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Currently looking at high bandwidth servers, I'm pleasantly surprised by the 100tb.com offer of servers at $200-400 monthly, on a 1gbit dedicated port with 100tb throughput, plus another $399 for unmetered.
If it's genuinely as advertised, it seems too cheap to be true.
I've no experience of them, and wonder why they seem able to offer such a spec so cheaply.
It is part of UK2 group. I think you could trust them, they must be having there own DC as well. read through reviews in forums and related websites before purchase.
UK2 don't have a great reputation. I've personally had serious issues with them in the past, I don't rate either their technical competence or their service. I recall there was a cdn that used their servers, that got 100's of servers pulled off line because they were consistently using high (but within their limits) bandwidth.
Do you have any preferred location?
Check WebHostingBuzz's dedicated servers as there are a lot of options including the Tb connection and they have data centers in the US and UK.
Thanks to you all.
On the individual points...
Jerom - I've read good and bad reviews of them - much as I'd expect about anything.
EastCoast - if the stuff works most of the time I don't mind poor service. But your 'within their limits' remark troubles me... at their prices I'd expect overselling and small print, but they're clear on 'dedicated, unmetered, unthrottled port' - and that's potentially a lot of data (432tb?) and at a price other providers don't seem to be anywhere near.
PromptSpace - for location, probably US - because it's nearer for most of the likely clients and probably cheaper than UK/Europe.
dklynn - I looked at WebHostingBuzz and their service/pricing is similar to others, with much less bandwidth than 100tb.com - and with their upgrade at $20 per tb it soon gets uncompetitive when compared to 100tb.com. But, every other provider I've seen seems far pricer too.
So I'm back to where I came in - are they simply misleading, and not expecting many to reach such high throughput and therefore likely to pull anyone who gets high throughput (which, with streaming audio will be probable)? Or are they genuinely differentiating themselves and taking slim margins? Of course, some are happily selling (and buying) domains at $35 compared to the more-usual $8-12.
In a less-critical situation i'd simply try them and see. But that's not so here... as I'm doing viability work for a future project, one which has nice finances at 100tb.com rates but which could quickly become horrible if bandwidth costs increased significantly - and, if my numbers are right, in the case of WebHostingBuzz (who're simlar to others and cheaper than many), the additional 322tb @$20 makes a huge difference. (And yeah, I know it's daft to base viability on availability from a single source.)
I'm happy to provide some insight from a service provider perspective if it helps you decide. But first I'd ask - do you really need all of that bandwidth? If so, what will you be using it for? It's a lot of bandwidth for one server to push and there aren't many scenarios in which you'll have the physical server resources to do so. A download and maybe a streaming site are probably the only examples that will be able to push anywhere near that bandwidth without running out of CPU/Memory.
For a download or a streaming site, you probably want to look at a CDN solution anyway. There's options like CloudFlare, NetDNA and others that let you pay per GB or buy bandwidth in bulk that may reduce your costs and will definitely increase customer performance and server capacity.
Our customers aren't the typical 100TB type customers but I'd estimate only 10-20% use more than a few thousand gigs of bandwidth per month.
I think I read your post a little quickly as re-reading it, I do note that you mention streaming audio.
Using the US as an example, bandwidth costs from major Tier1 providers will range from around $0.75 per Mbps (Cogent) to $5.00 per Mbps (someone like Internal). The theoretical throughput of 1Mbps fully sustained is 324GB per calendar month. You can see from the maths that the law of averages does kick in and some overselling will exist, even when using lower-quality, cheaper bandwidth providers.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing; overselling is commonly accepted in the shared hosting market and governed well, it doesn't pose a problem. And overselling bandwidth capacity is common place for your home/business broadband connection, just as it is your mobile/cell phone connection.
Thanks, Matt.
Answering your points...
1 Yeah, I really do need all that bandwidth (as you note in your second response, it's for streaming audio). And I probably need more, as should become clear toward the end of this reply.
2 With Shoutcast and associated software, I've been told that a decent-spec machine on a 1 gigabit port can handle the projected load and push the theoretical max throughput of 432gb. (You mentioned 324, so maybe my numbers are out or you typo-ed.
But a one-third difference won't be critical to the viability - but seemingly-common rates of 8-12 cents (or higher), and even your own much lower rate, per gb would.)
3 I'm a marketer and hence don't have the tech knowledge, but would the extra flexibility performance of cloud and CDN services provide an appropriate advantage?
