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gTLD glossary
Understanding the complex ICANN gTLD application process can be difficult. For convenience, Valideus has summarised the main terms and acronyms* that are used throughout the gTLD application process below.
*Compiled from a variety of sources, including ICANN and their new gTLD website.
|APOC (Abuse Point of Contact)
|Registry operators must provide a single abuse point of contact to enable notifications of abusive behaviours in relation to their registries. The abuse page of the registry website should publish the single abuse point of contact's accurate contact details – email, postal address, primary contact person for managing inquiries connected to abuse in the registry.
|Applicant Guidebook
|The gTLD Applicant Guidebook currently in effect, describing the requirements of the application and evaluation processes. Download the Applicant Guidebook here.
|ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
|A character encoding based on the English alphabet. When mentioned in relation to domain names or strings, ASCII refers to the fact that before internationalisation only the letters a-z, digits 0-9, and the hyphen "-", were allowed in domain names.
|BRC (Board Risk Committee)
|The BRC identify and document risks within ICANN and conducts regular meetings aimed at managing the risks within the organisation. ICANN's security team offers staff support to the BRC.
|BRG (Brand Registry Group)
|The BRG is a trade association representing the interests of brand owners who applied for single registrant, closed registries with ICANN.
|ccTLD (Country-Code Top Level Domain)
|A class of top-level domain for countries and territories listed in the ISO 3166-1 lists. The Root Zone Database has more information.
|Community-based gTLD
|A community-based gTLD is a gTLD that is operated for the benefit of a clearly delineated community. An applicant designating its application as community-based must be prepared to substantiate its status as representative of the community it names in the application.
|CPE (Community Priority Evaluation)
|A process to resolve string contention, which may be elected by a community-based applicant.
|A Constituency is a formal interest group recognised by ICANN as representing a certain group of people and/or businesses that share a common perspective or interest pertaining to the domain name space. Constituencies have votes and shape a formal part of ICANN's structure. The Commercial Stakeholder Group and Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group, within the GNSO, are comprised of individual Constituencies. The Commercial Stakeholder Group includes: Commercial Business Users, Intellectual Property and Internet Service Providers. The Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group includes: Non-Commercial Users and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns.
|Consensus Policy
|A policy created through the GNSO policy development process listed in
Annex A of the ICANN Bylaws. For more information, see the list of consensus policies that have been adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors.
|Contention Set
|A group of new gTLD applications containing identical or similar applied-for gTLD strings.
|CQs (Clarifying Questions)
|Clarifying questions are asked when evaluators feel they do not have enough information to award a new gTLD applicant a passing score. Applicants have four weeks to respond to clarifying questions. Evaluators review and score applications based on the information submitted to ICANN by the applicant. Any supplementary documentation provided by the applicant then becomes part of their overall new gTLD application.
|Delegation refers to the delegation of responsibility by ICANN/IANA for administration of a TLD in the DNS root. The root zone is edited to include a new TLD, and the management of domain name registrations under such TLD is turned over to the registry operator. IANA manages the DNS root zone and the Root Zone Database provides the delegation details of all the TLDs.
|The Domain Name System (DNS) helps users to find their way around the Internet. It is a "mnemonic" device that makes addresses easier to remember. Every computer on the internet has a unique address – just like a telephone number – which is a rather complicated string of numbers. It is called its "IP address" ("Internet Protocol"). IP Addresses are hard to remember. The DNS makes using the internet easier by allowing a familiar string of letters (the "domain name") to be used instead of the arcane IP address. So instead of typing 188.8.131.52, you can type www.internic.net.
|GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee)
|The Governmental Advisory Committee is one of ICANN's advisory committees, made up of representatives from national governments from all over the world. They offer advice to the ICANN board on issues such as public policy, especially in areas that relate to national laws or international agreements.
|GAC Early Warning
|A notice issued by the GAC concerning a gTLD application indicating that the application is seen as potentially sensitive or problematic by one or more governments.
|General Availability
|The term used to describe when domain names are available to register without restriction according to the standard eligibility requirements of the registry, after any trademark or other priority launch periods have ended.
|GNSO (Generic Names Supporting Organisation)
|The GNSO is ICANN's policy making forum. It is made up of constituencies within the ICANN structure including registries, registrars, intellectual property interests, business interests, non-commercial interests, and others.
|Go Live
| "Go Live" is another term for released or launched. When a new gTLD "goes live", it will be possible to register second level domains.
|IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
|The IANA is a division of ICANN. It is the authority originally responsible for overseeing IP address allocation, coordinating the assignment of protocol parameters provided for in internet technical standards, and managing the DNS, including delegating top-level domains, and overseeing the root name server system. Under ICANN, the IANA distributes addresses to the Regional Internet Registries, coordinates with the Internet Engineering Task Force and other technical bodies to assign protocol parameters, and oversees DNS operation. IANA must receive approval from the US Department of Commerce if it decides to change anything in the root zone file.
|ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
|ICANN manages the domain name system to ensure the operational stability of the internet. It is a California-incorporated, non-profit corporation that was created at the end of 1998 following the release of the NTIA Draft Proposal to Improve Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses (Green Paper) and the NTIA Management of Internet Names and Addresses (White Paper). ICANN develops domain name policy through a bottom up, multi-stakeholder model.
|IDN (Internationalised Domain Name)
|A domain name including characters used in the local representation of scripts not written with the basic Latin alphabet (a-z). An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, as required by many European languages, or may consist of characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Chinese.
|IDNA (Internationalising Domain Names in Applications)
|The technical protocol used for processing domain names containing non-ASCII characters in the DNS.
|IE (Initial Evaluation)
|New gTLD applications are reviewed by several panels of evaluators. During the Initial Evaluation the following assessments are completed: 1) String reviews and 2) Applicant reviews.String reviews consist of checks that the applied-for gTLD string is not expected to cause security or stability problems in the DNS. Applicant reviews include an assessment into whether the applicant has the necessary technical, operational and financial capabilities to operate a registry. For more information, consult the Applicant Guidebook.
|IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
|The IETF is a large, open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the internet architecture and the smooth operation of the internet.
|IP Claims (Intellectual Property Claims)
|A Trademark Claims Service will be offered for a minimum of 90 days following sunrise in a new gTLD registry. The Claims Service will require registries to check new domain name registrations against the Trademark Clearinghouse, and notify trademark owners and registrants when prospective registrations are identical to a mark.
|IPC (Intellectual Property Constituency)
|The IPC is one of the Constituencies of the GNSO that advises the GNSO Council of recommendations to make to the ICANN board. The IPC represents the interests of intellectual property owners worldwide.
|The landrush phase is a period of time immediately following the launch of a TLD and provides the first opportunity for the general public to apply to register a domain name in that particular TLD.
|LOC (Letter of Credit )
|All new gTLD applicants are required to obtain a letter of credit, which ICANN can draw on, in order to maintain the technical functions of the registry in the case of the registry failing.
|NTAG (New gTLD Applicant Group)
|NTAG is an interest group that consists of members who represent the new gTLD applicants. It has observer status on the Registry Stakeholder Group and all new gTLD applicants are eligible to join. NTAG strives to improve communications between ICANN and applicants through facilitating discussions regarding the new gTLD program and associated issues of concern. Members' views are represented to the Registry Stakeholder Group, the GNSO Council, the ICANN Board of Directors, and other influential groups and organisations.
|PDDRP (Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure)
|The Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure provides trademark holders the opportunity to seek redress from new gTLD registry operators exhibiting bad faith intent to profit from the systemic registration of infringing domain names. Remedies vary and may include termination of the registry contract by ICANN in extreme cases.
|Pre-Delegation Testing
|Pre-delegation is a phase prior to delegation whereby applicants must complete a pre-delegation technical test to ensure the registry is ready for operation. This test must be passed by all new gTLD applicants before they are allowed to be introduced into the root zone.
|Premium Names
|Premium names are domain names that the Registry Operator holds back from the sunrise to be allocated at a later date through auction or an RFP process rather than first come, first served.
|Registrants are the internet users who register domain names. Domain names must be registered through an ICANN-Accredited Registrar. Registrants do not interact directly with the registry operator.
|An ICANN-accredited registrar is an entity that registrants must use to register domain names. There are over 1,500 ICANN-accredited registrars in competition with each other. The registrar retains records containing technical and contact information that the registrants provide. These records are then submitted to the registry. The registrar has access to make changes to a registration by adding, deleting, or updating domain name records.
|A registry is an authoritative master database of domain names registered in each top level domain. A registry operator maintains the master database of domain names for that registry. In addition, they produce the "zone files" that direct internet traffic to and from top level domains from any global location.
|Registry Agreement
|The agreement executed between ICANN and successful gTLD applicants, which appears as an attachment to Module 5 of the Applicant Guidebook.
|Registry Operator
|The entity entering into the Registry Agreement with ICANN, responsible for setting up and maintaining the operation of the registry.
|RGP (Redemption Grace Period)
|When a domain name is deleted, a 30-day Deleted Name Redemption Grace Period will follow. The Redemption Grace Period helps resolve problems associated with domain name deletions caused by inadvertence or fraud. This period allows the registrant, registry, and/or registrar enough time to identify and amend any mistaken deletions. In this time the domain name will not function because it will have been removed from the zone. Succeeding the 30 day period, there is a five day period before a domain is finally deleted in order to notify all registrars of the deletion.
|Root Zone
|The root zone database represents the delegation details of top-level domains, including gTLDs and ccTLDs. As manager of the DNS root zone, IANA is responsible for coordinating these delegations in accordance with its policies and procedures.
|RySG (Registries Stakeholder Group)
|The Registries Stakeholder Group forms part of ICANN's GNSO, representing the interests of gTLD registries in ICANN policy making.
|String Contention
|The scenario in which there is more than one qualified applicant for the same gTLD or for gTLDs that are so similar that they create a probability of user confusion if more than one of the strings is delegated into the root zone. Contention must be resolved so that only one application goes forward.
|Sunrise is a pre-launch phase providing trademark holders the opportunity to register domain names in a TLD before registration is generally available to the public. All new, non-brand gTLD registries will have an obligation to provide a minimum 30 days notification of Sunrise and then a 30-day Sunrise period.
|TMCH (Trademark Clearinghouse)
|The TMCH is a global, central repository of validated trademark rights information to protect trademarks in the New gTLD Program. It allows trademark holders to apply for domains matching their trademarks in multiple Sunrises, without having to validate trademark information each time.
|Trademark Claims
|See IP Claims.
|UDRP (Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy)
|A policy for resolving disputes arising from alleged abusive registrations of domain names (for example, cybersquatting), allowing expedited administrative proceedings that a trademark rights holder initiates by filing a complaint with an approved dispute resolution service provider.
|URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)
|URS provides trademark holders with a rapid and efficient mechanism to "take down" undeniably infringing domain names. A successful proceeding will result in suspension of the domain name. Compliance with results is mandatory for all new gTLD operators. It is designed as a quicker and cheaper alternative to the UDRP, but only for clear-cut cases of infringement.
|WHOIS provides public access to data associated with registered domain names. Databases can be queried that contain information such as registration and expiry dates, name servers, registrar information and registrant contact information. Registrars must remind registrants to update, review and correct their WHOIS data at least once a year. Domain name registrations may be cancelled if the registrant provides false WHOIS data.
|Zone file
|The zone file contains all resource records associated with a domain name.


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LAS VEGAS, NV – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will travel to Nevada on Thursday, kicking off a two-day swing to underscore the Department's commitment to collaborative, landscape-level solutions to conservation and water issues.
