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Can you please go over what Web site certificates are? I'm having a little trouble understanding their purpose. Thanks for all your help!
Wow, you guys come up with some really great questions! I have to tell you, the Q&A section of the newsletter is my favorite, because often times, the questions that are asked are ones that can help everyone. They're not just about one person's computer or about one specific problem someone is having. No, you all ask questions about very broad topics and that's perfect for this part of WorldStart's newsletter. We want to help as many people as we can and I truly believe we're doing that by answering the questions you ask. And today's topic is no exception. You asked about Web site certificates and that's exactly what you're going to learn all about today!
First of all, if a certain company or organization wants their Web site to use encryption and be secure, they must obtain a site (or host) certificate. If they don't, they will not be registered as a secure Web site. So, how do you tell if a site is secure or not? Well, we've gone over this before, but let's cover it one more time, just to be sure we're all on the same page. There are two things you can check on to find out if a site is secure or not. The first is generally some type of lock or key symbol, usually located in the address bar. The second is how the Web site's URL reads. On a secure site, the very beginning part will always be "https," rather than just "http." That extra "s" makes all the difference when it comes to security.
So, if you're visiting a site, and you see either of those things, the site will have a certificate. Clicking on the icon in the address bar in either Internet Explorer or Firefox, will bring up a menu from which a certificate can be viewed.
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Once you do that, a certificate dialogue box will pop up and you can read all about it. It will tell you the purpose of the certificate, who it's issued to, who it was issued by and when it expires. (If the site you're on just uses the "https" method, just double click in the area where the padlock usually sits. Doing that will bring up the same certificate box for you). For example, when you purchase something from WorldStart's software store, the checkout page is secure. If you click the icon in the address bar of that page, you will be able to see our certificate.
Another way you can view a site's certificate, is through your browser's menu options. In Internet Explorer, go to File, Properties
In the Properties dialog box, click the Certificates button.
The same dialogue box will then come up for you.
In Firefox, go to Tools and select Page Info
Under the Security tab, click on the View Certificate button to see that site's certificate.
That may be an easier way for you to access the certificate information.
Site certificates are mainly put in place to protect users from malicious attacks and identity theft. For instance, if we here at WorldStart didn't have a certificate on our checkout page, hackers could get in and steal your credit card number and any other information they wanted from you. That goes for any Web site that sells products or asks you for any personal information. It's very important to check the sites you visit, to see if they're secure or not. If you don't, you could be putting yourself at risk for big trouble. All you have to do is glance toward the top or bottom of your browser to make sure it's protected. I mean, what's a few seconds when it comes to your safety?!
If a Web site has a certificate, that means they have registered their site and everything has been approved. There are two things that have to be done before a site is approved. The certificate authority has to make sure the Web address given matches the address on the certificate, and they have to sign the certificate, so that it can be recognized as a trusted authority. You can look for both of those things when you look at a site's certificate as well. So, I'm sure you're probably wondering how much you can really trust a site's certificate, right? Well, the trust you have for a site really depends on how much trust you have for the company you're dealing with, but if all the information matches up and the date on the certificate is valid, everything should be just fine. The only other way to be sure, is to call the company yourself and check on their site regulations. It's your call!
Now, there may be times when you run into a certificate error. That could be caused by various things, such as the names on the certificates not matching up, or if the certificate has expired. If an error occurs, you will always have the opportunity to look over the certificate and you can then either accept it for good, accept it for that particular visit only or you can choose not to accept it at all. From there, you can choose whether or not to trust the site. If you do, you can go about your business, but if you don't, you should refrain from submitting any personal information. Along with checking on a site's certificate, you should also read their Privacy Policy. Keeping yourself safe is the most important thing, and you should do whatever it takes to stay that way.
So, now that you know all about Web site certificates, you may want to go and check on some of your favorite sites. Are they secure? Check it out!
~ Erin


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We can't thank you enough for taking a really hard (and honestly sometimes we worried impossible) case and turning her around. I believe you have saved her life and we just want you to know how immeasurably grateful we are for all your hard work. Read the full testimonial HERE.
The Roanne Program helped my daughter and family tremendously. My daughter had been in various treatment facilities for 5 consecutive years and she really needed help. We found Roanne and after three days of interviews they accepted her! She completed the program in a year and the transformation was amazing!! She is living on her own, attending college, and owns a dog that she is responsible for and is doing really well. Our family has grown as well by the treatment program and become stron… Read more
You have been so responsive to my daughter. I feel so confident about the therapist. This has literally changed my entire life.
There is now more to my life than just staying in my room and out of the hospital. I'm creating a person of responsibility. I could see myself being a loving father someday.
This is the best decision ever. I can feel it, I can see it, there is a list of my own goals, and you know, this time I know I am not going to the hospital again and putting my life on hold. You coached me how to go to my goals and dreams.
I find I am moving going from guilt and fear to creating the life I LOVE. This is not just 'maintaining life' but LOVING life. OMG my life changed in just that one session.
I find I am moving going from guilt and fear to creating the life I LOVE. This is not just 'maintaining life' but LOVING life. OMG my life changed in just that one session.
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Anyone have TIPS for DICTATION question?
Only way to get better at dictation is paractice.
Tips would probably remebering that:
Draw in bar lines and double at the end
There's always a dotted crochet always followed by a quaver
Try to get into the habit of replaying the phrase in your head.
Th last note always finishes on Doh(Note:this doesn't always happen but it tends to sound nicer to finish 5 to 1, meaning Soh to Doh so watch out for that
And just try to listen if the next note you're trying to find his lower or higher than the previous one,believe it or not,you could get up to half the marks if you're Tonic Solfa is wrong but you're in the right direction
Studyclix don't actually have the marking scheme for most dictation questions but my music teacher has made her own dictation questions here if you want to use them:
Hope this helps!
No problem
I'd like to also point out Beachy123 that this is a very poorly answered question by students. So if you get at least a few marks or an easy 22 marks - that's without the melody notes, then you're doing very well on this question - so don't worry if you think you're doing awful.


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START DATE: 17th of June – 1st of July (2 week course). Costs 1200$ for two weeks. DISCOUNTS apply if you're participating with a friend or group of friends. Ask us during your application process.
The Solar Power Project – A Hands On Workshop involves you learning about Solar Energy, and providing power to the most remote and off-grid places on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica.
Organic Farming
Would you like to help on a Costa Rican farm? Are you interested in sustainability and organic food? Then our sustainable farming project is ideal for you.
The farm is located in the mountains of the Osa Peninsula Jungle, and is only reachable by horseback. The farmers Teresa and Evaristo do everything in their power to make the farm a beautiful and organic place. They include the volunteers in almost all expects of the daily farm work, including helping with the animals (horses, cows, and pigs), helping to harvest, carry around wood, and also invite you to be part of the cooking process.. and learn a few great Costa Rican recipes.
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Turtle Conservation Season on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica is in full swing! We offer one of the most affordable fees for Turtle Conservation in all of Costa Rica! The Carribean turtle season starts again in February 2017, and they'll also have a busy season.
As a Turtle Conservation volunteer you'll help patrolling the beach and most importantly – save sea turtles from extinction!
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Green Life Volunteers together with other NGO's on the Osa Peninsula, has established an environmental education program. For it to run properly we constantly need help ! We have some dedicated individuals from different NGOs helping with this project, but it's executed and carried by the help of volunteers.
