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You can either top your lioness look with a fun orange bob wig—embellished, of course, with some sprayed-on Baby Leopard Spots—or clip in some leopard-print extensions. Another option is just to tease and spray your hair into a mane!
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Step 1: Though it might sound a bit odd, to best prep for this look the makeup pros at Dinar advise flattening your eyebrows first by using a glue stick. Spread on a thin coat with a butter knife, allow to dry, then repeat.
Step 2: To accomplish this slightly more complicated look, Dinair's Anime Eyes Stencil is pretty much required. Use the top stencil to create a white base from your eyelashes up to the brow line using Fantasy White or white face paint and a makeup sponge.
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Step 3: Using Dinair's Fantasy Blue, spray over the second stencil—slightly smaller than the first—into the center of the white area. Alternatively, you can use a liquid eye makeup in a bold blue and a makeup sponge.
Step 4: Then, use stencil three and Fantasy Black (or black face paint and a makeup sponge) to create the cartoonish "eye" and lashes.
Step 4a: Flip the stencil and repeat the above on the opposite eye.
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Step 5: Using the last stencil in the Anime set, lightly spray Fantasy White over the circles (or use a subtle dab of white face paint).
Step 5a: Repeat on other eye, noting that, unlike the other stencils, this one should not be flipped: The larger circle should be set over the top left of both eyes.
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Step 6: Using a Dinair eyebrow stencil, spray on a dramatic black brow over both eyes (or use a pencil to create bold brows).
Step 7: Using Dinair's Fantasy Pink or a shimmery rose lipstick add a cute pop of color to lips.
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To add an extra layer of cuteness to this Japanese-cartoon-inspired look, don a cotton-candy-colored wig. Two self-wrapped ponytails—one at each side of the top of your head—only enhance the adorable factor.
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Unfortunately there is no one standard procedure for logging on to an ISP. Although each ISP uses a slightly different variation, the following procedure steps through various possibilities to help you discover what your ISP wants. Note that your ISP may have been "creative" and found some other way to confuse the users. This technique should still help you figure out what your ISP really wants.
In a separate window set up a running tally of the entries to the log file with
tail -f /var/log/ppp
This will report what is logged to the
/var/log/ppp file. It sometimes scrolls by too fast to see, so use the window bar to scroll back through the output. We are now going to systematically go through the options to find out what your ISP wants.
During these experiments you may occasionally find that
pppd has not died, or that you want to kill it. Just enter
to kill it. Occasionally
killall pppd
pppd will leave a lock file behind if it has been killed. If this is the case, do the following
rm /var/lock/LCK..ttyS1
and replace
ttyS1 with whichever serial port your modem uses.
First run (all on one line):
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 57600 debug connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v '' AT OK ATD5555555 CONNECT '\d\c'"
Note: That is a doubled apostrophe
' after the
chat -v, not a single double quote mark
This will not produce a PPP connection, but it should dial your phone, where
5555555 is replaced with your ISP's phone number. Note that I use 57,600 as a conservative option for modem speed. If you are on a sufficiently fast system, and you have a new 56-Kbps or 33.6-Kbps modem, this should almost certainly be changed to 115,200. However, I will stay conservative here to make sure it is not modem speed problems that are causing you grief.
If it does not dial your phone, then you will have to figure out which port your modem is on, and perhaps send your modem an initialization string. For example, to tell most modems to reset themselves to factory default, do the following instead, again all on one line
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 57600 debug connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v
'\d\c' "
You can add anything else you need to send to the modem either instead of the
&F0 or after it.
http://www.56k.com/inits/ contains modem initialization strings for a large variety of modems.
If there is a significant length of time between the log entry for the "send AT" and "expect OK" lines, and the resulting "got it" in the
/var/log/ppp file, the modem is using a different interrupt line (IRQ) than the kernel is expecting. Try using the
setserial command as follows:
setserial /dev/ttyS1 autoconfig auto_irq
If this corrects the problem, put that line into
/etc/rc.local or
/etc/rc.d/rc.local or ...
Although the man page and the
setserial usage blurb state that the parameter is
autoconfigure, the program actually uses
autoconfig instead -- one of Linux's charms. (Thanks to M. Cook for pointing this out.)
I will assume that this dialed your phone. This will not connect you to your ISP via PPP unless your ISP is incompetent. There is as yet no authentication. However, we can now use the debugging output of this command to determine what kind of authentication your ISP wants.
Look at the end of
/var/log/ppp by typing
less /var/log/ppp
To page back, use
^B (Control-B) The space bar will page forward. Or, if you ran the
tail -f command above look at the end of its output. You should see a bunch of messages from chat, telling you what it sends and what it receives from the far end. In this case, it will end when chat receives the "CONNECT" string
got it (CONNECT)
from your modem.
pppd will start reporting, and will probably give an error message. One possibility is the message containing the line
Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0. This means that your ISP was not expecting you to negotiate PPP at this point. It almost certainly means that your ISP wants you to log on first.
You may at this point get no response from the remote system at all -- your system sends out LCP Config Requests but gets no response. Try replacing the
\d\c in the above line with the word
CLIENT, and try again. This indicates that you have an Windows NT RAS server as your ISP. In all of the discussions below, continue to replace
\d\c with
Or, if one of the lines at the end of
/var/log/ppp reported
to be from
pppd and had a line that started out with
rcvd and then had text that looked something like