With streaming audio rather than multiple requests for other and smaller files, the server should be able to handle the load (and splitting it between two or even three would likely remove any potential problem). I don't need burstable, and the ability to serve from a few hundred/thousand miles nearer wouldn't greatly improve user experience.
And the pricing would make the project unviable. (Hell, with the required bandwidth it quickly gets that way even on regular dedicated packages.)
4 I mentioned 'probably need more' (bandwidth)... if my numbers are right, that 1 gigabit port can serve 7500 simultaneous users of a 128k stream.
Now whilst that size of audience is uncommon for Internet radio, it's still very small compared to the potential. I can wide-awake-not-dreaming project short-term (maybe an hour a day) peaks of ten-times that... so my requirement is relatively high.
At 100tb-com rates, I can afford ($7k monthly) to have 10 servers sharing the load, and sit there idling much of the time (although there's a not-yet calculated on-demand requirement too for other audio streaming/download).
I don't mind overselling, and accept it where expected - but that won't be with this project.
The promise of 'dedicated, unmetered, unthrottled port' at the stated pricing attracts me - but can it be sustained?
Well, have you considered co-locating your server and see if the DC can pull up a special deal with you. Like stated, all hosts will limit your port speed to something like 10mbps when you cross a certain limit on the BW. Co-locating might be a bit huge investment but it will be an one time investment.
Colo will cost a lot more, and 10Mbps is a long way off the 1Gbps that the OP is after.
I don't mind colo where appropriate, but that sholdn't be necessary for what's essentially a very simple requirement. As Matt suggests 'Colo will cost a lot more, and 10Mbps is a long way off the 1Gbps that the OP is after.'
And, with the 'dedicated, unmetered, unthrottled port' there shouldn't (legally) be any restriction on bandwidth.
Buying high throughput on an unthrottled connection genuinely isn't a black art - my qualms are simply a) why is so cheap? and b) will (and can) they deliver what's promised?
I'll just have to try it and find out.
its cheap, cos its oversold on the premise that 99% of users just won't use the high amounts of bandwidth they have actually "paid" for. They should be able to deliver to a point, but as more users start to get towards the limits or at peak points of the day you may notice a decrease in throughput.
I need more info...
Matt mentioned costs of 'bandwidth costs from major Tier1 providers will range from around $0.75 per Mbps (Cogent) to $5.00 per Mbps (someone like Internal)'.
I don't know enough to understand this, and hope someone can elaborate.
To me, Mbps is a speed. I understand that a 1gbit port can deliver a max of 324gb per month. And I understand a price per gb/tb of data transfer.
But I don't understand how the Mbps relates to gb/tb.
And I've read that buying bandwidth on a per Mbps model rather than a per gb basis will be cheaper, but can't correlate the two.
1000Mbps = 1Gbps
Thanks Matt.
Sorry, I'd poorly worded that - and I'm not sure this is any better.
What I meant is that I don't understand how the port speed relates to the total transferred - unless that figure of $0.75 per Mbps multiplied by 1000 is the price for an unthrottled port capable of transferring that 324gb?
1Mbps fully sustained throughput a month is around 324GB
So 10Mbps is 3240GB, 100Mbps is 32400GB and 1000Mbps is 324,000GB/Month.
Note that this is a theoretical maximum. You will start to see some loss/performance degradation above 80% usage on nic port / switch port so the actual throughput is going to be lower.
Matt, I'm sorry that I'm still not clear...
So is the price for an unthrottled 1 gbit port $0.75 multiplied by 1000 = $750?
Cost and price are two different things. Yes, that would be an accurate cost from a carrier perspective. There are several things that can bring the price down:
Contention ratio - Assume 40 x 1Gbit servers in a cabinet. That cabinet won't have 40Gbit of connectivity back to the core and the core is unlikely to have 40Gbit of connectivity upstream of that. A more likely scenario is 10Gbit, or maybe less, shared between the 40-odd servers.
Traffic shaping - some types of traffic may be filtered/QoS'd and given access to less bandwidth
Peering - networks peer with each other, sometimes free, sometimes paid. Generally peering is seen as a way of offloading some bandwidth for less.


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Respect for Marriage Act Reintroduced in Congress to Repeal DOMA
Postedon Jan 06, 2015 at 07:00 pm
Today, January 6, 2015, United States Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and United States Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the Respect for Marriage Act, the bill that would fully repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.
Lambda Legal files case to extend Social Security benefits to all couples in nation
Postedon Oct 23, 2014 at 10:00 am
Today, Lambda Legal filed a case in the federal district court of Washington, D.C. against the Social Security Administration to win social security protections for same-sex couples regardless of their state laws.
