
Ever been kicked out of a country before? Well, it sucks.
I'm in the middle of my Hackers On A Train Workshop Tour, giving my popular Learn-to-Solder and Arduino-For-Total-Newbies workshops at 22 hackerspaces near Amtrak stations, and going to 4 conferences, over a 53 days. All by Amtrak. That was the plan, anyhow.
I was scheduled to give a talk about the hackerspace movement at the WorldFuture 2012 conference this Saturday. While there I was going to stay with my (academy award winning) friend Chris. It was going to be a really wonderful 5 days in Toronto.
To give the workshops, I'm traveling with a rucksack full of clothing and toiletries, my laptop, camera, and two huge suitcases, 50 pounds each, full of workshop stuff, including kits for teaching.
The train to Toronto from Syracuse, NY, stops at the Canadian border for customs and immigration. Everyone has to get out of the train with all their stuff. The line moves rather quickly, and when it was my turn, the Canadian Border Patrol wanted to have a look at my huge bags. After much polite discussion, there was no way that I could assure the CBP that I wasn't going to sell the kits in Canada.
The CBP folks politely offered a suggestion that I could leave the workshop stuff in the US, and then come back to the border. When I asked where to leave the workshop suitcases, they had no info to offer. When I asked about my train to Toronto, I was told I'd have to call Amtrak. Then they gave me and a Japanese woman a free van ride to the US side of the border in Niagra Falls, NY. As we were getting in the van, one of the CBP people politely told me that in order to get into Canada, I'd need court records for my arrest when I was a young teenager.
Flashback: I'm 13 years old, hanging out with a friend in suburbia. My friend has the idea to grab his remote control for his garage door, and see if it works on any other garage doors in the neighborhood. Wouldn't you know it — it did! In the hour that we walked around his suburban 'hood, we came across 5 garage doors that would open. Damn. On the last one, we hid behind a bush, and opened and closed and opened and closed the garage door to see what would happen. The people who lived there came out, scratched their heads, and went back inside. As we were walking home, the police stopped us, assuming we were the people wanting to break into someone's garage. Oddly (naively), it never even occurred to us that anyone would think we were trying to steal anything.
After meeting with a lawyer friend of my dad's, he told me that after I did some community service, I should never tell anyone about this, since the record would be expunged.
It turns out, however, that the record was not expunged. After all these decades, it's the CBP that (politely) told me this. They also (politely) told me that in order to get into Canada, I'll need the court records for this case, otherwise they'll assume that the case is still open. Since I was never given any records (from my parents or anyone), and I have no idea how to get any court records, this may mean that I may never be welcome to Canada ever again.
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I got home today from a month-long trip to China that I organized <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/NoisebridgeChinaTrip2>. 10 of us traveled around, visiting all of the hackerspaces currently in China, exhibiting at the Shenzhen Mini Maker Faire and giving talks and workshops and exhibiting at the big Maker Carnival China 2012 in Beijing. We also visited my manufacturer in Shanghai, where my TV-B-Gone remote controls are made.
Lots of photos:
This was my 10th trip to China. I was there with my mom in 1998, and then every year since I started making TV-B-Gone remotes there in 2004. It has been very interesting to get a snapshot impression of how China has changed through the years.
Though not very accurate, it is possible to have a sense of some very real change happening in China.
In 1998, there was capitalism visible in China, including KFCs everywhere, but it still felt like a 3rd-world version. Also, the Cultural Revolution was not all that long gone in '98, and my sense was that people were still realing from it. Police were all over, and they had guns. And people seemed to be a bit wary of them.
On my trip in 2008, just before the Olympics, there must have been some heavy propaganda happening on Chinese media, 'cause lots and lots and lots of people I met all asked me what I thought about protestors in London and San Francisco. And before I could answer, they all said the same thing: "CNN is all lies." I'd probably mostly agree, but probably for different reasons. There were also many inconvenient, seemingly random, restrictions imposed by the Chinese government (such as not allowing anything to be shipped with a battery installed). When asked why, most Chinese people I asked, answered with a straight face that it must be done because otherwise the Dali Lama would blow things up at airports.
By the time of the first Hacker Trip To China that I organized in 2009, things were very different. A gigantic, ugly statue of Mao was surrounded by a perimeter of stores selling everything imaginable. A huge department store had a mongo pile of a newly released American board game that they were pushing hard: Monopoly! There were still no hackerspaces in China, though. I still had the sense that officials were very official, and you didn't want to cross them.
When I went there on my own last year, things were somehow way more open than it felt before. People I met were openly criticizing the government. There were two hackerspaces, XinCheJian in Shanghai, and FlamingoEDA in Beijing. Lots and lots of people, including those with positions in Chinese bureaucracy, were expressing the opinion that Chinese culture needs to change to encourage people to be creative and innovative — without this, they said, China would not have an economic future.
When I mentioned hackerspaces, people agreed with me that this was one means of implementing this change; and there was a lot of interest in me sharing my experiences in how to start a hackerspace. And there was also a lot of interest by people in organizing a Maker Faire for the same reason.
One year later, this year, there were not one, but two faires in China: a Mini Maker Faire in Shenzhen, and a big Maker Carnival in Beijing. And there are 7 hackerspaces in China, with talk of lots more. There may very well be 100 more soon, as the top 100 universities may be mandating that they each have one. And an elementary school in Shanghai is slated to have one soon. The hackerspaces in schools and universities are being called "Toyhouse" .
Everywhere I went, the Chinese media was interviewing me about how hackerspaces can change China in positive ways.
The Chinese government still openly censors the internet (though there are free online services that easily circumvent this). And the bureaucracy is still huge and centralized (though so big and out of control that many actually call it "anarchy"), and people in power can, seemingly on a whim, make decisions that adversly affect projects (such as the last-minute venue change for the Shenzhen Mini Maker Faire and the last minute date change at Maker Carnival — both because some bureaucrat said he needed the venue for a meeting — no apology — it's just the way things are.
How will the changes in China play out? I don't know. We will get to see.
The Occupy Movement is an international protest movement which is primarily directed against social and economic inequality. Currently near by to us there are Occupy encampments in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley.
Noisebridge as always is open to those looking for a space to work on projects, and resources to make those projects a reality. We've been seeing more and more groups coming through seeking aid for things related to the Occupancy. Together we've built out interesting ways to recharge car and cell phone batteries, provided internet at camp, had meetings about web presence, document GA minutes and more.