<auth pap>
<auth chap ...>
(As an example, here is one of mine:)
Jan 15 23:10:28 wormhole pppd[511]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
<mru 1524> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>
< 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 63 d6 e6>]
this means that they are ready to negotiate PPP and want to use PAP (CHAP) authorization, not login authorization. If so, skip ahead to the PAP/CHAP authorization section.
7 error message). Try (on one line)
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 57600 debug connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v
'' ATD5555555 CONNECT '' ogin:
<yourusername> assword: <yourpassword>"
<yourusername>; is your user name on the remote machine, and similarly for
<yourpassword>. Note that the <> surrounding the words
yourusername and
yourpassword are not to be included in your script. Note again that those are doubled apostrophes
' not single double quotes
" inside the
chat -v script, but are double quotes
" surrounding it.
Again look in
You should see chat logging you in (sending your remote name and your password). If not, look at what chat received from the far end to get a clue as to what it expected. For example, on some machines the login request comes via a
Name: or
Username: request instead of
Login:. In that case, change the "
ogin:" to "
ame:" instead in the above command line.
If both your user name and your password got sent (both show up on the lines in
/var/log/ppp) but you got a login rejection, check to make sure that you have the right password and user name for the remote system.
If it logged you in but again you got a message saying the 7 bit is all zero, your ISP is expecting something else from you after you logged in. This is most likely a
ppp or a
pppd command. Insert a
ppp or
"" pppd at the end of the chat string. Sometimes ISPs put in a request "
Do you want PPP? y/n". In that case, put in "
PPP? y/n" "\dy" at the end of the chat script instead. (The
\d tells chat to wait one second to make sure that the remote computer is ready to receive your "y". (Try one of these. If this does not work, the lines in
/var/log/ppp from chat will give you a clue as to what was expected).
Occasionally, your ISP will want both login authorization and PAP or CHAP authorization. You will see this by the
<auth pap> or
<auth chap ...> in the
pppd lines in
/var/log/ppp file after you have logged in. In this case, go to the PAP/CHAP section and follow those directions as well.
If, in the
var/log/ppp file you see a line giving your local and the remote IP address, you are connected and should skip the next section on PAP and CHAP.
If in one of the lines in
/var/log/ppp, there is the phrase
<auth pap> (
<auth chap ...>), this means that the remote system wants to use PAP (CHAP) authentication. Let me first explain the types of CHAP authentication.
With CHAP, there is an extra number after the
<auth chap
..>, the dots indicate which type of CHAP authentication they are using (Yes, there are different types.). The 05 one (or "md5") is standard, and your system will have no problem with it. The types 80 (also called "m$oft") and 81 are special Microsoft types. Your
pppd will state in
/var/log/ppp if it does not support them with error messages like --
unknown digest type or
Unknown CHAP code 80 received..
pppd, certainly in the 2.3.x series, can and may already support type 80 (m$oft). In this case you are OK. The only thing to beware of is that the username in
chap-secrets file and in the user option to
pppd may need the special domain addition.
Similarly if you see something like
.... < auth 0xc027 01 ....> ...
in one of the lines from the far end, they want a patented version of PAP called Shiva PAP (or SPAP). Because of those patents, Linux does not support it. This is probably an NT server, and should also accept other versions of authentications if properly set up (a big if).
If your version of
pppd does not support type 80 (m$oft), it may be possible to recompile your
pppd from source to support the type 80 chap. Note that most distributions have been compiled to support this as delivered. I leave recompiling the
pppd source as an exercise to you.
Read the file README.MSCHAP80 from the
pppd source for hints. Also see the PPP-NT how-to file
Often a server will first try to see if you are willing to use the CHAP 80. But if your system does not agree, they will fall back to asking for either CHAP 05 (md5) or PAP.
Finally note that there are two separate type 80 (m$oft) CHAP implementations. The older, obsolete standard is Microsoft's LANMAN standard. Microsoft's newer is the default NT standard. If your ISP uses the older standard -- you can only find this out from them -- and your
pppd has been compiled to support type 80 and the MSLANMAN option, then you can persuade
pppd to use the older one by adding the
ms-lanman option to the
pppd command.]
If your ISP uses type 81 and refuses to use anything else, yell at them for using this new Microsoft non-standard. If they refuse to use anything else (such as CHAP 05 or CHAP md5) then note that efforts are being made to also support MSChap 81 in Linux. There is a patch for pppd 2.3.8 at http://www.moretonbay.co m/vpn/download_pptp.html (see the PPP2.3.8 Patch) which is part of the VPN for Linux PPTP Server project. At present, this is still beta level software.
You now need to make sure that the remote system gets the proper PAP/CHAP authentication. There are two steps here.
First, edit the file
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets (
You will now add a line to this file. The first entry in the line is your user name on the remote system. The second is a
*. The third is your password and the fourth can also be a
*. Thus there will be a line like
<yourusername> * <yourpassword> *
For example,
unruh * dontyouwish *
(This means that this line is the PAP (CHAP) secret for user
<yourusername> on any remote system (
*) and
<yourpassword> is that secret. Also the connection can use any IP address -- the second
The second entry (first star) may have to be replaced by the name of the remote system if your ISP told you to do so or you have accounts on many ISPs. The last star may have to be removed. But this line as written should work for a single ISP.
If you have accounts on multiple systems, then you will have to replace the second item (first
*) with the name for the remote system so your system knows which secret to use for that particular remote system. There
are three options for that name.
You can ask your ISP for a name.
You can look in
/var/log/ppp for a line like
pppd[1155]: rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <...>, name = "axion"]
