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Maybe UCANN school ICANN on whois
Raise your hand if you use whois every day. Even if your hand isn't up, and you just regard whois as an essential sysadmin tool, this post is for you.
Because if you're interested in keeping whois working for the those it was made for in the first place, you need to visit the battlefield where whois' future is being determined right now. That is, you must be Beowulf to the Grendel that is the Intellectual Property Community. Worse, you must confront him in the vast cave that is ICANN.
Except ICANN is more like Grendel's cave, only a helluva lot bigger, and far more boring. It's easy for an outsider to be daunted by ICANN's labyrinthine bureaucracy, its complex processes, its mountain of documents, the galactic scale of its influence, the ecclesiology of its high-level gatherings and its near-countless topics of concern. The relatively small topic what happens to whois would be easy to miss. For example, it's not even listed among the many current topics on ICANN's top-level topics page.
Ah, but it's there, amidst the 25,500 results in a whois topic search at the ICANN site. Among those results is a complicated Public Comments page, where it says, as if recited by Vogons,
ICANN is currently soliciting Public Comments until 30 October, 2007 on the most recent GNSO WHOIS Task Force and Working Group Reports, recommendations, and related Staff Overview of Recent GNSO Whois Activity and Staff Implementation Notes on the WHOIS Working Group Report. An overview and links to all related WHOIS documents currently available for comment can be found at: http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#whois-comments-2007
What matters are the date, which I've highlighted in red, and the link. Also this link, buried somewhere else I can't find again. It's for FINAL TASK FORCE REPORT ON WHOIS SERVICES 12 March 2007.
More scary than those are the comments themselves, which are thick with IP lawyers inveighing on behalf of something called Motion 2. This, along with two other Motions, can be found on page 9 of STAFF OVERVIEW OF RECENT GNSO WHOIS ACTIVITIES., a .pdf linked to by the document in the link of the quoted text above, prefixed by the ominous adjective "final".
Motions 1and 3, best as I can tell, call for minimal action.
Motion 2 calls for a complicated process that is obviously given the uniform enthusiasm of IP lawyer advocacy of it in public comments aimed toward turning whois into a whatis that is quite other than what it was intended for in the first place.
Elliot Noss, CEO of Tucows and an ICANN veteran of long standing, put the situation this way :
Whois started out as a way for geeks to know who to speak to, so they could manage domain name issues. This was way back when there weren't many domains around. More recently it has turned into an enforcement resource for intellectual property crime hunters. Meanwhile, as everybody knows, whois does have privacy problems, in that names and other personal information about contacts can be revealed through it.
So, at the end of the day, what everybody has been trying to do is move toward an operational point of contact, which is all somebody managing domain names needs to know. From the geek point of view, this is a way to move whois back to what it was in the first place, which was a way to manage an Internet resource.
But the intellectual property folks see whois as their enforcement database, and are working toward making that its primary purpose. Those two purposes are at odds, and that's what the debate is all about. Except so far the public comments have come mostly from just one side.
So, if you want to weigh in on this debate, to fight the suited Grendels in ICANN's cave, you have until a day before Halloween to go do that.
How, you ask? Meaning, where do you submit comments? I don't know. I'm looking around and I'm missing it. Meanwhile, I have a bus to catch, and I want to post this as soon as I can. If one of ya'll figures out how, post it in the comments below, and I'll append it here after I get to where I'm going.
Okay, the ansswer is here: firstname.lastname@example.com. Comment away.
[Later...] Wendy Seltzer has posted WHOIS redux: Demand privacy in domain name registration, in response to this post. Joe Andrieu has posted an open comment as well.
I've also learned that CircleID has a huge repository of whois-related intelligence.
By the way, a number of people (including Wendy and Elliot, quoted above) have told me their comments to this post are meeting some kind of obstacle. My apologies. We're working on that. [Later...] Okay, it's fixed now.
Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal
Very good, thanks a lot for
Very good, thanks a lot for your share ;)
That page will tell you
That page will tell you something about the process and ultimately direct you to send comments by email to this address: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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You'll need to send the
You'll need to send the comment, then verify that you sent the comment when ICANN's comment-bot writes you back (spam protection).
Whois comments
Doc thanks for the article. I digged through the info at Icann to post some comments. Sometimes I use whois to see who actually using domain so yes its nice to know something more than an IP or email address. But how much info should be revealed. Thats the big question.
Thanks Doc! (hyperlinked, this time)
I've added my comments and call to action.
Submitting comments to ICANN - I think...
At the bottom of http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#whois-comments-2007 there's an "add comment" mailto: link to email@example.com - that appears to be the best "submit here" that I've found thus far. I have to finish reading before I write in, however.
