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Many of you don't know this, but I don't eat ice cream at all. Used to, but now I cannot. Even the slightest lick will get me sick. Something changed in my body that cannot digest the fats created in ice cream. I'm not lactose intolerant (been tested), I eat cheeses and milks daily with no problem...it's just the darned ice cream, or so I thought.
In 1998 I had my gall bladder removed after, oh, let's say 10 years of suffering from attacks. After that, my system was all screwed up, as it sometimes gets when it comes out. It seemed that every 2 years, I would still have gall bladder type pain. I had these attacks even thru my pregnancies. One day, it got so bad, I went to the hospital, told the ER doc about my duct problem, he told me it was probably gas and then later profusely apologized to me when the sonogram came back showing a huge, inflamed bile duct. They did an ESRP scope down my gullet and pulled out "sludge." Sounds pretty, huh?
So long story short, my gastro guy told me that I should just really watch the fats, blah blah blah. I have a tendency to over produce "sludge" or teeny tiny stones.
Since SP, I've been a maven about watching and recording everything, so it didn't take me long to find the offending culprits in my diet. Light cheesecake on Mother's Day (MIL made it special for me), eggplant and garlic & oil pasta (eggplant get saturated with oil), and I treated myself to a chocolate glazed Dunkin Donut because I was under cals....bad move - that was the straw that broke the camels back.
Midmorning yesterday, my attack came, turned my upper abdomen into a tight spasming playground from you know where, and I was down and out on the couch. Called in the troops for backup (DH and dad) and by mid afternoon the sludge had passed. I'm so used to the feeling of it passing I know exactly when it happens. Scary.
Total tally of cals yesterday: 485
Total tally today: 990
I get scared to eat anything, especially fats, even though it is most likely gone for a while. If I had one wish to make, it would be for this to go away for good. I think I can get a stent put in to keep it open...something to talk about with my gastro guy. Until then, I have to live with my stupid bile duct.
PS - I am totally fine today, like nothing ever happened...so weird, huh?
I wanted to sharewith everyone what my almost 4 year old gave me.
It's a piece of paper with questions anwered my him and written by his teacher. Here it is:
Name is: Danny
My Mom is 4 years old.
Some of my Mom's favorites are:
food: McDonald's
tv show: little bell (Little Bill)
song: Superman (huh?)
story: Mrs. Jeepers (I was reading them a book with that character in it)
color: blue
I love it when my Mother: EXERCISES (I almost cried over that one)
My mother and I like to: play the drums (again, huh?)
My mother is great because: she loves me
I will honor my mother today by: not crying (does it everyday at drop off)
I really teared up in the daycare when I read about the exercising thing...5 months ago it would have been something completely different. So I guess I have a mini-goal accomplished - to be a good example for my kids. DONE!
There are a ton of things flipping inside my head over the last few days, and I realized I haven't blogged in over a week. The house is quiet now and I can think, and I think that is the most quiet I'll be getting for a while, so I might as well hop on now!
A couple of things went on this past week - a communion being the most prevalent in my mind. It was a large family gathering, composed mostly of people I had not seen since I was pushing the limites of my XL clothes. A month or so ago, my sis and I went shopping and I bought a new top - size L. I cleaned out my closet too and found my "skinny" pants I bought 3 years ago - size 14. New jewelry that I treated myself to and a pair of heels and I was set! Ooo lala! I shocked a few people, to put it mildly.
Then I was thinking about goals and such...I'm about 10 pounds away from my goal, believe it or not. I figured that I'd just lighten up and try to maintain 150. But what if I don't want to? What if my body keeps going on it's own? The thought of being a size M blows my mind!! Can I maintain that? My sisters are that size - why not me?!
Will being a "thin" girl change me? I can tell you something right now...all I want to do is go shopping! It's like an addiction creeping up on me. I can FEEL it! Instead of food - it's clothes. I've never liked shopping before - now I can't wait to go! I've bought some really cool accessories that even my diva sister has drooled over - not a lot of money, but really cool nonetheless.
So I guess what I've been mulling over is the internal/external body image thing. I don't think it will change me, but how can it not? The core of my being will always be the same (God, I hope so). It does not matter what you look like on the outside, but what is on the inside. It's a hard mental thing when you start mulling it over. Too deep for right now, but something to think about.
On a lighter note:
At the supermarket yesterday midday (alone), 2 guys were checking me out. It was so crazy obvious it was not funny. I put 2 flax roll-ups in my basket and next thing I knew, one of them picked up the same thing and looked at it. I was on the deli line waiting to be served. You have to pick a number. He didn't. They didn't order a thing. They were waiting for 5 minutes, until I turned just slightly and yawned...in doing so, I flashed my rock...next thing I knew, they scurried away to the produce section! Talk about a boost! Too funny!
