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I support the argument that the United States should enact a total ban on civilians owning firearms.
Oh, I don't support the ban. I support the argument.
I support the argument because it's honest and specific. It doesn't hide the ball, it doesn't refuse to define terms, it doesn't tell rely on telling people they are paranoid or stupid in their concerns about the scope of the ban. The argument proposes a particular solution and will require the advocate to defend it openly.
That elevates it above most gun control dialogue.
I've argued before that gun control debates would be improved if people avoided culture-bundling and cared about the meaning of words. Most don't. Too much looks like this:
There's a very good reason to care about what you mean when you argue that "assault weapons" should be banned: the term is infinitely flexible. If you think it inherently means something specific, you haven't bothered to inform yourself about the issue. "Assault weapon" means whatever the definers decide it should mean. Banning "assault weapons" is the gun version of banning "hate speech" or "disruptive protest" or "dangerous persons" or "interfering with a police officer" — it's a blank check. And I don't like handing out blank checks to the government to ban things and jail people.
I'm not making an argument that it's impossible to define assault weapons.1 I'm not even making an argument that banning "assault weapons," defined with reasonable specificity, would violate the Second Amendment. There's an argument to be made about that — an argument that's still in its jurisprudential infancy, given the recency of Heller — but it's not my point. My point is that if you won't even try to define what you want to regulate, and how, the argument about practicality and constitutionality is both abstract and premature. It's the same with defining automatic and semi-automatic. I don't want gun control advocates to acquire some vague grasp of what those mean because I'm eager to have my neighbor own a machine gun. I want advocates to learn the difference so I can have some level of confidence that I know what kind of proposed government power we're debating. Right now the debate seems choked with people who don't know, are proud of not knowing, and think you're a redneck gun-nut asshole if you want them to know because they feel very strongly about this. I decline to take that seriously.
Gun control advocates may argue that it's pointless to define terms because gun control opponents will oppose gun control laws no matter how they are crafted. That's a fair description of the behavior of some — perhaps even most — gun control opponents. But it's not a logical or moral excuse for not trying. Urging vague and unconstrained government power is not how responsible citizens of a free society ought to act. It's a bad habit and it's dangerous and irresponsible to promote it.
This is not an abstract or hypothetical point. We live in a country in which arbitrary power is routinely abused, usually to the detriment of the least powerful and the most abused among us. We live in a country in which we have been panicked into giving the government more and more power to protect us from harm, and that power is most often not used for the things we were told, but to solidify and expand previously existing government power. We live in a country where the government uses the power we've already given it as a rationale for giving it more: "how can we not ban x when we've already banned y?" We live in a country where vague laws are used arbitrarily and capriciously. We live in a country that is about to nominate Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for President of the United States: a man who wants to limit free speech, ban people based on religion, and generally jackboot around. We live in a country where his opponent is a long-time advocate of the security state who got famous helping label young black men "superpredators."
Maybe gun control advocates won't define terms because they know that the defined terms they want won't sell. That's not unusual; it's typical politics. That doesn't make it right. You have no moral or rational claim to your fellow citizens' support for a deliberately vague law. Cowboy up. Define what you want and argue for it. Anything else is either silly and self-indulgent, or deliberately deceitful.Copyright 2016 by the named Popehat author.


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Exactly what I was looking for. This is a no nonsense waterproof match case that you can bet your life on. It is a quality piece of equipment, that should be a part of your camping/survival kit
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I recieved my Matchcap awhile back and i thought it was great so i bought 1 more.im gonna put one in my B.O.B Pack and one with lanyard around my neck.This is a must have to any survival pack or kit! Thanks Exotac! HoooAAhh!
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I just recieved my MatchCap today in the mail. It is very well built and the fit and finish are very nice. The annodizing is dark and even and there are no visible machine marks. The box states it's capacity at 20 kitchen matches or 16 NATO matches. I used the REI matches in mine and was able to fit just 11 matches. I got 12 in at one point but then couldn't get them back out. That was placing most of the matches upside down with 2 or 3 right side up, just as the instructions indicate. All in all it is very nice, well made and will do it's job. Properly cared for it should provide many years of service. If I could change something, it would be to add maybe another 1/8" to the diameter so a couple more matches could be stored inside
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THE best match-case EVER! My wife and I used this along with the nanoSTRIKER while backpacking on our honeymoon in Olympic National Park. We all know how rainy and sloppy wet the Olympic peninsula is! We had no problems with moisture or even rain getting inside to ruin my REI storm proof matches. Way to go EXOTAC!

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― Gemini Ford (Rahul Kamath), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link
Destroy: I'm not so keen on the proggy/fusiony (these terms are relative obv) stuff that he was churning out a few years back.
Anyone wanna burn me off a copy of the Merzbox?
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Gemini Ford (Rahul Kamath), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Honda, Wednesday, 25 September 2002 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link
he also told me its his best gig evah with masonna so that's obv something to do before you go to yr grave.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link
''Anyone wanna burn me off a copy of the Merzbox?''
yeah can someone do this please...
''I've been listening to his Music for Bondage performances''
did anyone see the C4 'documentary' on jap bondage on monday night.
also hasn't akita written a book on bondage?
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Hegemon, Wednesday, 25 September 2002 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link
destroy: his live set in rough trade (w/ russell haswell?) a few years ago was just dull.
― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
i've heard about 13 discs from the merzbox, mostly the early stuff which is generally REAL good. between 15-20 there's some amazingly well done, minimal junk/tape music that beats the more known releases from his early period ("antimonument," "age of 369/chant 2") cold.
also, i like-like-like "vibractance" because it's just ems and it has those dynamics things.