You'll get hands-on experience teaching kids/ working with kids, be able to create lessons and games for kids, and help execute school visits and educate kids on environmental issues. It would be great if a volunteer on this project speaks a bit of Spanish, beginner is often enough.
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For the JumpStart Program we're looking for an experienced English Teacher. You'll receive FREE accommodation and food – this is a RARE AND EXITING OPPORTUNITY! We cannot provide a salary since the program is funded entirely by donations.
If you're a teacher, or have teaching experience as an English Teacher (as a second language) then apply now!
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I participated in the 2-week solar power workshop in June 2016. I came to the workshop with a general interest in clean energy and a desire for an immersive travel experience. In addition to learning all things solar (theory, system design and maintenance, installation, and how to build a panel using cosmetically defective cells), I made chocolate from start to finish on an off-grid farm, practiced my Spanish with the locals, hiked to a waterfall in Matapalo, volunteered at a local butterfly farm, surfed, kayaked, went horseback riding, and observed an abundance of wildlife (dolphins, monkeys, toucans, scarlet macaws, and crocodiles to name a few). Green Life Volunteers does an excellent job of balancing work and play. My experiences were life changing and I wish I could have stayed longer! Highly recommend.
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Samantha's Review & Blog – Biological Research Center
Samantha participated in our Biological Research Project for 1 month in July - August of 2016. This is her write up about her experiences: "It's been about 2 and a half weeks since I got to Costa Rica, and I'm already dreading going home in just 11 days! I chose to...read more
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Another P0244 Thread (All Stock)
So as the title suggests, I am getting the p0244 code. As far as I know everything is stock. The code can randomly happen in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th at WOT. I have searched and searched and so far the only thing I can seem to find is flashing the LWG map is supposed to help. Yet I don't have an AP nor do I believe that it has been flashed before I got the car. I have had SoA take a look at it and they told me that the solenoid was building too much pressure so they replaced it, and told me that everything should be running fine now. However that did not fix this issue. Is this something that can happen on stock WRX, or is there something else that I can look at to try and resolve this myself?
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2013 - 2016 Deep Throat Testimonies
Ex-military man exposes underground facility in national park
The Airman, Buzz Aldrin, Kissinger and the aliens
By Mary Joyce, website editor
Because of simple curiosity, Robert of Ohio, stumbled into a vast and secret underground facility beneath Edwards Air Force Base in California in 1971. It changed his life forever.
He worked ground control at the base and became curious about a hangar that was off in the distance. He was puzzled because every morning people would enter the hangar and never come back out.
One day, he and a buddy decided to check it out. They found it empty and wondered "Where did everyone go?" Then they discovered a stairwell. At the bottom of the stairs, there was only an elevator.
Curiosity took over again. They entered, pressed the button and the elevator shot down 100s of feet like a rollercoaster at an amusement park. Suddenly, they were in a world of enormous tunnels, roads and saucer-shaped craft.
Up until that point, Robert felt safe exploring because he had Top Secret Clearance. That abruptly ended when they were confronted by an MP with an M-16 rifle and learned they were in an Above Top Secret area.
CLICK HERE and listen to Robert as he told me his whole story, one that includes conversations about secret underground facilities and aliens on the Moon with Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Henry Kissinger who was the National Security Advisor for the Nixon administration at that time.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This witness has an extensive military background. He's served around the world in the U.S. Army and in the military wing of the U.S. State Department. He retired early after being hit by multiple bullets which earned him a Purple Heart. He remains well connected to those still serving in the military and the State Department.
"I have a way of knowing that the U.S. government has six UFO-type craft. One of them crashed on a mountaintop near the little town of Bybee, Tennessee in late March 2016. It was triangular shaped which is the kind the government is producing now. Only two of the early models were disc shaped.
"I know a couple of people on the police force in Bybee and a fireman. They said they were called about 2 a.m. and were told there was a helicopter crash. Within minutes of arriving at the scene, they were told to leave by somebody who showed up out of nowhere with lots of trucks. I got reports of 30 to 60 trucks. No one knows where they came from.
"The people in the vehicles were all dressed in black uniforms or outfits. According to one witness who is a veteran, they were carrying MP-5 submachine guns. That's not a U.S. military item. It's made by H&K Firearms in Germany.
"Now this crash was at 2 a.m. and everything was cleaned up and gone before sun up. All that remains there now is a big burnt space.
"One of the people who saw the craft hit said it was an extremely bright bluish color and was on fire. He said it tumbled and rolled before hitting the mountain. He was surprised there was no big boom. It just hit the mountain and a big flame came up.
"Since that time, I have been told people have been threatened and reports of the crash were scoured from police records. Not only that, but the dispatch for the firetruck also disappeared."
This is a true story of two kids who grew up on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and got their hands on some magical metal from the UFO that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.
They didn't just see or touch the metal; they tested the magical metal in many inventive ways. What they discovered has been their secret since 1957. Now, 59 years later, "Jill" has decided it's safe to share the most memorable adventure of her life.
Her bottled-up story pours out with such captivating descriptions that anyone listening will be transported back in time with her. It's an interview that gets better as it rolls along because Jill shifts to telling her story from the perspective of a 10-year-old.
Twice during the interview, tears flowed down Jill's cheeks as she recalled how it felt to touch the magical metal. You might even hear the emotion as she speaks about it.
And, yes, the kids got into major trouble and were so intimidated that it took Jill nearly 60 years to tell anyone.
CLICK HERE to view the YouTube video interview.
Huge secret UN facility beneath Mt. Mitchell, NC
By Mary Joyce, website editor
The source of the following information is "Hawk" who retired from the medical field several years ago. Before that, he served as a combat medic during the Vietnam War. Not ready to completely retire, he contacted the North Carolina National Guard to volunteer at its medical wing. He was accepted, but his first assignment had nothing to do with medicine. With his clearance from the FBI and Army Intelligence, he was given undercover surveillance assignments. His first report about an ISIS training camp in NC follows this report.
Our second interview with "Hawk" on May 8, 2015 was at a new location. He had more information to reveal, information he felt the American public absolutely needs to know.
"The American people are going to be in for a rude awakening unless they wake up now and prepare," he said with grave concern.
Then he began to tell us about one of his surveillance missions in the fall of 2014. It was during that mission that he saw with his own eyes that Mt. Mitchell is under the military control of the United Nations, just as his intelligence superiors had revealed to him.
"I was chosen as a commander of this squad of troops to get into surveillance positions within a half mile to a mile of Mt. Mitchell for a period of days to observe people and vehicles going in and out of the area," he began.
"There was no real road to get to our intended location," he said. "We drove over old logging roads and through ditches. When we finally got there, we camouflaged our vehicle and then started hiking. It took approximately four hours by the time I dropped off the final guy at his predetermined outpost point using a military compass and a handheld GPS."
Sample observations made by Hawk and his squad
"Our man assigned to be the primary lead on security observations saw Blue Hats carrying what appeared to be huge solid frame backpacks," Hawk said. "He saw them come out of a building on the rear side of Mt. Mitchell and said they appeared to struggle a bit under the weight of the packs. A lead man accompanied each man who was carrying a backpack.
Hawk called United Nations soldiers "Blue Hats."
"After hiking one behind the other for a distance, they split up into four two-man teams. Luckily I had enough squad members to follow each team. The Blue Hats dispersed down the east, the north, the south and the west side of Mt. Mitchell but not in straight lines. They zigzagged back and forth.
"Soon each lead man pulled out a folding military shovel and dug a hole about six feet off the game trails they were following. Then a sensory device from the backpacks was buried in a hole that was about a foot deep. These sensors were place every 100 meters. Each team must have planted 50 of them. They were highly technical sensors that would detect anybody walking in the forest."