The very, very, very best thing about these last 2 weeks was doing a challenge to kick my butt out of plateau mode. I can't tell you how helpful it was to do that! And all it really was, was pushing my own limits! Imagine that! I will definitely be doing that again!
A big thanks to those who helped me on the train out of Funkietown!
I'll have to put some old photos of hubby and me up on this page. I just found some old photos from 10 years ago. Holey moley! Were we heavy!
I don't even look like myself today. It was actually shocking and sad to me that I waited so long to take control of my body's health and tears were welling up in my eyes. The lack of self esteem, the poor body image, the hateful and self-depricating feelings that I put upon myself during my teens and twenties - it all came rushing back.
I said to myself before I got pregnant with my 3rd child and was a size 12, that I was done living like that. I'm glad to see that that fire was still burning within my soul, because I am done with that heavy mentality.
When I went to my 15th highschool reunion a year and a half ago (yes, we have those - more like a cocktail hour really) - people I had met said I looked great and better than I did in high school. Imagine that! I just had a baby, that's probably why they said it. Unfortunately a lot of weight came back after that..I like to call it the busy mommy weight. Well - that is slowly going away now. New goal for me - to be fit and healthy for my 20th reunion in a few years...I'll be the one putting the others to shame. I'm gonna be THAT girl that knowbody recognizes from highschool. Confident, healthy, happy! I don't plan on being a size 6 either. If it happens, great, but let's face it - I'm one of the most realistic people you are going to meet. A size 12 will do just fine. One of my best friends from school lives in NC and doesn't even know what I'm doing - I figured I'll surprise her when she comes to visit her parents this summer.
I've always said that the 30s is when life begins. I said it when I was in my twenties. I still strongly believe that now that I am halfway through.
Just got back from camping at Hither Hills State Park on the southern fork of Long Island. Montauk Point is just 6 miles away. It was a great trip. Very cold and windy on Sunday and Monday, but Tues thru Thurs, the weather got better and better. We left the campsite with 70 degrees at 10am!
We walked a lot - to and from the playground, up and down the stone staircase going up the hill...several times a day, easy! We ate like campers...very little snacking, but eating the foods we enjoy - s'mores, hotdogs, burgers, chips and iced tea. Veggies were around for dinner - nothing like corn and potato on the coals.
The kids had a blast playing in the pop-up camper, playing games, coloring, and playing "bounce" ball with a kickball and bat - kind of a modified stickball game we made up.
Being early in the camping season, there were not many people camping this week. Some tenters only stayed one or two nights. We had heat, so the nights were not that bad - only the one night when we ran out of propane! And we froze the milk and eggs! The fridge was set to high cool - which is basically freezing!
The beach was not how I remember it when I was a kid. The beach itself at high tide is almost up to the dunes. They made double layered dunes, but in doing so, the beach was taken away, and with erosion being what it is, did not help. Laying on a blanket with a cooler will not be happening along the shore during high tide very soon...you'll be sitting in the ocean!
I did get some beautiful shots of the beach and campsite. I think it's time to revamp the page with some Long Island decor!
Weight wise - no change. But I've been trying the last few weeks halfway. Exercise is lackluster at best. I am trying to boost up the motivation. Being sick really took the steam out of my run in March and April. I am trying to get that original mindset back.
May will be my month. This week will be a new birth. This plateau will break. New mini-goal: 160 by the end of May. Positive thinking and baby steps. Back to basics.


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Soon after Richard Branson featured Executive Director of the Startup Cities Institute Zach Caceres' article on Virgin.com, I stayed up all night talking with Zach.
Zach believes we can foster human flourishing by creating not literal islands, but legal islands – start-up cities within the states that need them the most.
Zach and I spoke back-to-back at the Voice and Exit Conference in Austin, and observers noted that although we both talked about the same principles – we proposed divergent solutions.
I sat Zach down for dinner, and we split a bottle of wine called Liberte, which has been described as "robust and independent-minded" as well as "firm, and edgy."
Zack drank the robust and independent-minded parts, and I drank the firm and edgy parts, and I invite you to listen to Part One of our conversation.
Let me know what you think,
Joe Quirk
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Starting from the premise that "all land is locked," Randy explains that "because of the fluidity of the ocean, your home, your business, could actually be on a vessel that could travel from one city to the next, and you're not locked in to a monopoly, as when you buy a land-based home or business. So if your city's government is not serving you well, you have the power to exit."
When Albert responded, "That's fascinating, it seems like the logical evolution of what has been going on for centuries." I knew this interview was headed to a good place.