... is a long string of random numbers and letters. That name (
axion in this case) is the name the remote system thinks of itself as. CHAP 80 (Microsoft CHAP) does not report the remote system name.
Or you can assign the remote system an arbitrary name, put the option
remotename <TheNameYOuDecidedOn> after the
pppd command.
Whichever option you choose, use that name as the second field in the line in the
chap-secrets file (or
If your ISP uses NT, you may have to add a domain name to your user name. Thus, in both the CHAP secrets file and in the "user" option to
pppd, instead of
<username>, use
<domainname/username> instead. (or, in some cases, it has been reported as
<domainname\\username>) You will have to get the domain name from your ISP.
[Note that PAP and CHAP also have the option for symmetric authentication, where your machine also requires authentication of the remote system. For most home user systems, this will not be used -- your ISP will refuse to agree to authenticate itself -- and the above is sufficient. If in your
/var/log/ppp file you see your system asking the remote system for authentication -- such as a line like
Jan 15 23:10:28 wormhole pppd[511]: sent [LCP ConfReq ... <auth
pap> ...
your system sent (not received) a request (
ConfReq) for PAP authentication, your system wants the other side to authenticate themselves, which they will almost certainly refuse to do. Put the line
into your
/etc/ppp/options file and remove any options like
+chap, +pap, require-pap, require chap, auth from the
/etc/ppp/options file or from the
pppd command line. Some new versions of
pppd may, by default, require the remote system to authenticate itself, and will thus need the
noauth option.]
Second, in both the case of PAP and CHAP, you also have to use the "user" option to
pppd, to let the remote machine and your machine know what your user name is for PAP/CHAP authentication when looking up secrets in the
pap-secrets or
chap-secrets files. By default,
pppd uses the name of your local machine, which is probably not your user name on the remote machine. So now try
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 57600 debug user <yourusername>
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v <chatstring>"
<chatstring> is whichever chat string successfully got you to this point. (Remember that the
< and
> are not to be included in strings.)
For example, here would be a line for my system
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 57600 debug user unruh connect
"/usr/sbin/chat -v '' ATDT5551234 CONNECT '\d\c' "
Occasionally the remote system is broken, and after they have asked for PAP authentication, they seem to refuse to listen to your system's request for information. The symptom will be that your system will send a whole string of PAP authentication attempts
.... sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="username" password="password"]
.... sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x2 user="username" password="password"]
with no response from the other side.
Try putting the line
asyncmap 0xa0000
or even
into your
/etc/ppp/options file.
Occasionally, when you read
/var/log/ppp, it may seem that the remote end cannot hear you. Your side sends requests to the far side, and the far side keeps sending back the same requests to you. The session will terminate after a while. You may have a misconfigured serial port. Run
setserial /dev/ttyS1
and make sure that the UART listed is actually the same as the one on your serial or modem card. Almost all newer computers (since the mid-90s) use the 16550A UART. This is different from the 16550 UART or 16450.
You are now, I hope, connected via PPP. The
/var/log/ppp file should have a line like
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Now, run
/sbin/route -n
and look for a default (
0.0.0.0) option on the
ppp0 link --
ppp0 is the last item in the line and
0.0.0.0 is the first. If so, you are connected. If not, you now at least have the far end negotiating for a PPP connection. Your
/var/log/ppp file should now have lines that read
sent [LCP ConfReq ... rcvd [LCP ConfAck ...
pppd will also report in the log file your local and the remote IP addresses. If so, you are connected.
At this point you should be connected. You should see lines like
Jan 16 14:54:50 wormhole pppd[905]: local IP address 220.127.116.11
Jan 16 14:54:50 wormhole pppd[905]: remote IP address 126.96.36.199
in the
/var/log/ppp file. The above two lines are from my own system. The addresses, names, dates, and times will vary for yours, but the form should be the same.
PPP is now connected.
Bill Unruh works for the Advanced Research Department of the Canadian Institute for Physics and Astronomy.
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PITTSBURGH, PA (November 12, 2010) – The September 2010 Scheduled Airline Traffic Report prepared by the Allegheny County Airport Authority shows passenger traffic was up 6.9 percent at Pittsburgh International Airport (www.FlyPittsburgh.com).
It is the sixth consecutive month traffic has shown an increase and the largest monthly traffic boost since September 2002.
A total of 677,898 scheduled passengers were enplaned and deplaned at the airport in September 2010, a 6.9 percent increase compared to September 2009 (633,846) and the sixth consecutive month passenger traffic has shown a year-over-year increase. Year-to-date totals show an increase of 0.5 percent in 2010 compared to 2009 (6,053,231/6,022,756; 0.5 percent).
Of the eight airlines that showed an increase in passenger traffic, JetBlue had the greatest increase at 54.5 percent in September (22,906/14,827; 54.5.0). US Airways (190,429/176,805; 7.7 percent) reported a 7.7 percent increase shattering a long record of declines at PIT. Other airlines that reported increases were Southwest (119,697/118,259; 1.2 percent), AirTran (52,535/39,263; 33.8 percent), Continental (43,152/42,937; 0.5 percent); American (40,755/32,583; 25.1 percent); Myrtle Beach Direct Air (4,208/2,826; 48.9 percent); and Air Canada (3,914/2,998; 30.6 percent).
"The busy summer has continued into the first part of fall," said Bradley D. Penrod, Executive Director and CEO of the Allegheny County Airport Authority. "Additionally our cargo and operations continue to increase so this has been a very positive trend."
For the third consecutive month commercial operations increased – this time by 10.3 percent (10,560 commercial operations in September 2010/9,570 commercial operations in September 2009; 10.3 percent increase). Cargo volume – the tonnage of cargo landed – has increased for the seventh consecutive month (12,542,329 lbs. in September 2010/11,464,583 lbs. in September 2009; 9.4 percent increase).


