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BLACK FOREST — At least two people have been killed so far in the Black Forest fire, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said Thursday.
They were the first confirmed fatalities in the fire, which began Tuesday and pushed toward densely populated subdivisions of Colorado Springs on Thursday. Authorities issued mandatory evacuations for thousands of additional residents in Colorado Springs.
As thick smoke billowed over the region, parts of Interstate 25 were reduced to a near-standstill as people tried to flee. Firefighters focused efforts on trying to prevent the flames from jumping west across Highway 83, which could greatly expand the scope of the fire.
Authorities said the flames had not yet crossed Highway 83, but they said winds were blowing smoke in that direction and they were worried about the possibility of spot fires.
Two adult bodies have been recovered from the fire zone so far, Maketa said at an afternoon briefing. One of the victims had told others by phone that he was trying to leave the area, Maketa said. An investigation is underway.
The bodies were found together in a garage with the car doors open, as if they were packing up the car and preparing to flee, Maketa said.
"We were truly hoping we could get from day to day without news like this," he said. "It certainly was tragic news we were hoping we could avoid."
Authorities offered the first hopeful news: The fire is now at 5 percent containment.
"I am very hopeful that we didn"t lose any homes today," Maketa said. "If we did lose any, it was very few."
But he said crews have their work cut out for them.
"Driving around today we"re seeing a lot of hot spots within," he said. "We still have a lot of work to do."
The Black Forest fire has already destroyed at least 360 homes and consumed 15,700 acres, Maketa said. That makes it the most destructive fire in Colorado history.
Until now, it has swept through Black Forest, where many residents have five-acre lots and heavily wooded property. As the fire approaches Colorado Springs, however, it could threaten many more homes.
Colorado Springs officials said the boundaries for the new evacuation are: North: North Gate and Old North Gate Road; South: Flying Horse Club Drive (to include homes south of Flying Horse Club Drive on Barossa Valley Road and Veneto Way)/Vine Cliff Heights/Equinox Drive/Serenity Peak Drive; East: Highway 83; West: Voyager Parkway.
Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey said the mandatory evacuations affected an additional 1,020 homes.
At the same time the El Paso County Sheriff"s Office enlarged its mandatory evacuation area. The new boundaries: West: Sunhills Drive and Granby Road; North: Baptist Road including Fox Run Park; South: Old North Gate.
The sheriff"s office advised people to move to the west and avoid Highway 83.
A mandatory evacuation "means you are in immediate danger. Load your family and pets, and GO NOW," the sheriff"s office said via Twitter.
The Red Cross is opening a shelter at the recreation center at the University of Colorado Springs campus, 1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy.
This is the second time Thursday that the fire"s boundaries were increased.
The list of homes that have been evaluated has been posted online and is updated whenever possible. Its footprint is approaching 70 square miles.
The evacuation area includes 94,000 acres and 13,000 homes as of Thursday morning. Some 38,000 people have been evacuated.
"Those numbers are pretty staggering," Maketa said.
The fire was first reported Tuesday about 1 p.m. No cause has been established.
No wildfire in Colorado history has destroyed more homes. The Waldo Canyon fire west of Colorado Springs in 2012 destroyed 347 homes.
Fire officials are working to get an accurate count on homes destroyed within the zone, but active fire and changing wind directions make the job fluid.
Maketa stressed that the evaluation of structures is ongoing. "Home assessments can change in 10 minutes," he said. "We are trying to keep it as accurate as possible.
"Homes we knew were standing (Wednesday), I personally witnessed going down last night," Maketa said.
The evacuation zone for the Black Forest fire was expanded early Thursday morning because of "dynamic changing conditions," the sheriff"s office said.
Overnight, sheriff"s deputies went door-to-door in the expanded evacuation area.
The zone now also includes Highway 83 east to Eastonville Road, and Walker Road north to South County Line Road, linking an Elbert County evacuation area to the original El Paso County evacuation area.
The evacuation area extends from Black Forest north into Elbert County. Some areas of Colorado Springs to the south are under a pre-evacuation notice.
Palmer Ridge High School has been designated an evacuation center; New Life Church, which was an evacuation center, is no longer being used because of heavy smoke. Large animals are being accepted at the El Paso County Fairgrounds, Elbert County Fairgrounds and Adams County Fairgrounds.
Maketa praised firefighters for their efforts battling the blaze the past three days, in extreme conditions and through heavily timbered areas.
"We did see a lot of losses, especially with the wind," Maketa said.
Firefighters have also saved countless homes, Maketa said, and they"ve kept the fire from moving north into Elbert County.
"Those victories didn"t come by accident," Maketa said. "It"s lots of hard work by dedicated firefighters."
On Thursday, crews — aided by multiple air support units — will continue efforts to gain control of the fire. A Type I Incident Management team officially took command of operations at 6 a.m.
Fire crews will continue to monitor the southeast area of the fire — where some of the first evacuation orders took place — where extreme heats and spot fire continue to create problems, Maketa said.
There is no citizen access at checkpoints Thursday because of the fire activity.
In the northeast portion of the fire, crews will work to keep the fire contained to El Paso County and prevent a potentially fast-moving grass fire.
Several helicopters with buckets continued to churn through the heavy air Thursday. Small plumes of black and white smoke were billowing on the horizon.
Maketa answered questions from several residents, many of whom were still waiting for news about their homes.
Barbara Schmidt has seen photos of her garage, but not her home. She broke down in tears as she described the destruction of her neighbors" homes.
"It"s very frustrating," Schmidt said. "You just don"t know. Is it there? Is it not there?"
Schmidt was comforted by Kristien and Jaenette Coy. The couple met Schmidt at one of the Red Cross shelters. The two said their home was one of the first to burn on Tuesday.
"It"s better than not knowing," Jaenette Coy said. "Now we can begin the process."
The two had just five minutes to evacuate their home. They could see the fire burning as they grabbed their computer and a baby album.
Fire investigators have been back into the area where the fire first flared up looking for clues to the origin, but they were chased out when the blaze changed directions and swept back into the same area, Maketa said.
Fire officials believe the fire is not a threat to traffic on nearby Interstate 25, but that could change, depending on winds, smoke and possible massive evacuations.
"I"ll cross my fingers and say I don"t see that (I-25) as a concern at this time," Maketa said, noting that the highway was shut down during the Waldo Canyon fire.
Wednesday afternoon Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an executive order declaring a disaster emergency for the fire, "ordering $5.5 million from the Disaster Emergency Fund to pay for the fire suppression, response and recovery effort related to the fire since its inception," his office said in a news release.
The entire fire zone is within a red flag fire warning area posted Thursday by the National Weather Service.
The weather service warning, which starts at 11 a.m. and runs through 7 p.m., is prompted by gusty winds, low humidity, and dry fuels.
Winds this afternoon are expected to gust up to 35 mph and humidity levels will struggle to get out of single digits. Isolated thunderstorms with lightning are expected early Thursday afternoon, the weather service reports.
"Wind is our number one threat. It has been the game changer," Maketa said Thursday morning. Firefighters are bracing for the prospect of continuing winds over the next few days.
Also hampering efforts are the substantial amount of fuels on the forest floor.
A combination of matting pine needles, pine combs and grasses, known as "duff," acts like a blanket over pockets of fire, hiding the flames until a wind roars through, breathing new life into fire that had been hidden and smoldering.
Maketa said firefighters can look at an area and see nothing, and 10 minutes later it"s alive with flames that emerge from the duff at the commands of the wind.
"There"s a gust of wind and then raging flames," Maketa said. "We are see that all over."
Firefighters may have to deal with extreme fire behavior Thursday, the weather service warns.
The weather forecast Thursday for the Black Forest area includes a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m., with a high temperature of 83 degrees.
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The Zeus Trojan, malware long known to steal banking credentials to siphon off victims' funds, has been spotted being put to yet another devious use: swiping business data from Salesforce.com.
Zeus malware was detected targeting an individual's Windows-based computer in order to get into Saleforce.com as the victim logged in, then quickly gathered up a large amount of Salesforce business data through a kind of web-crawling action, according to Adallom, whose cloud-based security-monitoring service spotted the ongoing attack on one of its customers.
