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Sometimes social change creeps up on us. Sometimes it comes with a boom.
This was a boom.
The terrorist bombs that exploded near the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon did more than kill and injure people. They told us something we don't want to know, certainly something we don't want to think about: Danger lurks in places that are symbolic; danger lurks in places that are crowded.
My first thought upon learning of the Boston bombings was a strange one. Why did it take so long?
Terrorists have forever been hung up on airplanes and their useful destruction. We got the message loud and clear on 9/11, and since then, we've had an attempted shoe bomber, an attempted underwear bomber and certainly dozens, maybe hundreds, of thwarted terrorist attacks using other techniques we'll never know about. En route, we as Americans have been treated not as free citizens but criminal suspects every time we buy a ticket and board an airplane.
Such is the tradeoff with terrorism: Search the many to find the few.
Sporting events abruptly have that airplane cachet, if you will. The biggest athletic events in this country have been under iron-fisted guard for decades — the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Olympics, the World Cup. But those, generally, are contests that occur in enclosed arenas, places that can essentially be surrounded by security and locked down the way a prison can be.
Not so with a marathon. Thousands of runners, 26 miles of crowds, a nightmare for security — a marathon is basically open to all. Then, too, why would anyone want to rain on an event such as the Boston Marathon, an annual celebration that is as much festival as it is sport?
Well, we know the reason now.
Because it's a vast, easy, notable target. And it's where the crowds are. Crowds are what humans rejoice in, the coming together as one to cheer and focus on a single thing that stimulates all. And if crowds — per se — become dangerous, then what a mess we have.
Yet there are bad guys in the world. And they see the commingling of humanity that arises with sport as just another whopping opportunity to create mayhem and suffering.
Think about it — where have the worst, most recent attacks on civility occurred: in a parking lot in front of a supermarket (the Gabrielle Giffords shooting), at a packed movie theater (the suburban Denver "The Dark Knight Rises" atrocity), at a school (the Newtown slaughter). Those were not technically terrorist attacks, but anything that destroys lives and trust as those killings did must be considered, in its effect, a terroristic act.
I mentioned that the Olympics are closely guarded. They are. Insanely so. To the point that chairs and benches are often removed from public places and trash cans are made of cardboard, not metal. But the marathon, again, presents problems.
I was on the street at the Athens Olympics marathon in 2004, about four miles from the finish line, in the midst of a teeming and happy crowd that went as far as one could see in either direction, and I watched the front-runners speed by.
One of them, a slender man whom I later would learn was Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil, had a wild, frightened look in his eyes. Back around the corner, only a minute earlier, he had been jumped by a crazy Irish religious protester who bolted from the crowd and tackled de Lima to the pavement. No reason. The tackler was just a dangerous fool.
De Lima, who was then in first place, would finish third. Along with the bronze medal, he was awarded the rarely given Pierre de Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship.
What I thought on that street corner was: How easy it would be to kill people here with a bomb.
I was at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics when a bomb did go off in Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta. And almost every day during last summer's London Games, fellow columnist Rick Morrissey and I took the subway out of the Russell Square station, where, seven years earlier, a teenage terrorist blew up 26 people and himself with a backpack full of explosives.
There were security cameras and guards everywhere in 2012 London. Big Brother lived, making things safe. The key moment for me was when a double-decker bus I was taking to a venue stopped at a light at a busy intersection. I looked lazily out the window, and my gaze came to rest on a video camera at the top of a pole. After a few seconds, I saw the camera slowly move until it seemed to focus on me.
How do we stay free and love our iconic sports without giving in to the chains of a police state? How can crowds stay fun? Big sports crowds? Tough questions.
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Resources for "Linux on Linksys Wi-Fi Routers"
Seattle Wireless is one of the largest wireless networking communities and maintains a large Web site with up-to-date Wi-Fi information: www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LinksysWrt54g.
Linksys Source Code (Linksys, now a division of Cisco Systems, has a support section with GPL source code for its products): www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp.
The WRT54G Group maintains a mailing list and an on-line support group and is an active discussion forum for the WRT54G: groups.yahoo.com/WRT54G.
Sveasoft, this Swedish company's site is the author's home on the Net and his personal favorite. The Linksys forum is focused primarily on the Linksys WRT54G and offers source code and firmware downloads: www.sveasoft.com/forums.html.
Broadband Reports—this on-line forum has several active discussion groups focused on the major wireless device manufacturers. The Linksys forum is a great source of information and tips: www.broadbandreports.com/forum/equip,16.
OpenWRT is a recent project that promises to offer a hacker's version of the WRT54G source code. At the time of this writing nothing is available, but it's still worth a peek: openwrt.sourceforge.net.
more Linux distros for Linksys
Another cool alternative is www.dd-wrt.com.