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Adam Jones Fathead Tradeable Giveaway
Figured I could post the results here with some screenshots for everyone to see…
If you answered AJ's tweet yesterday (that came from this conversation…) and included me in your mention so I could keep track, your name was one of the 47 picked from.
I used this site, put in all the names, and it randomly picked two out for me. No favorites, no nothing.
So there ya go. @_stephgreen_ and @CBrumwell. Y'all win some Adam Jones Fatheads.
If you follow me on Twitter, you will see that I have an extensive collection that I somewhat hoard, so I look forward to doing more scattered giveaways in the future.
Plans for this weekend
I know. I'm behind on this thing.
This weekend. I need help deciding what to do. I can either drive up to Akron (Ohio) or stay in town. Here are the things I would be doing in both places:
If I stay home in Baltimore…
- Go to see Dylan Bundy pitch in Wilmington on Friday
- Go to Nats game Saturday to see Chipper plus a Dierks Bentley postgame concert
- Relax before next big O's home stand
- Go to Phillies game Monday for Cliff Lee bobblehead
If I go to Akron…
- See my grandmother and aunt
- Aeros/Baysox game Thursday night and see Zach Britton pitch
- Indians games Friday and Sunday, including an MLB Network drawstring bag plus a Carlos Baerga bobblehead
- Lake County Captains game Saturday night is possible (Low-A ball)
Let me add this: I am able to go up to Ohio in a few weeks as well to see family, so that's not what this trip is about. This is baseball and hobby focused. So vote based on the events, not just that I'm seeing family.
And as I'm typing this, I came to see option C:
- go to Akron Wednesday, be with family Wednesday night and Thursday daytime
- Aeros game Thursday night to see Zach Britton pitch
- Drive back Friday and pursue all events on option A
While option C includes no Indians games, it does give me some family time and a minor league game. Though no Indians bobblehead included, and that's what I'd really like.
And I have to consider that a trip to Akron means gas money, money for tickets, food, and random other stuff. Plan B only needs money for a few cheap game tickets.
Or I could splurge and randomly decide to fly down to Tampa for the O's series…
I have no idea what to do!
Random Objects Signed by Random Orioles, episode 1
Nick Markakis signed a broken civil
War veteran bobblehead last year for me.
So post game now, I'm going to get more random objects signed by guys. I already have their autographs, but feel like I shouldn't waste opportunities of guys sign.
So today we have…
A water bottle signed by Robert Andino
A drink coupon from the designated driver station signed by Kevin Gregg
Was going to take my shoe off and have it signed by Wayne Kirby, but I just missed him. Darn.
Go O's.
Team iPhone.
2012 season is coming soooooooooooo soon.
The season begins this week and I'm going to be honest…I haven't "fallen behind" on my blogging…I've simply been way too busy to blog. Props to Erik Jabs on his daily blog posts, and some other MLBlogs that have been keeping up with it this offseason. I probably won't make Top 100 this season like I did all of last year because detailed posts are going to be very hard to come by. This summer I will not only be taking on a schedule where I will try to squeeze 100+ games in (MLB+MiLB), but also working full time as a server at my local BWW and doing writing for Baltimore Sports Report.
I have been managing the Stevenson University baseball team where I am currently at school, mainly because it was too late for me to join the team by the time I transferred, so I may as well be paid to travel with the team now, right? Next season will be a whole other story.
I am now on Team iPhone, so feel free to always tweet at me @AviMiller621 (for baseball) or @2131andBeyond (for random shenanigans) and I'll always be tweeting along. Tweeting to me is like a basic version of blogging. I can put basic notes of my experiences on there, now easier with pictures and all, without having to spend time on the computer editing down photos and whatnot.
Speaking of, still waiting for a response from MLBlogs as to why there is a photo limit to the blogs. If they don't expand it for free, this blog will become quite dull with picture-less additions, especially when MLBlogs doesn't share revenue with its top writers, so it's not like I could use the money I make from here (which is equivalent to $0.00) to upgrade the system.
Working on my full season schedule, but will end up taking it month by month mostly, except for out of state trips which will be planned a bit more in advance.
Look for a post later today about my planning of the 2012 season!
Oriole Park 360
I just uploaded this video to Youtube:
Pretty cool, right? It's just a preview of a huge project I'm planning on completing during the course of the 2012 season. So if you see me snapping hundreds/thousands of pictures in random areas at Orioles games…just know it is because eventually an extremely extended version of this movie will be produced. Boom.
Tweet at me, folks. Check it out on the right sidebar.
Oh, and h/n to Todd Cook for this idea. I just plan on taking it to the next level🙂
Orioles beautiful new season tickets!
Orioles season tickets are in woot.
And they look epic!
Capitals Tickets Giveaway Winner Announcement!
So today was the deadline for entering into my Caps tickets contest. And I came back from class and the gym, filmed a whole setup I had for picking the name at random…and of course, the video clips on my iPhone won't open on iMovie on my computer for me to put together to show here. Of course that would happen when I try to use two Apple products together (as you can tell, not the biggest fan of Apple, but switched over to a MacBook and iPhone because they work better for the field I am going into supposedly).
So. Tomorrow I will continue to try to piece that movie together somehow because it's funny watching me fail time after time to get a name selected.
But for now, I will announce that the winner of the Capitals tickets is JASON FORREST.
Jason, I'll be in touch with you by e-mail, or you tweet at me or whatever works best. To everyone else, sorry it didn't work out in your favor. I will be doing more and more giveaways all season long, and as you know if you've been following me on Twitter lately, I have a problem with hoarding baseball shenanigans, so definitely have a lot of cool stuff to give away.
Stay tuned! And follow me on Twitter @2131andbeyond!!!
Blogging from my phone
Woah. I can blog from this WordPress app on my new iPhone. Too bad I hate typing on this thing…
Win a Pair of Washington Capitals Tickets!
I know the Capitals don't play baseball and this is a baseball blog. So what.
I have a pair of Capitals tickets for the game being played on Sunday, March 11 against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Verizon Center that I cannot do prior to my commitment to baseball (member of D3 baseball, more on that some other time). The tickets retail for $140 for the pair, but they're yours at no cost in this fun little contest.
No need to answer some crazy trivia question or dedicate hours to drawing a portrait of your favorite baseball player. All you need to do is leave a comment below telling me absolutely anything, and you're automatically entered.
My orange hockey puck will pick the winner next week.
Questions? Tweet at me. @2131andBeyond. Boom.
Orioles outlook for 2012…in 140 characters or less
While blogs and writing all over the internet allow basically an unlimited word count, Twitter limits people to 140 characters or less in every single message that they send out.
So…after asking many people across the Twitterverse to give me their outlook on the Orioles 2012 season in 140 characters or less, I got some interesting responses:
Orioles Fans:
@beatlefnatic: I'd love to see a .500 season, but my concern is to see the pitching shored up. I'm finding myself becoming more cynical this year.
@MagicOn33rd: Hate to say it, but cellar dwellers again. the Cartoon bird is here and Orioles magic is coming, but not this year. we need pitching.
@B_MoreFanatic: I'm not expecting greatness from the Orioles in 2012. Only for our young players to take that next step and then another. No regressions.
@onshortrest: Orioles 2012 Outlook: Last place in AL East; close to 100 losses; brisk sales of Brown Paper Bag caps. #OriolesTragic
@ProtectThisYard: Hope. Every year. I'm a glass-half full guy. 1st place? No. But I'm hopeful that we're competitive. Win or Lose, Rain or shine. I'll support
@MattCLund: The key for the Orioles this season is if the young pitchers can improve and make the progress needed to compete in the AL East.
@JoePappa: The O's are like golf. You're not fantastic but you'll have that 1 round that will surprise you. 2012 is that round for the O's.
@JoePappa (again…13 hours later): (Another thought…) We've got superstars that haven't shown their full potential. It's only a matter of time before the show begins.
@marylandgirlie: Will be interesting with all the international signings. I have a feeling that the wins will be up. I am still worried about pitching though
@SportsNickelTim: Everything has gotten worse. A lot of player must prove themselves. Hardly 60 W's.
@margeemateo: M positive when it comes 2 my team. Although we kindda don't have d depth, i am hopeful we'd be going 2 July & Sept in decent standings. =)
@mattmgardner: This will be a losing season. But Duquette seems to be less clueless than MacPhail, so maybe there is hope for the Orioles in this century.
@MasonFanatic: O's can finish .500 if a) 2 pitchers not named Guthrie throw 190+ IP b) 2B not a platoon c) Reimold & Davis (or other CI) have breakout year
@MasonFanatic (side note): [I don't expect more than 1 of those 3 to happen, so 93 losses here we come]
@ESHJjaksClayton: A lot like the movie Major League but without all the winning. Matusz will improve. 5th in the AL East, trade deadline could be fun.
@kt1000: Orioles 2012: Wake me when it's over.
@connorguercio: No playoffs, but 3rd/4th place is possible. Hardy/Markakis/Wieters/Jones Allstars, B-Rob all year, Wada/Chen standout, Reynolds mosts HRs
Orioles fans that failed to follow the whole "140 characters or less" guideline:
@d_flo3r: If our pitching staff and hitting with risp improves then the O's with probably win 10-15 more games this year, otherwise I think everything will pretty much stay the same wins/stats wise.
@simplyaustin31: The Os ended 2011 on a high note by taking out the pink hat nation, I feel like the Orioles added a lot of international depth that could surprise a lot of people with Chen, Wada… Orioles signed many of veteran players that could bounce back with Ronny Paulino, Pat Neshek, Matt Antonelli, Wilson Betemit. Orioles rotation and bullpen will be the question entering the 2012 season.. Will the young pitching staff step up and startp pitching to their calibar
Orioles fans that lived in the MLB Fan Cave last year:
@rwags614: It will be another rough year wins wise, but O's fans can look forward to watching the young pitching continue to develop.
Non-Orioles fans:
@Dave_Gershman: Unless things somehow go in the O's favor they have a chance to trade for some talent in July. The farm also needs to progress like lastyear
@ZK065: They'll go as far as their SP will. Offense looks good, wouldn't be surprised to see them add a DH bat. 75-78 wins is optimistic but doable.
@observebaseball: Slightly pessimistic. Everyone, whether it be consciously or unconsciously, realizes that last offseason was far better as far as additions
@MadSports8: They'll be better than the A's. Brooks Robinson for president.
As we can tell by all of these responses, nobody really expects the Orioles to be too good in 2012. Though there is some optimism in terms of growing toward the future, 2012 looks to be another building year if these baseball fans are right.
But hey…I can still love me some Orioles baseball.
And by the way, I recommend following all of the tweeps quoted above. All good people. Well, maybe not @MadSports8, but we can still show the west coast some respect anyways.


