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My friend Karen ...

{ Posted by Tara or WoF }
{ 3:05 AM, Thu 21 Aug 2008 } { Posted in Believe It Or Not ! ! ! } { 5 comments } { Link }

Remember when I asked y'all to vote for my friend when she nade the Dove commercial (she came in 3rd ... thx!)?

Karen is at it again. Please lend her your support. Go to this link [URL="http://www.skydivergirls.com/"][SIZE="5"]http://www.skydivergirls.com[/SIZE][/URL]/ and/or click on [URL="http://southwest.spigit.com/homepage"][SIZE="5"][B]Vote for me here[/B][/SIZE][/URL] . This will take you to the Southwest Airlines site for voting. Please scroll down and view the entries. Click the UP GREEN ARROW by Karen's entry to vote Yes for Karen.

This is the one that you look for ...

[COLOR="Cyan"] Press Release: New Southwest Airlines Blog-o-spondent!, posted by SkydiverGirl on 08/19/2008 07:01 PM

Vote for me if Bags Fly Free! I promise to keep you informed and entertained Southwest Airlines style and show you how Nuts I can be when I'm passionate about no fees and a positive travel experience. [/COLOR]

Thanks Loads!

Here is what her vid looks like ...

Latest Information

{ Posted by Keith }
{ 1:43 PM, Sunday, August 17, 2008 } { 4 comments } { Link }

Hey guys, still around.

I still haven't heard back from Martin about access .. so nothing to report on that side of things.

Utahcon has been very active and has setup a testing area for the new blogging platform. You can also keep up on the latest news about this at http://beta.efx2blogs.com .. be sure to read all of it if you decide to help out with testing.

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On a related note I want to ask Utahcon about using BuddyPress .. http://buddypress.org/ .. which is basically a set of plugins that work with a vanilla installation of Wordpress MU which we are already going to be using.

You can check out the features on their site there .. we could really use some of those social networking features and it would help jump start some of the development.

Any feedback we could give Utahcon on using BuddyPress would be very usefull. Thanks :)

When Will MAN Learn ...

{ Posted by Tara or WoF }
{ 8:07 PM, Thu 7 Aug 2008 } { Posted in A SIGN OF THE TIMES } { 2 comments } { Link }

I found this on one of my My Space bulletins From Truth's Noir Depths ... who got it from Graywolf ... Please understand why I ask ... when will MAN learn ... as our population grows ... we encroach onto the natural home of our Creator's creatures ... think about it ... A Mother protecting her young ... wouldn't you?

[B]WELL, BELOW YOU WILL READ ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW MAN DOES NOT LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES! WE MOVE INTO WILDERNESS AREAS TO BE CLOSE TO NATURE AND WHEN NATURE STRIKES OUT AT THE INTRUSION, IT IS NATURE THAT SUFFERS! WE CAN ONLY PUSH OUR WILDLIFE, WHAT IS LEFT, SO FAR AND THEN THESE THINGS WILL EVENTUALLY OCCUR---SO NOW WE HAVE THIS GUY, TRYING TO PET A MOUNTAIN LION CUB, AND HE GETS SCRATCHED! WELL HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, IF THE MOUNTAIN LION WHICH WAS ONLY PROTECTING HER CUB WANTED TO, SHE COULD HAVE KILLED HIM! PEOPLE, WAKE UP, WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH HARM TO OUR FOUR LEGGED AND WINGED BROTHERS AND SISTERS---DO WE NOW KILL AN INNOCENT CREATURE FOR DEFENDING IT'S CUBS? iIF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAVE THESE ANIMALS THEN TAKE THE TIME TO VOICE YOUR OPINION DIRECTLY--- MAKE YOUR CALL TO (916) 653-5040 AND TELL THEM TO SPARE THE LIVES OF THIS INNOCENT CREATURES![/B]

Mountain lion attacks Orange County hiker
The big cat lunged at and scratched the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park hiker after he tried to pet one of her cubs, officials said. The park has been closed while the search for the cougars continues.

By Mike Anton, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
11:40 AM PDT, August 6, 2008
A mountain lion attacked a hiker in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park early today after he went to pet one of the cougar's three cubs, Orange County authorities said.

