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Q What do Nelson Rockefeller, Barbara Stanwyck, Liberace, Jack Benny and Thelma Ritter all have in common? Besides the fact that they're all dead
A: They were all victims of an ambush of sorts orchestrated by my groupie grandma.
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Q What do Nelson Rockefeller, Barbara Stanwyck, Liberace, Jack Benny and Thelma Ritter all have in common? Besides the fact that they're all dead
A: They were all victims of an ambush of sorts orchestrated by my groupie grandma.
Gram crashed the movie set of "The Furies" and snagged autographs from Stanwyck, Walter Huston, Gilbert Roland (aka The Cisco Kid) and Blanche Yurka. A few years later during the mid-1950s, serendipity landed both Gram and Liberace at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, where she requested the showman's John Hancock along with his signature sketch of a piano.
And when Gram was unable to get up close and personal with dignitaries, she wrote letters, lots of letters. Envelopes mailed with 3-cent stamps contained letters from Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. The motley collection of autographs was scribbled on paper that ran the gamut from fancy menus and postcards to paper scraps half the size of today's Post-it notes.
My mother, Gram's daughter, received an unsolicited autograph from President Calvin Coolidge. Before attending the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn, Mom heard a First Cat was missing. During the kid-friendly event, a fluffy fur ball pounced from a nearby hedge and as cats do, demanded a petfest from Mom. My mother asked a Secret Service agent if that kitty was the AWOL feline. Long story short: It was and in 1929, Mom received a thank-you note from President Coolidge.
In later years, Mom wrote mostly to authors, praising or critiquing their writings. She received lengthy responses commenting on her criticisms, ranging from grammatical errors (once an English teacher, always an English teacher) to inaccuracies. A 1949 letter from the vice president of NBC said, in part, "the show ('Meet the Press') needs careful watching to avoid unpleasant moments such as those you mention." I wonder what prompted that response and Mom, now 97, doesn't recall.
My hunger for celebrity autographs surfaced only once and is chronicled in a brief note signed, "Peace, Dave Garroway." I vaguely remember a chimpanzee named Kokomo who upstaged the "Today" show's hosts and guests. I scrawled a letter in elementary school print to Mr. Garroway and asked, "Who owns Kokomo?"
As I grew older, I focused on other interests and abandoned — to my regret — my gram's and mom's passion for autographs. However, I enjoy thumbing through the crinkled and disparate pen and ink collection that two generations saved. Maybe I'll rekindle my family's legacy and write snail-mail letters to celebrities.
In the meantime, in case you're wondering, Nick Carrado owned Kokomo.
[ Patricia Misiuk is a Lakeland resident. ]


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Thursday, September 28, 2006
Bad bad day today
I got groceries. Chocolate sugar free ice cream: necessary. I wonder when I'll be able to go grocery shopping again. Thinking about the widow that the prophet stayed with, whose food did not run dry. Trying to find opportunities for giving. Seeking to obey God in all things. Will God care for me, too? Not like I can "earn it"...whatever. Often I think I must either be being tested like Job, or beneath God's notice. Why is life so often hard, and so often (pardon my french) shitty?
Dh says he'll go and try to get a 2nd shift warehouse or factory job tomorrow, and keep up his job search during the day.
I took dd in for her check up yesterday and then when I dropped her off at school got to witness her being teased in the office, right in front of me. Middle schoolers have no shame. I asked her about the incident later and she told me she just thought the girl who was teasing her was weird. She totally didn't "get" that she was being mocked and laughed at. The good thing about AS is that since her brain is wired differently, the things that bother her are not the things that would bother me. But it broke my heart. Her comment: "Those kids are just weirdo aliens!" OK, deep breath...I did not want to get upset over something she's not upset over. But the very nerve, teasing a kid in front of that kid's mother. Of course if I'd have said something it would have exacerbated the situation. I spoke with parents of another AS kid today and they confirmed everything I was thinking and the choice I made not to say anything to the rude girl.
I, for one, like kids with AS. They are so honest. It's refreshing these days, in a way. There are several in our homeschooling coop, and I had a nice conversation with one kid today about professional lawn-maintenance vehicles. He was wearing a John Deere sweatshirt, and my guess is, that's his current fascination. I helped him make tea. Styrofoam does not go so well in the microwave.
But back to my observations about dd1 yesterday: When I went to pick her up to take her to her checkup, some of the kids in her cluster/class were sitting with her, sharing their lunches and were very friendly to her and one girl even looked me in the eye and said: "Hi B's Mom!" That was so welcoming. Made me glad. For most of the day, these are the kids dd1 is with, so that is good. A blessing.
I can tell I'm sinking into depression. Can't take St. John's Wort because it counteracts some other meds I'm on and the stop gap health insurance we are getting is for emergencies and does not cover pre-exisitings, so I'm screwed if I get a scrip before this weekend, and I'm screwed if I don't. Oh, well. I've done depressed before. I'm being meticulous about my prayers, about exercise and good with my sleep and eating.
I think I'll go fetch a tall glass of water.
I hope whoever reads this blog is feeling better today than I am. Say a prayer for us, and especially that W would get a sufficiently paying job. I hate being chronically ill. We both know that I don't have the stamina to work full time.
God bless.
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- Carmen said...
I'm praying hard for you, Alana.
- The McCallums said...
We'll be praying for you.
- Laura said...
We are praying for you, of course.
God bless...
- DebD said...
I don't always write, but I do check in. Praying for you.
I don't know if today will be good at my house. Already operating on limited sleep (my cross). Have co-op this morning and I just don't have the heart to do anymore. Muddling along with that. The kids like it though, but I'd rather stay home, especially today.
Oldest son is sick with what I suspect is pnemonia. Gotta take him to the drs today. I just wish my family would get healthy. We haven't had a healthy week since late Aug.
Extended family problems are rearing their ugly heads. I'm not wanting to deal with that either. Wishing my parents acted like normal people (sigh). Need to go to confession.
- Theodora said...
Like debd, I don't always write but I check on you every day.
- Tabitha said...
I'm checking in too. Hugs and prayers. BTW, can you take B vitamins? I'm told they are real good for stress. If you can but don't have any, let me know and I'll see what I've got here. Sometimes I think I could open a pharmacy!
- The Traditional Frog said...
First, My prayers are with you and your husband.
Second, As a person with AS I can certainly understand your frustration at seeing your daughter teased. That other girl certainly had a lot of gall to tease your daughter in front of you. Unfortunately these days many children just don't care.
When I was younger many things (teasing,etc.) used to go completely over my head. Some of these things however did not, although given my kindly nature toward others I down played them when an adult would ask 'Was so and so making fun of you?' wanting to intervene.
It wasn't until after I graduated high school (in 1994) that I began to become aware that I was really 'different' and a few years later was diagnosed with AS. My life makes a lot more sense to me now.
I am glad your daughter's classmates (at least at this point)are treating her well. I pray that her school year goes well ans she is treated kindly.
As for your depression, well I've been there and done that. I also have dealt with anxiety/panic attacks as well. No fun!
Once again, may God bless you and yours! May St. Xenia of St. Petersburg assist your husband at finding worthy employment.
- Lauren S. said...
I didn't know you had a dd with AS. One of my dearest friend's son is in the process of being diagnosed with it. She is having a hell of a time. He's only 5 and is starting kindergarten and it's been an adjustment. I just love him. He is a great kid - so honest! I find that refreshing too. Once he's comfortable, he's so sweet too. I'll have to show her your blog. Praying for you.
- Xenia Kathryn said...
You will be in my thoughts and prayers today. Reading of you hardships makes me wish we lived in the same community, I wish I could relieve your burdens somehow (even if it just meant hopping on over and eating some chocolate with you :D). But alas, in my prayers you and your family will remain.
Through the prayers of St. Xenia....
- Mimi said...
Intensive prayers.
- Arielle said...
I'm not so quick on the uptake...or maybe I just haven't been reading long enough...what's AS?
You certainly have my prayers. And I'll ask for St. Xenia's too.
- alana said...
AS is Asperger's Syndrome. Look it up on wikipedia for a comprehensive definition. It's an autistic spectrum disorder.


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On what basis do you claim this, other than your own idle speculation? Considering that Christians have been willing to run with sillier premises over the past 2000 years, I think we need some solid evidence for your claim rather than just taking it as a default. Do you have any?Especially since the verses repeatedly use the phrase, "to the third and fourth generation," which suggests we're likely dealing with an idiom or some other figure of speech that's been pulled from culture, translated, and printed into text.
As in what the original author meant? It is and it isn't. First, as I mentioned above, the way the verses are written suggest that there's some figurative language going on that's likely lost to translation. So right away we're at a handicap in understanding the original author's true intent.