"Some associate observers down along the railroad tracks in Marion relayed to us that they saw between 20 and 25 tanks being off loaded from a train in the dead of night on to tractor trailers on an adjacent road," Hawk said. "Later our team observed the tractor trailers starting to drive up the road to Mt. Mitchell." (Highway 128)
"Our squad did not stay to observe the unloading of the tanks, but another team that also was on the north side watched the two highways that go down Mt. Mitchell and reported that no tractor trailers came down, so the tanks were off loaded at Mt. Mitchell.
When we asked Hawk what kind of tanks, he said, "They were a lighter green than conventional U.S. military tanks. It was a primer green which means the tanks most likely would be repainted at the underground facility."
The red marker points to Mt. Mitchell. The town of Marion is southeast of the mountain.
Then Hawk looked intently at us and asked, "Why do you think they have tanks there? Why do you think the United States government sold or gave Mt. Mitchell to the United Nations? Why do you think so many of us within the U.S. government are putting our lives on the line to protect this country from outside control?"
We can't verify these photos, but they reportedly were taken at one
of the secret ISIS training camps in the U.S.A.
EDITOR'S NOTE: We received the following information on February 28, 2015 from a man who identified himself as "Hawk." He presented himself in a very credible way and seemed very concerned about getting his information to the public. His story merits consideration.
Hawk retired from the medical field several years ago. Before that, he served as a combat medic during the Vietnam War. Not ready to completely retire, he contacted the North Carolina National Guard to volunteer at its medical wing. He was accepted, but his first assignment had nothing to do with medicine. With his clearance from the FBI and Army Intelligence, his first assignment was an undercover mission.
In early fall 2014, Hawk was asked to go on a surveillance mission.
"I was called by a gentleman, from where I don't know," Hawk explained. "He gave me directions to go to a small motel west of Burnsville and a person would be standing outside to wave at me and that would be the signal that I was at the right place. I met the gentleman and he took me in this motel room at the back of the motel and gave me a minimal briefing about my job in this surveillance mission.
"He said we were watching a total of four houses, all out in the country, a total of five people and three vehicles which he described. He said the woman who drove one particular vehicle was the head of this ISIS cell. After the briefing, we ate a light supper and then went out for a night of surveillance."
Hawk said the next morning he and the gentleman went to the church where the female ISIS cell leader attends. Hawk drove his vehicle because the man's vehicle "had been compromised."
As recently as late December 2015, Hawk said his life has been threatened. On one occasion, a man told him "Be careful what you say. Be careful what you tell people." That was followed by a much more ominous threat.
"Then he opened up his coat and he had a knife on each hip," Hawk said. "I could tell by the casing that it was a short knife. He pulled it out and said, 'Do you see this knife, how it has a three-inch blade and it's curved?' I said yes. 'Have you ever seen one before?' I said no. 'Well, it's for slicing throats. If you love yourself and your family, you'd better keep quiet or I'll come back and I'll slice your throats.'"
Chillingly, the man with the knives worked with Hawk on his early surveillance missions. This has filled Hawk with grave concerns for himself and for the nation, but despite the threats, he is resolved to warn people about ISIS in America.
"On a later surveillance mission," Hawk said, "We went west of Asheville. There on a hillside overlooking a very small valley is an encampment. You would think it was Daniel Boone's fort but it's built stronger than that with guard towers and concertina wire. There's everything there. It's one scary place.
Hawk surveilled an ISIS training camp somewhere west of Ashville and a
small ISIS cell group northeast of Asheville and south of Burnsville.
"There are always 100 to 125 people there. I saw four nationalities -- Arabic people, Hispanic people, French people and Americans. Some people wore UN blue helmets and one guy wore a white arm band with a Swastika on it.
"At one of our National Guard intelligence meetings, it was confirmed by a gentleman from the Army Intelligence Corp that there are ISIS members at that encampment.
"They typically come there in full cell groups of five to six people. They always arrive at night in three to five vehicles and then within two to three hours, before dawn, those same vehicles leave but they're full with people who have finished their training.
"I do not know where they go. I do not know where they're from. I just know there is an equal exchange of people. That tells me a couple things. It tells me that they're ramped up and they have an intensive training program.
"That encampment is the enemy of America," Hawk declared, "and all of you patriotic people, please sit up and take notice, take heart because they're going to hit homes; they're going to hit malls; they're going to hit hospitals; they're going to hit elementary schools.
"We intercepted enough of their data, their encrypted codes, to know that they're ready to move out. So if you have a gun permit, always have it with you. If you don't have a gun permit, you carry a rifle or a shotgun or a pistol with you. This is just for the Patriots of America, the people that want our country back and won't let it be taken from us by ISIS or anyone else."
CLICK HERE to view a 6:17 minute YouTube video titled
"The Untold Story of Islamic Terror Training Camps in America."
Ex-military man exposes underground facility in national park
By Mary Joyce, website editor
We've heard reports, even before starting this website in 2008, about secret military activity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP). Then on February 16, 2013, a credible witness with a military background spoke with two of us from the website about the secret activity. For his privacy and protection, we have changed his name to "Clark." Throughout his testimony he used the word "we" to include his wife who often accompanied him. She, too, once served in the military.
Before revealing his information, Clark showed us the photo below which was taken on November 27, 2012 near the intersection of Highways 74 and 441 on the south side of Cherokee, NC.
"This truck was driven by a female truck driver with whom we spoke," Clark said. "She said she wasn't sure what was onboard but that it belonged to the U.S. Air Force. She said she was waiting for five other trucks and an escort to take them to Newfound Gap where their loads would be airlifted to an undisclosed location.
"While I was there, the other trucks arrived," Clark said. "They all had canvas covers on them that said USAF (United States Air Force) on the side. Then I saw the escorts arrive in white SUVs with government plates and the guys were dressed in black and carrying weapons."
When we asked Clark what he thought was on the truck in the photo, he said, "I've seen something similar in the military. The dome-shaped thing on the back of the truck looks like a clean room that you walk into to be decontaminated.
"We followed those trucks, but at a distance," Clark said. "As soon as they went through the gate at Smokemont Campground just north of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center, the park rangers closed the gates and closed the park."
Next we handed Clark maps of the Blue Ridge Parkway and he focused on Heintooga Ridge Road.
"About three years ago they closed that road," he said, "and it was closed for approximately two years. The official line was that there had been a washout, but when we went back through there in the summer of 2012 after the road reopened, there were no signs anywhere of a washout, yet the road beyond the Mile High Campground had been 90 percent repaved.
"Now there was nothing wrong with the road before; it was in perfectly good shape, but they repaved it all the way to the end where it turns into a one-lane dirt or gravel road."
Clark speculates that the road was damaged by heavy trucks hauling supplies and equipment to an underground facility and that was why the road had to be repaved.
"While we were on Heintooga Road," Clark continued, "we saw four white SUVs with U.S. government plates. Now all the forestry vehicles have the U.S. Forestry stickers on their doors. These were just plain SUVs. We didn't see anybody around the SUVs but they were parked near trails.
View from Heintooga Overlook along Flat Creek Trail and caution sign at the end of paved road
"Then one day some friends of ours drove ATVs (All Terrain Vehicles) on the one-way section of Heintooga Road from the hatchery on Big Cove Road in Cherokee. After they'd ridden 3-4 miles up the road, they were stopped by park rangers who were carrying either M-4s or AR-15s machine guns. Park rangers don't carry those kinds of weapons.
