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Lava from a vent in Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii began flowing into the ocean 7 miles away on Saturday. The volcano has been erupting continuously from its Pu'u O'o vent since 1983.
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Looking for advice on good set-ups for caring stove fuel canisters on my Tourtech Zega cases.
Bicycle water bottle cages work quite well. I use mine for gas, not camp stove fuel.
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Headed out to get a 2 Bottle set-up for my OEM Adventure panniers today. Here are a couple of options for you as I was just on the Touratech site [URL="http://www.touratech-usa.com/"]http://www.touratech-usa.com/[/URL]:
This set-up mounts to your panniers: Double Bottle Holder for 0.5L Bottles, Part Number: 070-0525
Base plate mounts to panniers and allows different accessory holders to be attached and locked into place: Zega Pro - Base Plate for Bottle/Accessory Holder, Part Number: 050-0830 [URL="http://www.touratech-usa.com/Store/PN-050-0830/Zega-Pro-Base-Plate-for-Bottle-Accessory-Holders"]http://www.touratech-usa.com/Store/PN-050-0830/Zega-Pro-Base-Plate-for-Bottle-Accessory-Holders[/URL]
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Thanks for the input. The water bottle cages idea is brilliant. I think I will give that a try.
marchyman, I'm a little curious about the "cage" set-up. I know how my old Krausers have worn where they fit on their frames; one spot in particular is becoming rather thin.
Have you had your bottles in these cages long enough for any abrasion to start showing up?


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Amazing Race B-52 Bomber Prop Sparks Outrage From Vietnam Veteransby Free Britney at . Comments
CBS is under fire for using a wrecked B-52 bomber as a prop on last Sunday's episode of its long running reality hit The Amazing Race - in Vietnam.
Last week's leg of the Race featured a segment in which the contestants raced around the wreckage of a B-52 shot down during the Vietnam War.
The downed plane was then put on display in Hanoi as a "memorial."
Earlier, the contestants sat under a portrait of communist leader Ho Chi Minh and sat through a musical concert by young people singing a patriotic song.
For Vietnam.
The lyrics included: "Vietnam Communist party is glorious ... Socialism is growing more beautiful with time. Follow the party's step. Be loyal. Be pure."
The segment in the Vietnamese capital city, while only a part of the episode, sparked outcry from the American Legion, among other organizations.
"The show is called 'The Amazing Race' but I call it 'The Amazing Gall,'" American Legon National Commander James E. Koutz said in a letter to CBS.
He called the segment a "disgraceful slap-in-the face administered to American war heroes" and scolded CBS for showing the Vietnamese singing group.
CBS officials declined to comment yesterday when contacted by The Post.
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I must have missed the part when they had the contestants burn American flags. Sheesh - they showed the crashed plane for all of about eight seconds. It never ceases to amaze me how everyone today is LOOKING to be offended.
Really! I am a retired US Air Force Senior MSgt and served for 35 years. Although I do like the Amazing Race, I found this episode highly offensive! Many young Americans lost their lives in Viet Nam. CBS use of an aircraft that military members may have died is disgusting to me. I do not know what in the hell they were thinking.
As a Viet Nam vet I was more than outraged by the Viet Nam episode. What were they thinking to use the B52 crash site as a backdrop with no mention to the fate of the crew?? Don't they realize that this a memorial celebrating killing US serviceman, not a memorial to the crew?? Just another example of the dimwits in Hollywood these days.
I was very much an adult during the Vietnam War plus my dad, my brother and my boyfriend were all over there. We must learn to respect other cultures and I think the intent of AR is to show us other cultures in an entertaining way. My dad, a military man for life, loved other cultures and had a lot of respect for their beliefs. I think he'd agree with me on this.
I admit to being torn on this one. They're showing the world as is it, after all, and I've always felt the show leaves politics out of things. I did feel a little uncomfortable during the singing of the anthem, but reminded myself that these people - such young singers, especially - deserve to have, and demonstrate, national pride. I have to admit to not having paid close attention to the monument. It was not the best choice of site. Still, I've always found "The Amazing Race" to be fair-minded and open and enthusiastic about all cultures; they get a pass from me on this incident, particularly given their gracious apology.