― your null fame (yournullfame), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― brg30 (brg30), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
i'd rather listen to deep purple's original, because it KICKS FUCKING ASS. and merzbow's deconstruction of it does not.
― your null fame (yournullfame), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― bob snoom, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Out of all of the Merzbox I've heard so far, I'd say Cloud Cock OO Grand is the best because...there's just so much STUFF in it. The sample-based things like Agni Hotra and the Pornoise series are also real good because they're almost identifiably rock and hence easier to grasp. What I've heard of the last couple albums in the set will probably also turn out to favorites: they're so luxuriantly textural. Non-Merzbox-wise, I'd say the recent Dharma is my favorite. The last track is so DREAMY.
I prefer his drones over his scratchy white-noise oversaturation, his loops to his idiot-avant instrumentalisms, his synthwork over his guitar-work. I also prefer it when he composes via lap-top rather than by quasi-improvisation (he shirks from the word "improvisation," preferring "automatism" which I think roughly means making noise in a state of no-mind). It's less willful and random, and easier to get a handle on.
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 10:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
This shit is amazing
― HAMBURGER NEURON GROUP (ex machina), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I also heartily applaud his current fascination with animal welfare and consequently animal sounds (Tamago uses recordings of his pet chickens!) only because, well, to be corny, it humanizes him somewhat.
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
He's been at it for a while...
― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
― HAMBURGER NEURON GROUP (ex machina), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Friday, 11 June 2004 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 11 June 2004 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― Hi, I am a genius. a big one. (AaronHz), Saturday, 13 November 2004 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
What I want to know is what you guys think of this year's Kim Cascone. It took me a while to really get into it but then I started to appreciate its sprawling, meandering quality with moments of beauty.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 13 November 2004 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link
― bob snoom, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 12:11 (fifteen years ago) link
― +, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Batztoutai/Loop Panic dbl CDMerzbow Loves Emil Beaulieau CDPornoise CD
So, ya know, for like eightteen bucks you can get some good merz. jams. I would recommend it. RRRon deserves your money as much as just about anyone.
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Dharma. Also Animal Magnetism (love the chickens).
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think I've made it all the way through any Merzbow album even once.
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
More opinions, please!
― stephen, Saturday, 19 July 2008 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
listening to a recent one right now, feddyyellow mix.1. pretty nice esp at the end where he got some "basic spectral sonic decantation" thing going on
― Sébastien, Sunday, 20 July 2008 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
I've mentioned this on a couple other threads, but the FIMAV album with Pan Sonic is fantastic.
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 20 July 2008 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
that remix CD alluded to above (Scumtron) really is quite good. I also have soft spots for the Batz-Tou-Tai double on RRR (early clank/scrape), Pinkream (heavy analog noiz), the Music For Bondage Performance discs (quiet, very different), and the collaboration with Christoph Heeman.
― sleeve, Sunday, 20 July 2008 03:53 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha i just did the rolex sweep to paralysis (hypnopompic mix satori so whacki
― Sébastien, Sunday, 20 July 2008 06:33 (eleven years ago) link
ooh also search the Frog LP, most excellent.
― sleeve, Monday, 21 July 2008 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
I recommended Merzdub with Jamie Saft on another thread, it really is a pretty channelling of the Merzbow noise along more "musical" routes. All the electro-acoustic stuff I've heard from the Merzbox has been nice too.
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 21 July 2008 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
picked up tonight:
in the mail:
Synth Destruction (w/ Carlos Giffoni)
Electric Dress (w/ Carlos Giffoni & Jim O'Rourke)
Live Destruction at No Fun 2007
the only Merzbow stuff i'm familiar with is his work with Boris -- Megatone, Sun Baked Snow Cave, Rock Dream -- so i figured a good approach would be to check out a couple of his more 'acclaimed' albums, plus some of his work with Giffoni and O'Rourke, both of whom i'm already pretty familiar with.
... any thoughts?
― stephen, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 04:01 (eleven years ago) link
i have this v pretty merzbird shirt btw: http://www.importantrecords.com/images/apparelimages/merbird_shirt.jpg
― wilter, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
wow that album-by-album Merzbox review of Michael's upthread is most impressive.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone read the Merzbook?
I have it, but haven't checked it out.
― wilter, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
so... no thoughts, then.
― stephen, Thursday, 31 July 2008 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
i think you should read the thread, dude.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 31 July 2008 03:44 (eleven years ago) link
i think i've already read the entire thread, dude.
i was looking for some opinions that maybe weren't 4 years old. not that those are necessarily bad ones upthread, but maybe some of the newer posters here can offer some of their comments too. just a thought.
― stephen, Thursday, 31 July 2008 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
Welcome to 2009!Important is starting off the new year with the beginning of our 13 Month/13 CD Merzbow series titled 13 Japanese Birds. Available to hold your 13 CD set is a deluxe screen printed, numbered, limited edition hand built bamboo box. More info about how to order it can be found here:http://www.importantrecords.com/bird_box/bird_box_details.html
― ilxor, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 05:04 (ten years ago) link
I need $300 for the version with a painting by Masami.
― krakow, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 07:56 (ten years ago) link
How's the album with Richard Pinhas?
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:26 (ten years ago) link
I shelled out for it the other night, whilst drinking. Oh boy...