On Thursday, December 12, the Secretary will deliver keynote remarks at the Western Governors' Association (WGA) Winter Meeting, highlighting her recent Secretarial Order establishing a Department-wide mitigation strategy to encourage balanced development and landscape-level planning on federal public lands. The Order seeks to ensure consistency and efficiency in the review and permitting of new energy and other infrastructure development projects, while also providing for the conservation, adaptation, and restoration of our nation's valuable and natural and cultural resources. A press conference with WGA members will follow her remarks.
On Friday, December 13, Secretary Jewell will deliver keynote remarks at the 2013 Colorado River Water Users Association's (CRWUA) Annual Conference, highlighting Interior's vital role across the Colorado River Basin. Her remarks will underscore the Department's commitment to supporting the efforts of the Basin States, Tribes, and other stakeholders to improve water management and operations of the Colorado River system during a period of historic drought in the basin. Scientific research, development of innovative conservation programs, and incentive grants through Interior's WaterSMART program are some of the unique ways the federal government can help support local initiatives. Jewell will hold a brief media availability immediately following her remarks.
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Baking Cakes in Kigali
Baking Cakes in Kigali
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by Gaile Parkin
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This soaring novel introduces us to Angel Tungaraza: mother, cake baker, pillar of her community, keeper of secrets big and small. Angel's kitchen is an oasis in the heart of Rwanda, where visitors stop to order cakes but end up sharing their stories, transforming their lives, leaving with new hope. In this vibrant, powerful setting, unexpected things are beginning to happen: A most unusual wedding is planned, a heartbreaking mystery involving Angel's own family unravels, and extraordinary connections are made--as a chain of events unfolds that will change Angel's life and the lives of those around her in the most astonishing ways.
Chapter One An Anniversary
In the same way that a bucket of water reduces a cooking fire to ashes--a few splutters of shocked disbelief, a hiss of anger, and then a chill all the more penetrating for having so abruptly supplanted intense heat--in just that way, the photograph that she now surveyed extinguished all her excitement.
"Exactly like this?" she asked her guest, trying to keep any hint of regret or condemnation out of her voice.
"Exactly like that," came the reply, and the damp chill of disappointment seeped into her heart.
Angel had dressed smartly for the occasion, in a state of great anticipation of the benefits that it might bring. Completing her ensemble by pushing a pair of small gold hoops through her earlobes, she had stepped out of her bedroom and into the living room, scanning the room again to check that it was ready for her special guest. The children's clutter had all been put away in their bedroom, and the tiled floor had been scrubbed to a shine. The wooden frames of the three-seater sofa and its two matching chairs had been polished, and each of their cushions--encased in a sturdy fabric patterned in brown and orange--had been plumped to the full extent capable of a square of foam rubber. On the coffee table she had placed a gleaming white plate of chocolate cupcakes, each iced in one of four colours: blue, green, black and yellow.
Then the shout had come through the open doorway that led off the living room on to the small balcony: the signal that she had been waiting for from her neighbour, Amina, who had been standing on the balcony directly above her own, on the look-out for the expensive vehicle making its way up the hill towards their compound.
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Mrs Margaret Wanyika had emerged from the vehicle looking every inch the wife of an ambassador: elegant and well-groomed, her tall, thin body sporting a Western-style navy-blue suit with a knee-length skirt and a silky white blouse, her straightened hair caressing the back of her head in a perfect chignon. As she had stood beside the vehicle talking into her cell-phone, her eyes had swept over the building in front of her.
Angel had ducked away from the window and moved back into the living room, imagining, as she did so, the view that her visitor was taking in. The block of apartments, on the corner of a tarred road and a dirt road in one of the city's more affluent areas, was something of a landmark, its four storeys dominating the neighbourhood of large houses and high-walled gardens, where drivers hooted outside fortified gates for servants to open up and admit their expensive vehicles. People knew that it was a brand-new building only because it had not been there at all a year before: it had been constructed in the fashionable style that suggests--without any need of time or wear--the verge of decay and collapse.
With mounting excitement, Angel had awaited the security guard's familiar knock at the door of her apartment, and when it had come, she had opened the door, beaming with delight...
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Gaile Parkin was born and raised in Zambia and studied at universities in South Africa and England. She has lived in many different parts of Africa, including Rwanda, where Baking Cakes in Kigali is set. She spent two years in Rwanda as a VSO volunteer at the new university doing a wide range of work: teaching, mentoring, writing learning materials, working with the campus clinic to counsel students with HIV/AIDS, and doing gender advocacy and empowerment work. Evenings and weekends, she counselled women and girls who were survivors. Many of the stories told by the characters in Baking Cakes for Kigali are based on or inspired by stories Parkin was told herself. She is currently a freelance consultant in the fields of education, gender, and HIV/AIDS.
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So, its like MarkThatMessage, except it offers a couple of options. Gotcha.......
Very nice been waiting for this hope it's clean.
I have been waiting for a free alternative for ages! There is mark that message which marks every message no options but that costs like a dollar and it wasn't really worth the buy so I waited for a free one and here it is!
I don understand why apple doesn't produce these kinds of things
Another way you can find out the time is simply tapping the "messages/back" button when in a conversation & it'll show you the time the last text was sent or received.
This is really convenient, I find myself wanting to see times of texts often!
Apple isn't stupid. If they just went ahead and added all the features then they wouldn't have anything to showcase for us
Great, been waiting for something like this even though I'm sure they already have a tweak like this, this is free and I just found out. Just perfect. Thanks Gabrio and ModMyi.
Is this out yet or did I miss something? I don't see it on Cydia.


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Yes, President George W. Bush he would as in the past he was Commander in Chief , his cabinet, and his military advisers determined that the al Qaeda terrorist network had financed and perpetrated the September 11 attacks. They also determined that the Taliban, a group in control of the Afghanistan government, had permitted al Qaeda to operate and train its members within Afghanistan's borders. Thus, the President used military force to invade the country in an effort to destroy the al Qaeda network and topple the Taliban. Now Syria used chemical Sarin to harm their peoples. We do not know exact who did it ? but President George W. Bush had strong decision. Thanks CNN for question.