I think it's a disgrace that you believe there is something wrong with Vietnam because it is not YOUR country. Here is a bit of news, not everything revolves around the you. U.S.-Vietnam relations are actually pretty good right now. It was a war. There are always at least two sides to every war and just because someone is/WAS not on your side, doesn't mean that they're evil. I don't hate you for living in Texas just because my state used to be on the opposite side of the so-called 'Civil War'. You people disgust me. We're supposed to be about equality now, not hate. Get over yourselves.
Cultural awareness is a good thing but when an american (???) TV show goes to a site where american heroes died and their deads are celebrated by the Hanio gov't who also murdered millions of civilian and thousands of americian who fought to preserve the liberty of the south - then that is crossing the line. Americans need to be a better student of history.
Last week's episode brought back the unbearable pain of losing my husband all over again, worse, cause it was used for entertainment. My first husband was a Green Beret Medic in Vietnam. The helicopter he was in was shot down, he and 3 other men were killed. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but the these comments are from people who did not experience living in the Vietnam era. Please have some respect for the Vets are died and there families. I will never watch Amazing Race again.
Has it been such a long period of time that the media suits have turned a blind eye (read logo) to this tragic time in our military history? Just another backhanded slap to our Vietnam war veterans. Shame on CBS.
It's their country and part of the expirence. We don't get all rowdy when Canadians sing their national anthem at our hockey games, there's no reason for this outrage.


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During a testy three-game series, the Blue Jays' Jesse Litsch threw behind Alex Rodriguez's legs in Monday's opener and Josh Towers hit A-Rod on his calf with a pitch in the third inning Tuesday.
The benches and bullpens emptied twice, but no punches were thrown. Clemens then hit Rios in the middle of his back in the seventh inning. Clemens and Torre immediately were ejected.
Clemens, Rodriguez and Torre were fined along with Yankees coaches Larry Bowa and Tony Pena, Toronto's Matt Stairs and Josh Towers, and Blue Jays coach Brian Butterfield.
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This post is by staff writer Honey Smith.
Well, the last couple of months have been a pretty wild ride in The Honeycomb. We moved out of our old place and concluded our experience with Cash for Keys, we bought a house and moved, and I am experimenting with a new student loan payoff strategy. Let's explore each of these big changes a bit further, shall we?
Big change 1: The culmination of "Cash for Keys"
After I posted about foreclosure from the tenant's perspective, the law firm representing the bank served us with papers for an eviction hearing in superior court. The kicker? The hearing and eviction date were set 2 weeks before the move-out date we'd agreed upon in writing with the same law firm!
We contacted them and they agreed to reschedule the hearing for after our Cash for Keys deadline. However, I had to wonder what someone who wasn't an attorney would have made of the paperwork we were given. Individuals faced with this situation should probably work with a tenant advocate or attorney familiar with the foreclosure laws in their area.
After we moved out, we arranged a final walk-through of our old place. The documents we were given said the property had to be "clean-swept and empty of all personal belongings." We did vacuum the carpet and mop the tile, although I don't think that was actually required.
At the final walk-through was a representative from the law firm/bank and a pair of locksmiths. They changed every keyed lock in the place to ensure that we wouldn't be able to re-enter the property. Then they gave me a check for $2,000 and I was outta there! The money is reported as income to the IRS via a 1099-MISC.
The official communication we received from the law firm felt very intimidating. There can be a lot of drama with a foreclosure! However, the walk-through was very low-key. While I worried that they would reduce the payout if the place wasn't clean enough or something, the checks were prepared in advance for the full amount. I guess they either give you the money or they don't.
Big change 2: Buying a house
Pretty much as soon as we received notice from our landlords that the property was being foreclosed on in late December, we decided to buy instead of rent. Jake was starting his new job in January, so we knew both the area and budget we were looking for (unlike a month earlier when we chose to let a rental go). A few factors made us good candidates for a mortgage:
The length of my job history (almost six years at the same employer)
My credit score (820 — Jake's was 720, good but not great), and
Jake's high salary ($130K per year plus bonus)
We had to wait a bit because the pre-qualification required a certain number of pay stubs. Since Jake started his new job on January 1, we didn't have those until February. We were able to start house-hunting in earnest in March and ended up with our second-choice property. Here are the details:
Purchase price of $225K — we put 5 percent down and financed the rest at 4.625 percent
Our total monthly payment (PITI) will be $1,386, and our first payment is due in July.