― ilxor, Thursday, 29 January 2009 04:29 (ten years ago) link
Ouch. I've resigned myself to not getting it.
― krakow, Thursday, 29 January 2009 09:41 (ten years ago) link
Out of all of the Merzbox I've heard so far, I'd say Cloud Cock OO Grand is the best because...there's just so much STUFF in it.
Daddino was so right about Cloud... I listened to this last night looking for fucking catharsis after a bad-ish evening (to the extent that I knew it ws going to be before it happened; I unconciously left the CDR on top of the speaker just before I left), and all I found was DETAILS that ate away at you. People tend to dismiss him as junior Metal Machine Music. Although I'm sure it can lapse into that it does not here, not that -- (i) it should be necessarily a bad thing, and (ii) doesn't that give everyone an excuse to not bother sampling the huge catalogue: listening to music should never feel like work and yet its a strange reaction, to excuse yourself of what should never be a duty. I suddenly remembered a Lou Reed interview w/Lester Bangs where he talks about MMM having bits of Beethoven and Xenakis -- he ws joking (or ws he?) but here its like I hear all sorts of music, processed and yet retaining enough of a character to make an impression. I forgot to cut the sound of the TV completely off and a gap of silence (one track to the next) became what I thought was a sample of Will Smith in Fresh Prince of Bel Air!!
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 3 November 2011 06:14 (eight years ago) link
Another Merzbow Records "It compiles tracks from various other compilations and splits from 1991–2001, most of which are out of print". That fact puts me in a good mindset, makes me feel I'm covering a lot of Merzbow when I'm not and never will. This is another fact.
I actually went to get this because it compiled Ab Hunter, the first one of his I fell in love with (yes, there is room for love in Merzbow's world. This is a fact.) and I'm finding all sorts of joy -- pounding dance bits, metal, burstings of lava hot swooshes, wind machines turned up to 11000 (never mnd 11!) even the odd quiet moment dropped in!
This must be good to meditate to. This is another fact.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2012 09:48 (seven years ago) link
collabo with Mats Gustafsson out in Nov
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Sunday, 9 September 2012 10:24 (seven years ago) link
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 12 August 2017 19:23 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/ff4PSrs7rY— 🐖🐐🐓Merzbow🐄🐏🦃 (@MerzbowOfficial) June 9, 2018
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:25 (one year ago) link
Strange days. There's this Merzcast podcast thing wherein two US dudes talk about selected Merzbow albums with various guests. They only play tiny clips of the music. They also have a Patreon account wherein subscribers can access further podcasts, although these don't feature any of the music either. In the last few days Merzbow, or his earthly representative, has made clear his disapproval of the project and now they are plastering "Merzbow Disapproved" all over the podcasts (they haven't stopped doing them or taken them down AFAIK).
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, 6 May 2019 15:49 (six months ago) link
I approve. People should listen to more (unfiltered) Merzbow and less podcasts.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 6 May 2019 15:51 (six months ago) link
But don't you think listening to podcasts might make people listen to more Merzbow?
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, 6 May 2019 15:52 (six months ago) link
he "disapproved" after 3 months prior posting a link to said podcast
― sarahell, Monday, 6 May 2019 16:00 (six months ago) link
promoting it ... and ostensibly ... approving it?
also dude can't take a joke
He's been shutting down online fan talk for at least 5 years:
He's admittedly not heard Merzcast but took offense to GX Juppiter-Larsen's anecdote of touring porn shops together in Holland.
― Yelploaf, Monday, 6 May 2019 16:34 (six months ago) link
lol he was like, "my work isn't about that now." it's pretty much, control freak, stop you are embarrassing meeee tantrum ... someone posted a mock-up of a "merzbow-disapproved" t-shirt and he blocked them
― sarahell, Monday, 6 May 2019 16:38 (six months ago) link
enjoying this new semi-ambient joint with Vanity Productions this morning.
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Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan held court with reporters moments before a hearing in a lawsuit he initiated kicked off Wednesday morning.
Morgan is a political rainmaker who largely bankrolled the constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana in Florida and was overwhelmingly approved by voters nearly two years ago.
Morgan, who had toyed with the notion of running for governor, spoke about his decision to stay out of the governor's race.
"I'll tell you. To run for governor, you've got to be done making money. And I'm not done making money. Or you have to be a professional politician. And I'm not a professional politician," he said.
Morgan said he spoke yesterday with Philip Levine, the former Miami Beach Miami who is a contender in the Democratic primary for governor.
"I told him he's lucky I'm not in 'cause I would win in a landslide," Morgan said, adding that he didn't know which Democrat would capture the nomination.
"All I know is I've never known any governor that's ever done anything for any of us. Ever. So it's not a job that I really think I'd be good at every day. I'm better at this," he said, standing outside the courtroom.
Morgan also said he supported House Speaker Richard Corcoran's decision to stay on the sidelines in the governor's race.
Morgan said Corcoran visited him a few weeks ago.
"I said, look, here's the deal. It's all about money. And if you don't got the money, you can't run. I said at the end of the day, questions answer themselves. And I think the question was answered for Richard Corcoran when the money froze up," Morgan said.
While Corcoran is a friend and someone he would have helped, Morgan said the Land O' Lakes Republican made the right choice.
"I think he made the right decision because I think he would have gotten beat and I think he knew he was going to get beat. And if I'm going to get beat, I don't like to go to my own ass-kicking," Morgan said.
Morgan also had what appeared to be a dim view of incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson's odds against challenger Rick Scott, who's finishing his last year as governor.