I think George W. Bush would attack the wrong country.
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Gay people's rights: Tainting love
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Saving in poor countries: Beyond cows
Coaxing does more to boost saving than compelling9
Quick Study: Tim Allen on the importance of fieldwork: Get on the ground
Too much aid-based policy is made without sufficient evidence about what is happening on the ground3
Energy subsidies: Price squeeze
Popular and harmful, energy subsidies are hard—but not impossible—to kill1
Agriculture in Ethiopia and Uganda: Not so fair trade
A new study questions the value of an initiative to ensure fair working conditions for poor farm workers37
Central African Republic woes: The messy mission to find Joseph Kony
A country in a bad way has yet more problems1
The World Bank: Why it should consider gay rights
A letter from activists in response to our leader19
The World Bank: Right cause, wrong battle
Why the World Bank's focus on gay rights is misguided66
The lives of Ugandan girls: Working with what you have
Sanitary pads made from local papyrus are helping girls to stay in school2
African demography: Fertility treatment
Birth rates are not falling in Africa as fast as they did in Asia. More contraception would help30
The week explained: February 28th 2014: Flights, frights and fresh fights
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Uganda's anti-gay law: Deadly intolerance
Diplomatic pressure did not stop an absurd law21
Conflict in South Sudan: Back with a vengeance
The young country is descending into war, again2
Uganda's anti-gay law: Deadly intolerance
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A push to stop poaching and save elephants from extinction16
Uganda sees its first female motorbike taxi drivers: Easy rider
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Nigeria: No country for gay men
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A Romanian man wanted for robbery and kidnap is being targeted by the Metropolitan Police in a London-wide operation.
Constantin Niciu, 34, is wanted by Redbridge Police as well as in Romania in connection with a violent abduction.
Two men who refused to assist in trafficking women were tied up and beaten with a plank of wood before their mobile phones and motor vehicle were stolen.
Niciu, who also goes by the name of Claudin Fagas, is believed to have links to Havering and is wanted for recall to prison.
He is one of 18 foreign nationals wanted by the Met's extradition unit as part of Operation Sunfire.
The police aim to trace the "high-risk" criminals and put them in front of extradition courts so they can face justice abroad.
Det Sgt Peter Rance, who is leading the operation, said the suspects should not be approached if seen.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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"Going For Two Was Wrong Because It Didn't Work"
You should all be better than this by now.
In the 4th quarter on Sunday with 11:47 to go in the game the Packers scored a touchdown to cut the deficit to 23-13. Mike McCarthy opted to go for the 2-point conversion to cut it to a one score game. A few people on my timeline griped about it at the time. I'm not here to talk about those people. I think they were wrong, and that McCarthy made the correct call, but my big problem is with simple-minded ex post facto analysis. People who say "it didn't work so they shouldn't have done it" drive me nuts. That is an awful way to evaluate decisions. I had a twitter discussion with Aaron Nagler where he made the following statement:
@BadgerNoonan The "wrong call" according to the chart - proving the chart isn't always right. Don't go for 2 until you need to.
That's obviously wrong. If you need further convincing you should read Bill Barnwell on the subject. He includes actual math AND helpful, insightful commentary.
But you don't need fancy math in this instance. If the Packers kick the PAT they know for sure they will need 2 more possessions along with some defensive stops. The defensive stops are probably the most important thing. As you may recall, in the 4th quarter of the most recent Bears game, the Bears were able to put together an almost 9-minute drive at the end of the game to wipe out the clock.
In the very next game against Philly the Eagles killed 9:32 to end the game.
So when McCarthy reached this point he was probably skeptical that his team would have two more possessions. Especially since the Vikings' previous possession looked like this (starting with 5:26 remaining in the 3rd):
Adrian Peterson for 7
Adrian Peterson for 5
Toby Gerhart for 15
Toby Gerhart for 6
Incomplete to Carlson
Complete to Jennings for 8
Toby Gerhart for 26
Toby Gerhart for 11
Adrian Peterson for 1
Adrian Peterson for 1
Complete to Patterson for 5
Blair Walsh FG.
Total elapsed time: 6:02
On their drive after the failed 2-point converstion, the Vikings started out like this:
Adrian Peterson for 5
Adrian Peterson for 17
Adrian Peterson for 3
Ponder then threw an incomplete pass and a completion to Patterson that lost 3 yards. There's a decent argument to be made that that 2nd down pass attempt cost the Vikings the game.
The chart says to go for two when you're down by 10 in the 4th, but the situation screamed at them to go for 2. Sometimes good processes lead to bad results. That doesn't mean the processes were flawed, it means you're playing a game with a lot of randomness and uncertainty.


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That isn't fog like you know it, this is Harmattan.
Harmattan is a West African phenomenon. According to Wikipedia : The Harmattan is a dry and dusty West African trade wind. This northeasterly wind blows from the Sahara into the Gulf of Guinea between the end of November and the middle of March (winter).


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am planning to do a upper full arch in Atlanta anyone used them before have any complain or comment?
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Hi yashmee21. I'm having my procedure done in less than 2 weeks in Atlanta. Have you had your work done yet? I would love to hear about how it went and what you think of the place.
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Hi, Yashmee21! I found a topic from about a year ago talking about ClearChoice in Atlanta, which you have probably read. But if you haven't, that is, unfortunately, the only thing I have found relating to Atlanta specifically. You could try PM'ing shwtyme and asking whether they are still happy with their results. I do hope more people who have used ClearChoice find their way here, though! Good luck!
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National health insurer sues 3 tobacco companiesUpdated: 2014-04-15 04:07:49 KST
For the first time ever here in Korea, a public organization the National Health Insurance Service, is suing cigarette companies to recover medical costs incurred due to tobacco-related illnesses.
Less than a week ago, seven individuals and their families lost a 15-year-long case against Korea's biggest cigarette manufacturer KT&G.