Assuming no increase in property values and no extra payments, we will be able to drop PMI in eight years. The property appraised at $12K over the sale price, which helped.
The house has 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms and just over 1650 square feet.
We love it!
For me, the biggest factor in choosing a house was the location. I didn't want to be more than 5 miles from work. The biggest factor for Jake was a two-car garage. We each got the thing most important to us, though we did have to compromise in some other areas. Previously, we were paying about a thousand dollars a month for just under a thousand square feet, so this is quite an upgrade.
We actually had saved enough to put ten percent down, but we didn't want to spend our savings down to zero and then be faced with a major repair right away. The A/C unit is on the older side, for example, and we are just coming up on summertime where temps routinely surpass 110 degrees Farenheit. I'll post our new budget once I have a better idea of our regular expenses.
New student loan strategy
A couple of weeks before closing on our new place, I took my student loans off Kwikpay/auto-debit. As I noted when I set my financial goals for 2014, my servicer was advancing the due date whenever I paid extra on my smaller balance. In addition, they were allocating my entire regular payment toward my large balance instead of splitting the payments between them.
As a result, I was paid ahead 8 months on my large balance and over a year ahead on my smaller balance. Although I had more than enough saved up for closing on our new home, I decided to stop Kwikpay (set to deduct on the 28th of April) in case of emergencies. I made my regular payment manually after we had closed on May 2. To me, the peace of mind was worth a 5-day delay.
Originally, I had planned to re-enable Kwikpay the week after we moved. But then I realized that if I made ALL my payments manually, I could direct both the extra payment and the appropriate portion of the regular monthly payment toward the small balance. This would enable me to pay off the smaller balance much faster, which was my original plan.
Sometimes your student loan servicer will give you an interest rate reduction (usually 0.25%) if you enable Kwikpay. However, my student loan consolidation combined with multiple migrations to different servicers seems to mean that I lost that perk at some point. As a result, I wasn't giving anything up and had a lot to gain by making this move.
In other words, automatic payments weren't worthwhile for me. In fact, I think having total control over my payments will inspire me to pay down my debt even faster! I don't know why I didn't think of this solution before.
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I'm glad to hear that your home purchase went relatively smooth. It seems every time I have a home transaction it takes twice as long as expected and there are major headaches involved, I guess a large part of that is probably attributed to me working seasonally and for different companies.
Are you planning to pay the house down quickly or keep the mortgage for the full term? While I am a fan of putting down 20% I think you made the right move by going with 5% instead of 10% to avoid draining your bank account fully. When we bought our last house we put down 20%, but it had us down to only a couple grand in cash, not a comfortable feeling!
It didn't feel like it was going smoothly at the time! It felt like everything that could happen at the last possible second, did. I have never bought a house before so I have no idea if this is normal, but the mortgage broker and the title company both would be incommunicado for days, and then have specific paperwork that they said they needed IMMEDIATELY. Very frustrating! We needed a specific closing day so we could move out and meet our Cash for Keys deadline and didn't know until 4 pm on the day of whether it had actually happened or not!
Jake still has some credit card debt and we both have some student loans that we may focus on first, but once we've hit those things hard I do think we want to pay down the mortgage quickly. December 1 was the last time we had a housing payment (last time we paid rent) and we don't have our first mortgage payment until July. Not having to pay for housing makes a HUGE difference in your monthly bottom line! Obviously that's not a huge surprise (it's most people's most expensive single line item) but having actually EXPERIENCED it really drives the point home of what your life can be if you don't have that payment. It's going to be really tough to start doing that again!
Congratulations on the new house! I agree with the previous poster: PMI is not the evil many make it out to be. We've been paying PMI for almost 8 years, and can ask to have it removed next month. We have paid a total of approximately $8500 over the course of the eight years in PMI. 20% of our sale price would have been $27,000. We bought in 2006 with excellent credit and no money down. And certainly not $27,000 in the bank!
PMI is definitely annoying, but it was the right choice for us in this circumstance. We had to move in a certain deadline and only had a short time to really focus on saving up for the down payment.
Like I said, we COULD have put 10% down but knowing how expensive home ownership can be, we preferred to keep some liquid. While the previous owner did fix everything we asked them to based on the inspection, there are some things that we are noticing now that we live in the home that will need to be taken care of in the semi-near future.