One year after historic Supreme Court ruling, momentum for marriage surges
Postedon Jun 26, 2014 at 11:00 am
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Windsor v. United States, which struck down the core of the federal so-called Defense of Marriage Act and found marriage discrimination unconstitutional.
One border and 30 miles make all the difference in how these same-sex couples are treated
Postedon Jun 23, 2014 at 12:30 pm
To illustrate the reality of these untenable marriage laws, we spoke with two couples who have led similar lives and yet, because of the state border between Illinois and Indiana are treated dramatically differently when it comes to accessing simple respect for their relationship.
Administration extends key federal protections to married same-sex couples
Postedon Jun 20, 2014 at 10:00 am
Today, the Obama administration announced that it will take additional steps to provide increased federal respect for same-sex couples' legal marriages - However, social security protections for married couples will remain unavailable in nearly all states that do not respect marriage for same-sex couples.
Widower reflects on end of DOMA & loss of partner of 58 years at Cheers to 10 Years
Postedon Apr 30, 2014 at 12:15 pm
This week, at Freedom to Marry's Cheers to 10 Years event, Ron Wallen joined us on stage to bring a personal face to why marriage matters so deeply to same-sex couples.
IRS releases new video with guidance for married same-sex couples
Postedon Mar 06, 2014 at 04:00 pm
As families across the country work to file their federal taxes for the year, legally married same-sex couples are experiencing a new option: to file their taxes together, as a married couple. Now, a new video from the IRS offers guidance to married couples on how to file their taxes this year.
Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) signs on as Respect for Marriage Act co-sponsor
Postedon Feb 11, 2014 at 02:00 pm
Today, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) became the 44th United States Senator to co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act (S. 1236), the bill that would fully repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, definitively ending federal marriage discrimination and ensuring certainty regardless of where a legally married same-sex couple lives.
US Attorney General announces additional legal protections for married couples
Postedon Feb 10, 2014 at 04:30 pm
This weekend, United States Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice would issue a memo to recognize marriages between same-sex couples - even in states without the freedom to marry - "to the greatest extent possible under the law."
Top 10 Freedom to Marry Moments in 2013
Postedon Dec 24, 2013 at 01:00 pm
What a year for the freedom to marry! In 2013 we racked up wins at an unparalleled pace, reflecting and accelerating the momentum we have worked so hard to build over so long.

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A GROUP of year nine students from Ansford Academy enjoyed a foreign language taster session at a nearby college.
The budding learners attended Bridgwater College for a lesson in Russian – one experience to add to their CV.
All the students had some experience of learning French, German and Spanish but this was their first try at tackling a language incorporating an entirely new alphabet.
Overall, the students learnt 33 new letters and were able to write their names using the Cyrillic alphabet.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A 21-year-old Palm Coast man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
As part of his sentence, Kamil Mezalka is also required to serve a 10-year term of supervised release following his release from prison, and ordered to forfeit his computers and other digital media.
According to court documents, in March, a FBI agent from Philadelphia began an Internet undercover investigation to identify people using a particular file sharing program to obtain and share child pornography. Using a computer, the agent logged into the file sharing program and saw that someone using a particular screen name was logged into the network.
The agent browsed the user's shared directory and saw that more than 4,000 files were being shared therein, many of which contained titles and descriptors indicative of child pornography and the sexual abuse of children.
The investigation revealed that during the time frame of the two download sessions, the particular IP address was issued to an account registered to someone at a home in Palm Coast where Mezalka lived.
On May 8, FBI agents executed a federal search warrant at Mezalka's home. As agents gained entry to the home, Mezalka came out of a second-floor bedroom, saw the agents, and quickly turned and went back inside the same bedroom and closed the door. Despite repeated commands to come out of the bedroom, Mezalka remained in the bedroom and proceeded to use a Samurai sword to try to destroy his computers and CDs.
Agents made entry into Mezalka's bedroom, where he was eventually arrested. During an interview, Mezalka admitted to, among other things, having a file sharing program on his computer, which he used to download pornography that included child pornography. He further stated that most of it would be on the laptop computer and that some of the images might be on the desktop computer.
During the search, the agents seized, among other things, a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Both of these computers were damaged by Mezalka's use of the Samurai sword. Subsequent forensic analysis revealed that one hard drive contained more than 12,000 images and more than 3,000 videos, of which at least 500 images and 100 videos depicted child pornography.
