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Statues on Parade Marathon
See me with all 42 of the 2008 All-Star Statues – the only marathon run to see them.
Welcome — and a few words before you get to the Statues…
I want to welcome all runners coming here from nyrr.org. I love you guys. Please also visit my regular running blog and trade links with me. I'd like to meet more runners.
One commenter here wrote: "I know that the bidding will end on July 18 but when will the Statues be removed from their displays. I don't want to miss them!" I checked with our person responsible for the Statues on Parade and I quote: "We'll start picking them up around the 17th…but some could be out as late as the 22nd. Depends on when the guys start and how long it takes them to complete." The All-Star Game is July 15 at Yankee Stadium; be sure to print out our map PDF so you can see where they are all positioned. Grouping is key.
With only a few exceptions, I have linked every statue visit below to the related bid page at the MLB.com Auction just to make it easy for anyone who wants one. Pardon this post being so long but it took from 8 a.m. to after 10 p.m. for this run. Enjoy.
Before the race
I slept about four hours max and it is raining as I walk out the door at 8 a.m. on the Fourth of July to see the Statues on Parade. I am not completely trained for my third marathon, but with starting/stopping included it will be OK. Distance running is mostly lonely, and honestly why do it except to push myself to the limit. To quote Nelly: "My work habit ain't no habit man I do it on purpose / I push myself to the limit so my talent'll surface." I figured it would be 20 miles, and it will wind up being a very ballpark-estimated 26.2. I felt well-prepared with everything I needed, including six Double-A batteries (I will need four), but I will realize much later that I forgot to pack one very important necessity in my fuel belt — Body Glide. Chafing will become a bad problem with new Nike shorts starting about 12 hours into my run, and obviously there will be no fluid stations for this event, because I just invented it. There is a mini notepad folded in half that I'm stashing in the back pocket of my fuel belt along with a pen, for interviewing and documentation of thoughts.
Key information to know
In most of Manhattan, "streets" run East-West and "avenues" run North-South. As a rule of thumb, 20 streets equal one mile, and an avenue is about the same as four streets in distance. Lower Manhattan is much less orderly, dating back much further with confusing angles of streets. You have to take a bridge if you go from The Bronx to Manhattan and back.
What I'm Running For
I always dedicate my marathons to someone/something important to me, and here is what I dedicated the Statues on Parade Marathon to on this Fourth of July:
- The Statue of Liberty, and all she stands for.
- The Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation, which graciously supported my run by facilitating the round trips to Liberty and Ellis Islands.
- Jackie Robinson. I wrote the number "42" in marker on both legs. The total number of 42 statues in NYC was intentional to honor the late All-Star who broke baseball's color barrier with the then-local Brooklyn Dodgers, representing freedom as much as any man ever.
- Major League Baseball's All-Star Game July 15 at Yankee Stadium. Publicity for the Statues on Parade will help generate bids for each statue now under way at the MLB.com Auction (starting price: $5,000 each, net proceeds to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and I see that the Red Sox statue bidding already is up toward $7K), as well as sales of 9 1/2-inch replicas at the MLB.com Shop (portion of proceeds go to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation. Also awareness of the Statues on Parade Sweepstakes, giving you a chance to win tickets to the All-Star Game and State Farm Home Run Derby.
- Training for the ING New York City Marathon on Nov. 2. I am registered, and that will be my third official marathon. I considered this a long run now that I'm into my 18-week training. My goal is to do a 4:45 or 4:50 NYC Marathon. Variety and fun help.
- Because I had nothing better to do on the Fourth of July.
Let the race begin
I created the photo album above so that it will timestamp each picture of me with the 42 statues, as well as a 43rd (Lady Liberty herself). I'm not in two of the pics because they were indoors after hours so I shot through glass.
8:37 a.m. – No. 1, Houston Astros. I live on the Upper West Side, and I am able to run six blocks south to catch this in front of the Reebok Club. The hot dog vendor selling donuts right there takes my first pic. It is drizzling. I then run from Columbus and 66th Street down to Columbus Circle (59th Street) to catch the subway north to Yankee Stadium.
That was the plan, anyway.
9:00 a.m. – Lost already. I took the D Train up to Yankee Stadium as a subway station guard had told me the night before, and it did not stop at Yankee Stadium but instead I found myself at 168th Street, around Columbia, in extreme northern Manhattan. I get out and ask some guy in a car. He tells me I could run to Yankee Stadium from there and points the way to the 155th Street Bridge. I do just that, but right before the bridge I snag a taxi for maybe a half-mile just to make sure I am doing this right as I got off to a late start. It turns out that the taxi driver was a 2001-2002 New York City Marathon finisher. His name is Geraldo Cabrera. After dropping me off at Yankee Stadium, he sits there a while and goes through detailed
maps of the city with me, my best information of the day. He shows me exactly how I would run down to Manhattan from there, avoiding incident. I am immensely thankful to him and after I take the pic that you see here, he yells out the window, "Stay hydrated!"
9:34 a.m. – No. 2, Yankee Stadium. This statue is not only AT Yankee Stadium, but the theme is actually Yankee Stadium. There are two other Yankees statues I will find up ahead. A chief of security actually has to ask someone to leave his post so I can have my photo taken with this one outside the player entrance. Regular fans cannot access this one around gametime, so if you're going, make it some time other than when the Yankees are playing because you'll be roped off. What you notice: "26 World Championships" and the years "1923 2008" across her front thighs.
9:49 a.m. – I am stretching against a light pole on Third Avenue in South Bronx. Everything before has been a warmup run. I left Yankee Stadium to go two lights to turn right on Grand Concourse, then run a short distance to 138th Street,then right on Third, which will take me to the bridge.
9:55 a.m. – BP gas station is a timely porta potty. Even green like the
regular marathon porta potties. I get back onto the street and can see
the feint shape of the Empire State Building far in the horizon (click thumbnail pic to left). I see streetsigns above for The Bronx Walk of Stars, and one says "Kurtis Blow." Cool.
10:10 a.m. – Cross the Third Avenue Bridge. Watch it here. The walkway is on the far right and very safe. Pretty run over the water. Run down the other side and up stairs, which will lead me onto Lexington Avenue.
10:13 a.m. – At 127th Street, I decide to see what kind of pace I am holding. I crank it up. The wind is coming at me.
10:23 a.m. – At 107th Street, I look at my watch and see that it was a 10:00 pace. Great. I will be in the mid-11s during the NYC Marathon. I am not fast. But I am a marathoner.
10:36 a.m. – Take pic of myself at 93rd and Lex. Getting there. Raindrops. I am very thankful for overcast and drizzly. Perfect weather for this first and only event. I have stayed on Lex, but I know that once I get to 86th Street I will have to hang a left to get to Third Avenue.
10:46 a.m. – No. 3, Cincinnati Reds. It is so cool when you see these from a distance for the first time. I would have this same reaction all day, without fail. You think to yourself, "HA! THERE YOU ARE!" Just seeing the torch up high, the colors…it is a great reaction. Trust me. For this one, I'll remember how long it took me to get here. The longest stretch of my running, obviously. That was a little over a 10K (:55 is my best 10K time) just to start the day. This one was in front of Modell's Sporting Goods, one of several in front of that chain, and I noticed the big mustachioed Mr. Red on the front. Raining lightly.
11:10 a.m. – No. 4, Cleveland Indians. I see the Big Wahoo smile on the front, a dead giveaway. I like that you instantly recognize these…nothing subtle at all. You never say, "Hmmm, I wonder what
team this is." It is amazing Major League Baseball branding. I
took some closeups, and just look at the detail of them here — from head to toe. This is where I run into Eric Mendelson and his son Jordan, here from Rockland County in NY. At that point, they needed seven more statues, and they are driving around the city to find them. "We're having a great time," Eric says. "Our only problem so far is the security guard at 75 Ninth Avenue." Um, that's my office building. It turns out that this was a holiday so Chelsea Market — home of the Detroit Tigers statue — was blocked at the door. I tell him to go back and to ask for me or my coworker. We would all meet up again later during this run, as you'll see.
11:20 a.m. – No. 5, Oakland Athletics. "You won't be able to miss that one," Eric advised me, and indeed, no statue stuck out more brightly on this day. It is like a big yellow submarine, and I lean against it out of breath a bit at 913 Third Avenue at 56th Street. The man who takes my picture also is chasing statues. His name is Len Fagan of NYC.
"I think it's a wonderful idea," Len says. "The key is it celebrates all the teams and leagues, and they picked up on the theme of New York City with the loss of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants years ago. It's hard for me to get attached to the Los Angeles Dodgers, so I'm glad they have the history of the clubs here.
"Having one at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island gives a feeling of national identity. I'm going to Ellis Island to look up my relatives. I'm from Russia."
We chat for a while about baseball. I tell him to go tomlb.com/statues and he can find the map. There are a lot of statue chasers, many already with the map. I do a ton of marketing for our website on this day.
