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This week's Race takes us to Berlin to learn that 1) historical quotes are hard, yo, and 2) hipsters in Berlin win at hipstering.
It's the Final Five teams, because we lost Chuck and Wynona in Switzerland after some improperly transported cheese. But they'll always have ... The Mullet.
In the middle of the night, teams leave Switzerland and take a train to Dresden, Germany. In some interviews, we learn that Max and Katie are surprised to not be winning every leg. Joey and Meghan are embarrassed to be in last place. Bates and Anthony want to keep their fake girlfriends close, because, I don't know, eye candy?
At 5:26 a.m., when most people are sleeping on the train, Bates wakes up to discover his backpack is missing. What? Did someone steal it? And, if so, it's a train. Unless it made a lot of stops, couldn't he do a train-wide shakedown? Put on his intimidating hockey player face and, you know, persuade people?
He's cool with losing his stuff, though, mainly because his passport is on his person. Oh, did you hear that, James and Abba from last season who are still stranded in Germany because of a lost passport? Always keep your passport on your body! Then you can lose your stuff, borrow some underwear, and call it good.
Who was alive in the '80s?
In Dresden, the teams pick up some fancy new Fords with talking text messaging. The car will ask them three questions via blah blah gadgetry, and when they answer correctly, they'll get their next clue.
Question One: Which American president said, "Tear down this wall"? It helps if you imagine a female computer voice asking it with robotic inflection. The answer, if you're of a certain age (well, even if you're not of a certain age, it's the same answer) is Reagan.
Max first guesses JFK, which, no. Shamefully Max says that Reagan is his favorite president, and that he is a cigar-chompin' conservative. Who wears pink plaid shirts. I'm just sayin'.
Joey and Meghan are clearly not old enough to know the answer, but Meghan has good guessing intuition.
Jennifer and Caroline wonder if the quote refers to the Great Wall of China. Okay, are they that young? Maybe so. Maybe that explains a few things.
Question Two: Which leader was it directed to? Answer: Gorbachev. Well, once you know Reagan, you should be able to guess Gorbachev, unless they just don't teach that in history, which they probably don't because it happened in my lifetime so it can't be historical yet.
Question Three: Where did Reagan say it? The Berlin Wall! How many famous walls are there, anyway? The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, and the Gum Wall in Seattle, those are the top three, right?
It's pretty close with the question/answer period, but the Singers leave before Hockey. They kind of feel bad about it, with their fake-love alliance, but then again they're trying to not be so nice, and "not throw all of [their] love around all day."
They pick up their next clue at the Brandenburg Gate of the Berlin Wall. Somewhere in my parents' house is a chunk of the Berlin Wall, because I went on my grand European adventure a year or two after it was torn down (spoiler alert! If you haven't made it that far in history class!) and chunks were popular souvenirs.
Then again, my parents have done a lot of house cleaning and probably saw a piece of cement with a smudge of paint and threw it away. It goes to show that you should label your rock collection.
Advice section
From Katie: "I think if you can make it through the Race and not kill each other, you can make it through just about anything in marriage."
That's very similar to my parenting advice, which is, "If you can make it through the day without anyone dying, then you have made it through another day without anyone dying. Congratulations! Have a cupcake."
It's as easy as falling off a thirty-seven story building
The teams drive to the tallest building in Berlin, the Park Inn Hotel. It's getting dark. They have to base fly, which is like base jumping, only instead of parachutes they have wires. It's a controlled fall that begins by being dangled face-first over 37 stories of nothing.
Katie and Max jump with some enthusiasm. Meghan and Joey are next, then the Moms, Hockey, and Singers.
M is for Museum!
The Detour options are Train Trials or Font Follies. So, Berlin loves its museums. They have a train museum, and they have a Museum of Letters. Like, alphabet letters. Big, light-up letters.
It's very "Sesame Street." You can picture Super Grover stopping at the Museum of Letters to fetch a C so that someone can make the word Chair, because all they had was Hair and they kept falling down when they tried to sit down and eat their breakfast, landing in a pile of hair. And that's just not appetizing, so Super Grover saves the day.
Font Follies requires each team member to carry a giant light-up letter through some streets to deliver them to the Museum of Letters. They can't break the letter, and once they choose a letter to carry they can't switch.
Max and Katie choose to carry letters, and they carry o and b because they have holes, making them easier to transport. When they stop and ask for directions, Katie begins to sit down and Max orders her, "Don't be uncomfortable!" I didn't even know comfort was optional, thanks, Max!
Mona and Beth also choose letters. They carry u and n. "Mona and I love to schlep things," says Beth.
Caroline and Jennifer choose the letters, and Bates and Anthony are undecided so they go along with their alliance buddies. Those buddies aren't feeling all the love right now because they're in the back of the pack, and the ladies don't want to face a footrace with the gentlemen.
When Max and Katie find the museum, Max says, "It's a niche museum where nerds hang out."
Something I'd be good at
The other Detour option is to go to the train museum and build an electric train track using a given number of track pieces. Once their train completes one lap, they get a clue.
Dude. As a mother of two small boys, I would rock this.
Meghan and Joey choose it because they are cute and crafty and like to build things. They are thwarted for the first six tries, and the Conductor watching them looks tired. Why can't these Americans build efficient train tracks? But then they finish.
V is for v-oops!
The Love Alliance pauses to ask for directions to the Museum of Letters. The Singers have s and k, which are tricky to carry. The hockey boys have k and v. Everyone sets their letters down on the sidewalk while they figure out where to go, and a rogue gust of wind blows over Anthony's v. It cracks.
Girls: "You guys, we're so sorry, but do y'all care if we finish?" They take their letters and run. The guys, "busted letter, busted spirit," jump in a cab and head for the trains.
Ich bin ein hipster
While introducing the Roadblock, Phil tells us that "Berlin is arguably the hippist city in the world, and has an array of nightlife." The Roadblock is to "experience an evocative dance club."