We want to let participants of the Occupy Movement know that we're here and open to them. We've also started a site called hackupy.org. Hackupy are open hack nights at hackerspaces for Occupy related projects, and the site gives a listing of spaces which provide such nights. So far hackupy has been happening at NYC: Resistor and almost 24/7 at Noisebridge, and we look forward to seeing more hackerspaces jump in and provide time to those wanting to hack for excellence!
I'm in Cairo. The main reason for this trip was to set up a 3-day hackerspace at Maker Faire Africa, which is in Cairo this year. Exciting time to be here! Lots of high hopes since the "Freedom Revolution". Plus lots of attempts by the still-ruling-military at divide-and-rule.
Our trip was funded by generous donations from 186 people, who collectively gave us $8,169 so that we could spread the joy and hope provided by the international hackerspace movement. <http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bilal/3-day-egyptian-maker-space-expanding-the-maker-mov/>
The 3-day hackerspace at Maker Faire Africa was incredible! The main idea of setting this up was to show people how incredibly cool it is to be part of a supportive community where people explore and do what they love. And the energy was high. I taught about 300 people to solder (on my own) at an ongoing, 3-day-long workshop, with kits and soldering irons bought with money donated through our Kickstarter campaign. The brand new Cairo Hackerspace put together the MakerBot, donated by MakerBot Industries, and also put together the Egg-Bot, donated by Evil Mad Scientist — and they gave 3-D printing workshops. Minal gave fabric painting workshops. Bilal gave several Arduino workshops with Arduinos donated by a new local electronics store named Future-Electronics. Lots of fun for all! I gave away lots of Noisebridge keys to people who will be visiting us someday in San Francisco. And Cairo Hackerspace now has a large number of enthusiastic people who will help contribute to Egypt's first hackerspace.
Before Maker Faire Africa we organized two Hackerspace Meetups, to get people psyched about starting and joining hackerspaces. The first was hosted by a co-working space in Cairo named Rasheed22. The second was hosted by a startup incubator in Alexandria named Tahrir2 [the 2 is actually a superscript, and pronounced "squared" — a reference to the "Freedom Revolution" much of which took place in Tahrir Square in Cairo].
We will have two more Hackerspace meetups before we leave on the 14th.
Photos of all of the above are at my Flickr: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/>
The internet is a hard problem, not really solved yet. Getting the internet into your hacker space is another hard problem. Thirdly making it easy for folks to diagnose their (own) network problems without taking down the internet for others or killing other network hardware is also hard.
At Noisebridge we've got a network rack named Susan The Rack (she might be old but she's got one hell of a rack), she held our internet important network gear. After a month people started throwing their own gear in there (because obviously a free hacker space wants to host your internet/power hungry torrent box), she thing turned into the rats nest of cables and junk and hacker STDs, and we couldn't tell what was internet important and what was just garbage hardware not doing anything. Eventually the DSL modem got shoved off the rack and was just hanging off by its phone cord. One night a couple hard working dedicated Noisebridge members aimed to fix this problem...
Behold, The Wall-O-Tubes! The idea is that everything that involves getting the internet into the building and back out through our wifi is bolted onto this wall. If the wall has power, the internet should work through our wifi network. If the internet goes down, it'll be easy to diagnose, and hard for someone who isn't dedicated to fix (you have to go get a stool or ladder or poking stick to do much of anything). Currently the image shows version 1 of the wall.
One of the biggest problems we had was someone's laptop would stop loading web pages, the person would freak out thinking the whole internet is down, and start unplugging and rebooting device without doing any sort of diagnostics. For version 2 we're setting up a machine called Minotaur! This guy will monitor different parts of the network (our internet links, the router, servers and services on the network, wifi link), and display a sort of heart beat message in plain English on a monitor under the wall. If all is green, then your "internet problem" might most likely be somewhere between you and the keyboard.
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I visited NYC Resistor this past weekend. They've got a 5th floor space in Brooklyn, maybe a little bigger than ours, with lovely light. I posted some pics on the Noisebridge wiki, and here's a few more:
They gave us a present which I will post pictures of as soon as I've shown the rest of the Noisebridgers at tomorrow's meeting.


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Way…..way….way….back in the day (aka 2010), when the entire concept of a rap podcast was still in its infancy, there was the Hypemen podcast. Up until the last episode in July of 2011, the... More
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Featuring: Colin Munroe
Song: Wake Up Call
Each of the eighty-eight keys on a piano plays a note different from all the rest - every key offers a unique sound that, if joined with the proper partner, can be extremely pleasing to the ears. Such is the case with New... More
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Izza Kizza Previews The Wizard Of Iz Mixtape in NYC [Exclusive Coverage]
New York, NY – Record execs, industry insiders, bloggers and a horse of a different color gathered at downtown's upscale Red Bull Space this past Wednesday for Izza Kizza's mixtape release party. The Wizard of Iz, a... More
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Artist: Fall Out Boy
Featuring: Joe Budden | 88-Keys | MURS
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Featuring: Redman
Continuing our coverage on The Death of Adam, DJBooth is once again on the scene with Chief Investigator 88-Keys. On Exhibit A, Stay Up (Viagra), we learned of the victim's insatiable sexual appetite. Our... More
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Album: The Death of Adam
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Decon Presents Never Not Fresh [Exclusive Coverage]
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88-Keys Interview
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88-Keys Preps Solo Debut, "The Death of Adam"
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Featuring: The Alchemist
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Sounds alot like the hiring practices at OCC, also. Part time, working for alternate organizations, etc.
If they are truly seperate from the college, how is it that we see all the same civil service faces all over it keeping it up and servicing it?
Check your insurability before you buy,,,, We had to buy the flood insurance for a camp we own in Oneida County and when it did flood last year,,, they deemed the foundation unsuitable and denied the claim for damages.
Our camp is a two story wood structure built on concrete blocks like most mobile homes are, and has been there for over 8 years.
It's sad to see that so many people think the President can actually "do something" about this. The only thing he can really "do" is recommend sanctions and fines be imposed and possibly help facilitate the clean-up efforts.
A tragic accident and a huge reason why off shore drilling may not be our best choice for oil.
The pool has been deteriorating for years,,, perfectly good,,,, is like calling a 2 day old donut perfectly good.
