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Clear Creek Rafting Co.
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TWO GREAT RIVERS and TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS!
Join us for a world famous Colorado mountain experience on one of our exciting, convenient, affordable and FUN whitewater trips. With 1/3 day to multi-day trips offered there's always something for everyone - beginners to advanced.
FREE DIGITAL PHOTO with ALL RAFT TRIPS!
One of Colorado's most exciting whitewater rivers with more challenging rapids per mile than most commercially rafted rivers in the state. Season: mid-May through mid-August.
EVENING TRIPS: Meet at our office at 5:00 and choose either the beginner or intermediate trip as the perfect way to top off your day. Minimum group size 4.
BEGINNER: 50 Adult, $40 Child - minimum age 7* - Enjoy an alpine setting as you drop into Castle Falls and frolic through Dizzy Lizzy, then attack Mountain Lion. For younger people and inexperienced paddlers, this section serves up 10 fun-filled rapids as the prefect introduction to whitewater!
INTERMEDIATE: 60 per person - minimum age 14* - This exciting stretch of river is Clear Creek's most popular trip! Continuous class III and IV rapids will thrill guests throughout the run. Surge through the Phoenix Holes then take on the class IV climax, the Outer Limits.
ADVANCED: $120 per person full day; $77 1/2 day - minimum age 16* - If you're in good physical condition, have an aggressive attitude, and are up for a challenge, this is the trip for you! You will encounter over 30 major rapids along this 20 mile section which drops 1300 vertical feet. Rev up for the heart pounding, physically demanding continuous class IV-V whitewater of Double Knife, Hell's Corner, Terminator, and Corkscrew. Lunch is provided.
FREE WETSUIT and SHOWER USE! Group Discounts!
IDAHO SPRINGS LOCATION: 350 Whitewater Rd, Idaho Springs Colorado 80452
PHONE: 303-567-1000 or 800-353-9901 -- For Current Rates and Availability; To Book: mention the Colorado Vacation Directory.
Due to changes in water flows and conditions, minimum ages may vary.
ARKANSAS RIVER RAFTING -- At THE ROYAL GORGE and CANON CITY
World famous for combining spectacular scenery and action packed rapids, this is one of the most popular whitewater adventures anywhere. Season: Late-April through Labor Day.
ROYAL GORGE: Full Day $115 Half Day $72 - minimum age 14* - Experience the thrill of maneuvering a raft down Sunshine Falls, through Sledge Hammer, and watch out at Wall Slammer! Excitement abounds in this spectacular canyon with a fantastic view of the world's highest suspension bridge. Lunch is provided on full day trips.
BIGHORN SHEEP CANYON: 1/2 Day - $57 Adult $47 Child - minimum age 7* - This slightly milder trip is ideal for younger people or first-timers. There's plenty of action as you drop into Three Rock Falls, romp through Spike Buck and ride the waves of Shark's Tooth.
BROWN'S CANYON: Full Day - $95 Adult $85 Child - minimum age 7* - minimum group size is 10. Fun is the name of the game in this wilderness setting combining exciting whitewater with gorgeous scenery.
ARKANSAS 2-DAY: $350 per person - minimum age 14*
ARKANSAS 3-DAY: $475 per person - minimum age 14*
FREE WETSUIT and SPLASH JACKET USE! Group Discounts!
CANON CITY LOCATION: 44650 Highway 50 W, Canon City CO 81212
PHONE: 353-9901 -- For Current Rates and Availability; To Book: mention the Colorado Vacation Directory.
Due to changes in water flows and conditions, minimum ages may vary.
- Region: Colorado Springs Metro - South Central, Colorado
- Region: Denver Area - North Central, Colorado
- Region: Denver Mountain Area - North Central, Colorado
- Region: Royal Gorge Area - South Central, Colorado
- Credit Cards: Visa Card. MasterCard. Discover Card. American Express.
- Groups Welcome: Club. Corporate. Reunion. Weddings. Elopements. Youth group with adult leaders. Retreat.
- Group Meeting Area: Outdoor area.
- Open Dates For On-Site Activities: 5/1 to 9/4
Primarily Summer Activities
- Whitewater Rafting Office/Pickup point: On site.


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* Rates subject to change. Your capital is at risk and interest payments are not guaranteed if the Borrower defaults. Lending over the ArchOver platform is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Interest rates are guided by the Investment Model associated with the loan and the loan term. Loans that do not offer credit insurance may yield greater returns but can lead to a larger capital loss in case of default.
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Zeke Shore using Google Friend Connect
Zeke Shore, an interactive, graphic, and motion designer currently living and working in NYC, is demonstrating the capacity for networking offered by the new Google Friend Connect service. Featured here are two interactive sites designed by Shore: Billboard for the People, building support for a congratulatory message to Barack Obama, and My Latest Work, an opportunity for visitors to view and critique a short film made by Zeke.
Billboard for the People
Billboard for the People: A Public Celebration of Progress, is an online movement started by Deroy Peraza at Hyperakt Design Group, New York. Peraza came up with the idea of channeling all the positive energy surrounding the election of Barack Obama into a grassroots effort to congratulate the USA's president elect, with a massive billboard in New York City. The web site, developed by Zeke Shore, is designed to gather a community and raise $25,000. Google Friend Connect is being used to gather registrations for the online community, allowing visitors to connect with one another through their Google, Orkut and Plaxo networks.
My Latest Piece
"Gone" is a short film Zeke created while at Parsons School of Design that explores our reliance on consumption as a tool for self-identification and happiness. Zeke wrote, directed, scored, and produced the video myself, using stop-motion claymation, with post production in After Effects. Gone was screened at the Parsons Film and Animation Festival in the Spring of 2008. My Latest Piece provides a three step process: Watch the video (YouTube), sign in (Google Friend Connect), and leave a critique.
Click on the image below to play the video.
The Google Explanation
Google provides some explanation for the new service, which is available to a limited number of web developers during the current Beta phase. Web site visitors are able to sign in with their Google, Yahoo, AIM or OpenID account. They are able to interact with other visitors by making friends, sharing media, posting comments, playing games, and more. They are then able to invite friends from other social networks and contact lists to join your site or blog.
Click on the image below to play the video.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Commercials, Google, Interactive, Print
Location: USA


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Paramotor Rebuilding
Rebuilding your Paramotor Requires Two Things Time & Patience
I purchased my Blackhawk R120 Paramotor used in February of 2012 and have in the time since put it to quite the use, accumulating 111 flights to date. The motor was coming up on 50 hours and seeing as that per the instruction manual it was due for a top-end teardown, I decided to jump in full-bore, common for how I usually do things. It was raining that day as well, and due to other commitments I had coming up for the following week, I knew I wouldn't be doing much flying anyway. I apologize for the cheesy iPhone 3s pictures~ I didn't have time to take proper documentation, as once into this project I found it to be quite consuming the deeper I went with things.
The manual calls for de-coking the cylinder head, exhaust port, and piston at 50 hours, and this is that process. To de-coke, I bathed the parts in Hopps Gun Solvent for the better part of the week.
I had the cage re-powder coated and changed everything but the main frames to candy apple red.
The underside of the cage was bare metal and dinged, so after sanding and powder coat I installed this automotive coolant hose on both sides to act as a pair of boots. This would also give the unit more traction when loading it into my truck's slick plastic bed.
The first piecing together of the cage again after powder coat. Things were tight! Note the spreader bars in the back ground ~ They were texture coated to give them a nice feel and make them stand out from the main frame pieces.
