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Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, why did you have to come out of hiding? I was enjoying the moments of peace and quiet since you went back to Alaska. But, lo and behold, the silence is broken. You wrote a book, which you are now promoting. Le Sigh.
Okay, I'm done . . . for the moment. Go here, read the article on cnn.com and then hop back over for my deep, intellectual thoughts and insights on . . . sexism according to The Rogue!
Basically, Newsweek's cover shows Sarah Palin in a running outfit. Mrs. Palin believes that the photo is sexist.
Okay, I'll bite . . . why??
I have no clue why. Personally, if she thought the running outfit was sexist, why was she wearing it in the first place? I mean, seriously. She put the outfit on. She had no problem wearing the outfit for a photo shoot with a running magazine, and yet when another magazine puts said picture on their cover . . . it's sexist.
Yeah, the logic escapes me as well.
If the outfit is sexist on Newsweek shouldn't it be considered sexist on Runners World? Does context really matter in this instance?
Of course it doesn't.
Don't you like how I keep answering my own questions???
I guess Mrs. Palin has nothing better to do than attempt to draw as much attention to herself on her book promotion tour . . . .hhhmmmmm, is that the smell of strategy??? Oh, I get it, do whatever you can to get on the news so you can mention your book. Ahhh, I'll have to remember that one in the near future.
Well, at least Mrs. Palin is good inspiration for this blog.
I do have some advice for Mrs. Palin: if you don't want pictures of yourself, in a shorty-short-short running outfit that some (namely yourself) consider sexist, then I wouldn't pose in the outfit in the first place. I'm just saying . . .
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin & Sexism
Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, why did you have to come out of hiding? I was enjoying the moments of peace and quiet since you went back to Alaska. But, lo and behold, the silence is broken. You wrote a book, which you are now promoting. Le Sigh.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
The Smartest Thing
So, the GOP won a few elections. Woo-hoo!
It's too bad that the winners of those elections aren't going to do anything different than any other politician does when they win the election. They are not going to fulfill their campaign promises. They are not going to try to effect change. They are going to continue the stagnation of the political spectrum and crush the hopes and dreams of the people who elected them into office.
My main question here: Why are you a Democrat/Republican?
I can answer that question for the majority of people: You are a Democrat/Republican because your parents were, your grandparents were, your great-grandparents were and down through the generations to the founding of America.
Probably 85% of the time people don't choose their political party, it is chosen for them by their parents.
Well, let me tell you, the smartest thing (like how I tied in the title of the post) my parents ever did was . . . let us choose our own political affiliation.
My parents never once, never, while we were growing up, discussed politics with us. Not. Once. By the time I turned 18 and could register to vote . . . I had no clue to my parents' political affiliation. Not! A! Clue!
My parents believed in their children enough to let them decide things on their own without providing undue influence.
Now, if I'd asked, I'm sure Mom or Dad might have said well, we're . . . Then again, they might have said well, you need to make this decision on your own, based on your feelings, and not ours. I'd really like to think they'd go with that option. In fact, they did go with that option by not influencing me at all.
They did that with a lot of other things as well.
My siblings and I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. My parents were from the South. My siblings and I never knew our parents were prejudice until we were all grown, out of the house, and had our own lives?
Well, because being highly intelligent individuals, my parents didn't enforce their belief systems on their children. They didn't enforce their religious beliefs, their political beliefs, or anything on us. They let us make our own decisions, and some mistakes as well . . . and learn from those decisions, and the mistakes. Oh, and trust me, my political affiliation wasn't one of the mistakes. The perm in the 90s . . . yeah, that was a mistake!
The sad thing with our current political system, and the voters electing these people into office - the majority of them probably have no clue why they are voting Republican/Democrat. They're just like lemmings - following the leader off the cliff to their ultimate death.
Just because a person's parents vote Republican/Democrat, doesn't mean said person has to vote the same way. Unfortunately, too few people realize this truly amazing fact of life.
So, the GOP wins some, the Democrats win some, each side claims VICTORY and yet, there is no victory because the American people are the ones who suffer because the politicians all go in to office with an agenda that has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the promises they made to get elected in the first place. I'm just saying . . .
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Mango Kheer / Mango Payasam
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes
Serves: 4
- Mango, ripe – 1
- Raw rice – 1/4 cup
- Milk – 3 cups
- Sugar – 1/2 cup
- Condensed milk – 1/4 cup
- Cardamom – 2
- Cashew nuts – 10
- Raisins – 10
- Ghee – 2 tsp
Wash rice and soak for 10 minutes. Pressure cook with 1 cup of milk for 3 whistles.
Peel the mango and cube the fruit. Grind the mango cubes to a fine pulp.
In a sauce pan bring the remaining 2 cups milk to a boil and cook till it is reduced to 1-1/2 cups.
Add the mango puree, boiled rice, condensed milk, sugar, crushed cardamom and stir for 3-4 minutes.
Heat a pan with ghee. Add the cashew nuts, raisins and roast over low flame till it becomes golden brown in color.
Pour this over the kheer and take off fire.
Serve it either hot or cold. Tastes best when served cold.
- Do not use slightly sour tasting mangoes like "Rumani". If you do the kheer will curdle.
- Banganapalli, Imam pasand, Alphonso works best for this kheer.
- As I used organic farm mango, I did not use saffron strands to add more color for the kheer.
- You can also use sago instead of rice while making this kheer.
- In case you do not have condensed milk, increase the sugar by another 1/4 cup.
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New Ash Cloud Heads for Britain
Flights in Scotland have been cancelled by a regional airline as volcanic ash continues to head towards the UK.
Loganair, based at Glasgow airport, has cancelled 36 flights on Tuesday as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) warns that disruption cannot be ruled out.
Analysts expect the ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano to reach Scotland and Northern Ireland by Monday evening.
The event comes a year after ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano spread across Europe, causing huge disruption.
'Better prepared'
Andrew Haines, chief executive of the CAA, said: "Our number one priority is to ensure the safety of people both onboard aircraft and on the ground.
"We can't rule out disruption, but the new arrangements that have been put in place since last year's ash cloud mean the aviation sector is better prepared and will help to reduce any disruption in the event that volcanic ash affects UK airspace."
A Loganair spokesman said Met Office forecasts indicated that a high density of ash would be present in large parts of Scottish airspace throughout Tuesday, clearing into Wednesday morning.
It has cancelled almost all flights on Tuesday and advised customers due to travel to contact them to rearrange flights. Only inter-island routes in Orkney are unaffected.
The UK's air traffic control service, Nats, said volcanic ash was forecast to affect parts of Scotland between 1800 BST and midnight on Monday.
Services may be affected from Barra, Benbecula and Tiree.
The Met Office, which runs Europe's Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre, earlier said there was a possibility of ash moving across the UK towards the end of the week.
But a spokesman said the weather was much more changeable than at the time of last year's eruption and there was a lot more uncertainty.
The CAA said ash levels would be graded as low, medium or high, and airlines would be notified if levels reached medium or high.
Airlines would then consider whether to fly, according to risk assessments already carried out, the CAA added.
Easyjet trial new technology to detect Ash Clouds
NEW technology that could minimise future disruption to planes from volcanic ash was unveiled today by budget airline easyJet. The carrier will be the first airline to trial a new "weather radar for ash" system called AVOID (Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and Detector).
The system involves placing infrared technology on to an aircraft to supply images to both the pilots and an airline's flight control centre.
These images will enable pilots to see an ash cloud up to 62 miles (100 kilometres) ahead of the aircraft and at altitudes between 5,000ft and 50,000ft.
This will allow pilots to make adjustments to the plane's flight path to avoid any ash cloud.
Millions of passengers had their travel plans wrecked when airlines had to scrap thousands of flights in recent weeks due to Icelandic volcanic ash.
New Iceland Volcanic Ash Cloud Flight Restrictions – See Satellite image of dust coverate
Many UK airports are closed until at least 0100 BST on Monday because of volcanic ash from Iceland, with more disruption likely over coming days.
Manchester, Liverpool, East Midlands, Birmingham, Teesside, Norwich and Doncaster airports are among those closed in England.
Airports in Northern Ireland, Prestwick near Glasgow, some Scottish islands and the Isle of Man are also affected.
London airports are open. Travellers are urged to check with their airline.
The air traffic authority Nats said the Civil Aviation Authority had been forced to extend a no-fly zone imposed earlier on Sunday after the ash cloud had spread further south.
In England, other airports inside the no-fly zone include Humberside, Leeds Bradford, Blackpool, Sheffield, Doncaster and Carlisle.
In Wales, Caernarfon is the only airport affected.
All three Northern Ireland airports - Belfast International, George Best Belfast City Airport and City of Derry Airport - have also been shut.
Iceland Volcanic Ash Cloud Shuts Spanish Airports
Spain has closed 15 airports as a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifts south over Western Europe.
National airport management agency Aena said nine airports closed early on Saturday and six more shut from 1200 local time (1000 GMT).
The restrictions would be in place until at least 1800, Aena said
Most flights between Europe and North America are being diverted because of the ash cloud's latest drifting, officials at Eurocontrol said.
Flights are being rerouted north and south of the 1,200 mile (2,000km) long cloud.
On average, 600 airliners make the Atlantic crossing every day, correspondents say.
Aena said the airports affected were Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Zaragoza, Pamplona, La Rioja, Santiago, La Coruna, Vigo, Asturias, Santander, Leon, Valladolid, Burgos and Salamanca.
Eurocontrol, the agency that co-ordinates aviation safety in Europe, said airports were also expected to close in northern Portugal and parts of southern France.
In the UK, some flights to Spain were being affected.
At London Stansted, 22 Ryanair flights to the Canary Islands, mainland Spain and Portugal were cancelled, along with three EasyJet flights.
Flights from Gatwick to Portugal, Alicante and Madrid were cancelled and at Heathrow some flights to La Coruna in northern Spain were also grounded.
Last month, thousands of travellers were stranded after ash shut down airspace across Europe.
Recent images have shown activity in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano intensifying.
Experts at the UK's Met Office said it was sending ash up to heights of 30,000 ft (9,100m).
Flights across Ireland and parts of the UK were disrupted earlier this week.
New Iceland Volcanic Ash Cloud Image Shows UK Coverage
The ash is back. Fresh volcanic activity under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland has resulted in a fresh ash plume being pushed about 5.5km (18,000ft) into the air.