11:35 a.m. – No. 6, Milwaukee Brewers. I figured this might win Swankiest Location award, as it blended right in with shiny gold outdoor decor at the Intercontinental Hotel on 111 E. 48th Street between Park and Lex. (Nope — that honor will go much later as a tie between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers in associating tightly with the very definition of wealth and capitalism.) You feel like you should be dressed up to see the Brewers statue. The couple who take my pic are told where to find the rest.
11:41 a.m. – No. 7, All-Star Game #1 (navy). This is an easy find. It's at 245 Park, which is our Major League Baseball business offices. That's where important MLB stuff happens, like creating schedules, negotiating broadcasting deals, licensing merchandise…pretty much everything. It's where they hatched the idea for Statues on Parade and put it all into place, and I have to give a shoutout to Maureen Mason over there for telling me all about it. I work for MLB Advanced Media, and we're responsible for all things digital and our offices are Chelsea Market. So the two main MLB hubs are both on this tour, and this one you can find right beside the Helmsley Hotel.
11:50 a.m. – No. 8, New York Yankees #1. MOST POPULAR STATUE ON PARADE. Hands-down. This one is right next to Grand Central Station, so that's one reason. People everywhere. It's like Grand Central Station there. Oh, it is! And it's the Yankees, and a beautiful white pinstriped version. That's two. And it's a version of the Statue of Liberty, which everyone loves, so that's three. I have to wait a while to get in for a proof pic. Thanks to the guy who took my pic. I would run into him again at a later stop as well.
12:03 p.m. – No. 9, All-Star Game #5 (AL/NL). This was tricky to find, and then you realize it was right in front of your nose. It's in front of the Grace Building, on 42nd across from Bryant Park. At this point, I'm starting to panic. I need to get down to the real Statue of Liberty. I am not sure how late the boats run and they are having someone escort me once I get there. I can easily pick of a big batch of these right now, but it's a tough judgment call…stay or go.
12:11 p.m. – No. 10, Los Angeles Angels. Finally I hit double figures. It's at 46th Street and Sixth, in front of HSBC Bank. There are four women from Japan photographing themselves with this one, and although they cannot understand me nor I them, I show them the map and they realize there are more of these all over. I am hungry.
12:17 p.m. – No. 11, All-Star Game #2 (AL/NL). In front of News Corp., which also means FOX, the All-Star Game broadcaster. It's at 48th Street and Sixth Avenue. Moving fast.
12:25 p.m. – No. 12, New York Giants. That's right, NEW YORK Giants. I didn't even realize that until four or five statues later. I thought I was seeing the San Francisco Giants. This one is right inside of Toys 'R Us, as there would be no room for it amid the mass of people teeming in the heart of Times Square. Take a pic quick because they won't let you loiter. Here something amazing happens. I see someone who recognizes me. It's Eric and Jordan Mendelson again, the guys I met at No. 4. Some guy with a baby takes my pic in a hurry and it's crappy, so Eric takes a good one. Then suddenly I am game-planning with these guys and we are ready to pick off four of them all in one big fell swoop. This is just what I needed. Major progress because I have to get to the Statue of Liberty fast.
12:32 p.m. – No. 13, Arizona Diamondbacks. It's inside of ESPN Zone in Times Square. We're on a roll. Eric asks me where I'm sitting for the Home Run Derby on July 14, and he asks his son to tell me where he's sitting for that event. "Third row behind third base." Hey, if you have a seat like that, you'd brag about it, too.
12:34 p.m. – No. 14, Tampa Bay Rays. This is a really beautiful statue. It is inside of Champs in Times Square, and nestled off and around to the right amongst a lot of gear. The story
of the season, perhaps. Put this one right up front! Scott Kazmir, Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford and those guys deserve it! This one should maybe be on the very top of the Empire State Building. But I found it anyway. It's kind of a metaphor for the Rays — still a little hidden, but you'll see them soon enough. "They're playing great," Eric says. We run out the door, literally. We are moving fast. They have statues to see, too. I was happy for a split-second to sit next to the Rays statue in this picture.
12:38 p.m. – No. 15, Washington Nationals. Practically next door to Champs, this is incredible grouping for statue chasers. It's on 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth. She's out front, bronze and red, in front of Modell's, next to Madame Tousseau's and Ripley's. Definitely a "believe it or not" feeling when you see these.
Gotta run. I say goodbye to the Mendelsons, who head for their parked car. I start running and head for the West Highway, and follow that path down to Battery Park and then over to the middle of the Lower Manhattan tip. I am back in real running mode. A pretty decent pace down there. Some run, some fast walk. I have my Nano Red in my Nike Sportband on my left arm, and as usual powersongs are carrying me.
I have lost my Breathe-Right strip. I always wear one to run. More oxygen for the blood, less breathing out of the mouth. You can see in my pictures that I have had it across my nose the whole way, but it is gone in subsequent pictures. That is not good.
1:38 p.m. – No. 16, Colorado Rockies. She's right in front at One New York Plaza, and you can't miss her. The only purple thing left in baseball now that the D-Backs have changed colors. I wonder what happened to the Rockies this year. They were the greatest team in the history of baseball last fall. Amazingly they still have a shot, but this Rockies statue looks a lot like some of the Rockies' at-bats this season. Baseball is like that. I love the stitches on the Rockies statue, by the way.
1:45 p.m. – No. 17, Chicago Cubs. Here it is, sports fans. If you are going to see one statue in the Statues on Parade, and you don't have a favorite, then go see the Cubs statue. Why? Lots of reasons. First and foremost, you are not going to believe its location. The team most closely associated with LOSER for the past century in professional sports is right next to the entrance of the bastion of American capitalism, the New York Stock Exchange. You see the humongous USA flag and the bronze brilliance of the NYSE, and right next to it you see: Cubbies. Wow. What does that mean to our economy? The way the Cubs are playing this year, perhaps it is a good harbinger. It's just that…history…oh well. We'll see what happens. In the meantime, look at this statue. Her right arm is white with lots of green ivy. The famous "Welcome to Wrigley Field" sign is portrayed on the lower body. It's fenced off so hard to get at, so I pose from a distance.
I meet two Cubs fans taking the same picture. There are Cub fans everywhere, including right here. Meet Laurie Osberg of Chicago.
"What's funny is, it's a New York icon (Statue of Liberty) and it's decorated with Chicago Cubs," she says. "Anyone from New York wouldn't think of doing that. With the ivy on the right arm, it's got a sense of humor. Only people from Chicago will understand that."
2:06 p.m. – I am over at Battery Park, and thanks to my friend Peg at the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation, I am able to avoid the long ticketing line and be escorted right into the security check to get on the Statue Cruises ferry. On the way there, I make friends with Royals fans here from Kansas City. They are interested to learn about the Statues on Parade.
2:51 p.m. – The real Statue of Liberty. Consider this No. 43 of the 42 on parade. You have to spend a little time just admiring. I get down on the grass in front of her base, lay on my back and do some crunches to try to get my heart rate back up. My sweat was drying while other people around me were starting to sweat. I wanted to keep sweating, the only one there who did. You obviously can't run on the ferry.
2:58 p.m. – No. 18, American League. While waiting to have my picture taken here — large crowd for the Fourth — I see a young man with "USA Baseball" on his shirt and "USA" on his cap. Looks like a ballplayer. I ask if he's with USA Baseball, and he says his name is Dustin Williams and that he is in the National 16-Under tournament. I do not have time to follow up so I will check with colleagues or maybe someone else knows. Or maybe he'll see this blog.
2:59 p.m. – Back side of this statue. A statue chaser had told me earlier about forgetting to get the backside with a photo, so I am ready for those logos, too.
3:40 p.m. – Arrive at Ellis Island. Lots of tourists. Look around. Lots to see but no time. Will have to wait till next time to see what ship my ancestor took here from England.
3:52 p.m. – No. 19, National League. There are two women taking wild pics of each other on the grass, and then one gets in front of me to post with this statue. There is a lot of the kind of caressing you usually see on MySpace profiles, if you know what pose I mean. I ask her to take my pic next, and I play it straight. It's funny, when I look back at these pics, I am usually posing with my arm around the Statue of Liberty like she is a real person or something. I tried to get creative in some of them, but for the most part I am just in a hurry to get my pic taken. As much as possible, I try to really appreciate the artwork and symbolism of each one. Hard to do when you're running and worried that you won't be able to see them all in the same day. Even harder when you are starting to worry about being out of touch with the office.
4:34 p.m. – After a long wait in line and just missing the cutoff for one ferry, I finally am aboard the ride back to Manhattan. I took the video above, and right at the start of it, look at the flagpole on Ellis Island. That is the silver NL Statue on Parade right next to it. (Digressing: I am finding Photobucket's video uploading/embed code much easier than youtube's, which I always used to use. Incredibly faster.) I buy gummybears, which ironically have the Statue of Liberty on the front of the pack. They are each shaped like Lady Liberty, in different colors. I am even EATING the Statue of Liberty now. I need any kind of fuel. I also get a pretzel. More Gatorade. I am loading up on Gatorade and water all day in my holster.