After some reservation I went with safety wires as opposed to zip ties on the fuel lines. Probably didn't need anything at all. I don't know if I like this though, as now I have to check the lines periodically for chaffing. Probably wouldn't do it again but time will be the greatest judge. Besides, I knew I had to safety wire the clunk to the fuel hose at the bottom of the tank. Why not keep going.
I went with a grip that has a flanged edge, to help keep stray fingers away from the kill switch, yet still leaving it accessible. Additionally, I replaced the velcro, as the old material was becoming hard to stick onto itself. Luckily my wife has a Serger machine.
Everything before putting back together. Notice I painted the prop tips. This was to make them a little more visible. Additionally I applied leading edge tape to the prop. I also replaced the harness and netting, installed a K&N air filter and replaced the aluminum carabiners with the steel versions.
The new air filter. Much more of a high pitch to the motor now. The jury is out on this one, but I have to admit that I do like the way it looks. A new fuel filter can be seen in the background – This one has replaceable inserts.
Finally all back together, and about to go fly for the first time..
Note: I also took a tachometer reading of the prop. The crankshaft spins at 9700RPM with a 4:1 reduction drive, so I was expecting to get a final prop RPM of 2425. I was surprised to see it was only making 2200 RPM. A quick adjustment of the mixture fixed that.
2 thoughts on "Paramotor Rebuilding"
Hell of a job, Chris. Very impressive. Handy li'l bastard, ain'cha?


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Number of the Day: 704.9 Million CRT Televisions
704.9 million -- That's how many cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions have been sold just in the USA since 1980, according to the EPA.
42.4% -- How many of those TVs are estimated to still be in use.
23.9 million -- Number of CRT TVs that will be thrown out in 2008, adding up to an estimated 711,029 tons of televisions. "Numbers for end-of-life TVs have been over 20 million per year since 2005, and are expected to go up to almost 25 million by 2010. Compare this to 10 years ago, when the numbers were closer to 12 million sets disposed of per year. "18% -- By weight, that's how many of the TVs thrown out during 2006-2007 were recycled. Between 1999 and 2005, the rate was 15%. The rest went to landfills.
46,643 -- How many tons of lead is estimated to be inside TVs landfilled in 2008. This is not counting computer CRT monitors.
For more about this and about television recycling, see our source for these numbers: Popular Mechanics.
Battleground Earth Sneak Peek: Electronic Recyclers International
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Central Park outdoor TANGO dancing ... FREE Summer Tango event!
Every Saturday thru Saturday, Sep 28th
Central Park Tango is located at the Shakespeare monument at the end of the mall, close to summer stage. If raining, the event will be held nearby at "The Dairy" (Visitor Center)
* Open Dancing for ALL, 6-9pm, to DJd music
* Free Beginner Lesson, starts about 7:15pm
* (A lesson offering an introduction to those new to Tango.)
It is a FREE Class and Milonga!! No registration is necessary.
You gotta love NYC in the summertime!
For Information:
Location: Central Park @the Shakespeare monument
(In case of rain, go to the nearby "Dairy" (Visitor Center)


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The Baguio City Christmas Tree
I think this series of Christmas post will not be complete if I don't feature the Baguio City Christmas tree that can be found on Session Road. It gets lit up on December 1. I like this year's tree - I actually prefer it over last year's tree.
The GIF version was created by Google when I uploaded the original photo.
The GIF version was created by Google when I uploaded the original photo.
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Camp John Hay Techno Hub - Nutcracker
I'm trying to catch up on my Christmas posts before the season ends. Another Christmas decoration that keeps the holiday festivities alive in Baguio are the Nutcracker soldiers standing guard at the Ayala Techno Hub in Camp John Hay.
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Baguio Christmas Decorations
While walking along the streets of Baguio - you will find interesting Christmas decorations. These are two of my favorites. They can be found along Leonard Wood Road ( that's near Teacher's Camp ).
One of the houses have this on their front yard. It's a nice Holy Family scene. In Filipino - we call it Belen.
During the day - it's already pretty - but at night - it's even better with a Star lit up making the scene complete. One thing to note - I think St. Joseph should have been placed on the left because in this position it seems like he's turning away from St. Mary and baby Jesus.
Another display that I like is from the Mountain Lodge. They seem to have great displays every year. Note - twinkling lights were added by Google when I uploaded the photo - they created a GIF version of the photo. How awesome is that?
This year - they have a Choir setup in front of their hotel. The whole hotel is also lit up.
Don't you think the Angel Choir look pretty?
Posted by Unknown at Sunday, December 29, 2013
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Saint Louis University Lantern Parade 2013
The most festive time of the year in the Philippines is Christmas. Here in Baguio, the season actually opens up with the traditional Lantern Parade organized by the Saint Louis University. It is held on December 1 and coincides with the lighting of the Christmas tree on Session Road. The parade starts at 7:00 PM. For the past two years, I've stationed myself on Upper Session road to take photos of the event.
I try to be early to take photos of the participants during daylight. Some of their attire are very colorful - and you can't really see them when it gets dark.
The Senor Sto. Nino seems to be making an appearance this year.
Session Road is a winding road --- which makes it ideal for capturing the trail of lanterns.
Some lanterns have a repeat performance. I've seen these flowers ( tulips? ) from last year's parade. I can't blame them for reusing it -- they look pretty.
This one is new. Fish-shaped lanterns.
The Jellyfish lanterns are also great to see.
The students seem to take great pride in representing their groups in this parade.
I wasn't able to see the S formation this year --- I think I was further down the road last year. I can only capture a C formation.
Remember my 2nd photo at the earlier part of this post? Here are the lanterns lit up resting on top of the students' heads.
The parade ends on Melvin Jones Grandstand. I think - I'll try to go there next year - to see how the parade looks like from that point of view.
Look - some dogs take part in the parade. Maybe I should take Midori, Char Siew and Brita next year.
Posted by Unknown at Saturday, December 28, 2013
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My Entries to the TIgerAir promo of Jessica Rules the Universe
I submitted photos to Jessica Zafra's TigerAir promo. Three of the photos are now finalists. Happy, happy, joy, joy.
Link to Jessica's announcement -> Jessica's Announcement of finalists
If you have photos of Palawan or Boracay - you can join the contest by following the instructions -on this blog post -> Instuctions on how to Join TigerAir promo
Posted by Unknown at Friday, December 13, 2013
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My Leather Jacket
Going through the ukay ukay (thrift stores) in Baguio is fun. You can find lots of great things to buy. Of course you have to be patient. And mya dvice ... unless you are confident on your ability to spot a fake - shy away from buying luxury brands. I encourage you to focus on quality, craftsmanship and value for money.
Last weekend - I was able to buy this leather jacket. It's fine leather with a great cut. Brand is unknown. Reasonably priced. I love it.
Last weekend - I was able to buy this leather jacket. It's fine leather with a great cut. Brand is unknown. Reasonably priced. I love it.
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Answers to the Scenes from Baguio Quiz
Were you able to guess where the pictures from the previous post were taken?
Most people are familiar with the Burnham park and the Athletic bowl. Not too many will recognize the Melvin Jones Grandstand.
You may have seen the Cemetery of Negativism and the Pet Cemetery. There is actually a third cemetery which I am not familiar with. I can't figure out what its name is. All 3 cemeteries I mentioned are found at Camp John Hay.
The lawn is familiar - but the popular house is covered by this nativity scene. This is the Mansion's lawn. They've decorated it with this nativity scene and Santa Clause hanging from a tree nearby.
Posted by Unknown at Thursday, October 31, 2013
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Scenes from Baguio
Let's play a game. I have three pictures on this blog post. Can you tell me where these pictures were taken? I will give the answers in tomorrow's post.