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French Presidential Campaign: Partie 4
Part 1 can be found here – click.
Part 2 can be found here – click.
Part 3 can be found here – click.
How are citizens supposed to detect fake news when the real news is so bizarre? How did Karim Cheurfi, born 31 December 1977 à Livry-Gargan (Seine-St. Denis outskirts of Paris) achieve his lifetime dream of killing a policeman despite the "vigilance" of the courts and law enforcement? How did he manage to do it on the Champs Elysées smack in the middle of the final all- candidate show of a problematical presidential campaign? How could this emblematic attack not influence the results of the first-round vote on April 23rd?
The final 11-candidate show
Because several of the leading candidates refused to participate in a last-minute debate, France 2 organized an 11-piece candidate show on the 21st of April. Expecting a routine replay of all that had gone before, bottom-heavy with the obligatory presence of all 11 candidates, I faced up to my self-imposed obligation to miss nothing, follow everything, dig everywhere, and think uninterruptedly.
In fact, it was more interesting than the "debates" that channel candidates into one-minute statements on contrived questions. In the close up 15-minute segments with each candidate in turn, hosts David Pujadas and Lea Salomé were less intrusive, the candidates were more expansive, and….one hour into the broadcast, Pujadas announced the "terrorist attack" on the Champs Elysées. Yes, from the first flash, authorities labeled the attack with the code word terrorist meaning jihad. From that point on, candidates integrated into their 15-minute slot a spontaneous reaction to the breaking news. I reported details as they emerged in updates to Part 3 of this series.
As the broadcast came to an end, all 11 candidates lined up in the studio and gave 2-minute closing statements. With the exception of Marine Le Pen and François Fillon, they were incapable of integrating the sudden intervention of harsh reality. After a brief expression of condolence for the family of the slain policeman and wishes for the prompt recovery of his wounded colleagues, they each delivered the vote-for-me speech they had prepared in advance. Le Pen, Fillon, and Macron announced cancellation of events scheduled for the following day, Friday, the last day of the campaign.
Special Edition (= Breaking News)
Midnight. Switch to the Champs Elysées, thick with police vans and flashing blue lights, reminding me of the scene on bd. Beaumarchais on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. As if the central nervous system of Paris were emitting an alert of immediate massive danger. Details emerged, some confirmed others corrected the following day. A policeman died instantly, shot in the head as he sat at the wheel of his van. Another critically wounded, a third less seriously hit. The assailant shot dead before he could kill anyone else. Already identified, his ID is in the Audi he drove up to his private little killing field. For the purposes of the investigation, his name would not yet be released. Daesh took claim for the attack but something doesn't fit, they identify the soldier as Belgian. Is there another one on the way?
Morning after
The previous arrest of two jihad hopefuls ready to strike in Marseille did not get the attention it deserved. This studied avoidance is a familiar practice of French media. We know the reasoning: uh-oh terrorist attack, might be to the advantage of Le Pen and Fillon and disadvantage peace & love Macron, so let's not talk about it. Kamil Cheurfi's exploit could not be ignored. Especially as details of the determined cop killer's CV rolled out. He spent 14 of the past 16 years in jail. It started in 2001 when the stolen car he was driving collided with a vehicle driven by a rookie policeman and his brother. Cheurfi broke and ran, the two men chased him down and when they got close, he fired, wounding both of them seriously in the chest. While in detention for this crime he tricked a gendarme into entering his cell, grabbed his gun, and shot at him. All three of these victims survived. In 2008 he was charged with assaulting a prison guard and attacking a cellmate in 2009. Authorities recently received an alert from an acquaintance of Cheurfi: he said he wants to kill policemen because they ruined his life. Because they didn't let him get away with the stolen car? Drawing him into a vicious circle?
Friday morning, Marine Le Pen and François Fillon made statements from their respective headquarters. Le Pen was as usual emotional, bombastic, long-winded and all over the place. She solemnly enjoined the government to take immediate measures to seal the frontiers, stop all immigration, deport bi-national terror risks, close radical mosques, a whole program of things it never did and can't do now, two weeks before vacating the premises. She accused the government of doing nothing and claimed she could have done everything. Last night's shooting, the Mohamed Merah massacre, and everything in between would never have happened if she were president. After spending most of her campaign touting ridiculous retrograde isolationist protectionism, she splattered her fire at Islam.
Shortly after Le Pen's speech, François Fillon spoke briefly, soberly, and to the point, rightfully reminding voters that he has been warning about Islamic totalitarianism for years, published a book on the subject as he entered the primary campaign, gave it a prominent role in his program and campaign, and will combat it with an iron fist as president. He emphasized that we must be armed politically, militarily, and ideologically; the aim of this totalitarian movement is to destroy our civilization. He outlined measures that will be taken: control our frontiers, maintain the state of emergency, reinforce the police and military, improve intelligence services, tighten the judicial response to security risks, increase prison capacity, and form a strong coalition to defeat Daesh abroad. Curiously, he includes Iran in this coalition. When he is president, I hope he will give another thought to that one.
The same polls that almost kicked François Fillon into 5th position credited him with 30% the first week after he won his party's nomination. The same journalists and commentators that spent two months rubbing his nose in scandals that wouldn't have caused a ripple 2 years ago, wondered how the terrorism issue had managed to slip out of the campaign only to enter with a bang on the Champs Elysées at the eleventh hour. In fact, every time Fillon had tried to talk about The Issue, they pulled him back to The Scandals. If François Fillon is really polling at 20% someone has to explain where the other 10% of voter intention went. To Marine Le Pen? Nothing can be excluded, but it would be so irrational. No one who is truly on the Right could swallow her Mélenchon-friendly economic program. No one who understands what it means to use political power could believe that Marine Le Pen would be capable of leading a modern nation through international mine fields.
Did the Center-Right inch over to Emmanuel Macron? He intervened at 12:45 with a stiff wooden declaration, so carefully calculated it sounded like it was concocted with social media tools-key words, emotion stickers, reassurance with a capital R. First, he promised to create a task force (in English in the text), and then went into a riff of I'll be relentless in the DEFENSE of your SECURITY, I'll PROTECT you, don't let
FEAR influence your choice, I will bring UNITY with my PROGRESSIVE project, I will transform our society by CULTURE and EDUCATION. He managed to pronounce the words "radical Islam" once without choking. And he got in a swipe at "the one who" (Sarkozy) weakened our intelligence gathering services.
This was followed by an astounding faux pas on the part of the outgoing prime minister. His intervention was so shocking that it produced uninhibited reactions from journalists and invited guests. Whatever their personal preferences, they were simply astonished that Hollande would stoop so low as to send his PM onto the battlefield to shore up the wavering wunderkind Macron. A righteously indignant Cazeneuve denounced the indecency of Marine Le Pen and François Fillon trying to make political hay of a tragic incident on the Champs Elysées.
It is these terrible low moments that should make us grateful for our albeit imperfect democracies: In a dictatorship the prime minister would have sent goons to arrest the two unwanted candidates. Or have them shot then and there.
The short unhappy life of Karim Cheurfi
As is his wont, Paris prosecutor François Molins began his statement to the press Friday afternoon on a philosophical note: this tragic event teaches us humility. Understood as- one attempt foiled, one that slipped through the armor. Then he recited like a Zen monk at a funeral the verified facts of the case. The weapons found in a sports bag in the trunk of the car, including a koran. The weapons found in the killer's lodgings, plus the IT material, plus a prayer rug and koran. (Of course acquaintances said he was not religious, just a loner). His various crimes and convictions. He spent 14 of the past 16 years in prison. Four convictions. Shooting at the rookie policeman in 2001, shooting at the gendarme, attacking his cellmate and, recently, breaking and entering, theft, disorderly conduct… The math is a bit complicated. Apparently released several years before the end of the first 15-year sentence, sentenced to 2 years of prison and 2 years suspended sentence for the latest crime, he was under surveillance while preparing to finally kill policemen.
Maître Jean-Laurent Panier, the lawyer who defended him in the last case, doesn't think his client was religious or radicalized; his problem is psychological. He was a loner. His family tried to help but didn't succeed. Cheurfi's mother, born in Algeria, is divorced from his father and from her second husband, a "Frenchman." The lawyer complains that his client didn't get proper psychiatric treatment while on parole. Maître Panier happened to be on the Champs Elysées Thursday night, not far from N° 102 where Xavier Jugelé the murdered policeman was stationed to protect the Turkish tourist association. Yes, the lawyer had given it a thought-he might have been collateral damage in the shooting. I don't know if he gave it a thought that Xavier Jugelé might be still alive if he hadn't got his client off with a suspended sentence.
Furious grieving law enforcement
Law enforcement is fed up. State of emergency, Nuit Debout, weekly demonstrations against the el Khomri labor reform, targeted by violent anarchists, jihadists, union radicals and misguided kids. Thousands of policemen injured, several almost burned alive, a police couple savagely slaughtered, and now this…
Kamil Cheurfi was briefly detained in February after authorities were alerted to his plans to kill policemen in revenge for what France was doing in Syria. He was reportedly contacting jihadists and trying to procure weapons. His lodgings were searched (he lived in a sort of add-on to his mother's home), some IT material was confiscated, his phone was tapped, he was watched. In the absence of any sign of radicalization, he was released. Though he had spent a month in Algeria from mid-January to mid-February without informing the surveillance officer, he was not sent back to prison.
Dominique Riset of BFM TV read passages from the police report. I don't think he invented it! Asked to explain why he had purchased-via Amazon of course-two hunting knives, a go-pro camera, and a fencing mask, Cheurfi said the knives were to cut fish and the mask was for a carnival disguise. Further, the report states that the ex-convict did say he wanted to kill policemen but did not target any specific policeman by name. There was no evidence whatsoever of any psychiatric problem. The trip to Algeria? He went there to get married. N.B. Mohamed Merah used the same excuse for his extended visits to jihad territory in the Middle East. Nevertheless a new investigation was initiated on March 3rd for "self-radicalization." Nevertheless, he was able to procure weapons and turn the Champs Elysées into one more battleground.
The ineluctable reality of the pollsters
Pollsters, journalists, and commentators spent the day speculating on the eventual influence on voters of the last-minute terrorist attack. They more or less agreed that it might cause a very slight shift here and there, but nothing dramatic. No upset. Pollsters seem to be more sure of themselves than ever. Almost smug. Whatever you think, ladies and gentlemen, we know what will be on the menu Sunday night. You might be trembling with suspense, but we're endowed with the scientific tools of political fortune telling. You had a bash at the outdoor snack & drink with Jean-Luc (Mélenchon) and his Podemos compadre on Friday when the bigshot candidates were cowering in their headquarters but we know your guy is not going to make it to the 2nd round. You think, monsieur 'dame, that François Fillon, having overcome the handicap of Penelopegate and all the etcetera, will ride to victory on the white stallion of his decades of political experience, enjoy your pipe dreams. Sunday night it's going to be Macron and Le Pen. You can throw your big data analysis in the trash file.
Social 1st round
The CGT (Communist labor union) and associates are helping themselves to a "social 1 round" this Saturday, the day before voters go to the polls. Apparently the government authorized the demonstration at Place de la République, despite the state of emergency, despite the fact that law enforcement is stretched thin, despite the risk of violence and vandalism by anarchist fringe elements. They're in the streets with sound systems and slogans, determined "to impose their demands" on candidates and voters combined.
Last week, a modest demonstration by Kabyles yearning for independence went unnoticed. We're fed up, they told me, with that repressive Algerian government. I asked if they get support from any political forces in France. Nothing, they replied. And we are good citizens. We integrate, we support the nation, we obey the law and even if we're Muslim we aren't extremists We live and let live. The Kabyle increasingly insist on the distinction between themselves and Algerians
MEMRI reports that French Salafists are telling Muslims it is haram [forbidden by Islamic law] to vote.
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Bosina Robiola
The Alta Langa is an agricultural region located in the southern part of Piedmont, Italy. This region is famous for Barolo, Barbaresco and Asti wines and also produces a wide variety of wonderful cheeses. Bosina is a small town in the center of the Alta Langa, where this cheese of the same name is produced by hand from milk of the region's lush, green pastures. Bosina (the cheese) is produced from an old recipe using modern equipment. Only 100% natural ingredients are used, without adding preservatives, food dyes, or any artificial additives. Bosina is typically Piedmontese with a scent of the countryside. One bite of this cheese takes you right back to its homeland. It is straw-colored with a white exterior, offering delicate and harmonious flavors and rich fragrances. It is important to eat this cheese at room temperature to experience its full potential.
Made from pasteurized cow and sheep's milk.