There's also a security distribution (built on top of OpenWrt) that adds WPA Enterprise wireless, IDS, IPS, and remote access VPN functionality to your wifi router-
Build Clarification
I built firmware version 2.04.3 from source and transfered the image to a WRT54G v2 router, without converting it into a doorstop. The instructions in the article didn't quite match the contents of the source code I downloaded from Linksys, so in case it's useful for someone else, these are the steps I took:
- tar xzf wrt54g.2.04.3.tgz
- su -c 'ln -s $PWD/WRT54G/tools/brcm /opt'
- PATH=$PATH:/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-linux/bin:/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc/bin
- cd WRT54G/release/src/router
- make menuconfig
- cd ..
- make
This process builds the file WRT54G/release/image/code.bin which I transfered to the router using the web interface.
Now on to the interesting stuff!
Re: Resources for Linux on Linksys Wi-Fi Routers
> OpenWRT is a recent project...http://openwrt.sourceforge.net/
That link is dead. Try:
> The WRT54G Group... http://groups.yahoo.com/WRT54G
Also dead. I couldn't find a better link.
Other links of interest:
Linksys product information
BatBox wrt54g distribution
Netgear DG834 Hacking Site (similar hardware)
Other Linux friendly appliance hardware/software projects:
WRT54G yahoo group
> > The WRT54G Group... http://groups.yahoo.com/WRT54G
> Also dead. I couldn't find a better link.
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Black Santa hat
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AKA? | Blanta, BSH |
Release date | 20 December 2013 (Update) |
Members? | No |
Quest item? | No |
Tradeable? | Yes |
Lendable? | Yes |
Equipable? | Yes |
Stackable? | No |
High alch | 96 coins |
Low alch | 64 coins |
Destroy | Drop |
Store price | Not sold |
Exchange price | 321,626,515 coins (info) |
Buy limit | 2 |
Examine | It's a black Santa hat. |
Weight | 0.1 kg |
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The black Santa hat is a tradeable discontinued item players were able to obtain during the 15 Days of Christmas mini-event, starting on 20 December 2013, ending on 3 January 2014. The hat could be obtained by pulling a festive cracker, with a drop chance of 1 in 2000.[1] Wearing Christmas themed items would increase the chance of crackers dropping while training any skill by 20% for each festive item equipped (maximum of 120% increased chance).
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[show]15 Days of ChristmasEdit
During the 15 Days of Christmas in 2013, this item, along with other Christmas-themed equipment, were given the Hybrid style of combat, and stats that scaled with the player's levels. This was so players could use these items in combat to assist in hunting for festive crackers during the event.
Price historyEdit
The Grand Exchange price of Black Santa hats rose from 200 million coins upon release on 17 December 2013 to an initial peak of nearly 267 million on 24 December. After reaching this peak, the price started to fall, possibly on market sentiment as to its appearance and scarcity, to a low of just under 230 million on 29 December. After the Twitter remark by Mod Pip that "so far only a tenth of Santa Hats in the game are the new Black Santa Hat type" on 30 December 2013, the price of the black hats rapidly made up lost ground and was trading at 380 million on World 2 by 2 January 2014.
- Before the release, Mod Matthe transformed his character into a black Santa hat and moved around Lumbridge, showing the item's appearance to several players.
- The black Santa hat is the fourth tradeable discontinued item since Christmas 2002, after the fish mask, Christmas tree hat and the crown of seasons, and is followed by the cloak of seasons.
- When somebody received a black Santa hat from a festive cracker, special fireworks would appear above the player and a serverwide announcement was made, saying: Someone pulled their festive cracker and received a black Santa hat!
- On 30 December 2013, Mod Pips released a statement on Twitter describing 'so far only a tenth of Santa Hats in the game are the new Black Santa Hat type'.[2] In other words, for every 1 black Santa hat, there were 9 red Santa hats.


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World's Worst Mum
In Real Time's brand new parenting series, 'World's Worst Mum', Lenore Skenazy is on a mission to unwrap our cotton wool kids and set them free to experience the real world. Back in 2008 Skenazy made news headlines for all the wrong reasons; when she let her nine-year-old son ride the New York City subway all by himself. Having earned herself the nickname of 'America's Worst Mom', this new series will see Skenazy stage interventions with overly attentive parents who smother their offspring.


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The products we make are an act of transformation. Plastic turned fabric, glass turned beads, white cloth turned colorful batik. It's poverty turned dignity, abandonment turned hope, neglect turned empowerment. That's why we call it the fabric of change. We invite you to be a part of it.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
ABAN was founded in 2010 to create a solution to two issues plaguing Accra, Ghana: the 60 tons of plastic waste that end up on the streets of every day and the 30,000 children that sleep on these same streets.
How will this project solve this problem?
In our holistic school-based program, marginalized women turned apprentices develop their seamstress skills to transform hand-dyed fabric and up-cycled plastic sachets into handmade bags, wallets and aprons simultaneously taking classes. They receive the tools necessary to practice a trade, make a living and become self-reliant leaders of their communities. Each girl graduates from ABAN with over $200 USD and the skills to use it wisely to provide herself and her child with a brighter future.
