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Dem gators will bite ya!
Is there a word for the emotion of being simultaneously ecstatic and sad at the same time? Today I almost bought the farm but ended up with a small bit of gator rash instead. I'm fine, although I don't think the reality of what happened has hit me yet. The bike is mostly okay, with a little bit of expensive damage.
It was only last year when I had my last adventure resulting in body damage. This time it's less interesting, but I wanted to break it down in here to try to figure out how to avoid today's mishap.
It always starts with the omens. The last time my friend and I did a trip like this was spring break a year or two ago. After a day of cold and wet riding, it ended with his KLR's head and valves self destructing near Kent, TX. That was from Houston to El Paso. This time we were heading from Dallas/Fort Worth to El Paso. I had driven up to DFW on an uneventful trip from El Paso to see a graduation. My friend drove up from Houston to meet me and head back to El Paso. It was a fun little trip until we left for the the ride to EP. Of course, it started exactly the same; with the rain.
We left probably around 8-9am CDT, we took Davis to 121, to I-30, to I-20, head towards El Paso. Despite the fact that DFW is gutted with massive construction it was a pretty uneventful ride through the Sunday morning rain. Weather cleared somewhere between Weatherford and Midland. Started taking rain gear off, found out my TNF Base Camp, wrapped in black trashbags still managed to be full of water.
In Odessa.
Somewhere around Midland/Odessa I got the 2nd oman. Two unsecured heavy metal chairs, stacked on top of each other, tumbled out of the back of a pickup truck, and into my lane while the road was doing ~75mpm. Funny thing is, they landed upright and continued onward as a reasonable pace about 50 mph or so down I-20. I could have changed lanes, but they were far enough over, I split lanes with them and gunned it. My friend made it around too. He's in his Mazda 3 this trip, not risking another KLRtastrophy again. He's mazda makes an excellent place to store rain gear and extra cargo.
3rd event that happened; after Midland/Odessa it started getting hot. We stopped every ~160 miles, about the same distance as half way from Houston to DFW. A good point to stretch your ass. I was of course also partaking from a large hydration bladder on the back of the bike. While I was stretching I accidently knocked the bite valve off, and the hose floated off and hemorrhaged 10 liters of water. This was annoying be no big deal, I check the hose and made sure it wasn't hanging down too far. Of course I guess it's not just about my judgement. While I was dicking with a rear vent zipper, a trooper pulled along side me, and looked at me. Then he slammed on his brakes, got behind me, and flipped his lights on... Oh shit... Was it the one hand on the handlebars? Was it the earbuds I was jamming to? Were my tags out? Was I speeding? No. He just wanted to tell me about that damn hose. It was a quick encounter. He pulled along side me, I was flustered a dicking with the bike. Bluetooth off, hazards on, bike in neutral, stand down, prepare for cavity search. I didn't even lift my visor when we talked and he told me about the hose. "Y--yes-sir, bite valve flew off. *I make a motion like I was sucking cock* No, it should be good, here let me secure it. Sorry sir, thank you, have a good day." I was just happy not to get a performance award, not that I was speed while dicking with my jacket. He flew off at mach 1 to a fender bender up the road.
The rest of the trip was quiet for a while... At the I-20/I-10 interchange the traffic got a bit heavier nothing serious. Speed limit was 80 mph at this point. The trucks never do that though, I think to save gas, or some other unposted law on speed. Trucks are doing 70, everyone else is doing 85. Occasionally, you get a person trying to pass a 70 mph truck at 71mph. It backs up a bit while we all filter pass.
There was an 18-wheeler in the right lane with an RV behind it. A white expedition was slowly passing it, restricted by someone in front of him. I was behind the expedition, the better part of an 18-wheeler length, my friend was somewhere behind me. The expedition is about to clear the cab of the flat bed trailer, I move beside the back tires of the 18-wheeler to pass. The expedition drifts into the shoulder; crap.
The white expedition scopes up one of the most intact recaps I've ever seen. You could have probably installed it on another tire. It wraps around the tire of the expedition and then shoots backwards towards my head. I move to the right slightly, towards imminent death in the form of a tandem axle trailer. The road gator misses my center of mass but smacks the left side of the bike. The does it's damage and leaves, also leaving me with a death wobble. I wobble a bit, and I look at the 18-wheeler's trail again, "Okay, the goal is to not end up under that." I apply power and stabilize it. I look for a place to pull over, and somehow manage to keep it upright as I pulled into the center gravel median.
Whew. People are stopping. The RV behind the 18-wheeler stops. He's more horrified than I am. "Oh man, you are so lucky, there was nothing you could do, blah blah." Nice guy, really, he and his wife risked life and limb running across the highway to check on me. I'm fine. My left hand has the feeling of a hard impact, but no breaks or wounds. My buddy stops too, he hurries over to me. I explain to the RV couple that I'm traveling with someone, and I'll be okay. "No, I don't need an emergency help". That would be a 2-3 hour wait, even if you had cell service. I thank them, they head off. My buddy "damn, I wish my GoPro was running" while he and I survey the damage.
Nothing major, safety guards seemed to hold out.
Right pannier bracket is toast.
All the rivets that held the aluminum mounting piece on the back have sheared. Pannier was literally dangling from the red bag it was supposed to be holding on. That explains some of the death wobble.
Explains the rest of the death wobble, direct hit on the controls. Hand guard has been converted into broke shards of plastic. Last 'adventure' it was the other hand guard that was smashed, it was this one's turn. It protected my hand well.