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I have created quite a few ornaments this Christmas, and I will show them in the blog, throughout December.
This ornament is created with Lemoncraft's new Christmas collection, Christmas Greetings.
The ornament is 8cm in diameter.
The little tree, is something I got in America last year.
You can find the template for the house in this blogpost. The house has been scaled down to fit the ornament.
I am entering these challenges:
- Deep ocean challenge - Santa is coming to town
- Crafting from the heart
- Hjerteboden - Christmas
- Nordsalten hobbyklubb - Jul med din glede
- Scrappegarasjen - Christmas
- Kortudfordring - Glitre og blinke


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This X Games has been a test of priorities in my life. Showering and date night? Skip when there's something cool. Motorcycle riding lessons and a photoshoot? I'll catch the re-runs. No X Games on-line? I'll find a TV (and I did). However, I still missed all of Ski Slopestyle, as well as the snowmobile racing events, so my last set of notes are a bit sparse. I tried to make up for it by being very thorough on the two events I did see. I would like to send my well wishes to Rose Battersby and Ashley Battersby, both of whom were injured in Slopestyle.
There hasn't been any more news about Caleb Moore. His family has set up a fund to help with medical bills: click here if you'd like to donate.
Snowboard thoughts
- Now that Shaun White has cut his hair, can he really be called "Animal" now?
- All snowboard announcers need a lesson is pronouncing Japanese names. It's Ayumu Hee-rah-no, not Hir-ann-no.
- Poor Iouri Podladtchikov. He gets a stomach flu the day of finals.
- That means, another showdown that never really was. However, we do get a glimpse of the new Shaun White versus Ayumu Hirano rivalry.
- To put things into perspective, Shaun appeared in his first X Games when he was 13, and he got his first medal 15. He's now the oldest competitor. Ayumu is the youngest at 14, which is the age of the students I taught in Japan. My how times have changed.
- Scotty Lago definitely has the best style. He was the only one shown grabbing the board with both hands (100% committed).
- Shaun broke the height record with a 24-foot method. He averaged around 17.5 feet. That's about five feet higher than everyone else. He was also five points ahead. Coincidence? I think not.
From Doug Pensinger/Getty Images (via Sports Illustrated)
- A repeat of his perfect run from from last year got him a 98 even though it was bigger and cleaner. Snowboarding judges are going to have to turn into gymnastics judges and arbitrarily deduct points.
- Louie Vito was having a rough night. His third run looked okay, but it wasn't perfect.
- Ayumu became the youngest medalist in X Games history. He definitely deserved it with his sick tricks and amplitude. I can't wait to see more from this kid.
- As the last rider to go before Shaun White, Scotty looked like he could set up a dramatic finale, but then he came in fast, put too much pressure on his toes, and didn't even get to drop in.
- Shaun was going to let Scotty take another run, but judges say no. Although that's probably the fair things to do, it's a MAJOR bummer.
- I understand why Men's Snowboard SuperPipe is the final event with all the star power, but it's almost a given nowadays that Shaun White is going to win so it makes for an anticlimactic end to the X Games.
Snowmobile thoughts
- Willie Elam needed to work on his flexibility, but he's new to freestyle so the extension and confidence will come in time.
- WTF was Jackson Strong doing there? He apparently had only been on a sled for four hours. I guess he really wanted to stake his claim on the Jack.
- In an ironic twist, Jackson was okay from his fall (which looked really scary), but the runaway snowmobile claimed another victim.
- The key to the underflip is to get sled perpendicular. Despite the his innovation and smooth landing, Heath Frisby scored lower than Daniel Bodin's Indian air flip.
- To be fair, Daniel did have crazy extension and went on the larger jump (which I guess counted for a lot).
From Joshua Duplechian / ESPN Images (via X Games official website)
- Joe Parsons' "gator hater", which looked like an Indian air plus landing backwards on the bike, was insane! I would've given put him in first for the commitment, but maybe the judges docked points for how he barely hung on.
- Heath and Joe were wearing Texas flags in support of Caleb Moore.
- There was a reversal of luck from Day 1's Freestyle contest to Day 4's Best Trick. Levi LaVallee won Freestyle, and the last person who could've unseated him had snowmobile issues from a first run crash. On top of that, Daniel hurt his wrist. Later in the weekend, Levi got hurt and had to pull out of Snocross and Best Trick while Daniel ends up getting gold.
Special recognize goes out to the first ever six-peaters in Winter X history: Tucker Hibbert (Snocross) and Shaun White (Men's Snowboard SuperPipe). Also congratulations to Nick Goepper (Men's Ski Slopestyle), Mike Schultz (Snocross Adaptive), Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen (Women's Ski Slopestyle), Daniel Bodin (Snowmobile Best Trick), and Frank April (Real Snow Fan Favorite) on their wins!
Prediction Status: 5/10 – another improvement from last year even though there are less events
Quote of the Day: "Even though @scottylago fell before the first hit. It was still more stylish than 98% of pipe riding" – Todd Richards' Tweet (It was technically the day after, but it was too good to not share. If you want snarky X Games commentary, follow btoddrichards.)
Trick of the Day: Joe Parsons' gator hater
Inspiration of the Day: Ayumu Hirano – This kid has so much potential, and he's now showing the world.
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Canadian Air and Space Conservancy
(Canadian Air & Space Museum)
--- Former Toronto Aerospace Museum Secures a New Airport Home
November 11, 2018 Toronto, Ont. --- The Trustees of the former Toronto Aerospace Museum are pleased to announce that the Museum's collection is being relocated to its new home at the Edenvale Aerodrome (airport code CNV8), about 100 kilometres northwest of Toronto where it will be organized and displayed in phases.
The Museum society's ownership and control over the collection will remain unchanged and the Museum looks forward to restarting operations under a new name – Canadian Air and Space Conservancy – in 2019.
In 2004, Edenvale Aerodrome was reactivated under the leadership of businessman Milan Kroupa Sr and the airport has established a growing profile in the historic aircraft preservation community. The airport is located in Clearview Township on the south side of Highway 26 E, midway between Barrie and Collingwood and about 15 km south of the Wasaga Beach recreational area.
Founded as the Toronto Aerospace Museum (TAM) in 1996, the non-profit Museum society was created to preserve, restore and showcase the rich air and space heritage of the greater Toronto area, honour our veterans, and inspire a new generation of young Canadians to pursue studies and careers in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Between 1997 and 2011, more than 450,000 visitors and students visited the Museum exhibits and restoration workshops in the historic de Havilland Aircraft of Canada factory established in the Toronto suburb of Downsview in 1929. The Museum hosted many community aviation events, several of which utilized Bombardier-de Havilland's adjacent company runway.
In September 2011, the Museum premises were closed to make way for what has become the Centennial College Downsview Campus. In 2014, the Museum's collection was transferred to storage locations near Lester B. Pearson International Airport, but, despite exhaustive efforts, the search for a new home for the collection proved elusive until today.
These challenges were shared by many Ontario heritage institutions all of which faced shrinking support from the cultural and heritage departments of all levels of government. These circumstances demanded full focus on asset Conservancy as the core mission of the Museum, knowing the unlikelihood of securing viable and stable display space in the short term. Preserving the collection was the paramount objective as many museums in the region simply closed and their underlying collections were lost.