This "SO" wrong and on "SO" many levels
A YMCA that offers a full range of programs for exercise, plus teen and senior centers should qualify as a "community facility", don't you think?
If not, what esle would? It sounds like the YMCA would be the epitomy of the term
It would be nice to see a YMCA location on the West side of the city. The "Y" has exposure to the North and the East but nothing for the Onon Hill and West side residents.
OCC will have so much to offer for a partnership of this type. Lets hope it goes beyond the pool ,,,,,,,


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Zeigeist on Last.fm
Zeigeist was a Swedish pop band and art constellation, formed 2006 and split up 2009. The musical part of Zeigeist was made by Pearl, who nowadays runs his solo project "Pearl Fiction". They started as a collective of several artists, musicians and designers and created the art'ntainment concept. They released their debut album "The Jade Motel " 2008 but were by then only three members: Pearl, Princess and Mattias. Zeigeist was characterized as an electro pop band with remarkable performances and shows, with a clash of music and art performance.
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Trekking in Bhutan amongst the lofty ridges of the Himalayas, breathtaking views abound as we witness a rich Buddhist culture, friendly people, and few other visitors.
Bhutan Trekking Tour Overview
The Kingdom of Bhutan is ancient Asia's last enclave, hidden in the mighty Himalayas. It is a land that will captivate your senses and one where strangers are treated as friends. Our 13-day adventure along Bhutan's premier trekking route leads us into a breathtaking Himalayan valley, to the base of Bhutan's most sacred mountain, Chomolhari (23,997'). We follow the path of nomadic yak herders, hiking through wild rhododendron forests, and alpine meadows carpeted with wildflowers, over trout-filled streams, and into pure Himalayan grandeur. We catch a glimpse of nomadic life as we see locals making butter and cooking over open fires. In the days before and after our trek, our itinerary allows us to acclimate while visiting the cultural centers of Paro and Thimphu, with their distinctive architecture, welcoming people, and fascinating sites.
Bhutan Trekking Itinerary at a Glance
Bhutan is an off-the-beaten-path destination, and our trek steps even further into this magical Himalayan kingdom. Our eight day trekking route allows enough time to immerse yourself in the mountain culture and offers spectacular Himalayan scenery, while not subjecting you to monotonous routes that some other companies offer. Time spent in the mountains, combined with explorations of the cultural centers of Paro and Thimphu, is the perfect adventure through Bhutan and the mighty Himalayas.
The Boundless Journeys Advantage
- A passion for travel. Simply put, we love to travel, and that is woven into every one of our journeys.
- Unique, award-winning itineraries. Our flexible, hand-crafted journeys have received accolades from the worlds most revered travel publications.
- Insider connections. There is simply no substitute for traveling with a knowledgeable insider.
- Small groups. We tread softly, and our average group size is just 6-8 guests.
- Flexibility to suit your travel style. We offer both small-group departures and Private Collection trips, so that you can choose which works best for you.
- Customer service that goes the extra mile. There is no request that is too big or too small for our staff to handle.
- Sustainability. We are committed to traveling responsibly striving to preserve traditions and cultures around the world, and to protect fragile natural habitats.
Our tours often fill months in advance, and our maximum group size is smaller than most tour operators. It's very quick and easy to reserve a trip. Give us a call at 800-941-8010 or complete the online Reserve a Trip form. We will confirm your reservation with a $500 per person deposit, payable by check or credit card.
Group Size
Trip Rating (1 Easiest - 5 Most Strenuous)
Activity Details
Meeting Point
Departure Point
Traveling to and From
Most Convenient Airport:
Bangkok International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand (airport code BKK)
Meeting Place and Time:
Your Boundless Journeys guide will meet you at the Paro, Bhutan airport upon the arrival of your flight from Bangkok. Please be sure to be at the Druk Air (national airline of Bhutan) check-in counter at the Bankgok International Airport two hours before your scheduled flight on Day 1 of our trip. The airline tickets for your flight from Bangkok to Bhutan will be purchased for you in advance by Boundless Journeys.
Departure Place and Time:
Paro, Bhutan; in time for the departure of your flight to Bangkok.
What to Expect
Trip Rating
Boundless Journeys trips are designed for energetic and flexible individuals who like to be active and have a spirit of adventure and a positive attitude. The Chomolhari Trek is rated 4+, strenuous, on a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being the most strenuous). The difficulty rating of this trek takes into account the distances hiked each day and the fact that on several days, trail conditions can be very muddy, with rocky pitches that make progress difficult.
In addition, most hiking is done between 8,000 and 14,000 feet, which adds to the strenuous nature of the hiking. For the most part, you can hike at your own speed; the group will spread out along the trail during the day to cover about 6 to 13 miles per day (4-9 hours of hiking). There are significant elevation gains and losses each day, often 2,000 to 3,000 feet, as our trail contours up and down steep hillsides.
Trip members carry only a daypack for a jacket, water bottle, camera, and whatever else they like to have with them on the trail. Pack animals carry our camping equipment, and a camp cook prepares all meals. On the trek, we use modern Mountain Hardware tents for singles or doubles/twins.
The typical trekking day begins shortly after 6 a.m. with bed tea and warm washing water brought to each tent. We are served a light breakfast while the camp crew packs our gear. We begin walking by 7 to 8 a.m., stopping around 11 a.m. for lunch and a good rest. Our afternoon walk begins around 1 p.m.; we arrive at camp by tea time (about 4:30 p.m.). Dinner is served around 6:30 p.m. At each camp we provide a toilet tent (with seat) and the occasional shower tent for when time and water permits.
Preparing for this Trip
We recommend that you get in top physical shape for the trip. It is very important that you realistically assess your physical condition with regard to the demands of this trip. The more well prepared you are for the activities on this trip, the more safe you will be, and the more you will enjoy yourself! Please engage in moderate aerobic activities (hiking, jogging, or cycling) for at least 30-45 minutes several times a week for 4-6 weeks before the trip. If you live in a flat area, try to incorporate some stairs into your workout, or use a treadmill with varying incline capability. Consult your doctor before undertaking any new fitness programs.
We encourage you to speak with your physician and one of our staff if you have any doubts regarding your physical match with this tour.