This time, the plaintiff is the National Health Insurance Service, which filed a 52-million-U.S. dollar complaint Monday against KT&G, as well as Philip Morris and British American Tobacco.
The health agency says nearly four percent of its total health insurance payouts have gone toward tobacco-related treatments since 2011.
"As you all are well aware, smoking cigarettes affects the nation's people, and especially women and adolescents. We are going to proceed with the legal battle for the future of our nation, and to guarantee that health insurance costs are maintained."
The health insurance service will focus on proving the cause-and-effect relationship between cancer and smoking, along with any breaches of the law that the tobacco companies may have committed.
It isn't much different from the case presented by the individuals who lost their case last week.
"The National Health Insurance Service says due to its big database and its thorough investigation, it has a better chance than individuals of winning in this case."
"KT&G, the defendant in the individuals' case, refused to reveal a lot of its data. We understand that the lack of information provided caused the plaintiffs to lose."
The insurance service emphasized that the entire trial won't just be taking place behind closed doors in court, but that every bit of the process will be openly shared with the public.
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The state Historic Preservation Division is looking into why the Santa Fe Indian School is knocking down historic buildings on its century-old campus.
A 1994 survey by the Bureau of Indian Affairs determined that 24 of the campuss Pueblo Revival buildings were eligible for placement on the National Register of Historic Places, according to division spokesman Tom Drake.
While its unclear how many of those structures have been razed, at least some the demolished buildings are known to have been historic and eligible for the register, Drake said.
The buildings really were rather significant, Drake said Tuesday. Structures that have been identified as eligible for historic listing enjoy the same protection as those actually in the register, Drake said.
Drake said the division does not have any reason to believe the school committed wrongdoing in razing the historic buildings. Still, while the division had heard rumors that the demolition of the old campus might be in store, it was caught by surprise when the bulldozing began over the weekend.
We were taken by surprise. But we did have rumors that something was going to happen, but we couldnt substantiate it, Drake said.
The ramshackle homes and other buildings have sat mostly deserted for several years, ever since students and staffers moved into the schools modern facilities built along the backside of the campus.
Yet the site of bulldozers tearing into buildings that have long been part of the Cerrillos Road cityscape created a stir among historic preservationists, as well as with longtime residents taken aback by the resulting mountains of rubble where familiar structures stood. One Journal reader compared the scene to the German city of Dresden after it was destroyed during World War II.
Amid the hubbub, Indian School officials refused to answer questions but released a statement Tuesday.
After completing various assessments over the past five years the Santa Fe Indian School exercised its sovereign authority and due diligence to take actions by demolishing buildings to remove the imminent health, safety and security threats to protect the students and staff of SFIS, and including the general pub- lic, the statement said.
The state Environment Department has no jurisdiction over the school, a spokeswoman said. But Environment Secretary Ron Curry plans to send a letter to school administrators offering assistance in monitoring any issues with asbestos or other concerns at the site.
The seventh- through 12thgrade boarding school belongs to the 19 New Mexico pueblos and is managed by a school board. The school grounds are considered Indian land.
By tearing down a set of City Different landmarks, the school may have revealed a new one: a modern campus that opened in 2006 which many passing motorists likely never knew existed.
The $31 million project includes an activities center, dorms, classrooms and plaza, designed to be New Mexicos 20th pueblo. Designed in a Pueblo Revival style using traditional building materials such as vigas, latillas and adobe, the campus is meant to echo students home communities, according to design architect Van Gilbert of Albuquerque.
Gilbert said the cost of bringing the old buildings along Cerrillos up to code would have been higher than constructing the 21st-century campus.
I understand the historic aspects and all that, but those buildings were dangerous, Gilbert said.
A wellness center, gymnasium, running track and facility for the use by northern pueblos is now under construction and is expected to be completed by 2009 at a building cost of $8 million, Gilbert said. The new campus was the largest school project the Bureau of Indian Affairs has ever funded, federal officials have said.
Superintendent Joe Abeyta was quoted in a 2002 Santa Fe New Mexican article as saying the 19 tribes hoped to maintain and restore the old buildings.
In any event, Gilbert said the glimmering new facilities have transformed students experience at school. I think its a great model for education of the future, he said.
The new pueblo-like buildings stand in stark contrast to the campus as it was first built around the turn of the last century.
The original brick schoolhouse was completed in 1890 by a local builder under supervision of an architect in Washington, D.C., according to One House, One Voice, One Heart: Native American Education at the Santa Fe Indian School.
Red brick with two stories and a pitched tin roof, the building did not relate in any way to the architectural traditions of the region, author Sally Hyer writes.
Students were housed in barracks-like sleeping corridors. Each morning they awoke to a bugle call that was followed by drills, marches and English-only vocational classes, according to Hyer. More structures followed, including a classroom building, hospital and barn.
The curriculum and the campus were overhauled in the 1930s to reflect the schools regional identity with sixteen buildings remodeled in Spanish Pueblo Revival Style with the help of New Deal funds, according to Hyer.
In addition to the 1994 BIA survey, the state determined in 1998 that one structure the Field Health Building adjacent to the Indian Hospital was eligible for historic protection because it retained a high degree of historic integrity from this period with surviving features including the portal, courtyard, six over six double-hung slash, and doors.
Drake of the preservation division said it was unclear whether the Field Health Building was still standing on the 114-acre campus.
Drake said the 1966 Historic Preservation Act prohibits the demolition of historic buildings if federal funds are spent on the project. The spokesman said the division does not know if federal dollars were used in the demolition.


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|Favorite Toy
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|Favorite Activity
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|Favorite Food
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|Follow mommy everywhere.
|Number of Friends
We are chewing our cow hooves.I'm on the right and mini mouse on the left.
Here I am in my fav place in the sun with my fav fox furry toy I drag thru the house.
And here is my big sis Jesse that I keep in line and take care of.She has the cleanest ears and eyes of any doggy.
Happy Thanksgiving Day to all my Fur friends!