Randy explains the agility of startup governments, the negotiations involved with our Floating City Project, and why we could have a politically autonomous floating city-state in the next few years.
My personal favorite part of the interview comes as dessert, just after the 25 minute mark, when Albert asks Randy about his career.
"You seem to have a desire to help alleviate human suffering wherever you can, and certainly the seasteading project, in my opinion, falls under the category. You want to talk a little bit about where you started?"
The ten-minute story that follows sums up the reason why I took the first "real job" I've ever had in order to work with Randy as my boss.
Yours for liberty,
Joe Quirk
Seavangelist, Randy's left-hand man
The Seasteading Institute
P.S., please support our efforts to develop the first politically autonomous floating city by giving us a donation today.
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The study will assess whether the design we're considering will be comfortable for residents in the floating marine environment where we plan to station the world's first floating city.
Our 50-meter-sided structures have been scaled down to 1.5 meters in the model. All other relevant dimensions are scaled down to match.
The University of New Orleans towing tank is 30.8 M long, 4.6 M wide, and 2.4 M deep, with wave-making capabilities for 0.3m – 22m wavelength and a maximum 0.5m wave height.
"Model basin testing dates back to William Froude and his work on ship hull forms in the latter half of the 1800s" Capitain explains. "By employing the physical testing methods of the model basin, systematic variation in vessel properties (displacement and weight placement) and environmental conditions (wave heights, lengths, and periods) are iterated, and their effects on vessel performance (speed, stability, seakeeping) are observed. This process directs the design towards a final product of improved performance. The cost savings and ease of property variation make the development of novel systems – such as the Seastead – more attainable, achieving an optimal platform or operational envelope in less time and for smaller budgets."
Our pursuit of the Floating City Project and other endeavors is only possible with the generous support of the thousands of people who have donated to the Institute. If you want to see our vision become a reality, please make a donation today.
With much appreciation,
Randolph Hencken, Executive Director
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At our invitation, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, who famously shocked an audience of NPR listeners by saying, "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub," arrived at our camp bearing gifts.
And by gifts we mean contraband.
To demonstrate that voluntary exchange among adults is good, Grover presented us with Cuban cigars. To demonstrate that even auto manufacturers like Randolph Hencken can be trusted, Grover climbed aboard The Pollinator, our art car designed to look like a bee.
[From left to right: Jim O'Neill (Institute Board Member, Mithril Capital, Thiel Foundation), Randolph Hencken (The Seasteading Institute Executive Director), Mark Lutter (George Mason University, PhD Candidate), Joe Quirk (Seavangelist), Grover Norquist and Samah Alrayyes Norquist ride in The Pollinator. Burning Man makes for strange beefellows.]
To demonstrate that safety codes for construction can emerge voluntarily, Grover scaled a sixty-foot wooden pyramid assembled without a single nail. Sitting Buddha-like astride a single plank, feet dangling fifty feet over the desert, Grover engaged Randolph and seasteading friend Mark Lutter in a long conversation about the marvel of the city of rules without a monopoly of rulers.
[Left to right: Norquist, Hencken, Lutter. Burners probably didn't expect policy wonk Grover Norquist to be a structure-scaling Burning Man badass.]
Sitting below with Joe Quirk, Samah, former director of the Islamic Free Market Institute, said the heat and sand storms reminded her of her childhood home in Kuwait. She was thoroughly impressed that the Burning Man trash policy is self-policing. With no public trash bins, radical self-reliance requires 66,000 burners to pick up all MOOP (Matter Out Of Place) and, according to the local ethos, "Leave No Trace." We all avowed that Burning Man was cleaner than our home cities in "the default world." Who would think such a decentralized system of trash cleanup would satisfy the federal Bureau of Land Management?
It's difficult to tour Burning Man without re-thinking common assumptions about how and why societies work. Who would predict that a festival designed as a trade economy would evolve into a gift economy? So many burners give away such a variety of goods — from lip balm to ice cream distributed from a truck to advice from a professional psychiatrist dressed up as Lucy van Pelt from Peanuts — a saying has developed, "the playa provides." So why isn't Burning Man ruined by parasites who take advantage of all the generosity when there's no way to force people to contribute?
A glance at political headlines would lead us to believe that humans are driven by desire for material gain. Contrarily, Burning Man suggests that people are driven by a desire to belong and to participate. Anonymous strangers invest tremendous labor and money into creating something spectacular for anonymous strangers. Burning Man is a real-world demonstration of how voluntary actions and decentralized consensus can create a city so compelling that it has grown from hundreds of people to tens of thousands in less than a generation.
As Grover enthused to New York Magazine, "talk about Hayekian spontaneous order — this is, like, exhibit A."
