Monday, August 6, 2012

What a Team!: Friends, Family, Food and Fun Vacation 2012

3491 miles.?

Over 60 hours in the car.?

Nine states.?

Seventeen days.?

Three kids ages not-quite-one to seven years old.

Four hotel rooms.?

Five houses.

One jumpstart.?

One new car battery.?

One lost wallet.?

Two poop explosions in the carseat.?

Four (I think) roadside potty breaks.

One child vomiting.

Five pools.

One Nerf gun war.

One found wallet.?

Two birthday celebrations.

Four bridges over the Mississippi River.

Twenty new apps on the Ipod and Droid.

At least a dozen card games with family.?

An aquarium, a museum and Medieval Times.

72 sweet friends (according to Emmett).

LOTS of food.

We had a blast on our summer vacation!?

I have plans to blog about the whole trip (since this blog serves as our family scrapbook), but I doubt I'll get to it today.? Here's a few pictures to tide you over:





Source: http://whatateam.blogspot.com/2012/08/friends-family-food-and-fun-vacation.html

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Crush the zombie threat with your Sony Xperia smartphone

Perhaps killing virtual zombies will tempt you to buy a new Sony Android handset. The company just announced that the game Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies is now available for download on its Xperia S and Xperia Ion smartphones.

As part of an exclusive deal with Activision, the $6.99 title will be listed in the Google Play store for 30 days only for these new Sony devices plus the older Xperia Play phone. The game features 50 levels of zombie-killing action and is a port of the popular console software.

According to Sony, users can play in single-player mode or link with up to three other people over Wi-Fi. You can also unlock a Dead-Ops Arcade mini-game for quick and dirty Zombie dispatching fun.

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NASA braces for rover's plunge to Mars - Personal Finance ...

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Arresting Thailand Rock Climbing ?

Speak about Thailand and images of beaches, elephants and Bangkok come to mind. Less known is the bottom line Thailand rock climbing is some of the finest in the world.

Thailand Rock Climbing

Located in Southeast Asia, Thailand is bordered by Cambodia, Burma and Laos in the north and Malaysia in the south. The shape of the country is somewhat similar to Italy, and you?ll find similar differences between northern and southern Thailand that you do in Italy. For rock climbing enthusiasts, the south of Thailand is where the action is.

The rock formations in Thailand are almost universally limestone. The level of climbing can be as simple as bouldering or as challenging as tackling over vertical cliffs. This makes Thailand a popular rock climbing destination since it has a little something for everyone.

Krabi

Located on the southern section of the ?tail? of Thailand, Krabi has a wide variety of rock climbing challenges. Most of the climbs in this area are of the pre-bolted sport route variety. There are literally hundreds upon hundreds of climbs with difficulty levels from beginner to multi-pitch knuckle crushers.

The beauty of climbing in Krabi is?well, the beauty. While you might have visions of jungles and mosquitoes when thinking of Thailand, Krabi is an area of a different sort. Most of the climbs have been set up on cliff faces on the beach. Being natural capitalists, the Thai?s have built hotels, bars and so on at these locations. As a result, you can literally climb a multi-pitch route for five hours, cool off with a swim and then have a beer. If there is such a thing as a rock climbing heaven, many feel Krabi is it.

Before you cash in your savings, keep in mind that Thailand is a seasonal vacation spot. If you go during the wet season, there is a good chance you?ll just end up sitting around drinking beer. While that isn?t too bad, you?ll go crazy looking at the climbs that are so close, but oh so far away.

Generally, you want to head to Thailand from late November through maybe April. The summer months tend to be both incredibly hot and wet. Make sure you pull up forecasts for the area before booking a trip.

Flying to Thailand is inexpensive, but flights are incredibly long with stopovers. Still, it is all worth it once you experience Thailand rock climbing.

The author is a retired expat living in Thailand and loves Isaan and krabi resort

Source: http://all-articles-directory.com/arresting-thailand-rock-climbing/

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Red Cross attacked with rockets, grenades in Libya

GENEVA (Reuters) - Unknown assailants attacked a compound of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Libyan port of Misrata on Sunday with grenades and rockets, forcing it to suspend its work there and in the eastern city of Benghazi, the agency said.

The ICRC said seven of its aid workers were inside their residence when it came under attack. No one was hurt, but damage to the building was extensive.

It was the fifth time in less than three months that violence was directed against the independent aid agency in Libya, the ICRC said in a statement, which stressed its neutrality.

"Given the circumstances, we are forced to announce, with considerable regret, that we will be suspending all our activities in Misrata and Benghazi and that our delegates in those cities will be temporarily relocated," said Ishfaq Muhamed Khan, the head of the ICRC's delegation in Libya.

Several violent incidents have rocked Libya in recent days and included the kidnapping on Tuesday in Benghazi of seven Iranians relief workers who were official guests of the Libyan Red Crescent Association.

Also on Sunday, security forces killed three armed men who were suspected of being behind seven failed bomb plots, said Saleh Darhoub, a spokesman for the National Transitional Council. It was the first deadly clash since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in October.

Darhoub promised to bring the attackers to court and condemned their act against what he described as "hosts" of Libyans "who did great things for the revolution including in Misrata".

In Geneva, ICRC spokesman Jean-Yves Clemenzo said that the seven staff had withdrawn to its delegation in the capital Tripoli. "We do not know who carried out the attack. Grenades and RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) were used, it was a serious incident," he told Reuters.

The ICRC has a humanitarian mandate to protect people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance, it said.

"The ICRC is not involved in political or religious activities of any kind, neither in Libya nor anywhere else," it added. Clemenzo said that the organization was sometimes mistaken for a religious movement, which is not the case.

Throughout the revolt last year that ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, ICRC aid workers delivered food and medical assistance to civilians, including those trapped in Misrata, which was long held by rebels under siege by Gaddafi's troops.

"We are appalled by this latest act and by the deliberate targeting of our staff: they have put their lives at risk to serve the Libyan people both during and after the conflict," Khan said.

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Ali Shuaib in Tripoli; Editing by Peter Graff and Cynthia Osterman)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/icrc-suspends-misrata-benghazi-attack-statement-191311814.html

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It's a do-or-die day for Mars Curiosity rover

??After eight years of planning and eight months of interplanetary travel, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory is finally facing its seven minutes of terror, leading to a landing on the Red Planet. And there'll be nothing anyone on Earth can do but watch.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/48496492#48496492

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