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"It grabbed 2 gigabytes of data in less than 10 minutes," explains Vice President of Marketing Tal Klein, noting it's the first time the company has seen a variant of Zeus being put to this kind of use.
A cyber criminal had apparently taken readily-available Zeus code and attached a crawler to it, according to Adallom, which is sharing its findings with Salesforce. In theory, Zeus could be retrofitted to crawl over other types of software-as-a-service applications as well.
[ Also on Network World: Hackers use a trick to deliver Zeus banking malware ]
Zeus is the top banking Trojan, according to Dell SecureWorks, which made major discoveries about criminally-operated botnets based on the malware that date back to 2007. Arbor Networks recently put forward an analysis of one botnet version, Gameover Zeus, whose toolkit dates to 2011. Zeus is often described as sophisticated banking Trojan malware that can execute an array of financially-oriented attacks, such as grabbing online credentials and siphoning off funds in payment systems to enrich attackers running complex botnet operations that often involve "money mules" as well.
According to the recent Dell SecureWorks report, "Top Banking Botnets of 2013," Zeus banking Trojan variants accounted for about half of all banking malware seen in 2013. SecureWorks points out that Zeus is now being used not just to attack financial institutions but also stock trading, social-networking and e-mail services, plus portals for entertainment or dating, for example.
Attackers now appear to also be putting Zeus to use against Salesforce.com and possibly other SaaS applications in a type of attack that Adallom refers to as "land-mining" and "rolladexing" to grab loads of business data and customer information.
Adallom, whose service doesn't rely on agent software but looks at cloud traffic, detected the Zeus-related activity because of the unusual amount of traffic being downloaded from Salesforce to the victim's computer.
It was a highly targeted attack on an individual's home PC, and a specimen of the Zeus variant was seized off it, according to Adallom, which says an investigation is ongoing about it. The security firm can offer no answers as to where the attackers are or what they intend to do with the Salesforce data they're grabbing.
Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG website, where she covers news and technology trends related to information security. Twitter: MessmerE. E-mail: email@example.com
Read more about wide area network in Network World's Wide Area Network section.
This story, "Zeus malware-botnet variant spotted 'crawling' Salesforce.com" was originally published by Network World.

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Friday, September 25
Announcing Quaker's Awaken Your Senses Oatmeal Challenge
10 comments:
- Sues said...
Oooh yay! I just heard about this today and was wondering who was involved. Let us know when your video is up. I love Quaker!
- September 25, 2009 at 8:19 PM
- Ivy said...
Please let us know when your video is up. Hope you'll win.
- September 25, 2009 at 11:07 PM
- Finla said...
Oats is something i hardly use,looking forward.
- September 26, 2009 at 1:08 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
I am actually making oatmeal cookies today. I will check it out when you post.
- September 26, 2009 at 6:34 AM
- Jean P. said...
I think of oatmeal as one of my meds, designed to help keep cholesterol down. To that end, I finally have developed the perfect "recipe" for that daily breakfast. I'll be interested to see what yours is.
- September 26, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- CurryLeaf said...
Looking forward to your memories and healthy dishes
- September 26, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- Unknown said...
Call me a snob, but I can't stand instant oatmeal. It tastes like mush to me no matter what you put on it. I want the real stuff. Ideally, give me Irish Oatmeal, but at least I would rather see a 5-minute rolled oat recipe from scratch. But that's just me... Having said that, I love oatmeal and make it all the time with my kid.
- September 27, 2009 at 5:10 AM
- Jessica said...
Great blog! So glad you are doing a video!
- September 28, 2009 at 12:22 PM
- Stephanie Stiavetti said...
Hey lady, it was great to meet you this weekend! Hope your trip home was blissfully uneventful. :)
- September 28, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- Aparna Balasubramanian said...
Looking forward to this one. Oats is always on my kitchenshelf.
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"A ferocious feat of the imagination . . . Every scene is perfectly realized and feeds into the whole–the themes and symbols echoing and reverberating."
"A nearly perfect work of art, and art on this level can only be a cause for rejoicing."
–Joyce Carol Oates
"This is an extraordinary contemporary novel, a stunning work."
–San Francisco Chronicle
"The political novel of our age . . . the best work of its kind."
–New Republic
"Remarkable . . . One of the finest works of fiction."
–Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Alphonse Taylor was the biggest player on the University of Alabama football team the day he arrived at the Capstone nearly a year ago to enroll for the 2012 spring term.
TUSCALOOSA | Alphonse Taylor was the biggest player on the University of Alabama football team the day he arrived at the Capstone nearly a year ago to enroll for the 2012 spring term.
But at 6-foot-5 and more than 350 pounds, the Mobile native quickly learned that size isn't everything. All the lessons that come with a redshirt season were an adjustment for Taylor in 2012, but he said he embraced them all.
"I really worked on my body and the technique of the game. I lost a lot of weight during the offseason, and during this year, and got stronger as the year went on," Taylor said. "Honestly, this redshirt year flew by. It flew by. I closed my eyes, woke up, and I'm here in Atlanta. Really, when your redshirt year flies by that fast, you really can't complain."
Taylor began spring practice at nose guard, but was moved to offensive guard near the end of spring drills and practiced at left guard throughout the fall.
A position switch can be among the most difficult hurdles for a young player, but Taylor has taken to the offensive line and the technique that goes with it.
"It really wasn't difficult at all, because it was all for the betterment of the team," Taylor said. "It's not necessarily about yourself and what you do. It's about you doing what's asked of you to better the team. They felt me going to O-line would be best for the team and best for me, so that's what I decided to do. It wasn't hard at all. It was smooth."
Asked earlier this season about the team's redshirt freshmen, Alabama coach Saban mentioned redshirting offensive linemen Taylor, Caleb Gulledge and Brandon Greene as a group.
"I think some of those guys have a very bright future," Saban said. "I've been pleased with the progress of the three offensive linemen that are over there working every day."
Taylor practiced at left guard with Alabama's third unit, and had arguably the nation's best player at that position to learn from: Chance Warmack.
"Those guys were a great deal of help. Me playing left guard, Chance playing left guard, I really watch everything he does," Taylor said. "And he critiques me up on when I mess up. He lets me know what I'm doing wrong. I really look up to him, and (right guard Anthony) Steen. I just look up to them as role models at the position we play."
Warmack will be gone next season, however, as will center Barrett Jones, and right tackle D.J. Fluker may have a strong opportunity to make an early jump to the NFL. It will be the biggest rebuilding job on the offensive line that the UA coaching staff has faced since 2009.
Taylor, for one, is ready for the challenge.
"We still have to stick to the basics and do what we do. And that's go to work every day," he said. "Every chance we get, maximize our day of work every day."
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With the U.S. release of the first Android 4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" devices expected in December, more Android devices are likely to head into the enterprise as strong customer adoption and emerging enterprise capabilities begin to break down the barriers that have kept Android largely out of business use, says Ojas Rege, products vice president at mobile device management (MDM) tool provider MobileIron. To address that trend, MobileIron today released version 4.5 of its MobileIron MDM tool.
MobileIron 4.5 provides single-console support for Android devices, managing the multiple permutations of that platform and their varying capabilities. IT sets access and usage policies, and the MobileIron MDM figures out which devices comply, as well as manages their corporate email and other access according to the policies designated by IT.
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The new version also adds support for Android 4, tapping into its security and management APIs. Additionally, MobileIron supports the Android 3.x "Honeycomb" OS used in tablets and the Android 2.2 "Froyo" and Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" OSes used in smartphones. In addition, it supports the extra security and management capabilities such as certificate support and on-device encryption found in Samsung's Galaxy smartphones. Android 3 and 4 also support encryption, and they can be managed via MobileIron, though not all Android 4 devices will have the necessary hardware support to enable it.
In addition, MobileIron enables Cisco AnyConnect VPN access, Exchange configuration certificates, and polcy-based controls for the camera, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth on Samsung's Galaxy Note and Galaxy S II smartphones and its Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 tablets. Samsung has modified Android to add these capabilities to these four devices and has partnered with MobileIron to manage them. Rege says that Cisco AnyConnect VPN support will be added in MobileIron's MDM tool for HTC's Android devices at a future date. He also expects MobileIron to support 3LM's security API extensions for Android, which are planned for release in early 2012.