Actually skewed the lid a bit too, I was able to fix the lid on site, this it went into the Mazda right, and I continued with one pannier left to help hold the big red bag.
This thing is stronger than it looks. The lower mount actually bent the factory GSA rack before it came off, the upper bit was a champ. Somehow this slightly dented the exhaust too.
The tire hit the crash bar too, knock that cover plate down a quarter of an inch, I would like to think the cover plate assisted a bit, by helping deflect the beast.
This injury to me was a slight scratch on the wrist. I know this seems like a minor thing, but I'm pretty sure I bumped into the reaper, and we said hello. Not a near miss, but a deflected impact. The GSA is a tough son of a bitch, that was probably 40 pounds of steel belted hatred, coming at it at 100 mph. I didn't go back to find that bastard, because at the speed we were going ~80mph, it was a good 1/4 mile before I stopped. It was also 101 degrees according to the bike. If anyone finds that pannier backplate out there, I need it. Haha, it's between Kent and Van Horn.
My opening statement. I'm absolutely thrilled to be alive, but I'm sad I've injured the big pig again. I've gotten about 13000 miles on it in about a year. No record to be sure, but more than most. I love this bike, and I'm pretty sure it saved me today.
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Wow, all things considered you came out of that shining. Glad you're ok.
Long time ago I adopted the policy of never passing a truck until I can do it all at once, in a hurry. That's when driving in a cage, on a bike I'm even cagier. Folks in Utah seem perfectly content to cap the passing lane and linger next 60,000 pounds of hurtling hurtya.
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Holy crap! Great story telling by the way......man.....that is a scary situation. Glad you're among the living.
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My first and hopefully last gator encounter happened many years ago when i first started riding. I was driving aggressively, in and out of traffic, when one popped out from underneath of the car in front. It then wrapped itself around my left leg and damn near pulled me off the bike. I was sore for days from the wishbone like effect, but learned a valuable lesson on why tailgating is a bad idea.
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Too bad no one got info on the A'hole that swerved onto the shoulder and kicked up the tread. No way you hit something that big and not know it. Just another perfect example of the majority of drivers on the road.
I agree with hanging back a ways before passing and it sounds like you were. It's always best to have a clear shot around big rigs and RV's. But it's a fine line too. Leave too much room and then another idiot like the RV trailing the guy will pull out in front of you and go like 1/4 mile an hour faster and hang in the left lane for miles while traffic piles up your ass.
Reason number 157 out of thousands....why I avoid Interstate and 4 lane highways like the plague.
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Back in the early 90's a buddy and I were out for an early morning Sunday ride. We were both on cruisers back then, doing 55-60 mph. He was in front and to my left, all of a sudden I caught a glimpse of movement on the right shoulder and before I could get on the brakes a 10+ foot alligator darted out right at my buddy, like it was going to T-bone him, I was hard on the brakes and the gator flipped back around and his tail caught the back tire of my friend's Intruder. Before I knew it Mr Gator was back on the shoulder and disappeared into the brush. Not to hijack your thread, but I thought that's the kind of "gator" you were talking about LOL.
I had one of your gators take out the front of my Corvette several years ago, I'd just never heard them called that.
Glad you were OK! Sorry about your bike :(
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Oh man, glad you are ok. I read these every now and then to remind myself not to be complacent. This is a crazy near miss, that would have turned most of us into the sasuage monster.
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Heh, I had to look up what a road gator was.
Great storytelling and I'm very glad it didn't turn out worse for you!! Nice couple in that RV, good to know folks like that will still stop nowadays.
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you are so very lucky. good thing you kept your composure and came out of it.
it goes to show how a heavy bike can help in a situation like that. please for the future: when in traffic like that stay waayy back until you can clearly see ahead of the vechile in front of you.
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Woooooowwwww. Good job keeping it upright!
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Holly batman....
Talk about having a bad day....
I am glad you are still around to tell the tail, great story
Just bandaid her up and keep on riding
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nice save, great piece of riding....
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Rare, but it happens. I'm getting a new '13 500 next week. I may just buy some 5/16th I high pressure line from my local auto parts and install it along with my Golan filter I'm getting via Amazon. Just be done with it and not worry. If you are seriously worried about a rupture you can 1) run the bike and see if you have one and then deal with it or 2) just take care of it ahead of time assuming that the probability is high enough to warrant the trouble of purchasing line and installing it. End of discussion.
I have a 13 500 exc and my fuel line burst on the trail and had to push it about mile back home. It burst between the tank and the disconect facing the engine right at the elbow. I went to the store an bought a 250 psi 5/16 and fixed the problem. Screw warranty, i don't want another junk hose. I don't know why KTM would not just put a steel braided line on the bike. The fuel line just hangs there. I tucked mine in with out crimping it. The part says ECO on it. I could be wrong but i'm guessing it's made of some substandered synthetic rubber. Anyway if you have a new or old bike, i would add upgrading your fuel line to your list of addons to a better one asap as the clock is ticking.
You don't know living until you have pushed your bike nearly a mile up hill. By the way i added a 6" hose and extra hose clamps to my tool bag just incase.
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Having noticed the geese nibbling on the shoots of kang kong reaching out into their pond, I decided upon a preemptive strike:
I slithered along the trunk of a tree I had felled neatly across the pond and harvested a bucketful of the choicest kang kong leaves (see snap).
