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Falls Church When we finally arrived at the woodland falls, somebody had parked a Toyota there, but they weren’t around. Here, I revealed the note to my companions, but they seemed perplexed as to its meaning. I stripped myself of the extra supplies and emptied all pockets before quietly sunning on a large flat rock. This enormous rock was next to the deepest water hole and it faced perfectly into the best afternoon sun. The rock is large enough to hold one of the families we saw earlier in the day. If I become more star-savvy, perhaps one night I will lug up some simple astronomical sextants and whatnot to measure our nighttime sky from this rock to determine if it orients toward celestial noon . I located a few sticks to throw in the water for Lucas. From previous experience, I knew he would be careful, because whenever he draws near a dangerous looking area, like the current of the cascading falls; he approaches very tentatively, sometimes waiting for the stick to float upstream ...

Advice from Pythagoras Do not eat the black-tailed fish Avoid the flesh of animals that die on their own Do not polish a seat with oil Never speak when facing the sun

Law of the jungle by TONY EVANS http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005121653 Nature tries hard. I was watching a black ant drag a flake of oatmeal through blades of grass at an alpine lake last weekend, thinking what a hero the little guy was going to be when he got home, when it occurred to me how much junk I had to carry to survive for a few days in the wilderness. A few weeks ago a series of aerial photographs were sent around the world showing a small clan of "uncontacted" natives living in the rainforest of South America who continue to live independently of the modern world, without drug stores, shopping malls or movie stars. A similar group of aboriginals, the Jawara, were photographed by rescue planes above the Andaman Islands south of India after the devastating tsunami of 2004. Unlike the needy and malnourished millions at the bottom of the first world pecking order, these fourth world people resist outside help, usually shooting arrows at the airplanes...

Galena cell tower would have offered great benefits A friend brought it to my attention that some of the people, who adamantly wrote against any positive aspects of cell phone use in our Sawtooth National Recreation Area and surrounding region , and who won't buy a phone on principal, think it's perfectly OK to borrow other people's phones to make their important calls. Something else that's not being talked about much is that some people in small Idaho communities still unsecured by cell towers hesitate to speak their true feelings out of fear of being shunned--or worse--by the prevailing Flintstone-aged attitudes of their townspeople. In one community, this fever reached such a high chirping pitch that even a physician went on public record to speak out against cell phone towers. So far, though, I have not heard any police or emergency medical technicians make convincing arguments about how the potential unsightliness of Galena's cell tower--or any other tower--w...

From PLUM TV: A Summer Guide for Sun Valley Editor-in-Chief Michael Ames talks about the summer edition of the Sun Valley Guide & the issues concerning the Wood River Valley. http://sunvalley.plumtv.com/videos/summer_guide_sun_valley

From PLUM TV: Andrew Ross Sorkin, the Chief Mergers and Acquisitions reporter for the New York Times, sat down with Plum to talk about who's who in today's business world, as well as the up and coming "it" boys of tomorrow. http://sunvalley.plumtv.com/videos/andrew_sorkin_allen_co

In Memory of Cristina Reed I found it shocking to hear that on July 4, Cristina Reed decided to plunge to her death by leaping off the Perrine Bridge and into the Snake River . Although I only knew Cristina from delivering her products, while I was a cab driver, the kindness she exuded towards those of us living on the edge of society became legendary. For some reason she strongly identified with us. Without question, Cristina was our best customer and most generous tipper and for years after I ended my brief taxicab stint, the drivers occasional mentioned that her sincere kindheartedness never waned. Another reason that Cristina’s death hits home so hard; is that back in 2006, I sent in a well-received suggestion to the Idaho Department of Transportation, regarding the importance of considering a feasibility study for improving suicide prevention measures on this very same bridge. Writing the above linked letter was literally a dizzyfying experience. Halfway through it, I had to pau...

Subject: DREAM ABOUT TIM RUSSERT: URL: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=127094 Posted By: Rayelan Date: Saturday, 28 June 2008, 10:23 p.m. Over the years I have read many articles about the ability of the dark force to enslave souls and force them into "slave bodies" lifetime after lifetime. I think we have all seen or read science fiction films and/or books that talk about souls being kept in jars, space ships, and other holders that hold them in prison until they are punished enough or cycled back into a slave colony. The day Tim Russert died I had a dream that was so profoundly disturbing to me that I quickly forgot all about it... I had the dream the day he died. I didn't remember the dream until the next day... Saturday, the 14th. Guraded Optimist posted some thoughts on the death of Russert in our Lounge. It was while I was adding some comments to what G.O. had written that I remembered the dream I had. I had the dream about 5pm on Friday the Th...