We may focus on mortgage paydown after Jake finishes paying off his credit card debt until we are at 20% equity and can drop the PMI. Then we'll probably switch back to aggressive student loan payoff until that's done before focusing on the mortgage again.
Like others, I think you made the right choice to hold back 5%, since you weren't anywhere close to the 20%. If you pre-pay the mortgage now, hopefully you will be golden in a few years, since you won't be dependent on appreciation alone to take it off.
Would your bank have offered a lower rate if you put 10% down? We just bought a house a few months ago, and only had about 11% down. There were different rates for 5% vs. 10% vs. 20%. We'll be rid of PMI in about 2 years. I can't wait to be done with PMI!
We could have gotten a slightly lower rate by putting more down, yes. Our actual rate didn't lock until 3 days before closing so it's hard to say how that would have actually played out, though. This way we have about $10K liquid in case of emergencies, however. So you have to way the actual numbers against peace of mind. It's more about mind than it is about math!
Congratulations on the new house Honey. I'll admit I cringed a bit on the less than 20% down. I almost wish you hadn't posted Jake's income because I couldn't help but question in my head why in the world you guys couldn't come up with the 20% down in just a few months, or from the time you realized you were going to buy a house.
The cost of the house seems to be very reasonable for your income and housing is most folk's larges exense, so that's an awesome step and even though paying PMI would bother me it seems like a calculated move on your part so happy home owning!
My guess is they've been focused on debt reduction so they haven't made saving for a down payment a priority. Also, Jake probably has some substantial loans from law school!
Honey, congratulations on buying a home! I just wanted to say that your post impressed me, because it is such a contrast to your earlier post some time ago about wanting to buy a home. I don't have it in front of me, but I remember the gist of the post came across as wanting to buy a house because that was what you wanted without a lot of thought as to the practical details or financial implications of it, and the readers largely raked you over the coals for it.
This time is different. You have practical reasons for buying (getting evicted from a rental is a huge motivator – that happened to us too because the landlady wanted to sell the building with no tenants in it), you have a CLEAR idea of where you want to live and how it fits into your lifestyle, and your financial ducks are in a row. Kudos to you and Jake.
And I'm envious; your PITI is a LOT less than ours for a bigger house! (But we live in Boston, not Arizona. 76 degrees today but cooler by the ocean. )
I'd love to live in Boston!
Yes, getting evicted from a foreclosure was definitely a huge motivator. We're excited to live in a place we can see ourselves in for years!
Be careful what your wish for – I live 7 miles nrothwest of boston- my 1952 1 bath, 3 bed 1300 sq foot ranch with original kitchen and bath cost $625,000!
I agree with others about holding back on the down payment. When I first bought my condo it seemed like money was flying out the door, and it wasn't due to repairs or emergencies, just household set up costs, such as getting a screen door, new waste baskets since I had more rooms, etc.
Also, I'm sure after your tenant-during-a-foreclosure experience owning your place must have been an even bigger priority!
Congrats on your home purchase!
I am really intrigued that you guys were able to find a great home in a desirable neighborhood for under $250,000. May I ask which state you live in?
Ha! We're in Arizona, AKA "the place home prices plunged the most during the Great Recession and haven't recovered as well as elsewhere in the country."


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Going to try and get to Greenwich tomorrow to do some pictures. Look, it works with Street View so it must work in real life too, right?
I was looking up Thor: The Dark World screencaps to see if there were any scenes I could use for my Film Vs. Location pictures and I came across this screencap.
It looked so familiar and then it came to me.
It's only the road I've been walking down the past week to get to Southwark Crown Court! How annoying is that?
OK, so do you guys remember this bus I kept seeing around the set of Thor 2?
Look, here it is in the movie itself.
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According to Adam Kolokotsas, manager of banking and finance at executive recruitment specialist Tanner Menzies, the most important thing to remember when asking for a pay rise is that it's a business conversation about facts and figures.
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Similarly, asking for a pay rise when you're able to prove that your productivity, duties, or responsibilities have expanded, or when company goals have been achieved, can mean the difference between increasing your hip pocket or not.
Once in the meeting, remember not to talk too much – you could end up talking yourself right out of a pay rise. Instead, stick confidently to the facts, use active language, and have a salary figure in mind just in case you're asked what you think you're worth.
Finally, a word on ultimatums. According to Kolokotsas, issuing your manager with a non-negotiable salary demand is the most common blunder you can make when asking for a pay rise. In 99 per cent of cases, threatening to quit unless your manger lines your pockets is guaranteed to backfire.