Where to send comments to:
Submit comments to:
Comments should be sent to
Comments should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com *
where to submit comments
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-14sep07.htm for more info
Submit comments to: firstname.lastname@example.com
how to make a comment
my bad. to make a comment, simply send an email to email@example.com.
Location of Public Comment Forum
Hi Doc,
Terrific article this morning. The link you're looking for is this one:
That page will tell you something about the process and ultimately direct you to send comments by email to this address: firstname.lastname@example.com.
You'll need to send the comment, then verify that you sent the comment when ICANN's comment-bot writes you back (spam protection).
-- Bret
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I was living on Binghamton's West Side at the time, usually a short walk to downtown over the Court Street Bridge. I'd heard that somehow the Capital District Islanders bus had made it through the heavy snow from Troy on Interstate 88, so the Binghamton Rangers hockey game was still on at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena that night. I bundled up and what was a normal 10-15 minute walk took about a half-hour. No one could possibly drive other than emergency vehicles with the help of city plows, but many were out just playing in the snow or taking in the scenery, much like I was.
I was one of the announced 316 who watched the game in a venue that otherwise would've hosted a crowd of more than 4,000. I had my choice of seats, no restrictions. No concessions were open, and the Arena staff that could get there was hard-pressed, so it was hockey with no frills or blaring music. The diehard fans trudged home happy, as Binghamton won, 6-2.
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In Oneonta, 21.7 inches had fallen. It got worse. Cooperstown set an all-time record with 28.3 inches. Harold Hollis, a National Weather Service observer in the village, said this was more than a late December 1969 storm, which deposited 27.4 inches over its three-day fall. The 1993 storm fell in slightly over 24 hours.
Whether it was Binghamton, Oneonta or Cooperstown, residents were flocking to the grocery stores Friday, March 12, stocking up on food and emergency supplies. Just as forecasted, the snow began falling mid-morning in Binghamton on Saturday and didn't let up until Sunday morning. It reportedly began in Oneonta around 2 p.m.
Businesses began closing early that afternoon, while some never bothered to open at all. The Polar Bear ice cream shop, then found at 437 Main St., had planned its opening for the season that day. A portable sign in front simply said, "Forget It!"
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Sex refers to the male and female duality of biology and reproduction, a process in biological DNA that dates back 4.6 - 3.5 billion years. DNA links back in an unbroken series of sexual reproduction taking forward information to present day. The somewhat similar term gender has more to do with identity than biology. The concept is confined to organisms that reproduce sexually.
The female sex is definitely defined as the one which produces the larger gamete (i.e., reproductive cell) and which typically bears the offspring. The category of sex reflects the biological reproductive function, rather than sexuality or other behaviors. In some animals, sex may be assigned to specific structures rather than the entire organism as some species, such as earthworms, are normally hermaphroditic.
Sex in non-animal species
Plants are generally hermaphrodites, but this terminology is quickly complicated by variations in the degree of sexuality. As with animals, there are only two types of gametes. These are generally called male and female based on their relative sizes and motility. In flowering plants, flowers bear the gametes. In some cases, flowers may contain only one type of gamete, while in others they may contain both.
In other varieties of multicellular life (e.g. the fungi division, Basidiomycota), sexual characteristics can be much more complex, and may involve many more than two sexes. For details on the sexual characteristics of fungi, see: Hypha and Plasmogamy.
Sex among humans
In humans, sex is conventionally perceived as a dichotomous state or identity for most biological and social purposes, such that a person can only be female or male. However, when the criteria generally used to define femaleness and maleness are examined more closely, it becomes apparent that the assignment or determination of 'sex' occurs at multiple levels. Environmental, biological, social, psychological and other factors are all believed to have some role in this process, and the complex interaction of these factors is expressed in the diversity of biological and psychosocial 'states' or levels found amongst the human population. A significant fraction of the human population simply does not correspond exclusively to either 'female' or 'male' with regard to every level of definition expressed in the following table. This discordance is discussed in more detail below.
This table outlines the major levels at which society currently recognizes a difference between human females and males. Some criteria are dichotomous and some, such as body size, exhibit sexual dimorphism (i.e. characteristics which are statistically more likely to be found in one sex than the other). Some of the levels are more amenable to scientific study or measurement than others; some are "imputed" or assigned to individuals by the society of which they are members (e.g. whether human males must wear trousers is a result of social norms); and some seem to be generated within each individual as a subjective identity or drive.
"Primary" sexual characteristics are typically present at birth and directly involved in reproduction. "Secondary" sexual characteristics typically develop later in life (usually during puberty) and are not directly involved in reproduction.