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Our mission at ABAN isn't just to sponsor girls. Our mission is to empower these girls to change their lives and their environment in order to provide a better future for themselves and their children. These women are offered hope and a future. After graduating our two-year program, these women are able to give back to their community and help pull other women out of the cycle of poverty. Our goal is the restoration of girls living in harmony with their community.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $33,516
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $66,484
Total Funding Goal: $100,000
Additional Documentation
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Great post.
I found this really cool article from Mouse Extra:
Click here to see the pics: Mouse Extra The pics are unbelievable!Some Spooky Imagineering Inspiration, Deep in the Pennsylvania Hills
Imagineering a new attraction is an incredibly complex and exciting process. It is one that encompasses art, technology and everything in between. When creating a new attraction and fitting into an often realistic-themed area, Imagineers do exhaustive research to make sure it fits seamlessly.
The most recent and one of the best examples of this is Expedition Everest. Joe Rhode and his team traveled the Himalayas to find details and inspiration to make their new e-ticket attraction look like it always belonged in its place at the Animal Kingdom. But this is not just a recent trend. Imagineers have been doing this since Disneyland first opened in 1955. When Walt Disney World opened, WDI needed to make its version of the Haunted Mansion fit in a new area.
Simply reproducing the exterior of the original California mansion would not work. It was themed to match New Orleans Square, and area not used at Walt Disney World. Instead, they needed it to fit inside Liberty Square, an area theme to colonial America. So they searched the original thirteen colonies for inspiration and came up with many sources. One of those sits high above the Lehigh River in a sleepy yet fascinating town called Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. It is the Harry Packer Mansion, and it certainly fits the bill.
Up until 1953, the town was known as Mauch Chunk. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, a powerful player in one of the nation most influential industries, set up towns for miners within Carbon County in Pennsylvania. Mauch Chunk was one of those towns. It grew in industrial influence as a center for transporting coal throughout the 19th century. In the mid-1800's Asa Packer, owner of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, made Mauch Chunk a critical stop along the line and even lived in the town. Many other railroad and coal barons and bigwigs came to call it home. As a result, the town contains some amazing architecture, much of it still stands.
But Mauch Chunk's history doesn't end with the tycoons of coal. It was also home to miners and their families. Many came from famine stricken Ireland to work in conditions that many could hardly imagine today. Violent uprisings resulted across the country. Probably the most well known of these incidents took place around Mauch Chunk and involved the famous Molly Maguires. It led to the hanging of ten men. Four of these men were executed in Mauch Chunk's jail which still stands today. Before he was hung, one of the Molly Maguires proclaimed his innocence and placed his hand on the wall leaving a print behind. It is said that he declared the print would never leave as a sign of his innocence.
130 years later, the print is still there in cell 17. For decades, wardens tried to remove the print. Some washed it off, some painted over it, while some even removed the wall entirely and had it replaced. But no matter what they tried, the print returned. During all of this, the jail was closed to outsiders, as it was a working jail until 1995. Only now can tourists see this puzzling print for themselves.
Jim Thorpe, perhaps the greatest athlete in American history died in 1953. At the same time Mauch Chunk's economy was struggling due to the decreasing influence of coal and the railroads in the area. Thorpe's native Oklahoma was not interested in erecting a memorial that suited his widow. In an attempt to revitalize attention to the town, Mauch Chunk decided to erect a monument and rename their town in Thorpe's honor. It is yet another peculiar tale in this great town's history.
One can only assume that Disney Imagineers had all of this in their minds when they came across the Harry Packer Mansion. This haunting house was a wedding gift from railroad tycoon Asa Packer to his son. It is a gorgeous structure, but after years of weathering it has become almost spooky.
The Victorian details on the Harry Packer Mansion are what haunted houses are made of. You can see the similarity to the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion in the brickwork and details. But when you begin to notice the overgrowth, gothic ironwork, and ornate fixtures, you start to wonder if the ghosts are watching you.
The mansion is open as a bed and breakfast and even does dinner theater was well. It is a big part of the town's terrific appeal and haunted feel. In the sleepy and often spooky Jim Thorpe, it sits high on a hill looking down onto the street with an eerily watchful glare.
Adam ~ A Proud D23 Charter Member!
Great post.
Yeah, thank you for sharing that
WDW Marathon '12
WDW Goofy '13
awesome story
It only took 2 months for someone to post a comment. I was thinking no one was going to read this.
Adam ~ A Proud D23 Charter Member!
oh how lovely it is to have disney ispiration only 20 minutes away!!
the packer mansion isnt really all that exciting!!
but the haunted mansion is!!!!!!
Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. - Walt Disney
I'm glad it got bumped! I'm a certified HM fanatic and I've never even heard this story or seen the house! Great post and thanks again!