Posted by Unknown at Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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Boots from Reeds "Barn" Bootery
I am not afraid of color. Especially color on my shoes. That's why I had orange, green and red loafers. I also have blue green brogues. Recently - I got this bright metallic blue driving shoes that everyone loves. I've added a new pair to my collection. This time - I went to the Reeds "Barn" Bootery at Abanao square for a new pair of light blue boots.
I discovered the shop during one of the visits from the Queens of Manila. They had knee high boots that the shop custom made for them. I didn't need knee high boots - I only needed calf high boots.
I was initially wondering if I will ever be able to wear sensible clothes with these boots. It turns out - I can wear them with my gray pants and khakis. Oh - I even had a matching belt made.
If you want to get in touch with the Reeds store - go to their website: http://www.reedsbarnbootery.com
Posted by Unknown at Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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My Bally Bag
Going through the Ukay-Ukay ( 2nd hand thrift stores ) in Baguio can be fun. If you are patient, lucky, or both, you can find great items. A month ago, I was able to buy a Bally bag from one of the stores. I will venture out to proclaim that it's authentic. The hardware, the craftsmanship and the tag inside the bag says it's authentic. I bought the bag for 3,000 pesos.
The bag has two compartments. To be honest - at first look - it looks like a camera bag.
When I use the bag - one compartment - I use for my laptop.
The other compartment holds my miscellaneous items ( umbrella, sunglasses etc. ).
The bag is great - one thing that shows its age are these leather squares which were already detaching from the strap when I bought it. I had to get it repaired.
Have you ever visited the Ukay-Ukay stores in Baguio? What's your best find in the stores?
Posted by Unknown at Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Pink Shorts from Greenhills
When I'm in Manila - I end up shopping too much. But looking at these pink pair of shorts - how can you not buy them? Yes - I have too many shorts now - but I think my closet has some space left for one more ( actually two pairs because I got it in Aqua ).
BTW - I really don't know how to negotiate with the Greenhills ladies. I got these for 350 pesos - which for me is a fair price. But my friends say I paid too much.
Posted by Unknown at Saturday, October 19, 2013
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Develop Locally: Automatic Request Modification
When a user makes a request to Moovweb (e.g., m.example.com), Moovweb makes a few modifications to that request and then forwards it to the upstream server (e.g., www.example.com). Most of these changes are automatic — this document lists those changes.
Example Request
Here's an example of an incoming request to Moovweb, together with the outgoing request that the server would issue upon receiving that request.
The HTTP client sends this request to Moovweb:
GET /products/submarine?x-moov-test=false HTTP/1.1
Host: m.example.com
Connection: keep-alive
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_6; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.133 Safari/534.16
Referer: http://m.example.com/expensive_gifts
Origin: http://m.example.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip
The server sends this request to the proxied server:
GET /products/submarine HTTP/1.0
Host: example.com
Connection: close
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_6; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.133 Safari/534.16
Referer: http://example.com/expensive_gifts
Origin: http://example.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
X-Forwarded-For: 126.96.36.199
Via: 1.0 moovweb
Each section lists one of the ways in which the request is modified. Most of the changes are modifications to the request header, but the first two changes listed are modifications to the request method line. The following headers are modified or added. All other headers are left as-is. Note in particular that the User-Agent header is not modified.
HTTP Version
The HTTP version of the upstream request will be set to 1.0, regardless of whether it was 1.0 or 1.1 in the incoming request. Example status line:
"x-moov-" Query Parameters
Any query parameter in the path beginning with "x-moov-" (case insensitive) will be removed. As of writing, the only use for this is to ensure that an asset is not cached by the browser (while not sending any additional parameters to the upstream server). For example, if the incoming request path is:
then the upstream request path will be:
The Host header is rewritten according to the rewriting rules for your project. Usually, but not always, this simply means that the "m." is removed. For example, if the HTTP client sends:
Host: m.example.com
the server sends:
Host: example.com
Moovweb adds itself to the Via header as required by this section of HTTP. If no Via header exists, one is added. If no Via header exists, the server will send this:
Via: 1.0 moovweb
If the HTTP client sends a Via header, "
, 1.0 moovweb" will be appended to the end. For example, if the HTTP client sends:
Via: 1.0 ricky, 1.1 mertz
the server sends:
Via: 1.0 ricky, 1.1 mertz, 1.0 moovweb
The IP address of the HTTP client will be provided by the de facto X-Forwarded-For header. If the HTTP client sends an X-Forwarded-For header, then the server will add the HTTP client's IP to the header. If no X-Forwarded-For header exists, one is added.
For example, assume the HTTP client has IP
188.8.131.52. If the HTTP client sends no X-Forwarded-For, the server will send:
X-Forwarded-For: 22.214.171.124
If the HTTP client sends this:
X-Forwarded-For: 18.104.22.168, 300.3.3.3
the server will send this:
X-Forwarded-For: 188.8.131.52, 300.3.3.3, 22.214.171.124
Referer and Origin
NOTE: The word "Referrer" is intentionally misspelled throughout this document to reflect the spelling of the HTTP Referer header.
The server attempts to mimic a normal user of the website, so the Referer and Origin headers are rewritten to reflect this. The rewriting happens based on the project's rewriter rules. Usually this simply means removing an "m.". For example, if the HTTP client sends:
Referer: http://m.example.com/snakes_on_planes
Origin: http://m.example.com
the server sends:
Referer: http://example.com/snakes_on_planes
Origin: http://example.com
The server supports deflate and gzip encoding, so the Accept-Encoding header will always reflect this. If the HTTP client sends an Accept-Encoding header, it will be modified to look like this:
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
NOTE: If the HTTP client does not send an Accept-Encoding header, the server will not add one.
The server does not support the
Connection: keep-alive header. If one is encountered, it will be changed to
Connection: close.
Any request body (as often contained in a POST) will be forwarded unmodified.
Like all other headers not mentioned in the section on headers, the User-Agent header is not modified. The proxied server will see the user agent of the HTTP client.
However, the server does have a configuration option that allows it to send a particular value for the user agent. If the server is configured in this way it will send a constant user agent instead of forwarding the customer's user agent.


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A Chicken Dish Using Preserved Lemons
At the beginning of January 2016 I posted an article about how to preserve lemons. It takes at least a month for them to be ready to use. Here's one recipe that worked out well for us. I've added some notes that may help you make it even better. The olives, olive oil, onions, chicken and lemons were all locally grown foods.
Chicken With Preserved Lemon And Green Olives
Makes 2-4 servings
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 onions, grated or very finely chopped (I grated mine in a food processor)
2 to 3 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 teaspoon crushed saffron threads
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
4 large chicken breasts (or 1 whole chicken, cut up in pieces; thighs work, too)
Black pepper
(Since the olives and preserved lemons are salty I suggest adding salt to taste at the table)
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
Peel of 1 large or 2 small preserved lemons
12 to 16 green olives, pitted and sliced
In a heavy-bottomed pan that can hold all the chicken pieces in one layer, heat the oil over a medium flame and add in the onions. Stir over low heat until they soften. Do not burn. They may brown slightly but mostly keep them soft.
Add in the garlic, saffron and ginger and mix.
Lay the chicken pieces in over the onion and season with pepper. Then pour in about 1 cup of water. Simmer, covered, turning the pieces over once or twice. Add a little more water if it becomes too dry. If you are using dark meat, to avoid overcooking the white meat lift it out after about 15 minutes and put it to one side. Continue to cook the dark meat for another 25 minutes or so, after which time return the white meat to the pan.