M-4 machine gun and an AR-15 machine gun
"Our friends were told to turn around because the road was closed and they weren't permitted beyond that point. Right there sends up a red flag. And then when you ask rangers about it, they say 'Oh, there's nothing like that in the park.'
"Then I have an ex-military friend who now works for the National Park Service who's told me they are not allowed to even ask about any of the unusual activity in the park."
"The Air Force has been doing an awful lot of airdrops over the past two years up there," Clark said. "They come through Cherokee. We were at the Cherokee fairgrounds one day and six big transports flew over. They appeared to be bigger than C-130s. Their back gates were open and starting to close as they flew over the fairgrounds, so all six had just made a drop.
Clark took this photo of a cargo plane flying over Clingman's Dome in the
GSMNP in the summer of 2012. Note that the cargo door is open.
"Then up at Mile High Campground we saw low-flying planes dropping parachutes with big containers or packages on them. We actually saw the parachutes coming out of the planes. At the time, I thought there was some kind of military training going on, or perhaps the park rangers were supply outposts on the Appalachian Trail.
"Since then there's been plenty of evidence that the military is building something in the remote area near Heintooga Ridge Road. I believe from everything I've seen and heard that there's an underground facility in that area that's only accessible by helicopter.
Clark took the first two photos of Osprey aircraft flying low over the GSMNP in the fall of 2012. The second photo was taken from the Mile High Campground. The third photo is from the Internet and shows an Osprey at work.
"An official line is that the military planes are being used for training for Afghanistan, but they're pulling everyone out of Afghanistan so they can't still be training for it.
"One day we saw sky cranes flying over with boxcar size containers. They were gray and I figured they were Army and the containers were green. At the time, I figured they were putting in shelters for the park rangers. Shortly after that, we put two and two together and realized they were building something. They're supplying something up there."
While there are lots of U.S. Air Force planes and helicopters that fly over the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Clark said "The Park has been officially declared a no-fly zone and that the official excuse is that they're trying to repopulate the elk and the noise would disturb them."
Like Clark, most people believe the elk excuse is bogus because elk are thriving near the highway in front of the busy Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Cherokee.
"Another thing that's suspicious," Clark said, "is the water reservoir in the area of the secret underground facility mysteriously dried up.
Photo of a 50,000-gallon underground water tank
"Two guys who ran the fish hatchery in Cherokee followed the river to see why the water wasn't flowing like it should into the hatchery. They thought beavers might have built a dam. Instead, they found a dry tributary and a 50,000-gallon tank almost completely buried in the old reservoir. They also found pipes coming out of the ground and going into the tank.
"A year later, officials claimed the road had to be closed because of a washout, yet the tributary was bone dry. It's also interesting that the two guys from the fish hatchery were terminated for unknown reasons after they made their discoveries."
"I've suspected there was something being built up there for about three years because there was a lot of rumbling going on," Clark said. "In the middle of the night when everything is real quiet we've heard rumbling.
"Sometimes we take four-wheelers up on Heintooga Ridge and we've heard sounds like mining equipment, grinding sounds and booms or explosions. One time my wife, daughter and I camped up there just beyond Mile High Campground and heard the sounds about four different times.
"Even in Cherokee there have been loud noises that nobody could figure out where they came from. We also have had tremors in Cherokee every now and then, but they're never recorded by the USGA. Yet, when there have been tremors in the nearby town of Sylva, the USGA records those.
"Finally, I want to emphasize there are many others who've seen and heard unusual things in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park including some park employees who are afraid to talk about any of it."
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Tales from EarthseaDirector: Goro Miyazaki
Animator Goro Miyazaki, son of the famous Hayao Miyazaki ("The Walt Disney of Japan"), makes his directorial debut with the animated feature Tales from Earthsea (aka Gedo Senki). Miyazaki loosely adapted the work from the third and fourth volumes in best-selling sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin's infamous series of cult novels -- all set in Earthsea, a Tolkien-esque fantasy realm. Gedo Senki opens at a point when Earthsea is deteriorating rapidly, and the power of magic is waning -- tendencies signaled by the sudden, frightening reappearance of dragons in the land of humankind. Ged Sparrowhawk was once a lowly goat herder but is now known as Lord Archmage, the most powerful of all wizards. He soon meets Prince Arren of Enlad -- a teenage boy chased by a "shadow," the force that is tipping the world out of balance and driving innumerable people to the point of insanity. The men team up and journey to Hort Town, the Earthsea capital city, where they find the entire community turned upside down -- craftsmen have abandoned their trades, slavery runs rampant, addicts clamor in the streets. They ultimately find refuge in the priestess Tenar's palace, also occupied by the scarred orphan girl Therru. While the latter initially avoids Arren in fear of his "dark side," Arren bides his time in the nearby fields, being mentored by Ged on the balance of creation. Therru eventually opens up to Arren, but he grows increasingly disturbed by nightmares about being chased by the shadow, and his daytime fear of it grows absolutely overwhelming. Ged then discovers that the cause of the kingdom-wide "imbalance" is actually his old arch nemesis, the wizard Cob, who has opened up the gateway between the living and the dead, and hopes to attain eternal life, meanwhile plotting to murder Ged in vengeance for an act he committed long ago. In fear of his evil self, Arren absconds from Tenar's palace -- actively fleeing from the shadow -- but ultimately faints and turns up at the castle of Cob. The latter's minions give their guest "hazia," which causes him to lose his bearings and tell Cob his real name. Arren thus becomes enslaved to the wizard. Meanwhile, Ged and Therru turn up, and bring Arren back to full awareness. With their assistance, he is able to surmount the temptation of eternal life; he then does an about face, and, with the assistance of an enchanted sword, prepares to do battle with Cob.
Product Details
- Release Date:
- 03/08/2011
- 0786936809824
- Original Release:
- 2006
- Rating:
- Source:
- Walt Disney Video
- Region Code:
- 1
- Presentation:
- [Wide Screen]
- Time:
- 1:55:00
- Sales rank:
- 19,185
Special Features
Cast & Crew
|Bunta Sugawara
|Ged (Japanese)
|Timothy Dalton
|Sparrowhawk (English)
|Junichi Okada
|Prince Arren (Japanese)
|Matt Levin
|Arren (English)
|Blaire Restaneo
|Therru (English)
|Aoi Teshima
|Theru (Japanese)
|Teruyuki Kagawa
|Usagi (Japanese)
|Cheech Marin
|Hare (English)
|Yuko Tanaka
|Cob (Japanese)
|Willem Dafoe
|Cob (English)
|Jun Fubuki
|Tenar (Japanese)
|Mariska Hargitay
|Tenar (English)
|Kaoru Kobayashi
|The King (Japanese)
|Mitsuko Baisho
|Vendor (Japanese)
|Takashi Naito
|Hazia dealer (Japanese)
|Yui Natsukawa
|The Queen (Japanese)
Technical Credits
|Goro Miyazaki
|Motohiro Hatanaka
|Shuji Inoue
|Sound Mixer
|Keiko Itogawa
|Special Effects
|Keiko Niwa
|Ayumi Sato
|Takeshi Seyama
|Toshio Suzuki
|Chikako Takahashi
|Musical Direction/Supervision
|Yoji Takeshige
|Art Director
|Tamiya Terashima
|Score Composer
|Nobue Yoshinaga
|Sound/Sound Designer
Scene Index
1. Opening Credits / Dragons Among Men
2. The Death of a King
3. Sparrowhawk, Arren and the Wolves
4. Sparrowhawk and Arren Meet
5. Arrival at Hortown
6. Therru Is Rescued
7. Among the Slaves
8. The Comforts of Tenar
9. Hare's Explanation
10. Life on the Farm
11. The Sword Merchant
12. Therru's Song
13. To Cob's Castle
14. Cob's Manipulation
15. Into the Strongholds
16. Sparrowhawk's Capture
17. I Give You My True Name
18. Breaking Cob's Control
19. The Rescue
20. The Face of Death
21. Cob's Demise
22. Therru the Dragon
23. Arren Says Goodbye / End Credits
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Bonus Features
Behind the Studio / Origins of Earthsea
Enter the Lands
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It's a good start for Miyazaki's son. Wonderful score and a darker tone than I expected.