However, ignoring that, the verses are more of a historical point for Christians than a modern belief. Certain aspects of the ancient Jewish faith evolved over time, such as henotheism into monotheism and the idea of an afterlife. Earlier on, it's likely that the Jews did indeed believe that suffering in life was payment for sin, and that sin could be inherited to successive generations. As I pointed out in an earlier post, this theme died down in Judaism with books like Job that argued against this theology, and instead paved the way for the notion of personal accountability for one's sins in the afterlife.
It's voiced by God, penned by a human. Again, I'm not a Bible literalist.
Christians believe that there are eternal truths about God, the universe, etc. However, our understanding of those truths has changed over time.
No, it is not. Original sin is simply the first sin, and is therefore notable as the point where sin entered the world.
Where did I say that we need an idea of sin? I don't believe that sin nor suffering are particularly needed; I do believe that both exist.


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CHICAGO – Illinois gun owners who fail to report the theft or loss of a weapon will face tougher restrictions under a new law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday.
The law closes a background check loophole for the sale or transfer of a firearm from a private party. It also requires firearm thefts or losses to be reported within 72 hours.
Quinn, a staunch supporter of gun control, signed the legislation at a South Side Chicago park where off duty Chicago police officer Thomas Wortham was fatally shot in May 2010.
He was flanked by members of the Wortham family and Illinois gun control advocates.
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Democrats State Sen. Kwame Raoul and state Rep. Mike Zalewski sponsored the bill. It's also supported by Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said the legislation will help police identify suspicious patterns of behavior by persons who fail to file reports yet claim their guns were lost or stolen after they are recovered at a crime scene. Alvarez said the Illinois Council on Handgun Violence spent hours in her office advocating for the legislation.
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DeKALB – Months after ComEd cleared a bunch of trees around the DeKalb Nature Trail, relations between certain members of the public and DeKalb park commissioners still are raw.
An update on the group that would restore the nature trail devolved an open question-and-answer session between park commissioners and Angela Bollinger, one citizen who has been very vocal on the tree issue.
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In November, work crews hired by ComEd cleared 1.3 miles of trees and brush along a prairie path between Sycamore Road and First Street. Residents like Bollinger have voiced anger at the destruction they saw, and have demanded ComEd to be held liable.
ComEd has an easement along the power lines in the area, allowing them to clear any brush near those lines.
Park commissioner Mike Teboda shared some of the criticism he has received since then. He said people have accused him of lying and being a lackey for ComEd, while others have demanded his resignation.
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|2009-11-25, 03:11
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Yeah that pic look awesome, luffy there looking like he in gear 2 in front the 3 great marine powers look so good.
|2009-11-25, 04:56
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I don't see how the rookies going to the war is going to help. Kizaru himself took out like 2-4? They are just as ineffective as Luffy is right now. Though maybe Law can use his "separation" ability? Ierno.
|2009-11-25, 09:22
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Kizaru looks incompitent all of a sudden, couldn't even catch one of the supernovas and even some of the ones he put out of commision. That's so pure fail. Not that he could take the title from Squad in that regard but he's a close runner up.
And rather then thawed I'd prefer Buggy to be shattered though his DF is probably the perfect defense against getting shattered. But I think and I hope he stays frozen cause every panel he occupies now that the war went in overdrive could be used for one of the stronger fighters that I want to see in action. Buggy would just be an unpleasant distraction for me now, he had his moments no need to overdo it with him.
And that picture of Luffy in front of the 3 admirals is just way to cool. My eyes were shining like when Luffy saw Sunny's canon.
|2009-11-25, 11:23
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Kizaru simply beat the crap out of them and let the local marines handle the rest, do remember the point of him being there wasn't to take out the pirates but to capture Luffy. The only reason he really beat the crap out of all of them was due to the fact that he couldn't contact sentomaru so he was simply wasting time by kicking there asses, once sentomaru contacted him he goes to catch luffy.
|2009-11-25, 17:14
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I'm kinda hoping that Buggy will take credit for killing Whitebeard once he's defrosted. It'll be his first step towards becoming a Pirate God!
Anyways, as I said before, I'm sure that Luffy will receive some help against the admirals in the form of the commanders/NW captains. There's no way in hell that he'll be able to last long against all 3 admiral on his own, otherwise.....
Also, even if the supernovas are heading to Marineford, it doesn't necessarily mean that they'll participate in the war. As was already pointed out, we saw four of those guys get taken out by Kizaru, anyway. There may be other ways that those super rookies can make themselves useful, though no immediate ideas are coming to my mind right now.....
|2009-11-25, 18:13
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Still this buggy crap is getting really stupid now.
|2009-11-25, 20:21
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My review part 2:
The Supernovas joining the war? Never would have expected that. And Luffy going against all 3 admirals? I wonder if Luffy would get them to use their powers against each other?
|2009-11-25, 23:52
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Uh... wow. Akainu destroyed the Moby Dick. If that's not the biggest sign that Whitebeard won't make it out of Marineford alive, then I don't know what is.....
Looks like Ace's execution is quite close, as well (the blades were held up to his neck and all....). It's also pretty awesome to see Luffy fighting the admirals, even though we know he can't win against them. Hopefully, whatever grand plan Whitebeard is cooking up with Oars and Jozu will kick off quite soon, because Luffy's gonna be quite screwed if he doesn't get some backup soon......
|2009-11-26, 02:11
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|2009-11-26, 06:04
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Damn so epic chapter...
I think this chapter was perhaps best in this arc and that is alot... so much tension and situation looks so desperate for pirates...
Marines are just massacring helpless pirates with cannons and magma. This is so intense...
Supernovas seems to be alright, I feared that they got captured but I guess they managed to escape, its good to seem them being alright.
Luffy is just so awesome...He's desire to save his brother goes over anything else, he wont stop until he is killed for good. That page where he was facing all three admirals was just amazing... Luffy sure have resolve.
It seems that Whitebeard pirates are not done either, Whitebeard is about to reveal his trump card and final desperate charge into the keep is about to happen...
Next chapter will be f*cking amazing
Oh and still waiting for Chapter 0 translation! Damn such a excellent week for being One Piece fan!
|2009-11-26, 06:12
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Oh man, that was sheer epicness. I was literally getting goosebumps seeing all the supernova's deciding to head out to marineford. I'm sure their entrance will be epic as hell.
Luffy going up against the three admirals was brilliant as well, Now he just needs to hurt a major player by the time this war ends and i shall be satisfied.
Also whitebeard is looking increasingly weaker as the war progresses , Cant wait to see what their so called trump card is.
So much epic win this week and chapter 0 ain't even out yet.
|2009-11-26, 07:04
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Anyway Luffy vs 3 admirals, so awesome. Stamp Gatling wont take them out but will buy some time for WB and his allies to bring out their trump card.
|2009-11-26, 07:30
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Though I still don't find it a good enough reason to explain why those 4 supernovas that he took out so swiftly and the 2 that he was ordered to capture were calmly watching the broadcast at Saobondy. Personally I think there men just took them to safety asap when Kizaru left but I still find it incompitent of Kizaru to have let all the big names that were there escape.
And damn Luffy really is to reckless but that's nothing new, those admirals will be obviously unphased bye such attacks. I don't like to say the magic word, but he is more or less required to whip out haki to stand a chance though I think the majority is expecting some big names of WB's crew to suddenly jump a side him to even the match. Squad would be my favorite pick to obviously redeem himself and be a key player in Ace's escape.
|2009-11-26, 07:40
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He was basically toying with Pirates, he had no real grudge against them he just didnt have anything else to do while waiting for confirmation of Srawhats location.
When Strawhats were found he took his Pacifistas and headed to finish them off.
Akainu would just killed every pirate he would encountered, Aokiji would most likely just ignore other pirates for being too much of trouble.
Marines are not good guys, they are simply military wing of World Goverment, they 'uphold the law' and protect citizens of Kindgoms of World Goverment but they are but a military tools for World goverment and they hunt down Pirates because dont follow laws.
|2009-11-26, 08:17
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actually we do not know wat really happen after kuma send luffy and his crew flying away. the last we see it, we only saw the 4 supernovas being KO-ed and not them being captured. i am sure tt in the confusion of rayleigh fighting kizaru, the supernovas may have found some opportunites to escape. dun forget they still got their crew with them. their crew will definitely try to escape with their captains.
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Vermilion County reaches tentative agreement with IBEW
Some union workers in Vermilion County have reportedly reached a new tentative contract agreement with the county.
Details of the proposal are not being released yet, pending a vote by the members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 21.
In September, the county employees had rejected a proposal. At the time some employees said the county planned to cut future longevity payments and reduce personal days. But attorney Bill Donahue, lead negotiator for the County, said what was proposed in September was to place the longevity on the employee's base pay. And in the future, Donahue said the county wanted to concentrate on the base salary. He also said at the time that the reduction in personal days would put county employees more in line with other businesses in our area.
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MONTGOMERY | Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday appointed state Rep. Jeremy Oden to the Public Service Commission.
MONTGOMERY | Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday appointed state Rep. Jeremy Oden to the Public Service Commission.
