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Chevrolet K5 Blazers Invade Oklahoma!Posted in Events on August 1, 2002
Daylight was just beginning to filter through the heavy veil of night as our group of K5 Blazers began to gather in the parking lot of an interesting little motel in northeastern Oklahoma. The motels proprietor stood outside of his on-grounds trailer dressed in pajamas, with one pink bunny slipper on his left foot and a sneaker on his right. He was squinting in the gathering light while mumbling about tending bar until four in the morning. Next to him sat his faithful but very odd-looking black Labrador retriever, which for some reason had a white lampshade tied around its furry neck, the open end of the shade facing forward, creating what looked like a bobbing, drooling daisy. The sight of the early risers and their parade of growling GM iron transfixed both man and dog. Not that we can say we blame the pair for staring. After all, its not every day that folks and their dogs get to see that many K5 Blazers in one place.
The impetus behind this gathering of Blazer faithful was Blazer owner/fanatic Neil Pickett of St. Louis, Missouri. He operates www.mudzer.rockcrawler.com, which is dedicated to K5 technical articles, product reviews, and general Blazer worship, and through contacts made there and through such Blazer info Web sites like Coloradok5.com, he concluded that there was a number of Blazer owners nationwide who would like to meet up and explore off-highway trails. So as numerous brand-specific gatherings of trucks tend to begin nowadays, he used the Internet to coordinate a rendezvous in Disney, Oklahoma. The result was an event called the Midwest Spring K5 Thing, and in 2002 it drew an eclectic mix of more than 18 Blazers from Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, and Arkansas. While these vehicles may share the same body style, each was markedly different. Each truck bore modifications created by either the necessity of upgrading components due to past trail damage or simply to reflect the owners needs and desires. One of the most remarkable and impressive aspects of the run was the fact that almost every rig in attendance was driven to the event. As a matter of fact, even Dan Dycus, the Long Distance Award winner, drove his 454ci powered 86 Blazer from Streamwood, Illinois. Many owners told us that their trucks were their only source of transportation, thus these trucks were not weekend toys, but daily drivers.
Now before we go any further, there probably are some younger readers out there who may be stumped by the K5 prelude to the Blazer nameplate. Some automatically equate the Blazer title to the compact Blazer that was introduced in 1984. These S-10 Blazers are most certainly not what were referring to, and most Blazer purists wish the little vehicles had been named something else. The Blazers were talking about are the two-door fullsize machines built between the years of 1969 and 1991. These vehicles have a long, illustrious history in truckdom, and even though theyve been out of production for more than a decade (see sidebar), they still have a loyal, worldwide following. The letter K in K5 is a code meaning four-wheel drive, while the number 5 is a code for Blazer. Other K designations in the GM line included the K10 ½-ton, K20 ¾-ton, and K30 1-ton four-wheel-drive pickups.
In 1940, the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) erected the Pensacola Dam in northeast Oklahoma, which effectively hindered the Grand Rivers lazy flow southward. Of course, this wasnt a bad thing because the barrier created the 43,500-acre Grand Lake O The Cherokees in the Grand River Valley. This new body of water translated to lots of potential hydroelectric power, and to a very welcome area for aquatic recreation. The thing thats very interesting about the dam, however, is that most of the time its spillways are closed. So what does this have to do with anything? How about acres of mostly dry, water-polished rock, devoid of soil. And whats most interesting is that the GRDA cheerfully allows 4x4s and off-highway vehicles the privilege of exploring the spacious property. Undoubtedly youve heard of this area near Disney, Oklahoma, but what you may not know is how surprising and fun the area really is, which is one of the reasons why this K5 club chose to have the Spring Thing there.
The Crossroads Café sits in Langley, Oklahoma, near the intersection of Highways 28 and 82, and it was the breakfast meeting place for our group. We were all a bit bleary-eyed after staying up late wheelin and talkin tech at Russ Hogans Offroad Park near Disney, but it didnt affect our appetites. Our hungry band devoured almost every edible thing in sight. We then adjourned to the meeting room, where the aforementioned Neil Pickett welcomed everyone to the 2nd Annual Midwest Spring K5 Thing. As we soon found out, the owners of these Blazers represented a wide variety of tradesman and careers, including several computer techs, a few mechanical engineers, a student, salesman, a graphic designer, a U.S. Marine, and even a Missouri state highway patrolman.
We hopped into Steve Frisbies yellow 85 Blazer (you may remember this stunning and capable truck from the September 01 cover of Four Wheeler) for the ride to the dam. A few of the more heavily modified vehicles in our group started the day by descending and ascending the waterfall obstacle, which is one of the most popular, picturesque, and arguably difficult obstacles on the property. Steve Sharp made it look like a drive down an interstate in his yellow 72 Rockwell-equipped Blazer, followed by Bob Engelbach in his orange 71 and Frisbie in his 85. From there our group headed closer to the dam, and it was at this point that John Ward, from Del City, Oklahoma, logged the first trail damage of the day when his 86 Blazer slid into some boulders, mashing the lower-left-side sheetmetal. He accepted the damage like a champ, however, even though the vehicle is his daily driver. Bob Engelbach was the next to collect trail damage as he was attempting to climb up an insanely steep rock face. The result was a broken rear driveshaft that required a quick weld courtesy of Russ Hogan. On the upside, the maneuver earned Engelbach the Most Nuts award. This area was a great playground for the trucks, as each driver could pick an obstacle that he or she felt comfortable with. We were reminded why Blazers are well respected as we saw them scoot around boulders easily due to their short wheelbase while durable leaf-spring suspensions allowed the solid front and rear axles to articulate. During our day-long excursion we challenged the rocks, water, and boulders of the area, and by late afternoon we had eventually wound our way downstream to the Rock Garden, which offered drivers a chance to hone their crawling skills if they were so inclined.