Then, armed with a recipe for pork adobo I found on the FB forum (I think), I whipped up a quick dinner while Bianca was still mowing her portion of the 400-odd square metres of 'lawn'...
She was sceptical at first, but pronounced the dish excellent! I served it with basmati rice cooked in the broth from osso bucco bones from dinner on Tuesday.
No pics of the meal, sorry - we were both too hungry to delay feasting!
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Is that thye same stuff I used to get in Singapore with hot chili sausce mixed in?
We called it ditch weed there, but it was damn good.
I heard they caught some chinese folks trying to grow it here and Houston and the *&^%$ hit the fan.
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Could be Richie..........it is also known as Chinese water spinach. Probably banned in the USA under the Noxious Weeds Program............;)
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Uzair Dockrat was taken by his father Mohammad to yesterday's march in Pretoria, organised by the Muslim community to voice anger at the killing of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City last week.
Uzair was paraded days after a 16-year-old Palestinian boy, Hossam Abdo, was captured by Israeli soldiers at a Gaza City checkpoint with about 8kg of explosives strapped to his body. He said he had been paid to carry out a suicide mission.
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Dockrat defended Uzair's costume, arguing it was not intended to encourage violence, but "is a statement against the unlawful Israeli occupation of Palestine".
According to Dockrat, little Uzair would prefer to strive for victory through justice rather than violence.
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Uzair, confused and bewildered by the attention, seemed content to sit on his placard calling for the killing of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's death, and wrestling with his two older brothers.
Uzair was told by an unidentified adult protester: "You will be a martyr one day."
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That many Nigerians are currently going through serious housing challenge is no longer news as a lot of people have taken permanent shelters under bridges and in shanties. It is a deplorable condition worse than imprisonment. EVELYN OKORUWA takes a look at this phenomenon.
Shelter is one of the most basic human needs. In most developed countries of the world, the government spends huge amount of funds in providing housing for its people either directly or through public private partnership.
Unfortunately, this is not the norm in most developing African nations as government tends to abandon its responsibilities to the citizens in so many ways. Nigeria is not left out in the fiasco. Nigerians have been suffering in terms of getting good housing.
Considering a vast housing market that exists in Nigeria, it has been estimated to have a housing deficit in the estimation of 17m.
Stakeholders in the housing sector have pointed out that many factors have contributed to the poor performance of the sector in Nigeria such as absence of long term funds, land tenure system, insincerity on the part of government, lack of social housing system coupled with haphazard housing policies on the part of the government, and also the lack of continuity from successive administration. There has also been the recurrent issue of demolition.
They also lamented the fact that though the government has not been able to do much in building mass housing to ease the current housing deficit, it has done more harm by demolishing several houses built through personal efforts of the citizens.
The FCT Minister, Bala Mohamed has stated during the good governance tour in Abuja that more than 124, 000 houses were demolished in the territory since his assumption of office in 2010. "We are doing this to get the Abuja Masterplan correctly, we are demolishing and we will continue to demolish." he had stated.
Stakeholders have however urged the government to reduce negative interference in the housing sector since it is affecting the sector in a negative way. While almost all past government have underscored housing as a major priority, Nigeria is yet to develop a vibrant housing and mortgage market through social and affordable housing policies. Housing continues to be provided through traditional methods of buying lands and building after some years which could be an individual's entire life.
A real estate developer Mr. Umar Audu opined that the government should desist from demolishing houses especially in Abuja since the same government contributes less to the development of the sector. He also blamed the demolition exercise as failure on the part of the government since it means that some people are not doing their jobs saying if they know the houses were illegal, they shouldn't have been allowed to be erected in the first place. "I still blame it on the government.
Abuja is a town where accommodation is a problem. The private sector is trying to provide houses for people to curtail the problem of accommodation and it is demolished because there are no proper checks and balances. If the government does what they are supposed to do, structures will not go up when they are not supposed to. You cannot demolish a structure of 80 per cent completion just because you think they bypassed due process.
If they don't have approval, the government shouldn't have allowed them to start it in the first place. You allow people to invest their money then you wake up one day and demolish it; that is cheer wickedness. I see it as a very big lapses on the part of the government. If they had done what they were supposed to do in the first place, those houses wouldn't go up."
"Imagine what they did recently in Abuja where over 500 houses were demolished. That is people's hard earned money that was put down like that. This is a country where people cry of accommodation, poverty is at its peak, and you go over to demolish properties worth over N3 trillion when your government has not put in any funds to curtail the accommodation issues.
The effects of this things is that people work there, people are paid to work there, now, so many people have been displaced, so many people has been chased out of those houses, they have now become jobless and homeless. In essence they can turn round to become hoodlums on the streets because of what the government has done." He added.
The Chairman Senate Committee on Housing, Senator Abba Bukar Ibrahim also shares the same school of thought. According to him, the idea of demolishing houses is crazy in a country where people are struggling for more houses.
In his words, "For somebody to demolish a house that has already been built is crazy. Those whose responsibility it is to monitor the standards in the FCT, equally allow people to lay foundation, roofing and finishing and then you demolish.
Why can't you stop them at the initiate stage? If they don't stop by just telling them to stop then, use the law enforcement agencies to stop them. To me, there is no excuse for somebody to say they were asked to stop and they refused. I don't think Nigeria is that lawless. If anybody is doing something wrong, stop him at the beginning."