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Hi there Cricket wowwww that must of been a sight to see and that's definitely heaven sent cranes are known to be the bird of happiness :) that's pretty amazing tell your mommy my mom is doing better she still misses me very much but she is doing better she has many great memories with me and she knows she has a little angel who will always watch over her. Thanks for checking in on me and my mommy friend and watch out for those Cranes
Hi Cricket, so nice to meet you, say you are cute as pie, but you know that right, have a good night my friend, little dog hugs T. J. !
Hi Cricket, nice to meet you.i look forward to our barks and furiendship.
I love cow hooves to chew too! Mummy won't let me bring them in the house because she says they stink!! xx
Hello beautiful xx
Hi, Cricket. You are welcome, my sweet friend.
You are so welcome, sweet friend! Oh, I just love your sweet picture of you with your Halloween outfit on! Oh, that sounds like the perfect day, and I bet that cottage cheese was yummy!
Happy Birthday Cricket!!! Tommy & Freddy
You are very welcome Cricket. We had a big party for you yesterday. I don't know if you could hear all the Angels singing happy birthday to you. We tried to sing at a pitch only you could hear so I hope it worked. We have been looking in the river of life watching you snoozing in your fenced in area. You are very cute. Enjoy your cottage cheese.
Happy Birthday Cricket....Hope you have a wonderful day...enjoy it ..its all yours....hope you have lots of treats, and things you like...
Happy Birthday Cricket!!!!
Happy birthday sweet Cricket
Happy Birthday sweet Cricket!!! We hope you have a spooky Happy Birthday!! What a wonderful time of year to be a Birthday Girl! Thanks for the Gottcha Day wishes. Yups I'm with you this is a fabulous time of year to be born or have a Gottcha Day. Love, Molly and my Mom
"Happy 6th Birthday 2013" Crickett! Have a pawsome day! xoxoxox Prince
Happy Birthday, sweet Cricket! Love, Gracie, Buddy, Holly, Keegan, Andy, Barney, Angel Keri, Angel Jondalar and Angel Muffin


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Chief Learning Officer magazine honored Lisa Doyle of the Veterans Affairs Department as the 2011 Chief Learning Officer of the Year.
Doyle is chancellor of the VA's Acquisition Academy. She was named the academy's first chancellor when it was formed in 2008 with a mandate to train, certify and expand the VA's 40,000-member acquisition workforce.
Doyle received the award for her work in standing up the VA Acquisition Academy. As chancellor, she's responsible for training VA's acquisition workforce. She has established career development programs and is developing experiential learning opportunities.
Although the academy incorporates classroom work, Doyle takes a more holistic approach. The coursework goes well beyond rote learning of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to cover the softer skills needed by contracting officers.
"We take it to the next level," Doyle said in a recent interview with Federal Computer Week. "Technical training is not everything. We develop the whole person."
"The CLO of the Year award is given annually to the candidate who best exemplifies leadership qualities, creates the vision for change in his or her organization, and adds value for stakeholders," the magazine said in a news release on Oct. 26.
Doyle was selected for the award by a panel of seven judges, including past recipients of the honor.
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A new report surveys the many different approaches to launching a dedicated innovation shop in government.
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The flip side of default data encryption on mobile devices is that a lost or stolen device won't yield up its secrets -- an important feature for many federal employees.
A decade after the 9/11 Commission identified agencies' reluctance to share information as a dangerous shortcoming, the government is moving in the right direction.
The latest offering is intended to help agencies speed the process of deploying authorized cloud solutions.
Cartoonist John Klossner on the telltale indicators that not everything is running through the CIO.
SBA's innovation office invests in solutions to problems that don't yet exist – like the 2007 seed funding for research into an effective Ebola treatment.
The government-wide IT contract's final awards were put off a month as NASA waded through 233 proposals.
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We continue to believe that the FTC is exercising authority it does not have and using its power to punish a company that objected to agency overreach
Cause of Action statement concerning LabMD and denial of preliminary injunction in North District of Georgia
LabMD Sues Federal Trade Commission
The FTC continues to exemplify the dangers of unbridled federal agency overreach into areas in which they have no authority
Law360: LabMD Slams FTC's 'Abuse Of Power' In Data Breach Probe
FTC continues to act without the authority granted to it by Congress — authority they admitted only last month they do not have
Roll Call: FTC's Data Security Grab Is Adjudication without Authority
Operating outside the bounds of law should never be tolerated — whether it is snooping data thieves or large government agencies
Wall Street Journal: FTC Cyber Case Has Nearly Put Us Out of Business, Firm Says
"FTC investigation of the alleged data security problems has been onerous"
Statement on FTC Denial of Motion to Dismiss
Cause of Action will continue to fight the FTC's arbitrary abuse of power in federal court.