Thanks to the sustained efforts of a small group of volunteers and support from the private sector at critical times, a uniquely valuable part of Ontario's important aviation heritage has been preserved and is now in the process of being reorganized for public display at the Edenvale Aerodrome.
Edenvale has a rich history. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) established the Edenvale airport in 1940 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It was closed in 1946 and the site became a popular drag racing strip in the 1950s. In 1962, the Army established a Cold War communications facility at Edenvale that operated in a secret underground bunker until 1988.
Today Edenvale provides an ideal site to display and grow the Museum's collection, which also includes a full-scale replica of the famous Avro Arrow supersonic interceptor that was built by more than 150 Museum volunteers over an eight-year period. The Museum collection also includes a wealth of Arrow and other A.V. Roe Canada related material and memorabilia.
The community-friendly airport has three runways (up to 4,000 ft in length) and is already home to two aviation heritage groups which host the popular "Gathering of the Classics" fly-in, which attracts hundreds of aircraft and thousands of aviation enthusiasts every August.
The Museum's military aircraft collection includes a wartime RCAF de Havilland DH 82C Tiger Moth trainer, and postwar Canadair CT-133, Canadair CT-114 Tutor and Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer trainers, de Havilland CS-2F Tracker, and Bell CH-136 Kiowa helicopter. Civilian aircraft include a Fleet 80 Canuck, Zenair CH 200 homebuilt and the UFM Easy Riser ultralight flown by "Father Goose" Bill Lishman. It also includes historic archival material and exhibits reflecting major developments in Canada's aviation history, most of which took place in the Ontario region.
Many other historic civilian and military aircraft and related historic material have been offered to the Museum since 2011, and now, with new facilities will be actively considered.
The Museum recognizes that its future success will depend on partnering with similar community and national organizations. Volunteers have worked closely with the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa and the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton. In future, the Museum will make artefacts from the collection available to other like-minded organizations and other venues on a loan or exchange basis, expand its aircraft, artefact and archive collection, and resume aircraft restoration activities once facilities become available.
Since the Museum's primary focus will be collection management, the Museum Society is being rebranded as the Canadian Air and Space Conservancy and a new mandate is being developed. A Volunteer Association is also being re-established and invitations to apply will be circulated in the months ahead.
About the Canadian Air and Space Conservancy
Founded in 1997 as the Toronto Aerospace Museum, the Canadian Air & Space Conservancy collection is being relocated in the winter of 2018 to Edenvale Airport (CNV8), which is 100 kilometers northwest of Toronto. The Museum celebrates the accomplishments of Canadians in aerospace, and Canada's formidable contributions in aeronautical innovation, aircraft manufacturing, military aviation, air transport and the pure joy of flight. At its new home the Museum will proudly tell distinctly Canadian stories of aerospace science and technology and the people who made those innovations possible.
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TORONTO, April 7, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–The second Canadian Live Below the Line campaign, presented by the Micronutrient Initiative, kicks off in three weeks. From April 28 to May 2, 2014, participants will spend only $1.75 per day on all food and drink, the Canadian equivalent of the extreme poverty line. In addition to raising awareness and sparking a national dialogue to change the way Canadians think about extreme poverty, the challenge will raise funds for eight Canadian partner organizations that work to end extreme poverty including Opportunity International, Raising the Village and Ve'ahavta.
From coast to coast, hundreds of Canadians have already joined the challenge with their classmates, colleagues and families. Participants are encouraged to sign up in groups to support one another, pool resources and conduct group grocery shopping trips.
"Spending only $1.75 per day on food and drink is a difficult challenge but one that has a huge impact," says Odette Hutchings, Canadian Campaign Manager, Live Below the Line. "It's about providing a glimpse into the difficult choices approximately 1.2 billion people must make on a daily basis just to survive, and supporting Canadian organizations directly combating extreme poverty. We're calling all Canadians to join us in the challenge, sign up, donate and support – together we can make a huge difference!"
Several celebrities have stepped up to support the Live Below the Line initiative – actress Bridget Moynahan, actor Ennis Esmer, and actress Naomi Snieckus, have all signed on to take the five-day challenge.
"My family is taking the Live Below Line challenge again so we can raise more funds to help end extreme poverty and remind ourselves how incredibly fortunate we are," says past Live Below the Line participant Lee Hayes. "Pooling our money and feeding a family of five on just under $45 was extremely difficult but also illuminating – it sparked a lot of conversation around the dinner table that I know spilled into our kids' school and our workplaces. It was an experience none of us will ever forget."
Global Poverty – The Facts
- It is estimated that 1.2 billion people worldwide currently live in extreme poverty, which in Canada would equate to living on $1.75 per day for all needs.
- 923 million people worldwide are undernourished, and there are more than 9 million deaths related to hunger each year.
- Malnutrition reduces a nation's economic advancement by at least 8% because of direct productivity losses, losses via poorer cognition, and losses via reduced schooling
- Poor nutrition is an underlying cause of nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five – 3.1 million children each year.
- The good news: the incidence of extreme poverty has decreased by more than 50 per cent over the past 30 years – from 52 per cent of the world's population in 1981, to 22 per cent in 2008.
To register and for more information about Live Below the Line, visit www.livebelowtheline.ca. Join the Live Below the Line community on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/lblca), Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/lblca, #belowtheline), and Instagram (http://instagram.com/lblca).
About Live Below the Line Live Below the Line is a campaign created by the Global Poverty Project which challenges people to Live Below the Line for five days, raising funds for and awareness of the 1.2 billion people who live below the line every day. Live Below the Line believes that to tackle extreme poverty, we must first understand it. Live Below the Line gives participants a unique glimpse into the lives of those living in extreme poverty. www.livebelowtheline.ca
The Global Poverty Project The Global Poverty Project is an international education and campaigning organization with the vision of a world without extreme poverty by 2030. The Global Poverty Project works to increase the number and effectiveness of people taking action to end extreme poverty. Most recently, the Global Poverty Project ran the second Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in New York City, headlined by Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys. This festival was attended by 60,000 people, and resulted in 25 policy and financial commitments being made towards ending extreme poverty by 2030. www.globalpovertyproject.com
The Micronutrient Initiative The Micronutrient Initiative (MI) is the leading organization working to eliminate vitamin and mineral or micronutrient deficiencies in the world's most vulnerable populations. MI is internationally acclaimed for its ability to deliver innovative, low-cost, community-based solutions to nutrition-based problems in the developing world. http://www.micronutrientinitiative.org
Source: Live Below the Line, the Global Poverty Project & the Micronutrient Initiative (via BusinessWire)