MobileIron's MDM server also supports iOS and BlackBerry OS devices.
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Picture Yourself: On the Outdoor Decks of the Silver Muse
As elegant as the Silver Muse is inside, it's truly magical to spend time outside on deck. Being surrounded by the sea, basking in the sun and breezes as you gaze across the waters to the horizon, or enjoy the spectacle of a new port of call... these are experiences you can only enjoy from a cruise ship.
And on the Silver Muse, fewer than 600 guests enjoy an extraordinary amount and variety of outdoor deck space.
From the private balcony of your suite where you can enjoy a quiet morning coffee or ask your butler to provide pre-dinner cocktails, to public spaces both social or secluded.
Most of this Silversea ship's aft decks - protected from stronger sea breezes - are devoted to different lounges, from intimate pods to conversation and reading settings and al fresco dining.
The heart of the Silver Muse's outdoor space must be the pool - equally captivating day or evening. And above, the top deck with its running track, open-air lounges, and even an authentic Neapolitan pizzeria hand-making pizza's in the on-deck pizza oven, is many guests' favorite place to enjoy the view, snack on a piping-hot pizza, work out, and chill.
Picture yourself in any of these spaces on the outdoor decks of the Silver Muse.
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Now what a twist! I tought you would never como to the dark side with us!!
I don't pay for anything on the internet. I pay Steam for games and Newagg for parts and that's it. Why do I need a high-quality version of Zeropunctuation?
There's usually only two or three colors at a time. It's the only video left on the Escapist I even want to watch any more. I don't buy stuff with people or things written on them and frankly I fear what might happen if the many, many twelve-year-olds on this site start getting creative control simply because they could bug their parents out of a credit card.
Thank you for the offer, Escapist staff, but I think I'll spend my money on [Link to pornography removed by moderator].
Less than ten dollars and it's pretty hard to screw up nudity.
If I were older than 16 and had a credit card, you bet your ass I would be signing up for this. As it stands now, I doubt I'll be able to convince my parents to do this for me. I want to support the Escapist though, really I do.
Now don't give me that dark side crap or that'll just send me raging again. Seriously..
Y'know what? I dunno. All the bad experiences I've had with "donations for MASSIVE extras" really didn't work out well.. Plus I never really frequented The Escapist forums due to idiotic and spammy video comments, not exactly discussing the video per se like the LRR forums do.. But eh, I can give it a shot, at least try and get to know those that put the effort in to support a site they love.
I admire that, I suppose. It's good loyalty.
If it means the servers are more reliable, I'm paying you.
EDIT: Awww... It doesn't like my card...
Now that you mention it.. The site is running rather quickly since signing up.. Didn't like Visa/Mastercard though? O:
Ah, I have heard of them! If you like, I can look it up if Amazon will also take that card type too? By rights, it should.. o.O
That's.. Odd.. I mean, I didn't see it there either, but there are many sources that indicate that Amazon's payment system should have it.. Huh.
Try your soul. That always works. Then you'll have unlimited awesome!
It is worth noting that this website is called 'The Escapist Magazine'. Therefore, if we judge it as a magazine, a subscription model is completely logical.
I get far more content on a daily basis then I would from a normal magazine per month. So rather than paying $80 a year for a subscription to a magazine with less content, I'm paying $20 to support one of the best sites on the web.
Hell, I'd pay $20 a month just to watch LRR and read Shamus Young's column and comic.
I completely understand the annoyance of a few vocal LRR fans. We did used to get HD content for free. But they weren't making a lot of money back then. This is a chance to help them (and the Escapist as a whole) to give us more of what we love.
What could possibly be bad about that?
Amazon accepts debit cards, i don't have a credit card either and i managed to join :-)
Yeah, I really don't want my posts to be read by some pesky humans, I'm not talking to them, I'm talking to the Internet itself.
It is a great deal. I'm definitely loving my new custom title. Internet site membership wise, ten dollars for a year is practically a steal.
We love you, Virgil.
so you do... I will say though, whether it be my G1 or T-Mobile's 3G coverage, but the standard quality videos load faster than they do on my netbook's wifi (addendum - HO. LY. FUCK. The high quality vids load perfectly in 3G as well)
I figured, but a man can hope. I don't really mind though.
I haven't heard about FeedDemon... I'll have to look into that. I knew there was a way to do it with feedburner, but I was sort of hoping that there was an easier hack (and hopefully FD is easier). Again, I don't really mind. Just one more little hack I get to add to my repertoire.
All in all, my feelings about the Publisher's club can be summed up in the words of Master Billy, Quizboy - "This. Is. TITS!"
While anger and angst certainly exist because of such things, just because a product was once offered for free does not imply some sort of contract or commitment that it ought to continue being free. If you consider the time and expense those guys spend making their funny internet videos, the fact that they were, apparently, merely breaking even (and even then likely only in terms of hosting costs and whatnot, not including the fact they all were doing this work for free) I see no problem with them pursuing an option that nets them a paycheck. Moreover, the underlying assertion is you deserve a product or service for free and lets face it - the charity ends the moment someone decides working for free is a bad strategy.
So, while I understand why such people might be angry, I'd say the argument you present holds no real merit as such. Besides, were talking PENNIES for each video - literally a quantity of money that anyone with even a minimum wage job would likely ignore if they saw it lying on the street. And if this cost is really unpalatable, it isn't as though you can't continue viewing the content for free anyhow - just not on an iPhone or in HD.
Notice how almost everyone in this topic has subscribed to the PC.
Damnn, now that is a good deal. Considering how often I go to this site, I think $20 bucks a year is pretty damn reasonable. And now my videos look prettier!
Hey Suzan, is it true that Canada has the highest percentage of rapes in the industrialized world.
only for americans then? for payment options i only seem to get credit cards..
how do you pay? p.s i'm in Australia and i don't have a credit card.
Not to be a jerk? I often answer questions people ask me with no thought towards compensation. I would be more likely than ever to do so if I created a thread specifically to answer questions. You're not giving him much incentive to be persuaded by your salesmanship, wit and charm.
It has all the little credit card gifs and options (visa, mastercard etc.) but your debit card will work because it runs through the same channel. So, for example, my debit card is registered with Visa so I just picked the Visa option and it worked fine.
At least that's the way it is here in Aus. I assumed it'd be true most of the rest of the 1st world. We do so lag behind technology wise :-P
This is a nifty idea, and I'm all for it in theory, but for me it comes down a few questions I had to ask myself. First, is The Escapist worth $20 a year? The answer was, of course, resoundingly yes. The second was are the features being offered worth $10 a year? Sadly, to me at least, the answer here was no.
That brings us to the most important question. Should I give my money to The Escapist for no reason other than that I believe they deserve it? Sadly the answer is no again. I already pay nearly $60 a month for the privilege of connecting to the Internet, and while I understand that nobody on this site sees a penny of that, it's still money I'm paying for access to all the sites on the Internet. If I gave even more money to every site that I felt deserved it I would rapidly find myself unable to pay for my Internet connection, and so I must pass on this offer.
I do wish you the best of luck with it however. I certainly have no objection to the people who run this fine site making money.
Glad to support this site! :) I signed up earlier today.
I'd just like to say thanks very much guys, I've been wanting to help contribute to the site for a while now and probably would have done it for a lot less than what you've given us.
So thanks very much guys!
would it be a good idea to not ban people that have subscriptions, but simply disable their ability to post anything. ANYTHING.
While I'm not a minor I don't posess a credit card and have no idea what a debit card is. (I'm not a natural speaker)
I would like to subscribe, but I would prefere a paypal-option or something like that.
I don't know if anyone's touched on this subject yet, but I have to ask.
While I'll most definitely be handing my hard-earned cash over to the Escapist (customs titles? Where do I sign?), I just wanted to know if people outside America will finally be able to enter Escapist competitions?