The Midwest Spring K5 Thing is an annual event that is open to Blazer/Jimmy K5 vehicles. The beauty of the event is that there are obstacles, or the lack thereof, to suit every modification level of vehicle. Its also a great place to talk tech, because as we learned, these Blazer owners know of numerous sources for quality aftermarket Blazer products. Did we mention that participation in the event is free? Well, it is. So what are you waiting for? For info on 2003s event visit www.mudzer.rockcrawler.com or contact organizer Neil Pickett at 314/ 842-5146, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A more detailed timeline will be established in the coming months; however, here is a general timeline.
2016: Downtown development plan adopted as part of Comprehensive Plan
Fall 2017 - Summer 2018: Relocation of Hudson Public Power and Hudson City Schools Bus Facility
Fall 2017 - Winter 2018:City and Testa Companies establish a Downtown Partnership Agreement
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018: Development review process through Planning Commission, Architectural and Historic Board of Review, and City Council
2018: Preliminary schedules indicate we would move the Hudson Schools Bus Facility to its new location.
The City is committed to maintaining the look and feel of the Western Reserve architecture and character of the downtown. The First and Main Development (Phase I) overcame unique challenges as the project was directly abutting the National Register Historic District. The Phase II project requires the same attention to design to ensure the final project looks and feels a part of the downtown. Based on additional site analysis and public feedback, the scale has been reduced from three to four stories to two and three-story buildings. Specific attention will be paid to the architectural design and placement of buildings near Owen Brown Street and the Villas of Hudson. Click here for the Downtown Building Height Study.
Locally and nationally, there is a strong trend for housing and office spaces to be located in a live-work-play environment. Always considered to be an extension of Phase I, First and Main, the office space proposed will be a new type not currently available in Hudson. Offering new housing choices to attract a young professional workforce and keep empty-nester senior professionals in our community was originally targeted in the Comprehensive Plan and is support by market trends regionally and nationally. After developing the initial Concept Plan, the financial viability of this project will be verified as part of the Downtown Partnership Agreement process between the City and Testa Companies.
An existing conditions traffic study was performed that will used to compare to a final traffic study that will be performed once the proposed scale and uses are better established. We have just completed the initial citizen engagement portion of the project. We now will take those comments and work with the developer to a create a more detailed concept for the project. Only after we have a better picture of what it could include, can we do a traffic impact study that will realistically show the possible traffic impacts of the development on the surrounding neighborhoods.
The City also is focused on any potential impact the development might have on traffic in surrounding neighborhoods. Our goal is to preserve the charm of streets like Owen Brown through traffic calming techniques. Many options are being discussed – such as adding a green space boulevard at Owen Brown and Morse Roads to discourage through traffic, adding brick-paved streets, realigning the Village Way and Morse Road to encourage traffic to flow through First and Main, possibly one-way traffic certain areas, a slightly raised multipurpose trail, and other options. No decisions have been made about any of the these suggestions, and won't be made until we are much further along in the project. The City also is examining ways to improve the railroad underpass on Owen Brown Street.
First, a Concept Plan must be finalized in order to determine the scope of the construction, parking, road improvements, etc. that would be needed for the project. Once that is accomplished, the City will negotiate with Testa Companies on a Downtown Partnership Agreement which will spell out who is responsible for what in the project. We do not anticipate finalizing a Downtown Partnership Agreement until 1st Quarter of 2018.
The current demographic trends within the community include a decreasing population, shrinking average household size, shrinking school enrollment, and an aging population.The 2,500 - 4,000 square-foot single-family homes common to Hudson are no longer solely able to accommodate the needs of the changing community. Today people want housing options and walkable communities. Empty nesters seek an active lifestyle in a vibrant environment. Young professionals want to live and socialize near their work places. The need for new housing choices and price points was a key theme of 2016 Comprehensive Plan which recognized the need for diverse choices and a live-work-play environment. The residential uses being considered include owner occupied and rental units to provide a variety of price points and ownership options.
Downtown Phase II will include a mix of housing and office spaces within a connected, walkable setting to support the existing downtown retail district. Both owner occupied and rental housing is being considered to offer a variety of price points and ownership options. The office space will be concentrated in the southern portion of the site, and will blend the exterior Western Reserve style charm with interior modern, collaborative work spaces. Some limited additional uses are being studied, such as a food service/restaurant, fitness studio, and related amenities to support the new homes. The development team is also studying the viability of a boutique hotel to address unmet lodging needs within the community. The development would be designed to allow flex spaces that would adjust to future changing marketing needs.
Every development project in Hudson must adhere to the City's strict regulations that require storm water management to be incorporated into the design of the development. These regulations will require post development run-off rates to be less than the existing rates prior to development. Additionally, the existing site is currently home to multiple light industrial uses established decades ago. When the Concept Plan is finalized, We will thoroughly examine the storm water needs of the development an ensure that whatever is build adheres to our strict standards.
The major purpose of the Downtown Partnership Agreement is to provide the financial framework by which the City's and the developer's public and private improvement obligations are established. The Agreement does not substitute for, or supersede any of the City's development review and approval processes. With the project still in the planning stages, the City has not yet signed a Agreement with Testa Companies. We anticipate to have an agreement signed in the 1st quarter of 2018.
The City has created a parking committee, comprised of City staff, downtown merchants and other key individuals to study parking concerns in the current downtown area and the future needs for the development. We will perform a parking study, most likely in the 4th quarter of 2017. Until the Concept Plan is finalized, we can't accurately determine the future parking needs.
The development project will provide significant support to Hudson's existing environmental protection efforts. Concentrating development within these existing brownfield sites addresses the community need for additional housing and office space without impacting greenfield sites located outside of the downtown area. The project will preserve woods and wetlands north of the site and a conservation easement east of Morse Road. It also will incorporate a multipurpose trail greenway to connect downtown to the Summit County Hike and Bike trail system. Many smaller pocket parks and passive green spaces will be in the design to encourage walking and recreational opportunities. Several demonstrated green technology projects are being considered that could provide environmental benefit and serve as an educational resource. Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments of the project site have been completed. Only isolated amounts of soil and contaminants have been identified for removal from the property that were a result of the decades-long light industrial activities on the site.