Take your preserved lemons and peel away the flesh. Cut the quarters into strips.
Add the lemon juice, chopped coriander, parsley, preserved lemon peel and the olives.
Simmer uncovered for 5 to 10 minutes, until the reduced sauce is thick. If there is too much liquid, lift out the chicken pieces and set aside while you reduce the sauce further, then return the chicken to the pan and heat through.
Put the chicken on a serving dish with the olives and lemon peel on top. Enjoy!


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This outdoor facility is located in Starkville, MS on Blackjack Rd. next to the Berryman Institute East, open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday without appointment.
A self-guided tour of the pond bottom takes visitors through key structural and topographic features to consider during construction or renovation of small impoundments. The 1.3-acre "dry" pond demonstrates features such as a levy, drain pipe, aquatic plants, gravel beds, a pier and more.
Click here to view a map of the demonstration pond.


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Challenge your curiosity with this educational app designed to inspire life long learning.
- By: Curious.com, Inc
- Last version: 1.2.1
- Language: English
Lulu's evaluation4.8/5
« This educational game will change the way you think about getting smart! Don't worry about your IQ, you should be working on your CQ or Curious Quotient. This learning app will interview you to learn about your interests and then send you a daily dose of learning via e-mail and through the Curious app. Earn points and track your progress as you try to reach your curiosity goal each month! »
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The agreement comes as HFTP closes its largest attended HITEC® (Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference) in Toronto this week. Both HFTP and OpenTravel will join together to conduct research on the international impact of standards on global travel, as well as other initiatives.
The non-profit hospitality groups, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and the Open Travel Alliance (OpenTravel) announced today that they are strengthening their existing partnership with multiple initiatives going forward. The agreement comes as HFTP closes its largest attended HITEC® (Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference) in Toronto this week. Both HFTP and OpenTravel will join together to conduct research on the international impact of standards on global travel, as well as other initiatives.
"Both HFTP and OpenTravel share common goals, which is to develop and provide resources that benefit and lead to the success of the hospitality industry," said Frank Wolfe, CEO for HFTP. "Joining together to combine each of our organization's strengths and specialties will bring forward momentum for the industry."
"We are excited to strengthen our alliance with HFTP, especially with their global footprint, to increase awareness, education and adoption globally of OpenTravel standards of interoperability across all aspects of travel to enable and enhance the consumer experience," said Mike Tinkey, CEO for OpenTravel.
In a demonstration of the two organization's partnership, OpenTravel will co-locate its OpenTravel Advisory Forum with the upcoming HFTP Annual Convention in Championsgate, Florida on October 25-27, 2017. The event will commemorate the HFTP 65th anniversary and offers a mix of education designed specifically for hospitality finance and technology professionals.
Previously, in February 2016, HFTP joined with OpenTravel to assist with its work on OPENTRAVEL's 2.0 Object Oriented Platform in the lifestyle development areas of golf and spa. HFTP provided assistance via its global network of members, its industry research centers, conferences and its global electronic distribution channels.
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ANDREW VORCE - Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Tim Howard and Everton face Reading in the fifth round of the FA Cup while Michael Bradley and Brad Friedel look to do the same away at Manchester City in a limited edition of midweek English action.
Everton - Reading
Tim Howard and Everton will be looking to duplicate recent success as Reading come to Goodison Park in the FA Cup on Tuesday.
Everton could be without their big guns however as multiple front men picked up slight injuries in Saturday's win over Sunderland. Jermaine Beckford scored both goals in the game but has a slight groin strain, while Louis Saha has been carrying a hamstring injury. Victor Anichebe and Tim Cahill will also be assessed.
Reading drew 3-3 at Crystal Palace on Saturday and Reading captain Ivar Ingimarsson paid the price after picking up a groin injury. Alex Pearce is out with a thigh strain while Andy Griffin is out with an Achilles injury. Adam Federici will likely be the biggest miss as the keeper is out with a knee injury meaning 21 year old Alex McCarthy remains in goal.
Manchester City - Aston Villa
Brad Friedel will start in goal for Aston Villa as Michael Bradley looks to play some part in their away trip to Manchester City on Wednesday.
Villa were 4-1 winners at the weekend over Blackburn but had to go into the break scoreless due to the away team's defensive stability. City are also known to defend strongly in big games and will force Villa to attack which may open the game up a bit.
Ashley Young scored twice in their weekend win but Gabriel Agbonlahor remained on the bench for the entire game. Luke Young is out for a month with a knee injury, with Carlos Cuellar and Andres Weimann all out until the end of March.
Manchester City slumped to a draw against Fulham and were forced to defend for spells in the game as the Cottagers refused to lay down. City could be without Vincent Kompany and Micah Richards for the game, while Nigel De Jong is sidelined for another week with an ankle injury. Alan Johnson is out until April while Shay Given has been sidelined until May with a shoulder injury.
Charlton Athletic - Carlisle United
Frank Simek and Carlisle return to action with a Tuesday encounter at The Valley versus Charlton Athletic.
Simek should line up as usual at defender for the Cumbrians.
Saturday's defeat at home versus Sheffield Wednesday was of particular disappointment for Simek who would have liked to have gotten the best against his old club.
The defeat to the Owls leaves Carlisle still muddled in the middle of the League One standings with 42 points.
Tuesday's contest for the Cumbrians will be made slightly easier with Charlton's Johnnie Jackson expected to miss.
The dangerous winger has 14 goals on the campaign.
In addition to Jackson, the hosts will also be without Pawel Abbot and Federico Bessone while Carlisle will be missing Lubo Michalik, Liam Cooper and Paul Thirlwell.
Chesterfield - Wycombe Wanderers
Jon-Paul Pittman and Wycombe's climb to the top of the League Two standings continues on Tuesday versus at Chesterfield.
Pittman has started up front for Wycombe in their last two matches, both resulting in wins, and shoudl expect the same at b2net Stadium in a clash between the top two teams in the standings.
Chesterfield are currently first with 62 points while Wycombe are lurking in second, six points behind.
Simon Ford, Mark Allott and Dwayne Mattis are all out for the hosts while Wycombe will be without Dave Winfield and Andy Sandell.


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Individual Donors: Building and Cultivating Relationships
Cultivating relationships with funders
Potential funders may come from all walks of life: wealthy individuals in the community; alumni from your school or university; colleagues from previous workplaces; Rotary clubs or other well-known philanthropists. It is always easier to start with people you already know, who are already inclined to help you. You don't need to ask all your friends equally: prioritize those with financial resources.
A conversation with a funder will help you identify where your common interests lie and understand how they are thinking about refugee rights. Cultivating relationships outside of formal processes are important ways of getting funders to care about your work. This is arguably the most important stage of fundraising.
You can send out dozens of applications, but especially as a new organization with no proven record or reputation, you are just one of many applicants, unless you've already made an impression. An informal conversation with a funder will help you identify where your common interests lie and understand how they think about refugee rights, and can help you develop relationships and get funders to care about your work. Getting to know potential funders this way before submitting any formal request for funds improves your chances of success for each application and also lets you focus your grant-writing on funders where you have the greatest chance of success. Moreover, funders who are already very passionate about your work will go the extra mile to pitch you to the grant-making decision makers within their organizations.
Before making initial contact, research and prepare the following information:
- What are their key interests? Human rights? Women's rights? Development aid? How does your refugee rights work fit within these interests?
- What projects have they funded? Are they similar to yours? This will help you determine whether you are a good fit for their work.