If we can dream it, we can do it


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Blackberry prices in late April were similar to last year's. The USDA reported on May 2 that flats of 12 6-ounce lidded cups of large blackberries from Mexico were priced at mostly $14-16 at the Los Angeles terminal market. One label was priced as high as $22, the USDA reported. A year earlier, prices for the same packs were essentially the same in Los Angeles.
Miami-based Pure Fresh LLC's Mexico berry season runs through May.
In late July, its Guatemala blackberry season will get underway, said Roberto Castaneda Jr., vice president. Guatemala-based Planesa S.A., Pure Fresh's growing operation, handles crops in Guatemala and Mexico. Its largest crop is blackberries, but it is expanding its other berry deals, Castaneda said.
HBF expects to pack blackberries from Mexico through May, Perkins said. Its Oregon blackberry program should begin in late June and continue into September. HBF also plans to market raspberries from Mexico through early June.
Curry & Co.'s blackberry crop near Reedley was progressing well in April. Curry said he expects harvest to begin there in mid-May.
Production is expected to be about 10% more this year, which will allow Curry & Co. to expand its marketing area.
In addition to its California supply, Curry & Co. will market blackberries from Oregon. The crop's canes were healthy in April, and it's expected to be in production by early July, Curry said.
The program is still "modest" in size, he said, but is growing The crop might be as much as 25% larger, primarily due to increases in late-season varieties.


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US adds wanted Saudi al Qaeda leader to terrorism list
The US State Department has added a wanted Saudi citizen who serves as a senior al Qaeda leader and ideologue in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists.
Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al Khazmari al Zahrani, who is better known as Abu Maryam al Zahrani, was added to the list of designated terrorists today. Al Zahrani is on Saudi Arabia's list of 85 most-wanted terrorists that was issued in February 2009.
State said that al Zahrani is "currently wanted for extradition by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for participating in terrorist activities and for his ties to al Qaeda."
"Abu Maryam al Zahrani travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan from Saudi Arabia to join al Qaeda prior to 2007 and is closely connected to many senior al Qaeda leaders," State continued.
In 2009, Asharq Alawsat described al Zahrani "as a part of al Qaeda's new generation" of leaders. He is thought to be based in Pakistan but has also been spotted in Iran, the newspaper reported.
Al Zahrani is also known to have released jihadist propaganda. In August 2012, he distributed an article titled "The Legacy of Jihad," according to the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. In the article, he discussed two essays by Abu Musab al Suri, the influential Syrian al Qaeda ideologue.
"According to al Zahrani, in both essays al Suri draws attention to the need for jihadist literature to encompass a broader range of issues, so as to guide the mujahideen," the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism reported. "Al Zahrani urges his readers to heed al Suri's appeal, especially given the revolutions raging in the Arab world, which are spurring the growth of the jihadist movement and creating a demand for jihadist literature. In other words, al Zahrani would like to establish a comprehensive corpus of jihadist literature, as a legacy and guide for mujahideen."
Al Zahrani is the second Saudi al Qaeda leader to have been added to the US's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists in six months. On Aug. 7, 2012, the US added Azzam Abdullah Zureik Al Maulid Al Subhi, a Saudi who is better known as Mansur al Harbi, to the list. Al Harbi is said to manage a training camp in Afghanistan and "is tied to numerous senior al Qaeda leaders including Abdel Aziz Migrin and Saif al Adel."
Saudis are known to hold top leadership positions in al Qaeda's branch in Afghanistan. A classified US military assessment identified al Qaeda's current leader in Kunar and Nuristan provinces as Farouq al Qahtani. US intelligence officials told The Long War Journal that Qahtani is a Saudi citizen. Several other Saudi al Qaeda members have held top leadership positions in Kunar as well [see LWJ report, Senior al Qaeda leader, facilitator killed in airstrike in Kunar].
Al Qaeda remains entrenched in Afghanistan and Pakistan despite the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. A document seized at bin Laden's compound suggested that the actual number of al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan and Afghanistan is much higher than the numbers mentioned in official estimates provided by the Obama administration over the past three years, which have remained static at 300-400 members in Pakistan and 50-100 in Afghanistan. [See LWJ reports, Bin Laden advised relocation of some leaders to Afghanistan due to drone strikes in Waziristan, and Bin Laden docs hint at large al Qaeda presence in Pakistan.]
READER COMMENTS: "US adds wanted Saudi al Qaeda leader to terrorism list"
Posted by Hibeam at January 24, 2013 1:38 PM ET:
Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al Khazmari al Zahrani, who is better known as "The skittish lunatic in a burqa".
Posted by Robert at January 24, 2013 2:45 PM ET:
He was added to the "How Long Can You Look Over Your Shoulder" list...that has got to suck...
Posted by Devendra at January 25, 2013 11:22 AM ET:
Why don't we provide safe passage to these Saudi Al Qaeda terrorists to Saudi Arabia and tell them that as long as they stay in Saudi Arabia we will not Drone them. After all they are Saudi product. Let the Saudis face the music of their own fanatical Islam.