The relationship between the various levels of biological sexual differentiation is fairly well understood. Many of the biological levels are said to cause, or at least shape, the next level. For example, in most people, the presence of a Y chromosome causes the gonads to become testes, which produce hormones that cause the internal and external genitalia to become male, which in turn lead parents to assign 'male' as the sex of their child (assigned sex), and raise the child as a boy (gender of rearing). However, the degree to which biological and environmental factors contribute to the psychosocial aspects of sexual differentiation, and even the interrelationships between the various psychosocial aspects of differentiation, is less well understood (see the nature versus nurture debate).
As indicated above, the levels of this paradigm imply a certain level of 'discordance' amongst the human population, as a result of diversity amongst humans.
Some discordances are purely biological, such as when the sex of the chromosomes (genetic sex) does not match the sex of the external genitalia (anatomic sex). This type of discordance is fairly well understood and is described briefly in the next section, and more fully in the article on intersex.
Discordances between the biological and psychosocial levels, such as when the gender identity does not match the anatomic sex, or between the various psychosocial levels, such as when the gender role does not match the gender identity, are even more common, but less well understood, generally speaking. These levels of definition and discordance are described below and in individual articles.
Understanding of discordance is important for several reasons. We can learn much about the processes of sexual differentiation, both biological and psychosocial, from people with biological discordances. Some of the levels of discordance have enormous significance to the lives of those affected and their relationships with society. In some cases, the causes of the discordances have acquired controversial political significance. Societies vary on the values placed on some discordances. In the last several decades, the public consensus of many Western societies has come to view some discordances as less undesirable and more tolerable than much of the rest of the world, although this view may exhibit a certain level of cultural imperialism.
Biological varieties of discordance
Human variability occurs in all the levels by which sex and gender are defined. Discordance at the biological levels is often referred to as an intersex condition. For example, some women may have an XY karyotype (chromosomal constellation); these women usually have a condition known as Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. Some boys may have a rudimentary uterus, or an extra X chromosome (Klinefelter's syndrome). In a small subset of boys and girls with intersex conditions, the external genitalia may be undervirilized or overvirilized. If the degree of virilization is "in-between", the genitalia are described as " ambiguous". Many people with intersex conditions do not have ambiguous genitalia. However, for these people, the relationships between biological factors (such as hormones i.e. progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone), environmental factors, and the psychosocial levels of sexual identity, such as gender identity and sexual orientation, have proven to be complex, with numerous exceptions to proposed theoretical systems. For example, there have been cases of people with male genetic/chromosomal sex, but with female external
Psychological, behavioral, and cultural varieties of discordance
In contrast to the small percentage of people with biological discordances of sex, a fairly large proportion of human beings may be "discordant" in one or more behavioral or psychological dimensions. The vast majority of these people who are discordant in some aspect of psyche or behavior do not have any detectable biological intersex condition, although some recent studies point towards biological factors in at least some of those conditions. Human societies respond to, or accommodate, these behavioral and psychological discordances in many different ways, ranging from suppression and denial of difference to acknowledging various forms of "third sex".
It may be significant that some societies identify youths with atypical behavioral characteristics and, instead of giving them corrective therapy or punishing them, socialize them in such a way that their individual characteristics let them provide a needed and/or useful function for the society in a recognized and respected role (e.g. individuals who take on the role or customs of shaman, medicine man or tong-ki).
Pictograms of men and women are often used to indicate the respective toilets designated for each sex. An example of this in the article pictogram shows the man with broader shoulders (sex dimorphism) and the woman in clothing that is, in the western world, rarely worn by men, and which functions as a gender signal. (Presumably these "male human" and "female human" pictograms are not used in countries where men wear dress-like clothing.) In many current societies, it is considered improper for a person of one sex to misrepresent himself or herself as a member of the opposite sex by donning gender-specific clothing of that sex, thereby practicing transvestism or cross-dressing. Such behavior receives severe social and/or legal sanctions in some cultures, whilst being tolerated or even celebrated in others.
See also berdache, hijra, xanith and transgender.
Such complex situations have led some scientists to argue that the two sexes are cultural constructions. Some people have sought to define their sexuality and sexual identity in non-polar terms, in the belief that the simple division of all humans into "males" and "females" does not fit their individual conditions. A proponent of this movement away from polar oppositions, Anne Fausto-Sterling, once suggested we recognize five sexes: male, female, merm (male pseudohermaphrodite), ferm (female pseudohermaphrodite) and herm (true hermaphrodite). Although this theory was quickly rejected by many as a bizarre flouting of human nature and social reality, inimical to the interests of those whom she was attempting to champion, it expresses the difficulty and imperfection of the current social responses to these variations.