Patri Friedman, co-founder of The Seasteading Institute, was walking around Burning Man years ago, observing that cultural mores that evolve among societies cannot be predicted from their initial parameters. The way attendees switch among camps every year, driving evolution in camp innovation, made him think of his father David's quip that if houses were on wheels, we could all switch to the governments we want and compel governments to compete to please us. The fact that such a small number of explicit rules that everybody understands, and such a large number of unspoken rules that no one can express, allows for so much cooperation and creativity made Patri think of his grandfather Milton's lesson that choice among individuals is more powerful than voice in states.
Patri imagined if such a dynamic could be created not on sand but at sea. What would we discover about human interaction if we could create lots of start-up cities — thousands?
[Not many people realize a Burning Man logo inspired The Seasteading Institute logo.]
We frequently cite Hong Kong, the Isle of Mann, Mauritius, and Singapore as diversely successful island nations and precedents to seasteading, but the art festival of Burning Man is our key example of an experimental community discovering remarkable possibilities in human nature.
Take, for example, Grover Norquist's speech to close a Burning Man symposium about psychedelic drugs. Amid much buzz, the policy wonk and his wife walked into a crowd without a bodyguard to be greeted by a young lady who held a sign over his head that said "Tax the Rich." Joe Quirk quickly drafted a sign about her that said, "Rich enough to attend Burning Man."
Grover took the stage to make his case that taxes should be reduced, except in the case of marijuana, which should be made legal. A few burners demanded to know why Grover hates the government and loves rich people. Grover challenged them to ask why they hate individual choice and love the state. A long discussion ensued about the difference between voluntary governance and government by force.
Face-to-face with your opponents, its hard to demonize them. The more people spoke, the more people listened. The more people listened, the more they nodded. Spend enough time talking to your political enemies, you discover that people seem to hate only when something they love is threatened. Grover loves voluntary cooperation, and so do burners.
Grover stayed so long answering questions, by the time he was ready to head home, it was dark. Burners glanced at his attire and gasped. His first night on the playa, and he had already broken a cardinal Burning Man rule! At night, you should wear lights! Did Grover want to be run over by a bike or an art car? No police are authorized to fine him, nor vendors available to sell him lights — some might call it anarchy.
In a moment of spontaneous ardor, Burning Man freaks stripped off a portion of their gear and festooned Grover and Samah with lights. The couple walked across the dark playa like Christmas trees. Soon they blended in with all the other crazy constellations racing around on bikes, art cars, and on foot, chasing interactions that suited them, driving camps to compete to attract them. We're not the first to observe that, at night on the open playa, people moving about look like ships at sea.
Contrary to Grover's famous quip, we don't think empires can be drowned in a bathtub. But we do think they can be outcompeted at sea. If better examples for governance can be demonstrated in a desert, glorious bluetopias can created at sea.
From your Burning Man friends at The Seasteading Institute,
Joe Quirk and Randolph Hencken
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Joe Rogan: "That's fascinating. What you're essentially doing is you're providing a method for new civilizations to innovate. You're not proposing any guidelines. You're not proposing any new structure for government or finances. You're opening up the door and allowing a wide variety of people to come through to allow the best ideas to float to the top."
Joe Quirk: "Yes. Seasteading is not about seizing power from your political opponents. It's about ceding power to your political opponents, to try their ideas elsewhere, to see if they will create something that will surprise you, and you can laugh at the fiascos if you want. But the more experiments, the more likely we are to discover solutions. And that's the truth of politics."
Joe Rogan and I engaged in a wide-ranging two-hour conversation about the possibilities for seasteading. Rogan has intellectual integrity and intense curiosity. He doesn't mince words, and he calls guests on their BS. This is why I was delighted to be invited onto his show. I'd appreciate any guidance you can offer about the most efficient and evocative ways to address the wide variety of topics Rogan inquired about below.
Joe Quirk, Seavangelist
9:30: Joe Rogan introduces Seasteading
17:00: Joe Rogan compares Seasteading to Cell Phone Apps.
21:00: Should regulations written in 1970 constrain innovations in 2020?
29:00: What about psycho-seasteads?
35:00: Why will floating cities innovate while continental nations stagnate?
39:00: Space Stations vs. Sea Stations: Why do you care, Quirk?
48:00: What about wars, tsunamis and rogue waves?
1:00: Is Dr. Devi Shetty a secret seasteader?
1:02: Joe Rogan describes a market of competing governments driving innovation in law among US states.
1:13: "Is it impossible to regulate human behavior?" asks Joe Rogan. "Are regulations roadblocks to innovation?"