Let us kill two birds with one stone.


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The Test of English Proficiency developed by Seoul National University or TEPS is an English proficiency test created by the Language Education Institute to evaluate Korean test takers' English language skills. TEPS has been administered nationwide since January 1999. TEPS consists of 200 questions which are divided into four sections: Listening (60 questions), Grammar (50 questions), Vocabulary (50 questions) and Reading (40 questions). TEPS is designed to test applicants' communicative English skills and to minimize test-taker reliance on certain strategies such as rote memorization. A study [1] of the test indicated that it is valid and fair.
This test may be reliable, but the multiple choice nature of the test may raise test validity concerns. While TEPS is taken by thousands of Koreans each year, the scores are not recognized by many organizations outside of Korea as an indicator of English proficiency.
http://www.teps.or.kr/ is the official site for TEPS . You can login to the site for more details and examination schedules.
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We want it fast and we want it NOW so I guess it was just a matter of time that an idea like this came along-a dispsable coffee machine! You just know there will be people who will try to brew while driving-you just know it! Seems kind of wasteful to me but it's an interesting story from The Daily Mail click here
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Helen has been in a tailspin the last couple of weeks. She would never admit it, and she's too smart of a player to suffer a full-on implosion. But her carefully-manicured persona was starting to crumble, ever so slowly. She thought she could trust Andy; she couldn't. She made a Final Three deal with Andy and McCrae; neither of them seemed particularly interested in honoring that deal. Her number-one ally was Elissa; Elissa started making noise about skipping Jury, and refused to even speak to HoH Aaryn. She could have handled one or two of these setbacks. But taken all together, they dented Helen's facade. She was crying, and not just on purpose.
So after Aaryn put Spencer on the block next to her, she defaulted to Mom mode. "It's clear that Aaryn is being bullied by Amanda," she explained. So she went upstairs for a dealmaking session. She told Elissa and Aaryn to play nice together, and for once, that got through. Elissa promised that she would work with Aaryn and GinaMarie. Aaryn promised no longer send her evil Clown Doll to kill Elissa in her sleep. It was a compromise. Then Andy walked in. Helen talked to him point-blank: "If I don't stay, it's going to be because of your vote," she said. "America is rooting for us right now."
This ruffled Andy's feathers to no end. Andy has spent his entire time in the Big Brother house lying to everyone, all of the time, about everything. From one perspective, this is an excellent way to play Big Brother. Andy's problem is that he has fundamentally aligned himself with McCrae and Amanda, who will never really view him as an equal partner. In Andy's head, he is probably the Grand Vizier in Aladdin; in truth, he's more like Iago the Parrot. (It's also hard to imagine that Andy's decision to assume the role of The Likable Guy will play well in the Jury House -- especially if Helen spends the next few weeks telling everyone how Andy betrayed her.)
Helen tried. Boy, she tried. She took McCrae aside. She told him that Helen and Elissa were a two-vote package. She told him that Amanda was not being a considerate partner. She gave him marital advice and she told him that he needed to "Be the Man McCrae Is." She asked him why he was so scared of Amanda and she told him he needed balls. Helen was like a door-to-door Bible salesman who knocks on your door, gives you a hundred dollars, asks you to recite the entire Book of Revelations, and then chases you around your own backyard firing a Super Soaker filled with Holy Water, and when you finally agree to buy the Bible it turns out to be written in Cyrillic. By which I mean: McCrae was not convinced.
Helen gave it one last big go. She talked to Elissa, who was with her until the end like the last loyal samurai warrior who won't leave his master behind. And she talked to GinaMarie, and asked "Hey GM, you'll vote for me to stay, won't you? Won't you, girl?" And GM nodded her head and said, "Hey, I know a joke! A squirrel walks up to a tree and says, 'I forgot to store acorns for the winter and now I am dead.' Ha! It is funny because the squirrel gets dead." And then Helen told Andy: "Right now, there are no targets on you. If you vote me out, all of these people will be gunning for you."
It was a good play. Probably the only one she had -- although I have to wonder why she never approached Amanda directly. Amanda felt threatened by Helen, no question. But Amanda also has to recognize, at some point, that she has become the Great Nemesis of Big Brother 15. This may come as a complete surprise to her. She told everyone, shocked, that Helen was calling her a bully. "Do you guys think I'm a bully?" she asked. Everyone squeezed their collars and stared at the ceiling and tried to change the subject.
At this point in the game, without Helen in the house, I don't think anyone deserves to win more than Amanda; Aaryn has won more competitions, McCrae is a better politician, Andy is a better liar, Elissa is nicer, and Spencer has inadvertently played the Power-Pawn game better than anyone would ever want to, but I'm not sure anyone has had a greater direct effect on the game this season than Amanda. Amanda realizes this, of course. Right now, she's treating the Big Brother house with all the delicacy of a twelve-year-old playing Vice City: This is her personal playground, and she has the special rocket-launcher cheat code.