5:12 p.m. – No. 20, Brooklyn Dodgers. FINALLY! Hardest to find on my tour. The Lower Manhattan streets are practically impossible to explain. I don't have a really detailed map on me, either. But it's in front of the Topps offices, 1 Whitehall Street at Stone Street. Nine police officers were unable to give me proper directions. That should tell you how hard it is to find. I would not want to need a cop in this area. It is worth the wait. I am wearing my Dodger headband and have No. 42 on both legs, largely because of Jackie. (My friend Maura lives in LA so that's another reason.) One quick pic and on my way to find the Red Sox.
5:20 p.m. – No. 21, Boston Red Sox. Thankfully the Sports Museum of America had its shop open and accessible on a holiday and after 5 p.m. It's at 26 Broadway at Beaver Street, and it's inside. I walk in, and there are three women taking pictures of each other. Red Sox fans, of course. One of them takes my picture. We talk a little baseball and I'm off, with directional help from one of the shop employees.
5:27 p.m. – No. 22, Florida Marlins. Now I'm running up Broadway, through the Canyon of Heroes. The names of people like Eisenhower are on the sidewalk. I look up, and there is the bright teal color of a Marlins statue. Near Ground Zero, parallel to it from West to East. This is at 150 Broadway between Liberty and Maiden.
30 p.m. – No. 23, Kansas City Royals. "EZ!", I write in my log. It's right across the street! That was a huge help to me. It's right against the big black Millennium Hotel building, so it's just on the other side of what was America's greatest human tragedy. There are a lot of people over there, staring into the abyss that is gradually beginning to fill, remembering lost lives on this day of freedom. At the Royals statue, I have my pic taken and I notice that I really love the script "KANSAS CITY" that goes up and down the front of the shiny statue, glimmering in the steady drizzle. It's getting dark.
5:54 p.m. – No. 24, Atlanta Braves. Should have been easy to find but took a long time, because "World Financial Center Plaza" means a huge area to me. It was right on the water and another marathon runner near the marina showed me the way. One woman took my pic, and when she heard it was my 24th statue of the day, her friend immediately took her camera out and asked if she could take my picture. Wow.
6:20 p.m. – No. 25, Stephen Holland Statue. The artist designed this particular statue for Major League Baseball, and all of the others were designed by Forever Collectibles. You really have to see the beautiful artwork on this one. It's in SoHo, which by the way means "South of Houston" Street. It is at Pop International Galleries, 473 West Broadway at Houston. Unfortunately, the woman sitting right there reading a book was very rude when I asked if she would take my picture. She was the opposite of the previous woman. This woman cut off the head of the statue, so this is all I got. One of my biggest regrets is not spending more time here.
It's getting dark. That was the hardest run so far, from just west of Ground Zero over through TriBeCa and into Soho. Right knee is barking. Started physical therapy last week for runner's knee and left Achilles tendonitis. Stretching has been really good, and combined with strength training I know I will be fine for this fall. But now, pounding on pavement all day long, I'm feeling it, and a hint of "what am I doing?". I have a pack of IcyHot in my pocket, and I pull it out and put it on my right patella tendon area. Helps a little. I load up on my Gatorade, buy a banana, some more water. I eat another salt packet, have been doing that every few hours. Everyone else seems to be having fun. I feel alone.
6:34 p.m. – No. 26, Toronto Blue Jays. I am in serious zigzag mode now. It is a little tricky cooling off, heating up, cooling off…starting and stopping. Running on sidewalks, running on edges of streets and avoiding taxis, getting past people. I ask a pedestrian for directions to Fourth and Broadway, and that's where I find our Canadian friend, in front of the New Era store. What I notice most about this is that I discovered I have my own torch for the pictures. My St. Louis Marathon cap has a thick reflector brim, and now that flash is needed, I am reflecting like crazy. So for this one, I took my cap off and held it up like the statue, and it looks like I have a bright torch. I am obviously delirious now.
6:44 p.m. – No. 27, Chicago White Sox. I have made it up to Union Square. I had hoped to knock these off earlier in the day and finish at the Statue of Liberty but not to be, had to double the mileage in looping back instead. That is a pretty decent little run, from SoHo to Union Square. The White Sox statue was unmistakeable, the only black-and-white feel as you noticed it. There is a big white sock on the tablet — all of the tablets had interesting artwork symbolism — and someone wrote in marker on the sock: "Sox Suck!" It was the only instance I saw of defacement on the Statues on Parade. One of the first people I told was Scott Reifert, the team's Vice President of Communications and our own great purveyor of White Sox Insider. I know he will agree that the perp was unquestionably a Cubs fan running loose in Union Square, as the White Sox defaced the previously pristine Cubs during Interleague Play. I like the silver arm holding the torch, with the half-black, half-silver face.
6:52 p.m. – No. 28, San Diego Padres. Quickly over to the opposite corner of Union Square, through the huddled masses. The Padres win the Best Corporate Stadium Name Usage Award. It's in front of PETCO, and there is a kitten adoption happening right there. I bug some guy to take my pic and then seeya. Oh, I like the way the Swingin' Friar is on the front and then his extended bat goes onto the tablet — very cool. Padres fans, you will definitely like your statue.
7:00 p.m. – No. 29, Baltimore Orioles. I had seen this one the day earlier after PT session, so that made it easy not having to search like most of these. It makes me think of Cal Ripken Jr. That's all I can say. This is in front of another Modell's, at 607 Sixth Avenue near 18th Street.
At this point, I am starting to get nervous that I don't have my Blackberry with me (no way I'm going to ruin it here) or any access to communication. Am I missing lots of All-Star assignments? I decide to zoom over to Chelsea Market now, where our offices are located. I go inside, ask a couple of colleagues, who assure me all is well, and so I chill for a few minutes, eat some walnuts and fill up on water, then I go downstairs and…
7:13 p.m. – No. 30, Detroit Tigers. I already had taken my picture with it during the week, but I knew I would catch flak if I tried to use that as an excuse. So now I'm up to 30! Woohoo! I still have a dozen to go. I am so hungry. My knee hurts. I am starting to chafe on the inner thighs really bad from not having Body Glide. Onward.
7:35 p.m. – No. 31, Minnesota Twins. This is the first statue with which I am unable to pose, unfortunately. It's inside of Best Buy at 23rd and Sixth, and that means at this hour it is behind bars. Sorry, Twins fans, but your statue is in lockup! I take a picture of it through the glass and then it's running time again. I have to run 11 blocks north, to 34th Street. I decide to check my pace. It has slowed considerably. It is raining a little heavier at this point, threatening some fireworks, umbrellas out and making it harder for me to get around people. Instead of 10 minutes to get a mile like before, it takes me 10 minutes to get a little over a half-mile, up 10 streets and over one avenue. Here is some play-by-play:
7:45 p.m. – No. 32, Philadelphia Phillies. It's in front of another Modell's. This one is at Greeley Square, 34th and Sixth. That was another good run, at least. It's hard to take notes in the rain, and I hope my Canon is up for the test. Suddenly, after I get my pic taken, a man walking past me briskly says on his cell phone: "OK, I'M COMING TO BAIL YOU OUT!!!" Yes. They're having fun tonight.
7:56 p.m. – No. 33, New York Mets. I'm at Madison Square Garden. Chafing is bad now. It's just sprinkles. Bright Lights, Big City. I look around, and there are bright lights everywhere, a huge billboard of Derek Jeter to the left, the MSG sign to the right. This city is so big. What am I doing running from end to end in one day? Are these statues that important? The answer, I decided, is definitely. I tell myself I am having fun right now.
8:19 p.m. – No. 34, New York Yankees #2. This is the third version of Yankeedom, this one a Star-Spangled rendition in front of the Yankees Clubhouse Shop at 393 Fifth Avenue, between 36th and 37th Streets. I sat down for just a minute to rest after making that run across two Avenues (remember what I said before, that you can fit four "streets" in each "avenue"), and I looked up and saw…the Empire State Building. That is what this statue is "looking" at. So I took perhaps my best pic of the day, shown here.
My chafing is hurting so bad right now, I stop in a convenience store and buy a small jar of Vasoline. As I am running along the sidewalks, periodically I pull it out of my shorts pocket and scoop out some of it, and just reach down or up under my shorts and slather it on my inner thighs. I don't even care if there are other pedestrians. It is New York City. I am over 12 hours into a marathon. Distance runners will do worse things in the course of a typical marathon, trust me. I am not here for a casual stroll or taking public transportation and I can't find restrooms and don't really have time to stop to look or wait in lines. The rain has stopped for now. Eight to go.
8:44 p.m. – No. 35, Seattle Mariners. Darned "insiders!" Another one that I can't get to. This one is inside the Nintendo World (Mariners have the obvious Nintendo connection), at 10 Rockefeller Plaza between 48th and 49th Streets. I get another pic-through-glass. She looks really beautiful, gotta say. They all do.
