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RED-BEARDED MONKEY DISCOVERED BUT RISKS EXTINCTION!
A new species of monkey that sports a bushy red beard has been discovered in the Amazon, researchers announced this week, but the primate is at risk of becoming extinct.
The species of titi monkey, Callicebus caquetensis, is a cat-size creature and has grayish-brown hair. Its long tail is stippled with gray, and it has a bushy red beard around its cheeks.
Unlike other monkeys closely related to it, Callicebus caquetensis does not have a white bar on its forehead, environmental nonprofit group Conservation International said Thursday. The finding was also published in the journal Primate Conservation.
Hints that an unknown primate species was living in Colombia’s Caquetá region, close to the border with Ecuador and Peru, surfaced 30 years ago, but researchers were never able to access the region because of violence and insurgent fighting.
It was only two years ago that professors Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno and their student, Javier García, from the National University of Colombia were able to travel up the upper Caquetá River. They used GPS to find their way around the area, searching for the monkeys on foot and listening for their calls.
Unlike most primates, these titi monkeys form lifelong relationships. Researchers reported that pairs are often seen sitting on a branch with their tails entwined. They usually have one baby per year.
But this newly discovered species is struggling to survive because of deforestation. It is estimated that fewer than 250 Caquetá titi monkeys exist – a healthy population should be in the thousands.
The small population size and the fragmented habitat should qualify the species as critically endangered, according to criteria from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which means that it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future.
“This discovery is particularly important because it reminds us that we should celebrate the diversity of Earth but also we must take action now to preserve it,” said José Vicente Rodrígue, head of science at Conservation International in Colombia and president of the Colombia Association of Zoology.

AMPHIBIANS

Scientists in 14 countries on five continents are teaming up to hunt for as many as 100 species of amphibians that are thought to possibly be extinct, but may be surviving in remote corners.

With amphibian populations around the world declining quickly and a third at risk of extinction, the unprecedented search could help scientists better understand the crisis.

“The rapid and profound change to the global environment that has taken place over the last fifty years or so – in particular climate change and habitat loss – has had a devastating impact on these incredible creatures,” Conservation International’s Robin Moore, who has organized the search for IUCN’s Amphibian Specialist Group, said in a press release August 8, 2010.

“We’ve arranged this search for ‘lost’ species that we believe may have managed to hang on so that we can get some definite answers – and hopefully learn about what has allowed some tiny populations of certain species to survive when the rest of their species has been lost,” Moore said.

Amphibians have also been suffering from a fungus that causes a disease known as chytridiomycosis, which has already obliterated some species.

In this gallery, see the 10 most wanted lost amphibian species chosen by Moore’s team for their potential scientific or aesthetic value, along with 10 other species that scientists around the world will be searching for. The hunters will be posting updates about their search to Conservation International’s website through October.

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The Rule of 100

This is both a political statement and a teaching aid for people seriously interested in professional financial planning. “We just want equal rights. We’re tired of being second-class citizens,” that is the cry of the “Same Sex Marriage Crowd.” Well, I’m the great, great grandson of Brigham Young and I have genetic and hormonal reasons to want my rights too. Now that anyone can be married I want the American Civil Liberties Union and all the other Commucrats to support my efforts to have my equal rights in matrimony.
As of now a civil union that lets gays have similar and equal property rights as other married couples enjoy is no longer acceptable to them, they are about to learn the advantages of financial leverage using their civil union benefits.
So ladies, lets have some fun and get richer in the process. Viva la difference! This is personal environmental enhancement for those Greenbird Commucrats to understand in their silly vernacular.

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RECONCILIATION ECOLOGY


For over a decade, University of Arizona ecologist Michael Rosenzweig has preached a gospel of what he calls reconciliation ecology: designing everyday landscapes to support as many plants and animals as possible. With a computer program directing the design, reconciliation ecology will get its test in Tucson, Arizona. We decided to turn Tucson into a lab of a million people.
Rosenzweig wants to arrange their habitats with a program built on a database of life-history characteristics on 300 local plant species, plus natural history records gathered from a century of research on Tumamoc Hill, an 870-acre island of relatively undisturbed desert west of downtown.
Rosenzweig envisions the tested program becoming a tool for developers, neighborhood associations, businesses, anybody with a backyard — first in Tucson, then elsewhere, as other ecologists localize the code.
“If you produce an ecological theater that meets the animals halfway, they’ll do the rest,” said Rosenzweig.

For the complete article:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/

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The New Grid

BY: Barry Bowdidge August 9, 2010

By combining the two technologies below both the individual and community grid problems will be solved. Only the political will of society prevents this from happening. Vested interests are stopping the obvious from happening. The only hope is to get up to another place like the Moon or Mars in a private capacity that requires this obvious solution to maintain life. Perhaps then our kids and grand children can enjoy a little freedom from the control freaks presently in charge.