When Max and Katie arrive, Max describes it as, "Horrifying. A trippy, end-of-Communist-era shady place." It's, well, eccentric.
Katie takes the Roadblock, and she has to immerse herself in a theatrical maze to find the clue. First, she tells the doorman who said the quote, "Ich bin ein Berliner." (JFK) He gives her a magical coin and then she goes through an ominous door.
There are flickering neon lights, strange masks, weird dolls, dangling cables, ladders, and tunnels. Your basic funhouse on crack. Katie says, "Someone's gonna jump out and they're gonna get hurt because I'm just gonna punch them." I would like to see that. After she finds the clue and gets out of the labyrinth, she tells Max it was her worst nightmare come true.
The Moms get lost driving to the maze, so Joey and Meghan get there next. Joey doesn't know who said the quote so he starts asking around the bar. One drunk old man paws him and says, "I thought you were the cat police." Oh, Berlin.
When Joey is inside, he laughs and calls it a giant creepy funhouse, "the top Roadblock of Amazing Race history!" He tells Meghan afterwards that they need to come back to Berlin and do the maze together.
Jennifer takes the Roadblock for the Singers, and says, "[This is] probably what it felt like to be doing drugs."
Mona and Beth finally find it, and Beth takes the Roadblock. She also notes the trippiness of the maze, and pauses to say, "Don't ever do drugs." She's a mom, she has to say that.
Hey, Beth, who's over your shoulder? It's Anthony! After nine tries they passed the train task. Beth and Anthony do the maze together and finish at the same time.
Hot dogs! Get your hot dogs!
The Pit Stop is a busy street with a long name that I didn't copy, but Phil says it's known as the Fifth Avenue of Berlin. Max and Katie get there first, and the greeter is a hot dog vendor. Really. He doesn't have a cart on wheels but a tray strapped to his neck and waist. I wish Phil told us more about the greeter. Oh, Max and Katie win cars.
Joey and Meghan are second, and Caroline and Jennifer finish third, saying, "How did that happen?"
After the labyrinth, Bates and Anthony decide to just follow Mona and Beth in their car, "and then beat them in a foot race." Oh, dirty players! Not really dirty, but, rude! Mona and Beth know what's happening but they can't really lose the other car in the traffic.
It comes down to a footrace, and Bates and Anthony win. Mona and Beth join them at the Mat. Phil tells Bates and Anthony, "I have some bad news for you," and you can see their minds racing to see if they made a mistake and incurred a penalty.
But, nope, surprise! "You have to keep racing against these two," because it's a non-elimination! Phew! It would have sucked for them to lose that way. Of course, now Mona and Beth are out to get Bates and Anthony. It's convenient that next week has a Double U-Turn, then. Let's see how the alliances play out then, shall we?
Oh, and next week is in Scotland, with all the bagpipes and haggis you could want. Even more than you want. Join me!


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Pati's Mexican Table "Lip-Smacking Mexican Meal" By adding a few key Mexican ingredients to what you'd normally find in an all-American pantry and fridge, you get these to-die-for, lip-smacking dishes. Chicken a la Trash; Everyday Green Salad; Impossible Chocoflan. D
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Katie Brown Workshop "Backyard Style" Get cooking outside the kitchen and let your next party spill out of the dining room and into the backyard. Recipes: beer-simmered bratwurst, burgers and baked beans. Projects: stylish food baskets and a backyard fountain. D
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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Autumn's Delight, Part 5" Final highlights and details. In this final episode, Jerry shows how to detail and highlight the large autumn tree with much brighter colors. Now he finishes the painting with much brighter highlights on the rocks, water, grass and trees. D
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Essential Pepin "Special Spuds" Garlic Mashed Potatoes; Potato Ragout; Gratin Dauphinoise; Cream Puff Potatoes. D
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On Story "Creating Memorable Characters" Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack (OUT OF AFRICA, TOOTSIE, THE WAY WE WERE) and NYPD Blue and Deadwood creator David Milch discuss the inspiration behind creating classic film and television characters. Followed by the suspenseful short film THE LAB by writer/director Ryan Scheer, about two young boys whose summer afternoon in the woods goes horribly awry. D
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Dialogue "Bob Kustra" Marcia Franklin talks with Dr. Bob Kustra, the president of Boise State University, about his past decade as head of that institution, his vision for the school, and trends in higher education across the country.G
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MotorWeek "Bmw M5" Road Test: 2013 BMW M5 Road Test: 2013 Tesla Model S Goss' Garage: Internet Advice. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Cold-Weather Comfort" Test cook Bridget Lancaster reveals the secrets to making Easy Caramel Cake. Then, host Christopher Kimball uncovers the tips and techniques for perfect cake making. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison shows Chris how to make foolproof Split Pea and Ham Soup. D
4:30 pm
Passport to Adventure "Patagonia, Chile - Condors, Lakes and Glaciers in Aysen" Our journey continues in the southern part of the region, where glaciers loom over crystal clear lakes, cows graze beneath snow-covered peaks, and fly-fishermen come in search of their nirvana. Julie kayaks through magnificent marble caves, hikes on a glacier, shares "mate" with the local fishermen, and enjoys pisco sours with an interesting mix of innkeepers. D
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Globe Trekker "Globe Trekker Food Hour: Scandinavia" Merrilees Parker takes a culinary tour mixed with Viking history and heritage.G
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Live from the Artists Den "Mayer Hawthorne" At the start of this performance at the Grand Ballroom of the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Hawthorne announces to the invitation-only crowd of 400 that "tonight, the secret word is fun." He and his band, The Country, blaze through two dozen songs, in his updated classic soul style, infused with everything from doo-wop to hip-hop. Songs include selections from a new album, How Do You Do, and fan favorites such as "Green Eyed Love."G
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Austin City Limits "Steve Martin/Sarah Jarosz" Austin's own Jarosz, age 19, opens with her original bluegrass songs and is backed up by two equally talented teenage musicians. Comedian Steve Martin shows off his musicianship on the banjo. He appears with North Carolina's Steep Canyon Rangers; together they present much of the music and some of the jokes from the live show they toured the nation with in spring 2010.G
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Les Paul: Live In New York City In 2005 at the Iridium Jazz Club, a raucous and unadorned Les Paul works the nocturnal chaos in the subterranean joint like the vaudevillian the late guitarist was at heart. Paul, with his trio, is joined by Steve Miller, Keith Richards, Jose Feliciano, Dave Grisman, Sonya Hensley and others in a series of duets.G
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Jazz Icons This special highlights performances culled from the critically acclaimed series of the same name of classic concerts and studio sessions that took place in Europe between 1957 and 1978. The performances showcased here feature jazz legends who include Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Lionel Hampton, Wes Montgomery, Anita O'Day, Rhassan Roland Kirk, Buddy Rich and Thelonious Monk.G
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Song of the Mountains Jimmy Fortune. D
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Austin City Limits "Steve Martin/Sarah Jarosz" Austin's own Jarosz, age 19, opens with her original bluegrass songs and is backed up by two equally talented teenage musicians. Comedian Steve Martin shows off his musicianship on the banjo. He appears with North Carolina's Steep Canyon Rangers; together they present much of the music and some of the jokes from the live show they toured the nation with in spring 2010.G


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Motorola has scheduled two press events this month and Bloomberg is reporting that one of the devices will feature an "edge-to-edge screen." Both of the invites sent out to media hinted at a new display, so this latest reports sounds plausible.