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) that has been charged with the task of providing housing to Nigerians has not actually found the drive to do so. Its Managing Director, Terver Gemade had revealed that for the 37 years of its existence, FHA has only beenable to put up about 37, 000 housing unit on ground which gives an average of only a 1000 housing unit per year.
He however noted that presently more than a thousand housing unit is being developed by them. He also lamented the issue of lack of funding noting that the FHA has been out of the budget for 10 years and as such has been surviving on its own through partnership. He admitted that they have been doing better since they were cut off from the budget, however, they would need intervention fund of N300b in order to erect more structures on ground.
He said: "Some amount of money has to be devoted to housing. This is exactly what we want the government to do for us. Years ago, there was an agreement between the government and FHA on commercialization. That agreement has expired. We were thrown out of the budget that we should go with the BPE to be commercialized.
"We believe we can do better if given an intervention fund. We have always been asking for N300b as a revolving intervention fund. If FHA is given N300b, we will be able to recycle these funds and give out homes to target market. N300b will give us just 60, 000 housing unit of N5m with associated infrastructure. N300b is not much money because housing is a capital intensive project. Like a deficit, what we are talking about is in trillions of naira".
He also stated that there was also the issue of acquiring land in some strategic locations like Abuja saying it has been difficult to provide homes apart from Gwarimppa. "Except that recently, we got the Apo land through partnership but we have been forging ahead." However the present FCT minister granted the FHA 1000hec of land. Arc Gemade noted that 50 per cent of the land will be devoted to low income earners.
"We are devoting about 50 per cent of that development to low income earners and 30 per cent to the medium income earners, and 20 per cent for the higher income earner. Having studied this within the city, we felt that it is a pity we see at prime times, mornings and evenings that the road are always choked up because people live outside the city in the suburb. We looked at all these and decided that the solution to all these is to decentralize the living areas and by developing a new town in Bwari. It would solve part of the problem."
On how the government and private individuals can collaborate in making sure the housing deficit is addressed, Mr. Ogar Mark, a realtor stated that government should make lands available to developers so that they would be able to build affordable houses for the benefit of the masses.
Similarly, a group called Forum of Advocates on Social Housing (FASH) called for a comprehensive Housing Provision Law that recognises housing right as a specific provision in the constitution and not just as a preamble in the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy.
According to them, "Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and necessary social services and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his/her control".


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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Members of a University of Iowa faculty committee at the school's education college have resigned from their posts amid a dispute over records about the dean.
The Des Moines Register reports Friday that an email by the Faculty Advisory Committee at the College of Education said the seven members were quitting because they felt they could no longer act as a liaison between the administration and faculty.
They also cited that the committee's chairman, Volker Thomas, was forced to protect his personal integrity.
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Norway: Two anti-Islamization organizations plan protest on Dec. 15th near Grønland, eastern Oslo
According to leftist newspaper Klassekampenhe, the Norwegian Defence League (NDL) and Stop the Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) are joining forces for the event that will kick off at Klosterenga Sculpture Park, an area with five mosques and a very high Muslim immigrant concentration.
The Foreigner "We want to wake up Norwegians and so-called moderate Muslims to show the extremism in their own religion," NDL board member Kjetil Kjønli explained, refuting allegations by Norwegian Centre Against Racism leader Kari Helene Partapuoli the NDL deliberately picked the Grønland area out of contentiousness.Several leftist groups will hold counter demonstrations on that day to "show everything that's positive about the multicultural society," she declared. (continue reading...)


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DWG (denoted by the .dwg filename extension) was the native file format for the Interact CAD package, developed by Mike Riddle in the late 1970s, and subsequently licensed by Autodesk in 1982 as the basis for AutoCAD. From 1982 to 2007, Autodesk created versions of AutoCAD which wrote no less than 18 major variants of the DWG file format, none of which are publicly documented.
The DWG format is probably the most widely used format for CAD drawings. Autodesk estimates that in 1998 there were in excess of two billion DWG files in existence.
There are several claims to control of the DWG format . It is Autodesk who designs, defines, and iterates the DWG format as the native format for their CAD applications. Autodesk sells a read/write library, called RealDWG, under selective licensing terms for use in non-competitive applications. Several companies have attempted to reverse engineer Autodesk's DWG format, and offer software libraries to read and write Autodesk DWG files. The most successful is Open Design Alliance, a non-profit consortium created in 1998 by a number of software developers (including competitors to Autodesk), released a read/write/view library called the OpenDWG Toolkit, which was based on the MarComp AUTODIRECT libraries. (ODA has since rewritten and updated that code.) There are no open-source DWG libraries currently available, and neither RealDWG nor DWGdirect are licensed on terms that are compatible with the gnu gpl, or similar free software license.
In 1998, Autodesk added file verification to AutoCAD R14.01, through a function called DWGCHECK. This function was supported by an encrypted checksum and product code (called a "watermark" by Autodesk), written into DWG files created by the program.. In 2006, in response to Autodesk users experiencing bugs and incompatibilities in files written by reverse-engineered DWG read/write libraries, Autodesk modified AutoCAD 2007, to include "TrustedDWG technology", a function which would embed a text string within DWG files written by the program: "Autodesk DWG. This file is a Trusted DWG last saved by an Autodesk application or Autodesk licensed application. This helped Autodesk software users ensure that the files they were opening were created by an Autodesk, or RealDWG application, reducing risk of incompatibilities. AutoCAD would pop up a message, warning of potential stability problems, if a user opened a 2007 version DWG file which did not include this text string.