While I can sort of understand why normal contests would be for American citizens only, the list of benefits for subscribing offers "members-only contests", but it would seem a little self-defeating if the only paying members that can enter are those who live in the US. Are people living outside America effectively paying the same amount of money whilst receiving less content than Americans?
I'm having the same problem. Anyone know if there's a way to subscribe via a non-US Amazon thing?
I love the...
As you can see they had me at 50% off :)
I didnt mean to cause offence with my previous post, but im sure you could see the point i was trying to make.
The thing is, I see this now as a slippery slope, First its memberships, then microtransactions, then other things. Before you know it things get out'ta hand. I can understand you want to keep the lights on at the Esc HQ, and im not bothered about the price (£6 is hardly going to break the bank), but its the principle that now we're going to have to pay for a site we've come to know and love.
I know we're not losing anything if we dont pay, but things that are being added to members only would've been stuff that was added to everone before.
Once again, I see how it makes business sense, it just doesnt make it sting any less when your reminded your favourite site on the internet is a business.
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Oman Air has joined with Boeing to run a training and recruitment skills programme for graduates of the High Technical College in Muscat.
The programme aims to raise the capabilities of new graduates and give them the skills and information required to prosper in today's job market and work environments. It targets 120 young Omani students.
The training is delivered by qualified instructors with long-term practical experience and focuses on modern learning techniques which sharpen participants' skills, promote team spirit and the importance of team values, improve self-confidence and provide opportunities to apply newly-found skills in a practical setting.
The programme also offers special training in the field of leadership, by defining concepts and entrepreneurial behaviors that encourage participants to start their own projects.
Dr Ahmed bin Abdulmohsen Al-Ghassani, Dean of High Technical College, praised Oman Air's initiative, saying:
"By working closely with global organisations such as Boeing to provide training for Oman's young people, Oman Air is helping to enrich the lives and future work of students within educational institutions across the country. We are very pleased that this programme is being offered to the students of the High Technical College in Muscat and the college will be following it up by arranging for students to visit the Job Fair. Here they will be able to build on their newly-acquired skills and link up with the major players in the corporate world and the job market before moving on to suitable jobs."
The training and recruitment skills programme continues the close relationship between Oman Air and Boeing and once again spotlights the airline's commitment to social responsibility, the development of employment opportunities within the Sultanate and enabling Oman's young men and women to achieve their full potential.
Dr Khalid bin Abdul Wahab Al Balushi, Senior Manager of Government Affairs and Sustainability at Oman Air, said:
"We are very proud of our association with Boeing and the High Technical College, and of delivering training programmes that aim to build on the achievements of the current generation of young Omanis who are currently performing well within their jobs.
"This initiative coincides with the 20th Anniversary of Oman Air's first flight and confirms the company's desire to increase the pace of development in Oman by strengthening practical links between the private sector and society at large. The students who take part in the programme will benefit greatly and we look forward to seeing them succeed in their chosen careers."
Dana Salloum, speaking on behalf of Boeing, added:
"Community service is one of Boeing's core values and communities are among the key partners in the company's business system. Over the years, Boeing has supported many programmes, educational and training initiatives in the Middle East. We are pleased to be working with Oman Air to support the future success of students at the High Technical College in Muscat."
The High Technical College in Muscat is one of seven technical colleges, supervised by the Oman Ministry of Manpower, that together constitute the second largest institution of higher education in Oman, with 12,000 students studying a range of programmes.


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Canadian Cycling in Cuba offers rich experience
Helpful residents make getting lost fun
Cycling along a quiet road in the hilly part of Pinar del Rio, 160 kilometres west of Havana. The province is known for its production of high-quality tobacco for cigars.
HAVANA — The day started off well, as I was able to reassemble my bicycle — taken apart and put in a flat box for the flight — in under an hour in front of the Hotel Barcelo on the western side of the city.
But I had little idea of the anxious moments that awaited me as I and 24 other cyclists mounted up on the way to conquering the streets of Havana with a ride of just under two hours to Cacahual, a big hill on the southern edge of the city about 30 kilometres away. The hill is best known for its memorial to several Cuban patriots of the 19th century.
It was a chance to see the dusty streets of Havana, and its iconic old cars belching clouds of exhaust, on the first day of a seven-day vacation organized by Velo-Quebec Voyages, the travel wing of the big cycling organization that offers trips in many parts of the world.
The plan was to head off by bus the next day to Pinar del Rio, the western province where the best cigar tobacco is grown, for several days of cycling on quiet country roads. We would also have a day off relaxing at Cayo Levisa, which has one of the island's many fabulous beaches.
But the beginning of our first day was not a glorious one for me. A figurative stick in the spokes forced me to stop a few blocks from the hotel. My handlebars were turned too low and they needed a fix. Daniel Desroches, also riding at the back of the pack, noticed me stopping and he doubled back to help. I readjusted the handlebars easily, but when we looked up, our fellow cyclists had vanished. We rode a few more blocks looking for our group, but there was no sign of anybody.
For some people — including myself — there is nothing quite so unsettling as being lost in a foreign city with no map and only a smattering of the language. But the highly experienced Desroches — who has been on many cycling and camping trips in Europe with his wife, Diane — showed no sign of panic. "Let's have an ice cream cone," he said as we spotted a street vendor. And he calmly reached into his saddlebag for a map of the city.
A few minutes later, we pulled into a gas station, where Desroches scored a big success. Not only did he get directions to Cacahual, a driver suggested we follow him for 15 kilometres to a point near the José Marti Airport, where we would make a right turn and follow signs to the hill.
Havana seems to be full of residents ready to make a kind gesture to visitors, and there was no shortage of people in our group with tons of cycling experience and resourcefulness. Put them together and problems vanish quickly.
On the streets of Havana on that Sunday, residents were out in droves enjoying their day off. They walked casually on the sidewalks and gravitated to the parks for picnics and baseball. Desroches and I pedalled furiously to keep up with our guide in the car. Fortunately, he had to stop at intersections and we were able to catch up. He waved goodbye near the airport and we headed up to Cacahual.
When we arrived, there was no sign of our group. Despite getting lost, we had managed to hit our destination before the other cyclists.
After ham and cheese sandwiches, a lunchtime staple in Cuba, we climbed back on our bikes and headed for the hotel. After getting lost again, I finally found my way there.
The next day, we piled into a tour bus where half the seats had been removed to accommodate our bikes, which ranged from clunkers to custom-made Gurus and Marinonis costing several thousand dollars each. At our first stop in Candelaria, we toured a cigar factory where we were offered freshly made stogies while outside touts tried to tempt us with the black market variety at a much lower price. And then we were back on our bikes for the ride to the Hotel Los Jazmines at the top of a big hill just outside Vinales.
We made 67 kilometres in the Caribbean heat before the bus caught up to us and we climbed aboard for the rest of the trip to Vinales.
Installed at the Hotel Los Jazmines overlooking a lush valley, we spent the next three days touring the countryside, cycling past small farms and tobacco plantations. Every morning we were awakened by the crowing of roosters, denizens of the farms below us.
During our stay, we did a ride of 60 kilometres to the beach at Cayo Jutias, a trip by bus to Cayo Levisa for a day of sun and beach volleyball and pedalled to the fishing village of Puerto Esperanza and back, a round-trip of 60 kilometres.
Cycling in this rural area is almost a dream. The roads are well paved, traffic moves at a very moderate pace and the few drivers give riders plenty of room when passing.
The rides took us through sleepy villages and past farms untouched by modern machinery. We saw farmers tilling their land by plow pulled by oxen.
On one occasion, we stopped to walk through a small barn perfumed by sheaves of tobacco leaves hanging from the rafters.
We hit rain on the way to Cayo Jutias and sheltered under the eaves of some houses in a village.
On the way back from Cayo Levisa, we stopped at a small shack for a glass of freshly pressed sugar cane juice.
We stood in line behind kids on the way home from school.
While many tourists like to spend much of their time baking on the beaches of Cuba, cycling gets travellers beyond the wall of waiters and hotel staff for a rich experience.
On the last night at the Los Jazmines, we dismantled our bikes and packed them in cardboard boxes for the trip back to Havana the next day.