Originally, the developer considered three to four story buildings, similar to buildings in Western Reserve Academy. After input from citizens and further examine, it was decided to keep the building heights to 2 to 3 stories.
The purpose of the development is to take underutilized properties in a high-demand area (i.e., Hudson Public Power, salt dome, school bus garage) and add office and housing that will support the retail center. This will boost economic vitality and create a live-work-play environment that is in demand regionally and nationally. Putting a City Hall or Rec Center on the property would defeat the purpose, simply switching out one tax exempt property for another.


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Chris Tillman talks with reporters after picking up the loss and being optioned to Triple-A Norfolk
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Reports: Hot-air balloon crashes in US; 3 missing
DOSWELL, Virginia (AP) — A hot-air balloon is believed to have caught fire and crashed in the U.S. with three people aboard, state police said Friday.
Eyewitnesses said they saw the balloon's gondola in flames and heard screams for help.
A pilot and two passengers were believed to be on board, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told a news conference, according to several news media reports.
She said police had not yet found any wreckage but planned to search throughout the night. Severe storms were forecast for the area, she said.
Geller did not immediately respond to a telephone message left by The Associated Press.
Carrie Hager-Bradley said she saw the balloon in flames and heard people yelling, according to television station WWBT.
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The apparent crash happened near the site of the Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival, according to the news reports. The festival was scheduled to begin Saturday but was holding a special event Friday for a limited number of people, according to the reports, which said organizers have canceled the rest of the festival.


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See inside Serena Williams' listed LA home
Tennis star Serena Williams has listed her
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for $12 million. The six-bedroom, seven-bathroom Bel Air home was built in 1935 and still contains most of the original historic moldings. The home features a modern kitchen with marble countertops and spacious master bath with claw-foot tub and stand-up shower. Built on 2.7 acres of land, the grounds contain several private gardens with hiking trails, a swimming pool and in-home gym.
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See inside Serena Williams' listed LA home
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Go Inside the late Johnny Carson's $81.5M beach house
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It's a familiar face, and name for Wellington High School wrestling, but being the Head Coach is something new for Mitch McComb.
It's a familiar face, and name for Wellington High School wrestling, but being the Head Coach is something new for Mitch McComb. He's been an assistant coach under his brother, John for the last six years. This season, he will lead WHS into the ring.
There are two seniors on the squad this year, Jason Haydon, and Justin Bruns. The new Head Coach spoke highly of both wrestlers.
"Haydon is a two time State qualifier, he's got over 50 high school wins," McComb said. The juniors out number the seniors on the team, with five all together. One of them, Andrew Horn, missed out on their sophomore year, the coach has been pleased with his work ethic.
"He suffered an injury a year ago, broke his leg two weeks before the season," McComb said. "As a freshmen he was 16-12 at 103 lbs." Another junior has also stood out in the early going of practice.
"Ben DeJarnett's got a lot of experience, he's our most technical wrestler," the coach said. Several sophomores and freshmen will make an appearance on the starting roster, McComb said there are nine kids over 200 lbs. on the team this year.
As far as expectations go, McComb says he feels like the Crusaders have an outside shot at winning the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League, Div. IV, some wrestlers have a shot at winning even more.
"I could have as many as eight to 10 qualify for State, or I could have none," the coach said. "That's how tough wrestling is. I've got 10 potential State qualifiers, that's in my head." McComb knows a little bit about qualifing for State as he did himself during his days at WHS, he wrestled for 13 years while growing up in the community and was a three year letterman in high school. Getting to State is every wrestler's goal, McComb will do his best to put his team members in position to reach those heights.
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coysht posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubEvening all, I've got a 59 plate Fiesta Zetec S and while cleaning it at the weekend I noticed something odd going on with top of the passenger side of the windscreen (see attached image). To me it looks like the screen is coming unstuck from the sealing bond (either the bond from the screen or the black masking paint coming away from the glass) - which if it gets worse will cause it to leak! Anyone seen anything like this before and/or know how to get it fixed? If my suspicions are correct, I'm guessing it's a screen out and back in job or even a whole new screen - which I can't see being covered by my insurance's screen cover.
Fiesta Reverse Gear Is Driving Me Nuts
coysht replied to gogopogo's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubPut it into 5th on your way to reverse and it'll never crunch and will go in 1st time, every time. Not ideal, but quicker than waiting for everything to stop moving before engaging reverse.
Rear Coat Hooks Etc.
coysht replied to Magenta's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubThe small holes in the trim are to poke the metal bit of rear seat belts into when the seats are folded down, so that the belts don't get trapped behind the seats when you put them back up.
Not the best image in the world, but this is the fixings in place in the carpet - they're worryingly similar to the plugs you use in plasterboard walls for !Removed! into.
I'm amazed that Ford don't sell this footrest for the Mk7 Fiesta. Fits perfectly and they could probably charge £40 - £50 just for the footrest and people would still buy it! I managed to buy a kit from an auto Mondeo a couple of years ago for about £15 off eBay and then sold the spare brake/accelerator to some guy in Italy for £10 - Bargain!
Part Number / Price Request - Mk7 3Dr Passenger Window Seal
coysht posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubThe passenger door window seal (the one round the top of the glass) on my car has got rolled over on top of the window at some point and is now so deformed the window barely closes (the gap for the glass to slide up into has narrowed in one spot, which stops the window moving fully up into the seal). I'm hoping that a new seal isn't going to be too pricey and would solve the issue. Anyone got access to parts/price databases to give me a number and a rough cost?....and any suggestions on the cheapest place to buy it from. It's 59 plate Zetec S if that makes any difference. Cheers.
Seems the Mk4 ones are different - mine is much taller and hollow.
Sony Stereo Installed
coysht replied to iNath's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubOut of interest, whats the thing in front of the screen?
Do you need a pair or just one? I have a single one from a Mk4 Fiesta which might be the same.