On September 5th Motorola will hold an event with Verizon in New York. The invite said "Motorola. On Display" and we were expecting to see the Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR M. After that Motorola has an event with Intel on September 18th. The invite for the second event said "Let us take you to the edge."
Bloomberg says the edge-to-edge display should come this week in New York, but we think the 2nd event in London is a more likely target. We have already seen the RAZR HD leak out several times, and the display has a bezel on all edges. Motorola's first smartphone with an Intel processor is a little more mysterious, and no pictures have surfaced so far.
Either way, it is pretty exciting to hear that Motorola will "do away with the little bits of screen that aren't screen." Their Intel-powered device could also be the fastest Android phone we have ever seen if it uses the new dual-core 1.8 GHz Atom Z2580 chip with PowerVR SGX 544MP2 GPU and integrated LTE.
These devices will be Motorola's first products since they were acquired by Google, so it will be interesting to see what changes were made, if any. Hopefully Google persuaded them to bury Motoblur and stick with the stock Android experience.
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How do I know if I have TB infection?
A skin test is the only way to tell if you have latent TB infection. This test is usually done on the forearm. A small needle is used to inject testing material, called tuberculin, under the skin. In two or three days, a health worker will check to see if there is a reaction to the test.
The test may be "positive" if a bump appears on your arm. This bump means you may have latent TB infection, depending on its size and your risk factors for TB exposure. You may need medicine to keep from getting sick.
Note: If you have ever had a "positive" reaction to a TB skin test or if you have been treated with TB drugs in the past, tell the health worker.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. - The date for the 2010 King College Cyclocross Race has been set for October 31 on the King campus.
The race will be held through the woods around the lake with steep hill climbs, switchbacks and a brief decent back towards the Student Center Complex where registration will take place. In all 12 races are scheduled starting at 11 a.m. with the final races at 4:45 p.m.
USA Cycling rules will govern all races with registration starting at 9:30 a.m. Races need to provide a valid USA Cycling Racing License. "One day licenses" will be available as well.
The event is the first in the 2010 Southeastern Collegiate Cycling Conference Cyclocross season.
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An arrest warrant has been issued for the victim of a shooting in Sydney's southwest, who's refused to help with police investigations.
Moustafa Salami, 31, was one of five men standing outside a gym on Chapel Road, Bankstown, when a number of bullets were fired about 8.30pm (AEDT) on October 10.
After suffering an arm injury, he's believed to have run towards the back of the gym with two other men.
About 3am the following day, a man fitting Salami's description turned up at hospital for a gunshot wound to his left arm.
Police allege their investigations into the shooting incident have been stymied by a deliberate lack of cooperation by Salami, whose whereabouts is now unknown.
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Salami is described as being of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean appearance, 170-175cm tall with a solid build, black hair and beard, brown eyes and an olive complexion.
Anyone who sees Salami or knows his current whereabouts is urged not to approach him, but contact police immediately.


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Opening Statement of
Chairman Jon Wellinghoff
"Today marks the first open meeting since President Obama designated me to serve as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. I am deeply honored by President Obama's action, and I want to thank the President for the confidence he has expressed in asking me to take this role.
I also would like to thank my colleagues, who have been supportive and helpful during this transition. Finally, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the highly professional staff of this agency. Without you, we could not carry out the Commission's important responsibilities. It is an honor to come to work every day with the best and brightest staff in the Federal government.
Before continuing, I want to announce that Shelton Cannon has decided that, after 29 years of service, he is retiring from the Commission. I want to extend my gratitude and admiration for his work here.
Shelton has been called an economist, an engineer, and an attorney. However, I think Shelton is best described as an exceptional public servant. Shelton's service at the Commission has been selfless, tireless, diligent, and focused.
On one level, Shelton has been involved with developing our major policy initiatives. His advice consistently reflects great expertise and judgment.
On another level, Shelton has excellent people skills. Within the Commission, he is known for taking the time to teach our developing analysts and, just as importantly, giving them opportunities to succeed. With state commissions, utilities, and many others, Shelton has built bridges and diplomatically provided information and perspective on what are sometimes contentious policy debates. The respect that Shelton has earned from all parties has enhanced the Commission's reputation as an agency that is recognized for leadership, respected for its expertise, and balanced in its decision-making.
Shelton, thank you for your service. I am pleased to recognize you with the Career Service Award.