8:52 p.m. – No. 36, Shea Stadium. Like No. 2 on my list here, this is a tribute to an outgoing fabled New York ballpark. This one is right next to the studios of SNY, which broadcasts Mets games. It's at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, at 51st Street and Sixth Avenue. Fortunately, they have a lot of plasma screens that everyone can watch outside the studios, and it's 2-2 in the seventh inning, Mets vs. Phils, and Chad Durbin has just struck out the side. Looks like a great reliever right now. Great that I can actually watch some baseball here. But only briefly. I actually sit down for this pic, but I have to keep running.
9:00 p.m. – No. 37, St. Louis Cardinals. This is the one I wanted to see most, only because St. Louis is my favorite team. When you work for 30 clubs, it is nice to be able to maintain a team loyalty. I love the bird on the bat, so iconic. Also the way the Arch extends from the back of her legs all the way around her body to her right front base. It is in front of AXA Equitable, Sixth Avenue between 51st and 52nd. I wonder if next year the Arch will be used as their version of these Statues on Parade, or maybe the Birds on the Bat. I am personally lobbying for "best fans in baseball." That always miffs Red Sox fans and other fans, but there is no doubt about it, having moved from there in 2005 and seeing how they once applauded Larry Walker for striking out after he had been acquired. Ask most Major Leaguers, and the poll always will put Cards fans No. 1. Always. It will be interesting to see if "best fans" is a theme next July. How did I get on this topic? It's in my notes. I am really, really delirious at this point. I am still running.
9:18 p.m. – No. 38, San Francisco Giants. It's inside the Sony building's Public Atrium, on Madison Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets. Do this one in the daytime so you get the sun into the atrium for camera lighting. I go inside and a security guard takes my picture. We wind up talking about running and baseball. Security guards like these statues, too. Personal thank-you to him for telling me that I left my hat and sunglasses there. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that the world's largest Spiderman was snaking down the wall. If you hate the Giants, you may love the…
9:27 p.m. – No. 39, Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants' rival is the next stop, fittingly. I had to give her my Dodger headband for a pic. I decided that the Dodgers tie the Cubs for Swankiest Location Award. The Cubs are at the bastion of capitalism, but the Dodgers, well, they are right next to the Tiffany window off Fifth Ave, and in front of the Niketown store that is in golden Trump Tower. The Dodgers ARE Moneyball here.
It's raining again.
9:37 p.m. – No. 40, Texas Rangers. I remember that feeling of reaching the Mile 20 sign on the New York City Marathon course for the first time. It was a number that told you that the finish lin
e will actually happen. Suddenly you could sense it. That is how it felt when I hit No. 40 at Mickey Mantle's restaurant. I wanted to go inside and see some Mick merchandise and memorabilia, but I had to keep running.
Nothing I have done on this day is more rewarding than what I am doing at this very moment. I am running again. I could taxi it or just walk at this point. I am staying true to the plan. I have to go from 42 Central Park South (59th Street), at the edge of the park, over to Seventh Avenue and a bit south to 56th. There is a hilly block. People are dressed up and out celebrating. I am ripe, soaked, this crazy guy running at party time. I feel so good about this stretch of running, I know why I am doing this.
9:46 p.m. – No. 41, Pittsburgh Pirates. Maybe I am just in an electrified mood at this point, but I think this is the best statue on the tour. It stands above you perfectly, it is so bright with its yellow-gold, bright red and black, and the iconic swashbuckler covering much of the front. It's just beautiful. Pirates fans, I think you guys win this whole thing.
I stop briefly to grab a six of Coronas because I am going to celebrate at the end of this.
10:06 p.m. – No. 42, All-Star Game #4 (light blue). It is in front of the Time Warner Center, as close as I can possibly be to the Astros statue where it all began. I am not far from home. After searching around behind the building, I finally see her and have that same "HA, THERE YOU ARE!" giggly feeling that I have felt all day. A few revelers ask me why I am all geared up, and I explain and ask them to take my picture. One of them asks me if MLB is hiring and writes his name on my notepad. One is visiting from Montana. Shoutout to Kristen, who appreciated the moment and what this had meant. I toast the light-blue crowned lady with a cold one, and hand a $5 bill to a homeless woman. Instead of running the last 14 blocks straight uptown to my home, I step right into the taxi waiting there. Then I buy two bags of ice, go home and sit in an icebath.
I just ran the first and only Statues on Parade Marathon. Bib No. 1 of 1. World record holder in the event. American record holder. Event record holder. Satisfied customer of the 42 Statues on Parade, plus one truly original, green statue out in the harbor. I guarantee you that I won't be the only New York City marathoner who does this.
Updated 10:40 p.m. ET Sunday: The icebath works wonders and I had no wobbly legs the next day. Feeling great. And I want to make sure that EVERYONE grabs the Final Vote Widget!
Mission Accomplished
I spent my Fourth of July by having my picture taken with all 42 Statues on Parade today. It wound up being a full-fledged marathon, as I began my day at 8 a.m. with a wrong train up to Yankee Stadium and adding four miles…and more in other places. So I am renaming this blog the Statues on Parade Marathon. Guys, I have a billion pics to upload and a whole mini-notepad to go through as I took notes at each stop and made friends along the way. It was so good to see other people doing the same thing — well, by car and stuff. There are a lot of people out there chasing the statues in New York City for the All-Star Game. It was a blast. But I am really sore and tired from pounding pavement — I ran from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., with some stop-start in there. I will blog about it soon, but not tonight, as I just took an icebath and right now I am hurting. 🙂
I want to give a BIG thank you to Peg and the kind folks at the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation for making my day a little easier. I was able to just walk right up to the ticket door and ring the doorbell and was escorted to security to get right on a boat to the two islands to see those 8 1/2-foot All-Star statues. That saved a lot of time. I am amazed at how long it really does take just to do all the zigzagging, but a lot of people are out there doing it.
Thank you for all your support. It was as hard as I expected, harder in some ways, and I have a new appreciation for my city and know a lot more about it now. I also am blown away by seeing the Cubs statue right next to the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange. I am not sure what this means for our economy, but that was really a sight to see.
Happy Fourth, and blog to follow soon.
Starting Line, 8 a.m. ET
It's overcast all day here in New York City, so I decided not to get up at the crack of dawn. It's 8 a.m. and I am headed out the door. I am leaving my place in the Upper West Side and will begin by running six blocks south to the Reebok building at Columbus and 66th Street and pick off the only statue on the west side of Central Park — the Houston Astros (#1). Then I will board the D train at nearby Columbus Circle, head up to Yankee Stadium, see the Yankee Stadium version (#2), and then start running south from The Bronx to Manhattan.
Here we go. I'm starting the first and only All-Star Statues on Parade 20M Run right now, and I'll be back here later in the day after running nearly 20 miles to see all 42 of the star-spangled and spectacular 8 1/2-foot replica versions of the great Statue of Liberty. I am dedicating this Fourth of July run to her, the lady out in the New York Harbor, and what she stands for.
Below are some morning shots on my way out of the apartment, and yes I wrote "42" in magic marker on both legs. I'm wearing red, white and blue. I also am wearing an LA Dodgers headband with long flowing twin tails under my cap, made out of a bathrobe from an item at last week's MLB sample sale.
I have the maps folded in my left pocket, my Canon A540 Powershot holstered into my Nathan's Fuel Belt, 4 bottles filled with water or Gatorade, just took a salt pack and have more loaded, four extra batteries for the camera, and a folded-up tiny notepad and pen in the back of my belt to take notes and interview people along the way.
Check out all the basic intro info in my previous post, be sure to enter the Statues on Parade Sweepstakes, bid on one of these originals or buy a 9-inch version at the MLB.com Shop. I look forward to your comments, please say hi if you see me today on the streets of New York City, and have a Happy Fourth of July! Gotta run!
How I will spend my Fourth of July
Brooks Glycerines – check
Red, white and blue running gear – check
Nathan's Fuel Belt – check
Canon A540 for blog pics/vids – check
Extra batteries for the camera – check
Four filled fluid bottles – check
Tiny notepad to interview tourists/keep notes – check
Spirit of the Marathon – check
Complete loss of mental faculties – check
So instead of spending the Fourth of July chillin' on a beach or water skiing or barbecuing or whatever most of you are doing to relax, I will make Friday my "long run" for this first official week of an 18-week ING New York City Marathon training program. It should total close to 20 miles, with a lot of start/stop involved, and it even helps a good cause.
I am going to see the statues.
Since I wrote the announcement story about Statues on Parade and am part of our MLB.com coverage team for the 79th All-Star Game on July 15 at Yankee Stadium — and all of the surrounding festivities — it only made sense for me to do this. There are 42 very large replicas of the Statue of Liberty — each 8 1/2 feet tall! — placed at key points all over New York City. Each of them is swathed in unique design reflecting the All-Star Game and the 30 Major League Baseball teams, and people all over the city are buzzing about it based on my daily conversations. In fact, they are uploading pics of themselves with these amazing sculptures as part of the Statues on Parade Sweepstakes we are featuring at MLB.com, offering a chance to win two tickets to the All-Star Game and the State Farm Home Run Derby.