Possible To Retro-Fit A Leather Handbrake To Mk7?
coysht replied to alexp999's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubThe plastic handle/gaiter is lightly glued on, but I found you can break the glue by removing the top of the centre console and pulling the gaiter section of the handbrake around a bit (flexes the plastic and pops the glue off) then just pulling the grip quite hard till it slides off. Took me a couple of goes to get it to come off but once I found the right way to move it around it was surprisingly easy. I fitted this to mine: http://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/26472-cheaper-mk7-leatheraluminium-handbrake/page__hl__%2Bfiesta+%2Bleather+%2Bhandbrake
Dipped Lights
coysht replied to Luke Fletcher's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubH4 bulbs for a MK7 Fiesta? Pretty sure they wouldn't fit - you need H7 (single filament) ones instead.
Money Supermarket Add Mk 7 Fiesta
coysht replied to kevin lancelott's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubThe cars in the background are definitely American (except the LR Discovery), I'd say they've just edited the video to colour the plates - enough to fool all but car geeks and Fiesta forum go-ers :D
2009/58 Zetec S - Alarm Keeps Going Off!
coysht replied to fletchie's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHad the same problem - was a faulty bonnet catch/switch assembly. Got mine done under warranty during a service, but I guess you might have just gone past 3 years?
Golf Ball Sized Hail Stones.......
coysht posted a topic in Ford Fiesta Club.....do a similar amount of damage to real golf balls it seems! Anyone know any good bodyshops or mobile dent removal services in the Coventry/Leicester area?
Clunk In Steering When Turning ?
coysht replied to FIESTA_MAD's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubWhen I took my car in for its last service (2nd @ 2 years old) I reported this issue - apparently it's caused by a tiny bit of free-play in the steering column at significant amounts of lock. The fix is something like removing the steering column and packing something full of grease.....which would have cost about £40 - £50 (total inc labour), so I'm living with the clunk for now!


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The Dangerous Health Lie Men Tell Themselves
Most men just don't like to go to the doctor. Though this habit, all by itself, is hurting black men, there's an even more dangerous thing they do: they lie about how healthy they are, and they ofte ignore symptoms that something isn't quite right.
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Four in 10 people with at least one risk factor for type 2 diabetes—including obesity or high blood pressure—think they have no risk at all, finds a new survey by the American Diabetes Association. Even worse: 80 percent say they're in good or excellent health.
"We as human beings try to protect ourselves," says diabetes educator Virginia Peragallo-Dittko, R.N., who was involved in the research. "We say, 'I don't have it that bad. I'm not that overweight.' "
But in this case, denial can hurt you. Especially since those who don't admit they have a problem aren't inclined to take the steps to fix it, Peragallo-Dittko says. That explains why 40 percent of at-risk people don't eat healthier foods, and 65 percent don't exercise regularly.
So, what can you do? Go to the doctor, find out your health numbers, including your blood pressure and your cholesterol level, and ask what you need to do to stay healthy.


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Singer-turned-reality TV regular Jessica Simpson appears to have lost her baby weight in time for Halloween.
The blonde posted a family shot of herself, fiance Eric Johnson and their daughter dressed up for the holiday.
Johnson wore tartan and a wig to hit the streets as Braveheart's William Wallace and the couple dressed baby Maxwell as a cute turkey – but all eyes were on Simpson, who looked stunning as a vampish wench, complete with eye-popping red lipstick, bustier, thigh-length boots and pigtails. (Click here for the photo.)
Simpson, who posted the family shot on Twitter.com on Wednesday morning, signed up as a spokesperson for WeightWatchers after becoming a first-time mom in May – and it looks like the plan is paying off.


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Sugar and Spice Pumpkin Pie Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #11
We do love pumpkin pie; it's a classic for a reason. Here's Stirling's entry into this classic form of pie. She bakes up one of the prettiest pies we've seen, courtesy of cute crust cutters from Williams-Sonoma. She also has great step-by-step photos to guide you in recreating this crust.
Where is this recipe from? The recipe for the crust is from my friend, Shirley's, grandmother. Shirley also gave me the tip of using waxed paper. It makes transferring pie crusts almost fool proof!
The pumpkin filling is from the November 2008 issue of Fine Cooking. They say that this is the perfect pie, and I think they may be right.
Why is this the BEST pie recipe you've got? The filling is undeniably delicious because of the heavy cream and the eggs. The many spices mixed with the cognac make this pie Thanksgiving worthy. I made the pie for a friend's birthday a couple of weeks ago and got lots of quiet eaters! People loved how smooth and flavorful it is. Yum!
The leaves around the edge, of course, taste the same as the rest of the crust, but they give the edge polish and heightens expectations. I prefer a crust with more shortening than butter because it makes the crust flaky, but different shortenings give the crust different flavors. I use an organic shortening that I find tastes much better than Crisco.
Sugar and Spice Pumpkin Pie
For the crust:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup cold shortening
2 tablespoons cold butter
4 tablespoons ice cold water
For the filling:
15-oz. can pure pumpkin
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
1 cup heavy cream
1 Tbs. cognac or brandy
3/4 cup lightly packed light brown sugar
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. table salt
1/8 tsp. freshly ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
Make crust dough:
Mix flour with salt. Cut in the shortening until the mixture looks like fine meal (see picture). Cut in the butter coarsely–this makes a flaky crust. Both of these cut steps can be done in a food processor by pulsing. Sprinkle with water, mixing lightly with a fork until all the mixture is moistened. Alternatively in a food processor, pulse until the dough starts to gather (see picture). Bring dough together and press gently into a smooth ball. Wrap ball in plastic wrap and chill for half an hour.
Roll out dough:
Roll dough out between sheets of wax paper. The recipe makes enough for 2 9″ pie crusts. You will have plenty, so don't worry if the edges look cracked. The edges will be cut off and used for edge decoration. When the crust is much larger than your pan, carefully lift the top layer of wax paper off the crust. Turn over the crust and transfer it to the pan. Make sure that it is even. Then you take the top layer of wax paper off. Cut off the extra crust. Roll out the extra crust and punch out leaf designs for the edge of the pie shell (see picture). I bought the leaf stamp at Williams and Sonoma, but you can do the same with a paring knife.