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Simple Web SolutionsFor Complex Problems
"Perhaps the most important thing of all is to avoid standardisation in your sales talk. If you find yourself one fine day saying the same things to a bishop and a trapezist, you are done for."
– David Ogilvy, on what we now call Personalization
About me
I've worked as a web developer, project manager, User Experience designer, and strategic consultant for four agencies over a seventeen year period. During that time I've helped design and deliver about 140 digital initiatives, several of them small and some very ambitious, for clients ranging from Tiffany & Co. and IBM to the University of Oregon and the Smithsonian.
My passion in work and in life is to bring together ideas, design, websites, software, cultures, languages, business problems and their solutions.
During the past decade, I've woven my work around Drupal and WordPress integrated with CRM and other marketing tools. To complement that product expertise, I have a broad knowledge of digital marketing methods such as A/B split testing, conversion tracking, SEO, and personalization.
I've learned about the e-commerce opportunities unique to universities, business associations, and online retailers. I've also learned a lot about digital marketing and engagement opportunities for government agencies, advocacy groups, and animal and human welfare organizations.
I am a generalist in my personal life and professionally. I love basketball, art, meditation, and swapping good stories.
Areas of Expertise
Digital Project Leadership
My core competency is bringing digital projects to successful conclusions. As a solutions consultant, product manager, and project manager — with agency experience dating back to the first dot-com boom — I have learned many of the nooks and crannies of the digital world. But the most important lesson learned as a digital project leader is to set the right tone; on fast-changing timelines where everybody knows a little bit about everything, how people treat one another is what matters most to success.
The most important lesson learned as a digital project leader is to set the right tone
Integrity is the foundation of my approach to project management and product ownership: that basis ensures everything we do as a team delivers superior ROI. It also makes members of a project team, on all sides, happier at work. On a more tactical level, I may implement either Agile or Waterfall methods to lead the execution and delivery phases of project work, while applying Waterfall to large-scale budget and timeline planning. I have a talent for using the iterative work cycle approach to consulting services as well as product development.
Whatever the approach, I believe deeply in empowering every single person I work with to find fulfillment and enjoyment from their work. And that goes for not just my team but everyone I work with — partner firms and our counterparts from the client side.
Solutions Design
I approach digital solutions with three key pieces:
- Business Analysis & Discovery
- Digital Experience Design
- Technical Architecture
But for me, a key part of being a solutions designer is ensuring that you're not the only one creating the solution. I have skill in all three areas, but my real talent lies in identifying others more skilled or knowledgeable than I. Digital Experience Design in particular works best when every stakeholder contributes.
part of being a good solutions designer is ensuring that you're not the only one creating the solution
For example, a Customer Journey Map created by a broad coalition from the agency and client teams will more accurately depict real-world customer experiences. Clients always know their business better than I do — and many times my own team members do too.
User Experience (UX) Design
I've been designing, editing and evaluating information architecture and UX deliverables since working as an agency web developer 16 years ago. Over time, I've consistently improved my thinking on the subject and adapted to changes in design, language, and technology. Deep technical understanding of CMS software is key to my UX expertise. I have an eye for design and a talent for editing and refining UX designs on teams I'm a part of.
UX is a discovery and planning tool as well as an implementation and delivery one. Collectively reviewing UX diagrams — of messaging, layout, features, and how users experience them — is the clearest way to refine project goals. Beyond planning, UX is also valuable as a way of documenting the agreement about what will and won't be achieved during a project. Well edited and reviewed UX is a resource for designers and developers alike when it comes to implementing complex solutions on a system like Drupal.
Enterprise Drupal CMS
I started my career in the web business before Drupal and even the concept of CMS software existed. Since then, I have acquired knowledge of several CMS products and above all Drupal. I've learned to design Drupal not just as a website management tool but as a unique software product with unlimited capabilities for driving digital experience.
Having used other CMS products like WordPress and Blackbaud Sphere, I recognize the common CMS patterns. That gives me insight into how and why to scale Drupal. I've cultivated a talent for creating Drupal technical architecture that is intelligible to Drupal developers and a guide to designers, while not compromising on quality when it comes to expressing business goals.
CRM Integration
I've learned first-hand that CRM's value multiplies exponentially when it serves as the hub of a digital platform. On top of CRM implementation best practices, in terms of business logic, field structure and data migration, I have deep experience in integrating CRM with Drupal and other products, like Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Event Management, and E-commerce & Payments.
To fully take advantage of the best commerce and marketing products out there, it's essential to centralize efforts around a CRM. But integrations require careful design and consideration. Designing a CRM-Savvy implementation of a CMS like Drupal gives that CRM-centralized platform a solid foundation. On the flip side, the CRM design should be "Drupal-savvy"; around segmentation, custom fields, and specific 3rd party product choices. Understanding how products are used on both sides is the key to a successful CRM integration.
Digital Business Analysis
Over many years, I have taught myself the art of business data analysis, and now it's an important part of what I provide as a consultant. My method is to understand the opportunities and challenges of each project by examining relevant data coming from Web Analytics, Email Marketing, CRM, ECommerce, and any decisive data points that an organization's CRM system might provide.
Conducting analysis informs work proposals, estimates, and important project assets like a Statement of Work, UX diagrams, or a functional requirements document. It also helps me advise clients on creating RFPs and selecting software and services. Looking at the data in a systematic way helps me understand how to respond to what clients need — at the onset and throughout the relationship.
Digital Commerce & Payments
My very first Web project in 1998 was a retail e-commerce site, and since then I have worked on all manner of digital commerce, from subscriptions to membership to online donations. I've acquired a strong understanding of multi-channel commerce solutions that may begin on the Web but span CRM, Events, Telephone banking, and Email Marketing. I have a particular interest in Checkout Usability testing, since I think it provides a lot of insight into the broader world of digital experiences in general, not just on the Web but everywhere.
From a technical and business ecosystem standpoint, I know the Payments industry pretty well; I understand how to assess features like vaults and wallets, multiple currencies and languages, security/compliance, fee systems, and the technical niceties of payment processing and APIs as they relate to integration with CMS software products like Drupal.
Digital Marketing
I'm an avid student of digital marketing with more than a decade of experience collaborating with designers, writers, and strategists to position products and ideas. I regularly read on the subject. My knowledge of marketing as a discipline complements a profound of expertise with technology and methods like content strategy, SEO, A/B Split Testing, Personalization, Web Analytics, and Marketing Automation. I've had a lot of success understanding the challenges and opportunities for marketers in creating a responsive/mobile web presence.
It's important for me to continue building expertise in Digital Marketing; I've found it allows marketing specialists on teams I work with to find a lot more success than they normally would.