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Last Friday, I wrote here about how insult comic and "queen of mean" Lisa Lampanelli would be performing at the Topeka, Kansas Performing Arts Center, and how Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church loonies had announced they would protest outside the center because Lampanelli is pro-LGBT. So then Lampanelli announced she would donate $1,000 for every protester who showed to the Gay Men's Health Crisis, an AIDS/HIV service organization in New York.
The Phelps clan did show up outside the Performing Arts Center, and Lampanelli's people counted 44 of them. But the Westboro bunch claimed there were 48 protesters, so Lampanelli decided to donate $50,000. She is supposed to go to GMHC tomorrow (Wednesday) to present them with a check.
Below is an interview with Lampanelli published online today by The Village Voice in which she explains what led up to the situation in Topeka and how she even took her audience outside during the performance there to make fun of the Westboro protesters, including getting a gay couple to make out in front of them. Here's video from the Village Voice website:


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Ted Cruz really is doing an impressive imitation.
Ted Cruz is a member of a minority race. And if there's anything we have learned from our Democrat overlords, that's what really matters!
Ted Cruz is a member of a minority race
No, he isn't.
"Ted Cruz is a member of a minority race
No, he isn't."
Come now we can't have facts get in the way of opportunities for cracker ass crackers to bloviate
Well, if you count Asshole-Americans as having racial phenotypes, or as simply a bizarre humanoid species, then this could be true.
Asshole Americans may be a race, but no way are they minority.
Snort +1
Canadian born
He's a member of a rich, powerful oligarchy….
How can he be from a "minority race" when human beings do not have biological races? Somebody obviously flunked his biology class.
Wait…a Canadian who moves to Texas is a minority? Or are crazy Senators who wouldn't lknwo foreign affairs if it bit them in the ass a minority? Your trolling needs lots of work I advise you to study the early work of Gary Ruppert
I see that your powers of comprehension are nonexistent.
Reading comprehension has a well known liberal bias
The Democrats in your head are not your friends. Or, more likely, they're the only friends you have.
Fat, drunk, and less interesting than Dagchester is no way to go through life, Jennie dear.
I actually find it a little endearing how dagchester went ahead and embraced that portmanteau.
Truly, Dagchester is a troll's troll. That's why his sodomy obsession beats Jennie's hands down, as the kids are wont to say.
I'm full of admiration for the trolls round these parts. They're proper method. I certainly couldn't do what they do.
Also, reading up about Ted Cruz – is this guy a mound of contradictions, or what? Very well educated, connected & successful lawyer who's filling the role of poor-man's McCarthy, just in case there may be Muslin's hiding under every bed.
I assume he's acting that way for the votes?
The trolls around here are either really bad at trolling or really good at comedy. I never can quite tell.
(Trolls are supposed to try to make you angry, the guys we get around here just make me laugh.)
You think this guy's bad? The troll that's currently at work at alicublog is just plain BORING. It is not quality trolling. AT ALL.
there are even people who say that cruz is intelligent….
see Volokh Conspiracy
Everyone saw what DeMint just did. You think Cruz wants to muck around with the senate when all he has to do is make a name for himself among the Know Nothings and he can skip into some right wing sinecure?
No, he's not acting. He's genuinely an odd, creepy true believer. A friend of mine from high school was on his floor freshman year at Princeton in 1988. I was hearing stories about this weird dude "Ted Cruz" 25 years ago.
Scarlet Muslims, nota bene
You tell 'em brother!
Dagchester, is that you?
Did I ever tell you about the man who taught his asshole to talk?
Republican says what?
Clearly it's the only thing that matters to you. Some of us are less unhinged.
I seriously doubt that he ever had hinges…
Asshole is not a race.
Watching a conservative try to play a race card is liking watching a monkey that's gotten ahold of a field researcher's cell phone.
Just adorable, little buddy. You really think you're doing it right.
i was not aware that stupid is now considered a "minority race"? when did this happen?
His Y-chromosome is from Cuba, presumably Spain at some prior point.
His X-chromosome, though, is standard variety Euromutt by way of Delaware.
And it cannot be pointed out often enough, while he can truthfully claim to be an immigrant — that's because he was born in Canada. We clearly need a razor-wire fence on our northern border.
Which is clearly why Democrats have rushed to embrace Clarence Thomas, Bobby Jindal, Alan Keyes, Herman Cain, and Marco Rubio.
Idiots are just barely a minority.
Maybe where you are. Here in Montana, they are clearly the majority (just look at our legislature).
Including, but not limited to, polygamous idiots, breeding polymorphically.