Poke holes through the bottom of the crust with a fork. Put in a sheet of parchment or wax paper on top of pie shell and weigh it down with pie weights or beans (see picture). Bake at 400 F for 15-20 minutes or until the dough looks dry. Let crust cool down completely before filling.
Make the filling and bake the pie:
Heat the oven to 325 F. In a large bowl, whisk the pumpkin, eggs, egg yolk, cream and cognac. (see picture)
In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, pepper and cloves. Whisk the sugar mixture into the pumpkin mixture.
Pour the filling into the cooled piecrust. Bake until the pie is set around the outside but still slightly wet and jiggly in the center, about 1 hour. The filling will continue to set as it cools. Let the pie cool completely and the refrigerate for at least 2 hours (yeah, right!) and up to 2 days before serving. I have let the pie cool for 30 minutes before digging in. It can be hard to wait sometimes.
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Are we going to get some longer videos ? seems like 99.9% of the videos are less than 5 min long.
I miss those fone videos like Adikkt or Atandroy...
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Elets Smart City Conclave, Chandigarh - Awards & Valedictory Ceremony
Celebrating elets Technomedia's 20th Smart City Conference
Municipal Corporation Chandigarh in association with Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd to host Elets Smart City Conclave in July 2017 to explore its potential and tackle the challenges on the exciting road ahead. This summit will see deliberations from the key stakeholders of the urban development of India and abroad and will try to find ways on how Chandigarh can become a smarter city.
Chandigarh city, world famous for its architecture, is nation's first modern planned city designed by the Swiss French master architect Le Corbusier. Keeping alive the spirit of Corbusier, the civic authorities have ensured the city is endowed with highest standards of cleanliness and living. Chandigarh basks in the glory of its rich past and beautiful present. With its ultra futuristic design and outlay the city is poised to be among the smartest in the world.
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Sperm whale, (Physeter catodon), also called cachalot, the largest of the toothed whales, easily recognized by its enormous square head and narrow lower jaw. The sperm whale is dark blue-gray or brownish, with white patches on the belly. It is thickset and has small paddlelike flippers and a series of rounded humps on its back. Males attain a maximum length of about 19 metres (62 feet) and females about 12 metres (39 feet).
Sperm whales are deep divers, commonly reaching a depth of about 350 metres (1,150 feet), and have been found tangled in cables more than 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) below the surface. It is not uncommon for sperm whales to dive for an hour or more and then spend about 10 minutes at the surface breathing once every 10 seconds. They can cruise at a speed of 4 knots (7.4 km/hr; 4.6 mph) and swim in spurts at up to 20 knots (37 km/hr; 23 mph).
These cetaceans are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world, usually in pods (groups) of about 15 to 20; solitary males, however, may wander into colder regions. Sperm whales attain sexual maturity at 7 to 13 years of age and physical maturity at 25 to 45 years and have been recorded to live as long as 62 years. They feed primarily on cephalopods, including the giant squid (Architeuthis dux). Weight figures are usually estimates, but in 1937 a pair of stranded male sperm whales were measured intact in the Netherlands: one was 16 metres (52.5 feet) long and weighed 39 tons, and the other was 18 metres (59 feet) and 53 tons.
The sperm whale is the most evolutionarily modified of the toothed whales. The head constitutes one-third of the total body length and, it is estimated, greater than a third of the body weight. The lower jaw is usually equipped with 36 to 50 large conical teeth; the upper jaw holds a variable number of vestigial teeth that do not erupt. The head features an elaborately developed nose and upper lip where the fluid-filled spermaceti organ (which whalers called the case) is located; sperm oil and spermaceti were extracted from this fluid for lighting and lubrication. The spermaceti organ is unique to sperm whales. It has a volume as large as 2,000 litres (530 gallons) and can extend through 40 percent of the whale's length.
The function of the spermaceti organ has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. Suggestions of its role pertain mostly to diving. It may close the nasal passages, act as a force pump for the bony nares, or serve in part as a hydrostatic organ by squeezing oil to one end or the other through contractions of its muscular sheath. Other theories suggest that it assists in the evacuation of the lungs prior to a deep dive, absorbs nitrogen at extreme underwater pressure, or acts as a buoyancy regulator to assist the whale while descending and ascending from deep dives. The spermaceti organ may serve these suggested purposes singly or in combination. It could even be a reverberation chamber used by the sperm whale in producing its unique pulsed signals, which are used for echolocation and communication.
Sperm whales were once commercially valuable and were hunted for several centuries. The White Whale hunted in Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick (1851) is presumably an albino sperm whale. Ambergris, a material sometimes found floating in the sea, is thought to be formed in the sperm whale's intestines around a core of undigested solid matter such as squid beaks.
Physeter is Greek for "blower," an allusion to the sperm whale's breathing. The pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia breviceps and K. simus) are the only other members of the family Physeteridae. These little-known dolphinlike whales are gray above and white below, and they are quite small—about 2.5 to 4 metres (8 to 13 feet) long. They are distributed worldwide in offshore waters from equatorial to temperate regions and have no commercial value. The family Physeteridae diverged from the rest of the toothed whales (suborder Odontoceti) very early. Large sperm whales with all of the characteristics of present-day sperm whales lived 20 million years ago during the Early Miocene Epoch (23.8 million to 16.4 million years ago). This early divergence makes conclusions about sperm whale relationships provisional.