The Foothills Ranch area man, whose identity was not immediately available, was taken to a hospital and treated for scratches on his arm, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.

Victim in O.C. cougar attack refuses... Out of the mouth of a lion"What he did is not an advisable thing to do," Amormino said. "He can consider himself an extremely lucky man.

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Signs throughout the park warn that mountain lions live in the foothill wilderness. In 2004, a mountain biker was killed and another severely injured by a cougar in Whiting Ranch. The death of Mark Reynolds, 35, of Foothill Ranch, was the first in Orange County history and the only one statewide since 1994.

Today's attack happened about 8:30 a.m. a mile up the Borrego Trail. The hiker told authorities he came across a female lion and three cubs that he estimated were about 8 weeks old.

"He said they seemed so cute and cuddly and passive," Amormino said.

When he went to pet one of the cubs, the mother lunged at him -- and then ran off.

Sheriff's deputies, park rangers, and state Fish and Game officials are searching for the cougars on foot and by air. The park has been closed for the search.

While mountain lions that have contact with humans "are generally put down," Amormino said he has contacted a San Diego wildlife sanctuary that has agreed to take the lion and her cubs if they can be tranquilized and caught.

mike.anton@latimes.com

World Of Warcraft

{ Posted by Keith }
{ 4:12 AM, Thursday, July 31, 2008 } { 5 comments } { Link }

Hey guys was wondering if there was anyone else in the community that was interested in starting a new fresh guild with new characters for WoW (World of Warcraft). It would have to be with North American players .. sorry no Euro account here.

Let me know if you are interested. :)

Just A Quick Update

{ Posted by Keith }
{ 9:11 PM, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 } { 7 comments } { Link }

Hey guys just a quick update. I am still waiting for access to the site from Martin so nothing new to report on that stuff.

The team is busy working out a plan which is going pretty good and will be a great new start for the community. So far some of the ideas we have that are pretty solid is moving to a new home with the same domain name. This will help with the stability issues we are currently experiencing.

Of course with a new home comes some expenses. Some people suggested a paid service but we will most likely go with a community donation run service instead. What we would like to do is to have a display on the site that shows the current cost for that month so if people want to help out they can donate and cut the cost to us.

Utahcon is also currently working on the development side of things and will be using Wordpress MU (which is a community blogging system based on Wordpress). Utahcon is extremely talented and has experience with WPMU so I am pretty positive this will be the system will be using once we move.

WPMU is also more secure and reliable and has a lot more support from the developers as well as the WPMU community.

Also once we move I will no longer be heading EFx2Blogs :D .. this will be a complete team effort. I am already excited about starting something new and fresh with this great team. :)

Many many good things to come :D

Hey It's Me Again :)

{ Posted by Keith }
{ 11:36 PM, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 } { 6 comments } { Link }

Alright I had a chance to read around and read most of your guy's concerns. There is a few things I should point out though which also might make you want to go with the new community run blog hosting that Pixie has suggested [URL="http://welshpixie.efx2blogs.com/40675/"]here[/URL].

1.) First and foremost I want to send out my appreciation to Chica, Pixie, Styles and all those I might have missed who have been working to help the community. Thanks guys you did a wonderful job.

2.) Ok onto some technical things. I believe some people are misunderstanding some of the issues the site has. For example ..

- If the site is down and the server can't be reached there would be nothing myself or the CLs could have done with the same access I normally have. I don't have server access to get it rebooted or to fix whatever server issue their might be.

- When there is a weird server issue which is what I believed happened this last time there is nothing I or the CLs could have done to fix it with the access I normally have. This is why we could post and see the main page but could not access any subdomains. Something might have happened which effected the way the subdomains were working. The site was actually functioning correctly at the time code and database wise.

- Basically any server issue we experience wouldn't have been fixed even if the CLs had the same access I had.

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So the only real benefits gained by the access will be the ability to add to the site and fix any code issues. Even some database issues could be fixed with the access .. but beyond that not much can be done to fix problems that might arise.

90% of the issues we have had in the past with downtime have been server issues. The other 10% is usually something I did wrong in the code. :D

This is also one of the reasons I am in favor for a community run blog site on it's own server with full control. That way other people are in charge, especially ones you have faith in and if anything does come up you guys will have the ability to fix it right away.

