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http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A270851 No Help From Above Firefighting supertanker put on cargo duty BY TONY EVANS Simulated photo of supertanker. Evergreen International Aviation While Idaho is in the midst of one of the worst wildfire seasons in history, one much-touted fire-suppression weapon won't be seen anywere near a fire this year. Despite passing certification with the Federal Aviation Administration and signing a firefighting contract with the U.S. Forest Service last fall, the Boeing 747 Evergreen Supertanker will not be deployed in 2007. Last week, nearly one million acres were burning in Idaho, including the 653,100-acre Murphy Complex Fire on the Idaho/Nevada border, which cut power to the Duck Valley Indian Reservation for a week. Could the world's largest water-bomber, capable of laying down a one-mile-long swath of fire retardant, have played a role in dowsing the largest wildfire in the nation? "The work at NIFC is a kind of ches...

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"One day my teacher fired a sudden question at me, and finding that I was not paying attention, hauled me out for corporal punishment. It was really the feeling of his cane that first turned my thoughts in the direction of multiple mind concentration. I did not want to give up my daydreams, but on the other hand, I had a distinct aversion to corporal punishment. So after a while I got into the habit of letting one part of my brain wander into the realms of inventive fancy whilst I kept the other alert for an enfilade fire of questions from the teacher." http://www.rexresearch.com/kahne/kahne.htm "Mr Kahne smiled. "Perhaps you’re right", he said. :It is very hard work. In the two shows of ten minutes duration which I give every evening I calculate that I use up as much mental energy as the average brain worker expends in an 8-hour day. But I soon recover. I spend all the rest of my time in play and relaxation and never allow myself to worry. It’s worry that kil...

World Tibet Network News Published by the Canada Tibet Committee Thursday, September 8, 2005 Dalai Lama host bares his soul in new memoir By Tony Evans For the Express Idaho Mountain Express and Guide Thursday, September 08, 2005 Following his address to the Wood River Valley on Sunday, Sept. 11, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a private address to a group of elite money managers at the home of investment banker Kiril Sokoloff. The title of this meeting on Sept. 12 is "Compassion is Good for Business." Sokoloff is the man behind the Dalai Lama's visit to Idaho and is a close personal friend of His Holiness. Sokoloff's memoir, "Personal Transformation: An Executive's Story of Struggle and Spiritual Awakening," is introduced by the Dalai Lama and features him on its cover, perhaps revealing a link between those working to make a difference in the world and those charged with making a killing in the markets. "Personal Transformation" is a se...

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