"A two-way conversation is always going to be more valuable than an aggressive ultimatum," says Kolokotsas. "And much more likely to get you the pay rise you deserve."
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The Wilson Center is already mired in numerous scandal, and the very controversial Jane Harman is going to be its director?
Two exposes:
"The Selling of the Woodrow Wilson Center" (October 2010)
"The Woodrow Wilson Center Desecrates its Namesake's Legacy and Violates its Congressional Mandate" (May 2010):
A scathing letter written by Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) to his former colleague, Lee Hamilton, due to the WWC's giving an undeserved award to the Turkish Foreign Minister in June:
A Wilson family descendant, Donald Wilson Bush, blasts the Wilson Center – ("Pawn for the Wrong President"):
Claudia Rosett takes the Wilson Center to task ("What Kind of Washington Fools Would Honor Turkey's Foreign Minister?"):
I meant to thank you David Boyajian for the superb links concerning the Wilson Center. Everyone's heard the expression "a gathering of eagles" no doubt; well this one seems to indicate the Center represents a "gathering of rats" that would sell us all out for a few dollars, euro's or shekels more.
Representative Harman will fit right in with her quarter billion dollar fortune along with her unquestioning pro-Zionist support of AIPAC. / : |
Carl Nemo **==
Much has been written about this individual.
She (and those like her) need to go. The US will become a better nation seconds after their departure.
Harsh? Hardly.
Those who are unfamiliar with her should Google Philip Giraldi's and Justin Raimondo's articles concerning her behavior as a "representative" of the American people.
One wonders how she escaped incarceration or at the very least expulsion from office.
Please do read these author's writings, backed up by links of detailed information.
They are eye opening.
I'll say the same for her as I did Joe Lieberman, "Good riddance to bad rubbish."
It's interesting that Rep. Jane Harman is hoping to succeed former Congressman Lee Hamilton as president and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 'Scholars' eh…?
If I recall Wilson was the presidential mattoid that brought us the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Income Tax in 1913. So Jane is gravitating towards a 'think tank' that will in some way influence government policies. She's already done enough damage to our nation to date with her involvement in AIPAC intrigues and rubber-stamping whatever schemes that make "Homeland Security' more intrusive, obnoxious and dangerous to our freedom as ever.
"A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men … We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world—no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men".
From the same work…
"Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it." …both extracts from Woodrow Wilson's The New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People (New York and Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913). …Courtesy of Wikiquotes
This President's admission that he sacrificed our nation on the altar of Mammon with his name honored in our times through a so-called 'think tank' that's soon to be chaired by the likes of Jane Harman is scary indeed. What AIPAC friendly, nation destroying schemes will she be hatching there…? / : |
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"Jane Harman is scary indeed. What AIPAC friendly, nation destroying schemes will she be hatching there…? "
-Carl Nemo
One can only imagine Carl Nemo, one can only imagine.
The rabbit hole goes deep.
On a positive note, the three provisions of the (rushed through Congress) patriot act (lower case intended) were up for vote this evening and (thanks to some truly sensible representatives) were voted down.
Let's hope they keep voting them down every time they come up for renewal.
Another Neo-Democrat wants out the front door. She probably knows she might loose the next primary. The rats are jumping the ship of state. lol
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8 February 2009
Egypt: Bloggers for Terrorism
Egyptian bloggers are posting their own photographs, posing with fake guns and pistols, on their blogs and Facebook groups as part of a new gimmick to draw attention to the plight of detained blogger Mohamed Adel. Find out more about Operation General Mait in this article by Lasto Adri.
5 February 2009
Japan: Bloggers respond to new filtering measures
Over the past week, Japan's major mobile phone operators have commenced filtering web access on mobile phones contracted to minors (users under 18 years of age), following on legislation introduced in late 2007 and on developments over the last year toward the regulation of "harmful" content. On January 30th, NTT...
17 October 2008
Australia embraces web censorship
The issue of internet censorship generally involves countries deemed non-democratic or "repressive" (something I discuss in my new book, The Blogging Revolution.) We regularly read reports about the regimes in China or Iran blocking countless "subversive" websites for overtly political gain. Alas, a growing number of nations in the West...