We hopped on the bus and drove to the autopista, the divided highway that leads to the capital. The trip was uneventful except for one thing: we saw sulkies, yes, horse racing, on the autopista under the watchful surveillance of a police car.
Back in Havana, we did some sightseeing in the old city with several people popping into the Floridita for a lobster lunch.
That's the restaurant where Ernest Hemingway quaffed daiquiris. And then it was farewell to Cuba and many new friends the following morning.
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I can hardly believe it's been almost a week since that special day. Last Saturday my son, James and his wife were married and it was the most beautiful day. To see them both so happy together made my heart so full with joy. All of their siblings on both sides were in the wedding party and such a beautiful day and celebration of love & family.
I had a very small hand in the wedding prep being the mother of the groom, but was thrilled to create a few digital projects for them. The above word art is one I created for them. A surprise for Shannon actually. It was framed 18×24″ and is for their new home but it decorated the wedding reception as well.
Trying to enjoy the day and keep track of my smaller children, the ring bearers, I ended up not being able to pull out my good camera and so, have very few pictures to date. The above photo is a quick snap on my phone, taken shortly after the ceremony.
I've also been begging and borrowing photos from family and friends while we wait for the professional photos to come back. My sister-in-law Elizabeth took this one. I think they both look stunning.
Once again, James & Shannon, I wish you every joy and blessing!


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Santie, Wine & Connections
Pursue entertainment world, especially the model, not an easy thing for these exotic-looking girl. Although the family is not approved, Santie remain firm and confident in his stance. Wilderness of the world began to model her tapaki from his homeland, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, almost seven years ago.
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Than just try, to be serious. Before the move to Jakarta a year ago, the girl was born 24 September 1985 never even tried the stage catwalk and a number of cafes in Kuching, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and several other cities in Malaysia.
In the midst of busy life stages up the fashion show, Santie continue to hone themselves. Start of study in the field of presenters to acting snitch on-screen and widescreen movies.
Unmitigated, now he played in two movies at once. Although not yet got a big role, Santie expect a film titled 'Name Of Love' claim Rudi Soedjarwo and 'Horror' production maraih Indika it would succeed.
"I'm curious aja, want to see my acting on the big screen," said Santie who also played in the soap opera 'Cinderella', 'The romance of Youth', 'Hikayah', and 'Alert 1', this can not wait.
By noon the roar of planes flying so loud sound. Every few minutes, alternating planes domestic routes from the West which pass through location shooting. A house is quite spacious and beautiful with green open spaces larger than the existing building. Mango, rambutan, petai, and several herbaceous plant thrives in the garden.
Shallow pond containing goldfish tens decorate the front side and rear living room family room. A few meters from the main house there is a swimming pool is equipped with a small gazebo for relaxing. Its existence as if it was able to ignore the roar of the iron bird right in the fontanel.
Truly a vacation home that is able to give birth inspiration for anyone who menyinggahinya. Included for exotic-skinned virgin who was posing for you. Her face was a blend of China, the Dayaks, and the Malays have made himself the privilege as a model. He even claimed to be proud of the strong differences in himself.
"The face of beauty with white skin is a lot. Beautiful face with sweet black like me, very rarely, "he said, smiling. Gingsul course which he has become invisible. "I never intended to pull out, but the risk is not unique to smile again. Cancel deh. Better like this, "adds Lukman Sardi and Letto admirer of this.
Although only the first section was photographed with makeup, Elena Santie, so he wrote his name, did not feel deg-degan. The model has a 168 cm tall and weighing 45 kg was consistently acted like a professional. Throughout the demands of the scenario he was willing to do their best. Keprofesionalnya also shown with no negotiations took place while shooting.


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On the Pletzel (the Jewish quarter of Paris) there was a shop owned by Leibl Prizant who sold underwear. This shop became the first gathering place at which the newly arrived Briskers would meet. The second place was the shoe repair shop owned by H. Gutmacher. Gutmacher was a young man from Brest, a genuine man of the people. Warm, friendly, big-hearted and always ready to help anyone Gutmacher would lay down his tools and go with the newcomers to assist them organizing their documents at the Police Prefecture to obtain their work permits.
The number of arrivals grew from day to day. Men of all different political persuasions and beliefs, who would never have mixed together in Brest, became friends in this foreign place. They would seek out opportunities to meet each other, to schmooze about their hometown, and to help each other. The two above mentioned businesses were not suitable for this purpose a hall was needed for regular meetings and organized assistance for each other.
The writer of this article took upon himself the initiative to form a Brisker Society in Paris. He contacted several influential Parisians who had originated from Brest. One of them, Yitzhak Tilles, invited a group of Briskers to his home. Amongst them was Rabbi Chernaya, the son of Avremeleh the owner of the Paris Hall in Brest. Rabbi Chernaya was the rabbi of the Jewish community of Angen le Ben, a suburb of Paris. He was elected as Chairman of a temporary committee. Frequent meetings were held at Tilles' home, whilst they worked out the statutes of the new society, and collected addresses of Briskers who had settled in France.
At the beginning of 1924, a foundation meeting of the Brisker society in France was held. The following were elected: President: Rabbi Chernaya, Vice Presidents the lawyers Frankel and Gorevitch, General Secretary B. Wolski, Secretary Sternberg, and Treasurer A. Egdeshman.
Members were: Halbertal, Kranski, Leifer, Gerson, Gutmacher, L. Glozman, Kamenetski, Leibovitch, Morgenstern, Blackman, Itzkovitch, Shwartz, Hechtman, Eichenbaum and Leventhal.
The Society set itself the goal of giving moral support and material assistance to all the new arrivals from Brest, and to participate in their cultural and social lives. The society formed a loans fund, a reading room, and organized monthly cultural lectures about various topics like health, sociology, literature, history, etc.
When the influx of new arrivals decreased, the new immigrants were able to organize themselves and the Society evolved into a mutual help organization, the purpose of which was to provide medical help for its' sick members, organizing graves and burials when they died, and covering their debts to the loans fund. They also provided support for widows and orphans. However, the society did not abandon its' cultural activities and also financially supported the ORT Trades school in Brest.
Seated R-L: Katzav, Engineer Shishkin, Gorevitch and Dr. Braverman
The new arrivals in France found adjusting to the French way of life difficult during this period their children attended French schools and were quickly becoming assimilated. Due to this the initiative was raised to form a Colony School with the aim of providing supplemental Jewish schooling and summer activities and camps for Jewish children.
The Colony School achieved great success and was one of the most popular and liked Jewish organizations in Paris. It exists until this day and owns and runs 5 homes for orphans, a building that houses 150 residents at the seaside resort of Bourg Plage, and has a mobile clinic that provides free medical aid. It runs two Jewish supplementary schools, and many social activities for Jewish youth.
The fate of the author of this article was to become the Chairman of the Colony School and so I had to relinquish my position on the Brisker Society.
The first wave of immigrants from Brest to France occurred in 1906-08, after the Russo Japanese War of 1905. The defeat of Russia caused a wave of anti Semitic riots and pogroms due to the economic upheavals and unrest. The following 20 years 1905-1925, saw a great increase of arrivals. A younger and dynamic element arrived that managed to quickly make contact with the older migrants who were able to assist them to find work, with their papers, legal status, and provide help for the urgent needy cases. The foundation meeting of the new Landsmanschaft of the Brisker Society was held on the 14th Febuary 1925. On the 7th December 1926, a Loans fund that provided interest free loans was established. This was an autonomous organization that gave long-term interest free loans to small businessmen, tradesmen, and students.
The Brisker Society provided medical treatment and medicines, financial support in case of serious illness, burial costs, and support for the widows and orphans of the deceased. There was also an active cultural program; lectures were regularly held, as well as group tours of places of historical interest in and outside of Paris, museums etc. They also held an annual Ball that was the traditional get- together of all the Briskers in France. Thanks to the initiative of the Brisker Society, the 'Colony School' that provided supplemental Jewish education for the children of the Brest migrants was established. In the same year (1926) an appeal for the hungry children of Poland and the orphans of Brest was held. In 1930 an appeal for the Jewish schools of Brest was held. At the outbreak of war in 1939, the Brisker Society organized itself to morally and materially support their members who were fighting on the battlefront and their family members at home.