Social and legal considerations
Forms of legal or social distinction or discrimination based on sex include sex segregation and sexism. Notably, some businesses, public institutions, and laws may provide privileges and services for one sex and not another, or they may require different sexes to be physically separated. Recently, western societies have moved towards greater sexual equality.
In gender theory, the term "heteronormativity" refers to the idea that human beings fall into two distinct and complementary categories, male and female; that sexual and marital relations are normal only when between two people of different genders; and that each gender has certain natural roles in life.


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Why do you go all incognito on us? You can run, but you can't hide!
(so I'm getting ready to post this and can barely see the letters that I need to type in to complete the post...they've got scribbles all over them. Maybe when you hit X amount of posts and you're considered trustworthy they will go away??)
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Hi Elly,
Where can I see pixs of your tats?
I've kind of designed one for me but it will be a while before I get it done. I lost my favorite horse last week as the result of a spinal injury. Heartbreaking to say the least, we did what we could, but without many thousands of dollars we couldn't take her for diagnostics and maybe surgery, if it would have helped even.
I'm not a great artist or anything and the person who does the ink will have some artistic freedom, but basically it's a pix of my horse with the tribal sun as part of her mane. I'll never quite get over losing her, especially since she was only 12 and very much in her prime. I think the tattoo would be a cool tribute.
Re: ELLY!!
OMG, sorry i'm replying late. i'm so sorry for your loss!! I could say, smile for the memories, yadda yadda yadda but i know how it feels to lose a pet. My beloved Rodney( woof woof) was 14 when i had to put him down, Crap it hurts like hell. As time goes on the hurt is less. You know it's been almost 3 years and i still miss him.
my tatt......i got his dog collar done, i love it....the new ones i got in Aug..when this post started lol. i got an elephant by Rodney's dog collar. (cause elephants never forget and i like elephants) and Karma ambigram....Karma..what goes around comes around.
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January 14, 2013
Burnside ordered to turn over blueprints
By CHRIS HARRIS, CJ Staff Writer
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The City of Burnside has received an open records order from the state attorney general's office — but it's doubtful the documents in question will be making an appearance anytime soon, to hear the mayor tell it.
The notification bearing the name of Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway and Assistant Attorney General James Herrick states that the City of Burnside violated the Open Records Act — which is designed to give citizens access to public documents and records — by failing to respond to a request by former city councilor Frank DeNiro.
DeNiro — who was on the Burnside City Council the last two years; he ran for re-election to the council in November but was not voted in for a second term — had requested to "view most current Burnside water plant plans-drawings and water lines" on April 4, 2012.
The order states that "(t)he City's representation that it does not possess records of its water plant may indicate a further violation of the act or a records management problem and warrants investigation by the Department for Libraries and Archives."
Burnside Mayor Ron Jones says nobody knows where the blueprints are right now — and that it's been almost two decades since anyone likely did.
"If the library (department) says, 'You didn't do a good job of keeping them,' I'll say I wasn't there 19 years ago," said Jones. "Go talk to whoever it was (in City Hall) at the time.
"They may find that the city didn't properly handle those records," said Jones. "Well it wasn't something I did, and it isn't something I can do anything about now."
Work on the current Burnside water treatment facility was done in 1994, noted Jones, long before he was on the council or in the mayor's office. Jones said he had former water manager R.D. Huff search for the documents, and that search was unsuccessful. Also, Jones said he believes that someone contacted the firm that worked on the project — Lexington's GRW Engineering — and that didn't turn up the blueprints either.
Furthermore, Jones isn't certain it's appropriate to let DeNiro — or anyone else — see the documents in question.
"I got a letter from one of the attorneys from the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC), and she thought the records should be made available," said Jones. "I checked with J.D. Chaney (chief governmental affairs officer) at the League of Cities, and he said, 'Don't tell me she said that.' (The documents) should not be made available because they fall under Homeland Security.
"That's the water source for the whole community," continued Jones. "Why would anyone want to know anything about that other than employees?
"It's not me deciding (other people) don't need it," he added. "Homeland Security says they don't have any business with it. That's why they have a fence around the water plant, and have security cameras around it."
Jones said that DeNiro would check in with City Hall every few days to see if the city had found the plans he'd requested. Jones repeatedly had to tell him no, and that if the city did consent to let DeNiro see them, "it will be here at City Hall with someone else looking on; we won't be giving out a blueprint of the water processing plant for you to go spreading around for the entire community."