Portfolio: Featured Projects
Tiffany & Co. Global Digital Commerce
I was fortunate enough to work on the Tiffany.com site as a Sr. Web Developer at Oven Digital. I also worked on its non-US counterpart sites. 15 years on, Tiffany & Co.'s web presence has remained conceptually unchanged in terms of design and UX and is one of the most outstanding and successful enterprise e-commerce websites. Tiffany & Co. was an eight-figure, multi-year engagement that yielded a highly profitable online retail presence at a relatively early time period. The enduring success of the Tiffany websites, which traded on minimalist UI, top-line photography, personalized content, and email social sharing, has served me throughout my career as a frame of reference for what excellent Digital Commerce and User Experience looks like. Among the initiatives I led was a design and coding project that let users send friends a customized HTML email message that incorporated Tiffany's superb product photography.
PetSmart Charities Digital Marketing on Drupal and LCRM
PetSmart Charities is the nonprofit arm of PetSmart Inc., and has a tremendous impact on pet welfare in North America, both as a sponsor of animal welfare programs and as a major grantmaker to thousands of animal welfare organizations. Our teams worked together with PetSmart Charities to revitalize their online presence with an enterprise Drupal implementation closely synchronized with propriety Luminate CRM and E-Commerce, Salesforce Luminate and many other powerful marketing and commerce tools. Over a series of several years, I worked with PetSmart to lead the rejuvenation and revitalization of their digital presence, overseeing a dramatic increase in fundraising and engagement with the public.
University of Chicago Alumni Customer Experience
First, as a consultant for solutions for Blackbaud, engaged by the University of Chicago to build an alumni portal on its Sphere SaaS platform, and then as an independent consultant, I helped design technology solutions that met the demand for increasing alumni participation, networking, and fundraising revenue. The main challenge was how to build an online presence that catered to both younger and older generations of alumni.
Proceeding from that larger constraint, an interesting problem was the need to let students who registered online for accounts self-verify themselves, using either a social security number, a student ID number, or various other forms of proof of identity. This way the University of Chicago could involve the maximum number of students in the most economical way possible. As with other projects for alumni and membership organizations we had to create a complete digital experience, such that communications and events, whether conducted by a website, app, phone or in person, be synchronized among themselves in a holistic fashion.
Design is usually what gets perceived," says Felber, "but we're very strong in design only because we have very strong technology and strategy that makes it actually happen. My deep belief is that a good design company today is not possible without having amazing technology and strategy teams, because those three components work so tightly together.
Micheal Felber, Design Director at Oven Digital, New York, October 2000
01/2017 – Present
Independent practice focusing on $4,000 to $18,000 WordPress and Drupal website builds and software selection and integration services in the areas of marketing, e-commerce, and communications.
Freeflow Digital LLC
Partner / Client services focus
09/2008 – 01/2017
With responsibility for the success and growth of all aspects of Freeflow Digital, I helped drive the transformation of a three-person crew into a trusted and reliable twenty-person technology consulting firm with long-term partner and client relationships. I was instrumental to reshaping the company identity from "Drupal shop + data integration" to a data-focused WCMS and CRM consulting firm.
My focus has been on business development and designing ambitious solutions for clients. By excelling at those responsibilities and mentoring my team along the way, I helped Freeflow cultivate a broad, loyal base of clients with many successful, long-term engagements.
Beyond client relationship management, the essence of my solution consulting work breaks down as follows:
– Reading and research: reading in-depth publications about a clients' business/industry and conducting discovery workshops and customer surveys
– Analysis of marketing information sources like analytics data, SEO diagnostics, split testing results, in-site search logs, and activity histories from CRM and/or ecommerce
– Web Customer Experience analysis, with a focus on usability testing high-value areas like authenticated-user dashboards, help & support, navigation, search, and ecommerce
– Authoring and/or review of estimates, work proposals, and statements of work
– Delivery of information architecture, including web/mobile sitemaps & wireframes, Drupal architecture, data mapping of migration and integration, CRM/Ecommerce structure, and multi-product system diagrams
– UX design for the web, both as a sales tool for building understanding and as an implementation resource for guiding delivery of creative design and Drupal development
For me the recurring goal among all kinds of organizations I've worked with at Freeflow is to leave behind me an effective system for making strategic goals come true. While the specifics may vary, the systems often take on the format described in the diagram below:
Blackbaud Inc
Project Manager / Consultant
12/2003 – 08/2008
I came to Blackbaud via its acquisition of Kintera, where I'd been working as a delivery manager. I worked as a project manager and consultant on multiple 6 and 7 figure projects for clients like the NAACP, Heifer International, University of Virginia, Notre Dame, Amnesty International, and the United Nations. The company has about 4,000 clients, and I typically worked on the largest projects.
The core of my work was as a solutions designer and project driver around Sphere, an enterprise SaaS platform of integrated products, including CMS, CRM, E-commerce, Bulk Email Marketing and Event Management. The challenge was about how to create solutions in a way that Blackbaud's products didn't allow for; the Sphere platform was large and offered several useful products, but it was not Open Source and had a limited API, so it as difficult to modify it for particular business requirements.It often fell on me to lead projects which integrated Sphere with other systems, including Raiser's Edge, Authorize.net and other Payments providers, and Drupal. This experience prepared me for success at designing the integration of CMS software with CRM and with SaaS products in general.
The thing that most impressed me from my tenure at Blackbaud was that when ideating a complex, enterprise solution, the only way to success was to start with design, Information Architecture, and the User Experience, and from there finalize the scope of work and the accompanying technical specifications.
OVEN Digital
Sr. Web Designer / Developer
03/2000 – 02/2002
I worked in the Manhattan office of a global design and web development agency, working on projects of all kinds; a Hong Kong-based dating site, the Bank of Japan, IBM (PC Division), Tiffany & Co, Consumer Reports, the MoMA, Harper Collins, Snoop Dogg, and more
At Oven, I was fortunate enough to work on the Tiffany.com site and its non-US counterpart sites, which 15 years later remains unchanged design-wise and UX-wise. That's remarkable because most websites are (and should be) redesigned every 2 or 3 years. Tiffany was an eight-figure, multi-year engagement that yielded a highly profitable online retail presence. The enduring success of the Tiffany websites, which traded on minimalist UI, top-line photography, personalized content, and email social sharing, has served me throughout my career as a frame of reference for what great Customer Experience looks like.
Independent Consultant
E-commerce Web Development
06/1998 – 12/1999
I got my start in Web Development working on book publisher's website, www.pelicanpub.com and book-selling site www.oldchildrensbooks.com.
University of Oregon
B.A., Environmental Studies
Universidad de Granada
Undergraduate studies, History
Oregon Episcopal School
National Merit Scholar
Notes & Observations
Budgeting planning into digital projects
A collection of thoughts on project planning and especially the importance of budgeting the right amount of planning time into projects. #CatastropheAversion
CRM-based digital experience architecture
Just a collection of notes about my experience with digital platforms centered on CRM. As we move into a focus on 360-degree "Digital Experience", CRM-as-the-hub still makes sense to me.
Notes on making websites fast
Scattershot and hopefully intelligible musing on my experiences with the crucial issue of page load times on websites. This is an incredibly important opportunity that I think a lot of us are still grappling with.


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Cirrhosis is the term used to describe a severely scarred liver. Scar tissue forms in the liver when the liver is healing from an injury. For example, heavy alcohol use can cause the liver to become inflamed, which can result in scar tissue developing in the liver. When the injury to the liver is chronic and persistent, scar tissue builds up over time. Eventually, the scarring becomes so severe that the liver is considered "cirrhotic." A person with a severely scarred liver is considered to have cirrhosis.