- What kind of funding do they give? Funders might give one-time support for a year, or prefer long-term partnerships with multi-year funds. In addition, funding might be for general support or for a specific project/program. General support funds allow you to use the resources as you decide, while project-specific funds require you to dedicate funding in a specific way.
- Where do they have offices? You want to meet them in person if possible, or schedule a Skype or phone conversation convenient to their time zone.
- Who should you get in touch with? Foundations might divide their portfolio according to area of interest (e.g. human rights, healthcare) or by geographic region.
- How do they identify new partners? Do they issue a call for proposals, require brief Letter of Interests (LOIs) as a first step, or do they accept proposals by invitation only? This will determine how you might cultivate them later.
Based on your research, send an email with a brief introduction and ask for a conversation. You may sometimes need to engage a funder repeatedly and send follow-up emails or have multiple conversations. Here is an example of how Asylum Access frames a cultivation email:
Dear [Staff Member or Organization],
I hope this email finds you well. I am writing on behalf of Asylum Access–Refugee Solutions Tanzania (AATZ), a nonprofit organization working with refugee women in Dar es Salaam. Given our common interests in rights empowerment for refugee women, I was wondering if you might have some time to speak in the coming weeks? I'd love to learn about your approach to long-term rights empowerment and how we might collectively seek improved rule of law protections for refugee women. Please let me know if you think a conversation would be possible.
In the meantime, I thought it may be useful to share a bit of information about AATZ. We were founded to build a durable solution for long-term refugee displacement through a rights-based model that includes individualized legal counsel and/or representation, community legal empowerment and policy advocacy. In addition to assisting refugee women with individual rights violations, we are also focusing our advocacy on the development of an urban refugee policy in Tanzania so refugee women will be able to live among local civil society. We've seen some progress on this by the government in the past year, and are working on further developments in 2013. In addition, we have also recently begun providing refugee legal aid to women asylum seekers in prisons.
If you have some time, I'd love to discuss this further with you–would this be possible?
Thank you very much for your time, and I hope to speak with you soon.
[Your Name]
Notice that this is fairly brief, makes a clear request and contains some basic information introducing your work.
Having a conversation with a prospective funder
When speaking with prospective funders, you need to have your "elevator pitch" ready to help them quickly understand the purpose and mission of your organization. You should also be able to provide more details to inform and engage your prospect.
Initial conversation
Your first conversation with your prospective funder can be seen as an "elevator pitch," or a 3-minute description of your organization similar to what you might say to someone in an elevator who asked you about your work.
Honing your elevator pitch:
- Focus on the big picture first
- Use easy to understand catch phrases
- Use examples of client stories, if the funder shows continued interest
- Speak appropriately to the target audience. Avoid using jargons, especially if the funder is not familiar with the refugee rights field.
An elevator pitch includes:
- The basics about your organization:
- International or national non-profit, NGO status
- Human rights for refugees (not humanitarian or charity)
- Refugee legal aid
- Innovative approach
- The problem you are working to solve and why it matters (dismantle common assumptions from the start):
- Nearly 20 million refugees in the world as of 2016, excluding internally displaced people.
- Most refugees remain in their first country of refugee; less than 1% of refugees are resettled.
- The average length of stay in exile is approaching 20 years
- Rights enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention are often not put into practice.
**Note: Ensure that you are presenting the most accurate and updated statistics.
- Your solution to the problem: what is your approach, your theory of change, and the future you envision?
- You should be able to articulate your organization's activities and how they respond directly to the problem.
- Discuss how your work contributes to short-term and long-term goals, e.g. empowering refugees to rebuild their lives themselves, equipping them with tools for sustainable long-term self-reliance.
- Be prepared to explain how your work is effective and how is it similar or different from other approaches.
- An illustration of the impact of your work. Asylum Access often tells a client story of how we are making a difference, as an example of how legal aid leads to concrete changes in a refugee's daily life.
- Remember the Nairobi Code! You should not share any client identifying information, unless you have obtained the client's permission and can do so safely.
- Why your work is relevant to the funder's interests. Establish the connection between your goals and activities, and their funding priorities.
Our Cultivation Worksheet will help you prepare for a funder conversation. There is nothing more effective than practice and you will only get better the more you engage with funders. Remember: the number one reason people give money is because they were asked to do so.
Questions you might ask the funder:
- Do you currently work with refugees? In what way? This is a good way to find out how you might link your work to their concerns. For example, if they work with refugee women, you might speak about how your work addresses issues unique to them, such as issues of sexual and gender-based violence. To do this, you'll need to first demonstrate the dynamics of the issue, before showing how you are offering a solution.
- Do you work in Country X? Many funders may work in a specific geographic location or with a specific population. On occasion, you may find that there isn't a clear overlap in interests immediately, but that you might still work with a similar population. For example, if most of your clients are Colombians in Ecuador, and the funder works with a Colombian population, you may find common ground.
- What are your current priorities within your broad mission? How open are you to new partnerships? A funder may work with refugees, but focus on a specific nationality for now.
- Would you encourage us to submit an application?
Funders are used to being approached for these conversations and often take the lead on providing this information without prompting.
General advice:
- Demonstrate understanding of your field beyond your own work, such as refugee issues and refugee rights approaches.
- Use easy to understand language and avoid legal jargon, unless it is evident that the funder is familiar with these.
- Determine the individual funder's knowledge about your issue and build on that knowledge from that level. Some may already work with other refugee rights organizations and are familiar with the field, whereas for other funders, you would be the first.
- Listen to what the funder is saying and respond directly to their questions.
Making your request
Steering the conversation to the amount of money quickly is advised: after thanking donors for meeting you, reminding them why you are there and reiterating that you are ready to discuss how they can be involved as a financial supporter of your work, jump straight in with your request.
Once the conversation has progressed to specific details of your request, it is helpful to have a 'donor pyramid' prepared. Prior to the conversation, work out how much the organization or campaign needs to raise overall, and break it down into smaller amounts.
Using your visual aid, which can be tailor made to each donor's giving potential, explain that this is how you intend to fund your campaign. Tell your donor that it is not by accident you are approaching them first, as there are not many people you can ask to be the leader of your campaign. Make them understand that they have a unique opportunity, and proceed to show how, without their support, you would have to approach – for example – one thousand other people for one thousand dollars each. Be direct.
Measuring effectiveness
If your organization is serious about building individual relationships as a major fundraising tool, you should be mindful of the time spent on these processes and what the return is on that investment. It makes sense to calculate how much time you are spending on cultivating relationships, and what you expect to get out of it. When working this out, include time spent on preparing for meetings and researching, and money spent on materials in your cost-benefit analysis: you do not want to just "break even"—or worse, cost the organization more than it's making—on the time you invest in these activities.
Quantifying this relationship is difficult, and it is better to roughly estimate the costs than to attempt detailed record-keeping. Come up with rough rule-of-thumb estimates on how long it will take to sit down with someone with whom you already have a relationship and get money. You should aim for a 5:1 ratio on your time investment. You do not need to get a donation out of each donor meeting, but you do need a plan that results in a bigger return on your total investment in time.
There is value to cultivating relationships even when you do not make an ask. You do not need to get a donation out of each meeting, however you do need a plan that results on a bigger return on your total investment in time. Asks may be executed later on – particularly in the initial stages of your organization, as you are becoming more comfortable asking those outside of your immediate circles for money.


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Less is more for McIlroy
THERE'S no cut at this week's DP World Tour Championship so barring illness, accident or an act of Allah, Rory McIlroy will play all four days of the European Tour's $8m end-of-season extravaganza in Dubai.