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In 1976 a youthful fan named Stuart sent John Lennon a six-page list of questions. The former Beatle responded with answers, along with a child-like drawing of a lamb standing on a cloud, saying, "Hi Stuart."
Stuart wanted to know a few things, like what sort of album Lennon was working on. "Until it's been on tape," Lennon replied, "I never know what it will be." He also wondered if the famous musician was writing anything, like perhaps an autobiography. "Yes, I have been writing, but not an autobiography. I've noticed that people tend to DIE after writing their life story."
The young fan included a list of words and names, along with the question: How would you characterize the following figures in one word?
- John: "Great"
- Paul: "Extraordinary"
- George: "Lost"
- Ringo: "Friend"
- Elvis: "Fat"
- Yoko: "Love"
- Howard Cosell: "Hum"
Lennon signed off with, "It was a pleasure, hope ya dig it/John Lennon."
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Night in the Woods Wierd Autumn Edition-RELOADED | Size: 1.43 GB
Description: College dropout Mae Borowski returns home to the crumbling former mining town of Possum Springs seeking to resume her aimless former life and reconnect with the friends she left behind. But things arenât the same. Home seems different now and her friends have grown and changed. Leaves are falling and the wind is growing colder. Strange things are happening as the light fades. And thereâs something in the woods.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world. After a successful Kickstarter itâs being made by Infinite Fall, a teamup of Alec Holowka (Aquaria), Scott Benson (Late Night Work Club), and Bethany Hockenberry.
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Infinite Fall
Publisher: Finji
Release Name: Night.in.the.Woods.Wierd.Autumn.Edition-RELOADED


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Effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020 the Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners have decided to close all County Offices, including the County Courthouse (except for Superior Court), to the public. The phones will be answered by Planning Staff 8am to 5pm. We ask that if you get voice mail, please leave a detailed message and the appropriate staff member will return your call. Please understand that we are doing the best we can during these times. More importantly, please stay home and stay healthy!To reach the Planning Department, please call (509) 773-5703 or 800-765-7239 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Shorelines Master Program Update:
Klickitat County Shorelines Master Plan Update:
May 24, 2019 Progress Report
In response to requests from various stakeholders during 2016 and 2017 workshops and community Open House meetings, the Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners appointed a Technical Advisory Committee/Citizen Advisory Committee (TAC/CAC) in February, 2018. The Board appointed representatives of agriculture, timber, landowners, environmental and other interests. The TAC/CAC met in April, June and September, 2018 to review/discuss comments/information submitted by the public and various agencies. They also reviewed the working draft SMP text, SMP inventory, Gap analysis, Shoreline Analysis Report, Draft Restoration Plan. Most of the discussions focused on: conflicting information submitted by agencies and the public relating to the criteria for designating certain streams/rivers as subject to the Shoreline Management Ac; and the assignment of SEDs (Shoreline Environment Designations) to streams/rivers qualifying as shoreline subject to the Shoreline Management Act. Other issues discussed by the TAC/CAC related to, but were not restricted to public access, setbacks, agriculture, timber management, federal status of some shorelines as "scenic" and general use of shoreline properties.
The TAC/CAC accepted the inventory and SMP technical studies as sufficiently accurate on which to base the working draft SMP; and concluded that comments in response to technical aspects of the SMP had been addressed. The Planning Commission provided the Planning Department staff direction to conduct SEPA (State Environmental Policy Act) and initiate the formal public hearing process which includes distribution of the working draft SMP to the public and agencies for review and comment.
A SEPA determination was issued on April 26, 2019. An appeal to the SEPA threshold determination was received on May 17, 2019. The public hearing that was tentatively scheduled before the Planning Commission on June 17, 2019 in now postponed until further notice.
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Appendix B-Link 1: Preliminary Shorelines Jurisdiction
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Since September 2014, the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) runs a Human Rights Clinic and invites graduate and undergraduate students to develop their knowledge and acquire new skills in relation to projects in Canada and abroad.
The Human Rights Clinic is a project-based initiative that, under the academic guidance of faculty members from the University of Ottawa, aims:
- To strengthen the protection of human rights, by promoting advocacy, research, training and technical assistance emphasizing their effective implementation.
- To foster capacity-building and to provide recommendations to ensure that policy and law have a human rights-based approach.
- To promote research regarding the implementation of human rights standards in Canada and abroad.
Current Projects
- Business and Human Rights in Latin America;
- Canadian Partnership for International Justice;
- United Nations Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers;
- Scholars at Risk in the Americas.
Volunteer opportunities are open to undergraduate and graduate students who will work in an interdisciplinary approach on projects directed by the HRREC.
Past Projects
- Aging in the workplace;
- Handbook on International Standards to Address Crimes of Sexual Violence;
- International Human Rights and Canada Database (IHRCanadaDb): An online platform of Canada's international human rights obligations and commitments. The project covers international legal instruments within the domains of human rights, humanitarian law and criminal law;
- Social Condition as a Prohibited Ground of Discrimination in Canada;
- United Nations Special Rapporteur- Housing Rights;
- Research assistance to the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide on the relationship between land disputes, indigenous peoples and mass atrocities.
Skills Development Workshops
The Centre organizes skills development workshops for the students participating in the Human Rights Clinic. Topics can include mapping exercises, writing techniques and fact-finding methodologies, among others.
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Testimonial - Stephany Caro Mejia
Stephany has been a member of the human rights clinic for over a year and will begin her MA in International Relations at New York University in September: "Participating in the human rights clinic highly enriched my undergraduate experience by offering me the opportunity to gain valuable research experience, collaborate in a supportive group setting, and strengthen my knowledge on my topics of interest such as indigenous peoples, extractive industries, and Latin America. As an undergraduate student, I was able to participate in the research and drafting of the Amicus to the Supreme Court of Mexico - an opportunity that I would not have had otherwise. The human rights clinic quickly became my favorite extracurricular activity and a standout component in my Masters applications. "
Testimonial - Mary Kapron
Being a member of the Extraterritoriality in Latin American Project at the Human Rights Clinic has been an amazing experience. Working as part of a team with other students, faculty members and non-governmental organizations, I have had the opportunity to conduct research and write reports and amicus curiae submissions on a number of current and pressing human rights issues. Not only has this permitted me to gain practical skills in international human rights practise, the projects that I have worked on have had an actual impact on the promotion and protection of human rights as they have been presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court of Mexico. The Human Rights Clinic has inspired me to pursue a career in international human rights law and I will be beginning my LLM at the University of Essex in the fall of 2016.