In 2006, Autodesk applied for a US trademark on "DWG", as applied to software (as distinct to its application as a file format name.) . In a non-final action in May, 2007, the examining attorney refused to register the mark, as it is "merely descriptive" of the use of DWG as a file format name (for which Autodesk does not claim any trademark rights.) In September, 2007, Autodesk responded, claiming that DWG has gained a "secondary meaning," separate from its use as a file format name. . As of June 22, 2008, Autodesk's #78852798 application received an Office Action notifying the suspension of the procedure, stating the facts are that:
1. DWG is a file format.As early as 1996, Autodesk has disclaimed exclusive use of the DWG mark in US trademark filings.
2. Applicant is not the exclusive source of files with the format name DWG.
3. Applicant does not control the use of DWG by others, either as a trademark or as a file format name.
4. The submitted survey does not reflect recognition of DWG as a trademark, since no distinction was made between use as a trademark and use as the name of a file format.
Thus, the requirement for a disclaimer of DWG is continued and the Section 2(f) evidence is deemed insufficient to establish distinctiveness.
Note: DWG Trueview requires that a survey be filled out before download. Design Review has an optional survey.


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How many grinds of the pepper mill equal...?
This may be a stupid question but for most of my life I've been winging it with the pepper mill. Everyone agrees that pepper should be freshly ground, so what do you do when a recipe calls for 1/2 tsp of pepper or some other definite amount? Do you grind it over a piece of wax paper and then measure it, or have you figured out how many turns of the mill it takes to get a specific amount? (Or do you cheat and use the pre-ground stuff--shudder!)
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|Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) -- Foreign papers carried special write-ups on Feb. 1 and 2 to mark the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il.
The Myanmar Herald carried a portrait of smiling Kim Jong Il.
The paper in an article entitled "Kim Jong Il's patriotism" praised him, eternal leader of the Korean people, as a model patriot.
His affection for the country was the most sincere and ardent, the article said, explaining how strong his patriotism was.
Nigerian Observer carried an article titled "Feats for socialist cause" that lauded the feats he performed in reliably defending the socialist cause under the banner of Songun.
The DPRK resolutely meeting every challenge and smashing threats of the imperialists and maintaining the socialist cause are instilling great confidence and courage into the world progressive people, the article noted.
His undying exploits for the socialist cause would be remembered in the hearts of progressive humanity forever, it stressed.
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Bianca Bostic resides in Washington, D.C., with her family. She works in resource management for the National Weather Service. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Management Studies with a minor in Speech Communication at University of Maryland University College.
Bostic enjoys volunteering in her local community. She served as a local PTA president for two consecutive years. Under her leadership, the PTA set a new fund-raising record of more than $100,000, which was used to enhance educational enrichment through technology. Bostic also participated in think-tank sessions with the Washington, D.C., school board superintendent and a committee of educators to chart strategies for increasing public school enrollment. Her volunteer efforts also extend to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Food for the Hungry outreach program at her church. Additionally, Bostic served as an editor for a self-help book.
Bostic is proud of the following academic accomplishments:
- Membership in the National Society of Leadership and Success, 2013, and the recipient of the society's Engaged Leader Award.
- Induction into National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2012
- Induction into Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, 2011
Bostic is dedicated to serving on the UMUC Student Advisory Council and looks forward to representing the student body. She believes in the university's ability to help students achieve their academic and professional goals and become the best versions of themselves.


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Chest pain describes many different sensations, such as a sharp pain, dull ache, pressure, or burning and can signal many different conditions, including a heart attack. It should always be taken seriously.
Chest pain can be caused by a number of health conditions. Many of these are serious, and some are medical emergencies.
Angina is pressure or tightness in your chest that doesn't last and is brought on by physical or emotional stress. Angina can be an early warning sign of heart attack. Call your healthcare provider for evaluation.
The inner layer of the aorta's artery wall splits open. Patients experience very severe pain often described as a "tearing pain." It's associated with cold sweat. The pain may be felt at the front or back of the chest. Usually the pain moves as the dissection gets worse. Call 911.
Coronary artery disease is a narrowing of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart.
Heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.
Heart valve disease means that one or more valves in the heart is damaged causing problems with blood flow.
Pericarditis is an inflammation of the thin sac (pericardium) surrounding the heart. Patients usually experience a sharp, piercing pain over the center or left side of the chest that may spread to the neck and left shoulder. (Less often the pain is dull.) Often the pain gets worse with deep breathing or lying flat. A fever is also common. Often people with pericarditis report feeling sick. Some have pain when they swallow. Call 911.


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Kalon McMahon Serenades Man's Best Friend in "As Long As You Rub Me" (VIDEO)
We always knew you were a dog, Kalon McMahon! (J/K — we love you!)
At least you're a charitable dog, and we love that you use your celebrity to promote awareness of Givebones, the dog collar manufacturer that gives 10% of its proceeds to shelters and rescue organizations.
In this video, Kalon (he's the one dressed like a giant dog, in case you can't recognize him!) sings new lyrics to Justin Bieber's "As Long as You Love Me," extolling the virtues of adopting a rescue. You may also recognize another Bachelor Nation alum in the video — Natalie Getz plays the role of Kalon's sexy new owner!
While we still prefer the Biebs when it comes to vocals — sorry, Kalon! — we can't get enough of this hilarious parody, especially since it's for such a great cause. Keep using your celebrity powers for good, Kalon!