"I think Sen Nelson is in for a dog fight. I think he's got to get busy. You cannot underestimate this Rick Scott. He is a methodical, Eveready bunny, a bald-headed Eveready bunny who just never stops. He's focused, and he's got the money, and he's got the message, and if I was Bill Nelson, I'd be worried," he said.


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And you can do them, too!
Throughout our lives, we experience all different types of relationships — happy and unhappy, healthy and unhealthy.
When relationships end, men and women ask themselves all kinds of questions about what went wrong and what they could have done differently. But there are so many reasons things don't work out romantically with a certain individual, it's hard to know what to look for at times. I know that, for me, I haven't always been able to figure out an exact reason why some of my own relationships just didn't last.
Instead of obsessing on finding an answer, I firmly believe that the key to understanding how to have a happy, healthy relationship lies in focusing on the future.
Learning what things to do in order to make sure the next relationship is stronger and better is more beneficial than dwelling on the past.
You can't change the past, but you can change your approach to relationships in the future.
Instead of thinking about the "should have's, could have's, would have's", think about the little changes you can make moving forward that will strengthen and enhance what will be next.
This serves a better purpose, and makes for happier couples, than overthinking things you can never go back and change.
Shifting your mindset and approach in even small ways can make a world of difference in your love life. In fact, some of the best relationship advice is so simple, you'll ask yourself why you never thought of it before now!
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1. They see possibilities where others see challenges.
People are going to doubt your relationship and give you reasons as to why the relationship is bound to fail. Every couple goes through ups and downs and has to overcome challenges
Instead of thinking about that, why not think about the possibilities of the relationship working out and what there is to gain from that? That's what people in happy relationships learn to do.
2. They know when they have nothing to be envious or jealous about.
You and your partner are not in a competition to see who's better at what. Don't play that game. You'll lose every time. Instead, embrace each other's strength and assist with their areas of growth.
3. They aren't not constrained by tradition.
Celebrate traditions as defined by you both, but leave some room available to create your own traditions together.
4. They know the past is not the present nor future.
Don't allow your past to creep up and make your present and future difficult. Deal with the past and let it rest where it belongs … in the past. It's a key strategy that happy couples have mastered.
5. They notice and see the love around them.
Things happen in life that makes us lose focus on the love and joy that surrounds us. Take a few moments each day to recognize that love and joy.
6. They realize that doing nothing is not an option.
If you do nothing instead of addressing things, the relationship will not work. Communicate with each other.
7. They go for what they need for life, in the long-term, and not just today or tomorrow.
We all want instant gratification at some point in our lives. But we need to focus more on what we need for the long-term rather than immediate.
8. They remember and appreciate the little things.
Everyone can remember the big things like getting engaged or the holidays. It's the small things like your partner getting you a puzzle book that you love on a random Sunday morning. Those are the times you should remember and unfortunately are not cherished enough.
9. They know that life is not a fairy tale.
It's just not the reality of life. Life has ups and downs that we have to deal with and at times, it'll be very overwhelming and feel almost impossible to deal with. Remember, the fairy tales are just fiction stories.
10. They stay aware of their emotions and maintain their sense of control.
Don't act based solely on emotion. You may say or do something you will regret later on. Make sure you think things through and maintain your composure.
11. They know that nobody is a mind reader.
You can't read your partner's mind, and your partner can't read yours. Happy, healthy couples know that communication is key.
12. They do not rush into anything.
You have time. Don't rush something you're not 100 percent sure about.
13. They recognize the friendship in their relationship.
Be your partner's best friend and maintain that friendship. It keeps the fire burning within the relationship.
14. They emphasize quality over quantity.
Quality time means putting phones and other electronics or distractions away and being present with your partner. Talk about different things such as life goals, work, possible career moves, and so forth.
There is no quality in watching television for an entire evening while on your cell phone and social media.
15. They oust the people who will try to interfere with their relationship.
Discuss this with your partner before anything even happens so there is a plan of attack set in place for when it happens. It's inevitable. It may be your parents, your partner's parents, an ex, and so forth. Make sure to discuss this early on in the relationship so there's a common understanding of how to deal with it.
There is a consistent theme throughout these little secrets listed above — communication.
Communication is the key to making a relationship work and making it last.
The things listed above are so simple, but they do require time. Make the time and you won't regret it. Your relationship will be great if you take these quick little secrets into consideration.
Stop focusing on why it didn't work out with someone in the past.
Focus on the now and your future. You can have great relationships if you put your mind to it and remain mindful and open. I guarantee it!
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One of the biggest lessons of the financial crisis is that investment bankers cannot be trusted.
Self-regulation and "principles-based" regulation clearly failed in theory and in practice. These bankers have also gained too much influence in the governments and entities that are supposed to be regulating them. Asking Hank Paulson, Timothy Geithner et al, who have the ear of the bankers, to oversee them, is akin to asking the wolves to guard the chicken coop.
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About our Chapter
Our President's Message
Welcome to the Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited (UCCTU) website. Centered in Roswell GA, UCCTU attracts members from throughout the Atlanta metro area. Our 900+ members predominately reside in the area from Sandy Springs to Alpharetta and East Cobb to Dunwoody.
UCCTU members enjoy fishing and the environs where trout are found. We are concerned about the preservation of these precious resources, and for this reason our organization is committed to conserving, protecting and restoring coldwater fisheries. Some of our activities focus on the Chattahoochee River Tailwater, named by TU as one of America's 100 Best Trout Streams, where we monitor the quality of water from tributaries and partner with other organizations on cleanup projects. Every year we also devote considerable volunteer time to enhancing the habitat of native brook trout in North Georgia streams. The Chapter also serves as an advocate with elected representatives and government officials in support of coldwater conservation.