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Or, the answer to a question I never knew needed answering: Why has there never been a Dave & Buster's location—the hybrid arcade/sports bar entertainment chain—in my home state?
They seem to have them everywhere else! There's at least one in Pennsylvania, which was host to a college senior week event before college graduation at my school. There's also at least one in New York City that can always be encountered when wandering around. I've encountered multiple others when traveling out of state for work. Yet, for their prevalence elsewhere, there has never been one in Jersey.
To make things more baffling, there are actually similar places to it here. For example, I live about ten minutes away from a Bowlmor Lanes, a chain bowling alley with a bar that also has an arcade section. (minor though it may be) It's quite popular, and Dave & Buster's ought to absolutely play well with the same crowd. So what makes Bowlmor different from Dave & Busters, that New Jersey has room for one but apparently not the other?
It's not been for lack of trying. Dave & Buster's has eyed the prospect of setting up shop in Jersey for a long time, but there was always one obstacle in the way of making that happen: Their very existence would have been illegal in the state.
The culprit was a constitutional amendment from 1959 that was made according to the results from a voters' question about whether it should be illegal to ban establishments from holding both a liquor license and an amusement game license. "Amusement games," legally speaking, are games that reward their players with prizes. Casino games, amusingly enough, are not classified under this distinction, perhaps because they directly reward players with money. Rather, the "prizes" in question include things like a stuffed animal that one could win playing carnival games, or—crucial to the topic at hand—tickets, which are awarded from playing games like Skee Ball.
Therein lies the answer to why Jersey could have a Bowlmor Lanes but not a Dave & Buster's. Many of Dave & Buster's games reward tickets which could then be redeemed for prizes; the games available from Bowlmor Lanes do not. Turns out, that distinction makes all the difference; Bowlmor Lanes would not need to obtain an amusement game license, but that is indeed the case for Dave & Buster's, meaning they would need to obtain both liquor and amusement game licenses to operate...which they legally could not do in New Jersey.
Dave & Buster's lobbied for years to change that state of affairs, going back to at least 2013, and they recently got their wish. On November 9, 2015, Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law that carves out an exception from the 1959 liquor and amusement games amendment, which would allow places like Dave & Busters to legally operate with both licenses as long as they fulfill certain square footage and game ownership regulations.
A little more than a year later, the goal of their legal victory may finally be coming to fruition, with the first two Dave & Buster's locations in New Jersey—one in Wayne, the other in Woodbridge—announced as potentially opening up in the last quarter of this year. Enthusiasts of "beer and skee ball" will doubtless rejoice for their arrival.
(seriously, wtf is up with that being a common headline for these stories??)
Personally speaking, I'm largely indifferent to this. Dave & Buster's has been a nice time waster while out traveling, and they could be quite fun with a group of friends or family, but they're not exactly my style. The big reason for that, funnily enough, is precisely the "amusement games" aspect of their venues. Their preference for ticket-rewarding games means that many of their offerings are either high-tech carnival games or arcade versions of mobile games, i.e. the likes of Temple Run, Fruit Ninja, and Flappy Bird. Those are fun, for sure, but they don't engage me as much or as long as more "traditional" arcade games.
That said, though, I also happen to be spoiled silly on the arcade front. I live close to an old-school arcade—namely, the Eight on the Break, a household name in its own right—complete with all of the rhythm and fighting games and fried foods to satisfy my little heart.
Such places are a genuine rarity, however, so it's nonetheless cool on a conceptual level that there may be more arcades coming to the state.
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Human, Economic Impact of Japanese Quake Likely Worse Than Kobe
The Japanese earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis are "expected to inflict more human and physical damage" than the 1995 Kobe earthquake, economists at Barclay's Capital said.
"Based on currently available information, we estimate that damages could exceed 15 trillion Japanese yen (3% of gross domestic product)," they said in a lengthy note circulated Tuesday. The affected area accounts for between 6% and 7% of the overall Japanese economy -- the world's third-largest.
"The economy in the affected region is highly open, which means developments within the region tend to have an impact outside the region and vice versa," economists Kyohei Morita and Yuichiro Nagai wrote. They describe the area affected by the disaster to be a "trading economy," one in which both demand and production are highly dependent on other places, are in contrast to the "exporting economy" of the area hit by the 1995 quake, an area that relies mainly on demand from outside but favors products within its economy for its own consumption.
"This suggests the impact of the latest earthquake (compared with the 1995 earthquake) is more likely to spread to other regions and, by extension, the Japanese economy as a whole."


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OTA Chief Technical Officer
Ron Borsato is responsible for oversight of all OTA activities at PCTEST. He is currently Co-Chair of the CTIA's OTA Working Group and Rapporteur for the 3GPP RAN5 Study Item on UE Application Layer Data Throughput Performance. Ron has supported the CTIA OTA Working Group in the development of the CTIA OTA test plans for SISO and MIMO and has been designated as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for numerous antenna lab and system vendor audits for over 15 years. Prior to PCTEST, Ron has worked for Spirent Communications, Verizon Wireless, Motorola, Lucent Technologies, and Texas Instruments.


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One of Ludwig von Mises's keenest insights was on the cumulative tendency of government intervention. The government, in its wisdom, perceives a problem (and Lord knows, there are always problems!). The government then intervenes to "solve" that problem. But lo and behold! instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to heal, and so on toward socialism.
No industry provides a more dramatic illustration of this malignant process than medical care. We stand at the seemingly inexorable brink of fully socialized medicine, or what is euphemistically called "national health insurance." Physician and hospital prices are high and are always rising rapidly, far beyond general inflation. As a result, the medically uninsured can scarcely pay at all, so that those who are not certifiable claimants for charity or Medicaid are bereft. Hence, the call for national health insurance.
But why are rates high and increasing rapidly? The answer is the very existence of healthcare insurance, which was established or subsidized or promoted by the government to help ease the previous burden of medical care. Medicare, Blue Cross, etc., are also very peculiar forms of "insurance."
Read More: www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/07/how-government-interference-got-started.html?m=1


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PETCO Pet Insurance
If you are like most pet owners, you view your pet as part of your family. As a result, you want your pet to live a long and healthy life. In addition to providing your pet with adequate exercise and a healthy diet, you need to protect your pet in the event of an medical emergency. Regardless of how well you take care of your pet, you can't guarantee that your pet won't be impacted by an injury or serious illness. However, with PETCO pet insurance, if one of these situations arises, you can guarantee that your pet will receive the medical care it needs.
PETCO only recommends one kind of pet insurance. The pet insurance recommended by PETCO is Trupanion. On a basic level, the reason that this is the preferred PETCO pet insurance is because Trupanion provides one simple plan that offers ninety percent coverage and no payout limits. If you are interested in PETCO pet insurance, the requirements for Trupanion are simple. The first requirement is that your pet must be a dog or cat. Next, your pet needs to be at least eight weeks old and less than fourteen years old. Finally, you need to be a resident of the United States and have a current email address.
Since you most likely meet these simple requirements, you are eligible to protect your beloved pet with a PETCO pet insurance plan from Trupanion. With this top of the line pet insurance plan, if your dog is injured or becomes sick, you will be covered for chronic conditions, congenital disorders, diagnostic tests, hereditary disorders, medications, recurring conditions and surgeries. Because the purpose of this pet insurance is to provide you with coverage in the event of a major injury or serious illness, the plan does not cover exam fees or routine care like dental cleanings or regular shots. While the Trupanion plan will cover recurring and chronic conditions, it will not cover conditions that existed prior to enrollment in the program. Also, to receive the maximum benefits from this PETCO recommended pet insurance plan, you need to make sure that your pet is spayed or neutered.
The reason that Trupanion is recommended by PETCO and Consumer Reports is because it provides you with the best pet insurance value for your money. With this plan, you pay a deductible per incident. After you pay the deductible for your pet, the Trupanion pet insurance plan will cover ninety percent of all the associated costs. With this type of pet insurance, there's also no annual or lifetime limit to the coverage and payouts that are provided. Some of the additional features of Trupanion that make it such a highly recommended option for pet insurance are that it allows you to select a custom deductible, choose a premium that's affordable for you and add additional pets to your policy.
If you decide that you want to protect your pet with this PETCO pet insurance, you can easily obtain a free quote from the Trupanion website. To obtain your quote, you will be asked to enter your zip code, pet name and pet age. You will also be asked to choose whether you have a dog or a cat, as well as your pet's breed. As reference for pricing, let's say you wanted to insure a domestic shorthair cat or a labrador retriever dog. Either choice is under one year old, and you live in California in the city of Santa Monica. While you can adjust your premium between $0 and $1,000, your monthly cost for a PETCO pet insurance Trupanion plan with a $100 deductible will be $19.42 for the cat and $32.06 for the dog.


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Chapped: (adj) when lips become cracked, rough, or sore
There was a seventeen-day period back when I was a sophomore in high school, totally possessed by the demon of obsession, when I was completely insane about my lips.
I don't know what caused it.
Early in the year, I had nearly driven myself crazy, fearing that while I was sleeping I would swallow my tongue because I overheard a conversation on the subject. But I was finally convinced that my tongue was attached, and would be unwilling to slither down my throat.
During this seventeen day period, I caught a glimpse of my lips in the mirror–and they seemed huge. They weren't. But my perception had temporarily taken a vacation and left behind a neurosis to care for my brain.
I was convinced that my lips were too large–and since I was raised in a prejudiced Midwest community, I asked my mother if we "had any Negro in our family." (That's what we called people of color at the time–Negroes.)
My mother was not only shocked at the question, but sent me to my room until I could come out and "be a decent fellow."
While I was in my room, I decided to stare at my lips some more. This second viewing caused me to realize that they were not only huge, but they were chapped. I was positive I saw little white flakes trying to surface and take over my mouth.
What was I going to do?
Now please understand–it's not like I was in some relationship with a girl and my lips were in constant demand. But optimist that I was, I thought it could happen soon, or that some young lady might just take a dare and kiss me. In doing so, would she comment on the acreage of my pucker–how dry and cracked it was?
It was the only thing I thought about. I flunked a pop quiz in chemistry class because I sat there the whole time looking at the beakers of fluid displayed against the wall, wondering if there was something in there that would shrink and smooth out my smooch.
As I don't know how it began, I also do not know what ceased this madness.
But after seventeen days, I transferred my strange pursuit of lip shrinkage and mouth softening over to a stretch mark. You see, I found one right underneath my left armpit, barely able to be covered by me squeezing my shoulder tightly against my body.
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The 10km race counter was at 135 for two years so the main goal of yesterday's race was to add another one to get it to 136.
In the end I cruised home and was happy to dip under an hour for the 10km. My time was 58:59 and for me that is just right.
Next up is the 20km Vaal River Trail Race this Sunday at 08:00. Have a great week everyone!