ZwillGen blog: FTC COMMISSIONERS' STATEMENTS BECOME FACTORS IN WYNDHAM AND LABMD
Commissioner Brill chose to recuse herself from review of the LabMD proceedings
The Hill: FTC official recuses self from cybersecurity case
Read the full story: The Hill In recent weeks, LabMD and the watchdog organization Cause of Action, which is representing the testing lab, had unearthed speeches in which Brill referenced the ongoing case as an example of ways the FTC was cracking down on lax cybersecurity. They had requested Brill […]
Winston and Strawn: LabMD Files Suit Challenging FTC's Authority to Regulate Data Security
Read the full story: Winston and Strawn LabMD joins Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LLC in challenging the FTC's authority to regulate and punish entities for data security breaches. Like Wyndham, LabMD argues that because the FTC has never issued regulations, standards, or guidelines regarding data security under Section 5, LabMD […]
Steptoe and Johnson: LabMD Goes On Offense Against FTC
Read the full story: Steptoe and Johnson We reported in September that LabMD (a laboratory services company) became the second company (after Wyndham Hotels & Resorts) to challenge the Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulate cybersecurity, when it raised this issue in response to an administrative complaint filed by the […]


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Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wants justice for men who are victims of domestic violence. The New York City Police Department should have arrested Solange Kno ... More >>
BLT Steak in The Betsy Hotel hosted a Jack Daniels dinner in which each course was paired with a different Jack Daniels cocktail or whiskey. The four-course feast included an appetizer and cocktail hour. Who knew JD could stand up so well to fine dining? While many of us might consider Jack a grea ... More >>
Forbes' bean counters have compiled their latest list of the 500 most shameless oligarchs richest entrepreneurs in all the land, and South Florida keeps gleefully riding the money train. Twenty-four of the magazine's wealthiest call the land of bath salts and condo busts home, and when they're not h ... More >>
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke marvels at the technology that brought Tupac back to life. The lifelike image of Tupac Shakur performing onstage at Coachell ... More >>
It may be the best athlete food endorsement since "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Slim Jim, or it could be the worst since Mike Tyson and Pepsi, but Dunkin' Brands Inc. announced Monday that LeBron James will promote pork donuts, among other products, in China and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, accord ... More >>
What did you do this weekend? Unless you masterminded an international art theft caper or got into a fistfight with Mike Tyson over his love of Phil Collins, Jason Wayo can probably beat your story.The 34-year-old Sarasota County native was in court yesterday to answer charges that he went on an ... More >>
Toot! Toot! All Aboard the SS Media Embarrassment! Today, New York Times columnist Gail Collins tackled the tricky subject of billionaire Florida Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene. She calls the man's 145 party boat the Summerwind the "Levi Johnston of Yachts" because it's "an embarrassing, ... More >>
Could Florida's Senate race get any weirder? First, we have revelations that Jeff Greene (also buddies with Mike Tyson and Heidi Fliess) hosted Lindsay Lohan on his yacht during a New Year's Eve vacation on St. Barts. Now we learn that governor and Senate candidate Charlie Crist stayed at the hom ... More >>
via SalonBillionaire Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene sure has some interesting friends. Mike Tyson (convicted of rape) was the best man at his wedding. "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fliess (convicted of tax evasion) was a yearlong house guest.Now, it appears he once joined Lindsay Lohan (h ... More >>
Alex IzaguirreUncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for New Times. This week, Luke takes on Marion "Suge" Knight's $1 million lawsuit against Kanye West and South Beach's Shore Club, which wa ... More >>
Poor Mike Lowell. The Miami native has already been through a lot. In between World Series wins with the Marlins and Boston, he endured testicular cancer, a massive John Henry fire sale, and a badly fractured hand.via Amazon.comBut now he has really invited a true stain on his good name: He gave ... More >>
J.J. Abrams's latest is proof that a franchise can live long and prosper.
One week of living and dying in Miami-Dade.
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The cost of a cab might go up with the gas.
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Elieser Castillo has his eye on the world heavyweight championship
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Working the soil together has allowed many to use their knowledge and abilities for the first time in an international context, creating a field of learning that goes far beyond planting and harvesting garden produce
People and plants conference at Cambridge University, June 26 - 27, 2014
Dr Elizabeth Hsu on diversity, commonality and "thinginess":
I am inspired by 17th century Chinese philosophers who spoke of shi, the propensity of things (Jullien 1995), and 20th century phenomenologists who spoke of a frighteningly similar concept, affordances (Straus, Gibson, Leder, etc.), which STS has recently taken up.
These concepts direct the researcher's attentiveness to the thing, and its thinginess, suggesting that the effectiveness of a thing is given in its material configurations and the demands those put on its surroundings.
It would appear that in certain situations people interact with their environments in seemingly unmediated and direct ways that seem to respond more to the situational constellation and material condition than anything else.
Images of Mother Earth.
Bhū Devī is our mother. Nothing would exist without her.
The entire world depends upon her for sustenance and life.
She is often depicted holding a pomegranate, a water vessel, a bowl containing healing herbs, and another containing vegetables.
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Even as the United States government continues to push for the use of more chemically-intensive and corporate-dominated farming methods such as GMOs and monoculture-based crops, the United Nations is once against sounding the alarm about the urgent need to return to (and develop) a more sustainable, natural and organic system.
That was the key point of a new publication from the UN Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) titled"Trade and Environment Review 2013: Wake Up Before It's Too Late," which included contributions from more than 60 experts around the world.
The Earth Knows My Name, by Patricia Klindienst, is an exploration of how the making of gardens and the growing of food help ethnic and immigrant Americans maintain and transmit their cultural heritage while they put roots down in American soil. Through their work on the land, these gardeners revive cultures in danger of being lost. Through the vegetables, fruits, and flowers they produce, they share their culture with their larger communities. And in their reverent use of natural resources they keep alive a relationship to the land all but lost to mainstream culture.
This was the theme for the U.S. Pavilion at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale (Autumn 2012). The project is an archive of a diverse range of work by designers, architects, artists and researchers engaged in dialogue with the issues of urban life. Collectively, the 124 urban interventions, represent a growing movement of people acting on problematic urban situations, creating new opportunities and amenities for the public.
DIY, guerrilla urbanism, and action! lie at the heart of the works collected for this project.
Commissioned by the New York Hall of Science for ReGeneration, artist Amy Franceschini has created a mobile fieldwork station that aims to challenge the dominance of "modern quantitative science as compared to the long tradition of qualitative indigenous knowledge through an inventory of distinctive tools, exemplary specimen and mappings that explore new ways to relate to the plant life around us."
E.S. is one of the many projects undertaken by the FutureFarmers artist collective. They are "artists, researchers, designers, architects, scientists and farmers with a common interest in creating frameworks for exchange that catalyze moments of "not knowing".
The relationship between botanical composition of home gardens and the cultural background of their owners is examined in this wonderful article. Thanks Korinna!