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THE rich colours and ornate style of the 15th-century Gutenberg bibles, the first books to be printed with movable type, have led most art historians to assume they were created with some of the rarest, most expensive pigments of the time. But the pigments came from very common minerals, a new analysis of the books reveals.
Tracey Chaplin from University College London and her colleagues used a technique called Raman spectroscopy, which involves analysing the spectrum of reflected laser light, to examine the artwork in the bibles and the pigment debris that had fallen into the inner margins of the books over the centuries.
Although they identified 16 pigments, only six or seven were frequently used, including mercuric sulphide, or cinnabar, for bright reds, and malachite for olive greens (Analytical Chemistry, DOI: 10.1021/ac050346y). "The artists were conservative with their pigments and yet managed to create a wide array of colours ...
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This document is designed for anyone who wishes to help share The Spoils with other gamers or card players by demonstrating to them just how great The Spoils is. In this document you will learn what you need to run a demo as well as learn some tips on how to conduct the demo itself.
...a few things, every one of which will play a crucial role in the attempt of winning over your local store.
1) Time
Before you read any further, remember what you are about to do. You are going to go into a game store and attempt to sell them a game. This process will take a lot of time, so don't expect immediate success after only an hour. Expect to make multiple trips as this is not an easy job, it is a crusade. If you are a frequent customer then you should not have too much trouble making an appearance consistently.
2) A Good Attitude
You might have noticed I haven't said anything about the actual game yet, and I will tell you why. The most important part of marketing anything is in the impression you make. It has been said that, when you go into a job interview, your interviewer has already made a decision between the time you walk through the door and when you sit down. Whether that is true or not is irrelevant, the point is you must make an excellent first impression. If you're already buddies with your local game store employees, all the better. Once they are willing to lend an eye and an ear, the game will sell itself. it is a great game and you only have to remind the stores of that.
3) Cards
Once you have made your introductions and first impression it is time to get down to business. You will obviously need to bring cards with you as it is hard to demonstrate a card game without cards. A pair of starter decks a constructed real deck would be preferable as you can use the starters to introduce the game mechanics and the constructed deck to show how fun the game can be. It would also be advisable to bring some other materials with you, such as play-mats or sleeves, to show off the other exciting materials the game has to offer.
4) A Friend
It is hard to play The Spoils by yourself. Try and get another one of your local players to come with you if you can. After you teach the owners/employees the game, play a sample game in front of them with your friend to demonstrate the play while allowing them to ask questions. This will let them see a game uninterrupted by demo information and allow them to see how much fun it can be to play The Spoils.
5) Contact Information
You will need to find out the store's contact information so the Arcane Tinmen sales team can work their magic. It would be best to get the store's telephone number, email address, and postal address, so that Arcane Tinmen has every avenue available to get in touch with the store.
You should also bring contact information for yourself and for Arcane Tinmen should the store owner have any questions while you are not around. I would advise giving them your email address as well as the email addresses for Will Clark (Director of Organized Play), Michael Nielsen (Owner of Arcane Tinmen and The Spoils), and Kettil Brochmann (Judge of Great Justice). With this information the store will be able to do some research on their own rather than always needing you around to answer questions for them.
Once you are in the store there will be a few different approaches available to you regarding how to sell the game. The Spoils is by no means a new game and it is even possible that your local store may have supported the game when it was owned by Tenacious.
For example, Neatherworlds, the store I visited, not only carries a few packs in the back, but the store owner used to play in Limited tournaments with my roommate. For stores like these, the best thing to do is show support of the game by buying a few packs and playing some games with your friends, all while having a good time. By draw attention to yourself the people around you will be curious about this strange yet interesting new card game, and the owners will remember what a great card game it was.
For stores that have never carried the Spoils before, the approach will be similar with the exception that you will likely be unable to buy some packs as they probably will not have any. It is still a good idea, though, to play games in the store from time to time to drum up interest. If you can get players interested in the game they will share that interest with the store and do some of the work for you.
Despite its popularity at one point in time, The Spoils is still a fairly young game. With this in mind, it should not be surprising to meet people that are not familiar with the game. There is nothing wrong with this, and if your local store owner is new to the game, pop out the starter set you brought and explain the basics of the game. You could even play a quick game with your friend or the owner to demonstrate. Having similar basic mechanics as some other common card games, it should be easy to demo and explain to new players.
Be sure to emphasize the uniqueness and creativity of cards, including rules texts, names, and flavor texts. These are some of the strongest aspects of The Spoils, so take advantage of every opportunity to point these things out.
There are some really interesting and/or funny cards in The Spoils.
Appreciate and utilize these as they are often the best talking point when approaching new players!
Once you gain the interest of even one person, whether it be the owner or another local player, you have made significant progress in advertising The Spoils. Word of the game will travel exponentially as every person you get hooked on The Spoils is another person that will help spread the word and increases the popularity of this brilliant game.
At this point, you have already done the hardest part of this job. All that is required now is for you to come back often and play The Spoils and have fun! You will naturally receive attention and generate interest, and that is when the sales team comes in. The owner will have an image of the game in the back of their mind, an image that the sales team will jump on and start the process of approaching the store owners. The owners will be interested in taking part in the ascension of The Spoils if there are many people in the area that would like to jump onto The Spoils bandwagon, which will create a profitable demand for the local store.
Lastly, be sure to thank the store, thank the owners, and most importantly, thank yourself for helping spread a great game!