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And God said…
Ten months you carried me
in your precious womb
Now you are carrying me
as your treasured pearl.
Actually He spoke in Tamil.
பத்து மாதம் என்னை
உமக்குள் சுமந்து வந்தீர்
பெற்றெடுத்த செல்வம்
என்னை தாங்குகின்றீர்.
Paththu maadham ennai
umakkul sumanthu vantheer
petreduththa selvam
ennai thaangugindreer.
That's what I heard in my spirit. Since then this tiny nugget is growing bigger and bigger as I keep thinking about it.
First, it's God's message to you!
God wants you to know that He's carrying you just as a Mother carries her child. Right now, you are in the womb of His heart. And He is well able to take care of you.
Second, it's a compliment to mothers.
When I finished working on the picture, I realised that God was paying a compliment to mothers.
Dear mothers and fathers, especially single parents, God wants you to know this today – you are so precious to Him and He is your insurance. Everything is covered.
Just believe and watch Him restore all things.
Third, God is restoring the family.
In proverbs 31, He says, 'Her children arise up, and call her blessed.'
I believe God is going to restore broken relationships in the days to come. A lot of parents are waiting for their lost sons to come back.
They are coming come. They are on their way.
God is working on your behalf. He has sent His angels to protect them. He's pursuing them and He's going to bring them back into your arms.
They will come back to the Father's heart.
They will come back to you and say,
Ten months you carried me
in your precious womb
Now you are carrying me
as your treasured pearl.
They will know God and they will honor you with their love.
The Wild Love of God – Chris DuPre with Sid Roth.
Chris DuPre encounters the love of God that sets him free to love and forgive people in his life.


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San Pedro Square Market Special Event: San Jose Bike Clinic's next Skill Share is on April 24th, 2013 at 7:00pm
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Need help with your flat tire? Chain needs some grease? Something more specific? We will have tools, bike stands, and bike mechanics ready to help you get your bike in riding condition.
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No, it isn't the Three Musketeers or the Three Caballeros (and thankfully, not The Three Stooges). But we will have three outstanding clarinetists on the band stand this month. Our good friend Jim Ruth will come down from the upstate, Pete Neighbour, now an American Citizen, will take time out from playing on Cruise ships to join our guys. And of course, Doug Graham will be on the bandstand too.
But maybe it would be more accurate to say the three reed players because there is
a good chance to hear one or more of the musicians playing a sax, most likely a soprano. But whatever they play, you will be hearing three outstanding reed players. You don't want to miss this concert!


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Texas FTZ Subzone Seeks to Expand
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received from the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, a request on behalf of Houston Refining LP for additional acreage within subzone 84P in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. No authorization for production activity has been requested at this time. Comments on this request are due no later than Sept. 15.


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Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 polls, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to disprove his "factual" submission that the February 23 presidential election was fraught with irregularities.
Atiku, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, yesterday, said the fact that the APC chose to base its defence at the Election Petition Tribunal on the claim that Atiku is not a Nigerian is an admission that they trampled on the will of the people during the presidential poll, adding that the tribunal would treat the citizenship claim with the contempt "it deserves".
The statement read in part: "His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar told us previously that he has verifiable and incontrovertible evidence to show that the last presidential election was fraudulent, not credible and did not reflect the will of the Nigerian people, and he has been vindicated by the response of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, to his petition to the Electoral Tribunal hearing the petition he filed.
"The former Vice President based his case on facts and statistical evidence and challenged both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the APC to disprove his factual submissions.
"The fact that the APC chose to base its defence on the ridiculous assertion that the Waziri Adamawa is not a Nigerian should show to Nigerians the type of characters we have in the APC and its government, whose legitimacy runs out on May 29, 2019.
"The position of the APC is so pedestrian and shows such straw clutching desperation on their part, that I shall not dignify it with an answer. Our lawyers would, of course, do the needful in court. But the point I want to draw the attention of Nigerians to is that both the APC and its candidate have by this infantile logic admitted to the fact that they trampled on the will of Nigerians and that their only defence is to attempt an unconstitutional redefinition of the term 'Nigerian'.
"I am, however, confident in the Nigerian judiciary, as well as in the Nigerian people. I trust that the Tribunal will treat such a claim with the contempt it deserves."


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Keep Your Loved Ones Safe During Holiday Travel
JPMA, Together With NHTSA, Provides Safety Tips When Hitting the Road This Thanksgiving
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (November 14, 2016) Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to spend with family and many hit the road for the long weekend. So it's no surprise that Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel times of the year, which increases the risk of being involved in a serious or deadly car crash. As families and friends prepare to gather to give thanks this year, the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) remind parents to make safety a priority for the entire family when traveling.
Motor vehicle crashes are still a leading cause of death for children 12 and under but proper restraint use can reduce these injuries and fatalities. According to NHTSA, an estimated 252 lives of children under 5 were saved by child restraints in 2014.
"Holiday plans can take families out of their normal routines, sometimes driving on unfamiliar roads or at different times of day," said NHTSA Administrator Dr. Mark Rosekind. "It's extremely important that drivers make sure every member of the family is buckled up, plan ahead and remember to never drink and drive when traveling this holiday season, and every time they get behind the wheel."
Whether you are driving around town or across the country, consider the following tips for safe travel this Thanksgiving and throughout the year:
"For a holiday that will be memorable for the entire family, be safe," remarked Julie Vallese, JPMA Managing Director and mom of two. "Whether it's on the road or in the kitchen, making safety a priority for your family should be top of mind this Thanksgiving and every day."
Visit Babysafetyzone.org for more helpful tips on car seat safety and other important topics.
About the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA)
The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) is a non-profit association representing leading manufacturers who make prenatal to preschool products for the North American market. The JPMA serves as an advocate for the industry and is committed to ensuring the safe use and selection of juvenile products. Each September, the JPMA celebrates its Baby Safety Month initiative, heavily promoting the campaign's messages through its consumer brand, the Baby Safety Zone. To find out more information about the JPMA, its programs, and its members, visit www.jpma.org. Follow JPMA on Twitter @JPMA, connect with JPMA on Facebook or on YouTube. Parents, caregivers, and consumers should visit www.BabySafetyZone.org.
About The National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA)
NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. This is accomplished by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, and through grants to state and local governments to enable them to conduct effective local highway safety programs. Stay connected with NHTSA: Visit us on Facebook.com/NHTSA | Follow us on Twitter.com/NHTSAgov | Watch 5-Star Safety Ratings crash tests on YouTube.com/USDOTNHTSA | SaferCar.gov
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Want to hear something totally embarrassing? There are books I read last October that I haven't reviewed yet. Yeah, I'm really that far behind. (Well, kinda. I've been really good this summer about blogging a book shortly after I read it, but there's all this stuff from before then... oiy.)
Today's song is Tyrone [Live Version] by Erykah Badu. It has nothing to do with anything, it's just in my head.
Oh, and I'm over at Geek Buffet today, talking about banned books. I hope y'all take a look at the banned books lists in the right sidebar. The 2007 list has had a lot of books added in the past week or so.
Anyway, some good books for an upcoming winter, with short reviews because I read them a really long time ago...
As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway
Otherwise known as the book that totally ruined Looking for Alaska for me.
Our nameless protaganist is just a normal guy, until he meets Anna, the new girl in town. Anna's written an obituary for everyone in town. Anna likes codes-- especially the one developed by the Houdini's and is obsessed with the numbers stations.
But then, Anna disappears, her dress found by a hole in the ice. But is she gone? And if she is, where?
Haunting and tragic. Be sure to check out the website.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
I liked it. English magicians have long studied magic, but few have dared try to actually use it. But Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell will break that taboo to help England win the Napoleonic Wars and become the toast of London society. Their partnership will turn to rivalry and the fairies aren't really that happy about any of it, either.
A delightful Regency comedic romp, complete with footnotes about the history of English magic.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
at 6:48 PM
Labels: Adult, Fiction, Gregory Galloway, music, Susanna Clarke, YA
3 comments:
- M. Molly said...
Jennie, you are dead.
Look pray pray-say answer-say pray-quickly look answer-be quick look pray-now speak answer-tell pray-tell answer-pray pray-quickly pray-tell answer look answer-be quick answer-pray pray pray-quickly answer-tell pray-now pray-tell answer-say.
- Jennie said...
If you're the one writing it, I'm in good hands. Just make me look good ok?
- Jennie said...
and yes, I did decode that. Just like I decoded the acknowledgements sections at the end of the book.
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Pender Harbour Aquatic Society
The Pender Harbour Aquatic Society board was established is the late 70's when a pool was first envisioned by a small group of enthusiastic residents. They saw the potential in a large water holding tank which was to be built under the new high school and used in case of another devastating fire.
The role of the board has changed considerably over the past years to reflect the growth and development that has occurred. Through the Society's constitution and the management agreement with the Sunshine Coast Regional District the primary functions are "..to oversee and conduct the necessary businesss to ensure the continued operation and maintenance of the Pender Harbour Aquatic and Fitness Centre, and all related activities."
The Society meets monthly, except during the summer months when everyone takes a well deserved break. The majority of work done is in conjunction with the Aquatic Manager, as well as, semi regular discussion with, and updates from our Area A Regional Board director. All members of the Society and community are welcome.
Funds raised by the Pender Harbour Aquatic Society assist in supporting special events, programs and equipment purchase for the facility as well as a yearly bursary to a graduating student from Pender Harbour Secondary.
Pender Harbour Aquatic Society Board Members
Gil Yard (Chair/Secretary), Rob Campbell ( Treasurer), Jo-Ann Vickers, Jane McOuat, Don Johnson, Siemon Altman, Michael Miller.
The Board meetings are usually the 3rd Monday of the month at 4:30pm at the PHAFC.
Next Meeting date will be Monday February 25 (one week later due to Family Day holiday)
March 18
April 15
May 27 (one week later due to Victoria day holiday)
Pender Harbour Aquatic and Fitness Centre
If you would like more information about the Pender Harbour Aquatic Society please contact us at 604-885-6866.
Mailing address, 13639 Sunshine Coast Highway, Madeira Park V0N 2H1