Here is the map, so you can see where the 42 statues are positioned. The one to the right is on the ground floor of our MLB Advanced Media headquarters, and thanks to the bystander who snapped the cellphone pic. I will have to see this one again during my run, though, so that doesn't count. I will probably use mapmyrun.com to make it easier. It is going to be very difficult, with high probability for wrong turns. I am planning to start at Yankee Stadium early in the morning because there is one up there in The Bronx. My challenge is to run from there back down to Manhattan. I plan to cross the 155th Street bridge. At that point, I will be zigzagging like crazy, stopping to photograph every one with that Canon A540 that I will pack in my fuel belt along with the notepad. I also will talk to people who are admiring each of the statues, to show how awesome these are. I also will need to pack extra batteries.
Then the final trick in my gameplan was being able to get onto a boat to finish my tour on Liberty and Ellis Islands, because an All-Star Game version is on each of those islands. I have been planning to make those statues 41 and 42, and now I am happy to say that I have a blog angel.
THANK YOU to the wonderful people of The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, who have arranged so that these wobbling legs will be able to walk right onto a boat to see 41 and 42 — including the ultimate Statue of Liberty herself in all her majesty. What can be better on the Fourth of July than spending it with Lady Liberty?
Please visit www.statueofliberty.org to learn all about Lady Liberty and Ellis Island. And please consider purchasing one of the great 9″ replicas of these Statues on Parade masterpieces. It's a miniature of a miniature! A portion of the proceeds of the sale of these replicas in the MLB.com Shop will benefit the Foundation, which preserves this important United States history. So you can help out by getting involved. In fact, my run is going to be a challenge for others to go get a 9″ replica and thus help the Statue of Liberty herself! Collect all of them.
If you want to own any of the very same 42 Statues on Parade that I will be seeing all day, then you can do that, too. Bidding is now under way at the MLB.com Auction for each of them. The bidding starts at $5,000 apiece, and net proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which is MLB's official charity. That auction will close on July 18. It's actually kind of amazing. During the day today I just happened to walk past the Orioles statue outside of Modell's Sporting Goods on Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. (I'll be seeing it again Friday.) Now I am looking at it in the MLB.com Auction, knowing that anyone could own that and just put it on their front porch. Same with any of these. You have to like this whole concept, and really it is breathtaking when you stand next to one of these and see the detail and the symbolism.
After I return on the boat from the two islands in the NY Harbor and back to Manhattan, I will then upload pics and blog here. I am contemplating leaving my laptop at our MLB.com office in Chelsea and possibly blogging just after the halfway point, rather than waiting till the very end for all of it. Depends on how the running goes. I don't really want to completely cool down and then jump back into running around Manhattan. Feel free to come along for the ride, and if you happen to be in Manhattan during the day Friday, just hang out at a statue and eventually you'll see me. I'll be the red, white and blue sweaty guy on a mission!
Happy Fourth of July.
– Mark


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Congratulations, you now have a connection to the Internet.
Congratulations, you now have a connection to the Internet.
Revision as of 14:13, 29 May 2013
Embedded Linux Class by Mark A. Yoder
Kernel 3.8
If you are running the 3.8 kernel, check out these instructions for getting started.
Kernel 3.2
These instructions are for the 3.2 kernel.
The BeagleBone can do many neat things right out of the box using just the USB cable and SD card that come with it. Before hooking up anything, if you are running Linux or OSX on your host computer, open a terminal at run:
host$ ls /dev/tty* > /tmp/tty
This will record what devices are present on you host computer. Once you plug the bone in it will create a new device. Windows users don't have to do anything here.
Install the SD card (not the one that says Linux SDK on it) and attach the Bone to a host computer via the USB cable. The little USB connector goes to the Beagle in the connector on the bottom of the board near the Ethernet connector. Connect the large end of the USB cable to a host computer. The host can be either Linux, Mac, or Windows (though if you are doing development, consider running Linux on the host.) I give instructions for each.
The Beagle, powered via the USB, will boot up. You should initially see two LEDs blinking, near the Ethernet connector. The one labeled 0 blinks a heartbeat pattern. LED 1 blinks when the SD card is being accessed. After about 30 seconds LED 1 will stop blinking. The Bone is booted.
Here are some of the things it can do.
YouTube Introduction
Here's a nice overview of the BeagleBone. It shows how to work with it using a Windows host.
USB Drive
On your host you will notice a new folder appearing. On Linux and OSX it's call BEAGLE_BONE. On Windows it's Beagle Bone Getting Started. Open it up and look around. The README.html gives lots of information about getting going with the Bone. Look at it in detail after going though this page.
When you are doing exploring the files, eject the drive (don't select SAFELY REMOVE DRIVE). Once the drive is ejected, the network will start up over the USB.
Built in USB to serial adapter
The Beagle xM has a serial port connector on board, but the Bone doesn't. Instead you access the serial port through the USB connector. The trick is figuring out how to access it.
Linux, OSX
Run the following:
host$ ls /dev/tty* > /tmp/tty2 host$ diff /tmp/tty* ttyUSB1 host$ screen /dev/ttyUSB1 115200 (Linux) host$ screen /dev/tty.usb*B 115200 (OSX)
The first line lists what devices are out there. The second compares that list to the list made earlier. What appears is the USB to serial device on the Bone. The last line starts a serial port program that attaches to that device. Notice the ttyUSB1 is the same string as returned by the diff command.
To find where the serial port appears in Windows, click on the start menu and search for Device Manager and run it.
Select Ports and look for USB Serial Port. In my case the port appears at COM6.
Start up a ECE497_Tips_and_Tricks#Serial_Port serial port program and connect. The baud rate is 115200.
Logging in
Hit RETURN and you'll see the following. Login as root and look around.
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Internet Connection
One of the slickest features of the Bone is it's ability to access the Internet through the USB connection. The network connection starts up after you've ejected the BEAGLE_BONE drive that appears. Do it now.
After ejecting, run:
host$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8b:72:b8:c2 inet addr:126.96.36.199 Bcast:220.127.116.11 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:fe72:b8c2/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:8481193 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1871287 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3172154531 (3.1 GB) TX bytes:203188180 (203.1 MB) Interrupt:19 eth4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr d4:94:a1:39:ff:ff inet addr:192.168.7.1 Bcast:192.168.7.3 Mask:255.255.255.252 inet6 addr: fe80::d694:a1ff:fe39:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2775 (2.7 KB) TX bytes:1234 (1.2 KB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:37315 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:37315 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3665320 (3.6 MB) TX bytes:3665320 (3.6 MB)
You'll see at new network has appear, eth4 in my case. The IP address is 192.168.7.1. There's a good chance the Bone is at 192.168.7.2. Try connecting to it.
host$ ssh -X email@example.com beagle$
You are now logged into the Bone through the network. This is much faster than the serial port (.115M vs. 100M) and supports many interesting network things. The only problem is, the Beagle doesn't know how to access the Internet through the host. Get back to the host computer by entering RETURN ~ ^Z. That is, hit RETURN, then ~ (it's up there near the ESC key) and then Ctrl-Z. This gets you back to your host, but leaves the ssh connection running.
Copy the following lines into a file call host.ipForward.sh
#!/bin/bash # These are the commands to run on the host to setup IP masquerading so the Beagle # can access the Internet through the USB connection. # Inspired by http://thoughtshubham.blogspot.com/2010/03/internet-over-usb-otg-on-beagleboard.html if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then echo "Usage: $0 interface (such as eth0 or wlan0)" exit 1 fi interface=$1 hostAddr=192.168.7.1 beagleAddr=192.168.7.2 ip_forward=/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward if [ `cat $ip_forward` == 0 ] then echo "You need to set IP forwarding. Edit /etc/sysctl.conf using:" echo "$ sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf" echo "and uncomment the line \"net.ipv4.ip_forward=1\"" echo "to enable forwarding of packets. Then run the following:" echo "$ sudo sysctl -p" exit 1 else echo "IP forwarding is set on host." fi # Setup IP masquerading on the host sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/16 -o $interface -j MASQUERADE # Check to see what nameservers the host is using and copy these to the same # file on the Beagle # This makes it so you can connect to the Beagle without using your password. ssh-copy-id root@$beagleAddr # Save the /etc/resolv.conf on the Beagle in case we mess things up. ssh root@$beagleAddr "mv -n /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.orig" # Copy the resolv.conf file to the Beagle. Now the Beagle will use the # same name servers as the host. cat /etc/resolv.conf - << EOF > /tmp/resolv.conf nameserver 126.96.36.199 nameserver 126.96.36.199 nameserver 18.104.22.168 search rose-hulman.edu nameserver 220.127.116.11 nameserver 22.214.171.124 EOF scp /tmp/resolv.conf root@$beagleAddr:/etc # Tell the beagle to use the host as the gateway. ssh root@$beagleAddr "/sbin/route add default gw $hostAddr"
Now run:
host$ chmod +x host.ipForward.sh host$ ./host.ipForward.sh eth0
This will give you instructions on how to set up your host and will remotely set up your Beagle. Note: If you are using a wireless connection you should use host$ ./host.ipForward.sh wlan0
Once ./host.ipForward.sh has been run you can:
host$ fg ssh -X email@example.com (Hit RETURN) beagle$ ping google.com
You should see Google responding. Hit Ctrl-C to stop.