I also would like to briefly discuss my priorities as Chairman. I intend to build upon the Commission's reputation as an agency that is efficient and timely in its decision-making, respected for its technical and legal expertise, and recognized for the leadership it brings to the energy issues confronting our nation. Toward that end, we will maintain our commitment to four fundamental Commission responsibilities: developing needed energy infrastructure, fostering competitive energy markets that produce just and reasonable rates, overseeing reliability standards, and effectively enforcing both market and reliability rules.
Since I joined the Commission in 2006, I have emphasized that fulfilling these responsibilities must involve action on issues that the Commission has only recently begun to pursue aggressively. Those issues include:
- Exploring how best to incorporate demand response and other demand resources into wholesale electric markets;
- Enhancing transmission planning and market rules and operations to allow reliable integration of renewable energy resources; and
- Pursuing continual improvements in operational and technical efficiency across all aspects of the industries we regulate.
We have made considerable progress on these issues in the past two-and-a-half years. Those achievements owe a great deal to the efforts of former Chairman Kelliher, as well as to the leadership of and collaboration among my fellow commissioners. For example, Commissioner Kelly has played a key role in the Commission's work on developing a Smart Grid. Commissioner Moeller has been a leading voice on the need for investment in infrastructure, particularly electric transmission facilities. Commissioner Spitzer has played a key role in the Commission's work on competitive power procurement and in highlighting the potential benefits associated with the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
However, there is more work to be done. We are at a critical juncture in the development of our nation's energy policies. Our existing infrastructure too often is inefficient and will not be capable of meeting our nation's future energy needs and challenges. We must develop the technologically vibrant systems that our nation's consumers deserve.
In addition, the intersection between environmental policy and energy policy is becoming increasingly important. Indeed, issues surrounding climate change, renewable resources, energy efficiency, and developing a smart grid are emerging as drivers for energy policy. These same issues are front and center in the emerging energy policies of the new Administration and are also the subject of a number of legislative initiatives currently being considered on Capitol Hill.
As we build on the Commission's experience and expertise to address these issues and challenges, I will be looking for ways to encourage and incorporate new ideas and fresh approaches into our decision-making process. I am pleased to announce the creation of the Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, effective May 4. I am also pleased that Jamie Simler has agreed to serve as the Director of this new office. Jamie has 23 years of experience in the energy industry, both public and private sector. She has been the Deputy Director of the Office of Energy Market Regulation since 2005. Prior to that role, she held several positions of increasing responsibility, including advisor to a commissioner.
With Shelton's retirement, Mike McLaughlin will become the Director of OEMR. Mike is a veteran regulator with 25 years of experience at the Commission. Mike began his career at the Commission as an advisor to a commissioner. He has held a number of senior management positions within the Commission, including as a Division Director in OEMR for a number of years. Most recently, he has been the Deputy Director of the Office of Electric Reliability. Thus, Mike will bring a unique combination of knowledge about economic and reliability regulation to his new position.
Anna Cochrane will become the Deputy Director of OEMR. She has 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Anna has worked both in the private sector and at the Commission. Since 2006, Anna has been Deputy Director of the Office of Enforcement.
These new office leaders are characterized by broad experience and outstanding achievement. They will do a great job.
Lastly, I would like to acknowledge the hard work of my personal staff during the past two-and-a-half years: Jim Pederson, David Morenoff, Mary Beth Tighe, and Mae Travers. As announced last week, Jim is taking on a new position as the Commission's Chief of Staff. David and Mary Beth will become, respectively, my senior legal and policy advisor and my senior technical and policy advisor. As my confidential assistant, Mae plays a vital role in the efficient operation of my office. Christy Walsh recently joined my staff as a legal and policy advisor. Finally, LaShonda Swann serves in my office as a visual information specialist.
I look forward to serving as Chairman of the Commission. I commit myself to working with my colleagues at this table, my friends and fellow regulators at the state level, other federal departments and agencies, the industries we regulate, and the many others who are interested in the Commission's proceedings, all in the interest of consumers."
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Our capital is full of flowers. And the people are back in the streets.
Yet it is so silent. Getting off the bus in downtown Oslo today was as if walking into a church. People are talking, but quietly. They are doing normal things, like walking, shopping, eating, but silently. And not only outside Oslo Cathedral. Oslo is taken back by its tourists and inhabitants, but we are all grieving, we are all still numb. It is a peaceful quietness. A friendly one.
The flowers are everywhere. In the streets, in trees, on traffic lights. In the fountains, on the statues. Even the roadblocks surrounding the damaged buildings look friendly, covered with flowers.
"We will punish the guilty. The punishment will be more generosity, more tolerance, more democracy" - Fabian Stang, Mayor of Oslo.
I hope this kindness will last, and that we will find ways of putting all those beautiful words into action.
And to those of you able to read Norwegian, this article by Anders Giæver is more than worth reading.
26 July 2011
Our capital is full of flowers. And the people are back in the streets.
Posted by Tora at 26.7.11
6 comments:
- Knitting-twitter said...
hi, this was a shock to the whole world. I was in Oslo in March, its
such a beautiful town and very friendly people.
All the best from Switzerland, Christa
- 26 July, 2011 17:29
- ramidonya said...
Thank you.
I am so encouraged by this kindness, love and compassion pouring out in response to hate. Thank you for sharing the Mayor's words, and your own. I cannot imagine a better response, and like you, I hope it is the enduring legacy, not more violence or bitterness or rigidity. We know already where that takes us.
- 26 July, 2011 19:33
- Tracey said...
thank you for this post and these amazing photos and words from the mayor.
i am inspired by the people of oslo and all norway at their ability to show love in the face of these hateful actions.
- 26 July, 2011 20:19
We felt this way in the United States after 9/11. Terror unites us all in sorrow and hope.
- 28 July, 2011 22:16
- monaelisabeth said...
hi Tora. Beautifull homepage, which I nominated for blog-award - read further on my blog dqpage.blogspot.com (in danish, unfortunetely). kind regards Mona
- 31 August, 2011 23:42
- jamieghoffman said...