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I'm in countdown mode: One month from today, Miss Monkey and I will move into our new home. And most likely, sometime in the next two weeks, I will officially be divorced. Last week, I received an envelope in the mail from the lawyer, fulling expecting that I would no longer be married once I opened it. I had to sit down on the porch for a minute to catch my breath. I wasn't sad or overwhelmed exactly. I just wanted to make sure I was 100% present for what was about to happen. But then it didn't. It was just a notice that the court requested a specific revision to our paperwork and that it would be resubmitted. The next thing I felt? Disappointment. I thought the waiting was over. Even though we still have a whole new set of changes to navigate...new homes, new routines, new rules...at last, it seemed, this part would be done. It's been nearly six months since everything was signed, so I know a few more days shouldn't matter. And yet the delay seems like one last stab—a "tricked you!" joke that ends with us stuck forever in this limbo of married but not.
Another reason I'm counting the days? I'm incredibly anxious to get my old name back. I never changed it when we got married...it just wasn't something I ever wanted to do. Growing up, I never could quite wrap my head around the fact that my mom was once an O—and that O mom seemed like an entirely different person. Of course she wasn't, but I never shook the feeling. But then when I got pregnant, surprise, surprise, things changed. I wanted to have the same last name as my child. And anyway, traditional and conservative as it sounds, it made us seem more like a real family (which I desperately wanted to be). So I switched it...well, except at work. And then a few months after Miss Monkey was born and I realized that having the same last name is NOT what makes a family, I regretted my decision. I mean, it was fine and I certainly wasn't going to go through the rigamarole again, but I sure was happy I still had the old me at the office. And now, I want to shed that name so badly I practically have the shakes. For one, it feels like a lie. I'm just not that person. Out in the world, people will call me Mrs. and all I want to do is tell them, "Oh, no, that's not really who I am anymore. I just have to carry this name around on my credit cards until a judge says it's ok not to." And for two, I feel almost no connection to what having that name meant.
The exception, of course, is when it comes to Miss Monkey. I made the very stupid mistake of telling her last night that pretty soon Mommy would be an S but she would still be a M, and then there was waaaaay too much trying to explain. Needless to say, she wouldn't have it. She didn't get it. Because to her, everyone in a family DOES have the same last name. You'd think I'd have realized this before my dumbass oversharing. But no. I'm still going to reclaim my old name, but for her, until she's old enough to understand, I will remain an M. It's what she needs for now, and I'm more than okay with that.
What do you think? What did you do when you once again had the option to take back your pre-marriage name? Let me know! xo, Evie


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Michel Aoun gets his enlightenment from a fundamentalist militia leader.
Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun rejected statements criticizing Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's recent speeches on the anti-Islam movie and said the Hezbollah chief enlightened public opinion about the intentions of those who made the movie.
However, Aoun was not enlightened enough to locate a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon:
"Sometimes they spread [news] to distract people, like this story of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. If there are such guards [in Lebanon], let them show us. Has any Lebanese seen a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the [country]?"
Mind you, it was the the Guards commander Mohamad Ali Jafari himself spreading this distraction.


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The 1% are gobbling up seven-figure homes at a record pace this year, even as the 99% are a little more skittish about the housing market.
According to data released Tuesday from real-estate brokerage Redfin, sales of the priciest 1% of homes are up 21.1% so far this year. Meanwhile, in the other 99% of the market, home sales have fallen 7.6% in 2014. "Luxury buyers are feeling more comfortable now that the market has stabilized," says Bo Mastykaz, a Miami-based Redfin real-estate agent. Plus, he adds, they're often flush with cash thanks to the booming stock market as of late.
In some of these high-end markets the growth is especially explosive. Ten markets — including Oakland (96.2% growth), San Jose (91.2%) and San Francisco (72.2%) , as well as Long Island, N.Y. (72.1%) and Seattle (67.7%) — have seen sales growth in the ultra-luxury space grow more than 50% just in 2014. Compare that with the rest of the market and you'll see a stark contrast: In each of the above markets, the number of home sales for everyone but the 1% actually fell from between 1.7% to 7.3%.
But perhaps even more shocking are the prices the 1% are willing to pay for these luxury properties. In San Francisco, the most expensive 1% of homes sold for $5.35 million or higher, in Los Angeles, $3,650,000 or higher and in Orange County $3,450,000 or higher.
What's more, certain neighborhoods within these pricey cities blow those figures out of the water: In L.A.'s Beverly Glen neighborhood, luxury home buyers need to shell out an average of $11.9 million, its Hombly Hills neighborhood $9.9 million, and its Malibu Road and Malibu Colony neighborhoods $9.5 million and $8.8 million respectively. (All of the top 10 most expensive luxury neighborhoods are in California — in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Francisco.)
To put that in perspective, you'd likely need to be making a cool million a year — and have a least that in the bank — to truly afford these homes. While banks don't offer conventional loans for homes that are this pricey, let's assume they did. In this case, a luxury home buyer in San Francisco would need a million-dollar down-payment plus an annual salary of $957,000 to qualify for a 30-year mortgage — and he'd still need to shell out $22,300 a month on top of that to cover his loan payments.
As if that wasn't depressing enough, here's some more sobering news: Many housing markets are starkly unequal — meaning that the top 1% of homes are priced significantly higher than the median home price in the area — especially those near the beach. Consider, the top 1% of homes in Miami — the most unequal market in America — were priced 14.9 times higher than the median, those in West Palm Beach 14.1 times higher, and in Fort Lauderdale 8.8 times higher. The other cities rounding out the top 10 most unequal markets: Los Angeles (8.5x), Chicago (7.5x), Tampa (6.7x), Orange County (6.6x), Phoenix (6.6x), San Francisco (6.5x) and Long Island (6.1x).
On top of that, in many of these unequal cities the average person can barely afford a home. According to new data from HSH.com, these are among the cities that require the highest salaries for a person to be able to afford a home: San Francisco ($137,129), Los Angeles ($85,964) and Miami ($59,734).
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My favourite episode yet.
Surprised me more than a few times.
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Poor Lancer...he got nothing. Didn't get to serve his master well, didn't get to win the grail, didn't get to complete his honor and didn't even get to have one last sexy awesome fight with Saber at full strength. Then when he thought they could compromise....