We have some of those down south of here in the Bitterroot. Not nearly as interesting as the white supremacists up by Kalispell, the Freemen, or the militia types, all of whom make our Republican legislators look sane and moderate.
And what was (is?) that Unmormon bunch down towards Wyoming with weapons and ???bunkers….?
I've spent time in OK and MT, and survived.
I fled to SE Asia. Do you wonder why? (rhetorical)
It has been a while since we the people had the discussion of whether it is right and proper for the members of one branch of government to abuse their power in order to prevent another branch of government from performing its duties. I think it time to have that conversation again.
and, it will be. When a Republican is elected and Democrats start asking questions
Yah, sure, I totally remember when the Dems were watching W like hawks.
Hawks in the war-loving sense, not in the keen eyesight sense.
And the media will criticize Democrats for acting in bad faith and injuring governance when they do it — if they — to Republicans
First person to not start a troll thread!
I relish the day after two election cycles when we're saying things like "Well at least Ted Cruz wouldn't have…" in referencing some other teabagger.
Oops I was beat
Shorter Ted Cruz:
"Admit it! Admit you are the reason Jesus hasn't shown up and whisked me off to Heaven!!! ADMIT IT!!!
The Texas Senate delegation is like some kind of practical joke.
"I'll bet you can't find someone worse than John Cornyn."
"Oh, yeah!?!"
And the House delegation–with Gohmert, Stockman, et. al.–is even more fun!
Yeah, but with the Nugent stunt I think you have to say that Stockman is winning the contest for now. I shudder to think how Gohmert will get back in the race …
My mental vision of Louie Gohmert is as David Koechner's character in Anchorman, and actually seeing or hearing him has no effect on this. His actual face, voice and mannerisms disappear from my head within minutes.
If only his wife were so lucky
The Texas Senate delegation is like some kind of practical joke
The traditional Oklahoma/Texas rivalry at work . . .
[OK, pointing to senate delegation]: Bet you can't top this!
[TX, producing Cruz]: We'll give it a shot!
They STILL have a way to go to beat Inhofe/Coburn/Dementia
Feu Senator Joseph McCarthy was awesome.
We badly need another one today.
OK, Miss Coulter.
Is Michele Bachmann not enough, or does her extra x-chromosome get in the way?
Michelle Bachman was right about Huma Abedin, but that woman is a criminal. If you or I even attempted to do what she did, and only did it on one one-hundredth the scale, we would spend the rest of our lives in prison for fraud. Michelle Bachmann ran for POTUS, solicited and pocketed millions of dollars in presidential campaign contributions, and was, the whole time, carrying DUAL CITIZENSHIP in Switzerland. You can't be a citizen of any other nation and be POTUS. You can't be a citizen of any other nation and be Commander in Chief. And yet, Michelle Bachmann ran for POTUS with full knowledge that she was legally ineligible. She took in over $20 million in campaign funds for an office that she fully knew she COULD NOT HOLD. That's fraud. That's orange jumpsuit and flip-flops. But, no. She's a folk hero because she knows how to Bull-shit gullible Tea Parties – a very RICH folk hero, with plans to get even richer with each election cycle.
I see nothing in the Constitution that forbids someone with dual citizenship from being president. What is the basis for this claim?
I'd add that what makes Dagchester a terrific troll is that he just inspired me to write a comment defending Michele Bachmann.
He's a psychoactive agent?
George Washington had dual citizenship, you know.
Michele Bachmann is WAY more than enough to bring about the end of civilization…
Nothing says 'great Senator' like cynically staking your career on a brand of paranoia that ends up blowing up in your face, leaving you with nothing better to do than drink yourself into an early grave.
Actually accomplishing something… that's for suckers.
how is drinking yourself to death not accomplishing something? and in this case, it was even for the good of humanity
It was ten years late, though.
I'll drink to that
What I meant was someone's got to start PROSECUTING the looters.
Someone — amongst elected officials or law enforcement people — who will make any sort of noise that sound like that.
"I am really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial."
— Elizabeth Warren
Yes. But there's nothing that focuses the mind on the consequences of one's actions like the contemplation of jail.
We need a change in the enforcers' mentality towards neo-McCarthyism, and since it won't come voluntarily due to the revolving door bribes lobbying in Washington, we're going to have to do it by demanding legislative changes from the ground up.
I'm not sure why you're getting half a stock over tailgunner joe then because he never did any of that stuff!
And that wonderful Roy Cohn–I'm sure you'd love having him back too.