Some of our activities require dedicated effort and hard work, but we always manage to have a lot of fun along the way. Some of that fun includes monthly fishing trips to local waters where beginners and newcomers to the area are mentored by more experienced members. We also coordinate weekend fishing trips for members to destinations throughout the Southeast.
We recognize the need to pass along our passion for fishing and love of the environment to the next generation. To this end we support educational activities for youth such as the Georgia TU Council's Trout Camp, UCCTU's Rizzio Clinic for boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 15, and instruction for Boy Scouts to earn the Fly Fishing Merit Badge. Several local schools benefit from our Trout-in-the-Classroom Program, which enables students to learn math, biology, chemistry and environmental science topics while watching trout grow from eggs to fingerlings. Seeing the expressions on students' faces as they release fingerlings into local waters is a truly memorable experience.
UCCTU offers a wide variety of ways for individuals to make a lasting contribution to protecting and preserving coldwater fisheries. If you have an interest in helping with these efforts, or if you would like to learn more about fly fishing local waters, I would encourage you to join us at our monthly meetings and participate in our activities.
Hope to see you soon.
Connor Reynolds
President, Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited


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What up buttercups! I wanted to share with you a look I sported over the weekend. Just a little something something I put together for a Sunday afternoon running errands. Husband and I normally check off our "Honey Do" list on Sundays. We live in a predominantly religious area so everyone is out in full force Saturdays which leaves Sundays empty. It's like a ghost town, so we take full advantage of the lack of people. Your pick of tables for brunch and your favorite seat at the movies, score!
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Ana Beatriz Barros is a Brazilian model.She was born in a small town of Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her parents are Sônia and Reinato Barros. Barros father was a mechanic engineer and her mother was a house wife.She has two sisters, Patricia and alu. Ana Beatriz Barros is the youngest among the three.
She is one of the most successful Brazilian supermodels. She has done advertisements for Guess?, Bebe, Victoria's Secret, Chanel cosmetics, and Jennifer Lopez's JLo fashion line.
Ana Beatriz currently resides in New York. She formerly dated British model James Rousseau, and art gallery owner Helly Nahmad, whom she dated for 4 years. She is best friends with fellow Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio. She was named #96 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" supplement in 2006.
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Do you wish you could spend the holidays on the snow-covered hills of a Winter Wonderland? This Calm Snowland Happy New Year card may not be quite the same, but it is still a great way to send your holiday wishes this season! The background shows a star-filled sky and snow-covered hills as a calm snow falls. Say "Happy New Year 2020" to your loved ones with this beautiful and charming card!
If winter is your favorite season and you love the sight of the sun rising over a snow-covered field, you'll love this Happy New Year card. A snow-covered field meets the edge of an evergreen forest as the sun rises during a gentle snowfall. Send your holiday wishes by saying, "Happy New Year - Wishing you a wonderful new year!" This charming New Year card will be appreciated by all!
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Just like the dawning of a new day is special in its own way, the dawn of a brand new year is a special occasion. This Happy New Year card showcases the breathtaking beauty of a mountain sunrise during winter. Snow-covered hills and mountains, filled with snow-crusted evergreens, are lit by the gentle light and colors of sunrise. The "Wish you a very Happy New Year!" message is a great way to spread holiday cheer this season!


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After winning the Florida primary this week, Mitt Romney celebrated with a call to "fight for the America we love." But will Romney's energy policies preserve that America?
In order to show his passion for the country's natural beauty, Romney is fond of quoting the song "America the Beautiful." Earlier this week, before leading an awkward sing-a-long with a crowd at a retirement center in Florida, he talked about why the song captures the "rivers and mountains" and the "beauty of the land" that made him fall in love with the country.
But under Romney's energy plan — which is to "aggressively develop our oil, our gas, our coal" while denying the very real danger of manmade global warming — that America may not be the same for coming generations.
In celebration of Romney's unique relationship with the environment, here's a video we put together on the candidate's energy policy in song — sung by Romney himself.
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Zoella: Zoe Sugg's book Girl Online becomes fastest-selling debut novel ever
'The first novel by YouTube sensation Zoe Sugg aka Zoella has become the biggest-selling debut ever. The novel, Girl Online, has become the fastest-selling book of 2014 after selling over 78,000 copies in its first week.
'The young adult novel follows the story of Penny, a teenager who blogs about her hidden feelings on friendship, boys and her anxieties.
Billed as "a modern day Notting Hill for teens", the story follows the 15-year-old's relationship with a US pop star that goes viral as her anonymous blog is exposed to the world…'
Novelist Isabel Allende on Her Literary Career and Memories of Chile During the CIA-Backed Coup
'In a holiday special, we spend the hour with Isabel Allende, one of Latin America's and the United States' greatest novelists. Just this week she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Allende is the author of 20 books, including "The House of the Spirits," "Paula" and "Daughter of Fortune." Her latest is a mystery novel titled "Ripper." Her books have been translated into 35 languages, sold close to 60 million copies around the world. Allende now lives in California, but she was born in Peru in 1942 and traveled the world as the daughter of a Chilean diplomat. Her father's first cousin was Salvador Allende, Chile's president from 1970 until Sept. 11, 1973, when Augusto Pinochet seized power in a CIA-backed military coup. Salvador Allende died in the palace that day. Isabel Allende would later flee from her native Chile to Venezuela. In April, Amy Goodman conducted a public interview with Isabel Allende at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas in New York shortly after the publication of "Ripper." In this wide-ranging conversation, Allende discusses her literary career and her memories of Chile before and during the coup…'
From Apathetic Software Programmer to Award-Winning Hong Kong Citizen Journalist
'He is a post-80s computer engineer who loves computer games, football and dating girls. However, his ideas and his life have changed tremendously in 2014. Enter 511 in any search engine and you find his name—Chan Chak To. He is one of the 511 people arrested on July 2 for taking part in an action of civil disobedience.