A bit about the main writer: Buuble is a fairly new member to the community, but since his discovery of this card game some months back, he has been playing the game non-stop. He was introduced to The Spoils by one of his roommates who was a big fan of the game and he has been playing The Spoils ever since and even got his other roommate hooked on the game as well. To give you an idea of their passion for the game, take a peek into their living room:
He soon became so deeply enamored with the game that he made it his personal crusade to try and convince the local game stores to support it. He got in contact with Michael from Arcane Tinmen and is currently in the process of trying out the "Tag Team Model." In short, the Tag Team Model is a method in which a local player, with the help of Arcane Tinmen, can promote the Spoils at local stores in an effort help them realize how great it would be to carry The Spoils.


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Amazon CEO says plans to deliver small packages via drones 'will happen' despite massive hurdles
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""In rural areas, they might be targets for people bored of hunting deer."
I live in a rural area and this is pretty unlikely; however, what is HIGHLY likely is that people here would shoot down the damn drones for interfering with their privacy, and they are right. People here tend to leave each other alone, which is why I live here. We've already had black helicopters flying only about 25 feet above our heads while we're gardening. Drones are already being planned for idiot uses such as Jeff Bezos talks about. Why would drone delivery be better than what we already have? Would it be faster, more accurate (not likely, given what is happening in Pakistan with all the strike error).
MDevelopmental technology is risky and expensive. There is a stage at which a prototype is presented. Amazon and Mr. Bezos decided to go public. I see this whole business with Prime Air as both transformational and disruptive like many products introduced by our nation's top innovators, e.g., IPod, iPad, Starbucks, COSTCO, automotive backup cameras that changed the basis of competition. That's good for the American people.
What I don't find helpful is the death knell you've raised without a modicum of critical thinking.
I am relatively sure that Mr. Bezos and his Prime Air team continue to probe risk. Presenting Prime Air to the public is helping Amazon collect reaction and response. That's integral to product/services innovation.
Mr. Bezos and his team are exploring and exercising vision. They are doing so with their own profits, a goodly share of which will be devoted to public affairs that addresses the regulatory ramifications for which there will also be risk assessment. "Rule changes always involve public comment. However it's not rational to expect that the FAA could conceive of all the innovation involving our nation's airspace any more that regulators could envision the amount of bandwidth our yo under generation would consume with no end in site as we move further into the personal communication era.
Good grief, automotive engineers are already moving driverless operation through the stops. Can you image what that could mean to our overcrowded roads? Several of the higher end cars already feature emergency stop sensing the space ahead, velocity and probability of collision.
And finally, product development also inspires additional innovation.
Instead of you being interviewed, how about visiting collets and university advanced tech laboratories and check out the innovation that abounds? You'd be a more relevant and competent journalist if you did.
Cheers from the Pacific Northwest of the US. Retired and writing "technology-runs-amok novels. Lorraine Ruff


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The Gambia today joins the rest of the world in recognising and celebrating International Women's Day. Every year, the 8th of March presents an opportunity for all of us to reflect on the gender inequalities of the past and bring into perspective the gender struggles and accomplishments of today. It is a day when women all around the world are acknowledged and celebrated regardless of their ethnic, cultural, political or social differences.
International Women's Day is also a time to look back in history and marvel at the circumstances and struggles that both men and women have endured to make this day possible for all of us to celebrate. Born at a period of great social upheaval and crisis, International Women's day inherited a tradition of demonstrations and political activism in its early days. The idea of this day began to form at the turn of the century. In 1909, following a declaration by the Socialist Party, the United States of America observed its first National Women's Day in respect of garment workers who protested against the stringent working conditions. In August 1910, inspired partly by the American Socialist Movement, an International Conference was held in Copenhagen to honour the movement for women's right to equality and build support for accomplishing global suffrage for women. In 1911, following the Copenhagen initiative, International Women's Day was recognised for the first time in many European Countries. This occasion brought together more than one million women who rallied for the right to vote, the right to hold public office, the right to equal treatment at work and most importantly, to end all forms of discrimination against women. In 1975, the United Nations began celebrating 8th of March as International Women's Day. A couple of years later in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring a United Nations Day for Women's Right and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States in accordance with their historical and national traditions.
Since the early years, International Women's Day had progressively gained momentum and has assumed a new universal dimension for women all around the world. In contrast to the formative years when the day was marred with demonstrations and unrest, today we look back at the progress made and celebrate the acts of courage, wisdom and determination portrayed by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in history. It is also a day to look into the future and pave the way forward for the younger generation of women. The new millennium has certainly witnessed a significant change of attitude in both women and society's perspective about equality. With more women in high political offices and boardrooms, many of the younger generation feel that women have finally cemented their place in the workplace and the battle has already been won. The sad truth is that women are still not remunerated on an equal basis as their male counterparts and are still not equal in numbers in business or politics. Moreover, issues such as access to education, justice, health, violence against women amongst other concerns still exists today. We need to pave the way forward for the younger generation by arming them with ample knowledge and instilling a sense of responsibility to enable them to make use of the untapped opportunities that await them in the future.
Each year, a general theme is identified to mark the occasion of International Women's Day. Various Governments, Organisations and Women's groups may however choose different themes to reflect global or local gender issues. At FLAG, we embrace the United Nations International Women's Day theme "EMPOWERING RURAL WOMEN - END HUNGER AND POVERTY".