1:22: Dr. Oz and Quackery: Market Regulations vs. Monopoly Regulations
1:25: "How do you protect citizens?" asks Joe Rogan. "How do you keep order?"
1:30: Centralized monopolies vs. decentralized markets.
1:31: Why does Joe Quirk care about seasteading?
1:32: Should Joe Rogan be a seasteading ambassador?
1:34: The 8 Great Moral Imperatives of Seasteading
1:46: Boyan Slat and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Cleanup
2:04: Why the Ocean is Beautiful and Peaceful
2:08: Homo Aquaticus and the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.
Joe Rogan: "Listen, man. This was a great podcast. I really enjoyed this very much. It's a fascinating subject. I think there is massive potential for all this. I think it's very cool that you are investing so much time and so much energy into promoting these ideas. I hope anybody listening to this explores further. Go to seasteading.org, and check it out, and see what they have to offer. And check out The Seasteading Institute on Twitter. Thanks, man. It's been a lot of fun."
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"Investors and government officials see Sea Ranch as a must-succeed venture. Otherwise, U.S. aquaculture may never catch up with the rest of the world."
We've been cheerleaders for Catalina Sea Ranch since Phil alerted us to his daring venture in 2012. National Geographic recently explained why:
"Aquaculture has expanded about 14-fold since 1980 … Such farms help China grow 12 million tons of food a year with no soil or fresh water and no fertilizer except runoff from the land. Oceans cover 71 percent of Earth yet provide less than 2 percent of our food—for now."
Roger O'Brien, who serves as Director for Catalina Sea Ranch, told the Register, "If Catalina doesn't succeed, I think aquaculture will be moved back 20 years in the U.S."
The onerous California permitting process dissuades entrepreneurs, investors and business folk from risking innovation in this crucial domain. To advance aquaculture, Phil was forced to leave California waters and establish his ranch 10 miles offshore in federal waters. The report continues:
"Since the Sea Ranch farm is in federal waters, Cruver mostly dealt with federal agencies to get the appropriate permits – spending only $100 to get a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction permit. That was much easier than navigating more than 10 California permitting agencies, Cruver said. The one state review he had to undergo – with the California Coastal Commission – took 29 months and cost $6,600."
Catalina Sea Ranch is a testament to how 21st century ventures can develop vigorously if they are unleashed from 20th century bureaucracies, senseless delays, and payoffs. We believe it's paramount that we farm fish like civilized aquaculturalists rather than hunt them to extinction like hunter-gatherers.
We wish Phil and his team at Catalina Sea Ranch the best of luck with their efforts to cultivate the blue frontier. Interested in learning more about this venture? Read more here.
To a healthy ocean,
Joe Quirk, Seavangelist
The Seasteading Institute.
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"I am very excited to bring my experience to The Seasteading Institute." Says Cal, "Not only does seasteading give us an opportunity to experiment with governance, it provides us a platform to develop new technologies to better serve and advance humanity. These aspects along with the technical challenges of long-term at sea operations are why I'm involved."
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Seasteading is "poised to be the need of the hour," according to Shiwen Yap, writing for Asia's leading "technopreneurship" news source, e27, which has featured seasteading twice. Once in the article Do you see seasteading as the next big thing?, and most recently in an enlivening interview with me (Joe Quirk).
The small island nations of Hong Kong and Singapore are two of a few governments on earth that make a profit. They have both created fabulous prosperity in contrast to the large old countries from which they broke away. Elder citizens of both city-states remember the day they gained independence from big old governments. They've since watched their small cities increase revenue by creating more real estate and megastructures on the water.
It seems to us that virtually everyone we meet from Singapore or Hong Kong thinks seasteading is common sense. Meanwhile the political leaders of Kiribati and the Maldives are demanding to know why humanity hasn't started seasteading already.
The further out to sea you go, the further into the future you see.
We'd like to see Singapore promote a small politically independent seastead to continue its fine tradition of pioneering new experiments in governance. The "Little Red Dot," a belittlement Singaporeans have claimed with pride, should foster the "Tinier Blue Dot."
Joe Quirk
The Seasteading Institute
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The first loyalists are breaking ranks. First they ignored us, then they laughed at us, then they fought us, and now, in recent months, they are researching what we actually say.
And they are changing their minds.
Andrew Leonard, Salon blogger who attacks Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and "techno-libertarian" straw men, read the people he criticizes and experienced a crisis of conscience. In his op-ed piece during Independence Weekend, What would the Founding Fathers have thought about our libertarian crazies? Andrew risks social censure by publicly professing his doubt:
"I confess, my working thesis when I started out was that the Founding Fathers wouldn't be too thrilled with the selfishness of Silicon Valley. But my faith has been shaken …Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams…these men made a winning case for why the colonies should sever their ties… But what would they think of software engineer (and Milton Friedman grandson) Patri Friedman's dream to create his own "startup country" afloat in international waters … ?""