'On the evening of the arrest, Chan recorded in detail his frontline experience—from the moment he was arrested and taken onto a tourist bus, to what he encountered at the Hong Kong Police College in Wong Chuk Han where he was detained, up until the moment of his release. His article is full of humor, but sincere. The readers are transported to the very scene of the protest and are able to comprehend, from a closer distance and from a more realistic angle, how it all started. Chan's article has won Best Journalism in Hong Kong In-Media's E-Citizens Award. The day the article was published, it went viral online. It was a surprise for Chan…'


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Weekly rail service yields 70% CO2 reduction
Rotterdam, 17 November 2016 – Cool Rail, which was launched last week, is a new rail link for fresh produce between Spain and northwest Europe. Each week, Cool Rail will transport fresh produce, including oranges, broccoli and lettuce, from Valencia to the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. This new link will enable fresh produce to reach consumers faster and will reduce CO2 remissions by more than 70%. Cool Rail is an initiative of various parties from the retail, logistics and fruit and vegetable industry.
Spain is a major trading partner for the import of fresh produce. During the winter season, produce such as oranges is transported weekly in bulk to northwest Europe by road. A major incentive for the initiators Bakker Barendrecht, Euro Pool System and the Port of Rotterdam was a way of making transport from Spain more sustainable. Cool Rail, an intermodal link between Valencia and Rotterdam, was developed together with consultants Mercator Novus. Participants from the industry -- Albert Heijn, Bakker Barendrecht, Colruyt Group, Edeka Fruchtkontor Valencia, Euro Pool System, Plus Retail, Sligro, Smeding and Visbeen Transport – joined forces to put the idea into practice.
Cool Rail offers a more sustainable alternative to road transport, providing a CO2 reduction of more than 70%. The rail link is aimed at the specific needs and requirements of fresh produce: fast, reliable and conditioned. Transfesa (part of DB Schenker) will operate the rail link between the Almussafes, Valencia (Spain) and CTS Cologne (Germany) railway terminals. During the recently launched first phase, transport from Cologne (Germany) to the final destinations will still be by road. Starting next year, the journey will be linked to Rotterdam by rail, with the goal being to increase the frequency from twice a week to five times weekly. To achieve this aim, other parties are being invited to join the Cool Rail initiative.
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Dearing, J. A. and Dann, R. J. L. and Hay, K. and Lees, J. A. and Loveland, P. J. and Maher, Barbara A. and O'Grady, K. (1996) Frequency-dependent susceptibility measurements of environmental materials. Geophysical Journal International, 124 (1). pp. 228-240. ISSN 1365-246XFull text not available from this repository.
The theory, measurement and interpretation of frequency-dependent susceptibility (Xfd) are examined. A new model is proposed which explains Xfd in terms of the behaviour of all superparamagnetic grains (SP) with diameters between 0 and ~0.03 um. The model predicts maximum Xfd percentage values of 14-17 per cent for spherical SP ferrimagnetic grains in the grain size range 0.01-0.025 um, and a maximum value of 10-12 per cent for grain assemblages spanning a wider range of grain sizes (0-0.03 um). Synthetic and experimental data support the model predictions in terms of both maximum Xfd percentage values and the relationship between Xfd percentage and mass specific Xfd, which exhibits an envelope of data points partly related to grain size distributions within the SP range. When the Xfd percentage is at a maximum, the mass specific Xfd term can be used to estimate the concentration of SP grains in a sample. Lower values of Xfd percentage in soils are caused by the presence of narrow distributions of ultrafine SP grains, frequency-independent stable single and multi-domain ferrimagnetic grains. Some soils with low susceptibilities may have low Xfd percentages because of an appreciable content of paramagnetic and canted antiferromagnetic minerals. A simple mixing model predicts proportions of SP grains in mixed grain assemblages, but model validation requiring further characterization of grain interaction and grain size distributions is needed before it can be applied to environmental data.