…only to add IYKWIMAITYD
"that little boy that nobody liked grew up to be… Roy Cohn. And now you know the rest of the story."
Joe McCarthy is the model for modern conservatism's handling of national security issues. I'm not surprised Winchester admires him.
There was no real policy or performance complaint that McCarthy was concerned about. His witch hunt wasn't an actual effort root out communists and address what he thought was an important national security threat, like J. Edgar Hoover's persecution of leftists. Right from the beginning, it was nothing but a partisan political stunt. McCarthy didn't try to bag communists and end up catching some Democrats in his net; he was trying to slander Democrats, and any actual communists he might have stumbled upon were by-catch. He invented the entire thing just to have a club for partisan politics.
Today's witch-hunting conservatives are like McCarthy, not like Hoover.
He invented the entire thing just to have a club for partisan politics.
Aided and abetted in a very big way by HUAC, who really got there first.
And Nixon got a VP and Presidency for it.
Better go out and buy more Bisquick. Not nearly enough pancakes to go around today, with two trolls (or maybe one troll with two nyms) on the same thread.
No Solzhenitsyn quote this time, Winchester?
McCarthy is definitively alive and well. And I don't care what happens when you play "The White Album" backwards.
As a Texan my impression of the whole contest to replace Kay Bailey Hutchinson was that I wouldn't lower myself to vote in the Republican primary and it had the advantage of helping me avoid one particular disappointment: I was of the opinion that whichever of the candidates was the most loathsome would come out on top in the primary. Given how quickly Cruz is making a name for himself, I pray that I was correct. I'd hate to think that he was the least bad option.
I voted for the Democrat, but I had no illusions of the chances of a non-Republican wining a Senatorial race in Texas right now.
I knew Ted Cruz personally when I was in grad school. He was an undergrad parliamentary debater and, as a former parliamentary debater, I helped out a fair bit with the debate team. He's a deeply unpleasant human being (no surprise there).
Oooh, more proof. Like I said above, one of my friends from high school knew Cruz at Princeton and thought he was bona fide creepy 25 years ago.
You poor thing! Was recovery difficult?
Let's just say that Ted was very widely seen as an asshole. And there are always assholes. Though the world of Parliamentary Debate had many more great people than awful people (two fine examples of the former who should be familiar to readers of this blog: Dahlia Lithwick and Chris Coons, both of whom I had the pleasure to know through debate), it shouldn't be surprising to any of you who've been around either debaters or Ivy League undergrads that Ivy League debate predictably attracts a certain number of assholes, and the rest of us put up with them knowing that we'd only have to do so for a few short years.
Recovering from Ted's becoming a major figure in American public life will be a lot more difficult, though I suppose I can comfort myself with the knowledge that I'll get to share the experience with many more fellow sufferers.
Tropical SE Asia is marvelous therapy for American Political Overdose.
Your point being?
The White House let it slide. Has even a single congressional democrat so much as taken exception to the sinister remarks of Senator Cruz?
The SOB personifies the republican party, and democrats don't lift a glove to attack either him or it. If democratic party officials don't get fired up about Cruz, why should anyone else?
Has even a single congressional democrat so much as taken exception to the sinister remarks of Senator Cruz?
More than one, actually. Immediately. At the hearing.
I guess the attitude is that, like a bad smell, he will dissipate in the breeze. And with all the hot air in his environment…
As far as I can tell, Harry Reid seems to be playing a bit of hardball with the Republicans by not honoring any holds on the Hagel nomination, forcing them to take a cloture vote to delay the vote on the nom. The Republicans who aren't as crazy as Cruz (well, 41 of them) are looking like idiots by standing with him. I'm pretty sure many of them didn't want to make that vote, but were put in a position of having to be party-first nihilists in the open or back down. And the momentum of their ideology forced them to chose the first.
I suspect that we'll see a bit more of Reid trying to get the Republican Senators to take cloture votes that will make them look bad. He knows that there are plenty who would prefer to work behind the scenes than to have to chose between going into a primary with Olympia Snowe's record or into a general with Ted Cruz's.
No love for the semi-obscure musical reference in the post title? Guess it's up to me, then.
Or maybe it was so obvious no one saw fit to mention it, and now I've destroyed all the hipster cred I never had to begin with. Shit.
Yep. I used to model all of my musical tastes after you, but now, after this display?–I guess I'll just have to find someone else.
REM is back to providing hipster cred?
When I was 14 and fell completely in love with REM (around 1999-2000, because I was a little young to be paying attention to music when they were really big) the hipsters, or whatever they were called back then, looked down on then because they had made it big in the mainstream.