Horse/Mule Allergies
As this trek is fully supported by the help of some local 4-legged friends, we need to urge those with any equine-related allergies to take caution when deciding if this trip is right for you. Your gear will be in constant contact with either support horses or trail mules, and in the event that you need emergency assistance, these animals will also be your transportation.
The mountainous areas of Bhutan have pronounced rainy and dry seasons. The dry season lasts from October through May. Days tend to be warm with nighttime temperatures dropping significantly. Please be prepared to expect extremely vacillating weather in this environment. Any time of year, dressing in layers is a good strategy, so that you can shed or add clothing as the day heats and cools.
At altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet, daytime temperatures range in the 50s and 60s with nights dropping to the 40s. Clouds often form in the afternoons, disappearing at night to reveal starry skies.
At altitudes above 10,000 feet, daytime temperatures can be in the 60s but as low as the 30s and 40s if it is windy. Evening temperatures at these higher altitudes often drop to around 15ºF and sometimes lower. Rain and snow are not uncommon at any time of year, making waterproof rain gear a necessity for any trek in Bhutan.
Trail Assistance
Our hikes on the Chomolhari route take us far into the Bhutanese wilderness, in and out of large valleys and up over remote passes; therefore no vehicle assistance is feasible during the trek. If possible for the days conditions, one or more of the gear animals with a member of the camp staff will be sent back to join the group after dropping off equipment at the next camp site to see if a hiker needs to take a break and ride for awhile. This option may not be available everyday, and should not be used as a replacement for the proper level of fitness for the Chomolhari Trek.
When to Reserve
It is important to reserve your trip early as the Bhutanese national airline has a ticketing policy and will only accept reservations with full payment for the ticket. Therefore we are unable to hold group seats in advance of reservations. At this time seats are available, but they can only be confirmed upon receipt of your deposit, as well as the payment of $950 for these flights. Please contact our office with any questions regarding these important policies.
Travelers Responsibility
Trip participants have certain responsibilities to both Boundless Journeys and your fellow travelers. This includes understanding the conditions described in the trip itinerary and making sure it is appropriate for your interests and abilities, based on a review of the trip ratings, consultation with Boundless Journeys staff, and perhaps your doctor. In addition, trip participants are responsible for preparing for a trip by undertaking the proper fitness training. At the guides discretion, a participant may be asked to leave the trip if the guide feels that the persons further participation may be detrimental to the individual or to other trip participants. If you have any questions about the difficulty level of the trip you have chosen, please contact Boundless Journeys to speak with one of our Destination Managers.
Small group travel affords us the opportunity to seek out the most remote and exotic destinations on the planet. Often we are exploring these locales with just 6-12 guests. The nature of active group travel is such that not all participants have the same ability level or interests. Traveling at a pace that is comfortable for the entire group, with a spirit of flexibility and adventure are all part of this shared experience.
Bhutan Accommodations
Overview: To complement our full service camping, weve chosen comfortable and well-situated hotels for this journey. Accommodations in Bhutan are somewhat basic and this itinerary includes the standard hotel options available in Bhutan. We have done our best to select the countrys most comfortable and beautifully situated hotels of this category for this journey; all have private baths.Although the hotels in Bhutan cannot be compared to international standards, they are comfortable and offer all necessary facilities. We believe that any inconveniences due to these modest accommodations are far outweighed by the unforgettable experience of visiting Bhutan.
Confirming hotels: Due to the unique tourism policy in Bhutan, we are unable to confirm which hotels we will be using until four weeks prior to departure. The above accommodations will most likely be what we can expect, but may alter due to availability.
Nights 1-2: Janka Resort
Paro, Bhutan
Nights 3-9: Chomolhari Trek Camping
Full service camping.
Nights 10-12: Hotel Druk
Thimphu, Bhutan
Bhutan Trekking Detailed Itinerary
Arrival in Paro, Bhutan; visit Kyichu Lhakhang and the Paro Dzong
Walking easy to moderate, 1-3 hours.
We are greeted with a warm Bhutanese reception and transferred to our first hotel where we enjoy a light lunch and afternoon tea. After lunch, a short drive through town takes us to Kyichu Lhakhang. Kyichu Lhakhang, meaning twin temples, is believed to have been built in 659 AD by King Songtsen of Tibet, and reflects the introduction of Buddhism to Bhutan. The temple is one of 108 that were built throughout the Himalayas in one day in an effort to subdue a mighty ogress; it is still believed to hold her left foot in place. From here an easy walk leads us through the countryside by farms and fields of rice, mustard, buckwheat, eggplant, and, of course, chilies. We pass through Paro town before crossing the Paro River as we head to the valleys magnificent Rinpung Dzong. If we are fortunate we may have the opportunity to explore within the dzongs mighty walls. However, if the Administrative Body is in session, we must admire from the outside.
From here, a short walk uphill brings us to the National Museum, housed in the round, multi-storied Ta Dzong, built in 1775. The Ta Dzong was once the watchtower for the massive Paro Dzong, built in the 17th century by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. The museums collection includes ancient artifacts, weapons, a collection of antique thangkha (painted or embroidered religious pictures), textiles, and stamps.
We return to our hotel for an orientation meeting and welcome dinner of Bhutanese cuisine.
Cheli La Pass to Kila Gompa.
Hike - moderate, 2-3 hours on hiking trails and dirt roads; approximate elevation loss of 1,300 feet.
Leaving the prayer-flag-swathed col and our vehicle behind, we strike off along the ridge, passing through meadows, before re-entering forests of larch, spruce, hemlock, fir and rhododendron. After a little under two hours, we see the Kila Gompa, seemingly suspended in rock crags. Home to approximately 30 nuns, this place has served as a retreat for meditation since the 9th century. Kila means spiritual dagger, and a visit to the temple is often thought to tame the negative emotions of anger, ignorance and greed.
Following our visit and picnic lunch, we head downhill on a dirt road that winds its way through conifers and rhododendrons, catching occasional glimpses of Cheli La, where we began. After about 45 minutes, we arrive at our private vehicle to return to Paro. Along the way, if time allows, well break our journey with a short walking detour to Dzongdrakha Gompa and its fine stupa (a dome-shaped Buddhist monument). This rocky aerie is the site of the annual, local Paro dromoche (masked dances), the precursor to the grander Paro Tsechu, or festival. Here, we may also have the opportunity to see some local residents: the Grey Langur monkey.
Returning sometime during the mid to late afternoon, there will be the chance to relax or explore the Paro market before dinner.