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But it did improve for Sunday afternoon, when our friends Susan and Christophe came for a "tea party". Great fun!
Otherwise, I have been working on my Leanne's Block of the month, by Leanne Beasley. [I think I told you the wrong designer last post. Apologies.] Onto Block two.
Most of the stems complete - now to finish the flowers for this block.
We have now begun the final count-down to the church rummage sale (rommelmarkt). Today's job was to set up tables and start setting out which books go on which table. Tomorrow it is babysitting day and then back on Wednesday (after a brief coffee date with friend Alayne, finally back up here from her winter Palm Springs stay). Thursday evening is the official opening of the Superfluity Sale. That is the time that the professional book dealers come [and I stay away]. I will be working on Friday, most of the day. And then Saturday morning and then we close up shop for another year. [and everyone comes home and collapses. :-> ]
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High Vacationer And Honeymoon Destinations In India
Anniversaries are all about celebrating the love and dedication between two individuals. The 5th wedding anniversary is a big one. This milestone signifies not being newlyweds and transferring beyond the honeymoon stage.
WHAT TO DO: Visit postcard-perfect Pink Sands Seashore and settle in among the three-mile stretch of sand and turquoise waters. Above the seaside, be part of the jet-set for an open-air lunch at Sip Sip (the fresh menu modifications day by day). Then store for a flowy caftan or different souvenirs at India Hicks's Sugar Mill Buying and selling Co. shop. WHY GO: Compared with the frenetic energy of Japan's capital city Tokyo, Kyoto strikes at a languid tempo. Calm down and replicate at a whole lot of shrines and temples or stroll by way of peaceful conventional gardens.
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Guest post by Duncan Hurd, managing editor of Momentum Mag
We hadn't planned on biking that morning in Montreal, QC. As my partner and I were walking to meet friends we couldn't help but notice BIXI bike share stations along the way. At the first station, we used the poster-sized map to make sure we were walking in the right direction. At the second station, we paused to read the instructions and take a closer look at the 3-speed, boomerang-shaped bicycles. Once we reached a third station we decided to swipe a credit card, release two bicycles and pedal away.
There are currently more than 300 bicycle share systems in operation around the world. New York City plans to launch North America's largest system—with 7,000 bikes spread across 400+ stations—in March 2013. Los Angeles is also developing bike shares.
Each city's bike share system may vary by pricing and membership rules, but most are intended for users to make short trips between stations. Swipe a credit card or membership key and bike share systems provide quick and convenient transportation for trips that may otherwise require a longer walk, transit or taxicab.
Ever used a bike share system before? Unsure if the one in your city is right for you? Here are four tips to get the most out of bike shares:
1. Commute Partly or Fully by Bike Share
Bike share systems are often intended for commuters and you'll find stations conveniently located at or near transit hubs. This means you can use bike share to get to public transit as well as get from a transit station to within a short walk of your destination. Often, cities offer bike share memberships at discounted rates to transit pass holders. By making all or part of your commute by bike share you can get to your destination faster and save money.
2. Explore a New City by Bike Share
There's no better way to get to know a city than by bicycle. Many bike share systems offer short-term memberships of 24-72 hours that are perfect for tourists. You can use the maps provided by most systems to plan your route from station to station and dock your bike when you've found a place you'd like to explore on foot. Note: Keeping a bike out of a dock for longer than 30 minutes may mean increased user fees, so plan for short trips between stations and not a meandering route around the city in one go.
3. Do One-Way Trips Quickly
Does the forecast call for rain later in the day? Are you heading out to an event where you intend to drink? Since bike share systems allow you to return a bicycle to any station, you can get to your destination by bike and then choose to take transit or a taxi home. I'll often use bike share for one-way errands including riding to the shop where my day-to-day bicycle is being repaired.
4. Work Out by Bike Share
While I've read of competitors bringing bike share bicycles to triathlons and cyclo-cross events, these rides aren't intended for intense physical work-outs. However, by making more of your trips by bike—even short ones—you can start to see some improvements to your health over time. Bike share can also help you mix up your regular work-out routine. Take bike share to a gym location further away or dock your bike in a different neighborhood and jog home. Most bike shares also have baskets allowing you to carry your gym clothes.
New: Bike Shares Now on Walk Score
As of December 18, 2012, Walk Score mapped nearly 1,600 locations of bike shares across North America. Search for any address in these cities and find bike share locations listed as one of the main categories: Boston, Denver, Minneapolis, New York, Houston, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Broward, Charlotte, Des Moines, Kailua, Kansas City, Madison, Nashville, Omaha, San Antonio and Spartanburg.
Duncan Hurd is managing editor of Momentum Mag, an independent media company that promotes, encourages and inspires "Smart Living by Bike." He lives in Toronto, Canada and believes that every ride is a group ride, even if those around him don't know it yet. Subscribe to Momentum Mag's free newsletter.
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Now all she has to do is die.
When her plans go awry and the gun she was going to kill herself with breaks, she does the one thing she has control over--return it and get a new one. After tormenting the crusty customer service associate by trying to return the gun with the wrong receipt, Ellery gets caught by the security guard who also happens to be someone she knows--the annoyingly perfect Colter Sawyer from her English class.
Colter quickly uncovers her secret and is determined to change her mind. After confessing his guilt over his brother's suicide, he promises not to tell her secret. Ellery tries to fight her attraction to him as the shadows of her past cling tight around her, but when she's faced with another tragedy, she must decide whether her love for one boy is more important than a lifetime of pain.


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hello guys
i hope this question was not answered already, but basically
i would like to understand how does teamspeak client know, which port will be for file transfer and for server query ?
for example, i will run 2 teamspeak3 servers in docker on one machine, so the second ts3 server will be on different ports in NAT, but same inside.. how does the client will know its different?
docker run -d -p 9988:9987/udp -p 10012:10011 -p 30034:30033 ...
if i will run the second server this way, the ts3 server will think the ports are default..


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Edgewood CornerTavern, the neighborhood watering hole known for exclusively serving American craft beers (to wash down the best burger in the city), invites guests to toss one back with local brewer Bobby Thomas of Red Hare Brewing Company on Wednesday, February 29 at 7 p.m. Revelers can enjoy $2 beer specials, $3 tapas and specialty brews courtesy of Red Hare Brewing Company.
The Marietta brewery is offering up its master brewer to share his tips and tricks of the trade with the beer lovers of Edgewood Corner Tavern. Guests have the exclusive opportunity to find out more about Bobby Thomas and the best job ever, while enjoying some of the brewery's signature beers such as Gangway IPA, Watership Brown and Long Day Lager. Corner Tavern is a neighborhood bar with great food and drinks, friendly service, darts, pool, and a rockin' juke box in a laid-back atmosphere. Atlanta boasts for Corner Taverns in East Point, Edgewood, Little 5 Points and West Midtown. While each location has its own personality and chef, the quality of food and drink remains consistently high.
For more information, please visit www.thecornertavern.com or call 404.577.2310.


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Our strap-line "Your boiler Company" has real substance to it! We demonstrate this approach each time we welcome a new customer.
We are "Which?" Trusted Experts in Boiler & Central Heating Installation across Hull, Service & Repairs! We have been voted as 'Excellent' by our customers on Trust Pilot.
Our journey started in 2014, with one clear objective in mind – to create a business built on quality, professionalism and affordability, and a customer experience that is second-to-none! Perfect is the best word to describe the customer journey when using our services.
This approach is still intact today and that is the reason why we have gained our impeccable reputation and became a leading boiler company in the Hull and North East Lincolnshire area.