15 July 2008
NGOs: Defending the voices
At the end of our first day of open work, GV founder Rebecca MacKinnon put an important idea on the table: censorship is not only a political or technological problem; it is also a social problem. Thus, it is important to encourage bloggers to resist; to keep blogging. In this last task, the NGOs are one of the most valuable resources for bloggers who need help to keep blogging actively for their causes. The main question for the session was how NGOs can help more effectively.
12 July 2008
Activists Meet the Academy: GVO Summit Day 1, Session 4
Participants of the fourth session of Global Voices first day of its Summit 2008, discussed the tools to help create better internet access while maintaining anonymity. The session, which carried the title "Front Line Activists meet the Academy: Tools and Knowledge," provided hands-on information for internet users from repressive states and those with freer governments.
2 July 2008
Towards a total human rights outlook
How can NGOs seeking to advance freedom of expression most effectively work with on-the-ground free speech activists to combat censorship? As a journalist, author and blogger living in Sydney, Australia, the opportunity to be involved in this Global Voices event is a privilege. I thank the organisers for the opportunity.
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Sitting in the radiology office. Someone occupy me and take my mind off of this. Please and thank you.
Hey look, actual "unique" questions
- 1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
- 2: Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?
- 3: Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
- 4: Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
- 5: Do you like to use post-it notes?
- 6: Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
- 7: Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?
- 8: Do you have freckles?
- 9: Do you always smile for pictures?
- 10: What is your biggest pet peeve?
- 11: Do you ever count your steps when you walk?
- 12: Have you ever peed in the woods?
- 13: What about pooped in the woods?
- 14: Do you ever dance even if theres no music playing?
- 15: Do you chew your pens and pencils?
- 16: How many people have you slept with this week?
- 17: What size is your bed?
- 18: What is your Song of the week?
- 19: Is it okay for guys to wear pink?
- 20: Do you still watch cartoons?
- 21: Whats your least favorite movie?
- 22: Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?
- 23: If you're a girl, bra size? If you're a guy, pants size?
- 24: What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
- 25: What is your favorite food?
- 26: What movies could you watch over and over and still love?
- 27: Last person you kissed/kissed you?
- 28: Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
- 29: Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?
- 30: When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?
- 31: Can you change the oil on a car?
- 32: Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
- 33: Ever ran out of gas?
- 34: Favorite kind of sandwich?
- 35: Best thing to eat for breakfast?
- 36: What is your usual bedtime?
- 37: Are you lazy?
- 38: When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?
- 39: What is your Chinese astrological sign?
- 40: Are you horny?
- 41: Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
- 42: Which are better legos or lincoln logs?
- 43: Are you stubborn?
- 44: Who is better...Leno or Letterman?
- 45: Ever watch soap operas?
- 46: Are you afraid of heights?
- 47: Do you sing in the car?
- 48: Do you sing in the shower?
- 49: Do you dance in the car?
- 50: Ever used a gun?
- 51: Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?
- 52: Do you think musicals are cheesy?
- 53: Is Christmas stressful?
- 54: Ever eat a pierogi?
- 55: Favorite type of fruit pie?
- 56: Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
- 57: Do you believe in ghosts?
- 58: Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?
- 59: Take a vitamin daily?
- 60: Wear slippers?
- 61: Wear a bath robe?
- 62: What do you wear to bed?
- 63: First concert?
- 64: Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?
- 65: Nike or Adidas?
- 66: Cheetos Or Fritos?
- 67: Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?
- 68: Ever hear of the group Tres Bien?
- 69: Ever take dance lessons?
- 70: Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?
- 71: Can you curl your tongue?
- 72: Ever won a spelling bee?
- 73: Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
- 74: Own any record albums?
- 75: Own a record player?
- 76: Regularly burn incense?
- 77: Ever been in love?
- 78: Who would you like to see in concert?
- 79: What was the last concert you saw?
- 80: Hot tea or cold tea?
- 81: Tea or coffee?
- 82: Sugar or snickerdoodles?
- 83: Can you swim well?
- 84: Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?
- 85: Are you patient?
- 86: DJ or band, at a wedding?
- 87: Ever won a contest?
- 88: Ever have plastic surgery?
- 89: Which are better black or green olives?
- 90: Can you knit or crochet?
- 91: Best room for a fireplace?
- 92: Do you want to get married?
- 93: If married, how long have you been married?
- 94: Who was your HS crush?