Chomolhari Trek
Taktsang (Tigers Nest) Monastery - Shana
Hike moderate, 4-5 hours on hiking trails; approximate elevation gain 1,650.
As we near the monastery, we stop by a small teahouse for snacks and tea and take in our first up-close view of Taktsang. From here our hiking trail levels out for a short while, before we begin climbing down steps and cross a bridge, eventually leading us to this most impressive sacred site.
Legend has it that the Tibetan Buddhist saint, Padmasambhava, flew across the Himalayas on the back of a tiger and landed here, bringing Buddhism to Bhutan. Entry into the monastery feels like stepping back in time and we have the chance to visit several shrines that comprise the temple complex. During our exploration, our guide brings Tigers Nest to life with the tales of Buddhism that make this one of the most famous pilgrimage sites in all of Bhutan.
After a trailside picnic lunch, we return to the valley floor, where we are met by our vehicle and transferred to Shana, where we begin our trek. We pass the Drukgyel Dzong (8,514) en route and drive through countryside dotted with rice terraces, fields of millet, and orchards. As the valley widens, we reach the army post of Gunitsawa (9,273) - the last stop before Tibet. We continue on to Sharma Zampa (9,471), where we make our first camp in the meadows surrounded by trees.
Camping, Chomolhari Trek
Day hike from base camp; rest and acclimate.
Today we take advantage of some of the most spectacular views we will encounter on the trek at the base camp of Chomolhari, and spend the day exploring the Jangothang area. Today we can sleep in and enjoy a leisurely morning at our camp and then embark on an excursion to obtain better views of the mountains or perhaps visit Tshophu, a high-altitude lake. There is the chance we will spot some grazing yaks, and perhaps blue sheep, which effortlessly navigate the rugged terrain. After a second night at Jangothang, our lungs should be ready for our ascent of Nyele-la pass the following day.
*Please note museums and schools are closed on weekends and holidays.
Cheri Goemba and the Choki School of Arts
Departure from Paro
This morning our guide brings us to the airport and we say goodbye before our early morning departure from Paro returns us to Bangkok.
Please note that this is a typical itinerary, and actual activities may vary to take advantage of weather conditions, local events, and to allow serendipity to play a hand in your experience. We try to plan our trips at a time that offers the most favorable weather conditions. However, if poor weather conditions persist at the time of your departure, such as snow on the high passes, we reserve the right to change the itinerary described here and offer an alternative to the trek. This may be a decision that is made once you are already in Bhutan or after setting out for the trek. Accommodations are as outlined in the itinerary, although we reserve the right to change these should the need arise.
Trip Length
Trip Dates
Upcoming Trips:
- Oct 05–17, 2015
- Apr 25–May 06, 2016
- Oct 17–28, 2016
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2015 Land Cost
$5,095 per person
Single Supplement
Single Supplements:
Accommodations (hotels, tents, cruise cabins) are based on double occupancy. A single supplement is paid by participants who specifically request single accommodations, subject to availability. If you reserve at least 120 days prior to departure, you may be eligible for a reduced or free single supplement.* This is generally limited to the first one or two solo travelers to reserve, and the reduction is outlined in the pricing for each trip. Please note, free or reduced single supplements are not combinable with other offers or promotions.
If you are traveling alone and wish to share accommodations, we will try to match you with a roommate of the same gender. If you reserve at least 120 days ahead and a roommate is not available, you will only be charged a "forced" single supplement in the amount of 50% of the standard single supplement* (unless otherwise noted in the detailed itinerary). Single accommodations are limited so you are encouraged to reserve early!
*This does not apply to cruises in the Galapagos Islands. Please see these trip pages for more details.
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What's Included
- All accommodations
- All meals
- All transportation during the tour
- Expert local guides
- All activities as noted in the itinerary
- Bhutanese visa fees and departure taxes
Please complete the following information to request a reservation. A trip deposit of $500 per person is required to confirm your reservation (payable by check or major credit card). Once we receive your request we will contact you within one business day to confirm availability and answer any questions you may have.
About our guides
With a Boundless Journeys guide, your experience is that of friend and local adventurer. We believe strongly in working with local guides, experts in the areas to which we travel, and they hold the keys to unlocking the hidden delights of your chosen destination. Although you will never know they are at work the mark of a truly great leader our guides make magical things happen and add a dimension to your trip that you could not experience on your own.
Over the years we have forged bonds with some of the best guides in the world, and we typically work with a small team of guides in each region. You will be informed of the guide for your trip one month prior to your departure.
Featured Guides
Sangay Wangchuk: Sangay spent almost two decades in the tourism business and has trekked many of Bhutans trails and climbed some Himalayan mountains. He completed practical mountain management courses in Chamonix, France, forming a basis for his guiding background. His pride and passion for Bhutans culture and ecology is evident, and he always willing to share is knowledge with others. He is a published author of: Seeing with the Third Eye: Growing up with Grandma in Rural Bhutan, depicting his interest in preserving local beliefs and traditions.
Dawa Tashi (on right): Dawa has led a variety of Boundless Journeys tours, from treks in the mountains to festival celebrations in the valleys. His local knowledge and amicable personality make him a real treasure to have on the trail. Whether hiking at high altitude or exploring local towns in the lowlands, Dawa ensures that our guests come away with an outstanding experience, providing them with a a deep appreciation of his country and culture.
Kinley Tshering (on left): Kinley (or Kelly, as he is known among his Bhutanese coworkers) joined our local staff of guides after completing extensive training in 2006, and has led many tours for Boundless Journeys, becoming a favorite among our guests. Very friendly and down to earth, Kinley is extremely knowledgeable and always determined to make your trip special.
Leki Phuntsho: Leki is a well-educated local guide who has lived his whole life in Bhutan and who currently resides just outside of Thimphu. He completed his extensive Guide Training from the Tourism Council of Bhutan in 2006, and enjoys trekking when not leading guests on cultural tours of his homeland. With his infectious love and passion for the country, Leki carries the adventurous spirit of a true Bhutanese guide. Very friendly and down to earth, Leki is always determined to make your trip special.