I happened on your blog because of the knitting (stunning!) and then read this post. I don't keep up with the news much (live in the U.S.) and had not heard about these killings. Your writing is keenly somber and poignant--I was nearly moved to tears! I am so sorry this happened.
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#1 Ungrateful Flyers01-30-2009, 11:36 AM
Wow, didn't take long did it!? Vultures.
It was inevitable!
The headline in USA Today gave me a sinking feeling: US Airways Gives Passengers On Flight $5000.00 Each -- Passengers Wonder, Is it Enough?
Is it enough?
Is anything ever enough anymore?
It is absolutely, positively inconceivable that anyone aboard the miraculous US Airways Airbus whose pilot made a safe water landing after birds were sucked into the engines would expect US Airways to fork over a ton of money to them.
This was one great story: a pilot makes a split-second decision to ditch into the frigid waters of the Hudson River, a decision that saved everyone on board from certain death.
But it didnt take long for the vultures to swarm, the heads to spin with visions of big dollar signs, and the pure greed to hijack this otherwise-wonderful tale.
One disgruntled flier who got a bloody nose and some bruises says its still too early to decide just how emotionally distressed he is as a result of the incident.
I just want to be made whole, he sniffed to a reporter.
Already US Airways has written checks for $5000.00 apiece to each and every passenger to cover any and all immediate needs they may have from having lost their luggage and other belongings.
Im a frequent flier who often travels with a laptop, nice headphones, even some partial radio equipment and I know that $5000.00 would more than cover anything I might lose on an airplane.
Furthermore, the airline has promised that their insurance carrier will cover any and all losses of property that exceed $5000.00.
Not good enough, some of these miserable people are saying.
Kreindler and Kreindler, a New York-based law firm that specializes in aviation accidents, reports that several of the passengers on the flight have already contacted the firm.
I wonder how long it took those folks to stop thanking God for His decision to spare their lives from what should have been a fiery, horrible end before they Googled the best law firm to sue the pants off US Airways?
I might be a lone voice in the wilderness on this, but I dont think US Airways owes any of these people one red cent.
:Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
I wondered why the rock was getting larger. Then it hit me.
Really, the $5,000 is more than enough to compensate people for their lost luggage. We totally went down the wrong road when we decided that money could repair "emotional damage".
I know one thing; if I had been on that flight and lived through that experience, the next morning's sunrise would've been the best ever, breakfast would've tasted better then it ever did, etc. etc. etc. You know what I mean? Living through something like that would make me look at all the stuff I've wanted to do in life that I've put off doing...and accomplish those goals. AND THEN on top of everything else, the airline offers me a $5000 settlement? I could be completely debt free for less than 5 grand and I'd give the rest to charity.
And some A-holes actually think that they haven't gotten enough?
I hope US airways tells these ungrateful douchebags to bugger off. I'd spend millions on a lawsuit just to put these whiny, snot nosed little punks in their place and say you don't get another penny you miserable jerk. And these slip & fall lawyers who represent cases like this; Satan reserves a special place in Hell for these losers. :mad:"Don't vote. It only encourages the bastards." -PJ O'Roarke
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Stuff such as United's new offering generally arrives on Android sooner or later, and there are whole categories of apps - such as alternative keyboards - that are Android-only.
Much of the time, I'm an Android user myself, so I'm happy when something is available for Google's operating system and sorry when it isn't. But despite the fact that iOS's market share is much smaller than that of Android, and has been for years, Apple devices are still nearly always first in line when a major company or hot startup has to decide where to allocate its development resources. That's a dynamic that pundits keep telling us makes no sense - but it's happening, and its an enormous competitive advantage for Apple. 'Sounds like a victory to me.
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Have a Happy st. Paddy's Day
Have a great festivity today
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Ah yes, my favorite color is green. So this is one of my favorite holidays
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The weather has been balmy here in Ontario lately
Kim Mitchell is playing for the festivities
But it's all sold out!
Wish they'd have the concert outside
It's in the 20'sC (70 degrees plus)
this weather is so unusual,
usually we have a big snow or rain storm at this time
during the Paddyfest
There are more Irish descendant people
than in Ireland
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Well Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Is another holiday we don't have in Portugal but the the heck.
I'm a guardian of the spark...
I'm a God damn and proud good fan... and I love it! = )>
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Rode by the concert on my bike
Can't afford a ticket but
I sat in park and ate KFC
so that was a nice treat
Could hear a little of the music
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I love a bit of guinness with lemonade thought don't know how guys drink it on it's own
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Look at Apple. Anyone can tell that an iPod Touch is just a weaker and cheaper iPad, but Apple's marketing team uses that fact to advertise both of them. Same with their phone line, regardless of how many tech blogs and experts tell consumers that the latest iPhone iteration isn't a significant upgrade from the previous one, Apple fans still line up in droves for every single version.
also my pc was only marketed as a gaming pc sooo no.
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Sophomore's second academic accolade in as many weeks
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (May 31, 2013) – Sophomore Adam Chase (Kingsport, Tenn.) of the ETSU men's track & field/cross country teams was named to the 2012-13 Capital One Men's Academic All-District III First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The NCAA Division I District III First Team includes 10 additional men's track & field/cross country student-athletes from the states of North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.
Chase, a Mathematics major, earned the honor by carrying a 4.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) in addition to his numerous athletics accomplishments in track & field/cross country this season. In the recent outdoor track & field campaign, the sophomore took gold at the 2013 A-Sun Outdoor Championships with a personal best time of 9:09.85 in the 3000m steeplechase, a time that propelled him to First Team All-Conference honors in the event and currently ranks among the top-70 in the NCAA East Region. Moreover, Chase's accomplishments this spring in the 10,000m and the 5,000m also rank among the top-10 in the Atlantic Sun Conference.