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I laughed out loud reading this article! I don't know why, when people on the Net ask "What should I do when visiting San Francisco?", we natives always remember the GG Bridge, the Alcatraz tour, GG Park, the Ferry Bldg Farmers Market – but we almost never include Angel Island. It's the largest island in the Bay, and the only one that is a state park. It's not the most convenient to visit, but you don't have to have a car, which is a big advantage when staying in SF. And of course, it's the cheapest place to sleep that has a fabulous view!
The photos aren't remarkable – he's a good writer, but a mediocre photographer, LOL.
(excerpted) "When you go camping on Angel Island, you presumably know before you ever arrive that you're not getting away from it all. You are in fact going to the middle of it all — smack in the center of San Francisco Bay, surrounded by Marin, the East Bay and San Francisco. If you're used to camping in what we generally think of as "the woods," there can be a period of adjustment to this. It may even last your entire stay. ...While we definitely weren't in the Sierra backcountry, we also hadn't driven five hours. Combine the proximity with the spectacular views and you get why campers have to reserve one of Angel Island's nine sites six months in advance. Yes, there are other attractions, but I doubt people spend the night in the howling winds just to be first in line at the island's Segway scooter rental. There are some oddities to Angel Island camping, which seemed to throw me for a bit of a loop when planning the trip. For one, it is an island. Surprise! This means you must take a ferry. On this note, do not, like me, spend weeks planning how to catch the Larkspur ferry because that would be wrong. What you will take is the Tiburon ferry and if you're smart, just bring backpacks." |
Here is a link that might be useful: Angel Island camping: SF Chron article link
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10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory. | 10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. |
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Renee Zellweger through the years
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Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger, who celebrates her 45th birthday on April 25, has become one of Hollywood's mainstays over the years. Let's take a look back at her career so far.
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The Bottle
28 comments:
- -Lauren said...
That was incredible. So true! One of my favorite posts ever...I kinda want to print it out.
- August 23, 2011 at 12:08 AM
- Shelley said...
What a great lesson! Thank you! It is so true.
- August 23, 2011 at 12:44 AM
- Claire said...
What a wonderful lesson!
Cxx - August 23, 2011 at 4:27 AM
- Kristy said...
Loved this! I agree that is so true.
- August 23, 2011 at 5:33 AM
- Jess said...
I love this! So true!
- August 23, 2011 at 5:53 AM
- Lauren said...
GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!!! :) Love this, Megan and so so true!!
- August 23, 2011 at 6:02 AM
- Amber said...
What a wise little lady you are! I will definitely be tucking this nugget of truth away. Thanks for sharing!
- August 23, 2011 at 6:15 AM
- Ashley said...
I needed to read this today! So thank you!
- August 23, 2011 at 6:31 AM
- Taylor said...
This is an awesome post, and I think it is so so so true! Thank you!!
- August 23, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- A Nerd and A Free Spirit said...
I love how God uses every day moments to teach us something really profound. (-:
~Kathryn - August 23, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- Lauren said...
this is a really great post...and I definitely needed this today, thanks for such a great illustration!
- August 23, 2011 at 7:23 AM
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- August 23, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Mrs. Sassy S. said...
Megan, Thank you for writing this. I've been reading your blog from a far and have never left a comment before but this post has me coming out of my hole. I believe you wrote this post just for me. My husband and I have been TTC for almost 3 years with no luck and today I could hear God speaking through your blog to me. Saying to not lose hope. So thank you!
- August 23, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- Alex and Jill said...
It's amazing the lessons God has taught me through Amelia. Great post. Praying for you guys...as you wait on that bottle. :)
Love you, friend! - August 23, 2011 at 7:56 AM
- Faith said...
I love this post and boy can I relate. I'm so thankful to have seen part of His answers finally revealed for us lately, but I'm still waiting on more. Thank you for sharing this lesson =)
- August 23, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Rachel said...
FANTASTIC post!!! I needed that reminder today!!!
- August 23, 2011 at 8:34 AM
- The Christian Wife Life said...
Waiting can be so hard, especially when we are trying to figure out what in the world God wants for us. Thank you for the reminder that His timing is perfect and that He's preparing us for His best. :)
Much love,
Ashley - August 23, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Lulu said...
This was just beautiful, thank you for this.
And post a video of Eli's arm flailing, you know blogland wants to see! :) - August 23, 2011 at 3:09 PM
- Sara said...
This was such a great post and I can definitely relate. There are things that I am praying about that I want answers to so badly, but I just have to keep trusting that He'll answer when it's time. Waiting is such a hard thing for me to do! Thank you for sharing :)
- August 23, 2011 at 3:15 PM
- Bethany said...
Megan! Today I wrote on my blog about how God is teaching me so much about his care for me and my relationship with him as I mother my children. I really never saw such clear portraits of Christ until I became a mom. Now its analogy city.