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Pitman Expands Range with Introduction of Office & Industrial Products
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
TOTOWA, NJ, June 17, 2002 -- Pitman Company, the leading independent North American graphic arts supplier, has announced the expansion of its product offerings to include a major new line of office/industrial products that comprises over 27,000 different items. With the launch of the new line, Pitman now provides its customers with the largest catalog offering of such products in the printing industry through an alliance with a leading national wholesale distributor of office products and industrial supplies. Pitman is making available a comprehensive office supplies catalog containing all 27,000 products, as well as a separate catalog of 3,300 high-demand items that displays the lowest discounted prices, eliminating the need for time-consuming price callbacks. The entire new product portfolio also is available online 24/7 from Pitman's PrintNation Division (www.printnation.com), the world's largest online printing and equipment supplies store. Now Pitman customers who have been using PrintNation to order printing supplies and equipment can use the website to order office products and industrial supplies as well. The PrintNation website may also be used by non-customers to make credit card purchases. In addition, Pitman also offers access to its unique CPA (Customer Purchase Analysis) program that enables customers to turn purchase information into planning insight. Available exclusively from Pitman, CPA allows customers to process their purchase data for display in tables and graphs that provide decision-making input to develop optimal purchasing strategies. By adding specific general ledger account codes, customers can also import the data into any accounting solution, eliminating data re-entry. Steve Raboin, Chief Operating Officer of Pitman Company, noted, "By expanding Pitman's business model to include office products and industrial supplies, we have advanced to an important new milestone in the company's strategy to provide our customers a wider gamut of product and service options that is unparalleled in the industry." Barry Budwit, Director of New Business Development for Pitman, observed, "Our product catalog, PrintNation and CPA make it extremely easy to do business with Pitman, and customers can realize the benefits of single-source purchasing from a business partner they know and trust. No other supplier offers such powerful business tools to help customers manage their business transactions."


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Serenbe: A Hidden Gem for Horse Lovers
The road is long and winding, but the destination is worth the drive.
Serenbe Farms, located in Palmetto, Georgia is best known for its farmers market, but they offer a wide variety of activities for all ages. Recently, my husband and I met up with our younger daughter and a couple of her friends to try out the riding stables.
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Spring is here at Stewart Park! A little bit of sun is all I need to make me feel that the long days of winter and behind us, well, we can live in hope!
Spring always makes me want to look forward and I long to visit every garden centre in the known universe. You see, I am totally addicted to buying seeds, I make any excuse to abandon the family and go to do a little seed shopping, or as I like to call it "research". The brightly coloured packets make promises of Horticultural Heaven that I quite simply can not resist. After all these years of growing bedding in their thousands I am still amazed that these tiny specks of insignificant dust, that come out of these packets, when given light, water and warmth, wonderful plants emerge like household items from Mary Poppins carpet bag. Nature is truly amazing.


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St. Brigid Baptist Church is a church in Grand Theft Auto V located on Paleto Boulevard in Paleto Bay, Blaine County.
Little information is known about the church, other than the fact that its reverend is called R. Goodfellow and the noticeboard outside the church states that it is closed on Sundays. The church bell chimes every hour, even though the church itself does not have a clock.
The church is most likely based on the Piru United Methodist Church. It is very similar in design to the Hill Valley Church network, which is also based on the Piru United Methodist Church.
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The church in plays a small role in one of the random events, when the player has to drive a man to his own wedding held at the church.
- As of patch 1.31, there is a glitch where a grave next to the church is a hole in the map. If the player moves into it, they will fall under the map, where they will eventually be teleported back nearby.
- The church's name is also located on the Hill Valley Churches in Great Chaparral and Pacific Bluffs. This is likely a developer's oversight, as the two churches have the exact same structure, just with different colored roofs. The texture on the Pacific Bluffs church is actually backwards on the windows above the doors [1].
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Kenya's world half marathon champions Gladys Cherono and Geoffrey Kipsang will start as favourites for the 15th edition of the Bogota International Half Marathon on Sunday (27).
Both runners have won in the Colombian capital before. Kipsang took the honours last year when he won in 1:03:46 and Cherono triumphed in 2012 in 1:13:34.
However, neither runner owns the course record, despite both possessing impressive personal bests of 58:54 and 1:06:48 respectively.
The course records are held by a pair of their compatriots. Geoffrey Mutai ran 1:02:20 on the testing course in 2011 while Susan Chepkemei clocked 1:10:29 in the third edition of the race back in 2003, a time which has not been seriously approached since. By comparison, the next-best women's winning time is 1:12:24 by Priscah Jeptoo last year.
It's another Jeptoo, three-time Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo, who has a best of 1:06:27, who might be the biggest rival to Cherono.
Other top names in the women's field are the Ethiopian duo of Gelete Burka and Mare Dibaba, the former making her debut over the distance while the latter has a best of 1:07:13.
Among the athletes trying to stop Kipsang from successfully defending his title are Eritrea's Nguse Tesfaldet, who has a best of 59:39.
Other Kenyans on the start line include the 2014 Tokyo Marathon champion Dickson Chumba, who has a best of 1:00:39, and his compatriot Sylas Chebogel, who has run 1:00:17.
The best Ethiopian in the men's race is Tilahun Regassa, who has a best of 59:19 from 2010 but who has not been in that sort of form in the past 12 months.
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2018 06 28 AC Minute.pdf
1 - Sederunt and Declaration of Members' Interests
2A - Statement on Equalities
Consider, and if so decided, adopt the following:- "In line with the its
legal duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, the Council, in
making decisions on the attached reports, shall have due regard to the need
(i) eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation;
(ii) advance equality of opportunity between those who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it; and
(iii) foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it."
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2B - Exempt Information
Consider, and if so decided, adopt the following resolution:- "That under Section 50A (4) and (5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as amended, the public and media representatives be excluded from the meeting for Item 12 of the business below, on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information of the classes described in the relevant Paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act."
3 - Minute of Meeting of Aberdeenshire Council of 26 April, 2018
03 180426 Draft Minute.pdf
4 - Planning Enforcement Gypsy/Traveller Site at North Esk, St Cyrus - Update Report.