The order from Conway said that DeNiro's appeal to the attorney general's office was dated November 26, 2012 and received on December 4, after repeated attempts by DeNiro to acquire the information from the city. According to the order, DeNiro said that "the Mayor stated that the attorneys instructed him to not allow me to see the plans. ... I spoke to the City Attorney Billy Hopkins and he said he didn't know what the Mayor meant and that I should write the Attorney General's Office."
Conway's notice said that "(w)e find that the City of Burnside failed to meet its first obligation under the Open Records Act, which is to give a timely written response to a written request to view public records" and that "(t)he City never gave Mr. DeNiro a written response. Instead, he received an alternating pair of excuses. First he was told that the KLC had advised the mayor not to let him see the plans; then he was told that the mayor had not found the plans. Finally, six months later, he was told that 'the attorneys instructed' the mayor not to let him see the plans. It is clear from the e-mails that the KLC attorneys had instructed no such thing."
The document also states that if Burnside has placed its records in the hands of a third party, that does not put them outside the reach of the Open Records Act, but if the city has simply misplaced the records, that would "not substantively violate the Open Records Act per se, because a public agency cannot afford a requester access to a record that it does not have or that does not exist. ... In general, it is not our duty to investigate in order to locate documents which the public agency state that it does not possess. In this case, however, the documents would have been lost by the public agency, which would create a records management issue."
The authors of the order said that they are "referring the matter" to the Department of Libraries and Archives to "render any needed services or take other action as it may find appropriate."
Jones pointed out that the city currently has "engineers designing a whole new plant now" and that "we'll have a whole new set of blueprints (after the project is completed) and I doubt very seriously if Mr. DeNiro gets a copy of those either."


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6 green onions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
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1 1/2 cups water
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1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, and cook 3 minutes. Add rice and stir to coat with oil, 1 minute. Add salt, pepper, 2 cups chicken broth, water and tomato paste. Stir well to disolve tomato paste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
2. Add amaranth, quinoa and millet and stir. Simmer, covered, until grains are tender and liquid is absorbed, 15 minutes. Let cool. Stir in cheese.
3. Preheat oven to 375F.
4. Slice 1/4 inch off the top of each pepper; reserve tops. Using the tip of a paring knife, remove seeds and membranes from peppers, leaving shells intact.
5. Fill peppers with grain mixture. Place in a baking dish close together. Place tops on peppers. Pour remaining chicken broth into bottom of dish. Cover loosely with foil and bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until peppers are almost soft, 20 to 25 minutes.
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If you want to be Sneak Attacked, then you have to wait until a ghost is pretty close to you. Then you go to the menu option, then go back out. The Sneak Attacks are about 5% harder to beat, but it is worth the trouble. You get more experience points, and trekels (or however you spell it).
Every now and then when you are attacked by a ghost stan will come onscreen and ask you to do something like make up a war cry or something like that. If you make one he likes he'll attack first, and he'll use Raging Devil, a cool attack that usually kills all of the enemies in one shot. If you give him a lousy (by his standards) answer, he will give you grief and not do anything. Also, if Ari sustains a nice bit of damage Stan will perform Crushing Devil on one of the enemies. He slides over to them and smacks them with his head!
In Tenel, go to the blacksmith's shop and talk to him. He will give you a Fruit Knife. Go to Madril and enter the shop. Talk to the kid at the counter. He will offer you 300 Sukel for the knife. Do not accept his offer, and tell him that you will think about it. Start a new conversation with him and he will offer you 400 Sukel, which you can accept. When you get a new sword, sell your other weaker swords. When you get though the Aquatic Ruins, you can keep returning to fight the earns to get more Sukel and experience.
After the princess runs away, you can find her at your house in Tenel.
It is located in the Rumille Plains. You will see a sign that reads "The Escapeless Abyss". It is inside a strange dark cave.
Tiny gears are scattered all over the world on the ground. You cannot see them, but if you go near them you will automatically pick them up. If you get 30 of the 32 tiny gears and return to the house on the snow plain with a big snowman in front of it, the man inside will give you the "Sword of Gear". It has Attack +50 and Defense +10. If you keep talking to that man after you get the sword, he will tell you about the Turtle and the Pebble.
To find Toby check every house, you'll know its his house when you see a boy standing in front of his back door. Talk to the boy,SURPRISE!Its Toby. He'll ask you the password, its the second to the bottom.