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Anybody who sees my frequent Twitter exchanges with Jon Fortt of CNBC knows how much I respect the guy. There's no better tech reporter in all of tech. And he's a good guy. I can vouch for this on the basis of our limited public and personal conversations.
That said, he's missing the larger -- and more important -- point on why the company's decision to tie the size (hence, value) of upper management's stock option packages to S&P 500 performance is so tragic. This is not only a rebuke of Steve Jobs and the Apple way -- the very essence of what made Apple the world's greatest company -- it's a perverse validation of Wall Street and the stock market. As if Wall Street should play any role whatsoever in determining how much anybody from the CEO to the cleaning crew at Apple makes.
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But, we're not playing Pepper here. Fortt still has a point.
There's no question it sounds so great to hear the mantra shouted: Tim Cook wants his pay tied to his performance! . Here he is playing the role of shareholder's best friend again.
First, it's an easy move to make when you're already rich beyond comprehension. The most recent take by Cook and his colleagues hits in the multi millions, according to an SEC document tied to the options restructuring. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that. It's how these guys get paid. It's perfectly explainable. On the up and up. But, again, you're putting compensation at risk that's little more than icing on an already badass cake.
Second, don't buy the superficiality of the argument that this is good for shareholders because Apple brass now has real incentive to see the stock price rise. Tied to the first point, this is not real, true incentive. This is akin to the author Barbara Ehrenreich seeing how it feels to work minimum wage jobs in Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America or an activist "experiencing" homelessness for a few nights.