Note: If you are using Ubuntu 12.04 and having an issue connecting to the internet, you may need to add a line to the /etc/resolv.conf file on the Bone. If ping google.com returns an "unknown host" error, this means that the Bone cannot resolve the url google.com to an IP address. Users with an Ubuntu 12.04 host may see this issue because the resolv.conf that Ubuntu uses (and is copied to the Bone in the host.ipForward.sh script) is not compatible with the Bone. The solution is to run the host.ipForward script as normal, then add the line "nameserver 126.96.36.199" above the existing entry in /etc/resolv.conf (run "nano /etc/resolv.conf" on the Bone to edit the file). This configures the Bone to use Google's Public DNS Server.
Congratulations! Your Beagle is now on the network through your host computer.
After ejecting
- go to System Preferences and select Network
- You should see RNDIS/...Gadget. This is the network connection to the Beagle. Select it
- Wait for the IP address 192.168.7.1 to appear
- Click Show All and select Sharing
- Select Internet Sharing
- Select RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget
In a terminal window connect to the serial port
host$ screen /dev/ttyusb*B 115200 beagle$ udhcpc -i usb0 beagle$ ping google.com
This is all nicely shown here in this silent YouTube movie.
Congratulations, you now have a connection to the Internet.
Windows 7
There are several ways of running ssh on Windows 7. Below are a couple of tools that you can use.
Install msysgit. This is a version of git for Windows based on msys (a unix like shell for Windows) which includes ssh. This solution is simple if all you need to do is connect to your bone.
Install Cygwin. There are many packages that you can install that aren't installed by default:
- openssh
- make
- gcc-core
- gcc-g++
- gdb
- git
This solution is more involved, but it allows you to install development tools.
Environment Setup
You can either run ssh from a bash terminal (i.e. C:\Program Files\Git\Git Bash or C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat), or you can add the bin directories to your path and run from the Windows command prompt (i.e. add C:\Program Files\Git\bin or C:\cygwin\bin to your path).
Note: Be careful adding multiple bin directories to your path
First time setup
- Run regedit
- Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters
- Change IPEnableRouter from 0 to 1
- Close regedit
- Run services
- Make sure the following are set to Automatic and are started
- Routing and Remote Access
- Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
Connecting to the Internet
After ejecting
- Navigate to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center\Change adapter settings
- Right click your wired/wireless internet connection and go to Properties
- Go to the Sharing tab
- Check the box to Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection
- Select your bone's local area connection for the Home networking connection (if you cannot choose the local area connection, turn your internet connection sharing off and then back on)
Open a command prompt or bash terminal and run the following:
host$ ping 192.168.7.2
If this ping times out then disable and re-enable your bone's local area connection and try again. Once it works run the following:
host$ ssh email@example.com
Login as root and run the following:
beagle$ echo "nameserver 184.108.40.206" > /etc/resolv.conf beagle$ echo "nameserver 188.8.131.52" >> /etc/resolv.conf beagle$ /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.7.1 beagle$ ping google.com
Congratulations, you now have a connection to the Internet.
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Court says railway can make patrons pay through the nose
We live on the Hokuso Line, which connects Takasago in eastern Tokyo to the Nihon University Medical Center in northern Chiba, a distance of 32.3 kilometers. The Hokuso Line has been called the most expensive train line in Japan. From one end to the other it costs ¥780, and for us to get from our station, Inzai Makinohara, to its neighbor to the west, Chiba New Town Chuo, it costs ¥290. Many people who live on the line and use it have complained to the relevant authorities and demanded that fares be reduced. In fact, five local residents sued the central government, demanding that the court rescind the state's approval of the Hokuso Railway's plan to lease its tracks to another railway company and claiming that the plan did not benefit users. On Mar. 26 the Tokyo District Court rejected the suit, saying that the government authorization did not damage the welfare of the railway's users in any way.
The plaintiffs said they didn't understand the judge's reasoning. One, a 19-year-old man, told an Asahi Shimbun reporter that when he was a high school student he spent ¥90,000 on a six-month pass, which, on average, is about four times what it costs for a comparable student pass on any other line. Now that he's graduated and going to a prep school he no longer qualifies for the student discount, and has to pay ¥170,000 for half-a-year. Single-station fares on the Hokuso are about twice as much as they are on other lines. The Hokuso Line is part of the Keisei Dentetsu Group, whose average fare for 32 kilometers is about ¥470, so the Hokuso fares are 70 percent higher than fares on other lines even within the same railway group. The reason for the high fares has been explained in this blog before, but in a nutshell, the line was designed to serve the Chiba New Town development project, which began in 1969. Planners envisioned 340,000 people eventually moving into the New Town area, which encompasses portions of three cities, but in the end only about 93,000 actually did. The main problem for the Hokuso Railway Co. was the cost of construction, in particular the cost of land. Purchases were made at the height of the bubble era, when land prices were sky high and so were interest rates. The debt currently stands at ¥90 billion, and the railway pays ¥5 billion on the note every year. But the Chiba New Town authority, which the railway belongs to, also has to pay shareholders, many of whom are farmers who sold it the land in the first place. You can see their huge houses, built with the money they made and are still making, all over the region that lies alongside the Hokuso Line. Since opening for business in 1991, the railway has raised its fares nine times, though it also cut a few, but only by ¥10.
The kernel of the court case is a leasing deal that the Hokuso Line made with Keisei Dentetsu, which wanted to use the Hokuso tracks for its Skyliner and Sky Access express trains to Narita Airport. Regular users of the Hokuso Line were under the impression that (more…)


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Gran Canaria - Map of the island:
Puerto Rico - Harbour "There are lots of water sports and excursions to be had here. We went out for a couple of hours, dolphin spotting and had a great time. We saw quite a few dolphins and really enjoyed ourselves..."
Shopping Centre - Las Burras "Climb ever skywards up the wide stairways, or take the mechanised elevator to be swept towards the heavens from the Victoria Car hire office, where Roger lazily swats a fly against a slightly faded, laminated photograph of a 1997 Fiat Punto..."
Maspalomas, Playa del Ingles Beach "A huge expanse of flat sand, which seems to go on forever, backed by a dazzling array of bars, cafes, restaurants, shops, hotels, villas: you name it. You can do anything here, from riding on a banana boat, to paragliding or having a tattoo!.."
Gran Canaria is one of the most popular holiday island destinations. It is blessed with countless beautiful sandy beaches, year round sunshine and a whole range of resorts to suit everyone.
We are help to help if you are not sure where to go, or what to do and see. We have visited the island numerous times, to get to know it inside out. We've stayed at many of the resorts and visited most of the others, camera in hand. We've sampled the hotels and apartments, eaten in the restaurants and drunk coffee in innumerable cafes. more ->
So now we can help you to choose the holiday that's right for you. Use our VR Tour to see panoramic photos and maps of the beaches and resorts, or read our reviews for yourself - even check out the latest long range weather forecast, so that you can make the right choice for your next Gran Canaria Holiday from the comfort of your own home!
It's a big island – where should you start?
We suggest that first, you consider the kind of holiday you want.
The All-Night Party Animal Holiday
Gran Canaria is made for you! Try the biggest resort: Playa del Ingles for wild nights and lazy days. This is the place for the ultimate beach holiday. Right next door is Maspalomas beach with its famously beautiful sand dunes. This is a really popular resort for the gay scene and naturists too. And if you are a shopaholic, you'll find plenty to tempt you here – try one of the shopping centres, such as the Yumbo Centre or Kasbah Centre. These are also the spots for the hottest night clubs.
Family Beach Holidays
The beaches of Gran Canaria are second to none – huge expanses of golden sand and warm, sparkling sea will keep your youngsters happy all day. You'll find a huge range of watersports, boat trips and great shops here too. Resorts such as Puerto Rico and Bahia Beach are ideal for families who are looking for something to do in the evening as well – there are many pubs which have entertainment laid on, such as karaoke, discos and quizzes. We found plenty of nightclubs too, so we reckon the whole family can be kept happy!
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Romantic Holidays for Couples
Pretty Puerto Mogan is one of the most popular spots for those who don't want to party all night, but simply enjoy a beautiful beach and a good choice of places to eat and drink in the evening. The harbour is particularly attractive, with its waterways and marina. This is the perfect choice if you want to unwind, relax and soak up some well-deserved sunshine. We also thought Amadores Beach was rather romantic and gorgeous too!