Rural women are active agents of economic and social change. In The Gambia, about 65% of the agricultural labour force are women in which the majority of these women reside in rural areas. These women are producers, consumers, carers and most importantly they play a pivotal role in the food and agricultural production of the country.
As we may recall, In September 2000, at the United Nations Millennium Summit, Heads of States and Government representatives agreed to a ground breaking set of time bound and measurable goals and targets known as the Millennium Development Goals. Eight broad objectives were targeted with the aim of combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women. Of the eights targets, Goal 1 aims to halve extreme poverty and hunger and Goal 3 calls for empowering women and promoting gender equality. The Government of The Gambia has pledged to meet the Millennium Developments Goals by the year 2015.
In this vein, the Government of the Gambia must be arecognised for its relentless efforts towards supporting agricultural activities of rural women and empowering women in general. It must also be noted that many rural women are benefiting from the Livestock Horticultural Development Project which is a central part of the Gambia Government's Programme for Accelerated Growth and Employment (PAGE). The PAGE also covers women's access to water, productive technologies, good quality seeds, fertilisers and pesticides, all geared towards improving agricultural productivity, food security and sustainable livelihoods. Under the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme, (CAADP), all African countries, including The Gambia, have committed to developing national frameworks to show how they will develope agriculture in their countries. They also made a commitment to allocate a minimum of ten per cent of the national budget on agriculture. As at last year The Gambia had attained only six per cent and aspiring to attain the required minimum.
Apart from Government initiatives relating to Agricultural and rural women, several Civil Society organisation have made significant inroads in addressing the plight of rural women and their agricultural productivity. One such initiative is ActionAid International The Gambia's (AAITG) campaign on rural women's access to land and ability to develope and manage this vital resource on a sustainable basis with a strong emphasis on environmental protection. AAITG in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture is also working on diversification of agricultural productivity for women by encouraging other agricultural activities like poultry farming, fish processing, and value added activities like groundnut processing for oil and paste, both for consumption and marketing. The Women's access and ownership to land Campaign originated from the National Women Farmers' Association (NAWFA), a civil society association constituted by 48,000 rural women from 1074 villages in the Gambia..
However, challenges still exist as rural women face severe problems attributed to gender based stereotypes and discrimination that deny them equitable access to credit, assets, services and opportunities. This year's theme is pertinent and well -timed. As we are fast approaching the deadline for the MDGs, it is evident that more needs to be done in order to realistically meet the set targets.
In order to empower rural women and end hunger and poverty, the country collectively has to address the challenges that still prevail and ensure that certain measures such as the following are implemented.
â-è Education: this is vital in ensuring rural women's general well-being and productivity. This could take the form of non - formal learning, technical and vocational training and agriculture extension services.
â-è Resources: Access to productive resources, assets and services is also crucial. Land ownership is key to empowerment therefore rural women should be given the opportunity to own land in their right.
â-è Social Protection: Access to justice and adequate social protection is central in ensuring a safe and enabling environment for economic growth.
â-è Participation: Access to equal participation in the decision making process ensures that the needs and concerns of rural women are projected in local government policies.
The Women's Act 2010 indeed embodies the above measures in its provisions. The following sections in the Act provide that:
6. "Every woman shall be protected against any form of physical, sexual, psychological, or economic harm, suffering or violence whether occurring in public or private life".
7. "Every woman is entitled to equality and justice before the law and to equal protection of the law".
11. "Every woman whether by means of inheritance or otherwise has the right to acquire and own movable and immovable property and to administer, manage and dispose of the property freely without restrictions".
26. "Every woman has the right to basic education and training for self development".
In particular Part VIII of the Act specifically focuses on rural women and its effective implementation will go a long way in ensuring that the Theme for this year is adequately and effectively realised in The Gambia. Part VIII provides thus
33. (1) Every Government agency, organ, body, authority, public or private institution or enterprise, individual or community shall-
(a) take into account the particular problems faced by rural women and the significant roles which rural women play in the economic survival of their families, including their work in the informal non-monetized sectors of the economy; and
(b) ensure the application of the provisions of this Act to women in rural areas.
(2) Every Government agency, organ, body, authority, public institution or private enterprise, individual or community shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality between men and women, that they participate in and benefit from rural development projects and, in particular, shall ensure that rural women have the right to-
(a) participate in the conceptualization, elabo-ration and implementation of development projects at all levels;
(b) benefit directly from social security programmes;
(c) obtain all types of training and education, formal and non-formal, including those relating to functional literacy, as well as, the benefit of all community and extension services, in order to increase their technical proficiency;
(d) organize self-help groups and co-opera-tives in order to obtain access to economic opportunities through employment or self employment;
(e) have access to agricultural credit and loans, marketing facilities, appropriate technology and equal treatment in land and agrarian reform, as well as, in land resettlement schemes.
Hence, it appears that there is an existing legal framework that protects; safeguards and most importantly provide the much needed machinery for the empowerment of women in The Gambia.
The theme this year is a call to action. It encourages governments, organisations and active groups to focus their attention and efforts in empowering rural women to end hunger and poverty. The objective of International Women's Day 2012 is to ensure that every event held in honour of this day will involve thoughts and deliberations on empowering rural women and ending hunger and poverty.
At FLAG, we will continue in our efforts in ensuring that fundamental rights of women and children are duly observed and enforced in The Gambia. We also pledge to partner with Government and other civil society organisations in the realisation of the theme of this year's theme.


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