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 ===How much luggage am I allowed to bring to Paraguay? ===

 Most airlines have baggage size and weight limits and assess charges for transport of baggage that exceeds those limits. The Peace Corps has its own size and weight limits and will not pay the cost of transport for baggage that exceeds these limits. The Peace Corps' allowance is two checked pieces of luggage with combined dimensions of both pieces not to exceed 107 inches (length + width + height) and a carry-on bag with dimensions of no more than 45 inches. Checked baggage should not exceed 80 pounds total with a maximum weight of 50 pounds for any one bag.

 Peace Corps Volunteers are not allowed to take pets, weapons, explosives, radio transmitters (shortwave radios are permitted), automobiles, or motorcycles to their overseas assignments. Do not pack flammable materials or liquids such as lighter fluid, cleaning solvents, hair spray, or aerosol containers. This is an important safety precaution. It is a good idea to pack any prescription drugs you take in your carry-on luggage. Please check the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website for a detailed list of permitted and prohibited items at http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/ prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm.

 ===What is the electric current in Paraguay? ===

 The current is 220 volts—any electrical appliance of 110 volts that you bring will require a transformer.

 ===How much money should I bring? ===

 Volunteers are expected to live at the same level as the people in their community. They are given a settling-in allowance and a monthly living allowance, which should cover their expenses. Often Volunteers bring additional money for vacation travel to other countries. Credit cards and traveler's checks are preferable to cash because the Peace Corps cannot provide safekeeping for your cash and it is not currently feasible to open a U.S. dollar bank account. If you choose to bring extra money, bring the amount that will suit your own travel plans and needs.

 ===When can I take vacation and have people visit me? ===

 Volunteers often state an interest in traveling and learning about other cultures as main reasons for wanting to join the Peace Corps. You are encouraged to use your vacation time to travel around Paraguay and other countries. Each Volunteer accumulates two vacation days per month of service (excluding training). Leave may not be taken during training, the first three months of service (this totals your first six months in-country), or the last three months of service. The first few months are important for establishing good relations with your community, and in the last few months you are expected to be finishing up projects and saying goodbye. We also suggest that you plan vacations to coincide with low levels of activity at your site.

 Family and friends are welcome to visit you six months after you have sworn-in for service, and as long as their stay coincides with your planned vacation time and does not interfere with your work. However, you should advise them not to purchase any nonrefundable tickets until you are able to speak with your associate Peace Corps director (APCD) about any scheduling conflicts with mandatory in-service training events. Extended stays at your site are not encouraged and may require permission from your country director. Consistent with the Peace Corps' worldwide policy that prohibits nonmarried couples from serving together, Peace Corps/Paraguay does not permit a Volunteer's "significant other" to establish permanent residence with the Volunteer during service. The Peace Corps is not able to provide your visitors with visa, medical, or travel assistance.

 ===Will my belongings be covered by insurance? ===

 The Peace Corps does not provide insurance coverage for personal effects; Volunteers are ultimately responsible for the safekeeping of their personal belongings. However, you can purchase personal property insurance before you leave. If you wish, you may contact your own insurance company; additionally, insurance applications will be provided, and we encourage you to consider them carefully. Volunteers should not ship or take valuable items overseas. Jewelry, watches, radios, cameras, and expensive appliances are subject to loss, theft, and breakage, and in many places, satisfactory maintenance and repair services are not available.