I think we could be in real life friends. You know, pilates and jimmy john's friends. I'll let you know if I ever go to Oklahoma, you let me know if you come to Missouri.
Oh, and another thing? My baby is 4 months old. And a very cute girl. Hint Hint.
Another thing - my husband is always wearing the same gray shirts in photos. He has 3 or so, and they are always in the photos! It looks like I take all the photos at the same time!
My blog is mamabethany.com, and you should check it out to see a photo of my little cutie, too. :) - August 23, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- alongdistancelovestory.com said...
You have such a way with words...
And I don't even think you know how important this post was for me to read. Amazing.
(And I totally remember my kiddos getting SO happy to see me make their bottles... flapping their little arms around and the noises that would come out of them! I miss that!) - August 23, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- Kristen said...
What a wonderful post. LOVE.
- August 23, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- Smile Steady said...
I'll agree that this is one of my favorite posts you've written. Well said! :)
- August 23, 2011 at 7:36 PM
- Whitney said...
Great post, girl. SO TRUE. I love how God reveals Hinself in new ways through our children. Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
- August 23, 2011 at 9:21 PM
- Blue-Eyed Bride said...
What a great post. It is such a perfect illustration. I love the lessons we can learn from being a parent. God reveals himself so much in the neatest ways. I'd love to see Eli getting so excited about his bottle!
- August 24, 2011 at 4:27 AM
- Miss E said...
Hands down, one of my absolute favorite posts ever. Such a great lesson and perfectly illustrated through your comparison. I can see my own bottle shaking and need to stop flailing my arms. This is the perfect reminder for me to practice patience and trust in my God. Thank you for this, Megan!
- August 24, 2011 at 8:56 AM
- Mama H said...
A friend of mine shared your blog with me and I can't tell you how much I needed to hear this. Thank you for sharing your heart with everyone. Our family just went through a failed adoption a few weeks ago and I needed to read this tonight. Thanks again for posting. It is certainly a nice reminder that God hasn't finished 'shaking' things out for our family. :)
~Mama H - August 24, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- LAURA@laurasblondemoments said...
Aww I love this! Being a parent is definitely the best thing in this world. I love how God shows us as parents ways like this that he is always there for us too :)
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Please explain more about what you mean by Gnome sees your monitor correctly and KDE doesn't. If it's just the fonts, then try changing to a different font and messing with the anti alias stuff, the defaults don't always look the best.
Actually KDE is a bunch of smaller pieces, you just download them in a few big pieces
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When I first typed "startx" and logged into kde, my fonts were so small that I couldn't make out any words at all. Words looked like ------ that, so I "adjusted all fonts" in the control center from whatever they were at to 150. Then they became visible.
When I logged into Gnome by typing "init 4" as root all of my fonts were the correct size. So I went into Control Center to check what the fonts were set at, they were only set at 10, and they were visible as normal words.
Hence my conclusion that Gnome is seeing my monitor correctly.
When I had SuSE 9.1, I had the same problem, I recorded what SuSE saw my monitor as 2709x2601 mm
reality 365x 273 mm
I am not sure if this is a problem with my monitor or my video card.
Monitor=Viewsonic PF790
Video card=Intel 845G(onboard)
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For newly engaged couples who are seeking the perfect mountain retreat for a wedding, the smoky mountains provide some of the most captivating scenery in the world. That beautiful mountaintop wedding you've always dreamed of can be part of your stay in a Gatlinburg cabin. Continue reading
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The Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee is one of the most romantic places in the world and if you and your partner have been promising each other a quiet weekend away,Timber Tops cabins in Gatlinburg has everything you need to make your Gatlinburg getaway perfect. Whether you are looking for a romantic 2 bedroom chalet in Pigeon Forge or a large rustic lodge in Gatlinburg to host your wedding, Timber Tops cabins has it all. Continue reading
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The annual Winterfest IN Gatlinburg event will begin November 7th, 2011 and will be celebrated through February 28, 2012. The festivities are diverse with revelers having the chance to experience Gatlinburg's more than 2 million holiday lights, which will begin on November 9th. Other activities include the Festival of Trees featuring dozens of decorated trees waiting to delight Christmas merrymakers in a snowy wonderland. The tree festival begins on November 21st and ends on the 25th.
If you have children, then they will be enchanted by the number of activities Winterfest offers them such as hayrides, hot chocolate and old-fashioned games. Also, don't forget to get their picture with Santa after they've told him what they want for Christmas this year.
You and your family can relax in the back of a tractor towed wagon filled with hay while you drink hot cocoa or cider and take in the lights. Tractor trips also journey to the Historic Nature Trail and alongside Baskins Creek in addition to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Another ride option is the Trolley Ride of Lights, which will take you on a tour through downtown and into the Glades Arts and Crafts community. You will have a knowledgeable guide during the tour telling you and your family interesting stories about the town.