What other guests have said about our guides in Bhutan:
It is truly impossible for me to express in words my gratitude and appreciation for the professionalism, dedication, and hard work of your team in Bhutan. Dawa was so accommodating and flexible throughout the entire tour. He certainly went out of his way to make sure the experience in Bhutan was both memorable and enjoyable for everyone in the group. S.G., East Rochester, NY
Dawa was excellent, especially on the walks and hikes; very helpful. He was also extremely knowledgeable about Buddhism. We were very fortunate to have Dawa! S. M., Cambridge, MA
It was an honor to be guided by someone I would consider to be Bhutans first-class ambassador, Sangay Wangchuk. Sangay was always imparting great knowledge, wit and wisdom with all members of our group. He became our Buddha. V. A., Playa del Rey, CA
Sangay was such a pleasure to have on the trek friendly, knowledgeable, open, and upbeat! He was amazing, sharing stories of his culture and the promise of things to come. K. L., Englewood, NJ
Kinley Tshering was the most amazing guide. I have traveled to many places around the globe and been around a lot of guides. Kinley is truly outstanding. His patience, knowledge and good humor made every day special for us. He never tired to explain details to us or find a cup of tea. He is full of life and his love for his country showed greatly. G.M., Baltimore, MA
Kinley was amazing in his knowledge and command of English in order to pass along information. If someone mentioned one thing or asked a question about something, he incorporated that into the next days activity or found it for us. For example, we had read about how incense is made and about momos in the DrukAir magazine on the flight over. We mentioned those things to Kinley and sure enough he found a small incense manufacturer for us to visit and made sure we had plenty of momos! G. M., Greenwich, CT
Picture Yourself Here:
Challenging 7-day trek to a spectacular base camp below Chomalhari, the snowcapped Divine Mountain
Visits to the cultural centers of Paro and Thimphu
Hike to the famous Tiger's Nest monastery
Full-service camping with top quality equipment, leaving you to carry only your daypack
Upcoming Trips:
- Oct 05–17, 2015
- Apr 25–May 06, 2016
- Oct 17–28, 2016
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It is important to reserve your trip early, as the Bhutanese national airline has a new ticketing policy and will only accept reservations with the full payment of the ticket. Therefore we are unable to hold group seats in advance of reservations.
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Sangay was such a pleasure to have on our trek - friendly, knowledgeable, open, and upbeat! He was amazing, sharing stories of his culture and the promise of things to come.
- K. Liebhold, Engelwood, NJ
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ever since the Fresno State Bulldogs joined the Mountain West, the University of New Mexico baseball team has had their number, and that trend continued Sunday as Josh Walker pitched a complete game in a 4-1 win. That moved UNM (27-11-1) to 11-1 over Fresno State (18-18) over the last two seasons.
It was career win No. 24 for Walker (5-2), who moved into a second-place tie on UNM's all-time list. He gave up just four hits and one walk while striking out a season-high four.
"That was a big-league performance," UNM head coach Ray Birmingham said. "For us to win this conference, and we're now in a tie in the loss column (with UNLV), we need dominant performances from our starters. We can't always out-hit people."
Outside of the fourth inning, when the Bulldogs tallied three of their hits and their only run – on a solo home run to left center – the only hit Walker allowed was an infield single in the fifth. He did not allow a single runner past first the rest of the way as he increased his career winning percentage to .800, which is the best ever at UNM.
He threw 80 of his 118 pitches for strikes and kept the ball down, recording 14 groundball outs, including two double plays, in completing his second game of the season. His control was excellent as well as his only walk was with the bases empty and two outs in the ninth inning.
"He was great today," second baseman Sam Haggerty said. "He pounded the zone with everything. His fastball and his slider were great. That's what we need on Sundays. They're hard games to win and he did a great job."
UNM jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third. Danny Collier doubled off the wall in right, but he pulled up with an apparent hamstring injury and, despite his insistence that he was fine, had to leave the game for Kirby McGuire. Haggerty's flyout to deep center allowed him to take third, and Alex Real's single two batters later knocked him in for the game's first run.
After the Bulldogs tied the game in the fourth, UNM re-took the lead for good in the fifth. Haggerty led off with a triple down the right-field line and scored on another base hit by Real. The Lobos added two more in the sixth on doubles by Jack Zoellner and Aaron Siple and a single from Haggerty.
That was more than enough support for Walker as he led the Lobos to a season sweep of the Bulldogs.
"It was a great weekend for us," he said. "I love to see us play like that. It was a good three games. We've been doing well and I hope we can keep it going.
"We played the game right this weekend. We just need to stay focused, have a good week and get back at it next weekend."
The win capped off a 5-0 week for the Lobos, and they have now won eight of their last nine games.
"I feel like we're really starting to click at this point in the season," Haggerty said. "I think we're really starting to take off, and we just have to keep going in the right direction."
The sophomore finished 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI to pace the lineup.
"I had a good day," he said. "I saw the ball well and was able to pick up some of my teammates."
Real also finished 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and Siple finished with a pair of doubles in the nine-spot in the lineup as half of UNM's 10 hits went for extra bases.
The Lobos are off until Thursday when the travel to face San Jose State.
Notes: UNM remained undefeated against Fresno State in Albuquerque, moving to 9-0 all-time against the Bulldogs in the Duke City … Walker is tied with Bob McAulay, who pitched at UNM from 1966-68, with 24 wins … the UNM record holder is Rob Hoover, who accumulated 27 from 1976-79.


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On the eve of the Final Four, one of his youngsters shed some light on just how difficult it is to do that as a freshman.
"Going through high school you don't really go through plays," Marcus Lee said. "You're kind of just running up and down, especially in AAU. So being able to come into a college team and be able to slow everything down, be able to slow your brain down mentally and just get through the whole 30 seconds and going through the same play over and over is real hard."
At no point this season has Kentucky been closer to overcoming that challenge.
The Wildcats, playing in three straight nail-biters against teams that made last year's Final Four, have had to muster every ounce of focus just to reach this point. Each game decided by five points or less, UK has played possession after possession with its postseason life hanging in the balance.
Fittingly, the next opponent the Cats (28-10) will face presents their toughest test yet on that front.
Only 10 teams in the country hold the ball longer on offense than second-seeded Wisconsin (30-7). The Badgers are a study in patience, their average offensive possessions lasting 20.5 seconds.
Whereas some teams shoot late in the clock because of an inability to get good looks early, the Badgers wait because past performance suggests something good will happen if they do.