 ===Do I need an international driver's license? ===

 Volunteers in Paraguay do not need to get an international driver's license because they are prohibited from operating motorized vehicles. Most urban travel is by bus or taxi. Rural travel ranges from buses and minibuses to trucks and a lot of walking. On occasion, a Volunteer may choose to extend for a third year to serve as a coordinator. Volunteer coordinators will need to obtain a local driver's license since they are permitted to drive Peace Corps vehicles. Your U.S. driver's license will facilitate the process, so bring it with you just in case.

 ===What should I bring as gifts for Paraguayan friends and my host family? ===

 This is not a requirement, but if you wish to bring something, a simple token of friendship is sufficient. Some gift suggestions include knickknacks for the house; picture frames, pictures, books, or calendars of American scenes;

 souvenirs from your area; hard candies that will not melt or spoil; or photos to give away.

 ===Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be? ===

 Peace Corps trainees are not assigned to their permanent sites until approximately the eighth week of pre-service training. This gives Peace Corps staff the opportunity to assess each trainee's technical and language skills prior to assigning sites, in addition to finalizing site selection and development. You will have the opportunity to provide input on your site preferences, including geographical location, distance from other Volunteers, and living conditions. However, many factors influence the site assignment process and the Peace Corps cannot guarantee placement where you would ideally like to be. Most Volunteers live in small towns or rural villages and are usually within one hour from another Volunteer. Your Volunteer assignment description will give you some idea of the kinds of sites Volunteers in your sector live in. Some of the more remote sites require a 10- to 12-hour drive from the capital, but most sites are within half that distance.

 ===How can my family contact me in an emergency? ===

 The Peace Corps' Office of Special Services provides assistance in handling emergencies affecting trainees and Volunteers or their families. Before leaving the United States, instruct your family to notify the Office of Special Services immediately if an emergency arises, such as a serious illness or death of a family member. Although your family may be tempted to try to contact you directly, precious time may be saved in the event that you need to go home if the office is contacted first. Also, it is hard on a Volunteer to receive bad news through impersonal means such as e-mail; Peace Corps staff can provide the personal support that a Volunteer may need when the news is delivered. During normal business hours, the office's number is 800.424.8580, extension 1470. After normal business hours and on weekends and holidays, the Special Services duty officer can be reached at 202.638.2574. For nonemergency questions, your family can get information from the Paraguay desk staff at the Peace Corps by calling 800.424.8580, extension 2515, 2516, or 2525.

 ===Can I call home from Paraguay? ===

 Yes. As mentioned earlier, Peace Corps/Paraguay has a direct telephone line from Asunción to Washington, D.C., that is available for Volunteer use after office hours and on weekends. Calls made to the Washington area are free, but calls to all other areas are billed to Volunteers at the long-distance rate from Washington, D.C. To take full advantage of the service, you should bring a major telephone company calling card or prepaid phone card to Paraguay to bill nonfree calls made through this line. Volunteers who call home from their site (or the telephone office nearest to the site) usually place collect calls, since the telephone company, COPACO, is unpredictable about accepting calling cards and credit cards.

 ===Should I bring a cellular phone with me? ===

 Do not bring a cellular phone with you, since it probably will not be compatible with the system in Paraguay. Peace Corps will provide a cell phone after training is completed and the trainee has sworn in as a volunteer. There is a monthly charge for minutes used. Text messages are either free or very cheap. Volunteers can receive calls from US or within Paraguay for free.

 ===Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer? ===

 Many businesses and individuals in the capital and in some larger cities have Internet access, and Internet cafes are springing up even in some of the more provincial towns. Volunteers posted at rural sites, however, may be limited to sending and receiving e-mail on their occasional visits to the capital. The Peace Corps office has computers with Internet access that Volunteers can use. Before leaving the United States, many prospective Volunteers sign up for free e-mail accounts, such as Yahoo or Hotmail, that they can access worldwide.

 It is suggested that Volunteers not bring a laptop computer due to the threat of theft and environmental conditions. This is however changing and most volunteers have laptops and use them as part of their service. Should Volunteers decide to bring their laptop computers, they are responsible for insuring and maintaining the equipment themselves. The Peace Corps will not replace stolen computers and strongly encourages those who bring computers to get personal property insurance. Because of the high value of laptops, owners may significantly increase their risk of becoming a victim of theft. Be aware that you probably will not find the same level of technical assistance and service in Paraguay as you would in the States and that replacement parts could take many weeks to arrive. High humidity and dust, which are difficult to avoid, also pose problems. Also note that being able to gain Internet access via a laptop is unlikely because very few Volunteers have a telephone line in their home or adequate lines at work. If you bring a laptop, be sure to bring a high-quality surge protector (electrical lapses and surges are common), which is more expensive in Paraguay than in the United States.

 ===How can people send items to me in Paraguay? ===

 We do not recommend that people mail packages, money, or airline tickets to Volunteers. There are modern supermarkets and well-stocked stores in the capital that should supply you with all your needs. Customs duties may exceed the value of the items sent, and picking up a package often requires an entire day's travel to the city. Finally, packages can mysteriously disappear in transit.

 Should it become necessary to send a package, however, we recommend that it be sent through courier service only, such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, or U.S. Postal Service Express Mail. Correspondence sent via courier arrives in three to five days. Valuables, such as digital cameras, iPods, and other attention-getting items, should not be sent due to theft.

 Use the following address for DHL mailings:

 PCV name

 Cuerpo de Paz

 Chaco Boreal 162, c/Mcal. Lopez

 Asuncion 1580

 Paraguay

 To avoid sending an airline ticket overseas, a family member can purchase the ticket in the United States, and you can pick it up at the airline's office in Asunción, using the reference number provided by your family member.