Well shit...at least it was a pretty brutal end for Sola
|2012-04-25, 06:55
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SOOO sad. Kayneth should have been a selfish A-hole to the end. But he gave up the grill (I DEMAND ALL THE BACON) for his wife ;___; It's terrible because his wife never woke up to hear his devotion.
And Lancer makes me even more sad. But it's lancer. I thought of mercutio as well once he said he's gonna curse that the grill will bring disaster. This is probably my favorite mid-series major character death in anime.
I call hacks. Someone needs to nerf Maiyu. She's clearly overpowered. :P
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Ah well, that's one degeneration done. Now I shall await for the final episode (of course there are major stuff happening in between but I don't believe that the animation could portray them as well as words) to watch Kiritsugu's final determination.
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When dealing with Chivalry, you're having a specific code of conduct which is ultimately designed to minimize the effects of warfare on the general populace. The degree depends on what century you're talking about, actually. The older versions are much more a warrior code and less flowery. The later versions are the ones that we're most familiar with because they've been so romanticized.
Even during the First World War, the effect on the populace in general is rather limited. If you look back, the effects on general populace tend to be limited to taxes and food shortages. As a general rule, those who did the fighting did the dying. There were, of course, exceptions (even Sherman's March was confined mostly to property damage rather than slaughter of citizenry) but every war fought until this century followed the same general pattern.
It's not until the Second World War that we see civilian casualties taking an abrupt rise. The concept of total war until that point extended to destruction of material goods rather than the wholesale slaughter of people. Dead people aren't productive.
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Lancer may be stupid to a fault but he really was a good guy. He didn't really hate anyone and all he wanted was to regain his honor. Damn Kirigitsu to hell and beyond.
As for my final words on this matter. If you all couldn't tell by what I previously wrote, what Kirigitsu did really boils my blood. I hate nothing more than a corrupted idealist who assumes the mantle of some kind of efficient and emotionless pragmatist. He is really no worse than a mass serial killer.
Clarification: To some who continue to defend him and his actions, what I 'm actually saying is that your entire premises is flawed. Your conclusions are based on accepting Kirigitsu as he says regarding what he is doing as an absolute truth and not on a deeper analysis of his actions as well as his background. Furthermore, juxtaposing off-tangent subjects are not valid arguments to my analyses. It may be true that war is hell and and that the most pragmatic are the victors of war. However, that is relevant/true only if your assumptions of Kirigitsu as a emotionless, combat pragmatic are also true. Which I reject. You cannot use conclusions to justify premises. In regard to the ad hominem arguments. You can say that I be a naive idealist who who can't accept that war is hell and that bad things happen to good people. That may be true, however that does not mean that my theories are false.
I suppose Kirigitsu's decisions could be 100%, the best possible options supposed that he be some supremely rational, omniscient, and pragmatic machine. But he is not. He is human and as a human, he will make errors and bad judgments. That is the fallacy of human judgment. The claim that his decisions have to be the best and most pragmatic options in winning the war is therefore fallacious in itself. We don't know every option that could have been made and neither would Kirigitsu.
Furthermore, for Kirigitsu, everything he does is on his own judgement and as such is really accountable to no one. Because of that, as a human, he is even more prone to oversight by the very fact that he is accountable to really no one but himself. There is no second or third, fourth, and etc. opinions to be found. There is a reason why we need supervisors, co-workers, teammates, managers, superiors, teacher assistants. Multiple perspectives check the lapses in human error and broaden the option pool. No such systems in place to check Kirigitsu because he operates outside the system as a assassin/hit-man/magus killer. Btw, Maiya doesn't count because she's more or less a enabler of Kirigitsu. Seeing how easily Kirigutsu smuggles guns and explosives into japan. There is also really no modern technology counters to magic. Kirigitsu is basically given free reign to do as he pleases and kill as many as he wants to achieve his objectives.
The whole killing one to save ten, or hundred to save a thousand is complete bunk. More so, because its not possible to determine how many will be saved should you kill such and such. The butterfly effect comes to mind. A single small event can have multiple,varied, and unpredictable outcomes. This is also true for reality.For all we know killing such and such people would kill even more people than would be saved. I shall also call it the assassinate Hitler dilemma. Suppose we go back in time to kill hitler and we succeed. We save millions. However, since we killed Hitler and now since the world doesn't have the experience of such inhuman atrocities. The world is unprepared for a worse, more inhuman dictator that even Hitler. This time, a billion people are wiped out. Could we have predicted as such? The answer is NO. We wanted to save many people at the cost of one life but instead we caused the death toll to rise exponentially. I would say that this way of looking at "saving" people is just simply impossible. Therefore, I would postulate this argument for kirigitsu, is is simply a excuse to himself and to others as why he couldn't have bothered to come up with better solutions. (Becuse he doesn't have to and subsequently doesn't want to). Recall the boat dilemma from the VN.
Also as a more personal note.His focus on how many he can minimally kill to save such and such amount of people, rather than how many he can save by killing such and such. This to me, really means that he is more focused on the killing rather than the saving.
So what do we have in the end? A stand alone, uninhibited, assassin with supernatural powers and no regards for human life? I'd say a mass killer is a apt description for such a person. It is more chilling, that near the end he said he would stain all evils in the world in order to save it. So to answer a question whether or not he would cause a mass genocide. He sure would. Whats the lives of a couple million if you can save untold billions in the future? The real paradox is when he learns through his own personal life and experience that it is impossible everyone can be saved but yet he wants to save everyone through the grail forever. Oh the irony of his beliefs. He is an idealist pretending to be a pragmatist.
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[QUOTE=GDB;4129274]In real life, sure. But the winner of this is said to get an omnipotent wish granting device. That means that, if his wish is granted, he would literally save everybody. It's not a "few thousand" he'd save, it'd be a "few billion".[/QUOTE
Kirigitsu used this justification as his life philosophy before the grail war. It was crazy then even when he lacked the knowledge of the grail war. Yet he still believed in it.
The grail is the only possible exception to the rule and that was when he was actually chosen to be a participant in it.
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I don't read the novels, but if I remember right, Kiritsugu was famous as the "mage hunter", he kills mages before breakfast.