Many Briskers fought in the French underground during Hitler's occupation. Amongst the first 48 French resistance members to be shot was our Brest brother, Hersh Leib Meirovitch.
Immediately after the liberation of France, a general meeting of all Brest survivors was called in September 1945, at which a plan of material and moral support was worked out. The Society played a vital role in the lives of the young Jewish children and orphans of W.W.2. They held summer colonies for the elderly; the Society supported all the Jewish organizations that provided financial and moral assistance to the French Jewish community, and their anti-defamation, anti-semitism and anti-racism work. It took an active role in the movement against German rearmament, and support for the activities of the Haganah in the early days of the State of Israel. (They raised 500,000 francs). In 1956, the Brisker Society celebrated its 30th anniversary in France. They received congratulations from all over the world from the U.S.A, Argentina, Israel, Warsaw and Stettin Poland, and Australia. All expressed the hope that we would never forget the tragic destruction of our 1000-year-old community, and that we would remain in close contact with all the Briskers from all the corners of the world.
The committee of the Brisker Society consisted of the following members:
Honorary president: Evel Gorevitch. President: David Lerner. Vice presidents: Lazar Glozman, Albert Gutmacher, and Bernard Gerson. Secretary: Moshe Shishkin. Treasurers: Ovsei Tashkin, and Mordechai Kamenetski.
Members: Aaron Mintz, Yosef Farwein, Yekutiel Kaplan, Dr. Shmuel Danovski, Kalman Ginzberg, Yosef Glozman, Alexander Sochowolski,Jacques Glozman, Boris Mular and Yitzhak Levenberg.
Amongst the members who had distinguished themselves with their dedication and work were: Leiber Rimland, Moshe Sternberg, Felix Morgenstern, Mrs M. Katz, Henri Ramo, Mottel Berman, Moshe Katzaf, and Armand Leventhal.
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Ranbir, Varun celebrate X-mas with cancer-struck kids
Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Basu and actors Ranbir Kapoor and Varun Dhawan put a smile on the faces of cancer-struck children whom they met at a hospital here on Christmas day Tuesday
Ranbir says he had fun at the event at the Tata Memorial Hospital. 'This is my first time here. It is a great initiative. There is nothing better than making children smile. Smile is the most important thing,' Ranbir said outside the hospital.
The Tata Memorial Hospital organised Hope 2012, Christmas celebrations for children battling cancer. 'Don't worry be happy is my message to these children,' said Ranbir, who played a deaf and mute boy in Basu's 'Barfi!'. The actor also danced with the children on the songs of 'Barfi!'.
The 'Student Of The Year' actor Varun also grooved with the kids on songs from his movie. He felt content. 'It felt very good. Dancing with these kids is amazing. It feels nice to be able to bring a smile on someone's face,' Varun said, adding that he has resolved 'to stay positive like these children', in the new year.
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This is Gypsy and she is considered dolphin "royalty" around the Keys because she is the grand daughter of Flipper, from the old TV show. She is a sweetie...very gentle and verrrry playful. She's also a bit of a show-off, but we loved it!
This is Jax. He is almost 3 years old and is named Jax because he was found
near Jacksonville, Fl. Jax had been attacked by a shark and was badly injured. They believe his mother was killed by the shark trying to defend him because otherwise she would never have left his side at such a young age. Jax is a good little boy and get this...his favorite "trick" is swimming like a shark. Too funny, huh? Anyway, in the next photo you can see he has chunks missing from his fin...thanks to the shark attack. He is covered in scars but he doesn't let his rough start to life slow him down and is everyone's favorite. My girls were so happy he was theirs for the day!


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Once again, "Revolution" will be televised.
After nearly four months in the dark, NBC's breakout hit series about post-apocalyptic power struggles – literally, in a land where electricity is (or at least appears to be) a near-nonexistent commodity – returns with ten consecutive weeks of new episodes to cap off its debut season.
"Revolution's" creative team – including creator/executive producer Eric Kripke, executive producer J.J. Abrams and cast members Elizabeth Mitchell, Tracy Spiridakos and Giancarlo Esposito – reveal that their time off the air (the last new episode was broadcast in late November) was well-spent, tweaking and fine-tuning a series that had already won over viewers out of the gate.
Eric Kripke: We pick up exactly where we leave off. We don't take away that card that we gave as the cliffhanger: Monroe does have choppers, and he does have a limited form of power, but power. Really, for me, giving him power was more about making him an unstoppable force, that your heroes are totally out-manned and overwhelmed as they're trying to battle against him. And we play that out, and we start to deliver officially on the promise of the title and the revolution really begins.
And the story becomes about how can this family – some of them are related by blood, some of them are just related by loyalty –stick together in the face of these overwhelming odds and this overwhelming danger? And can you maintain your soul when you're a warrior? Because, for us, yes, the show is about power, and, yes, the show's about mythology and mystery and all that. But for me, the show is just about these characters and really trying to find the human heart of them and the good guys doing the wrong thing and the bad guys doing the right things and everyone's doing them for the right and wrong reasons and how can they all find each other in the darkness.
J.J. Abrams: Eric pitches these ideas that are not just compelling and titillating and exciting, but they're usually not binary. They've been thought out. They have these tentpole moments. So this is one of those things where I think, given the way I've heard the story pitched, the genie is put back in the bottle – like we're actually able to tell stories that will give us these moments and peaks that you know this power exists, the power is out there. It's part of what I think the incredible struggle is and the conflict that you'll see which I'm really, really looking forward to airing in the second half of the season. And you'll be able to see that knowing that that's really what the goal is: that the power is possible.
Elizabeth Mitchell: I get really excited every time I get a script – I read it as fast as I can, even if I just have my phone with me. I sit there and just look at the whole thing. I feel like Eric's mind is devious and creative, and I like that.
Tracy Spiradakos: I've really enjoyed seeing Charlie go from this kind of innocent, wide‑eyed little girl and trusting everybody and then growing from that into, you know, a warrior. And she's always had the strength, but she maybe didn't have the experience that she needed to survive in this world.
Kripke: [One] thing that this little break has afforded us – which is a first-time luxury for me – is the ability to take a breath, look at what we've done, really analyze it, and make adjustments. Because usually you're in such triage from beginning to end, and I think if we learned any one thing, I think we did a lot of things right. I think the characters are amazing, the actors are killing it, but I felt like we could pick up the pace of the stunning revelations. I felt that maybe the pace of the shocking surprises was a little bit too slow in the first half, if I was being hard on myself, and that we really wanted to have a second half that was bigger and better and more exciting and more revelations, all at the same time, still maintaining the format where there's that kind of myth and that kind of story, but there's also self‑enclosed episodes, and I'm still really a believer in that. It's really designed for a viewer to be able to pop in and pop out, and I think walking that balance has been successful for us, but just basically making it more shocking more often.
Abrams: Every show starts off with the best intentions of doing what it does, and over the course of usually the first half of the first season, if a show is lucky, it finds its balance and its rhythm. And that's true on screen, what the audience is seeing, and certainly true behind the scenes with the crew. We have been blessed with an extraordinary crew that really looks out for and anticipates what might be coming down the pike. So we are really lucky, not only to have a great cast, but also to have an amazing crew, you know, locally for this show, and we are grateful that that rhythm was found so early.
Kripke: What's important to remember about the show is it's an entire world and we're only 10 episodes in. The focus which we've seen so far has actually been very limited within the Monroe Republic, and in the second half, slowly but surely we start to expand the world, and we cross the border into the Georgia Federation, for instance – another nation – and we see they have many of those things that the Monroe Republic doesn't, and there's very specific reasons for that, and then we go west. It's about expanding the world and it's about seeing that it's all of a piece and that we're teasing it out at a very deliberate pace because we want everyone to really explore the world in an effective way.
Giancarlo Esposito: This show has really influenced my life. I recently went out of the country and I had no cell service for five days, and it was illuminating not to have that, not to have that touch of the phone or to have that comfort in my hand. And after two days I realized that I didn't need to have that. I could rely on human and personal interaction. I'm inspired as an actor by the tidbit of information that I get because this world is so rich and so full and has been developed in such a beautiful way, and the show, don't forget, is about family.