"They don't get bored with going through an offensive play for the full 30 seconds," Lee said. "They're disciplined enough to go through the whole thing the whole time, stay mentally ready and then be able to go play."
If the Cats don't match that focus, the Badgers will make them pay.
"They'll get you down in the shot clock and you think you can relax but that's where they make a backdoor or set a rip screen or something like that," Julius Randle said. "So they're all very skilled players who can shoot the ball and get into the lane."
Randle clearly understands that Wisconsin's success has to do with a lot more than just Bo Ryan's system, a fact that Coach Cal has been sure to impart to his team in preparation.
"So I will tell you that they're more athletic than you think," Calipari said. "They're more skilled than you think. They're not relying solely on an offense. They're not. They run great isos for all their guys so that they put them in a position where it's one on one. Bo hadn't done a whole lot of that in the past, but what I'm seeing, now they are."
Ryan has a number of options at his disposal, with six Badgers attempting at least 19 percent of their team's shots when on the floor and scoring at least 7.8 points per game.
"I think Bo is one of those guys that throughout this game, he will figure out -- and I've seen it in all the games I've watched -- where is there a mismatch, where is there something?" Calipari said. "You do something, Bo does something else. It's like Bo knows. So we got to be on top of what we're doing because he will put people in positions to hurt you."
Ryan, coaching in his first Final Four in 13 seasons at Wisconsin, says the Badgers wouldn't win a collective footrace if you matched them up against his former teams, but he also knows, like Calipari, that saying the Cats are the only team with athleticism is grossly inaccurate.
"When you say 'athletic,' this group we have is athletic in this sense: They have good perception and spatial skills for being a good offensive team," Ryan said. "Defensively they understand they're only as strong as all five guys playing together. Our best defense is five versus five, not in transition."
Because Wisconsin's best defense is in the half-court, the Badgers typically forgo crashing the offensive glass in favor of setting up on the other end of the floor.
"They don't allow too many easy buckets," Randle said. "They're just a great defensive team and you can obviously tell they communicate well on that end of the floor. They're just very solid, don't make too many mistakes."
You can chalk a lot of that up to experience.
The Badgers start four juniors and seniors, and UK, of course, five freshmen. The Cats, however, have little interest in that narrative.
"Every team in the country has more experience than us, I guess, but how could it matter if we're all in the Final Four?" Aaron Harrison said. "We're all just playing to win a championship."
To bring you more expansive coverage, CoachCal.com and Cat Scratches will be joining forces for the postseason. You can read the same great stories you are accustomed to from both sites at CoachCal.com and UKathletics.com/blog, but now you'll enjoy even more coverage than normal.


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Posted: February 26, 2013|
BOXERS and ballerinas joined forces for a charity 'Zumbat' event.
The workshop combined the arts of Zumba and Bodycombat, and featured people from gyms, clubs and community groups across the city coming together at Derriford Health and Leisure Centre for an afternoon of fun.
The Saturday event was billed as 'Rocky meets Strictly', and was open to people of all ages and abilities.
Dozens showed up and more than £800 was raised for three charities – Children's Hospice South West, Jeremiah's Journey and Women V Cancer.
Organiser Pippa Waller said everyone enjoyed themselves.
"It went really well, beyond our expectations," she said. "It was fantastic.
"We raised just over £800 and there is more to come in from people who have pledged donations."
She added: "It was mainly people who do keep fit classes. We had a session of Zumba and a session of Bodycombat – 45 minutes of each – and we had a raffle.
"It wasn't too strenuous – it was just like a big party really. There was a lot of messing around and it was a lot of fun."


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Even while administering and sometimes taking a physical beating, the Minnesota Lynx' resilient power forward rarely displays much discomfort at any point during the season. But when the playoff lights come on and the going gets rougher, Brunson's tenacious style of play fits right in.
And, for the second year in a row, it vaulted her team to a Western Conference semifinals triumph against Seattle.
"I assume she likes the playoffs," Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said. "These are the money games; how do you not like them?"
Through Minnesota's second-half blowout Friday and last-second dogfight Sunday, Brunson leads the Lynx with 22 total rebounds and is second in scoring with 33 points. The seven-year pro carried them through a rough first half in the opener, notching 13 of her 18 points before the break and extending several possessions with offensive boards.
Sunday afternoon in the Tacoma Dome, she was everywhere -- pouncing on loose balls, tapping away frontcourt steals, and making Tina Thompson and Camille Little earn all 14 of their combined rebounds.
Brunson had 13 all on her own.
"You have to go out there and you have to elevate your game to another level," Brunson said after her 18-point, nine-board performance in Game 1. "So I just try to go out there and set the tone immediately, and I know that my team is going to follow."
And it has. Three-time conference regular-season champ Minnesota, which awaits Monday night's Los Angeles-Phoenix victor, outscored the fourth-seeded Storm 40-28 in the second half of an 80-64 win Friday and gutted out a 58-55 victory in Game 2.
Her even-keel composure, a Brunson staple, has been equally helpful. Even during a sloppy Sunday matinee that wasn't over until she hit a pair of free throws and the Lynx put together a final defensive stand, they never lost their cool, Brunson said.
"We knew it was going to be that type of game," Brunson said. "We knew that it was going to be tough and physical and closely matched."
Just how Brunson likes to play.
After being named to the WNBA all-defensive second team, Brunson spent most of last week resting. Some newfound offensive energy renders her Minnesota's second-best scoring threat behind Maya Moore early in the postseason, and Brunson continues to display the glass prowess that helped her finish fourth in the league in rebounding this year.
"I think she was ready to play," said Reeve, whose bunch hosts Game 1 of the Western Conference finals at 8 p.m. Thursday. "She was ready to come out and set the tone. She was pretty locked in most of the way, even when things weren't going well."
But this is nothing new.
In two WNBA Finals runs with the Lynx since being picked up in the 2011 Dispersal Draft of former Sacramento players, Brunson has averaged a double-double (11.9 points, 10.2 rebounds). Last year against the Storm, she shot 60.6 percent from the floor and averaged 16.7 points and 11.7 boards in a 2-1 series win.
If Minnesota is to claim its second title during her tenure here, the 6-foot-2, 188-pound workhorse will have had a substantial hand in it.
"I just try and set the tone for my team and lead by example," said Brunson, already the leading rebounder in the franchise's 15-year existence. "I know that the playoffs is a new series and a new season."