Oden will fill the unexpired term of Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, who was elected PSC president on Nov. 6.
Bentley said Oden's appointment will be effective Monday. Oden said he will resign from the Legislature before taking office.
Oden, R-Eva, was elected to House District 11 in 1998. His district includes parts of Cullman, Blount and Morgan counties. Bentley said he will schedule a special election to fill Oden's unexpired term.
"I've known Jeremy for many years, and I know him to be a dedicated public servant who wants the best for the people of Alabama," Bentley said. "I approached him about serving as a commissioner because of that dedication to public service."
Oden, 44, thanked Bentley for appointing him and for the "confidence he had in me."
"It has been an honor to serve the people of District 11 for the past 14 years," Oden said. "I thank them for their support, and I look forward to continuing to serve them in this statewide office."
Cavanaugh was elected to the PSC in 2010. She beat incumbent PSC President Lucy Baxley in the November election.
Oden's professional experience includes serving as a branch manager and vice president for EvaBank. He owns Oden Farms and is an ordained minister, Bentley said.
Oden said that to ensure that there would be no questions about residency requirements for PSC members, he moved his family several miles from the outskirts of Eva in northern Cullman County to a home he owns in the town limits of Eva in southern Morgan County.
Two PSC members cannot live in the same congressional district. Until his move, Oden lived in the Fourth Congressional District, the same district as PSC Commissioner Terry Dunn of Southside.
"The governor and I just wanted to make sure we adhered to the law," Oden said.
"Also, I will do everything I can to support Gov. Bentley's mission to put Alabamians back to work," Oden said.


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I think Fifty Shades of Grey is pretty hot.
Sure, it's not that well-written; it's pretty hokey at times (how many times can you say, "He's so hot" in a book. Apparently a lot). It's an escape book, a naughty book, a remind-you-of -your-passion book, a nothing- new-erotica-book because dominating women has been a subject since the earliest erotica.
I also think it's flying off the shelves because it hits a deeper knowing, a chord of reality, perhaps unconscious, in women.
If you take away the titillation aspects of the book, what we see is the existing paradigm of our culture: domination that uses power over others. We live with it in business; we see it in politics, and in religion. (For example, the Pope demanding radical obedience from nuns?!)
I find it interesting that the author, E.L. James, wrote this book while going through midlife crisis, a time when you stop and reassess your life and the forces that have shaped it. I think on an unconscious level E.L. James was trying to sort out the power dynamics in our society and looking for a way out of a domination-based culture. Maybe the women readers on some level are struggling with the same question and how to get beyond this use of power.
In my research I saw this domination paradigm beginning to shift. Women in power, not all of course, are transforming the meaning of power from power over to power with, creating more mutual, collaborative environments. This use of power also faces much resistance because it challenges the status quo and requires skills that people who dominate don't generally have.
What ticks me off about Fifty Shades of Grey is not the book itself but the media's spin on it and the questions it raises and doesn't raise.
At a time when women are coming into their own power, have more economic control over their lives, sometimes earn more than their husbands, for the first time compose more than half the workforce, and have an opportunity to change the domination game by claiming their power, some in the media are using this book to ask questions like, "Are you sure you want control? Isn't it sexy to be out of control?"
As women come into power there are forces trying to pull them back in time, as we see in the assault by the GOP on women's self-determination over their bodies, where they are denied certain health benefits on one hand and then forced to do unnecessary procedures on the other. And then they are being asked, "Isn't it hot to be overpowered? Isn't this what you really want?" It makes me think of women saying "no" to sex, and being told it really means "yes."
Now this book is not going to undermine women's power, but these questions plant insidious seeds of self-doubt. By the way, Ana, the main character, is full of self-doubt: If I'm powerful will I not be sexy? Must I be submissive to get what I want? Is this what I have to be to be desirable?
This spin isn't about sex, it's about power. The bondage narrative moves women back from little power to no power. It may be played out as sex games behind the bedroom door, but it's the same aim to dominate women and maintain the status quo.
It's not just the questions that are being raised that bug me; it's also the questions that are not being raised. Why aren't we asking what's wrong with men that need to control, own, dominate, assault women? No mention of the other side of this game. I just read that domestic violence is up during the recession. So economic pressures force men to beat up their wife or girlfriend? What's that all about?
A domination culture obviously doesn't serve men either, as we see in Christian Grey, who described himself as, "fifty shades of fucked up." Men are under such enormous pressure to be dominant, king of the mountain, to be in control, to emulate strength. Christian takes this imperative to be in control to a perversion, formalized in his "room of pain." The domination game tells women that their pain is their pleasure, and for men, her pain is his pleasure. There's a bit of cross-wiring going on. Why isn't the media asking men, "Are you sure you want to hurt her?"
Ultimately, FiftyShades of Grey says more about men than about women. Christian Grey captures a transition in our understanding of what it means to be a man in our society and our need to expand that meaning. His need for control doesn't come from strength but from vulnerability and a fear of addressing those feelings. Hope lies in his emerging nurturing side as we also see his care for Ana, a path that can lead him to becoming a whole person and toward a meaning of manhood that includes being able to hold feelings and love, and therefore be vulnerable.


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ACME: Wapak sweeps three-way doubleheader
LEWISTOWN — Wapakoneta improved its record to 12-2 with a pair of wins in a three-way ACME baseball doubleheader Saturday at Indian Lake High School.
Wapak blanked Indian Lake 6-0 in the opener before holding off Troy 6-3 in the second game.
Solid pitching and defense, and timely hitting were the key.
Brandon Miller threw an ultra-efficient 57 pitches in seven innings of work for the win against Indian Lake. Marshall Gerlach was able to work out of several jams for the win over Troy.
Chase Culver came in to relieve Gerlach in the seventh. He retired the first two batters he faced before Troy loaded the bases on a dropped third strike, a single and a walk.
But Culver struck out Troy's lead-off batter to end the game.
Right fielder Andrew Hines provided the highlight of the day in the fifth inning against Indian Lake.
On back-to-back hits into right field, Hines came up firing and gunned down both batters for the force at first.
"I've only ever seen that happen maybe once in a season," Wapak coach Willie Sammetinger said. "And it happened on two consecutive pitches. Our defense was spectacular. We played a great defensive ballgame."
Against Indian Lake, Wapak scored four runs on six hits in the first inning and two runs on three hits in the second.
The Wapak bats fell silent the rest of the way. But with Miller on the mound it didn't matter.
Miller had just two strikeouts. But he forced Indian Lake into 11 groundouts, including two double plays.
He threw just six pitches in the first inning, five in the fourth and five in the fifth.
"He worked ahead in the count," Sammetinger said. "I don't think he was behind more than 2-1 to any batter in the ballgame. That really helps."
At the plate, Miller was 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
Left fielder Dylan Knoch went 2 for 4 with one run scored. Designated hitter Chandler Kaeck was 2-for-4 and scored a run. Hines was 2-for-3.
In the second game, Wapak scored one run in the first, two in the fourth, two in the fifth and one in the sixth.
Miller went 2 for 4 and scored a run, as did shortstop Josh Apple. Hines was 2-for-3 and scored a run.
Troy had runners in scoring position in five of the six innings Gerlach pitched. But Wapak got the stops it needs and held Troy scoreless until it produced three runs in the sixth innings.
"The sixth inning, he was just tired," Sammetinger said. "He threw 100 pitches. And that's more than enough for any high school pitcher."
Wapak has a big game tonight when it hosts St. Marys at 6:30. The top seed in the upcoming ACME tournament is on the line, as well as pride. St. Marys shelled Wapak 10-0 when they played on June 17.
"It wouldn't matter if both of us were 0-20," Sammetinger said. "It's still Wapak and St. Marys."


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By Mrs. Claus
Superior – To the community of Superior, young and old, I am writing this letter on behalf of Santa Claus and myself, Mrs Claus. We made our yearly Dec. 24 stop in your small town. As always, our hearts were filled with joy and laughter, as our eyes beheld the town of Superior.
Your town is small, but, it is one of our favorite stops and we are filled with delight to be able to share our Christmas cheer with all of you. The children, including the inner child within the hearts of you older ones, are such a wonderful sight to see.
Santa's elves remained busy at the North Pole, working to finish up all of the toys for Santa to deliver, and couldn't travel with us to Superior, so we asked others to help while we were in town.
Santa gets joy from seeing all of you who turn out to make this night special for so many. With a twinkle in his eye and a "Ho, ho, ho!", he gratefully accepted the help of our volunteer elves.
You gave us the gift of so much happiness in our hearts, as volunteers, including members of the fire department, police department and town council, students from the local school and college, a Navy soldier and a softball player from Ohio gathered together to spend their time wrapping and delivering presents.
Without all of you we could not have gotten so much accomplished, or brought so many smiles to all the happy faces, young and old. None of you go unnoticed and all of you are appreciated. You have big hearts in your small town. Thank you all for letting Santa and me share this and be a part of your Christmas Eve.