McIlroy took the chequered flag in the Race to Dubai in Singapore last Sunday week but the hottest ticket in European golf at least will do a complete 72-hole lap of honour on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Sadly, the promoters of the UBS Hong Kong Open had no such luxury. Unusually, when the plainly fatigued world No 1 crashed out of their tournament last Friday, they issued a media statement explaining (to the uninitiated, one assumes) why poster boy McIlroy would not be appearing on Saturday or Sunday at Fanling.
"The very nature of golf dictates that players, however good, cannot be at their best each and every week," it read.
"Like us, he was disappointed he could not find his very best on the course this week but it certainly was not for the want of trying and his absence over the last two rounds in no way detracts from..." etc, etc.
Guess they feared ticket-holders would feel it was like the prince going home before the last act of Hamlet.
Yet their statement helped emphasise the powerful business as well as sporting imperatives behind McIlroy's intention to trim his tournament schedule in 2013. He hopes to play 22 or 23 events next year, down from 26 in 2012 (which excludes his 18-hole challenge match with Tiger Woods in China last month in which the American was reportedly paid a fee of $2m and McIlroy $1m).
Of course, the Hong Kong Open organisers stressed that McIlroy fulfilled his commitments to the event. And with the possible exception of Tiger at his peak, every player misses the occasional cut.
That they felt the need to say anything at all illustrates how the Ulsterman's stellar achievements and his status as world No 1 bring fresh responsibility, elevated expectation and pressure few of us could imagine.
However, McIlroy's greatest duty is to himself and ensuring he has every opportunity to play to his potential every time he tees up – and astute scheduling is as important as practice.
Circumstance was against McIlroy in Hong Kong. To clinch the Race to Dubai after a series of near-misses and emulate Luke Donald's unlikely double of topping the money list in the US and Europe in the same year was a heady high... he simply had to come down!
Compounding this was the exceptional intensity of McIlroy's autumn schedule, in which the 23-year-old played seven full-blooded events in nine weeks between the Bridgestone World Golf Championship and the Ryder Cup at Medinah.
This spell included his second Major Championship victory at Kiawah in the US PGA and mesmeric back-to-back wins at the Deutsche Bank and BMW Championships.
Not even the talismanic Ian Poulter expended as much adrenalin in that period. Yet as experienced campaigners like Phil Mickelson and Tiger have played just twice since Medinah, this week's outing in Dubai will be McIlroy's fifth in the same period.
Though Europe is expected to introduce a four-tournament FedEx Cup-style play-off series in 2013, making it less likely for the Race to Dubai to be decided before the grand finale, McIlroy will still have the opportunity to take up to five weeks off after the US season finishes with the Tour Championship.
McIlroy's participation in Abu Dhabi has already been announced, while his three-year sponsorship deal with Jumeirah doesn't officially expire until February 4, the day after the Dubai Desert Classic, making the Emirates Club a likely port of call.
With the gap between Doral and the Masters growing to four weeks this year, it is understood McIlroy is to choose between the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Shell Houston Open to keep him sharp.
While McIlroy adds one tournament in March, he's expected to drop the St Jude Classic in June, the week before the US Open. If the five-week period between Wells Fargo and Memorial looks cluttered, especially with a return trip across the Atlantic to the BMW PGA, McIlroy will come under pressure to show loyalty to both Tour showpieces at Sawgrass and Wentworth.
The Irish Open at Carton House is more of a must-stop. Similarly, the run from the British Open to the Tour Championship takes care of itself, with the US PGA and FedEx play-off events more favourably spaced next year.
McIlroy will be under no obligation to play before the four events which bring the European Tour season to a climax, while the desire to streamline his schedule should overpower any temptation to overload the barrow.
If feasible, McIlroy expects to play just two of the three events leading up to the European Tour's Dubai climax.
Having won at Lake Malaren, home of the BMW Masters, and with the HSBC Champions taking on full World Golf Championship status in 2013, with points counting in the following year's FedEx Cup race, these two events appear more likely to take McIlroy's fancy than the new Turkish Open.
It's easy to draw up a schedule but he must have the discipline to stick to just 22 or 23 strategically placed events each year. The more clinical, even selfish, McIlroy becomes in compiling his schedule will ultimately determine how many Majors he wins.
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Regal L.A. LIVE: A Barco Innovation Center exemplifies Barco's vision for modern movie complexes to offer premium, differentiated cinema experiences with cost-efficient and streamlined operations. The theater will be an all-around immersive experience from start to finish, featuring the four key CinemaBarco premium movie-watching technologies
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The Premiere House and Auditorium #2 are illuminated with Barco's latest Flagship Laser projector, offering game-changing image quality with unprecedented brightness levels, increased contrast ratio, and vivid colors. All other cinema screens in the complex will be fitted with Barco Laser Phosphor projectors, turning Regal L.A. LIVE into the first all-laser multiplex on the U.S. West Coast, later this year.
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In public, the coal industry proclaims that it accepts the mountain of scientific evidence that humans' burning of fossil fuels are warming the planet. But a secretly recorded conversation at an American coal industry conference between Arch Coal executive Matt Ferguson and lobbyist Lauri Hennessey revealed that in private, they believe climate change is not real and regard with contempt the broader public who their industry threatens.
Hennessey works for the greenwashing public relations company Edelman, and the Astroturf lobby group Alliance for Northwest Jobs & Exports. Ferguson had just given a presentation explaining that coal projects in other countries such as Australia would progress regardless of how much coal exported by the US, at odds with Hennessey's public argument that expanding US coal exports will not add to climate change. Their conversation was recorded by Mike Stark from FossilAgenda, a website devoted to exposing the dishonest behaviour of fossil fuel companies:
They think anti-coal activists are "wacky":
Lauri Hennessey: You guys got what I call the insider version, which is like, 'here's what we're facing out here, here's how wacky it is. We want to do more.' We have different kind of focuses with this crowd, it's definitely an insider crowd.
They admit the industry's attempt to intimidate the public by painting its expansion as inevitable is part-bluster:
Matt Ferguson: Yeah, OK, and uh, so, yeah, it's an exciting project. We were just in the Far East last week, and of course we're telling everybody, "It's coming, it's coming, it's coming. [laughter] I just hope it is! [laughter] I hope we're not lying to them.
Arch Coal representative 2: You need to make it happen.
Matt Ferguson: We're just depending on you, Lauri.
Lauri Hennessey: Yeah, no pressure! [laughter]
They think it's "weird" that the public doesn't like coal:
Lauri Hennessey: It's a very, um, interesting experience for people who don't live out there [in the Northwest] – like our board on the Alliance, you can just tell them "it's awesome" but it's like, 'No! This is so weird!' So, yeah it's kind of like an education process.
They see opposition to coal as a childish joke:
Matt Ferguson: Your comment on the civil unrest was quite funny.
Lauri Hennessey: Oh wasn't it? Yeah, I got, I got hassled.
Matt Ferguson: Yeah, it's like, let's be adults here.
They think it's ironic to talk about climate change and having worked for an environmental regulator, because the industry doesn't believe in climate change:
Lauri Hennessey: I grew up in the Northwest, and I don't know if you saw, I used to work for EPA a long time ago?
Matt Ferguson: Did you? [laughter]
Lauri Hennessey: Yeah. [inaudible] So I have – and I also worked for Bob Packwood on the Hill – so I have both sides. But we're connected.
I worked with EPA, and I pull that out in the right crowds, because in the Northwest, that's a good thing, right? But it's funny because I never really went out of my way to mention it to our Alliance board before. And one day I was quoted in the paper, because again I was speaking to the audience in Seattle, and I was like, "Well of course we're concerned about climate change. Everyone's concerned about climate change. But what we're saying is this is not going to contribute to climate change."