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Toledo couple held for alleged aid to terror organization Hezbollah
Hor and Amera Akl expected to be with their three children traveling to visit relatives in Lebanon today.
Instead they are behind bars.
After an eight-month federal investigation, the West Toledo husband and wife were arrested yesterday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, Hezbollah.
They were arrested during a raid of their home, 3911 Brookfield Drive off Sylvania Avenue. Many neighbors watched from their front lawns as FBI investigators spent hours removing wheels, snaking a device down the gas lines, and peering under the hoods of two family automobiles: a sport utility vehicle and pickup carrying a bag of cat litter, a child's swimming inner tube, and a large pack of mulch.
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"Very good people. Very nice, very friendly," said Bob Lydy, 25, who has lived beside the Akl family for two years.
Mr. Akl, 37, and his wife, Mrs. Akl, 37, both dual citizens of the United States and Lebanon, face charges that they conspired to launder money and committed arson relating to an insurance fraud scheme. Mr. Akl is also charged with two counts of bankruptcy fraud and one count of perjury.
If convicted on all counts, Mrs. Akl could face a maximum of 45 years in prison and up to $752,000 in fines. Mr. Akl could face up to 55 years in prison and up to
$1.25 million in fines.
"This case demonstrates our continued commitment to prosecuting those who seek to aid terrorists and terrorist organizations, whether they do so from our backyards or abroad," U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach said in a news release. "Furthermore, those who seek to take illegal advantage of our government, judicial, and financial institutions, for their personal benefit or for the benefit of others, will not be ignored."
Both suspects will be detained until a preliminary hearing in U.S. District Court in Toledo at 1 p.m. Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Vernelis K. Armstrong ruled.
Mrs. Akl struggled to stifle her coughing throughout the federal court proceedings yesterday. Their attorney, Chuck Sallah, sat silently behind the couple as they were represented by public defenders. He said time did not allow him to speak for the couple yesterday, though he would appear on their behalf next week.
Mr. Sallah told the media outside the courthouse that he would be "hard-pressed to believe" the charges against his clients.
"These people have been members of this community for a long time. These people have been socially active in this community for a long time," Mr. Sallah said.
The case against the couple is based on information provided by an FBI confidential informant, referred to as "Source-1," who has been paid $23,425.07 for providing information to the FBI in Toledo since 2003, according to a federal affidavit.
Most of that money, more than $19,000, was paid since Oct. 1 for reporting related to the Akl case, the affidavit said.
The informant was initially arrested by Immigration and Naturalization Services in Cleveland in 2003, though charges were dropped upon the FBI's request. The informant and his or her spouse were sponsored for permanent residency by the FBI in December, 2008.
Information from such a source was used by the FBI in two high-profile terrorism cases in 2006. Three Toledo men - Mohammad Amawi, Marwan El-Hindi, and Wassim Mazloum - were convicted of plotting to assist Iraqi insurgents. A West Toledo charity, KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development Inc., was dissolved by the U.S. Treasury Department amid allegations it was shuffling cash to terrorists, though a judge condemned the government's action as illegal in 2009.
According to the complaint, the Akls agreed to send money to the terrorist organization Hezbollah after they were approached by a confidential informant for the FBI who claimed he worked for an anonymous donor eager to support Hezbollah. The couple researched and proposed at least 10 ways in which the money could be shipped to Hezbollah.
The complaint alleges the Akls ultimately agreed to conceal as much as $1 million in the hollow sections of two vehicles that would be shipped to Lebanon via a car dealership in Toledo. They then would remove the cash and give it to Hezbollah officials on behalf of the purported anonymous donors in the United States, the complaint said.
The Akls expected to receive a fee or commission for arranging the transfer of funds, and Mr. Akl in March traveled to Lebanon to make arrangements for the delivery of the money to Hezbollah, the complaint alleges.
The affidavit also said others involved in the plan include a brother of Mrs. Akl who resides in Maumee and Mr. Akl's brother in Lebanon, who owns a recreational facility where Hezbollah allegedly is allowed to meet.
Several neighbors in their West Toledo neighborhood described the family as kind, generous neighbors and expressed disbelief that the friendly folks from the corner could have terrorist ties.
Mr. Lydy, their neighbor of two years, said he enjoyed Mr. Akl, who was handy and had a background in concrete work.
"I'm very surprised," Mr. Lydy said of the FBI investigation and charges.
Alida Forshaw, 35, said Mrs. Akl went out of her way to invite her to an outdoor picnic to welcome her to the neighborhood when she moved in a few years ago. Children on the cul-de-sac near their home flocked to the swing set in the Akls' backyard.
"She's always super nice to, like, everybody," Ms. Forshaw said.
The couple immigrated to the United States from a small rural area called the Bekaa Valley, also spelled Beqaa. Mr. Akl - who prefers to go by "Har" - was granted American citizenship in 1997. The family takes an annual vacation back to Lebanon, and were expected to leave today, Mr. Lydy said.
Mr. Akl once worked at Spice Bar, 319 North Superior St., in downtown Toledo near the new Huntington Center arena. His employment ended by the time the bar gained a new owner last year and became the Hat Trick Bar & Grill.
Ahmad Mahmoud, who bought the bar, said he knew Mr. Akl but never would have guessed that he could have been involved in alleged terrorist activities.
"All I knew about that guy was that he worked hard. He used to work 50, 60 hours a week, 70 hours a week to support his family," said Mr. Mahmoud, who recently turned the bar over to a new owner following his well-publicized dispute with the Downtown Toledo Parking Authority.
The couple filed for divorce in 2005, but later withdrew the case.
Their two youngest children, ages 4 and 7, were home during the raid. The oldest, 15, was in school. All were in the care of family members yesterday, neighbors said.
Staff writers JC Reindl and Carl Ryan contributed to this report.
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Sport: Track and Field
Height: 5'6"
Current Residence: Santa Clarita, Calif.
College: University of Southern California
- 2012 Olympic Games, 5th place in the 100m, gold in the 200m, gold in the 4x100m relay
- 2008 Olympic Games, gold medal in the 4x400m relay and silver medal in the 200m
- 2004 Olympic Games, silver medal in the 200m
- Six-time U.S. outdoor 200m champion (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012)
- Three-time World outdoor 200m gold medalist (2005, 2007, 2009)
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- 2010, U.S. outdoor 100m champion
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