Anyway my main point is even with me back or even if the CLs had the access I had then or now it wouldn't have made a difference because none of us would have been able to fix any of the server related issues.

So I think the best bet right now while it's being proposed is to go with something new that is run by the community. :)

OMG He Is Alive ;)

{ Posted by Keith }
{ 5:03 PM, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 } { 30 comments } { Link }

Hey guys long time no see. I am glad to see the place is working again. I thought the last time would be the last.

I haven't really been around a lot because real life has pretty much taken me away (lot's of personal stuff). I know there is a group of people that would like to take over the reigns but I unfortunatly have bad news at this time.

I haven't had access to the server, ftp or anything else since the server move back in January. I haven't even been in contact with Martin since then either. I have the same exact access the CL's have and there is not much I can do at this time.

I only have access to the domain name which I renewed for another year back in March. I never had plans to dump it or anything like that. I would more then love to continue to work on it, but need to gain access first.

If you want my honest opinion your best bet would be to join or continue to use something like Vox until access can be gained again. I can't make any guarentees to server stability though even after access is gained and given out to those that want to help run things.

I also noticed some of you are currently working on creating your own blogging community which I think is very cool and might be your best bet in order to gain complete control over things.

Well just wanted to let you guys know that I am still alive.

btw I vote for www.globbin.com .. start a new fad known as globs ;)

Current Status of EFX2

{ Posted by Chica }
{ 3:03 PM, Monday, July 21, 2008 } { Link }

Please join the discussion that's happening over here:

[URL="http://welshpixie.efx2blogs.com/40675/#c114159"]http://welshpixie.efx2blogs.com/40675/#c114159[/URL]

Thank ya much! :)

Let's not forget about others.

{ Posted by Chica }
{ 11:55 AM, Saturday, July 19, 2008 } { Link }

After writing the post last night, and reading through all the comments, and pm'ing folks, I'm thinking that all it was on my part, impeccable timing.

Pixie had tried the same thing I did, and it didn't work for her, but it worked for me. So she and I believe that perhaps it is server people working on stuff. II suppose we'll never know. There is a lack of communication between community leaders, and so one doesn't know when the other is doing something.

I'm not the only one who has helped in this, let's not forget Pixie, and all the other CL's here. Even all the people, ya'll stuck together like glue out there in the big bad internet world away from your home's here at EFX2. Please don't praise me, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I just got excited last night and posted about it. Even had help from Juan, Moth, and Cam to notify the masses. :)

Anyhoo here are some helpful things that Pixie said in case you missed it.

""I'm pretty sure the server people are fiddling with the site as we speak. There are still some glitches here - embedded HTML not working, and the 'templates' page has defaulted, removing all th CL-made designs.""

"I'd strongly suggest everyone take this opportunity to back up their blogs. Change the 'blog entries per page' to a few hundred, load your blog, select all, copy, paste into a notepad file (you can try MS Word but it might crash). There are still some bugs and issues going on here that aren't fixed."

so there's that, the floor is open to ya'll now. In the meantime, keep all those other blogs, and I'll get everyone linked accordingly. Write all your usernames and passwords on a piece of paper so ya won't forget it and have to start over again with the blogs you just created.

**Edit** I'd also like to point out the [URL="http://libertine.efx2blogs.com/40611/"]great post that Libertine just made[/URL]. Please go on and read it and contribute to the conversation please.

Welcome back EFXers....

{ Posted by Chica }
{ 12:15 AM, Saturday, July 19, 2008 } { Link }

So I've finally figured out the problem, I've dabbled about in the control panel off and on this whole time debating and trying to figure out what the hell went wrong.

It was the IP addresses. I'm not sure what made it different, or if anyone added an IP address to the list (the CL's with access to the main CP) That's the only scenario I can paint with that, because I can't figure out why else it would have done that. There were several wildcard IPs too, which block a whole range of IP's. So I removed ALL banned IP address's, and then came back to check things out and it let me login.

So, it's back alive, and wow what a pain in all of our asses. I am worried though that the spam that was blocked via IP (dunno why) will come back, so the CL's need to stay on their toes with that. I'd suggest not banning any more IP address's at all, but rahter painfully delete every setup that spam makes here.

So yeah, that's about it, and welcome back folks.

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