As we know, mages, even the relatively good ones tend to not care about the lives of muggles, let alone the less-good ones. So, killing a mage could potentially save the life of more people, in the event that a mage went rogue and did some vile researches (if they hadn't already). The reason Tokiomi and the gang wanted to stop caster wasn't because they resented the atrocities he did, but rather because he did it too flashily.
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I'm a "Might Makes Right" kinda guy (which is what my man Thrasy is trying to say in the quote above). Not that I'm personally mighty (definitely not). Rather it's that when I observe behaviors and actions by living entities (and even some non-living entities), I can virtually always trace those behaviors and actions to some fundamental source of Might. My observations align very closely with Nietzsche's "will-to-power" musings.
To accrue power, the potential accruer usually needs to disguise the fact that power is what they're after. The accruer can't usually say, "I want more power - give it to me" and hope for a positive outcome. Therefore, the basis of most political interactions is for the potential accruer of political power to lie through his teeth and say, "I want to do all these wonderful things and make life better for you. All you have to do is give me power. Really, you can't do it without me. Trust me."
However, there have been a number of recent events where the power grab was surprisingly undisguised.
Calling for Zimmerman to be locked up, whether guilty or innocent, Daily Beast columnist Mansfield Frazier writes:
"America can only dodge so many racial bullets, and a not-guilty verdict in this case could very easily turn the racial cold war into a very hot one."That's not very well disguised Mr. Frazier. You want the power to put whitey (or rather someone not-black) behind bars just because you say so. Or else! Between Mr. Frazier, the New Black Panthers who put a bounty on Zimmerman's head, and a number of others in the black community, this is a blatant threat-of-violence based attempted grab for power.
However, a much larger power grab was allegedly successful during the last presidential election:
The black Dems were caught stuffing the ballot boxes in Philly and Ohio as reported the night of the election and Sen. McCain chose not to fight. [...]If true (and skepticism is certainly called for), that's quite a power grab (though keep in mind that Obama still would've won without Ohio and Pennsylvania). I've been wondering why polls show Obama and Romney neck-and-neck (which should be a bad omen for Obama at this point in the campaign cycle), yet intrade.com shows a steady 60% chance of Obama being re-elected. The explanation might be that Romney may well win the election by legitimate votes cast, but lose it when all the votes (legitimate and otherwise) are counted.
After discussions with his inner circle, which explains the delay in his speech, McCain decided not to pursue the voter fraud in PA and Ohio, despite his staff's desire to make it an issue. He said no. Staff felt they could get a federal injunction to stop the process. McCain felt the crowds assembled in support of Obama and such would be detrimental to our country and it would do our nation no good for this to drag out like last go around, coupled with the possibility of domestic violence.
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WHAT: The 6th annual statewide White Ribbon Day Campaign sponsored by Jane Doe Inc. calls upon men and boys to wear a white ribbon and join in taking the Massachusetts White Ribbon Day Pledge to be part of solution in ending violence against women.
WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, March 7, 2013: 1:00 PM, Gardner Auditorium, State House, Boston
WHO: JDI's Massachusetts White Ribbon Day Campaign Co-Chairs Jarrett Barrios, CEO of American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts, and Daniel F. Conley, Suffolk County District Attorney, will host hundreds of men and boys from across the Commonwealth. Speakers include:
- Antonio Arrendel, Health & Prevention Counselor at Boston University's Sexual Assault Response & Prevention Center (SARP)
- Rob Okun, Editor of Voice Maleand national expert on men and violence
- Tre'Andre Valentine, Director of Community Engagement at The Network/La Red(working to end domestic violence in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and/or transgender communities)
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WHY: Craig Norberg-Bohm, JDI's prevention specialist and coordinator of the coalition's Massachusetts White Ribbon Day Campaign, explains the value of this campaign, "This statewide effort grew out of a belief that most men - regardless of gender, gender identity and sexual orientation- want to help end men's violence against women by speaking out for positive masculinity andhuman rights, for equality and for the safety and liberty of survivors everywhere." Over the past six years, more than 450 men in Massachusetts have signed on as White Ribbon Day Ambassadors and more than 70 entities (businesses, organizations, schools, and municipalities) have signed on as White Ribbon Day Affiliates.
Jane Doe Inc.'s Massachusetts White Ribbon Day Campaign is connected with the International White Ribbon Campaign. Since launching the campaign in Massachusetts in 2008, Jane Doe Inc. has recruited over 500 White Ribbon Day Ambassadors and tens of thousands of men and boys have signed the pledge. Jane Doe Inc. has joined this international effort for human rights to engage men to help end violence against women, men and children. The approach is one of celebrating positive masculinity; inviting men and boys to be leaders to help end violence against women; and encouraging men and boys to contribute to a solution in any number of ways. The White Ribbon Campaign was created by a handful of Canadian men in 1991 on the second anniversary of one man's massacre of fourteen women in Montreal. They began the White Ribbon Campaign to urge men to speak out against violence against women. Today, the WRC is a worldwide campaign in over 60 countries that has collected well over 5 million signatures and growing.
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In the face of these criticisms and the planned blackout, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office abandoned this severe copyright law. In its announcement, the office stated that this plan would be "adjusted." It's clear that the government intends to introduce another copyright enforcement initiative in the future. Still, it's enormously encouraging to see how users in Taiwan have organized to defend their rights and successfully stopped this draconian blacklist law.Still, it is good to see that whenever something SOPA-like pops up, the public quickly jumps up to protest it.
The unfortunate reality is that many government authorities around the world still buy into the belief that the health of the Internet is acceptable collateral damage in this manufactured war on copyright infringement. Lawmakers need to understand that creativity and innovation can only thrive when our platforms remain open, where users are free to share and experiment with content. While it's clear that the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office did not learn from the mistakes of SOPA and PIPA in the U.S., let's hope others see the defeat of this latest copyright blacklist law and recognize that users will not put up with efforts to censor the Internet.


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