Shaken and "in pursuit of clarity," Andrew read the "Declaration of Independence." He also read John Perry Barlow's "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace," and "The Education of a Libertarian" by Peter Thiel.
The authors' shared values of human liberty resonated for Andrew. It's fascinating to watch him fight his apostasy. Andrew peppers his reportage with adjectives like "selfish" "Looney" "ridiculous" "escapist" and compares "Silicon Valley CEOs" to "2-year-old toddlers denied that extra cupcake," but amid the muddy stream of invective, the clear moral principle he shares with the people he's mocking shines like gold. Andrew articulates the key verity himself:
"But when you boil it all down, the substance is straightforward: We don't like the way we are being treated, so we are opting out of the current arrangement … And really, what could be more American? The great lure of the founding story of the United States is its tale of successful escape. The Founding Fathers pulled it off — they acted in their self -interest, threw off a burdensome government and, well, made glorious history. It's no myth. It actually happened."
Despite putting scare quotes around "startup countries," Andrew writes his blog from a startup country which pioneered his right to write freely. Despite comparing Silicon Valley CEOs to toddlers, he posts liberally on Facebook, which might not exist if "despiser" Peter Thiel had not risked a half million as the pioneer investor. And while declaring John Perry Barlow's worries about threats to digital privacy, free expression, and innovation "imaginary," Andrew neglects to mention that Barlow co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which so far has successfully defended Andrew's digital privacy, free expression, and innovation. EFF's current David-and-Goliath death match with the NSA is certainly not imaginary.
Let's declare it the Pioneer Principle: You can measure how much benefit you bring the world by the resentment of those who take those benefits for granted. Since libertarians spend their own money to build platforms that empower individuals, nobody who builds a city on a floating platform can avoid the label "libertarian." But if we remain persistent in our principles, someday a future Andrew Leonard will sneer at libertarian principles on Independence Day, on Facebook, from his seastead– and the cycle of laughing, fighting, investigating the origin of your freedoms, and changing your mind will repeat again.
Onward to a liberated humanity,
Joe Quirk
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Yes, spade bits are generally the cheapest that will work for this purpose.
I failed using a spade bit on my new 10 quart bucket I found just recently. Instead of buying the hole saw and drill attachement, I think it will just be cheaper for me to buy a 5 gallon bottleing bucket. I could buy 2 buckets for the price of the tools/holeless bucket. Plus I thought my first was a pretty choppy hole I made with the spade bit(but it worked-barely) and still had to trim it with a razor.
I currently bought another bucket to drill a hole and thought,wtf? Im wasting too much on this. Im not going to spend more on the tools which I will never use again, then again I can always take the tools back(which Ive done before) So I kept the receit and am taking it back and am just going to by the damn bigger bottle bucket at my lhbs.
A step bit or a hole saw. Either will get it done quick and easy.
One inch spade bit, but all the above work - just take your time and once it punches thru clean up the edges.
If you're stupid, you have to be tough.
I have tons of tools being a DYI kinda guy but...........
at my LHBS $9.99 for a 6.5gal ale pail pre drilled or undrilled it just doesn't make sense to waste time drilling my own.
Brew On!
I have a PVC 90 degree elbow that I connect to the inside of the spigot on my bottling bucket so that I get a little extra beer into bottles and so I don't have to tip the bucket. Pre-drilled buckets have the hole drilled a little too low for this.
If you only have to drill one hole you may want to consider doing what I did.
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IBM paints the cloud-scape blue
IBM has backed the creation of a standards body that comprises 40 "leading cloud organisations" but none of its main rivals in the battle to dominate the next big thing in computing. The Cloud Standards Council was wafted into public view as Big Blue unveiled a slew of cloud products and services and reset its stall to grab [big …
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The answer is in the title of the council
They are setting up a council for Open Cloud Computing. Can it be said that Microsot, Oracle and HP are part of the Open Cloud proponents? Mind you the are IBM part of the Open Cloud community?
99.9? They'll be lucky..
...particularly with AIX and Power in the mix.
Seems like IBM inventing a 'standard' differs little from me inventing my own.