The Kingsport native also registered personal bests this indoor season with a 4:20.42 time in the mile run and a mark of 8:41.31 in the 3000m run.
Academic accomplishments for the sophomore have been filing in the last few weeks after being named the 2013 A-Sun Men's Track & Field Student Athlete of the Year on May 20. With his present Academic All-District award, Chase remains in the hunt to be named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-American Team which will be selected in the coming weeks.
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So now we know it's bullshit for realjbdc wrote: Indeed the YouTube clock for Diez13's video counts just under 9 seconds. But similarly, the Vimeo clock on the Naish posted video counts 14.
Compare to what But if you're asking VS Cabrinha Velocity Race kite;tautologies wrote:Nice. Just what I would expect from the kite. Did you guys ever ride the charger? How does it compare?pjhardie wrote:Hi guys - we just got the first batch of Naish Drafts in and I have been out testing them out over the last couple of days. Check out the full review here: http://www.realwatersports.com/2014-naish-draft-kite.
Velocity has better speed, better upwind leg, float and boosting what you'll see soon
So there is nothing special here what hasn't been done by other brands, because it has to do a lot with the rider
Because some of you are so blindfolded and pimping certain brands that there is no hope to see the reality
Maybe Naish should a been staying with their patented Zig-Zag wing to make that work and to be proud of,
instead of copying everybody else's recent ideas into their draft, what nobody can deny


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We will never not sing along to this song when we hear it -- whether in our car, a dentist's office or grocery store (seriously, it's a staple at Safeway). And though the scenes from the Johnny Depp film make the video seem super schizophrenic, try not to be mesmerized by the brothers Reid's mouth movements. Just try.
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Geraldo: President Obama Earns Re-Election Approval From Latino Vote
After the 2008 election, I wrote that if Latinos continue to turn out at the same rate, there may never be another Republican president. Not unless the GOP becomes a much different party than it has been since 2005-2006. That was when a wave of anti-immigration vitriol swept over the party faithful, driving it to abandon the inclusive, pragmatic and compassionate policies of George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. Even reformers like Senator John McCain reversed themselves, turning from big-tent Republicans into paranoid Xenophobes driven to make illegal immigration the center-piece of their domestic agenda.
Fueled by talk radio, the GOP and particularly what became its Tea Party wing promoted visions of a brown tsunami of Latinos breaking over our southern border to steal our jobs and rape our women. The anti-immigration hysteria was never based on fact. It was as much a product of post 9/11/01 fear of foreigners as it was a harsh over-reaction to the massive demographic changes within the United States. Latinos were becoming the nation's largest minority, approaching fifty million people, many of them youngsters born in the United States.
Rather than appeal to these new Americans based on shared conservative values like patriotism, marriage, service, faith, and entrepreneurial spirit, Republicans seemed to vie with each other over which could present views that were more unpleasant to Latinos. Even after a surge in Latino voting in 2010 saved the Senate for the Democrats by helping defeat Meg Whitman in California and Sharron Angle in Nevada, still the GOP dug in its heels.
And during this election cycle Mr. Nice Guy Mitt Romney led the anti-immigrant mob. During the primary campaign, he crippled the candidacies of Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry by portraying them as weak on the undocumented. All Speaker Gingrich wanted to do was to allow for a statute of limitations after which a long-term undocumented immigrant could find a path to legitimacy. All Governor Perry wanted to do was provide in-state tuition for young students brought here innocently by their parents.
Mr. Romney excoriated both rivals as weak; appeasers who would grant amnesty to law-breakers. Conveniently ignoring facts like the dramatic decline in illegal immigration, and the federal statistics showing the relative lawfulness of the undocumented, he thundered about the need to create conditions so draconian that 12 million of them would self-deport.
In the process, the governor helped cast a pall over the entire Latino population, legal and illegal alike. It wasn't enough that he had Florida senator Marco Rubio at his side, or that his son Craig had learned Spanish while a missionary in Chile. Those gestures were seen as window dressing by a community more interested in deeds.
For example, when President Obama finally got around to doing something about the immigration issue, ordering a modified DREAM Act that allowed for a moratorium on the deportation of those innocent students brought here by their parents, Governor Romney promised that if elected he would veto any such legislation. He drafted Kris Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State who wrote Arizona's harsh SB1070 "show me your papers" law to be his immigration guru. He embraced Kobach's 2012 GOP party platform that allowed only enforcement and deportation as solutions to the problem of immigration. And in the process, he sealed his own political doom.
More than 12 million citizen Latinos showed up to vote yesterday, a 26 percent increase over 2008. The Romney camp spoke of its ambition to win well more than the meager 31 percent of the Latino vote scored by John McCain in 2008. Their goal was 38 percent. They failed miserably.
Between 75 percent-79 percent of Latinos voted for President Barack Obama; 21 percent-25 percent for Mitt Romney.
Even in Marco Rubio's Florida, where Latinos were 15 percent of total voters, exit surveys indicate that as many as 68 percent voted for President Obama. And remember, George W. Bush won a majority of Latino votes in 2004.
In another crucial swing state Colorado, 11 percent of all voters were Latino and they voted for the president by a 50-point margin.
When he won in 2008 in large measure because of the Latino vote, I dubbed Barack Obama our first Latino president. He has been re-elected by that same community. Now it is time for the GOP to join him and Democrats in coming to grips with an issue that requires compassion and pragmatism as much as vigilance and border enforcement. Otherwise, Republicans will never elect another president.


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SAN FRANCISCO — While many obsessed over speculation that NASA's newest Mars rover, Curiosity, had dug up signs of life — it had not — it is the agency's older, smaller jalopy, Opportunity, that has been exploring a more intriguing plot of Martian real estate.
"This is our first glimpse ever at conditions on ancient Mars that clearly show us a chemistry that would have been suitable for life," Steven W. Squyres, the principal investigator for Opportunity, said at a news conference last week at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union here.