Walking and Exploring Holidays
Not many holiday-makers ever venture further than their resort, unless it is to go on a boat trip to another resort or to spot whales and dolphins. Those who take a car trip inland are often amazed at the beauty of this island away from the busy sea-side resorts (although we should warn you that many of the roads are steep and challenging...). The mountains of the interior are breath-taking (see Pico de las Nieves). There are many trails and footpaths in this spectacular scenery (see Roque Nublo) and the views are magnificent! (See Mirador de Balcon) Other interesting places to explore are the attractive fishing village of Agaete in the North West, the picturesque mountain village of Fataga, or the windsurfer's choices: Pozo Izquierdo and Bahia Beach Club.
Gran Canaria, beaches and resorts - off the beaten track...
Of course, our VR Tour takes you to many other resorts – such as San Agustin, close to Playa del Ingles, but a bit more relaxed, Patalavaca Beach near Puerto Rico, but again less developed, Playa Taurito, which had an "atmosphere" all of its own when we visited..., Arinaga, a great little traditional Canarian town making few concessions to visitors, upmarket Playa del Aguila and Morro Besudo, in the Bahia Feliz area, or quiet, undeveloped Playa del Cura and Arguineguin.


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Anthony Adams spent five years as a DT in Chicago, and four years in San Francisco before that. He's 32 now, toward the end of a lineman's effective lifespan, and was released by the Bears in February. He's spent the offseason trying to catch on elsewhere, so far unsuccessfully, but he's managed to stay busy, putting together a video called "Stuff NFL Free Agents Say."
Playing video games, making sure his house lights aren't left on, delaying his diet for a case of Capri Sun: Adams walks us through the life of a free agent, with all the downtime and ennui that entails. But there's only so much P90X a guy can do. So can't some team scrape together the veteran's minimum for Spice Adams? It'll be good for morale. If this video's any indication, he's a guy we all wish we could hang out with.
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Not to be a hater, but I'm not too interested in hearing from those who made a pre-2000 debut, or shortly thereafter. Leading up to and shortly after the .com boom, anything with a pulse and a bit of skill was in high demand, although it doesn't mean good people didn't get hired.
....sorry about the harsh preface...
So let's get down to business. How did you find your first work? The reason I ask, is because I just attended my university's internship fair, and it was brutal out there--a massacre, with my fellow CS peers being gunned down left and right.
I have a 4.0 gpa, a semester from graduating, did well in a contest, took some in-demand skills for electives, and I had a nice damn suit. That said, I STILL got the stank eye from the occasional employer. One woman, representing her no-name 10-man company, was scoffing at my "credentials". "You received extra credit for top project? Oh, that wasn't for some international competition or firm? psshhh..." and so on.
That said, I had several employers reacting very positively to me. I even had one guy set up a remote interview with me that night. Been a couple days, and I haven't heard any more from the 8 or so employers I applied with (I'm not being stingy, I just want to get working).
The reason I'm raising this fuss, is that I know, from working alongside my classmates, that about 90% of them are far worse off than me. Too often if they're smart, then they're lazy, and they are just scraping through classes...or, they act like someone is forcing them to be here and do this coursework. I do my best to live and breathe this stuff, and I've met a handful of others who are as dedicated.
So...how do you break through this wall? It seems like no one wants to groom a promising employee. The day of the junior developer/intern is gone. I could be jumping the gun here, since I've already had SOME hint that I could have an opportunity, but I just feel massive resistance out there.
I feel like the only thing I could add to make myself more attractive, is some significant software project done in my own free time. Only problem is, between school, work, and family, I have no damn time for that, unless I'm to go without sleep or any form of relaxation.
...I'm sorry cboard. I'm sorry about all this. I really hope that I'm just being antsy and impatient, and that good things will come my way. I just wish there was something else I could do to make sure I get my chance.


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Seven Okanagan men, including two full-patch Hells Angels, made their first appearance in a Vancouver courtroom Monday for the June beating death of Kelowna resident Dain Phillips.
The men — HA members Robert Thomas and Norm Cocks — as well as Cocks's father Robert, Anson Schell, Thomas Vaughan and brothers Daniel and Matthew McRae were charged with second-degree murder two weeks after the fatal assault on Phillips on June 12.
They made their initial appearances in Kelowna Provincial Court, where five of the accused were released on bail.
But Crown prosecutors have decided to proceed by way of direct indictment, meaning the case goes straight to B.C. Supreme Court without a preliminary hearing at the provincial court level. And prosecutors have moved the case to Vancouver, where the accused appeared Monday in a new high-security courtroom built for an unrelated gang murder case.
There is a ban on publication of evidence and submissions in the case.
Justice Arne Silverman put the matter over until Dec. 19, with a tentative start date for the eight-month trial sometime in January 2013.
Thomas, 46, and Norm Cocks, 31, appeared wearing red prison garb from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, where they remain in custody. The others — Dan McRae, 21, Matt McRae, 19, Schell, 19, Vaughan, 22 and Robert Cocks, 53 — arrived with relatives and supporters, each being directed to their seat behind bulletproof Plexiglas.
No one from Phillips's family attended Monday.
The Vancouver Sun earlier reported that Phillips, a married father of three, tried to intervene peacefully in a dispute two of his sons were having with a pair of brothers with whom they had attended Rutland Secondary.
When Phillips drove to a meeting place on McCurdy Road in the early evening of June 12, he was attacked by a group of men who had arrived in two separate vehicles. He died later in hospital.
Trial CFSEU Supt. Pat Fogarty, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said after the arrests that Phillips was simply trying to do the right thing and resolve the problem when he was savagely attacked.
The elder Cocks is president of a Hells Angels puppet club called the Throttle Lockers, while the four youngest accused were described by police as associates of the notorious biker gang.
The case is believed to be the first in the 28-year-history of the Hells Angels in B.C. where a club member has been charged with murder.
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Death and Injury on the Battlefield – Part I
On November 24th, I posted a piece on the impact of disease on soldiers in the Civil War [see "On Lice, Disease and Quinine" here]. The following discusses the other side of death during the war, the experience on the battlefield. Please be aware the the following is very graphic. [Photo to left: One of Ewell's Corps as he lay on the field, after the battle of the 19th May, 1864. ]Battle injuries in the civil war were horrific and many led to death. The journals of soldiers and photographs of the dead tell of injury and death caused by cannon balls, grapeshot, canister, musket balls, bayonets, clubbing and more. Men were decapitated, cut in two, blown apart, shot in head, body, and/or extremities, bashed in the face or skull, disemboweled, burned, dragged, drowned, and/or suffered broken bones. John Beatty provided a glimpse of the carnage typical on most Civil War battlefields in a journal entry describing his pass through the battlefield of Stone River in Tennessee, early in 1863.
I ride over the battle-field. In one place a caisson and five horses are lying, the latter killed in harness, and all fallen together. Nationals and Confederates, young, middle-aged, and old, are scattered over the woods and fields for miles. Poor Wright, of my old company, lay at the barricade in the woods which we stormed on the night of the last day. Many others lay about him. Further on we find men with their legs shot off; one with brains scooped out with a cannon ball; another with half a face gone; another with entrails protruding; young Winnegard, of the Third, has one foot off and both legs pierced by grape at the thighs; another boy lies with his hands clasped above his head, indicating that his last words were a prayer. Many Confederate sharpshooters lay behind stumps, rails, and logs, shot in the head. A young boy, dressed in the Confederate uniform, lies with his face turned to the sky, and looks as if he might be sleeping. Poor boy! what thoughts of home, mother, death, and eternity, commingled in his brain as the life-blood ebbed away! Many wounded horses are limping over the field. One mule, I heard of, had a leg blown off on the first day's battle; next morning it was on the spot where first wounded; at night it was still standing there, not having moved an inch all day, patiently suffering, it knew not why nor for what. How many poor men moaned through the cold nights in the thick woods, where the first day's battle occurred, calling in vain to man for help, and finally making their last solemn petition to God![1]
Linderman posits that, even though the men fighting in the Civil War should have been more used to gore and death than those fighting in the next century, "when young soldiers first saw bullets, cannonballs, grapeshot, and canister strike others, their shock was profound. The first surprise was death's suddenness," a man alive and animated next to them one moment, and the next, lifeless and shattered. [2]Men splattered with the insides of the man next to them were even more impacted. Also shocking was the magnitude of death. It was not uncommon to see thousands of bodies after a single battle.[3]
Many men died agonizing deaths after lying injured on the field for hours or days. Contributing to this were standing orders that prevented a man from stopping his forward motion to help a fallen comrade. Some men were also fearful that doing so would imply cowardice on their part. Also, rarely could a truce be made to remove the injured and dead from the battlefield. The resulting experience for the injured was atrocious. Methods and procedures that would allow for application of first aid and then rapid transport to field hospitals were simply non-existent.