It's still a pretty relevant song, at any rate. "Loyal to the Bank of America…It's a sign of the times."
I think I first heard them sometime in the late 80s.
It was my first realization that there was something out there besides "classic rock".
For me it was the summer of 89 when I simultaneously discovered REM, the B-52s, and the Violent Femmes. The realization that there was something other than pop music and oldies was stunning.
2 out of 3 ain't bad.
I would say one is significantly worse than the other 2, but all three were light years better than, say, Milli Vanilli, Debbie Gibson, and New Kids, which is what I had been listening to. (In fairness to me, I only listened to New Kids under protest.)
Seriously, take a look at the Billboard top 100 for 1989: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1989
Chicago's "Look Away" was number 1! Poison was #3 Milli Vanilli and Richard Marx each have multiple top-25s. Mike and the Mechanichs was 31! Both Tone Loc and Young MC!
How far down that list do you have to go to find a genuinely good song?
"Love Shack" and "Stand", I like "Waiting for a Star to Fall" but in a cheesy kind of liking, an appetite satisfied by an aural equivalent of Mr. P's Pizza.
Making 1989 pretty much indistinguishable from any other year since…oh, 1971 or so.
Back in the dark ages of this blog where the archives have vanished, we compared hot 100s by year of high school graduation. I think my year (1990) was as bad as any for sure.
I first saw REM around 1981 in Casper Wyoming. It took a couple of years before I really liked their music
Not really…I was clumsily suggesting that recognizing a reference to an obscure album track released by REM "before they got big" was one of those Insufferable Music Snob things (IMS and hipster being overlapping, but not identical, categories).
Saw them open up for the Police in Shea Stadium in 1983 I think. They had a college radio hit with "Radio Free Europe" at that point but I had the impression that I was one of the few who knew who they were.
Saw them open up for the Police in Shea Stadium in 1983 I think.
I had a ticket to see them on the same tour, at JFK Stadium in Philly. Unfortunately, I had one ticket too many, because a friend backed out on me, so we spent REM's set outside the gates, trying to find a buyer for the extra ticket. We got to our seats just as REM were wrapping up. Oh well…Madness were great, as were the Police. Nicest surprise of the day: Joan Jett, peace be upon her, was clad in black leather from head to toe on an impossibly hot & humid Philly afternoon, and positively tore the place down.
I myself was wondering if the reference was intentional. It's been ages since I've even _thought_ of the song (might need to pull out the old and dusty CD).
??? (well I'm old and classical. Fossilized, actually.)
It's from an REM song.
Ah, Tenks.
We all so need someone to eradicate the elements of the Muslim Brotherhood that have infiltrated the federal government and political parties.
Begin with Huma Abedin NOW !!
I'll eradicate later…right now I'm making breakfast for The Hubby, who's under the weather. What do you think, Dag: sunny side or over easy?
Sunny side, with whole wheat toast and hash browns, really can't be beat.
Great minds think alike, Mal: the menu is sunny side, wheat toast, and Spud Puppies (the Cascadian Farms version of Tater Tots). (And BACON…take that, Mooslums! There, I've done my bit.)
There's nothing like a good hearty breakfast to prepare you for eradicating the people in our government who insist on being Muslim at us.
We should also erradicate Oliver North from public life for selling arms to Iran..wait mine is real yours is insane
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A human being comes into being from the union of a sperm and an egg, which results in a single cell. This cell, as the Qur'an informs us, first looks like a lump of flesh. Then, Allah transforms it, makes it develop in the womb for a specified time, and then brings it forth as a human being. This new being is perfect in every way. As Allah proclaims:
Allah made Earth a stable home for you and the sky a dome, formed you, gave you the best of forms, and provided you with good and wholesome things. That is Allah, your Lord. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (Surah Ghafir, 40:64)
As the Qur'an informs us, humanity was given the best form of all living beings on Earth and Allah displays countless signs of His creation both inside and outside the human body. Even the human body displays Allah's perfect artistry. Consider its symmetry: Its legs and arms, as well as the ratio of the body to the arms, legs, and head, are strikingly perfect. For instance, the length of the body is eight times the head's length. The length of the head is three times the length of the nose, and there is a distance of one eye between the two eyes. The ratio and length of our legs and arms are both aesthetic and fully functional.