So after spending time with my four children ‑‑ four girls from 16 to 9 ‑‑ over the Christmas break, we decided not to do anything for Christmas, not to go out. Maybe to ski. We didn't do that. Maybe to ice skate. We didn't do that. We walked. We talked. We sat. We looked at each other. We put down our technology. That came directly from the inspiration of what this show has done in my life. It's to be present. Sometimes it takes a little effort because we're busy doing many things while we're trying to do one thing.
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Running for a Cause – RMU Students Complete the American Odyssey Relay
This April, three history majors and members of the RMU History Club – seniors Dan Blevins and Steven Noorlag, and junior Caleb Smith – took part in the American Odyssey Relay Run Adventure, a two-day, 200-mile relay race from Gettysburg to Washington D.C., which crosses various Civil War battlefields along the way.
The race benefits Hope Connections for Cancer Support, a cancer support services charity; and Team Red, White and Blue, which works to create a community of veterans, their families, and American citizens who can enjoy authentic social interaction and shared experiences through activities and events all across America.
"It was the experience of a lifetime," says Blevins, president of RMU's History Club, and, along with Noorlag, a member of RMU's Three Rivers Battalion. "You start out in Gettysburg and run through the battlefield, passing all of the monuments. If that doesn't motivate you, nothing will."
Blevins served 10 years in the Army in Iraq, Afghanistan, and South Korea as a Cavalry Scout before coming to RMU through the Yellow Ribbon program.
Around 150 teams of 12 ran non-stop during the two-day race, and Blevins says the streets were lined people cheering them on. "I have never seen such camaraderie in my entire life."
>>Click here to visit RMU's Flickr page and see photos from the race
Each runner on the team had three different legs to run over the course of the race, and each team had a van to provide support and transport the other runners during the race. Blevins says they were able to get about an hour of sleep per runner; they completed the course in 32 hours.
"It was physically exhausting," he says, "but when you are racing for a good cause it is easy to find the energy to keep going." ~
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State Fair Subs
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min.
Makes6 servings
- 1 loaf (1 pound unsliced) French bread
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound bulk Italian sausage
- 1-1/2 cups chopped onion
- 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- Cut bread in half lengthwise; carefully hollow out top and bottom of loaf, leaving a 1-in. shell. Cube removed bread. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, milk, pepper and salt. Add bread cubes and toss to coat; set aside.
- In a skillet over medium heat, cook sausage and onion until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Add to the bread mixture. Spoon filling into bread shells; sprinkle with cheese. Wrap each in foil. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until cheese is melted. Cut into serving-size slices.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 622 calories, 36g fat (15g saturated fat), 159mg cholesterol, 1280mg sodium, 45g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 3g fiber), 28g protein.
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I don't know if I did this incorrectly but my husband and I thought they were decent but not amazing. We found that there was WAY too much onion (and I even still cut back on it while cooking). I think to make this recipe better, I'd add minced garlic and some bell peppers. I think I'd also prefer a different kind of cheese. When I added a bit of mayo on my sub it really helped. 4 stars because while this didn't wow us, it has potential. I'd try it again.
Jan 19, 2015
Made these several times - delicious! We like to add green pepper and peperoncini.
Jun 16, 2014
Love this! It is our 'go to' when there is a group of hungry guys. Just add a spinach/strawberry salad with poppy seed dressing and you have a whole meal. Since we always make at least 2 of these, we cook down the 'mild' Italian sausage and the 'hot' Italian sausage and mix them. Most times we make the recipe 'as is' but sometimes saute' other things with the meat & onions (like fresh garlic, mushrooms, green peppers). It is also fun to use 'flavored' French breads that we find at our local deli's. When the sandwich is assembled we brush the bread with melted garlic butter. This recipe is written in our family recipe book. It also makes a great French toast egg bake if the bread is all broken up (and not usually the whole loaf), the meat/onions/cheese and some cinnamon is spread over top, and 6 to 8 eggs are mixed with milk and poured over it. Soak it overnight & bake the next morning. Serve it with syrup. Be sure to grease your baking dish first and be sure to bring the dish to room temperature before putting it in the oven so you don't break the glass. This recipe serves many purposes and is great just the way it is. We have been using it since it was first published in 2001. God's blessings to you all! ~Mamma Mickey
Feb 23, 2014
I made this a few years ago with minor changes. I used a combination of Italian sausage and breakfast sausage and I used mozzarella and Colby jack cheese. Family loved it
Mar 22, 2013
These were a big hit! Everybody loved them and they were very easy to make. I made a few minor changes: I used hoagie buns, Italian sausage and a cheddar/mozzarella blend.
Jan 30, 2012
This is one my favortie recipes. I like to use the Jimmy Dean maple flavor sausage.
Feb 13, 2011
very bland I was very disappointed because it looked so good.
Nov 16, 2010
I served this dish for for a snack and everyone really enjoyed it. I did use Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage, so it kinda had a breakfast flair to it, but it was delicious. Next time I will use Italian sausage to give it more of a sub taste that you would buy at a fair.
Sep 25, 2010
I often buy the day-old loaves of French bread at the grocery store and this is one of our favorite ways to use up that bread. Very quick and yummy!
May 8, 2010
These subs are just delicious! I have also had fun experimenting with other combinations. So far bacon cheeseburger is our favorite!


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I remember it well, yes, 50 years ago, a CVS store opened very near where I worked, and must have passed by it at least 3 times a week. It soon became one of my favorite stores, since they sold cosmetics and probably magazines. Last year, I was reminded of those early days, when I received an advertisement card in the mail (see below). Yikes, they are now 50 years old. So what, you say. Well, the very first Consumer Value Store (now CVS) was opened in Lowell, Massachusetts May 8, 1963. They now have more than 7,400 stores, with two in Lowell.
The photos were taken last fall of a store front (this is not the original store, but not far from it). All windows had large photos of recent pictures of Lowell, complete with mills and canals. I haven't a clue what the white odd shapes are for, I should ask. I've been in quite a few CVS stores since I took this photo, and it is the only one with large window pictures.
Last year, there was an article in our local paper stating, "LOWELL -- The Lowell Community Health Center received a financial boost from a national corporation that got its start in the Mill City, the health center announced yesterday.
CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, the private foundation created by CVS Caremark Corporation, has given a $50,000 grant that will contribute to the $5 million capital campaign the health center is trying to raise before it opens its doors at the new building at 161 Jackson St. in the former Hamilton Manufacturing mill complex. The first storefront CVS, or Consumer Value Store, was opened in 1963 on Merrimack Street by brothers Stanley and Sidney Goldstein and partner Ralph Hoagland."
When I placed a call to their headquarters in Providence Rhode Island to see if they had a photo of the store opening in their archives, I found out they didn't have one.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Activities and Printables
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Carin wrote: "
These are great! Can you tell me what tune you sing the song about friends making amends to?"
Its from an Uncle Moishy CD- I think the one on Holiday songs...
Melanie wrote:
"Here's another multi -sensory idea to consider: it's easy to make a visual representation of the different calls of the shofar. If you download the sounds from the internet, you could do an activity where the child selects the correct pattern for the sound that they hear. If you'd like, I'd be happy to prepare this and share it with others.
Of course, it would be great to have a real shofar, but small plastic ones are available as well.
Apple stamping and pomegranate stamping are fun to do as well."
Thanks for the great ideas!
Very cool! Nothing better than finding fun ways to teach our kids about great traditions and things that really matter in life.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM
this looks great!!!! thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
These are so amazing! Thank you for sharing with us. L'Shanah Tovah!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 3, 2012 at 10:13 AM
What a wonderful resource! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Do you have a template for the Yom Kippur dolls? Also, where did you get all the miniature Judaica pieces?ReplyDeleteReplies
The "Yom Kippur" dolls I got here: http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/product/productDet.jsp?productItemID=1%2C689%2C949%2C371%2C896%2C012&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395181113&bmUID=1377579757982 and the Miniature Judaica pieces I got here: http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Jewish_Montessori_Alef_Bet_In_Sacks_1313.aspDelete
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2013 at 5:08 PM
Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful resources. When I try to download them however, the picture quality is very poor and looks nothing like your wonderful pictures. Is this a problem on my end?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 30, 2013 at 6:20 PM
Thank you for doing this. Amazing!ReplyDelete
- Jewish Mommy In IsraelSeptember 3, 2013 at 12:53 AM
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I'm going to print some of these for my children to play with when I daven on Rosh Hashana. You'll have a part in my tefilos! Shana Tova!