You are first going to see Ari's mom in the kitchen talking to herself... and then Annie, Ari's little sister walks in. Both the family members start talking and then... you come in! The mom will ask you what you want for dinner but it does not really matter what you choose cuz it will always be a secret :P Then she tells you that your father has found this weird purple bottle which is on the kitchen table. You can choose one of the three different things but it still does not matter cuz it is nopt important. Your mother then has just remembered that she has to pick up bread for ther supper and i mean, who can eat without bread! So yuo can choose one of the three choices but no matter what u will be the one to get the bread hahahaha! She tells you to go to the Tenel bakery. So, off we go! Leave the house and then you will have to talk to Annie so she can get out of you'r way! Open the gate and talk to the people you meet. The pudgy boy will tell you where Tenel village is ! and it isn't hard to find so i am sure you don't need directions. Before you go to the bakery, make sure you go visit every house cuz there could be something important like that lady on the top floor of the grocery store who tells you to go to the butchers. Also, talk to Julia who is at the entrance desperately waiting for you! Even if you ask her out or not she will have to tell you something bad later!
Continue after defeating the first evil king (the rat). Then defeat the second evil king (the fish- like creature), and then return to the place where the first evil king was located, in the sewer. You should see see bars that resemble those in a jail cell. Approach them and wait.A ghost should then come after you. Let it get you for very good experience. The save and healer will also be nearby.
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- To have a ball is defined as to have a good time.
An example of someone having a ball is a person dancing at a party.
- To carry the ball is defined as to be accountable.
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- To ball is defined as to make something into a spherical shape.
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- a planet or star, esp. the earth
- a round or egg-shaped object used in various games
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- a throw or pitch of a ball
- a solid missile or projectile for a cannon or firearm
- such projectiles for firearms, collectively
- a rounded part of the body: the ball of the foot
- Slang
- Vulgar a testicle: usually used in pl.
- daring or courage
- ☆ Baseball a pitch that is wide of the plate or goes above the armpit (or shoulder in slow-pitch softball) or below the knee of the batter, who does not swing at it: four balls allow the batter to go to first base
- Hort. the roots of a plant, bound and packed for shipping
Origin of ballMiddle English bal ; from Old English an unverified form beallu ; from Indo-European base an unverified form bhel-, to swell from source bowl, bladder, Old Norse bǫllr, Old High German balla, Classical Greek phallos, Classical Latin follis and amp; flare
intransitive verb,
transitive verb
- to form into a ball
- Slang, Vulgar to have sexual intercourse (with)
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Origin of ballsee bollix
be on the ball☆
carry the ball☆
get (or keep) the ball rolling☆
have something on the ball☆
play ball
- ☆ to begin or resume playing a ballgame
- ☆ to begin or resume any activity
- ☆ Informal to cooperate
- a formal social dance
- Slang an enjoyable time, event, or experience
Origin of ballFrench bal ; from Old French baller, to dance ; from Late Latin ballare ; from Classical Greek ballein, to throw (with sense of ballizein, to dance, jump about) ; from Indo-European base an unverified form gwel-, to drip, spring forth, throw from source German quelle, a spring
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- Sports a. Any of various movable and round or oblong objects used in various athletic activities and games.b. Such an object moving, thrown, hit, or kicked in a particular manner: a low ball; a fair ball.c. A game, especially baseball or basketball, played with such an object.d. A pitched baseball that does not pass through the strike zone and is not swung at by the batter.
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- A rounded part or protuberance, especially of the body: the ball of the foot.
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verbballed, ball·ing, balls
verb, transitive
- To form into a ball.
- Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
verb, intransitive
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- Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.
Origin of ballMiddle English bal, probably from Old English *beall; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.
- A formal gathering for social dancing.
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Origin of ballFrench bal, from Old French, from baller, to dance, from Late Latin ballāre, from Greek ballizein; see gwel&schwa;- in Indo-European roots.
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- A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
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- the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot
- (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
- The globe; the earthly sphere.
- (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.
- (mathematics, more generally) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.
- An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.
- (sports) The use of a round or ellipsoidal object.
- Any simple game involving a ball.
- The children were playing ball on the beach.
- The children were playing ball in the garden.
- (baseball) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
- (pinball) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
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- (cricket) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
- (soccer) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
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- (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
- (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
(third-person singular simple present balls, present participle balling, simple past and past participle balled)
- To form or wind into a ball.
- to ball cotton
- (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- (vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- The horse balls; the snow balls.
- (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
- (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.
- 2007: A good tackle (some bad ones) will bring a cry of "Ball!" from the crowd – a plea for a holding the ball free kick. — AFL Sydney Swans Rules Zone [1]
From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from Old English *beall, *bealla ("round object, ball") or Old Norse bǫllr ("a ball") (whence the Icelandic böllur ("scrotum; penis; a ball")), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô ("ball"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- ("bubble"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to blow, inflate, swell"). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball ("ball"); Ballen ("bale")). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.