Lightbridge develops and owns advanced nuclear fuel designs for existing light water reactors currently in operation around the world and new generation light water reactors that are being built or have been proposed for construction worldwide
Lightbridge utilizes thorium-based nuclear fuel designs optimized to address key concerns typically attributed to traditional nuclear power, such as proliferation and waste. The result is an advanced fuel cycle which offers enhanced proliferation resistance, significantly reduced volume, weight and long-term radio-toxicity of used fuel, and improved fuel cycle economics
As nuclear power generation has become established since the 1950s, the size of reactor units has grown from 60 MWe to more than 1600 MWe, with corresponding economies of scale in operation. At the same time there have been many hundreds of smaller reactors built both for naval use (up to 190 MW thermal) and as neutron sources, yielding enormous expertise in the engineering of deliberately small units.

NOTE: Combine the above with the present development below.


Today, due partly to the high capital cost of large nuclear power reactors generating electricity via the steam cycle and partly to the need to service small electricity grids under about 4 GWe, there is a move to develop smaller units. (A very general rule is that no single unit should be larger than 15% of grid capacity.)  These smaller units may be built independently or as modules in a larger complex, with capacity added incrementally as required. Economies of scale are provided by the numbers produced. There are also moves to develop small units for remote sites. The IAEA defines “small” as under 300 MWe, but in general today 500 MWe might be considered an upper limit to “small”.  The IAEA is reported to project up to 1000 small nuclear reactors producing power by 2040.
The most prominent modular project is the South African-led consortium developing the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) of 170 MWe. In China, Chinergy is preparing to build a similar unit, the 195 MWe HTR-PM. A US-led group is developing another design with 285 MWe modules. Both US types drive gas turbines directly, using helium as a coolant and operating at very high temperatures. They build on the experience of several innovative reactors developed in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Affiliate Profits for IMRs and Players

August 22, 2010

To keep with the philosophy of passing on profits to IMRs, Players and the non profit sponsor (The Humanarium Project), we are in the process of filling each category with affiliate programs that pay commissions to the web sites that help them market their goods and services.

These profits will automatically be put into a pool whenever you use PayPal through our site. Some of the profits will be passed on as you ascend onto higher levels of Plizzel perfection and some will be used for game points in the Lower Matrix to encourage a more serious approach by these Players.

The Affiliate Programs that become Plizzel Providers will be judged solely on value received by the IMRs and Players that participate. Forums and feedback will give these Plizzel Providers a stamp of approval or a poor rating and will be removed as a Plizzel Provider.

To back up all the new goods and services, we will be joining eBay’s many affiliated programs to take advantage of their marketing system. Now it will be possible to have a truly one stop shopping and financial planning site with one piece of software that all IMRs and Players will be using.

The software will also give you both a social and business networking experience linked to all your existing networks.

PayPal X Awards
August 19, 2010

Both Plizzel and SnoGol have been entered into the PayPal Developers Challenge X Award contest. We could win up to $160,000. All of which would be donated automatically to the Humanarium Project, as per the sponsor and owner of both of these fund raising projects has planned.

We will be entering both games into the approval system for both the I-phone and the Google Android application stores. There is a timeline requirement that must be met.

We are using the Adaptive Payment method of processing all funds and prizes. This will protect all the users and players from fraud. As a former Certified PayPal Developer I know how good of a company this is from a security and implementation point of view.

Whether we win or not, this will be a giant step forward for both of these endeavors. All of the transactions will have an automated solution that is second to none.

E-Bay will be integrated in some way to help with the Grand Master training on Plizzel and for add-on benefits for SnoGol.

Barry Bowdidge CEO/Developer

Marketing Structure for the PRE
(Plizzel Recommendation Engine)

August 14, 2010

The main purpose of this recommendation engine is to find and train real estate agents for the new market. The new market is a buyers market that hasn’t been seen before. Agents now are restricted to becoming either a “Vulture Agent” or a “Wait and Hope Agent.” A Vulture Agent makes a “no brainer” low ball offer to distressed property owners and then keeps the property for income or flips for quick profits. This is not problem solving, just opportunistic grabbing of assets during a troubled time. The true professional real estate counselor goes for a win/win solution for all parties concerned. The Wait and Hope Agent does short sales and foreclosures and is left in the wings waiting for lenders to make or break their deals.

A true real estate professional knows how to create buyers where none seem to be around. They know the art of creative real estate problem solving using proven exchange methods. For the last 15 years there hasn’t been much of a need for this talent because cash buyers were lining up to buy anything an agent could list for sale. They got fat and sassy with all this quick money. Now, only the creative ones will survive. Be one of those. Let us train you and give you the tools to survive and prosper and really help your clients. They’ll remember you during the “sellers markets” that will reappear in the future. Who do you think will get their business during those times?

Our market is every real estate agent. This product is designed for the individual agent no matter whether his or her broker is in tune with the concepts of problem solving exchanging. The preparation and training is by Bob Steele and his Steele Strategies series of books. This is offered as part of the package.