But someone from Peabody got on a call, it was my second week on the job, and said, "You were quoted saying coal's worried about climate change? We don't believe in climate change!"
They admit the industry tailors its professed acceptance of scientific facts to its audience:
Lauri Hennessey: And I remember I was on the phone and I was like, "I can't say that. [laughter] I can't say that in Seattle!"
Matt Ferguson: Not worried about it!
Arch Coal rep 2: You can say that in St. Louis, but you can't say that in Seattle.
Matt Ferguson: Yeah. It's not gonna happen.
Lauri Hennessey: Yeah, I can't say it in Seattle, and I remember she just goes, "Wow, we really have different regions, do we?!"
They cynically mocked their industry's own argument that it is raising the living standards of poor countries:
Matt Ferguson: I think what you do is say, you're trying to help people out of poverty in the Far East. Yeah.
Lauri Hennessey: Exactly! And I did that.
Matt Ferguson: Do they not deserve to enjoy prosperity? Like we have? Don't be so selfish, you jerks! [laughter]
Lauri Hennessey: And I said, 'These are countries that are going to get coal,' and 'how are you going to say which coal they can get.' You know, you try to take them down that path.
And finally, they again laughed about climate change and the environment:
Lauri Hennessey: But it was just more this great metaphorical "Welcome to the Alliance" moment. She's like, "Why would you ever say we care about climate change?" And then she goes, "I looked at your bio, you worked at EPA. What's going on here? You're just a…"
Arch Coal rep 2: You're an insider, a narc!
Lauri Hennessey: Exactly.
The arguments made for coal mining and exports in the US are exactly the same arguments the industry makes in Australia. Why should we buy their arguments if they don't?
Next time you hear a fossil fuel industry representative trying to paint their industry as harmless and altruistic, remember they themselves admit in private they're just trying to take you down a path. And no matter how much they deny it, that path leads to climate catastrophe. And that's just not funny.


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I am a PhD student at the University of Western Ontario where I am currently researching topics relating to Attribute-Based Access Control under the supervision of Sylvia Osborn. In 2012 I successfully completed my master's degree in computer science at Lakehead University. My research interests include access control (namely role and attribute based), cloud computing, cryptography, and distributed computing all of which relate to my master's thesis "A Role and Attribute Based Encryption Approach to Privacy and Security in Cloud Based Health Services".
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Note: Toys by Troy shut down their operation at the end of 2007. Instead of removing this write-up, I am leaving it on the web site for a couple of reasons. The steps for installing it are pretty much the same as one from another manufacturer and so you'll get an idea of what is involved if you decide to do this type of modification. If you happen to come across one on the used market, you'll have some information about it that can help you do the installation correctly.
Side sliders? Yep, side sliders.....they protect the TJ body between the rear corner guards and your rock steps. That spot right behind your door (before you get to the flare) seems to be a rock magnet at times.....it covers that.....and the body area above your flares....taken care of. We take our doors off to make sure we don't nail them with a big ol' rock....and we cover our rockers so we keep them from getting all banged up. And what happens? You guessed it, that rig rock finds that strip of vulnerable body and whacks it. So throw on a pair of side sliders and help take the bite out of that rock.
NOTE: Before I get started on the install comments, I will say that I did NOT have the proper rear corner guards to make this a "bolt on" modification. Although my corner guards came from Troy, they are 1st generation vintage (maybe even older than that depending on how you track the changes). My guards did not match up correctly with side sliders as the sliders were made for the more recent corner guard design. As such, I used the grinder in a few places to get everything to line up. No biggie, it made for an enjoyable Saturday morning when MikeW came over to help with the install.
A 4" angle grinder with a 60 grit flapper disc makes for a great fitting tool. It is much easier to control than the hard cutting/grinding wheels. You can gently remove a burr from a piece of metal or you can lay into it and do some serious metal removal. As they say, it's all in the wrist. Myself, I prefer the "trim a bit and test fit....repeat as necessary" method. It takes a little longer but I get better results in the end. So the first part of this project was taken up using the angle grinder to make new parts and old parts fit together.
Once I was satisfied with the fit (the trimming took more time than the actual mounting), Mike grabbed one end of the slider (he is out of the picture here) and I the other. I put a 5/16" bit in the cordless drill and marked one of the upper holes using the slider as the template. Keep the slider pressed firmly against the TJ's body to ensure hole accuracy.
With the hole properly marked, I used a corded drill to finish the work. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU DRILL AS YOU DON'T WANT TO PIERCE ANY WIRING ON THE OTHER SIDE! No, I didn't drill through a wiring harness.....just passing along a good reminder. Cutting into a wire bundle with a drill bit is a lousy way to spend your free time splicing wires.
After the upper hole is drilled, place the side slider in position and secure with one of the button head screws and a flange nut.
Next, mark and drill the forward most hole by the rocker guard (below the door). THERE IS A WIRE BUNDLE ON THE INSIDE OF THE TUB (DRIVER'S SIDE), VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THIS HOLE WILL BE DRILLED, SO BE VERY CAREFUL! Install another button head bolt and loosely tighten.
Take a couple of minutes and make sure all of the mating edges are lining up correctly. The rear mounting point on the slider should be flush against the corner guard (above the rear tail light). If all looks good, tighten the two screws that you have already installed. Now mark the remaining holes for drilling. I drilled the four 5/16" holes with the side slider bolted in place. When you drill the two holes adjacent to the rear edge of the door (the top and middle holes), you will see that the body is double sided in that area. You will need to drill through the inner side too. Keep the drill straight and level and continue drilling the hole all the way through. You will enlarge the inner hole later on.
Note that the rear mounting point uses a 3/8" bolt so you'll need to change drill bits for that one. I used a center punch to mark the hole and then drilled it with the side slider in position.
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THOMAS N. BANTIVOGLIO, an Of Counsel member of the law firm of Archer, P.C., Haddonfield, New Jersey, has throughout his career provided general corporate representation to closely held and publicly traded corporations, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, and income tax planning pertaining thereto.
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Tom has also been active in serving as a Member of the Board of Directors of numerous publicly owned banks headquartered in the State of New Jersey, over a period of approximately forty years. He is presently active in providing financial management oversight of clients investment portfolios.
In connection with his association with private charitable foundations, Tom has been active in the screening of requests for grants from charitable associations, and in the providing of funding for major projects of charitable organizations operating in the Southern New Jersey area, which are engaged principally in the providing of medical services, education, and special care of children.
Tom has resided in Haddonfield, New Jersey and Delray Beach, Florida, with his wife Patricia, for sixty years. He has four children and five grandchildren.
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Scientists have undertaken to reveal a truth that no one really suspected was untrue, but anyway, now we know for sure! See, what happens is, when something unpleasant or painful happens to people, they generally take a little time and then forget about said event. But when they think it will happen again, and soon, they remember the event as quite yucky indeed. This is backed up by research published from the American Psychological Association.
The studies exposed people to irritating things, like vacuum cleaner noise, tedious computer tasks, or recollections of their menstrual pain. If the participants expected those things to happen again soon, they were quite negative about them, possibly using "more intensely negative memories to steel themselves against the future."
In the culminating field study of 180 women (average age 29), those whose menstrual periods had ended fewer than three days earlier or who expected their periods within three days remembered their last period as significantly more painful than women in the middle of their cycle (none were currently menstruating).
"The prospect of repeating an experience can, in fact, change how people remember it," the authors concluded. Bracing for the worst may actually help people to reduce their discomfort if a bad experience should happen, and allow them to be pleasantly surprised if it does not, they added.