During the year, Santa works hard to prepare for the deliveries next year, Santa and I will be taking a short vacation before we start with 2013. We try to visit a warm climate place. So, remember, Santa is watching as you're sleeping, while you're awake. So, you better be good! Lots of love to all.


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yeah those 40-mph forecast winds as we get 'slammed' on the east coast are terrifying.
I'd take this more seriously if the media didn't hop all over *every* storm as if it each one was the End of the World as we Know It.
Of course I've done basic prep - but no, I'm not cowering upstairs crawl space in fear of the lower floors getting flooded out.
I think my flippancy has caused some misinterpretation.
Like I said, I've done basic prep. Candles, flashlight, plenty of food, standing supply of bottled water, etc.
But I also know that the absolute worst that will happen is my house will fall down, in which case we'll need to find somewhere else to be. The vast majority of the preparations I can take won't make any difference to the storm.
If we lose power, we lose power. THe world won't end, I have plenty of dry food and enough water packed in my freezer that it'll be a couple-few days before it's a problem, and dried food enough for two weeks easily. Also plenty of food on hand for my animals.
The usual "run in circles, scream and shout" routine won't help anything. Nor will joining the throngs at the store for the next three days who buy every last scrap of bread, water, and whatever else.
I presume where you live is not subject to serious flooding from storm surge or waterway flooding. If not then it may be foolish to stay in place no matter how well prepared you are.
Well, it's one of those things that if nothing happens, we all say the weather people were over-reacting.
But a bunch of years ago, in the aftermath of hurricane Juan, most of my family was without power for about a week or more. People had to spend an awful lot of time cutting down all of the felled trees just so they could get out of their streets. My parents lost the contents of two fridges and a freezer because there was no power to keep stuff cold.
My father now has a generator wired into the house, and set up so they can run the furnace, and a couple of outlets (run the fridge for a while to keep it cold), with enough gas to run it for most of a week. They already have a bunch of oil-lamps, and make sure to keep them fueled. They keep several gallons of water in the bathroom to flush with (they're on a well, no electricity means no water to flush the toilets, which is pretty nasty).
Extra water, and some extra provisions set aside just in case. An old Coleman camping grill they've had for years and a propane tank so they can still do some basic cooking. The barbeque as well.
It's easy to say "oh, nothing will happen, they're over-reacting", but anybody who has lived through the aftermath with no power, running water, heat
A few years after Juan, they did have a storm big enough to knock out power for a few days. Dad just fired up the generator, turned on the oil lamps, and just rode it out until everything was back to normal. It wasn't exactly the lap of luxury, but they could cover the essentials for a few days. He hasn't regretted the generator or any of the preparations since.
They still call every impending storm as if it's the coming apocalypse, but the few times it's been big enough to cause problems, they've been quite well prepared. If you've got heat, some basic lighting, and enough electricity to keep the fridge from spoiling, you can ride it out a whole lot easier.
In New Jersey, which last I heard is in its path, last year around Halloween we got nailed. A windy freak snow storm came out of nowhere.
Trees went down all over the place.
My house was without power for 6 days and 15 hours.
That was the first time in over 20 years of living there that we were without power for more than a couple of hours.
Trees went down all over the state. A couple went down on our property. The top part of a tree fell on the power lines in front of our house AND blocked the main road.
My father now has a generator wired into the house, and set up so they can run the furnace, and a couple of outlets (run the fridge for a while to keep it cold), with enough gas to run it for most of a week. They already have a bunch of oil-lamps, and make sure to keep them fueled. They keep several gallons of water in the bathroom to flush with (they're on a well, no electricity means no water to flush the toilets, which is pretty nasty).
Since they have a hardwired generator, why not put the well pump on the generator? My parents have a 5KVA generator that has enough power to run the well pump as long as no other big loads are powered on (the startup current on the well pump is apparently too much current draw when combined with other loads). Once the well pump fills the pressure tank, he can turn it off and has 15 - 20 gallons of usable water before the pressure drops too low.
If I had a generator, I'd never use oil lamps - rechargable batteries and LED flashlights are much safer, you can get a fast charger to recharge AA's in 30 minutes or so, which is less time than you'll need to run the fridge. Or get a D cell LED lantern [amazon.com] - it'll run for 48 hours or so on a set of non-rechargable alkalines. Or use your rechargable AA's in a D-cell adapter and you can still get a few hours of lifetime from it before you need to recharge.
I saw someone knock over an oil lamp once in a garage - the wick holder came off and oil seeped out onto the plywood it fell onto, it created a sizeable fire before someone brought in a fire extinguisher to douse it. Not something I'd want to have happen in the living room during a hurricane disaster.
Since they have a hardwired generator, why not put the well pump on the generator? My parents have a 5KVA generator that has enough power to run the well pump as long as no other big loads are powered on
Much smaller generator than you're thinking of
That, and the well pump is 100' awa
In their defense, last I heard they were saying the gusts would hit 75MpH in New Jersey. Which, considering how many of the trees still haven't shed their leaves yet, COULD be bad. Last Halloween, NJ got dragged over the coals by a freak snow storm. What made it so bad was the amount of leaves on the trees, causing things to fall ALL over the place.
But I'll believe it when I see it. When they call something "Franken-storm" while it's still days out, it's still a bit premature.
I wouldn't recommend cowering even if I could guarantee that the storm was a combination of the Camille and the 1991 "perfect storm".. But is the fact that a hype-prone media is hyping the storm the way the hype everything a good reason not to take it seriously? The fact that the boy keeps crying wolf is not a reason to doubt that wolves exist.
Indeed; like I said, I've done basic prep. We'll be fine if we lose power for a week or even longer. But most of this stuff is stuff I have on hand *anyway* - not a reaction to the hype. Just a little common sense and foresight - understanding that because things are a certain way *now* does not mean this will be true *tomorrow * - is all it takes to be prepared for most reasonable emergencies. Without buying into the hype...
Yes, it is a good reason not to take the MEDIA seriously. Instead, people should visit whatever official weather websites are there for that area, read the data and make informed decisions.
Here, media cries wolf every time temperature changes by more than 5 degrees Celsius during one day. Just a few months ago, a regular storm hit the city; a few trees and commercial panels were brought down, a couple underground passages were temporarily flooded and some scaffolding fell over an unlucky guy, killing him in
While the last one would have made a really bad nature's revenge film, it did cause significant problems all over the area. Enough so that some preparation was in order and those who did were a lot happier than those who didn't.
It actually did a real number on us in Vermont. In fact it was the worst flooding since 1932 in many places, and the worst ever in some places.
Of course this whole thing may turn out to be nothing. It won't reach hear until Monday and I don't really put a huge amount of stock on weather predictions 3 days in advance. Anyway, we're ready, around here if you're not living in town you are probably always ready.
3-7" of rain would be fine if it was all nice and spread out and just soaked into the ground, but water has a nasty habit of flowing downhill and finding its way into rivers...
The local river in northern NJ here raised its level by at least 10' during last years storm, resulting in the local highway being under 4' of water.
1. Precipitation:
You have to consider that the land types are different for the northeast states compared to southeast states such as Florida. Florida has soil in which the rain drains out of much quicker. In addition, engineering designs are different for states that generally get less rain than the southern states. The HDSC [noaa.gov] calculates precipitation Recurrence Intervals [carleton.edu] for engineering design purposes. For example, Florida sees a mean annual maximum precipitation of about 5 inches in 24 hours compared to 2.5 inches in 24 hours in the northeast. This discrepancy is much larger when you look at recurrance intervals of >10 years (9 compared to 5 inches). This event has the potential to drop 100 year rainfall on the northeastern states. It will last a few days, but MOST of the rain will fall in one day.
2. Wind:
This will likely transition into an extratropical cyclone. extratropical (mid-latitude) storms have weaker winds than hurricanes, but are over a much larger area. Most hurricanes have severe wind damage only a few miles from the center in the eye-wall. Tropical storm strength winds extend out further, but even those don't usually extend out far in most storms (obviously there are exceptions such as Hurricane Ike [wikipedia.org]). An extratropical cyclone's winds will cause moderate damage over a very large area. The other thing to consider are trees. Trees in the north are much less resistant to the wind, especially since most still have their leaves this time of the year. The winds in this storm won't be as deadly as a hurricane's, but will be a HUGE issue for damage and power outages.
Storm surge:
This [noaa.gov] is a page with estimated storm surge. This storm will also stick around for a while, so it will be able to pile more and more water up against the shore, as well as have a chance to coincide with astronomical high tides. There are many places in NYC that will flood (although they will be properly evacuated).
3. People
If the center hits around southern New Jersey, this storm will directly affect Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, NYC, etc. This is a very large amount of people to worry about. These people are used to Nor' Easters but this should be much stronger than a typical Nor' Easter.