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As you may have already noticed from the pictures I posted yesterday, I had a LOT of fun this past weekend. Actually, "LOT" is a bit of an understatement. The title of this post comes from the slogan on a shirt I bought at the race expo on Friday. It's totally me.
Friday evening I spent some time down at Mercy Ministries for the pasta dinner they were having for all of us on the team. My boss and I met our goal and raised a little over $2000 for Mercy this year! We were very excited because this money will cover about 12 days in the program for a girl. It doesn't sound like a lot, but when it comes to helping young women out it really is a lot! We enjoyed some yummy food, and then I headed home to go to bed early to be ready for the race.
I woke up around 4:30am and heard it pouring down rain. I've been told it was storming prior to that, but since I can sleep through anything I never heard it. I dosed til time to get up at 5am and then it was off to downtown Nashville for the race. It was pouring the whole time we were driving and as we walked to the start line for the Team Mercy picture. We of course donned trash bags (I know, it's weird, but it's what runners do in the rain to stay dry before the race). It actually let up and had stopped raining shortly after the race started, so I was able to stay dry.
We located Bennett and Chris just in time to head across that start line. It actually felt a little weird to only be running the 1/2 since the other 2 times I crossed that line I was heading out for a full 26.2 miles. At the same time, it was really fun in a different way because this time I wasn't as worried about pace or energy or anything.
Chris runs about my pace, so we ran the whole time together chatting and enjoying the streets of Nashville. He hasn't spent much time here before so I pointed out items of interest and we both were amazed at how many people were running with us. There was a record field of over 30,000 finishers this year! Of course, a few thousand run the full.. but it's still a lot of runners gallavanting around the streets of Nashville.
Some things worth noting from the race: I always love hearing people in disbelief over the statue with all the naked people at the top of Demonbreun. It's funny to me that people laugh when they hear you talk about the Batman building... seriously people, it looks like Batman! (You can see it in the pics from yesterday). We saw a blind man running. His guide wore a shirt saying guide and held poles behind her that he also held to keep him going in the right direction. Amazing. I reminisced over the spot where I stopped to throw up last year. (Chris probably loved hearing about that.) We both complained that miles 11 to 13 were pretty much all uphill (not cool Elite Racing course planner people - not cool). I saw my roommate from college on the sidewalks cheering for her dad. I hadn't seen her in ages, so that was random and fun! People kept cheering for me by calling me Team Mercy, so that was nice. I tried to smile and wave at all of them. I generally smiled and waved a lot and tagged the hands of little kids holding them out as they watched us run by (I hope it made their day).
Chris and I finished in 2:02. It was a new PR for him since this was only his second half, and it tied with my second best time ever for a 1/2. I was pleased. I hadn't really trained as hard for this one so it was nice to just run along laughing and talking and seeing the sights and not worrying much about the clock. Bob finished in 1:52 and Bennett and another pal Kirk finished in 1:42.
I of course napped most of the afternoon, but not before having lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. YUM.
My pals Crystal and Tim joined me to meet up with Bennett and Chris for dinner. Then we headed downtown and were at the coolest piano bar in town (ok, also the only one I think) by 8pm. You heard me. 8pm. But seriously - it was already packed and we got one of the last tables. And no cover. Score!
We had a blast. The band plays requests all night, so we laughed and talked and sang and danced til a little after midnight. A personal favorite moment of the night was dancing to Billie Jean with Bennett. We took quite a few pictures (believe me, it was hard to pick just a few to post here) and I think they show that we were all smiles and having some fun.
The night ended with a trip to Sbarro. It's amazing to me how many people are in there eating at 1am. I really was kind of sad that the day was over so quickly, but it was probably one of the most fun full days I've had lately. Don't get me wrong... I've been having some fun times in my world these past few months. But getting to run a race and go out with good friends all in one day takes the cake for now.
Sunday was much calmer... I slept in and then went to the baseball game with my family to watch my sister's boyfriend play. He did really well and it was a relatively exciting game, which was good since I'm not all that into baseball.
Congrats to everyone else who ran the race! And for those of you who have mentioned in your comments to me that you want to run a 1/2 someday, then I say to you that it's time to make it happen! For your first, you don't need to worry about time. Just do it to get across that finish line. It's really a lot of fun if you make sure to take some time to enjoy yourself. So put on those sneakers and go run for 5 minutes or 10 or whatever you can handle right now. You've gotta start somewhere.
Thanks again for all the race well wishes. Racing season is pretty much over in this part of the country since it's practically summer, though my next race will be a 10-miler in June. But that's because I'm crazy and I go run 10-milers in the heat even when I hate running in the heat. After that, no more til fall. I'm contemplating my next marathon. I could go back to Huntsville in December but I'm leaning toward doing Memphis the weekend before instead. There's also one just outside Chattanooga in November. Maybe I'll do both? We'll see...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Some Girls Chase Boys - I Pass 'Em
4 comments:
- B2G said...
The admiration for your running skillz... runs deep.
- April 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM
- Rachel said...
I am going to run a half-marathon in Atlanta on Thanksgiving. I'm so excited! :)
- April 30, 2008 at 7:30 AM
- Lena said...
I'm trying to get Brad to run the 10-mile one...he's seriously considering it! Do you know when it is/where I can find information for him? Your topic on the blind man running got my attention - Brad said when he was in H.S., there was a blind guy on the team, and he used to hold onto someone's arm during practice and their coach actually ran every race with him! That's amazing!
- April 30, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- peachy perspective said...
Wow, awesome finish time! And nice way to top it all off with friends at the Big Bang that evening. Love that place!
- May 1, 2008 at 11:53 PM
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Go... Jenson... Go!
I hope Jenson wins this weekend on my birthday weekend, it'll top off a great weekend.


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"[George W.] Bush may turn out to be the worst president in history," director Oliver Stone told Entertainment Weekly. "I think history is going to be very tough on him. But that doesn't mean he isn't a great story. It's almost Capra-esque, the story of a guy who had very limited talents in life, except for the ability to sell himself."
Thus, Stone's film W. is a melodramatic, sometimes farcical look at Bush's life over four decades—from his wild early years to his swift rise to the world's most powerful job. It reimagines his struggles with alcohol, his notorious temper, his conversion to Christianity and his inability to pronounce the word "nuclear." And it ends with a cinematic ellipsis ... a story unfinished, still in progress.
That ellipsis—and much of what precedes it—isn't very kind.
"Are you joking?" Stone told ABC News. "We have two wars going. We have an economy in tatters, and he's not dangerous? He's gonna upset and ruin most of our lives, I think. ... We have been played like marionettes."
Still, while W. is without question a political movie, many of its themes go beyond politics. And those are the themes we'll tackle here—not whether the 43rd president of the United States should've invaded Iraq or not. Discuss the real W. on your own time. Here, we'll address Stone's fictional "Dubya," in all his malapropist glory.
Positive Elements
Stone's Bush is idealistic—at least once he starts to get his feet under him. He wants to do what's right for the country. Though some critics believe President Bush intentionally lied about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Stone's script show him to be furious when it becomes clear Iraq isn't hiding any WMDs—and that his cadre of advisers seem to have intentionally misled him.
He is also driven. As Stone puts it offscreen, "The fact that he had to overcome the shadow of his father and the weight of his family name—you have to admire his tenacity." Onscreen, we see Bush struggle to get his head in the game, dump the baggage of his partying past and put his body back into fighting shape.