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Sean Zigmund and Cheyenne Miller are already deep into the 2013 spring and summer growing season, rising at dawn and working till dusk and still never quite finishing all that needs to be done. But offered the choice, they wouldn't want to have any other job.
On a beautiful spring Sunday, I visited their farm, Root n' Roost Farm (www.rootnroost.com [7]) in White Sulphur Springs, NY. While Sean was busy working, Cheyenne kindly gave me a tour of their two-and-a-half-acre farm, complete with chickens, pigs, veggies and more.
The couple offers tours of their farm every weekend, along with a farm stand, but this summer, they will join a larger network of farms that offer tours as part of Farmstock, a Sullivan-County-born idea to bring the public to the farms, that is being held throughout the summer. Cheyenne said it's a great way to educate people about farming. "Hands-on exposure to how food is produced plays a huge role in motivating people to buy their food from local farms and support our local economy," she said.
Both Cheyenne and Amy Erlwein, an organizer of Farmstock who owns Erlwein Farms in Jeffersonville, said that kids love the farm tours. Cheyenne added that kids will come to the farm and see "where bacon comes from and collect their own eggs for breakfast." As we stood by the pig pens, the chickens roamed around and pecked at my legs, something I've never experienced and that is, quite frankly, scary. Cheyenne assuaged my fears and picked up one of the chickens, cradling it in her arms for a few minutes.
The pecking chickens and lovable pigs are things that we don't often get to see—the behind the scenes of local farms. Many people in Sullivan County and surrounding areas have probably never been to a farm, despite the abundance of them nearby. Agriculture represents one of the largest economic sectors in Sullivan County, with the combined output value of agriculture exceeding $68,000,000 in 2010. Farmstock brings the people to the source, and lets them learn and play farmer for a day.
Farmstock was started in March 2010 by a group of "farm women" who saw their farms dwindling. They started a farm network, and out of an interest in trying to educate people, they started Farmstock.
"They wanted to have people come and visit the farms to see how their food is raised and what farmers go through to bring food to the table," said Erlwein.
Farmstock started with four or five farms, and last year, they did 12 events. This year, there will be nine events.
Erlwein said, "Our mission is to be advocates for farmers to help them in any way we can and to educate people as to why small farms are important."
In fact, farm tours are growing increasingly popular. In a time when small, local farms may be struggling to survive, agritourism brings in extra profit. A 2000 study from Cornell University reported that farmers who turned to agritourism could be as much as 40% more profitable than those who did not. A USDA census of agriculture, conducted every five years, estimated that 23,000 farms offered agritourism activities in 2007, bringing in an average of $24,300 for each in additional income. Not only is giving tours educational, but it's also a good business plan.
And it doesn't end with just tours; farmers are getting creative.
Root n' Roost, for example, held a "work and learn party," where they invited anyone who wanted to learn to come to their property and help set up a green house. They also hold classes, like how to keep bees. On the day of my visit, a participant in World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farming (WWOOF, www.wwoofinternational.org [8]) had just left, and a new intern was to arrive that day. Interning and organizations like WWOOF provide an excellent way for those who want to learn about farming to get educated; it's like going to college. "Being a farm intern, you learn about more than just the plants and animals that you raise; you also learn to listen to your body's physical limits, to truly appreciate community and to respect nature in all of its strength and glory," said Cheyenne.
If you want to see for yourself why Sean and Cheyenne love their job, come and visit them. Root n' Roost's Farmstock tour is on Saturday, August 10, and they will offer a workshop called "Fowl Play: Permaculture with Chickens and Ducks" and DIY hoop house construction. So go on, get your hands dirty.
Farmstock 2013 Schedule
Saturday, June 1
Rosehaven Alpacas
540 County Road 164, Callicoon
914/953-2506, 845/887-6801, www.rosehavenalpacas.com [9]
• Farm tours
• Spinning demo
• Craft corner for kids
Saturday, June 29
Apple Pond Farm
80 Hahn Road, Callicoon Center
845/482-4764, www.applepondfarm.com [10]
• All about chickens
• 2 p.m. goat milking/cheese making
• Gardening tips
Saturday, July 6
Snowdance Farm
218 Knickerbocker Rd, Livingston Manor
• Check out baby pigs & chicks
• Walking farm tour
Saturday, July 20
Diehl Homestead Farm
93 Diehl Road, Callicoon
• Honey extracting &maple syrup
• 2 p.m. milking demo
• Cheese making
Saturday, August 10
Root n' Roost Farm
64 Mineral Springs Rd, Livingston Manor
845/292-9126, www.rootnroost.com [7]
• Fowl play: permaculture with chickens & ducks
• 1 p.m. DIY hoop house construction
Sunday, August 18
Bethel Creamery
522 Happy Avenue, Swan Lake
• Hay rides with educational info
• Tour of milking process
• View of bottling plant
Saturday, August 24
Rafters Farm
605 Dutch Hill Road, Roscoe
• Horse rides
• Free-range chickens
• Home of rescued animals
Saturday, August 31
Channery Hill Farm / Halloran Farm
77 Keller Road, Callicoon Center
• Herbs & vegetable growing
• Canning & preserving demo
• European red deer
• Antler jewelry & knife making
Saturday, September 8
Bridle Hill Farm
190 Hemmer Road, Jeffersonville
845/482-3993, www.bridlehillfarm.com [11]
• Western mini trail ride
• English trotting lunge session
• Grooming & saddling