Fun, however, was just as fun, whether it was impending and on the horizon or in the faraway past. So, negative things make negative emotions, and positive things make positive ones. In other news, some of us forget things pretty much as soon as they happen, and live to repeat them over and over, complaining all the way. Thank you, science!


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I think I've discovered yet another new-found passion – flea market shopping! All thanks to my friend Jamie who introduced me to the wonderful world of flea markets.
On Sunday morning we headed out bright and early to the flea market at Kardinya and were amazed at the scale of the market. We saw all kinds of sellers who set out their bits and wares on makeshift tables, mats, and backs of trucks and station wagons.
Hubs remarked nonchalantly that flea markets were basically a glorified form of garage sales. Well that may be the case but it's a whole strip mall of garage sales!
I picked this tupperware shape sorter still in very good condition with all the pieces intact for just $3
And a nice fleecy vest and a jacket for just 50 cents a piece
I could have stayed longer pawing through piles of clothes and toys and other thingamajigs but Nathan's fussiness was bordering on turning into a full scale blowout so we had to cut the excursion short.
My friend Jamie was an even earlier bird than we were and found really excellent bargains – toy blocks for 50 cents a piece, pretty baby dresses and outfits for around $2 a piece and baby shoes/booties for $1 a pair.
I'm eager to head back for more. But I'll be sure to pace myself… 50cents may seem like a small amount but soon adds up as the saying goes… sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit!
Anyway let's round off the post with some shots of my little model loving his new vest!


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I have a Dell Inspiron 8100, and my problem is that it's lcd display backlight bulb is not working.
Is it possible to configure xFree86 to work in my laptop with an external monitor? I have tried
to configure it but failed in getting it working. All I could get is an image full of mad green, white
and black pixels. My external monitor is an AOC CT720g 17" CRT monitor.
Sorry for my late response I was enjoying my vacations.
I install xorg and xfce, it runs smoothly. The problem was
Thanks in advance for your help,
Try using xorg.
Ok, some information:
like iphitus said, you should use xorg, not xfree86.
what video card do you have?
if your external monitor connection on of those with like "Fn+F8" or something - if so, that's a hardware switch... you should configure xorg as if it were being output to only that monitor.
Well you're right it works with the "FN + F8" switch in Windows.
So now I know it is a hardware switch. I will try configuring it as
my only monitor and with XORG. My video card is an NVIDIA GeForce2 GO.
How I can configure it so I can use the hardware switch to alternate
from one monitor to another?
Thanks in advance,
Hmmm, you may want to checkout the configuration docs for the nvidia driver - they have extensive info on dual monitors and things like that. It's in the README, you can find it on their site.


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In 2014 a campaign called "he for she" is launching at United Nation by
Emma Watson appointed as goodwill ambassador for UN women.
"he for she" is a solidarity movement, a partnership between women and men based on a shared commitment to fight against the persistin inequalities faced by women and girls.
Emma Watson has spoken about feminism and fight for women's right that has too often become synonymous with man-hating ; for the record feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.
it is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.
Emma declared herself as a feminism, an umpopular word today when women are choosing not to identify as a feminist.
The woman says that she was a luckly one because she live in Britain: in a country where parents don't love less a baby because is born a daughter, in a country where the school don't limit girl and the boss don't assume that women would go less far because they might give birth to a child one day ; but no country in the world can yet say that have achieved gender equality.
These influences with the gender equality ambassadors ; they may not know it but they are the inadvertent feminists who are changing the world.
So is not the word that is important, it's the idea and the ambition behind it.
so she thinks herself luckly because not all women have received the same rights that she have in fact statistically very few have been.
In 1997Hilary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women's rights.
Sadly many of the things that she wanted to change are stilltrue today.
Emma wondered herself "if not me , who? If not now, when?" and invited all guests to do the same, because the reality is that if we do nothing( ci vorrà molto tempo )
before women can expect to be paid the same as men for same work.
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Intensity: Pretty stingy and can get very intense. The paddle is very flexible, which is nice, but DH has to watch out that he doens't come to close to my butt crack, otherwise the upper part goes all the way in. Very intense.
Sound level: Slappy, therefore kind of loud
Feeling during spanking: Stingy, not thuddy, quick
DH's comment: "Nice. I need to practice though, the aim is different and it is more floppy"
I have been trying to find, and wait, for the right story to happen so that I could write about this paddle. But life keeps getting in the way: Children throwing up all evening long, real life, tired, step son showing up unannounced. I have even gone so far as to ask for a spanking. Seriously. I have. Are you proud of me yet? I think I have come a long way, instead of withdrawing, and thinking he doesn't care or doesn't want to do ttwd anymore, I have asked for spankings. And yet still, things keep getting in the way.
With this rule came the realization (at least for me) that he really is committed. Making me feel taken care of, taken in hand. This is the whole point of taken in hand, isn't it? Knowing this, having realized this, is like his warm hand on my lower back, guiding me gently through crowds.
Last night, we were once again communicating without words, both realizing it at the same time.
DH: "I wonder what the next ten years will bring. I mean how could this get better? Can couples reach an even better place?"
Good questions right? DH and I are very lucky, but at the same time, we have worked hard at our relationship. To be where we are now, and I hope we get the chance to continue to work on our relationship, to grow together and as individuals.
The Paddle: I noticed DH always grabs our thinner leather paddle, for every single spanking. Don't get me wrong. I am not complaining. I like that paddle too. But I figured I would look into different shapes of leather paddles, and found this one on eBay I gave it to DH a day early for our Valentines Day. I suck at keeping secrets from him, therefore I gave it to him early.
I have to admit, DH looked intimidated. "This is a big paddle love, are you sure?"
"Well it is leather, and I know you like the other one a lot. You don't want to try?" I could hear myself sounding a bit disappointed.
He looked down at the paddle in his hands again, trying it out on his palm. It sounded slappy. He tried out how far it bends, how to hold it. Then turned to me.
"Okay, turn around, bend over the couch" (Not the arm of the couch, just arms out and put my hands on the arm of the couch).
And he tried it over my jeans.
It was a quick spanking, to the point. It was kind of loud (the spanks), and I could see the potential of the paddle to be very stingy.
DH tried this paddle again during our weekend. Naked this time, as in no jeans or panties to soften the blows.
I like this paddle. It is bigger than the other leather one, therefore it covers more, and it kind of distributes the spank more than the thinner one we have. That one can be very painful, the thin two-inch-wide leather often hurts a lot in just one spot. This one is more of a all-of-my-ass-got-spanked feeling.
I am glad we own this paddle. I am looking forward to getting better acquainted with it, although I am sure, I will wonder why I ever wrote that next time I am over DH's lap, getting the daylights smacked out of my butt. But until now, well worth the purchase.


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Florida judge Debra Nelson has dismissed part of George Zimmerman's lawsuit against NBCUniversal, according to court spokeswoman Michelle Kennedy.
Kennedy said Judge Nelson dismissed Zimmerman's claim against Jeff Burnside, a reporter for NBC owned station WTVJ in Miami, because Zimmerman's lawyer had not complied with the notification procedures under a Florida statute.
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Zimmerman acknowledged that he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in February 2012 and asserted it was self-defense. A Seminole County jury acquitted him of a second-degree murder charge in July 2013.
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P-Bandai is a double-edged sword. For one thing, it gives Bandai a chance to issue obscure subjects. On the other hand, these are sometimes the more interesting subjects but are hard to get your hands on. This is one of them.
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