I do understand why you think this is being over-hyped, especially when you compare it to the smaller but much more powerful hurricanes that strike the south. Overall, I don't expect this storm to cause many deaths; I think the people will generally be prepared. I do see this storm causing a lot of damage and long-lasting power outages. When you have these affects over such a large area, it could take time to get back to business as normal. Lastly, you should look for more information on Irene because it was very damaging, especially with the flooding in NY and VT, where both the infrastructure and the land type is not used to that kind of rain.
Also add that tides will be up because of the full or nearly full moon. Even more fun!
Weird how a storm which "didn't materialize" (Irene) managed to be the fifth most destructive Atlantic hurricane.
It materialized, and caused significant damage to New York, Connecticut, Massachusettes, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Just because it didn't cause major problems in NYC doesn't mean it "didn't happen".
Been through some storms so I've added some munchies, bought some water, charged a spare car batt for a frend's sump pump and to charge phones, and I cleared the gutters out. I also chatted with my neighbors, we're prepped to help each other out if needed. Pissed I skipped installing the generator I considered last month, betting I'll need it...
Yuck it up but 8inches or more of rain will fuck things up pretty good. Oh, I RainX'd my car windshield too
Is it a good idea to have your offsite backups in place? Sure, but why wait for a predictable natural disaster as opposed to a man-made one? The whole point of a viable backup strategy is not to have a single point of failure, including a reliance on predictable events.
In an ideal world, I'd have several heavy-duty chain saws at the ready, dripping in anticipation of cutting down wayward trees. But this being the real world, I'll leave my big boy chaps, kevlar gloves, etc. in fantasy-land and hire a profess
I've cut plenty of wayward trees, but if one falls on your home GET PICS for the insurance adjuster before ANYONE fucks with it.
Further, I'd recommend getting pictures of anyone attempting sexual relations with the tree.
Lucky you. I'm in (roughly) the middle of a very large metro area (Houston) but happen to live in a neighborhood at the end of a mile-long road with no other way in or out. We are at the terminus of our part of the electrical grid and there are only a couple of hundred homes. In short, we're low priority for power restoration due to our small population and in a location where falling trees along that mile-long entry road can take out our power in a heartbeat.
The power goes out in my neighborhood regularly. "Maintenance" took it out for 6 hours 2 days ago. It was out for over a week the last time we had a big ice storm. It was out for over two weeks during the last hurricane. It goes out for some time, maybe a few minutes or maybe several hours, during every big thunderstorm. And as for tree removal, after the last hurricane the county cleared our main road in after a week but people who had to hire private contractors to remove trees that had fallen through their houses often had a 2 or 3 week wait to get an appointment.
You better believe that whenever there's a hint of serious weather, we either get a generator (there's almost always an evacuating neighbor who wants us to watch their house and feed their cat and is happy to lend us a generator in exchange) and a ton of supplies or we get the heck out.
My poor grandmother in only semi-rural Alabama was once without power for over 6 weeks after a hurricane.
People should take weather more seriously. I swear, if I had the money I'd get a NG-powered fuel cell, feed a bank of batteries, and run my house off that, completely ditching the electrical grid. Where I live, it's just too unreliable.
It was out for over a week the last time we had a big ice storm.
An ice storm in Houston? Really?
Obviously, I believe you, because you live there and I don't
We had a big giant one back in '98, and it basically shut the entire city down for about a week. People were without power, and trapped on their streets because trees end electrical wires were down all over the place. In places, they literally had to ca
We've had several ice storms over the years, though only a couple were really bad. See: http://www.wxresearch.com/almanac/houice.htm [wxresearch.com]
The 2007 storm is the one I was talking about. There were tens of thousands of trees downed or just bent double. It was amazing to see. I personally know two old guys, former tree maintenance company owners, who came out of retirement just to rake in cash for the next year doing cleanup all over the metro area.
Obligatory xkcd [xkcd.com]
Considering I live in the Chicagoland area.
If a hurricane can push THAT far inland, I guess I deserve to get drowned/blown away/etc.
There's a f*cking ocean between the question in the headline and me, so no.
There's a f*cking ocean between the question in the headline and me, so no.
So, you live somewhere where 1cm of snow will shut down the entire country then?
FWIW... I'm tied to a dock on the GA/FL border. In a boat. With no motor. Sparrow is a sailboat who has weathered far worse than this. We, my 2 cats and I, have weeks of food and full water tanks. Winds here are getting up to 20 knots or so and quite gusty. Am I worried? no. We had a hardy home and sufficient supplies. As I write this, we're rolling around a bit and wind is making the rigging sing. We are warm, fed and safe. I'll put on foulies in a bit and wander the docks to see if all the other boats are ok. Maybe a line has chaffed through or a fender has gunched up. S'ok, these are things easily repaired. And then shed the foulies and enjoy a warm cuppa in my nest...
Your complacency reminds me of the joke about the guy who jumped off the Empire State Building. As he passed the 20th floor, he said, "I don't get why everyone thinks this is so dangerous..."
You're seriously claiming that you've weathered worse than what you'll face? Storm surges that can lift your little boat and deposit it miles inland?
A good old sailboat with a huge keel will weather even a mean storm without effort. A+ to you!
I had a 36 foot hunter with a 2 ton keel.. it survived the november storms of Lake Michigan and superior, a wimpy hurricane is nothing to worry about,.
To all my fellow Baltimorons and Delmarva folks:
This summer's derecho had peak gusts of 66 mph at BWI. That storm lasted a few hours.
Sandy is currently forecast to be right on top of us at 2 on Tuesday afternoon with 65 mph sustained winds. If we're really unlucky, those winds are going to turn through 180 degrees as the core of the storm blows through.
There's every chance that this will turn out to be nothing to write home about. That said, it's a really weird storm that has a lot of non-talking-head meteorologists raising their eyebrows. Take the handful of really stupid simple steps to prepare--make sure you have a few days' worth of non-perishable food and water, have a flashlight with batteries, fill up your gas tank, charge your devices and keep 'em off if the power goes out.
Hope this all putters out, but be ready for a bad one. It could well be.
Well, at least you need to put off trying to regain the colonies for a few days.
I'm moving my instances and volumes from us-east-1* to use-west-{1,2}* just to be safe. The us-east-1 region has been rather unstable this year. I don't think will survive this.
First know that flying glass is a huge killer in wind storms. That is why you need to be away from all windows as they may give suddenly.
People go nuts trying to buy food before a storm. Few think to have a sterno stove or some other easy way to heat canned food. Do not cook until all winds have stopped. There is no fire department, no police, and no medical care for days or even weeks. Do not start charcoal fires inside the home.
Realise that grocery stores tend to be hit hard due to their large roofs. In our last Florida storm I had to drive 85 miles one way to buy food as all local stores had caved in or blown off roofs. You may not have electricity for weeks or even months after a storm. Generators will hurt your wallet as it takes a lot of fuel to keep them humming. Keeping enough fuel to power a generator would in itself be risky unless you have a very large lawn. Gas stations will close for weeks and the ones that do sell fuel may have all kinds of water and crud in the product.
The best plan is to leave an area at the first hint of trouble and get hundreds of miles out of the zone. Very few will do that or can afford to do that. If things get really bad having a firearm and knowing how to use it may be a great comfort to you and your family. Frightened people who suddenly are cut off from the world can act out in their fear. Most people are helpful but some get really dangerous.
I speak first hand as being in Florida for over 50 years I have been in high winds all too often.
I'm sure I'm on someone's list. Which is definitely superior to starving on a rooftop. Daughter looked over my stash recently and said "that's it. Come the zombie apocalypse, we're throwing canned goods at them."
The most likely mode of failure for internet access during Sandy is likely to be "the storm knocked out commercial power, then persisted longer than the battery backup power at your service provider's facility or tower".
From the research I did, it looks like the best bet for datacard/hotspot #1 is Verizon. Apparently, they have 8-10 hours of battery backup at all of their cell sites, and 85% (in Florida, at least; not sure whether the statistic was specific to Florida or applies nationwide) have on-site generators that fire up automatically & have enough on-site fuel to run for a week. They also apparently allow you to buy an unsubsidized data card or hotspot on eBay, and activate it for $15 per day (250mb data per day) in a completely adhoc manner, with no strings, minimums, reactivation/inactivity fees, or other sneaky charges.
For some reason, they seem to explicitly NOT allow "day pass" use with PCMCIA/Cardbus/ExpressCard devices, and I'm still trying to find out whether you have to activate it before the storm (or at least have working phone/internet service by some other means at the time you activate it), or whether you can literally buy a $13 EVDO datacard on eBay, throw it in a drawer as a really cheap insurance policy against loss of internet access during a storm, then pull it out, plug it into your laptop, and do the whole process -- payment, activation, and all -- using only the connectivity provided by the Verizon datacard itself.
Apparently, AT&T has a similar "day pass" deal. I didn't bother to research it, because I already have an AT&T phone (Galaxy S3), and since my whole goal was to find cheap "backup plan" options for getting online if my AT&T cell phone lost data service during a storm, I didn't bother to look into them.