One of the most inspiring and important articles on why we garden, from The RHS : The Garden Magazine http://bit.ly/1czv2Dt
Even in the war-torn regions of Afghanistan, Palestine and Israel the gardening tradition endures, providing a peaceful distraction for many in the face of frightening adversity
Author and photography: Lalage Snow, photographer, journalist and film-maker


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Hello hockey fans! In less than 24 hours, the United States men's Olympic hockey team will take the ice and attempt to do better than the silver medal from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Previewing a whole team of players from all over the country that play for a variety of NHL teams is extremely hard, so I'm going to split it up into sections. In this section I will preview Team USA's group of netminders, and the defensemen in front of them.
Team USA is returning two of the previous three goaltenders from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics; Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings and Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres. The third goaltender for Team USA is Jimmy Howard of the Detroit Red Wings, who replaced Tim Thomas of Boston Bruins at the time, but currently the Florida Panthers. Howard, who has suffered numerous injuries this season, has posted a 2.65 GAA and a .914 save percentage. Howard has struggled immensely in Detroit this season, with injuries and with making saves overall. He will probably end up being Team USA's third goalie in Sochi this year. Jonathan Quick, the only one of the three goaltenders who has won the Stanley Cup, has had his own share of issues in Los Angeles this season but has still managed a 2.18 GAA and a .911 save percentage. Ryan Miller, who led team USA to a silver medal in the 2010 Olympics, is my number one choice of starting goalie will probably get the call to lead the team again this time around. Miller is playing on THE WORST team in the National Hockey League and has still been able to post a 2.74 GAA and a .923 save percentage. That being said, it was announced Wednesday morning by Team USA coach Dan Bylsma that Jonathan Quick will get the start in goal on Thursday against Slovakia. Coach Bylsma did not mention who would start on Saturday against the Russians, so stay tuned for that.
Speaking of defense, only three defensemen from the 2010 team have returned: Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild, Brooks Orpik of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Paul Martin(who was withdrawn due to injury) also of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The new guys are: John Carlson of the Washington Capitals, Justin Faulk of the Carolina Hurricanes, Cam Fowler of the Anaheim Ducks, Ryan McDonagh of the New York Rangers, and Kevin Shattenkirk of the St. Louis Blues.
According to powerofthepuckblog.com, the defensive pairings that came out of the early Team USA practice were as follows:
The offense (which will come in a later preview), is lined up with stars and should do fine holding it's own against the better teams of the tournament. In order for team USA to prevail and improve upon the silver medal they earned in the last Olympics, their defense and goaltending need to step up and push the team to a gold medal.
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Lots of exciting new Smash Bros screens out there today.
So I fell in kinda deep on the dogecoin thing and wanted to contribute to the community in a silly way. The result is CryptObits, a place for satirical obituaries commissioned by members of the dogecoin community.
The Internet: Tis a silly place.
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now accepting tips via DOGECOIN, the first cryptocurrency to be based on a meme. because dogecoin is funny. amaze.
DOGE: DLApNcfvJC2ByF191H6eKFvvJw1ebQoR4B
I'm doing this because it's the most Internet thing to do, and placing this address on tumblr because doge.
Feeling tipsy? Got some doge you wanna walk?
Send something and I will personally scream your name in the shower.
to the moon!
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CHVRCHES - "The Mother We Share" - The Bones of What You Believe
Other artists got me groovin' more but nothing moved me as much as the debut full-length The Bones of What You Believe from Glasgow's CHVRCHES. As likely to elevate your senses as it is to break your heart with its brutally realistic depictions of love fading and relationships crumbling, the album feels as much like art therapy for singer Lauren Mayberry as it is cathartic for audiences to hear.
Mayberry's voice ethereally flits above the swelling synthpop from bandmates Ian Cook and Martin Doherty, and album opener "The Mother We Share" wastes no time to put these tools to work with emotional destruction.
Feature: 12 Days of Christmas - Fire Emblem's Awakening
Long-running strategy RPG dodges permadeath with one of the year's best
I reeeeeeally liked Fire Emblem: Awakening, so much so that I would put it as my personal Game of the Year of Luigi.
I wrote a thing for Nintendo Life about it and I think you should read it too.
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waiter do you have frog legs.
no Ive always had ketchup legs with poo on them.
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The Seattle area is perfect for a retro gaming convention due to its out-of-time spirit and its odd position as intersection of the medium's many directions. The city is young, famous as a coffee capitol and with a sweet tooth typically reserved for unsupervised middle schoolers. Apart from the Starbucks mermaid, its most iconic symbol is an anachronistic giant needle pointed at space.
"Retro" isn't even an adequate descriptor: what's old was never old to begin with. It just is, and continues to be. Perfect for old games.
Nintendo of America, representing the "old guard" of video gaming, is headquartered down the way from those of Microsoft's Xbox division who are trying to drag the medium kicking and screaming into their vision of the future of interactive entertainment. In nearby Bellevue, Valve engineers Steam to be the ultimate digital games delivery service revered for its insane sales that border on compulsion to buy everything in sight. Across the street, the Pokemon Company has been distributing a similar drug for years. Down the street, 343 Industries architects the future of Halo. Whereabouts unknown is Ryan Payton, who chose to walk away from Master Chief's focus-tested adventures to found Camouflaj and is toiling away on their first game, Republique, funded through Kickstarter.
So yeah, the Seattle Retro Gaming Expo. Perfect city for it. They even invited Ryan Payton to host a panel. The Retronauts poetically relaunched themselves in the shadow of the Space Needle. Some crafters sold Pokeball soap. Bins and bins of retro games to rummage through and buy, even if a lot of the games for sale were garbage. When aren't they, though? You take the Secret of Mana with the Side Pocket.
Most dear to my heart, why I enjoy going to local conventions, is to see the free-play area in action. There's a certain earnest energy in there, where parents introduce their young kids to the games of their own childhood and friends can revisit grudge matches of yesteryear, or create new ones over old games.
What'd we do? Played Demolition Man, side-by-side on SNES and 3DO. Wildly different games, both kinda crap and totally janky. Totally worth it.