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We praise people for being "naturally" smart, too, "naturally" athletic, and etc. But studies continue to show, as they have for some time now, that it is generally healthier to praise schoolchildren for being hardworking, than for being naturally gifted. We know now that to emphasize a child's inherent ability places pressure on that child to continue to be accidentally talented, which is something that is hard for anyone to control. When the children who are applauded for their natural skills fail, they are shown to take the failure very personally. After all, the process of their success has always seemed mysterious and basic and inseparable from the rest of their identity, so it must be they who are failing as whole people. When students are instead complimented and rewarded for their effort and improvement, they tend to not be so hard on themselves. When they fail, they reason, "Well, I'll work harder next time." They learn that they are capable of success, rather than constantly automatically deserving of it, and they learn simultaneously that they are bigger and more complex than their individual successes or failures.
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WHITING | Residents and officials spent Thursday night trying to get to the bottom of a strange smell in the air.
Tom Stevens, a spokesman for NIPSCO, said crews have responded to several Whiting homes because of concerns of a natural gas leak. As of Thursday night, crews had not found evidence of a gas leak.
He said crew members working in Whiting reported that the odor was more of a petroleum smell rather than that of a natural gas leak.
"If there is a natural gas leak that is found, we'll have our crews repair it as quickly as possible," Stevens said. "We have not had a confirmed natural gas leak from inside a home at this time."
He said crews were testing homes in the area of the 1900 block of New York Avenue just before 11 p.m.
Residents in the 1400 block of Fischrupp Avenue also reported a strange smell Thursday night.
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New NASCAR-themed roller coaster, Intimidator, debuts at Carowinds
Written by Russell Meyer
CHARLOTTE - Given the popularity of NASCAR in the United States, it seems surprising that until this year, the only NASCAR themed coaster was Speed in Las Vegas. This year, that changes, with the opening of Intimidator at Carowinds on the North Carolina/South Carolina border, and Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia.Tweet
Intimidator at Carowinds is the first to debut this season (Intimidator 305 will officially open next week). Carowinds' new coaster, designed by Bolliger and Mabillard, is touted as the tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster in the southeast. The ride features a 232-foot hill, 211-foot first drop at 74 degrees, 7 additional drops, a "panoramic u-turn," "diving spiral," and top speeds approaching 80 miles per hour. The coaster features B&M's 2nd generation hypercoaster trains with "stadium-style" staggered seating arrangement accommodating 32 riders per cycle. At optimal performance, Intimidator can handle up to 1,600 riders per hour.
As one would expect from a B&M creation, the coaster is incredibly smooth with long stretches of airtime at the top of each of the 8 massive hills.
If a coaster fan were to design a layout for the perfect B&M hypercoaster, it would probably look something like this creation. It features some of their best elements, like Nitro's turns (Six Flags Great Adventure), Goliath's quick start (Six Flags Over Georgia), and the extreme airtime of Apollo's Chariot (Busch Gardens Williamsburg). Add in the well-executed theming around one of the most popular and legendary NASCAR drivers, Dale Earnhardt Sr.,and Carowinds has themselves a sure-fire hit on their hands. With no inversions, this coaster will be more accessible than many of the other coasters at the park, and the Intimidator theme is sure to bring in NASCAR fans wanting to experience the legend that is Dale Earnhardt. Members of Dale Earnhardt Incorporated (DEI) were on hand to open the new coaster, including his oldest son, Kerry Earnhardt.
The entrance to the attraction features a number of plaques and signs commemorating the career of the late driver, including a replica of his famous #3 Chevy that is prominently displayed in front of a board that highlights every one of the driver's 76 career NASCAR race victories.
The theming is continued in the queue, which, not surprisingly, is similar in style to one of Cedar Fair's other vehicle-themed roller coasters, Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point.
The coaster trains themselves are designed to resemble the black #3 car with the front looking like the front end of a real race car.
As riders exit the station up the lift hill, the announcer proclaims the most famous words in motorsports, "Start your engines." Unfortunately, there are no theming elements along the course of the coaster's 5,316-foot long track. Given, there aren't too many coasters that do feature a lot of theming along their course, but some billboards, replica cars, and the like at the bottom of the hills could have created a more complete experience. Nonetheless, regular guests and uber-NASCAR fans alike should find the experience both immersive and exciting.
Readers' Opinions
From Robert Niles on March 27, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Thanks for the report, Russell!