Opportunity could be sitting on rocks chock-full of organic molecules — but the rover and the scientists back on Earth would never know. Unlike Curiosity, Opportunity is not carrying instruments that can detect those kinds of molecules.
But the scientists are not complaining. Everything from Opportunity over the past eight years has been a bonus for a mission that was to have ended long ago.
Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004, for what was supposed to be a three-month mission. Yet the rover continues operating in good condition. (Its twin, Spirit, died in 2010, stuck in a sand trap and unable to point its solar arrays in the correct direction to survive winter, outliving its planned lifetime by almost six years.)Continue reading the main story
Last year, Opportunity arrived at a 14-mile-wide crater named Endeavour, where NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted clays from above. Clays generally form in the presence of water.
The clay signal pointed to a hill, which the scientists named after Jacob Matijevic, an engineer on the rover team who died this year.
As Opportunity approached, "We started seeing things that looked really, really different," Dr. Squyres said. The most common rock there was light-colored, fine-grained, very soft, and nothing like any that Opportunity had come across before.
"It is right in the sweet spot of where the clay signature is present," Dr. Squyres said. "It has got to be the clay-bearing stuff."
But when the rover looked at the elements in the rock, it was the same mix of elements in a typical Martian rock. "What's unusual is that it's not unusual," Dr. Squyres said. "This puzzled us at first. I was expecting something dramatic and instead what you see here kind of looks like average Mars."
Another instrument could have identified minerals in the rock, but the radioactive cobalt it relies on has long decayed away.
If Curiosity were at the Endeavour crater, its instruments could directly look for the carbon-based molecules known as organics that are the building blocks of life. But Curiosity, which landed in August, is more than 5,000 miles away exploring a different crater where clays have also been spotted from orbit — and it is still months away from reaching there.
In its nearly nine years on Mars, Opportunity has driven more than 22 miles, crossing a Martian plain and stopping by several smaller craters. During its travels, it came across minerals that pointed to flowing water in Mars' past, but these minerals formed in highly acidic conditions. "Battery acid kind of numbers," Dr. Squyres said. "And that's a challenging place for life."
Clays only form in more benign conditions. "The thing that's different here is that these clay minerals point towards a neutral chemistry — water you can drink," Dr. Squyres said. "And that's a different story, a different world."
These rocks appear to date to the early warm and wet era of Mars, perhaps when the planet was more hospitable to life.
Then Opportunity took a look at another outcrop on Matijevic Hill made of darker, harder minerals. Close up, it saw tiny spheres embedded in the rocks, similar in appearance to iron-rich spheres nicknamed "blueberries" that the rover had observed earlier.
Except these did not contain much iron. "These are something totally different," Dr. Squyres said. "I've been calling them newberries, because there's something new."
Even though Opportunity cannot find organics, Dr. Squyres said there were many questions that it would be able to answer that would tell scientists what this part of early Mars was like. What are the newberries made of? How did they form? Did wind or water shape the rocks of Matijevic Hill?
Opportunity will spend several months at Matijevic Hill to try to unravel as many of these puzzles as it can, using its remaining instruments.
"What we have stumbled upon here at Matijevic Hill, drawn here by that clay signature, is what's turning out to be one of the most delightful geologic puzzles that we have ever found with this rover on Mars," Dr. Squyres said. "It's fascinating. It's a work in progress."Continue reading the main story


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in-mn needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 25 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Setting up a free design for some local snowmobile clubs. Would like to stress snowmobiling without being cheesy.
Snowmobilers, ATVers.. May also include other clubs at a later time.
Customers are very brand loyal. Using colors Like Yellow; Green; Blue; or Red will seggregate and alienate others.
There are different aspects of snowmobiling and atv. For isntance; Snowmobiling has trail riding, Mountain riding, and the Snowcross many associate with sport. Ideally we find a logo that speaks to all three without being busy. One upside, a sled silhoette with a roost could be easy to nail all three without showing a rider hanging off the side in a corner, dragging a foot in the mountains, or doing a heel clicker.
The same holds true for ATV. You have Large Square ATV's that ride up rocks, mud, hills. Then you have fast and sporty (and smaller) atv that ride in sand dunes.
I really like a chat networks logo. The way they have the silhouette is easily used on any page, banner, etc. Please go to:
Two variations of the logo. One for snowmobiling emphasis; and one for ATV.
If you would like to design one for the spec work; please emphasize the snowmobile portion.
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I used to replace my dad's coffee sugar with salt. Also used to put my brother's sheets in the wash and then remake his bed while they were still wet. Wouldn't notice until he went to bed. One time I cut giant crotch holes in all his underwear. Got in trouble for that though.
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
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Ha ha ha!
Well lets see... 2 years ago at the apartment complex I was living at one of my friends used clear scotch tape on the card readers for our group of friends apartment doors so when they went to get inside the card would hit the tape and not go in the slot. I however noticed it before I tried to open my door and took it off. I then acted normally and waited for someone to try and take credit for trying to prank me and when they asked if I had been to my apartment yet I said yeah, then they asked if I noticed anything odd and I said no and that I got there right after house keeping came by and made her think she pranked the wrong person ^.^
Everyone else got her back by caution taping her car later that day >=)
Last year it was known I would be leaving soon and on April fools day there were a few minor pranks going on and at like 7 or 8PM we grabbed a few friends and played board games in my apartment, one of the people there was the person who scotched taped everyone's doors the year before. Well unknown to her we figured out that one of our friends had a star bit screwdriver which could take off the outside door handles to peoples apartments. So while she was distracted playing board games we had some of our friends that were not hanging out with us take her door handle so she could not get into her apartment, we ended up putting back on her door handle after midnight though lol
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When I was a moderator of an anime forums years back I banned the other moderators. I didn't even know it would work.
Subtle...I like it.
Wow~ some of you are pretty bad! Some of these just sound mean! That and I could never do anything to damage someone's things..
That being said.. Here's a great prank for someone you know well enough.