Travel packages are available for romantic excursions as well, and they come in packages that include amorous foods, bath oils and goody baskets. Additionally, you can schedule a couple's massage with a masseuse who will come directly to your cabin.
Cabins in Gatlinburg will often welcome your pets, and you can even find luxurious features such as your own private Jacuzzi or swimming pool along with a fireplace and widescreen television. You can book a king size bed, and cabin rentals have been constructed near downtown Gatlinburg for convenient access to town activities and restaurants.
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If you will be in the Smoky Mountains in early July, don't miss the 36thAnnual First Independence Day Parade in the Nation! In Gatlinburg, TNthere will be a huge July 4th parade at 12am. There will be over 100,000 viewers at the parade, and many members of the US Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy and the Coast Guard will participate this year. There will be military vehicles and bands participating, including the 100th United States Army Band from Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Catherine Bach, better known as "Daisy Duke" of "Dukes of Hazzard" will appear in the Midnight Parade, as well as Rick Hurst, better known as "Cletus" from the same series. There will be vehicles from Hazzard Countyincluding the "General Lee".
The 100th US Army Band from Ft. Knox, Kentucky, will feature concerts on Sunday, July 3, with all performances at Ripley's Aquarium of the SmokiesPlaza. The Sunday lineup will include the Dixieland Band at 10 a.m., the Brass Quintet at noon, the Jazz Ensemble at 2 and the Rock Band at 4. On Monday, July 4, the entire 100th Army Concert Band will perform on the Plaza beginning at 8:30 p.m. before the Independence Day fireworks finale at 10 p.m.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will be paying tribute to two deceased tribal veterans with their entry: Medal of Honor Recipient Charles George and Bronze Star Recipient Reuben Taylor. George threw himself on a hand grenade in the Korean War to save his fellow soldiers and Taylor fought in World War II battles including the "Battle of the Bulge" and the invasion of Holland known as "Operation Market Garden."
Ripley's Entertainment will have a new attraction, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," a modified Delta 88 with a psychedelic design honoring the Beatles Viewers can spot such manifestations from Beatles' lyrics such as "Marmalade Skies," "I am the walrus, I am the egg man," and "Mother Superior jumping the gun." The car came from Ripley's Believe It or Not inOrlando, Florida.
"This will be one of the most patriotic and colorful midnight parades that the City of Gatlinburg has ever produced," said Special Events Manager George Hawkins, who organized the first Gatlinburg 4th of July parade in 1976 in celebration of America's Bicentennial. "We are very excited about the entire weekend of events, which will include a two-day festival highlighting our armed services."
Check out the parade route early to choose your viewing spot, because many of the spectators will start arriving with their chairs along the parade route as early as 7 a.m. on July 3.
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The American Red Cross has launched its official Tornado App, putting lifesaving information right in the hands of people who live in, visit or have loved ones in tornado-prone areas.
This free appavailable in English or Spanishgives iPhone, iPad and Android smart phone and tablet users instant access to local and real-time information, so they know what to do before, during and after a tornado. The app includes a high-pitched siren and tornado warning! alert that signals people when a NOAA tornado warning has been issued in their area even if the app is closed. An all clear! alert lets users know when a tornado warning has expired or has been cancelled.
Tornadoes often happen in the overnight hours when people are sleeping, said Marie Barrientos, Executive Director of the Winona/Wabasha/Goodhue chapter of the Red Cross. The audible alerts in this app can save lives - even if users cant monitor the weather because they are away from radio, TV or in places where weather band radios may not work.
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Preloaded content that gives users instant access to critical action steps, even without mobile connectivity;
Toolkit with flashlight, strobe light and audible alarm;
Locations of open Red Cross shelters; and
Badges users can earn through interactive quizzes and share on social networks.
Launched during National Severe Weather Preparedness Week, the Tornado App is the latest in a series of mobile apps created by the Red Cross, the nations leader in emergency preparedness. The apps have been used to help save lives during hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires.
The Red Cross has made great strides in putting vital information in the hands of people who need it during emergencies. In fact, our apps are now on more than two million mobile devices across the country, added Barrientos.
Mobile activity soared due to Superstorm Sandy:
More than 400,000 people downloaded the Red Cross Hurricane App;
Nearly 6 million NOAA weather alerts were sent;
Preparedness content was the most popular feature of the app followed by alerts and the shelter locator;
The average time spent using the app increased 300 percent; and
The app had 15 million page views.
Right after the storm, the Hurricane App was updated with real-time recovery information including Red Cross shelter and feeding sites, FEMA sites, open gas stations and warming centers to help those affected by the storm.
The Tornado App, along with the others, can be found in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store for Android by searching for American Red Cross or by going to redcross.org/mobileapps. Apps can help prepare people for disasters, but they are not a substitute for training. Red Cross First Aid and CPR/AED training empowers people to know how to respond to emergencies in case advanced medical help is delayed. People can visit redcross.org/takeaclass for course information and to register.