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2014 at 1:57 AM
Thank you so much!! There is so many grate ideas!! Shana Tova to you and all your family!ReplyDelete
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Olympic feats, not security, to star
-- SOCHI, Russia -- Normally when I leave home to cover the Olympics, friends tell me they are jealous and ask whether they may come along as my assistant. This year, they instead told me they would be praying for me. One good friend brought over an emergency pack that included a blanket, body warmers and a respirator dust mask, then apologized for forgetting to include rosary beads.
No one volunteered to carry my bags.
Security concerns may be elevated for the 2014 Sochi Games but they are really as much of an Olympic routine as bribery, corruption and cost overruns. For the 2004 Games in Athens, our crew was required to attend an all-day security briefing and first aid course in which we were instructed to always carry a "grab bag'' with a respirator, flashlight, passport and enough money to buy a plane ticket home.
This time, we were given phone apps that will allow our security firm to track our location, warned about our emails being read and our tech devices hacked, and instructed to wipe our computers for malware upon our return home.
In other words, these Olympics are a little like going to Target during the Christmas shopping season or logging into your Google account. The difference here is that instead of typing "spring training'' into a search engine and quickly receiving an ad for a hotel package in St. Petersburg, Fla., I will receive an ad for a hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Speaking of hotels, there are multitudes of stories about the housing situation here, most very funny, some genuinely disturbing and others that are just plain petty. My room is actually one of the better ones I've had at an Olympics, plus our complex has a couple bars and quaint market stalls selling Russian arts, crafts and souvenirs. Still, it's not comforting to learn a friend came home to an unlocked, open door or to hear that Big Brother might really have a video camera mounted in your bathroom.
But hey, the wine in the bar is only 30 rubles, or just 85 cents a glass. Seriously, 85 cents! And it's not bad wine.
I wonder how much of the fears and complaints stem from preconceived notions of Russia that date back to Soviet times and the Cold War. Russia and our relationship with the country -- including mutual Olympic boycotts -- certainly add a rich layer of intrigue to these Games, though that's probably truer for aging writers than the athletes.
After all, there are very few Olympians old enough to recall when the former Soviet Union existed. Heck, when it comes to Evil Empires, some Olympians are too young to remember when the Yankees were winning World Series after World Series instead of the Red Sox.
As you might have heard, there is a new world order.
U.S. pairs skater Simon Shnapir was born in Russia and moved to the U.S. as an infant. American figure skater Polina Edmunds' mother is from Russia, where she met Edmunds' father when he was a tourist teaching English in Moscow. "I don't speak Russian too well but I can speak OK. And I fully understand it,'' Edmunds said. "My mom and my grandmother will talk to me in Russian and I respond in English.''
Like the old Bridge of Spies in Cold War Berlin, this East-West migration goes both ways. Vic Wild, a top snowboarder from Washington state, gained a Russian passport through marriage to a Russian snowboarder, and will compete for that country. Short track speedskater Ahn Hyun-Soo was a triple gold medalist for South Korea in 2006 but is now a Russian citizen competing under the name Viktor Ahn.
Meanwhile, the Jamaican bobsled team is back, and Alpine skiers from Zimbabwe, the Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, India, Pakistan, Lebanon and Brazil are as well.
Whatever country they represent, the athletes will thankfully push our attention away from security, dual toilets and stray dogs to what is most important: the Olympics themselves. Over the next two weeks, they will provide us with enough stories that the collected works of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Pushkin will look thin by comparison.
Lindsey Vonn is not here but Lindsey Van is, competing for the U.S. in the very first women's ski jumping competition at the Olympics. World Cup champions Ted Ligety, Mikaela Shiffrin and five-time Olympian Bode Miller should more than make up for Vonn's absence.
Kikkan Randall could give the U.S. its first cross-country medal in 38 years and inspire Americans to hit the snow trails, while Shaun White and fellow snowboarders will prompt parents to instruct their kids "Don't ever try that!''
Ashley Wagner will try to justify her presence on the Olympic team as she, Gracie Gold and Edmunds try to skate their way onto the podium with Kim Yu-Na and Mao Asada. They and the other American skaters will try to bring home a medal in the new team competition.
Shani Davis and Heather Richardson will do their best to give non-Dutch speedskating fans reason to pop some Heinekens. Elana Meyers, Aja Evans, Steven Holcomb and Noelle Pikus-Pace will show there is far more reason to pay attention to the sliding sports than the media's fixation on Lolo Jones.
With NHL and KHL professionals, there will be no Miracle on Ice in hockey but the competition should be very intense, what with the enormous hopes and pressure on Russia's team.
And who knows, considering how extensive his reach has been in these Olympics, perhaps Vladimir Putin will insist on replacing Evgeni Plushenko and perform a free skate routine. Sans shirt, of course.
As for the security concerns?
"I haven't thought about it once,'' U.S. speedskater Brittany Bowe said. "It's nice not having TV. I haven't read the news or anything. Whether that's a good thing or bad, that's what I've chose to do. I haven't given it a thought. It's one more thing you don't need to worry about. I have enough to worry about on the track and the things I can control. That's something beyond my control and I'm not going to waste my time on it.''
That's the proper approach to the Olympics.
I woke up Friday morning somewhat concerned that someone had rummaged through my suitcase because the night before a lucky travel charm in my bag had been placed on my bed. Had a maid or someone else done that? Or more likely, had I simply forgotten I placed it there myself because I drank too many 30-ruble wines? Pretty soon I was thinking about the oppressive Putin regime I read about in Masha Gessen's disturbing biography, "The Man Without a Face.''
But then I went for an invigorating run with Julie Foudy on a beautiful promenade along the Black Sea that is just on the other side of the fence from our housing complex. The clear sky reflected beautifully off the sea while the morning sun spectacularly lit the nearby white-capped Caucasus Mountains. We came across a stray puppy so adorable I wondered whether I could fit him in my carry-on. And when we went back into the complex, we came across a dozen or so older Russian women in colorful folk costumes and gold teeth.
We danced and laughed with them and when we walked away, all my previous concerns had disappeared.
This is what the Olympics is all about. People from around the world, unable to speak the same language but uniting through the sheer joy of sport. We must focus on that joy in the next 17 days, not the possibility of terror. Put our fears aside and let our hearts soar as high as the $51 billion budget.


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Spokesman-Review to participate in Google archiving
The Spokesman-Review will be part of the newspaper archiving project announced earlier this week by Google, according to Shaun O'L. Higgins, The Spokesman-Review's director of sales and marketing.
Under the Google program, all pages produced by The Spokesman Review and its predicessor newspapers, plus the Spokane Chronicle, will be scanned and posted online.
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Spokesman-Review to participate in Google archiving
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- Kathryn Doyle said...
Hi Miriam,
Congratulations! You and your team have won the "I Heart Your Blog" award. I wanted to acknowledge genealogical society bloggers.
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- September 15, 2008 at 6:29 AM
- Miriam Robbins said...
I'm very excited to see this about The Spokesman-Review! Thanks for highlighting this, Charles!
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Bottecchia Jersey by De Marchi
De Marchi is adding another jersey to their "Time Capsule" series of jerseys . The lastest jersey is the Bottecchia/Ursus jersey as worn by Louison Bobet in 1951, to be produced in very limited numbers.
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Loved, loved, loved the opening of the 68th Annual Tony Awards last night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Fantasia Barrino, Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle joined the cast of After Midnight for the first musical performance of the evening. Warren Carlyle won the Tony Award for Best Choreography for the musical based on Harlem's golden age. The complete list of award winners is HERE.
Fantasia is currently co-starring in the musical. Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole will join the cast as special guest stars later this summer.
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