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Last year, the Service adopted a new competitive performance-based method to allocate funding under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan. The new methodology was developed collaboratively by the Service's Fish and Aquatic Conservation Fisheries Management Team, in consultation with their Regional National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) Coordinators. This methodology was approved at the end of 2013 and implementation of this methodology begins with the funding announced for this year. The funding level breakdown per FHP are listed below and were calculated using the new competitive-based funding method.
(Washington, DC) - The National Fish Habitat Partnership (www.fishhabitat.org) has unveiled its list of 10 "Waters to Watch" list for 2014, a collection of rivers, streams, estuaries, lakes and watershed systems that will benefit from strategic conservation efforts to protect, restore or enhance their current condition. These waters represent a detailed snapshot of this year's locally driven voluntary habitat conservation efforts in progress implemented under the National Fish Habitat Partnership by 19 regional Fish Habitat Partnerships throughout the country. The objective of these projects—to conserve freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats essential to the many fish and wildlife species that call these areas home—is the foundation of the National Fish Habitat Partnership. Throughout the year, through the work of our partners, these projects will demonstrate how conservation efforts are turning around persistent declines in our nation's aquatic habitats.
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Please let me offer my "unique" qualifications to comment on gas extraction by hydraulic fracturing as an aquatic biologist having served as a regulatory biologist for both state and federal governments for 32 years and as an environmental consultant for seven years. In the past three years, I have conducted many detailed environmental assessments for private and government clients and during that time have assessed or monitored the impacts of a few hydraulic fracturing fluid spills, most involving surface waters like ponds.
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n Large-scale erosion and sedimentation issues caused by very large pieces of equipment running on roads originally built for a Jeep and the construction of new roads impacting the algal, macroinvertebrate and fish communities in sensitive headwater and other streams by smothering them in sediments;n The reduction in stream flows due to water withdrawals to support hydraulic fracturing calculated by engineering and hydrologic methods and not ecologically driven protocols;
n And the construction of access roads and pipeline corridors across wetlands, streams and in the close proximity to rattlesnake den sites, bat hibernacula and other delicate habitats. These constructed corridors supply easy access to areas once difficult to reach and harm.
Yes, there are laws and regulations that environmental agencies have promulgated, but I find enforcement weak and without the ability to fully protect the environmental impacts brought on by the mechanisms of gas extraction. I do not fault the state Department of Environmental Protection as it has an unquestionably dedicated staff of too few trained employees to handle the workloads they face and the non-support of their own upper-level management that serves an administration that seems to more serve the industry. The same is true for other related state agencies. The ability to regulate the industry and to protect sensitive environmental areas without ceasing gas extraction is possible. But it will take a serious partnership by representatives on all sides of the issue.


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Knoxville — The Knoxville City Council and Chamber of Commerce Board met in joint session Thursday night and, in the end, both sides agreed to try to form a joint subcommittee, with the Knoxville Raceway, to work together to promote the town.
The council chambers were full, as board members, City candidates and other interested parties attended the special meeting.
"I'd like to see us work together better," Mayor Don Zoutte said.
Councilor Carolyn Formanek asked what the Chamber's role is. She followed that up by asking what the Chamber's goal is.
Chamber Board President Lori Bailey said a strategic planning meeting was recently held and the Chamber's focus is helping Knoxville businesses become vibrant and promote the community. The board has been focused on public relations, economic development and tourism.
The discussion between Formanek and Bailey continued before Chamber Executive Director Larissa Van Donselaar asked the council why it was seeking information on Chamber goals when it was the council who called the meeting. She said the Chamber had met goals the council had asked of them.
For years, half of the City's hotel/motel tax revenue has been given to the Chamber. According to Van Donselaar, the most recent amount was $25,000.
Formanek said the council does not want to "double up" economic development work if the Chamber is already providing them. City Manager Harold Stewart has been charged with leading economic development efforts on behalf of the City. The Chamber sees its role in this capacity is to provide information to potential newcomers.
Van Donselaar told the council that if they felt there was "bad blood" between the City and the Chamber, to let her know. Formanek then asked about the number of events the Chamber hosts, as people consider entertainment offered when choosing to locate in a town. Councilor Dave Roozeboom asked how the Chamber would feel if the City planned more events.
"We have limited resources with events," Bailey said. She said the Chamber is focused on helping its members. Van Donselaar added that membership has told the Chamber that events do not help their businesses.
"We are working for (the membership)," Van Donselaar said.