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Festive Season Fruit Cake By My Little Space 11/20/14 17:00 Can you imagine Christmas is just about 5-6 weeks away ! Can't really express my feelings. Wow.... I'm getting excited though I'm not celebrating it. Just feeling excited like I used to even since I was a kid. In my memories, Christmas is something really... Add to my recipe book
Christmas Fruit Cakes – Tips and more By Kitchenkemistry 11/17/14 23:12 Winter begins in December. Wind chill. Frosty mornings. Frigid temperatures. Naked plants and trees. Heavy clothes. Dampness and darkness. Large gas bills. These are some of the not so pleasant things. Mulled wine and warm cider. Soups and breads. Christmas.... Add to my recipe book
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Cherry Bundt Cake crowned with Honey Almonds | Bundt Cake | Fruit Cake Recipes By RecipesPassion 09/01/14 06:24 I am glad to be invited at Gloria's place, thanks a lot Gloria dear for taking out your precious slot for me. I met Gloria in our bloggy world, seriously she has so many wonderful collection of recipes. I was truly amazed by her blog. Started following... Add to my recipe book
Family dinner with meatballs in red sauce and handmade macaroni and coconut and passion fruit cake - Οικογενειακό δείπνο με κεφτέδες σε κόκκινη σάλτσα , χειροποίητα μακαρόνια και κείκ με καρύδα και πάσιον φρουτ By wabi 08/20/14 09:21 Ξέρετε πόσες φορές σπάω το κεφάλι μου για το τι θα φτιάξω που να αρέσει στα παιδιά αλλά και σε εμάς να μην το βαριούνται και γενικά να καταφέρω να τους κάνω μια ισορροπημένη διατροφή , καθόλου βαρετή αλλά και με ανοιχτούς ορίζοντες? σίγουρα πολλές μαμάδες... Add to my recipe book
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Obstkuchen mit Blaubeeren or Fruit Cake with Blueberries By olives-n-okra 06/30/14 05:05 Preparation: 30 min - Cooking: 20 min ° This obstkuchen mit blaubeeren recipe, or fruit cake with blueberries, is a variation of the German fresh fruit tart recipe I posted previously on Olives-n-Okra. I picked loads of blueberries (literary buckets) at two pick your own farms in Central Florida... Add to my recipe book
Vinegar Cake - a Vintage Fruit Cake Recipe By I'd Much Rather Bake Than... 06/18/14 21:40 Croque Madame. Cheese and ham toastie topped with a fried egg. So good, so simple and what I had for dinner tonight, loving every not particularly healthy mouthful - with a generous serving of tomato ketchup on the side for dipping of course. I'll forgive... Add to my recipe book
Egg free sugar free butter free rum soaked rich fruit cake/egg less rum soaked rich fruit cake with honey and olive oil/step by step pictures/best gluten free fruit cake/low calorie guilt free cakes/natal saudável bolo de frutas ricas/special of our 7th wedding anniversary By mahaslovelyhome.com 04/23/14 14:00 It`s a special day.We couple celebrating 7th wedding anniversary today.This year I baked fruit cake and it`s one of my favorite too.Fruit cakes are very rich in taste and to make it more healthy I added honey,olive oil and it`s egg free.First time I used... Add to my recipe book
Whole Wheat Boiled Fruit Cake By AMBROSIA 04/22/14 06:26 There was a birthday in the family last week. Birthdays give a perfect reason to be indulgent, to experiment and to be a little liberal with ingredients that otherwise weigh you down with guilt. A cake had to be baked no doubt. A whole lot of cake recipes... Add to my recipe book
Whole Wheat Boiled Fruit Cake By Ambrosia soulful cooking 04/22/14 06:26 There was a birthday in the family last week. Birthdays give a perfect reason to be indulgent, to experiment and to be a little liberal with ingredients that otherwise weigh you down with guilt. A cake had to be baked no doubt. A whole lot of cake recipes... Add to my recipe book
Healthy Fruit Cake By Living the Gourmet 03/31/14 19:42 Enjoy a slice of this deliciously moist cake with bits of fresh fruit and a perfectly balanced sweet and crunchy topping! Cake: 1 1/4 cup self-rising flour 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 eggs 3 tablespoons canola oil 2 tablespoons milk 1 apple, chopped... Add to my recipe book
Strawberry cake - egg free butter free i fresh strawberry recipes i fruit cake By VIRUNTHU UNNA VAANGA 02/24/14 11:35 Hi friends, nowadays I get more interested to bake and love to make each and every recipe. I really enjoy the aroma of the bakes from the oven. Other reason to try out more bakes, my dad loves cakes or cookies. I already shared that I had loads of strawberries... Add to my recipe book
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Christmas Fruit Cakes By BeautyMe Love Recipes 01/05/14 12:49 Baked on 29 Dec 2013 How could we not have Christmas Fruit Cakes during Christmas! With pressing time for other activities and even though Christmas is over, I still decided to bake my favorite cakes for my family and colleagues. Glad that everyone loves... Add to my recipe book
Fruit Cake – Egg less Loaf Cake By My Cooking Journey 01/05/14 06:22 4th Jan, 2014 For the second day of travel friendly dishes, I made this fruit cake. We usually travel quite a bit with our boys and most of the trips are weekend trips. I like to carry snacks for the kids as well for us when traveling since that is when... Add to my recipe book
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Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake /Eggless Plum Cake By Cookingwithsapana 12/24/13 12:37 Today on Christmas Eve , I promised my daughter to make a christmas fruit cake . I always wonder why this cake is called Christmas Plum Cake as there are none of any plums in it. After googling I found that in the old days, the British fruitcake normally... Add to my recipe book
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To date, the company has completed a trial project on a 400 m2 floor.