From James Rao on March 27, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Good stuff, Russell. Where do you rank this coaster among your favorites? It sounds like it may be your new #1...?
From 18.104.22.168 on March 27, 2010 at 1:03 PM
I will be hitting this up on my way to Williamsburg! Looks like another great BM hyper.
From Russell Meyer on March 27, 2010 at 2:17 PM
It would probably be somewhere between 5 and 10. As far as B&M hypers go, I still prefer Apollo's Chariot. I'd also put Nitro just a smidge above this one because of the more intense turns. Perhaps I thought the turns on Intimidator would be better and the fact that they were a bit underwhelming affected my overall impression of the ride. As far as #1, I really like inversions, so it would take a pretty impressive coaster to crack that list.
From James Rao on March 27, 2010 at 4:07 PM
I'm a sucker for inversions as well... Kraken, baby!
From Rhys Evans on March 27, 2010 at 8:20 PM
Where did they fit this into the park? I thought it oddly fun that several of the coasters here cross the state line between North and South Carolina; is this another one?
From M. Ryan Traylor on March 27, 2010 at 9:00 PM
How can Carowinds call this the "largest, fastest" etc in the Southeast, when Kings Dominion is opening one that is bigger. Or do they just get the title until 305 opens?
From Russell Meyer on March 27, 2010 at 9:06 PM
The coaster is completely within South Carolina, and was built on the western portion of the main parking lot.
This is considered the tallest and fastest in the southeast, because Virginia is considered the Mid-Atlantic. Southeast would include North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama.
From 188.8.131.52 on March 28, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Didn't we get into this debate before? Virginia is technically in the south, but to me it seems too central to be actually classified as southeast, but my opinion probably doesn't count for much. After all, I don't really consider Florida to be part of the south either as it mainly serves as the northeast's retirement home.
From Robert Niles on March 28, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Hey, even if VA is the southeast, the KD coaster doesn't own for a week. Until then, the title is Carowinds'! :-)
From Joshua Counsil on March 29, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Great report. To make the experience truly immersive, though, every rider should be given a twelve-pack of Bud Light.
From Robert Niles on March 29, 2010 at 10:05 AM
...Or the on-ride photo could just superimpose a mustache on every rider.
Actually, that would be a funny option. Bet they'd sell more that way, too.
From 188.8.131.52 on March 30, 2010 at 10:08 PM
This coaster looks identical to the layout and car design as "Behemoth" at Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Ontario. Only the theming looks different...the NASCAR vibe and tribute to Dale Sr. is very cool though!!
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server not directly accessible to the attacker by sending an HTTP
version 0.9 request, or by using a specially crafted URI.
The httpd server included the full HTTP header line in the default
error page generated when receiving an excessively long or malformed
header. Malicious JavaScript running in the server's domain context
could use this flaw to gain access to httpOnly cookies.
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was
found in the way httpd performed substitutions in regular expressions.
An attacker able to set certain httpd settings, such as a user
permitted to override the httpd configuration for a specific directory
using a '.htaccess' file, could use this flaw to crash the httpd child
process or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the 'apache' user. (CVE-2011-3607)
A flaw was found in the way httpd handled child process status
information. A malicious program running with httpd child process
privileges (such as a PHP or CGI script) could use this flaw to cause
the parent httpd process to crash during httpd service shutdown.
See also :
Solution :
Run 'yum upgrade httpd' to upgrade your system. Then run 'service
httpd restart' to restart the Apache HTTP Server.
Risk factor :
Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4.6
Public Exploit Available : true
Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Nessus Plugin ID: 69653 ()


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*Tears* Its just so beautiful!
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*Tears* Its just so beautiful!
Very nicely done! The details are absolutely amazing! It would be more amazing if he would release English version of the map, but still is one of the best works in this forum! Keep on good work! ;)
Epic map - a real work of love
What a work...
One day, i will Be Mad Enough to Redo this Map in full color.
Bravo! Such wonderful detail, and feel...
Wow, this is fantastic.
Awesome. I like the detail of this map with all those names of unknown (?, at least to me =) ) kingdoms, towns and other locations.
Truly impressive. I bet it took a lot of time to do this. I am simply not that patient lol. Kudos, and congratulations on an amazing finished product.
I agree with the posts here, this map is amazing. Makes me want to run a campaign there.