New Search for Atlantis

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A Kyrgyz-Russian expedition has embarked for an ancient city covered by Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, local media reported Wednesday. Issyk-Kul, 2,250 square miles in area, is a mountain lake in the north of the country. Historians and legends tell about a disappeared island in the lake with fortifications near the north coast where Tamerlane, the Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia and ruler of Samarkand, held noble prisoners in the 14th century, the Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper said.People have reported seeing stone buildings in on the bottom of northeast Issyk-Kul, not far from the mouth of the Tyup River. In the middle of the 20th century, the Kyrgyz archaeologist Dmitriy Vinnik discovered the ruins of big buildings made of burnt brick near the north coast.In 2003, archaeologists found two bronze caldrons used for sacrifice that belonged to ancient tribes living in the territory of modern Issyk-Kul.Local people call the disappeared island Atlantis, as in the legendary island said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean and to have sunk beneath the sea.Vladimir Poloskih, vice-president of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan, is leading the expedition.


Earth-Directed Sunspot Now Size of 20 Earths
07.22.04
At 20 times the size of Earth, the largest sunspot observed since the fall solar storm onslaught is now pointed directly at Earth. Its unusually large size also means that it's now visible with the naked eye (although you should never look at the Sun without a proper filter). The implications of this spot have scientists on the edge of their seats - if the active region generates coronal mass ejections (CMEs), massive explosions with a potential force of a billion megaton bombs, it will be a fairly direct hit to Earth and its satellites and power grids.

Superbugs resist "last resort" antibiotics

13:57 18 June 04

NewScientist.com news service

Hospital superbugs with resistance to a "last resort" antibiotic have emerged independently in at least eight different countries, reveals a new study.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major problem worldwide. It is highly resistant to most antibiotics, with the exception of vancomycin, which could be relied upon to kill the superbug.
An MRSA bug with increased resistance to vancomycin was discovered in 1997. But until now this resistance was thought to be emerging in only one type of MRSA.
"The results of our study show that the problem is much more serious than was previously thought," says Mark Enright, at the University of Bath, UK, who led the study.
"It's only a matter of time, perhaps just years, before bacteria that cannot be killed by vancomycin develop in some areas," he says. "There have already been three cases of this in the US, but we believe these will become more common."

Breakthough last night, and about time.  As i said to him, i am getting really sick of so much hurt over so little matter.  When a relationship becomes more painful and disorienting than not, it is time to pack it up.  But he really came through last night, did exactly what he needed to. 
I work tomorrow after a one day vacation, and i am confident that the prof will have done nothing substantial in my absence. 
i must find food in the next few hours; if nothing else i will cook up a few mongrel dogs.  B won't miss his puppies, especially if i make a nice broth with their fatty juices. 

 

Here with the developmentally disabled dogs of B and M. I woke up to 6 turds and a potted plant, the guts of which had been spread from the kitchen to the living room floor. I cleaned up and ate breakfast, then waxed domestic for a while, ironing, cleaning, washing, taking a hit.