"Bush-hammered flooring is achieved using the same HTC Superfloor machine that is used to achieve smooth polished floors; however, the tooling is changed to create an even but rough-finish floor," he says.
Bush-hammered-finish floors are suitable for exterior use, such as industrial driveways or walkway paths where nonslip surfaces are required, he adds.
HTC's Superfloor system, which was developed in Sweden, grinds and polishes concrete floors to remove the surface paste and expose the stronger concrete and aggregates beneath, creating a strong, shiny concrete floor, explains Superb Flooring Systems manager for Southern Africa Andreas Hasselmose.
The benefits of HTC Superfloor polished concrete includes flatness, which makes it easy to maintain and results in low-vibration levels for vehicles.
"Having a completely flat floor is especially important in warehousing, as this, along with low-vibration levels, reduces noise and dust, as well as forklift wear and tear," says Hasselmose.
The Superfloor also has a 60% lower life-cycle cost compared with traditional flooring solutions, as no soft material is used on top of the concrete. "Only the base material, that is already in the building, is used and the only requirement to be able to polish it is that the concrete strength should be at least 25 MPa," he says.
Superfloor is a green flooring solution, as only the existing concrete is used and no other material is added to the surface.
Further, cleaning these floors with the HTC Twister technology is environment-friendly, states Hasselmose.
HTC Twister pads fit most scrubbing machines and no chemicals or cleaning agents are needed, reducing chemical use in daily floor maintenance by up to 100% and reducing waste materials by up to 99%.
Further, another large retailer is considering making use of the HTC Superfloor technology, says Booysen.
The technology was also used to do the flooring of the Moses Mabhida soccer stadium, in Durban, in 2010, he adds.
He states that other companies sometimes incorrectly refer to regular floors, or floors with epoxy coatings, as polished concrete. "This is why we try to educate customers about the specifications relating to professional polished concrete and, in particular, the HTC Superfloor system," he explains.
"[These] systems have different levels of polished concrete, which provides customers with a specific finish product, as the grinding of the flooring is executed to certain specifications," he adds.
Further, the company also provides full backup for its customers. It keeps stock of machines and spares and expert advice is provided by employees with suitable qualifications.
"When warehouses are built close to distribution centres, land costs are higher and companies need to build higher warehousing, which requires flat floors," he explains.
Further, concrete that is now available offers superior performance compared with the concrete available in the past.
"A few years ago, 40 MPa concrete was seen as extremely strong; however, now you can order specialised concrete with any stone configuration you require delivered to site with high-performance admixtures of choice, making concrete a modern tool in civil infrastructure development," he says.
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A low-cost, inflatable incubator won this year's international James Dyson design award, which aims to encourage and inspire the next generation of design engineers.
The World Bank released its 'Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency' report last month and ranked South Africa 43 out of 189 global economies for its ease of doing business, with Singapore topping the rankings.
Air Products South Africa officially launched its R300-million Eastern Cape air- separation unit (ASU), at its new manufacturing facility in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), earlier this month. It is the second facility that Air Products launched in South...
BMW South Africa (SA) has signed a power purchasing agreement with energy company Bio2Watt. The offtake partnership will bring renewable energy to the carmaker's Rosslyn plant, north of Pretoria.


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11 11 2014
Andrea meets with her local MP about pay
RCN President Andrea Spyropoulos met with her local MP, Maria Eagle to discuss the Government's rejection of the Independent Pay Review Body's recommendation of a 1% pay rise for all NHS staff.
13 10 2014
It's health care, stupid
Dr Peter Carter rounds up the party conference season and the Liberal Democrat's promises on mental health.
03 10 2014
How much money would a Conservative Government invest in the NHS?
Dr Peter Carter gives an update on the Conservative Party Conference 2014, and the question on everyone's lips - NHS funding
23 07 2014
Local learning events - engaging with members
Maria Lewis, Assistant Officer - Regional Development, provides an overview of a local learning event which was followed by a branch meeting.