When he is in the midst of the mess he makes of things during and after college, it's his father, George H.W. Bush, who shines. He's presented as overbearing here, but we also see that his advice is often right on the money: Stay out of trouble. Go to Alcoholics Anonymous. Grow up. Work hard—for longer than five minutes.
"You haven't kept your word once," "Poppy" rails at "Junior" after the younger Bush walks away from yet another job. "Not once. In the Bush family, we honor our commitments."
Spiritual Content
For a while, Bush shakes off his father's advice like flies from a horse's hide. Be responsible? Stop drinking? Not for him. Then one morning, he collapses during a routine run and has a powerful religious experience—one that would change his life.
"We must on the surface take his conversion seriously," Stone told screendaily.com. "It is the centerpiece of his change. At the age of 40, he was a drinker and he changed quite radically over a period of four years, so something happened to him."
After the conversion, which is presented as a dialogue-free sequence involving blurred trees and the bright light of the sun, Bush gives up alcohol and starts attending prayer meetings led by a preacher named Earle Hudd (a purely fictional character). It's a hard road at first. "There's a darkness that follows me," he tells Hudd. "And no matter how many times I go to church and pray ... that darkness still has me hooked." The pastor tells Bush, "The Christian life is not a constant high," and that he must commit himself to loving everyone, every minute, for the rest of his life, without promise of payback.
Bush later encourages his father to pick up evangelical lingo when running for president. (The elder Bush refuses.) And when, as the governor of Texas, George W. meets with Hudd again, he tells the preacher, "I believe God wants me to run for president." Once Bush becomes president, we see him lead his closest advisors in awkward and apparently mandatory prayers. (Stone's visual technique here is a subtly mocking one.) Bush references God frequently, both in public and private. When someone asks him whether he's consulted his father about the Iraqi war, Bush snaps back, "There's a higher Father I appeal to."
Sexual Content
Before Stone's Bush marries Laura, he's engaged to a girl named Fran. He snuggles up to her at a saloon (and jokingly asks if she's a lesbian) before proposing to her. To celebrate her affirmative response, they get up on the bar and boogie.
Next thing we know, George Jr. is in George Sr.'s office, where Poppy's bawling out his son. It seems Fran is pregnant. Junior whines, "I used a condom, I'm not dumb!" But Poppy is having none of that, and darkly tells his son that he'll "take care of this young woman."
We see a handful of naked frat pledges, including Bush. (The frame cuts off above their waists, but the implication is they're fully nude.) Twice we catch glimpses of the future president either lying or walking around in his underwear. He and others sometimes make crass sexual references.
George W. and Laura kiss occasionally, and they're seen talking in bed a few times.
Violent Content
George Jr. and Sr. nearly get into a fistfight when the younger Bush comes home drunk. Bush later has a dream that the two are fighting in the Oval Office. He rams his car into a garage door after Laura carefully tries to criticize one of his political speeches. He frantically crashes around a room while choking on a pretzel.
W. also features wartime footage, including explosions, shootouts and people walking about in blood-soaked clothes. Audiences see the charred remains of victims.
Crude or Profane Language
Bush may walk with God in this film, but he never walks away from foul language. His fondness for careless cursing (along with the words that come out of the mouths of his associates) leads to a couple of f-words and about 10 s-words. Jesus' name is misused twice (once by Laura), and God's is abused a dozen times. (Four times it's paired with "d--n.") Milder interjections include "h---" and "a--."
Drug and Alcohol Content
Bush consumes copious amounts of alcohol. While being hazed, he and other fraternity pledges have vodka and whiskey splashed all over their bodies and forced through funnels down their throats. At another party, Bush shares a bottle of booze with his 15-year-old brother, Jeb, as the two drive home. Rarely, until he arrives on the political stage, is he without a beer or whiskey bottle in his hand. He even quits a job on an oil rig when his boss won't let him drink a beer on the clock. He, Laura and others smoke cigarettes, too.
Other Negative Elements
Through a partly open door, the camera looks on as Bush uses the bathroom. His onscreen eating habits are rather disgusting, and we repeatedly watch as he noisily chews and gulps and talks around large mouthfuls of food. He plays poker.
W. is sometimes an outsider's psychological portrait of one of the world's most powerful men and sometimes an extended Saturday Night Live sketch. It seems to operate on three distinct levels: The first is loaded with simpleminded "Bushism" stereotypes, designed to get an easy laugh from a presumably liberal-leaning audience. And, consequently, Bush often reads as a bumbling, foolish, rich-kid ne'er-do-well who couldn't see the writing on the wall right in front of him if it was lit up with neon.
The second is a slightly more sympathetic, not-quite complex portrayal of the man who, against all odds and with the apparent help of God, conquered his own weaknesses and addictions to become the leader of the free world.
But on the third level, Oliver Stone seems to be asking a particularly ticklish question: Wouldn't it have been better had Bush not found God? For the sake of the nation (and the world), wouldn't it have been better if Bush had stayed drunk and never amounted to much?
In asking this question, Stone takes aim at Bush's transformative conversion to born-again Christianity. He presents Bush's new faith as sincere but misguided, a naive commitment that's a jarring counterpoint to the power-hungry cabinet members and elected officials who surround him.
We live in a culture that has long questioned exactly what it looks like to separate church and state. In the recent documentary Religulous, Bill Maher argues that religion is a form of madness and that religious political leaders simply can't be trusted. Stone doesn't go quite so far in W., but he still walks a ways down that road. Religion is fine if it gets you off the bottle, Stone seems to say. But if it prompts you to run for president, well, then that's dangerous stuff.
Moviegoers should be required to ask themselves, Is that true? Is America ready for Maher and Stone's more secular society? Should we be? According to a 2007 Gallup poll, only 45 percent of Americans would even consider voting for an atheist. And many of our highest political leaders have been deeply religious, their faith informing their whole being.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people," wrote John Adams. "It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Has George W. Bush, then, always in every way used his morality and religious faith properly within the leadership role he assumed? Stone can't answer that question. Nor can I. And I don't want to. What I do want to do is see America move away from the notion that belief should not influence decision. Faith changes people. God changes people. It should. And He should. If faith didn't influence every aspect of our lives—if we relegated it to a Sunday morning pastime—what would be the point?
So, again I say, forget presidents and politics and interparty strife. W. implies that we should all carefully pick and choose where and when our faith affects us. Among its many flaws, that may well be the greatest.
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Josh Brolin as George W. Bush; Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush; James Cromwell as George Herbert Walker Bush; Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney; Toby Jones as Karl Rove; Jeffrey Wright as General Colin Powell
Oliver Stone ( Snowden, Savages, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, World Trade Center, Alexander, Any Given Sunday)


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Just do it : action's central role in venture creation
Gordon, Scott R. (2012) Just do it : action's central role in venture creation. In The Joint ACERE-DIANA International Entrepreneurship Conference, 31 January – 3 February 2012, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA.
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This study examined the effect that venture creation action has on the outcomes of nascent entrepreneurship. A theoretical model was developed which proposes action as a fundamental mechanism in venture creation. Thus, action should rightly be considered as a means rather than an end in itself. In this respect, action transmits the effects of venture resource endowments on to venture creation outcomes. This conceptual model was empirically supported in a random sample of nascent ventures. Ventures with higher levels of human or social capital tend to be more active in venture creation. In turn, more active venture attempts are more likely to achieve improved results.
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