04 North Esk FINAL.pdf
5 - Financial Year End Position 2017/18
05 Financial Year End Position 2017-18.pdf
6 - Non HRA Capital Budget 2017/2018 Final Monitoring Report
06 Non HRA Capital 2017-18 Final Outturn.pdf
7 - Edinburgh Schools Structural Issues – Aberdeenshire Council Update
07 Edinburgh Inquiry - Response FINAL.pdf
8 - Composition of Committees
08 Composition of Committeesv FINAL.pdf
9 - Review of the Scheme of Governance
09 Review of Scheme of Governance Report to Full Council.pdf
10 - Chief Social Work Officer
10 CSWO.pdf
11 - Written Question
11 Written Question.pdf
(EXEMPT) 12 - Ballater Station Reinstatement
13 - Notice of Motion - In terms of Standing Order 4.2.4 at the request of the proposer, any Notice of Motion ruled inadmissible will be included on the agenda with the reasons for inadmissibility subject to any modification considered necessary by the Monitoring Officer. This is noted below
Notice of Motion by Councillor Paul Johnston
"This Council does not support building a dual carriageway on Bennachie"
Reason for inadmissibility –
At its meeting on 26th April, Full Council considered a report titled "A96 Aberdeen to Inverness Dualling Position Statement" and agreed a Position Statement for submission to Transport Scotland and its consultants. Standing Orders provide that no motion which seeks to alter or revoke a previous decision of Full Council will be considered within a period of 6 months of the original decision unless the Provost on the advice of the Monitoring Officer is satisfied that the previous decision can no longer be implemented or its effect has been substantially altered by subsequent circumstances. Since those circumstances have not been met, the proposed Notice of Motion is inadmissible.
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Purchase, NY – The United States Merchant Marine Academy Mariners wouldn't let torrential rains and the threat of tornados stop them from running away with the Purchase College Invitational victory on Saturday afternoon.
Merchant Marine finished first out of seven teams. In a field which featured Purchase College, FDU-Florham, CIA, Sarah Lawrence, Albertus Magnus, and NYU-Poly, the Mariners ran away with the meet placing in the first 12 spots.
Scoring 15 points, (a perfect score) the next closest team was CIA with 78 points. Even in the wettest and sloppiest of conditions USMMA's top five runners all finished the 8K course in less than 30 minutes.
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"We really worked on running in groups as a team," said Head Coach Greg Lott. "The guys pushed each other well. If they can run like this throughout the season, they'll see a great deal of success.
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Travel planning can be stressful. Where should we go? What's the exchange rate? Is my passport still valid? Where is my passport? And then there's the question of how to get there and where to stay. How far out should I book my flight? When will I get the best deal? Am I getting ripped off?
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Opting Out of Testing: A Befuddling Mix of State Rules
Spring testing season has officially begun, and in 2015, that can only mean one thing: another injection of fuel into the fire of assessment opt-outs.
We have three exhibits to offer you this morning: The New York Times examines the wave of testing opt-out activity nationwide. The Associated Press reports that thousands of students in New Mexico are using social media to organize a test boycott. And Pennsylvania's Patriot News continues to roll out a series of stories on anti-testing sentiment in the Keystone State.
Even as assessment pushback grows, however, the state of the law on the right to boycott tests isn't as clear as you'd expect. The Education Commission of the States, a research group based in Denver, took on the thorny question of what's permitted, and found a confusing assortment of laws and policies, and a whole lot of even-more-confusing silence on the question on opting out.
In a new white paper, the ECS found that only a handful of states have clear laws one way or the other on whether parents can keep their children out of state-mandated tests. But in most states, there is no law on the subject, or the law isn't clear. In such murky terrain, some state departments of education have clarified their policies on opt-outs, but others "are often silent on the issue," the ECS says.
Activists have plunged into that gap. United Opt Out, which has helped organize testing boycotts in a number of states, has issued guidance to help parents mount arguments against schools that resist their attempts to keep their children out of testing. FairTest has built a page of resources for parents and students who wish to opt out.
The ECS paper makes it clear that in many states, the law books are not the place to look for clarity on the question of whether parents can excuse their children from state testing. Few states have clear laws on that issue, but California and Utah do: they allow opt-outs. Texas and Arkansas have laws, too, but they tilt the other way: they forbid opt-outs.
More often, the question is addressed by state departments of education, when it's addressed at all. The ECS report cites Michigan and Minnesota as examples of states that don't have laws on opting out but have issued statements on their policies.
The cloudiness of the law on parent opt-outs seems to have galvanized state lawmakers. The ECS paper highlights legislative activity in a number of states on this question. One way or the other, there could well be more clarity on this hot-button topic by the end of the year.


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The Sacramento Kings say the "Farm To Fork" movement will be a big part of the meals served at the new arena downtown.
The Kings say 90-percent of the food served at the new arena will come from within 150-mile radius of Sacramento.
Michael Tuohy of LowBrau and Block Butcher Bar will serve as the arena's executive chef. He says there is a lot of work to do in preparation for the arena's opening night.
"The time for me to come on board is really now to start laying the groundwork for designing the kitchen, finalizing the plans for that, laying out the operations for the type of restaurants that are going to be in there, and then really sourcing all the products, which is what I do. I'm local and I know all the local farms and where to find everything. That's what I do... besides cook."
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|Re: [stp-dev] Is this the FINAL STP build for Helios?
Oisin Hurley a écrit :I just re tested. Now, http://download.eclipse.org/stp/updates/helios/ works well.Guys - those web addresses are p2 sites, not web pages. There is no index page for humans, although if you would like one then by all means go ahead and add one in there! :)
So - just paste those URLs into your Install New Software update mechanism in the IDE.
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