For a longer outage, especially if you have Cable internet (which tends to go out shortly after commercial power is lost, and stay that way until the day after it's restored... at least, going by everything I've ever seen from Comcast in Florida), you might want to look into something that's cheaper and less stingy with data, like maybe T-Mobile. I wasn't able to find anything specific about their backup power situation besides references to them having a fleet of portable generators, which suggests that they're worse than Verizon (who already has fixed generators on-site, in place, ready to go), no better than AT&T (call it a hunch, but I suspect that whatever Verizon does, AT&T probably pays lip service to doing as well), and probably at least a little bit worse. My assessment: T-Mobile probably won't stay up until the bitter end of the storm, but if your cable internet is going to be down for a few days or more, they're probably the best option for days #2 and beyond. I'd expect that even if they go down during the storm, they'll be up and running within a day afterwards.
One caveat about used T-Mobile devices... I'm not sure exactly why this is apparently a problem unique to T-Mobile (or at least a bigger problem with them), but apparently it's possible to buy a used T-mobile device after getting T-Mobile to verify that the ESN is 'clean', activate it with your own SIM, use it for months, then have it unceremoniously blacklisted by T-Mobile for something the seller did long after it was sold to you. For example, if someone buys a device on a 2-year contract, replaces it with another, sells the first one to you, then later defaults on the contract. Apparently, Sprint and Verizon keep track of transfers, but T-Mobile just indiscriminately blacklists whatever ESN was on file under the original contract without bothering to investigate further to avoid collateral damage).
Right now, I can't recommend Sprint under any circumstances. Their 3G network sucks so badly right now (with the possible exception of the 3 or 4 places they've semi-finished upgrading), power loss is almost the least of their problems. After Isaac strafed Miami (taking down Comcast and U-verse for about 6-8 hours), I ran speedtest on Sprint & got
Longest post in the entire thread and it's advice on how to stay online after the storm...
I suppose congratulations are in order for keeping your geek priorities straight, but I still feel that is a bad sign.
Oh, for ${deity}'s sake, this is going to hit as a 2-day windy rainstorm, not fsck'ing Hurricane Andrew. It's most likely consequence is the largest power outage in American history, not the wholesale destruction of the northeastern US like a wet, soggy nuclear bomb.
Just remember this: you can buy generators from Amazon.com with $3.99 prime overnight shipping.
OK, a few more tips:
* Harbor Freight's latest sales flyer has $89 generators again. If you don't own one, and can't afford a better one, go buy one. Don't kid yourself -- it'll probably be in throw-away condition by next week, and won't run much more than your laptop, some lights, your phone chargers, and maybe your DSL modem (see the next point), but if you're reading Slashdot, those items are the essential items of life, without which you'll be unrelentingly miserable.
* If your DSL modem doesn't work, but you have dialtone, you might have to double-convert your power. In other words, plug a 12v adapter into the generator's 120v, and feed its output to a cigarette lighter socket. Plug a 12v-to-120v inverter into that socket, and plug the wall wart from your DSL modem into the inverter.
* Don't bother trying to use a UPS with your generator. it won't work. Seriously, it won't. Generator power is good enough for running almost anything you care about, but UPSes are picky about things like AC line frequency... and sadly, picky about it for no really good reason, besides the fact that 20 years ago, line frequency was something that was easy to measure and a good proxy for the electricity itself. Your laptop's PSU doesn't really care whether the line frequency is 60hz, 50hz, or actually just abuot anything between 42hz and 65hz. Unfortunately, your UPS will see the generator's frequency wobble, and will kick the UPS into battery mode. What? You have an expensive, huge, inverter-type generator? Great, but it's still not going to work. The moment the UPS is happy with the line power's quality and takes it off battery power, the surge load is going to make the generator stumble for a cycle or two... and the UPS will notice, and instantly switch back to battery power. Then a moment later, it'll decide the current's stable, and try to switch back. Stir, rinse, and repeat until the UPS's battery runs out as you stand there swearing at it. This is a common problem. Unless you're literally a company the size of a Google data center with your own private power plant that has a huge flywheel design, your likelihood of success with any generator+UPS combo is roughly nil, almost entirely due to the line-frequency-UPS-freakout problem. Please, for the love of god, will someone who works for APC please read this and let us have a UPS that's frequency-tolerant?!?
You need two ice chests and an igloo cooler. Fill the igloo cooler with ice. Ice for drinks comes off the top. Cold melted water comes out the tap. No need for crates of bottled water you'll never drink, because you don't actually drink water anyway
Do all of your laundry NOW. You can run a washer off a generator, but unless you have gas, your dryer is gone until the power's back on. In a state like Florida where it's 99% humid outside, clotheslines don't wor
I have a 6000VA Smart-UPS RM XL at the office with 5 battery packs attached.. runs the servers at 50% load for about 3 hours, and i can shed over half the load once the desktops croak. Either way, it's hooked up to a Cummins 5500 watt generator we bought from Costco. If i remember to push the choke in, the generator spits out about 245V at a decent enough frequency for the ups to be happy with it and even recharge its batteries. I did set the upper and lower bypasses to 265/184 to handle flakiness, and o
Don't bother trying to use a UPS with your generator. it won't work. Seriously, it won't.
Might work. Just might. It depends on the UPS.
We lost power for about a week this past June. I used my ~2kVA Tripp-Lite full-time inversion UPS to run any particularly fancy electronics, including the BFT and the stereo (and of course computers), mostly to isolate them from any funkiness with the generator.
It worked fine. No complaints from the UPS, at all.
Generator was a 5 or 6KW Troy Bilt thing, nothing fancy. I
Beer. Check. Popcorn. Check. TV warmed up. I'm ready.
Heating a modern TV is not recommended, it will cause the electronics to fail prematurely. you should remove any heaters right away.
Do your worst mother nature... in fact I DARE YOU to make the hurricane come right at me!
Guarantee she cant make it to michigan... PBBBPBPBPBPT! Mother nature..... you aint got the GUTS!
Basically, I haven't done so yet, but I need to get serious about storm preparations tomorrow. I'm in Philly where we expect to get hit hard, and my wife is 9 months pregnant.
We're electric everything here without any gas backups. I'll run out tomorrow and grab propane for the grill, and I've got charcoal and cast-iron, if I need it. We've lined up a generator rental, since we can't find one for purchase, and we're discussing if we want to go forward with it. More likely, I'll get myself an indoor-rated, portable propane heater and some extra tanks.
Not much in the way of dry and canned foods, but I'll pick up what I can tomorrow at the store. Perishables tend to go quick, but the items that actually matter such as cans and UHT pasteurized products, don't go quickly at all. UHT milk will stay good on the shelf for >6 months. Plus, we have enough to last us the next week if I rationed (my wife can't, being pregnant)
Overall, not prepared, but will be... I hope.
If your wife it 9 months pregnant then you'd better have some plans about how you're going to get to the hospital if it becomes necessary.
Last year we got slammed by Irene and the October snowstorm (the snow storm was 10 times worse). Afterward I created a storm preparation list which I've reviewed this week and was surprise by some of the things that I wrote that I would not think of now.
During Irene I learned exactly what happens to my house as the amount of rain piles up. We can take 6 inches or so but after that the water table rises and my basement starts to leak in certain places. So we are clearing out those places and are prepared with mops, shop vac, backup sump and generator.
This time we won't be able to change what happens, but since we have experience, we know how to at least limit the damage.
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By Roxana Tiron and Richard Rubin - Nov 7, 2012 2:31 PM CT
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Republicans would be willing to accept new tax revenue to reduce the nations budget deficit if its accompanied by a tax overhaul and changes to entitlement programs.
Speaking in Washington a day after President Barack Obamas re-election, Boehner of Ohio said all sides are closer than many think to being able to revise the tax code.
Shoring up entitlements and reforming the tax code -- closing special interest loopholes and deductions, and moving to a fairer, simpler system -- will bring jobs home and result in a stronger, healthier economy, the speaker said, according to a prepared text.
Mr. President, this is your moment, Boehner said, according to the text.
Boehner called for bipartisan negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to begin in January. He emphasized Republican opposition to raising tax rates.
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NCAA Regional: Alabama Overtakes WKU 7-6
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – In a back-and-forth affair the Alabama softball team held off Western Kentucky, 7-6, Saturday afternoon in day two of the NCAA Softball Tuscaloosa Regional at Rhoads Stadium. With the win the Crimson Tide improves to 44-13 on the season and advances to championship Sunday.
A sixth inning sac-fly off the bat of junior Molly Fichtner that scored freshman Andrea Hawkinsproved to be the difference as the Tide held on in the top of the seventh to down the Lady Toppers (42-17).
Alabama sophomore Leslie Jury(18-7) earned the win in relief, her second win of the tournament after allowing just one hit and striking out three in two innings of work.