"Events are meant to showcase a community," Formanek said. She would like to see at least four major events - one for each season - in Knoxville to bring people to town. Formanek continued by saying that events show what a community has and can do. This may prompt people to come back.
Van Donselaar said the Chamber has thrown successful events, but most have not increased revenues for Chamber members.
"Events do not pay our bills," Van Donselaar said.
"I assume you're tied to pacifying the members," Roozeboom said.
Board member Zabrina Breazeale said the Chamber exists to help the City as a whole, but the Chamber has to take care of its members. She said this is done, not just through events, and the Chamber should also help smaller businesses.
"We have to foster them and hold them close," Breazeale said.
Councilor April Verwers asked what services are provided. Roozeboom pointed out that the Chamber's landlord list has helped his business.
"It doesn't take a whole lot to make it worthwhile," Roozeboom said.
The discussion turned to how businesses have changed. Some businesses do not want to remain open past hours. From there, the Chamber and council began to talk about their communication issues.
"I thought we were (communicating better)," Van Donselaar said. She added that the Chamber has an open door policy and she regularly attends council meetings.
Verwers said she would like to schedule a joint meeting with the council and Chamber board and ensure that the meetings happen.
"I think we could communicate better that way," Verwers said.
Concern was expressed about Open Meetings Law requirements whenever more than two council members are present at a meeting to discuss business. Roozeboom felt that the openness and presence of the public may inhibit free discussion.
"We don't have to have the whole council," Councilor Tim Pitt said. He added that he represents the council on other commissions and boards, and the council members trust each other to share the information gained. As for events, Pitt believes existing events, such as Nationals and Bike Nite, should be more celebrated and promoted.
The consensus of Chamber Board members and council showed that the idea of a subcommittee was favorable. Board member and mayoral candidate Brian Hatch volunteered, as did Verwers. People associated with the Knoxville Raceway were at the meeting, but none of them were there to represent the track in an official capacity or make commitments.
Working together was something everyone who spoke feels should be done to make Knoxville the town they want it to be. Formanek said it has been difficult to get different entities in town to work together. She believes it would take "a miracle" to make that happen. A business owner herself, Formanek said she has not been at a Chamber Board meeting in a long time, except to complain.
Van Donselaar said she felt communication was already strong, as she and Assistant City Manager Dylan Feik have a good working relationship. The two talk often. Van Donselaar said that the Chamber has a small budget, and retaining members in a lackluster economy can be difficult. Members weigh the benefit of joining the Chamber before paying dues.
Chuck Day, who was associated with the Chamber for years, said his first thought after sitting through the meeting was that "nobody knows what a Chamber does."
"It's not a promotional arm for the city," Day said.
As this discussion came to a close, Van Donselaar pointed out, for a second time, that the City of Knoxville is not a Chamber member. She asked the council why that is.
"$25,000 doesn't qualify as membership?" Zoutte asked.
Board member Mikol Sesker had the last word of the discussion, in which she thanked the council for the invitation and for opening the line of communication. Verwers and Hatch were going to set up a time to meet as a subcommittee.


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THE Royal Mail has announced it will produce a stamp for each individual or team Paralympic GB gold medal win.
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Team GB Olympic gold medallists including heptathlete Jessica Ennis and runner Mo Farah had their images on stamps.
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House Bill 69, sponsored by Speaker of the House Mike Chenault, underwent some serious changes in the final days of its passage through the legislature. We asked Speaker Chenault how he felt about the final version…
Speaker Chenault(R-Nikiski): "Well, naturally I wasn't real pleased with all the changes. They've basically removed the felony charge and lowered that and basically changed where the AG could entertain stepping into some of these issues. All in all, I think it still sends a statement to the Feds that we're concerned about our 2nd Amendment rights."
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Speaker Chenault(R-Nikiski): "I think that they felt that maybe it is unconstitutional and I think that how you find out whether legislation is unconstitutional normally is not by what I think as a legislator, but certainly by going to the court system."
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What's that old adage, the funniest comedy is 50% true? Even though half the rappers RAAAAAANDY aka Aziz Ansari calls out in this track are rumored to be on these two dudes' forthcoming mixtape (shhh!), he basically sons them all with their own realities. Yes that's right, SONNED BY REALITY. THIS IS THE BEST RAP DIS TRACK SINCE LIKE 2001 AND NONE OF YOU DUDES EVEN SLEPT WITH RAAAAAAAANDY'S GIRL PROBABLY!
Download: RAAAAAAAANDY + Dave Sitek, "AAAAAAAANGRY (with 8 As)" (via Nah Right)