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Scientists have discovered how alcohol causes its intoxicating effect. Through experiments on a worm called C. elegans they have discovered that a certain potassium channel in the brain is triggered by alcohol to allow increased flow of potassium. This discovery opens the door for a "sober pill". You leave the party, pop a sober pill, get in your car and drive home stone sober. Scientists Identify Molecular Step That Causes Intoxication

I saw this article in Science Daily. The first thing I thought was "Duh, of course rainfall controls erosion". But after reading the article, what they seem to be saying is that removal of rock mass causes uplift at an accelerated rate. "People have thought the scale and pattern of rock uplift is mostly controlled by deep, plate-tectonic forces," he said. "Based on our findings, the pattern of bedrock uplift is closely tied to climate through erosion." Rainfall Controls Cascade Mountains' Erosion And Bedrock Uplift Patterns

It seems, klenke, that you have appointed yourself the official CC.com liason to the Mountaineers. We can count on you to keep us abreast of all important Mountaineer activities.

Hussein reminds me of Louis Freeh, our former FBI Director. I didn't want to hear anything he disagreed with. He was famous for shooting the messenger. Many capable people were demoted or transferred. After eight years of that, many of the best managers retired. Sorry for the thread drift, but I just finished Kessler's book.

From the PI

People who visit the PNW only in the summer don't get the complete experience. You must come visit us in November-December sometime.

Yes, it's time to feel good, if only for a day. We deserve a victory today. We'll go back to worrying tomorrow. I'll be off to my office Holiday party and I intend to knock back a few cold ones and celebrate everything there is to be thankful for- life, health, a job, and the capture of Saddam Hussein.

There are many knee problems for which one would not expect glucosamine to have any effect. Torn ligaments are an example.

Read this book: Winning, by Stuart Walker . Walker's sport is competitive sailing, but the book has interesting anecdotes from many different sports. After I read this book I immediately started winning more races because it helped me get over making excuses to lose.

If someone climbs the Monroe Smoke Stack, perhaps you can stop and visit lance_granite and pick up the winnings?

Marylou, frequently truth is stranger than fiction. The stress of being a fugitive is such that frequently capture brings relief.

Say goodbye to ... forever. Ehmic, I guess congratulations are in order. Good luck, you'll need it.

If the challenge is met and you don't pay up, you'll be hunted down like a dog.

If you dig a parking space out of a snow bank and you find Beck sleeping it off, then what do you do?

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That's a sisu joke, alright. Uggghhhh.

I expect the attacks to tail off. I also expect the Iraqis to take a more active role in putting down the resistance because a great deal of fear will have been removed.

I imagine that the US will hang on to Saddam for a while while they interrogate him. In fact, I expect it will be a good long while. As long as there is any useful information they can extract from him there will be no trial and no execution. The Iraqis, on the other hand, will pressure us for an immediate trial. The will want him executed as soon as possible to preclude any possibility in people's minds that he can ever come back into power.

Truth, truth? We don't want the truth. Another thread killed by a lurker.

That IS cool. Thanks. Notice that the biggest shadow is cast by Adams, which happens to be the biggest mountain.

I don't know, but would surmise that tidal forces contribute heat to the earth's core along with radioactive decay. To the extent that the core remains molten tidal forces contribute. We do know that the distance of the moon's orbit from earth is constantly increasing. Angular momentum is being consumed by the energy dissapated by tidal forces.

Even though the sun is in the sky for only four hours in Fairbanks, I'll bet you get to see it more than we do here in Seattle. Yeah, it's light for eight hours, but it's a bluish-grey light. Plants need two colors of light to grow and flower. Blue light is supposed to be involved in growth, whereas orange-red light promotes flowering. In considering what kind of light to use in my greenhouse to supplement the natural light, I figured I needed more orange, so I picked sodium vapor. It's kind of depressing light by itself, but when mixed with the bluish light of a cloudy day it's kind of pleasant to be out there.

It really happened. I looked it up in Snopes.

Will, we've got twice the daylight here in Seattle and it still gets me down. I don't know how you guys survive the winter in Fairbanks. This afternoon at about 3 pm, a ray of sunshine came through the clouds and I just stood there and stared at it like junkie getting a fix. I put a high pressure sodium light in my greenhouse to supplement the natural light for my orchids. I sometimes go out there and pretend I'm in the tropics. It's 70 degrees in there with 60% humidity and everything green. It helps.