Senior Kayla Braudcontinued her hot play as she batted 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. The fleet-footed outfielder now has five hits in the tournament. Hawkins followed with a 2-for-2 effort, adding a run and a RBI.
Braud ignited the scoring in the first inning as she chopped a single in front of the plate to record a hit in 22 straight games. She then stole second and third before scoring the first run of the game on a throw that sailed to the outfield on a Haylie McCleney steal attempt. Sophomore Jadyn Spencerthen drove in McCleney on a base hit up the middle to finish the frame with a pair of runs.
Western Kentucky then tied the score at two when Katrina Metoyer hit a two-run home run over the wall in left in the top of the second inning. The homer was her eighth of the season.
An inning later with two outs and a full count Metoyer struck again, this time hitting a bases-clearing triple to give the Lady Toppers a 5-2 lead.
Alabama would answer by putting up four runs in the bottom half of the third inning to take a 6-5 lead.
Senior Courtney Conley started the scoring by drawing a bases-loaded walk that plated pinch-runner Jordan Patterson. Sophomore Danae Hays then hit a sac-fly to left to score junior Kaila Huntbefore Hawkins lined a single to right that scored Spencer. Braud completed the scoring in the frame with a sac-fly to center that plated Conley.
Western Kentucky evened the score at six in the sixth inning on a two-out chopper that snuck through up the middle off the bat of Preslie Cruce.
Alabama will now await the rest of Saturday's games to learn who it will face Sunday with an NCAA Super Regional berth on the line. First pitch Sunday is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT, at Rhoads Stadium.
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According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypts Great Pyramidsor, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabii, those symbols of paganism, which Egypts Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, Bahrains Sheikh of Sunni Sheikhs and President of National Unity, Abd al-Latif al-Mahmoud, called on Egypts new president, Muhammad Morsi, to destroy the Pyramids and accomplish what the Sahabi Amr bin al-As could not.
This is a reference to the Muslim Prophet Muhammads companion, Amr bin al-As and his Arabian tribesmen, who invaded and conquered Egypt circa 641. Under al-As and subsequent Muslim rule, many Egyptian antiquities were destroyed as relics of infidelity. While most Western academics argue otherwise, according to early Muslim writers, the great Library of Alexandria itselfdeemed a repository of pagan knowledge contradicting the Koranwas destroyed under bin al-Ass reign and in compliance with Caliph Omars command.
However, while book-burning was an easy activity in the 7th century, destroying the mountain-like pyramids and their guardian Sphinx was noteven if Egypts Medieval Mamluk rulers de-nosed the latter during target practice (though popular legend still attributes it to a Westerner, Napoleon).
Now, however, as Bahrains Sheikh of Sheikhs observes, and thanks to modern technology, the pyramids can be destroyed. The only question left is whether the Muslim Brotherhood president of Egypt is pious enoughif he is willing to complete the Islamization process that started under the hands of Egypts first Islamic conqueror.
Nor is such a course of action implausible. History is laden with examples of Muslims destroying their own pre-Islamic heritagestarting with Islams prophet Muhammad himself, who destroyed Arabias Kaba temple, transforming it into a mosque.
Asking What is it about Islam that so often turns its adherents against their own patrimony? Daniel Pipes provides several examples, from Medieval Muslims in India destroying their forefathers temples, to contemporary Muslims destroying their non-Islamic heritage in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, and Tunisia.
Read More >http://frontpagemag.com/2012/raymond...-the-pyramids/
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ROSEMONT, Ill.—The Chicago Wolves jumped out to a 4-1 lead but the Rockford IceHogs rallied with three third-period goals and earned an eventual 5-4 overtime victory before 10,091 fans at the Allstate Arena Sunday night.
After tying the game, 4-4, with 39 seconds left to play, Rockford center Jeff Taffe drove into the zone and clanked a shot off the post, which bounced off goaltender Edward Pasquale's back and into the net to give the IceHogs the win.
Chicago (39-30-5-6) will finish the season with 89 points, marking the 17th time in 17 season of the franchise that the team has finished above .500.
Forwards Riley Holzapfel, Fredrik Pettersson and Tim Miller and defenseman Mark Matheson scored for the Wolves.
"This is just the way our season has been all year," said Wolves Head Coach Don Lever. "There have been too many games where we beat ourselves. It's disheartening and frustrating to end like this."
Holzapfel gave the Wolves a 1-0 lead, 10:13 into the first period. Forward Sergio Somma chipped a pass to Holzapfel, who moved in and flicked a backhanded shot past Rockford goaltender Hannu Toivonen on his way by the net.
The Wolves made their led two with a power-play goal, 4:45 into the second frame when Matheson cranked a shot past Toivonen from the blue line.
Chicago pulled ahead, 3-0, with a marker from Pettersson at 9:41 of the second period. Center Jason Krog and Pettersson broke out on a two on one and Krog sent a pass across for Pettersson to roof past Toivonen.
Center David Gilbert got Rockford on the scoreboard when he deflected a shot past Wolves goaltender Edward Pasquale, making the score 3-1 at 18:58 of the second frame.
Chicago regained a three-goal lead, 4-1, with a shorthanded goal by Miller, 1:33 into the third period. Haydar moved in toward the net before slipping a pass back to Miller, who crouched down and flipped a shot up over Toivonen.
Toivonen (21-16-4) turned aside 37 shots for Rockford.
Rockford (38-33-4-5) pulled to 4-2 with Gilbert's second marker of the game at 3:19 of the final frame. Working on the power play, Chris DiDomenico sent the puck out from behind the net where Gilbert was able to knock it back past Pasquale.
The IceHogs pulled to 4-3 with just over six minutes remaining in the game when Rob Klinkhammer stripped a Wolves player of the puck at the blue line, broke down the ice alone, cut across the crease and backhanded a shot past Pasquale.
Center Mathis Olimb tied the score, 4-4, when he took a cross-ice pass from Brandon Pirri and cranked a shot past Pasquale and into the empty side of the net at 19:21 of the third period.
Pasquale (11-11-1) posted 33 for Chicago.
Rockford 0 1 3 1 — 5 (OT)
Chicago 1 2 1 0 — 4
First Period—1, Chicago, Holzapfel 12 (Somma), 10:13. Penalties—Lalonde, Rockford (boarding), 1:59; Hagel, Rockford (illegal hit to the head, game misconduct), 11:53.
Second Period—2, Chicago, Matheson 9 (Krog, Haydar), 4:45 pp; 3, Chicago, Pettersson 11 (Krog), 9:41; 4, Rockford, Gilbert 1 (Taffe, Klinkhammer) 18:58. Penalties—Pirri, Rockford (tripping), 4:14; Miller, Chicago (interference), 5:26; Beach, Rockford (slashing), 12:45; Ross, Chicago (elbowing), 15:29; Krog, Chicago (hooking), 19:40.
Third Period—5, Chicago, Miller 11 (Haydar, Pasquale), 1:33 sh; 6, Rockford, Gilbert 2 (DiDomenico, Lavin), 3:19 pp; 7, Rockford, Klinkhammer 17 (unassisted), 13:49; 8, Rockford, Olimb 10 (Pirri), 19:21. Penalties—Matheson, Chicago (delay of game), 1:58; Pasquale, Chicago (roughing), 9:32.
Overtime—9, Rockford, Taffe 30 (Klinkhammer, Stanton), 3:33. Penalties—None.
Shots on goal—Rockford: 8-10-19-1–38. Chicago: 10-9-19-3–41. Power plays—Rockford: 1-5. Chicago: 1-4. Goalies—Rockford, Toivonen (37-41). Chicago, Pasquale (33-38). A—10,091. Referee—Chris Ciamaga. Linesmen—Al Stensland and Brian Oliver.


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Dr. Rajit Gadh is a Professor at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and he is the Founder and Director of the Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium or WINMEC(http://winmec.ucla.edu) of which major organizations including ETRI, Hewlett Packard, Hughes Network Systems, Intel, ISBM-Italy, ITC Infotech, Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, Motorola, Qualcomm, Raytheon, Sprint, Siemens, TCS, Verizon Wireless and others have been sponsors/members.
Dr. Gadh is also Founder and Director of the Wireless Media Lab in UCLA. Dr. Gadh works in the areas of Mobile/Wireless Internet, Wireless Multimedia (http://winmec.ucla.edu/mobime), RFID edge-of-the-network technology, RFID Middleware (WinRFID), RFID-sensor interfaces (ReWINS), wireless cyber security, Smart Grid Technologies (http://wireless.ucla.edu/wml). Wireless in Healthcare and Pharma http://winmec.ucla.edu/pharma, and Tracking technologies in manufacturing and retail. He has over 150 papers in journals, conferences and technical magazines, and, 3 patents granted
He has a Doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a Masters from Cornell University and a Bachelors degree from IIT Kanpur. He has taught as a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, has been a Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and did his sabbatical as a visiting researcher at Stanford University for a year. He has won several awards from NSF (CAREER award, Research Initiation Award, NSF-Lucent Industry Ecology Award, GOAL-I award), SAE (Ralph Teetor award), IEEE (second best paper, WTS), ASME (Kodak Best Technical Paper award), AT&T (Industrial ecology fellow award), Engineering Education Foundation (Research Initiation Award), etc., and other accolades in his career. He is on the Editorial board of ACM Computers in Entertainment Publication and the CAD Journal. He has lectured and given keynote addresses worldwide in countries such as Belgium, England, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, etc.