At my University quite a few years ago, some of the guys in our engineering dept. loaded up a really old Operating System on a spare laptop.
They went to one of the teacher's offices, who had left their door unlocked, unplugged the desktop box, plugged the monitor, etc into the laptop, and hid the laptop behind their desk. Teacher gets to work in morning and finds their computer has super old OS on it.
Reaction = Priceless.
Edit: oh, be sure to hide a camcorder or something in their office to catch the reaction. =) Possibly to post the video later online.
Wish I could remember some of their other pranks... Though that one was one of their better ones.
Oh, a similar one (maybe cliche now?) if someone leaves their computer unlocked is taking a screenshot of someone's desktop, setting that as their background, and then moving all of their actual Shortcut icons into a subfolder (don't be mean by deleting them =P If you want to be really nice, leave the subfolder on the desktop (the only actual working folder, since the rest are only part of the picture now)). Watch them as they try to click the "icons" and them not work.
Great pranks for Engineering/ Computer Science teachers. =)
And another post, since I found the screenshot I was looking for:
Click the link, and scroll down to the last picture:
Tape picture on bottom of someone's mouse. When they try to use their mouse, and it doesn't work, they'll turn it over to see what's wrong, and then see the picture you put there.
There's some great (Read as: horrifying) pictures on the internet that one can use, but I won't post them here. =)
In Work-safe situations, there's always pictures like this that are amusing:
Have fun!
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The one time I told my roommate I would deploy the greatest April Fool's Joke ever on him...and on April 1st I didn't do anything.
I like this one. Totally subversive.
This year, perhaps you could tell him that you will get him good - he won't know where, he won't know when, but it will happen, and when it does, he'll be none the wiser. Then, you just carry on as normal.
Don't don't don't don't stop the beat, I c-ca-ca-c-can't control my feet.
I put a ring in my friends girlfriend's drink, his girlfriend thought he pulled a prank on her. Afterwards, they had a little fight. I'm the mastermind.
Stalking you.
I told my branch manager about saying I'm quitting for April fools day, so he doesn't go to HR and really get me booted. So, after that I went all day saying my goodbyes and I'm quitting and today is my last day. I let them in on the joke just as I was walking out the back door.
I was working as a student assistant at a community college and was assigned the computer lab on April 1st. In order for the student to get a passing grade in thier class they had to do 31.5 hours of work in the lab by the end of the semester.
So above the check in computer for the lab I posted the following notice:
Due to budgetary reasons the lab will be closing as of today for the rest of the semester.
Students are still required to meet the 31.5 hours of lab time in order to pass.
If you have any questions please contact APRIL FOOLS DAY!
Not one single person read all the way to the bottom and everyone freaked out.
Hard at work on my Manga - I will be your little sister!
I'm not very good at pulling pranks on people but when I was younger my parent pulled one of the best prank on me.
A little back ground info, I'm adopted and my mother CAN NOT have childern. I've always known that I was adopted but I didnt know that my mom couldnt have kids. Those two things just never clicked in place for me as a Jr. High student.
So I come home one day and my parents sit me down and tell me that my mother is pregnent! I'm over come with joy at the idea that Im going to be a big sister! So I started calling my friends and telling them that we had to put a list of names together for my parents, because they told me that I could name him/her. After about THREE hours of making a list of baby names I come back downstairs to show my dad and mom what I came up with. As my mother is looking at the list of girls names she goes, "Oh I really like this name," and points to one on the page. I go, "Oh April is a pretty name, but maybe we should do a family name, since mine is a family name too." "You think so?" She answers, "Cause I was thinking more along the line of April Fools!"
I cried for so long at being pranked, it never ever EVER crossed my mind that it was april fools day.
So! If you want, you can lie to all of your friends about that. Ta-da!
I dunno, but there is one April Fool's joke that went a bit far:
told my parents we got robbed at home o.o;;;
Take cold water, instant coffee, baking soda and vinegar (alternatively you can replace the vinegar and baking soda with baking powder) and put them in a cola bottle. Put the lid on tightly. Shake the bottle and put it in the fridge.
This requires some experimenting but for about a liter sized cola bottle, 700mL of water, 3 tablespoons of instant coffee, 2 tablespoons of baking soda and about 4 tablespoons of vinegar should be fine.
Make sure that you don't fill the cola bottle and that your bottle is at least a liter in volume. The liquids should go in first and the solids should follow. Make damn sure you use a bottle meant for carbonated drinks or the lid could blast off the bottle or the bottle itself could explode injuring you and making a big mess.
I haven't tried this yet so I'm not quite sure how well this will work but one particular thing to watch out for is the smell. If it can't be masked then there's a good chance that people will find out before they actually drink it.
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Talk:Encryption, NTFS Support, and Windows Share Management
I've been trying to solve the network shares caveat, but unfortunately, even when you manage to get TrueCrypt running as a service it doesn't work.
However, whilst fiddling about I ran into some reliability problems with TrueCrypt, so I looked for an alternative solution.
What I came up with uses tools from VMware, namely the VMware Disk Mount utility and an evaluation version of VMWare Workstation 5.
The main differences between using VMWare and TrueCrypt is the size of the virtual disk files that are created. If you create a 500GB disk with TrueCrypt it occupies 500GB, even if there's nothing on it. VMWare virtual disks expand as they are filled, so an empty 500GB volume will only take up a few MB.
Obviously, using VMware doesn't encrypt the data, but if you don't need this level of security it's a good option. As far as I can tell, the VMWare software uses substantially less system resources.
You can get the VMWare software from http://www.vmware.com (the VMWare virtual disk format is open, so you can also find various third-party tools scattered around the net).
You'll also need an OS boot disk to create the initial partition(s), but you can format the partitions (FAT or NTFS) once they have been mounted.
Instead of using an Eval copy of VMware Workstation, use the completely free VMware Server instead. WizardFusion 23:42, 11 November 2006 (CET)