Disposal of bodies was often done carelessly and with little decorum if at all. Given the magnitude and ghastliness of the task, it is little wonder. Depending on the season, bodies awaiting burial, or even after careless burial, bloated and decayed in the heat and could be eaten by animals and insects. [Photo at right depicts the burial of soldier on one side and while an enemy soldier is left unburied.]Next installment… "Injuries on the Battlefield."
© 2007 L. Rene Tyree
Photos from the Library of Congress
[1] John Beatty, The Citizen-Soldier: The Memoirs of a Civil War Volunteer [book on-line] (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998, accessed 28 September 2007), 211; available from Questia, http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=26979264; Internet.
[2] Gerald Linderman, Embattled Courage: The Experiences of Combat in the American Civil War, 124.
[3] Ibid.


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About a year ago, I posted that we should grab our x-d glasses and take notice of what the web has to offer us. This well announced paradigm shift in education is no fad. This is a monumental change.
So how can we use the web for good? How can we start using tech in ways that make us more human? How can we capture more rich time in our day by letting tech do what it wants, to help us? How can we drink in huge slurping gulps of the web, taking us to the limit, as x approaches the edge, where we can experience several heres at once and not be overwhelmed but rather, come together.
Clay Shirky writes in Here Comes Everybody,
In times of revolution, …when a real, once-in-a-lifetime change comes along, we are at risk of regarding it as a fad, as with the grown-ups arguing over the pocket calculator. ..
Young people are taking better advantage of social tools, extending their capabilities in ways that violate old models, not because they know more useful things than we do, but because they know fewer useless things than we do.
As we move away from a linear, static, compulsory content, and facilitate a new standard of access, dimensionality becomes huge. Video is huge. Hypertext is huge.
I can't get enough of Mark Pesce's insight as he writes on The Human Network. I see such a fractalian overlay in all he writes, like it's speaking directly to education. From the post Whatever Happened to the Book (per word and per video): [I added some links, and underlining, unless otherwise noted, all quotes in the rest of the blog are from Pesce.]
Networks are the foundation of how we think.We all crib from one another's spoken thoughts. It's the secret to our success.While the great strength of hypertext is its capability for non-linearity – you can depart from the text at any point – no one had reckoned on the force (really, a type of seduction) of those points of departure. A link is pregnant with meaning, and passing a link by necessarily incurs an opportunity cost.
Consider two different documents…. One of them is an article from the New York Times Magazine. It is long – perhaps ten thousand words – and has, over all of its length, just a handful of links. Many of these links point back to other New York Times articles. This article stands alone. It is a hyperdocument, but it has not embraced the capabilities of the medium. Nearly all articles I could point to from any professional news source portray the same characteristics of separateness and resistance to connect with the medium they employ. …there is a financial pressure to keep eyes within the website, because attention has been monetized. Every link presents an escape route, and a potential loss of income. Hence, links are kept to a minimum, the losses staunched. Disappointingly, this has become a model for many other hyperdocuments, even where financial considerations do not conflict with the essential nature of the medium. (recall the Day-Care experiment) The tone has been set.
On the other hand, consider an average article in Wikipedia. It could be short or long – though only a handful reach ten thousand words – but it will absolutely be sprinkled liberally with links. Many of these links will point back into Wikipedia, allowing someone to learn the meaning of a term they're unfamiliar with, or explore some tangential bit of knowledge, but there also will be plenty of links that face out, into the rest of the Web. This is a hyperdocument which has embraced the nature of medium, which is not afraid of luring readers away under the pressure of linkage. Wikipedia is a non-profit organization which does not accept advertising and does not monetize attention.
Without this competition of intentions, Wikipedia is itself an example of another variety of purity, the pure expression of the tension between the momentum of the text and centrifugal force of hypertext.In most circumstances, we will decline the challenge. Whatever it is, it is not salient enough, not alluring enough. It is not so much that we fear commitment as we feel the pressing weight of our other commitments. We have other places to spend our limited attention.
When i saw Gary Flake intro getpivot on his TED talk, I resonated with the x-dimensionality legit web offers us for better conversation and collaboration, the navigation needed to till Clay Shirky's cognitive surplus. Our peek at and ensuing test trial at self-directed learning in public ed. More from Pesce:
At this point a question needs to be asked: what's so electronic about an electronic book? If I open the Stanza application on my iPhone, and begin reading George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, I am presented with something that looks utterly familiar. Too familiar. This is not an electronic book. This is 'publishing in light'. I believe it essential that we discriminate between the two, because the same commercial forces which have driven links from online newspapers and magazines will strip the term 'electronic book' of all of its meaning.
These questions are important – essential – if we want to avoid turning living typeset texts into dead texts published in light. That act of murder would give us less than we had before, because the published in light texts essentially disavow the medium within which they are situated. They are less useful than typeset texts, purposely stripped of their utility to be shoehorned into a new medium. This serves the economic purposes of publishers – interested in maximizing revenue while minimizing costs – but does nothing for the reader. Nor does it make the electronic book an intrinsically alluring object. That's an interesting point to consider, because hypertext is intrinsically allurng.The reason for the phenomenal, all-encompassing growth of the Web from 1994 through 2000 was because it seduced everyone who has any relationship to the text. If an electronic book does not offer a new relationship to the text, then what precisely is the point? Portability? Ubiquity? These are nice features, to be sure, but they are not, in themselves, overwhelmingly alluring. This is the visible difference between a book that has been printed in light and an electronic book: the electronic book offers a qualitatively different experience of the text, one which is impossibly alluring.
I see it as compromising the opportunity we now have to actually be facilitating a self-directed learning. To students actually taking over.
We're doing a lot of things today, in a scramble to do good, to do better. But are they the best?
(and gosh, this is another story, but why can't we even just stand up to what we know to be the worst?)
We shouldn't try to constrain our idea of what an electronic book can be based upon what the book has been. Over the next few years, our innovations will surprise us. We won't really know what the electronic book looks like until we've had plenty of time to play with them.
Yet we come to books with a sense of commitment. We want to finish them. But what, exactly do we want to finish? The electronic book must necessarily reveal the interconnectedness of all ideas, of all writings – just as the Web does. So does an electronic book have a beginning and an end? Or is it simply a densely clustered set of texts with a well-defined path traversing them? From the vantage point of 2010 this may seem like a faintly ridiculous question.
Perhaps in our urges to match learning to core standards, to at least have some say in some sort of parameter, some sort of rubric, we are limiting the very essence of intrinsic motivation and authentic learning. Perhaps our best move would be to forgo the urge to manage, the urge to validate, by simply asking and showing each other, what we have learned. No beginning. No end. Just always.
What ever happened to the book? It exploded in a paroxysm of joy, dissolved into union with every other human thought, and disappeared forever. This is not an ending, any more than birth is an ending. But it is a transition, at least as profound and comprehensive as the invention of moveable type. It's our great good luck to live in the midst of this transition, astride the dilemmas of hypertext and the contradictions of the electronic book. Transitions are chaotic, but they are also fecund. The seeds of the new grow in the humus of the old. (And if it all seems sudden and sinister, I'll simply note that Nietzsche said that new era nearly always looks demonic to the age it obsolesces.)
Finally, there is another path open for the literary text, one which refuses to ignore the medium that constitutes it, which embraces all of the ambiguity and multiplicity and liminality of hypertext. direction (like ed)
As texts become electronic, as they melt and dissolve and link together densely, meaning multiplies exponentially. Every sentence, and every word in every sentence, can send you flying in almost any direction. The tension within this text (there will be only one text) will make reading an exciting, exhilarating, dizzying experience…As our texts become one, as they become one hyperconnected mass of human expression, that new thing will become synonymous with culture. Everything will be there, all strung together. And that's what happened to the book.
Scientific research increasingly demonstrates that our brain wiring patterns can be significantly shaped by where we choose to focus our attention, particularly if we can sustain that focus over an extended period of time.
So this freedom, this space we're now given, to notice more, makes us rich.
It's tough to let go, and trust. But the potential is huge.. which makes good risky.
When there is a revolution going on, … net value is useless, since the society before and after the revolution are too different to be readily compared.Our principle challenge isn't in deciding where we want to go, but in staying upright as we go there.Instead of each member of the group tracking favors from each other member directly, certain kinds of help simply become social norms.
This does not mean there will be no difficulties associated with out new capabilities – the defenders of freedom have long noted that there are problems peculiar to freer societies. Instead it assumes that the value of freedom outweighs the problems, not based on a calculation of net value, but because freedom is the right thing to want for a society.
Nothing is for everybody. Which is why this non-fad happening is so extremely cool. We can now facilitate that. We can now offer everything,… in public ed.
My new friend, Dale, shares his his Poke the Box thinking:
Time is not money. Time is time. You could spend time making money, but you could also spend time changing the world—it's up to you.Time is irreplaceable.
You are irreplaceable.Don't waste either.
The unfinished project is alluringly waiting for us.
I'm currently reading Richard Restak's The New Brain, and more of Pesce's blog – The Human Network.