Dr. Gadh has a strong background in creating technology partnerships with industry. His industrial background started prior to his academic career, when he worked as an engineer and a technology lead for two software startup companies over a period of 4 years (Formtek Inc. and Carnegie Group Inc.). Currently, he serves as advisor to a handful of startups and three venture capitalists. In partnership with his students and researchers, he has co-founded two technology startups, the second one being in wireless media.
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Thanks, I can use some of this info if I ever get around to installing a WRX engine into a Porsche 914.
That would be sweet!!!
Way back in 1979, I got to drive a 914 with a Chevy 327 shoehorned in the middle of it That car was a dream, big wheels, fender flairs, and a wing!
Oh yeah, it scooted rith along!
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He primarily builds engines for aircraft, but I've used him for my hovercraft parts. He builds EA-81s with 100-160 horse.
Posted 31 March 2005 - 01:44 PM
just think of the options if they did those kits for the 2.2!
Posted 05 August 2005 - 11:10 AM
Projects like the Doran and Tri-magnum use fiberglassed foam for their bodies
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 08:38 PM
thinkin' between 400-500hp would be fun in my bug
Posted 11 October 2006 - 11:07 PM
Porsche speedster and spyder replicas. Subaru power is an option.
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A good company to work with is http://www.ramengines.com/
He primarily builds engines for aircraft, but I've used him for my hovercraft parts. He builds EA-81s with 100-160 horse.
They have a $14k Supercharged EA81 with 200hp
Posted 27 July 2009 - 02:48 AM
They have a $14k Supercharged EA81 with 200hp
Not any more. looked there the other week. they dont list it anymore
Posted 23 September 2009 - 08:42 PM
Years ago, when the USMB was young, there was an aviation website that offered subaru EA81/82 flanges to make your own intake and exhaust manifolds. Does anyone know who that was?
I wish I would have known this were possible. I had to make my intake flanges by hand using a dremmel tool and hack saw. about 7-8 hours of work.
I got my exhaust flanges from coneeng.com You can get collecters and bends there as well. That's where I got all my parts.
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When there website was running I tryed to email them about a set of heads they never replyed.
There site is not working and most links apart from that one above do not work any more.
Even I think backinbrat got the last of the SUB4 Heads?
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 07:16 AM
also a mod in NZ making EA82 duel cam, duel carb heads. wouldnt mind getting a set for my road car but you need to put water channels in them first
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The best part is the price, a new soob for under $4k, but you probablly won't be driving it to work, unless there's a HUGE flood...yes, it's a boat. Here it is, the Mokai Jet Kayak, check it out.
Here's a short video showing it's abilities to go where no other boat can go, even through the back window of your truck if your not carefull. There is a little cursing in this video, drunk redknecks tend to have colorfull language.
After searching the forum to see if these have ever been mentioned, I thought you guys might like to know you can have a subaru powered boat that can take you to the only places your current subaru can't go, to the middle of the lake. These are praised as a simple, practical, go anywhere ATV for the water by their owners. Sounds a lot like how many of you describe your soobies. Hope you like it.
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Philly Anchors All-Pennsylvania Triple Crown
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The Philadelphia International Championship Bike Race, heading into its 22nd year and infamous for the Manayunk Wall, will now anchor an all-Pennsylvania "Triple Crown" - a three city race series with related community events during the first week in June.
The last time Philadelphia hosted the final leg of a Triple Crown in cycling was in 1993. Then it was three tough professional bike races including a 112-mile race in Pittsburgh, a six day stage race throughout West Virginia and the grand finale, the ninth running of what was then the CoreStates Championship. A young, brash, relatively unknown cyclist named Lance Armstrong scored the impossible hat trick, taking all three races and a $1 million winner-take-all bonus. Six years later, after surviving testicular cancer, Armstrong scored his first of seven Tour de France victories and, last July, announced his retirement from competitive cycling.
"Our race and the Triple Crown first defined Lance as a true champion," said Philadelphia race co-founder Jerry Casale, himself a recent cancer survivor. "Now that the Lance era has passed, we want Pennsylvania to pick the next great American super star."
According to Casale and his partner, Dave Chauner, the best way to do that is to reintroduce the Triple Crown, this time as an all Pennsylvania point series culminating in the 22nd annual running of Philadelphia's International Championship. Although the two first venues are not yet finalized, the first leg on Sunday, June 4 is likely to be in Lancaster, a 100 plus mile race on a challenging circuit through town. "The second race needs to be on a very hilly, tough circuit", says Casale who indicates that Mt. Penn in Reading or a course over some of the tough hills found near Allentown, Bethlehem or Easton, would be ideal. The finale on Sunday, June 11 will remain on the traditional 14-mile Championship circuit in Philadelphia that challenges the riders to climb the steep Manayunk Wall ten times during the long 156 mile race.
The Pennsylvania Triple Crown will continue to be a major highlight of the annual professional cycling season in the United States, in part because the Philadelphia International Championship will be the only single day race in North America that is designated "Hors Category" in 2006 by the Union Cycliste International, the world governing body of the sport. All three races will be Pro Cycling Tour events, an expanding national series that will link the best pro races in the country.
While each of the three races will have its own winner and prize list, the emphasis will be on what rider and team can win the overall series, determined by adding up points scored in each race.
"We love the Triple Crown concept," said Ed Beamon, director of the Navigators Pro Cycling Team, a squad that has consistently had top finishers in Philadelphia including Canadian Mark Walters who won the race in 2002. "It's a lot easier to take one race than to be consistent though a tough, three event series. The overall winners will clearly be the best and the teams with the most depth will prevail."
Although the final prize list has not yet been determined, organizers are exploring the possibility of again offering one million dollars to any rider who can take all three events. That, according to Chauner, will depend upon sponsor interest from any of the dozens of companies being considered to replace Wachovia, the Charlotte, NC bank that recently announced that it was ending the 21-year sponsorship initiated by CoreStates Financial Corp in 1985.
Governor Edward G. Rendell said, "Expanding the Philadelphia International Championship Bike Race, already a highlight of the professional cycling season in the U.S., will make a great new attraction for the commonwealth in June. An all Pennsylvania Triple Crown of Cycling will enhance the tradition started in Philadelphia and will continue to support Pennsylvania's efforts to host unique international events throughout the region. The Triple Crown is an exciting and logical step in continuing Pennsylvania's leadership in promoting cycling, a sport that is exploding throughout the country."
Working closely with city, state and community groups, organizers are committed to creating a week of Triple Crown activities that bring economic benefit to the region and each host venue including a grass roots cycling program for youth, recreational cycling events, significant tie-ins with major charities for fund-raising activities and regional and national television coverage.
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The Mount Vernon ISD summer feeding program is now underway in conjunction with their annual summer school. The feed will continue until Wednesday, July 3 in the elementary cafeteria.
Each Monday through Thursday, breakfast is served from 7:15 a.m. to 8 a.m. Lunch is served from 11:15 a.m. to noon. For more information, see the June 6 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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WHEN Richelle Brehaut was only a little tacker she met her husband-to-be, Stuart Brehaut, on the playground at Figtree Holiday Village when she was six.
Now they are bringing their children Hudson and Arley to the place where it all began, along with her parents Helen and Ken Streader, who have returned each year to the park for their summer holiday for the past 28 years.
The Brehauts who live in Ballarat enjoy bringing their family back to Warrnambool.
"It's nice to bring our boys back to the place we met," said Richelle.
"We've made lifelong friends here. When I was 13 I met my closest friend who will hopefully come next year."
Mrs Brehaut said the village had a great atmosphere for children.
"The kids can run around, ride their bikes and play cricket.
"It's important socially too, they meet a lot of other kids," she said.
Richelle's mum, Helen Streader, said her family originally came to Warrnambool from their family home in Boort nearly three decades ago because the holiday village offered ensuites for the caravan.
"We came down for the convenience of the en suites with young children," she said.
"Our four children have grown up down here holidaying together and our eldest son also married a girl that he met here."
Both families, who arrived on Boxing Day for three weeks, love the easygoing feel at Figtree.
"It's a safe, quiet park, with a lovely family atmosphere," Mrs Streader said.
"I'd be devastated if we couldn't come each year.
"We have made lifelong friends and it's like a reunion. It's so exciting when everyone arrives."
Mrs Streader said they particularly enjoyed the cooler weather compared to summer in her home town.
"We love Warrnambool, especially the weather. It's not as hot as in Boort."