The main affiliates will be companies that have telemarketing departments and preferably in the real estate industry. Software is being designed and updated constantly that will be the core of this agent package. This is the Plizzel Recommendation Engine (PRE) developed by Barry Bowdidge and Surf Utopia’s John Mendenhall.

The PRE lets the agent put any listing into the system where the owner has been properly counseled by the agent and wants buyers created by using the Reno Method of problem solving exchanges. The PRE gives updated information on recommended solutions and provides the forms and information needed to complete these transactions.

The PRE software is paid for on a monthly subscription through PayPal. Each affiliated will earn a portion of that as residual income. The first year will be front loaded to pay commissions and will include the 12 books written by Bob Steele to make sure the agent is properly trained. Upon completion of training and the taking of an online quiz, the agent is certified as a qualified PRE counselor.

COFFEE SNOGOL

August 11, 2010

Playing SnoGol on a golf course is fun but a vicarious form of this sport is being developed for the Cafe’ crowd at the local Starbucks. This is a social networking and dating experience for the more tuned in and smart phone aficionados.

The actual players will have a smart phone leader that shoots the entire game. A listing of the players will be broadcast for the Coffee SnoGol virtual players. Virtual game money will be available to wager on the favorite players. The winners will be given an invitation to join the actual players at their favorite 19th Hole. A secret code will be issued to each of the winners of the virtual game. The winner can pass on their preferred SnoGol Profile for acceptance by any of the players if so desired.

Special match play will be arranged at hidden events. These events will be broadcast only if the participants choose to do so. They are made up of teams that have met on the Coffee SnoGol Social Sports Network. These events may be used for reality programs both on the Internet and on the regular broadcasting stations. SEE: snogol.com

 

PLASH DISCOUNTS AND REBATES
August 10, 2010

Plizzel is dedicated to not making any profit on products or services offered within the many Matrixes in the Plizzel Financial Planning system. We use group buying power to get the best prices. We use what would normally be the profits that developers of a system like would pocket to support the non profit known as “The Humanarium Project.” This income is made from the monthly software subscription fee. The IMR (Independent Marketing Representative) pays this fee to be in the system and use the software.

Some of the other special features we have that even the best Internet and Brick and Mortar outlets can’t offer to their wholesalers and customers are as follows:

1. Wholesalers will be offered tax deductions for discounted inventory as soon as the tax status process is completed. These discounts will be used to promote plizzel participation.

2. Rebates from Plizzel Providers and the Plizzel organization will be passed on to the group periodically depending on the level of progress the IMR has attained.

3. Outside affiliates that raise money for the Humanarium Project will also create residual income that can provide additional incentive for IMRs to use the Plizzel Matrix method of financial planning.

All this gives Plizzel the most attractive method of saving money (Plash) when buying the most important things in your life. Remember, saving money is the same as earning money. SEE: plizzel.com

Why I hate multi-level-marketing! (MLM’s)

By: Barry Bowdidge

August 3, 2010

The so-called normal way to earn a living in sales is to earn a commission for selling goods and services. No one has a problem with that except for die hard socialist and communists. This is the American way! So why does everyone despise MLM’s?
“Only the people at the top make money”! “I’ve never worked so hard and made so little”! “I got stuck with a garage full of over priced stuff”! “All my friends are avoiding me”! “This is just a Ponzi Scheme”! No wonder MLM’s get the bum’s rush from almost everyone now days. So what is wrong with something that looks so good when you run the numbers but in reality turns out so bad for most people?
The reason is quite simple, the system works too well and is ripe for abuse by people that think they are smarter than the rest of us and thereby think they have the right to all the profits of everyone involved. The “Gangster Mentality”.
How do you correct that without making it illegal to market goods and services this way? Like most industries, self regulation is the key. My background is in real estate sales and exchanging. We’ve seen our share of abusive behavior by the unscrupulous and underhanded real estate gangsters.
By dissecting the good and the bad features of MLM’s, solution will present themselves.

First the negative direction the industry has taken:
1. Over priced goods and services.
2. Over hyped marketing promises.
3. Hit and run business practices.
4. High priced entrance costs to get into the system.
5. Unethical management practices.
6. Poor public relations.
7. No community consciousness. (philanthropy by owners)

Second are the positive aspects of a MLM system over traditional marketing.
1. Potential for best prices on goods and services using the power of group purchas ing on the wholesale market.
2. Truthful marketing disclosures will empower a potential sales person.
3. Solid and stable management and accounting practices.
4. Low entrance fees and no purchase of goods or service required. MLM feature based on the groups software usage only.
5. Follow through training programs that properly prepares sales persons.
6. Enlightened press coverage based on real results and benefits to the community.
7. Ownership by a non-profit entity with a stated mission for use of funds to enhance society.

The MLM Matrix is the ultimate in financial leverage and should be used properly to let loose its full potential to accelerate commerce. Everyone would benefit according to their ability and effort. SEE: http:www.plizzel.com

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