In order to see this symmetry's perfect details, it is enough to gaze at the people around you. Indeed, these details were—and continue to be—typical of each person who has ever lived and who will live in the future, for this is how Allah creates. And, Allah's creation is flawless. Some of the verses regarding Allah's perfect creation are as follows:
He created and molded. ( Surat al-A'la, 87:2)
He created the heavens and Earth with truth and formed you, giving you the best of forms. And He is your final destination. ( Surat at-Taghabun, 64:3)He forms you in the womb however He wills. There is no deity but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surah Al 'Imran, 3:6)
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WATERBURY, VT., and SAN FRANCISCO, CA, (March 22, 2010) - Green Mountain Coffee® (NASDAQ: GMCR) today released its limited edition Spring Revival™ Blend, featuring Fair Trade Certified™ coffee from Rwanda. Spring Revival Blend is the result of a partnership between Green Mountain Coffee, the Cordes Foundation, and TransFair USA, the leading third-party agency to certify Fair Trade products in the United States. Announced last year during the fifth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, the partnership aims to raise awareness of the Rwandan coffee story, increase consumer demand for the country's specialty coffee, and inform U.S. consumers that everyday purchases—such as a cup of coffee—can echo across continents to help alleviate poverty in the developing world.
For consumers thirsty to make a difference, Green Mountain Coffee's Spring Revival Blend is a seasonal blend that offers sweet aromas, balanced flavors and a compelling story of hope. Kenneth Davids, editor of the independent Coffee Review, awarded Spring Revival Blend an outstanding score of 90 on a 100-point scale. The coffee is available in 10-ounce bags, 2.2 ounce fractional packages, and K-Cup® portion packs for Keurig® Single-Cup Brewers through June 4, 2010 at participating retailers and at www.GreenMountainCoffee.com.
"Rwandan farmers are playing an increasingly important role in specialty coffee, and have developed a well-deserved reputation for producing extraordinary beans," said Lindsey Bolger, Director of Coffee Sourcing and Relationships for the Specialty Coffee Business Unit of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. "Fair Trade pricing and more direct access to roasters allows these small-scale farmers to receive real value for their high-quality coffees, while dramatically improving their communities and contributing to the country's long-term, sustained economic development."
Known as the "land of a thousand hills," Rwanda's high altitudes, rich climate and predictable rainfall create a perfect microclimate for coffee farms. However, years of conflict and political unrest have made it challenging for farmers to earn a living from their crops—until now. The joint Clinton Global Initiative commitment of the Cordes Foundation, TransFair USA, and Green Mountain Coffee—valued at $250,000—is helping the Rwanda farming cooperatives KOAKAKA and ABAKUNDAKAWA build thriving international coffee enterprises and market their products directly to the largest consumer market in the world—the United States.
"Coffee is playing a critical role in Rwanda's economic revitalization and represents a lifeline for farmers cultivating small plots, typically isolated from international buyers and crucial services," said Paul Rice, CEO and president of TransFair USA. "This program will empower these farmers to tell their stories to American consumers. And because of their involvement in the Fair Trade system, the farmers and workers receive a higher market price for their goods and improved terms of trade, which in turn, dramatically improves their lives. Fair Trade empowers U.S. consumers to reduce poverty through their everyday purchases."
Said Christine Condo, executive director of the Rwanda Economic Development Initiative, "They [KOAKAKA] have built new roads and can now afford to pay the school fees for the children of their members. In Africa, it's very difficult for villagers to attend school, but since the cooperative became Fair Trade Certified, the majority of members, 90 percent, can send their children to school thanks to Fair Trade. This is incredibly important for the farmers, and the higher prices that they have received from Fair Trade have increased their motivation and improved their lives in real terms. Fair Trade has also helped them improve their individual and communal health as they now can afford health care. This is a great thing; it doesn't just decrease poverty, but also improves their daily lives."
Having worked in Rwanda for more than three years, TransFair USA provides local farming cooperatives with targeted training and links to international marketplaces. For more than 35,000 Rwandan coffee families, Fair Trade certification has translated into new schools, improved healthcare, new clean water wells, and long-term economic security. Sales of Spring Revival Blend will continue to generate additional income for farmers as well as Fair Trade premium funds to invest in social programs. Overall, GMCR purchased over 16.2 million pounds of Fair Trade Certified coffee from Africa, Asia and Latin America during its fiscal 2009. These purchases resulted in over $1.6 million in social premiums paid to farmers in the developing world.
About TransFair USA
TransFair USA, a nonprofit organization, is the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. TransFair USA audits and certifies transactions between U.S. companies and their international suppliers to guarantee that the farmers and workers producing Fair Trade Certified goods were paid fair prices and wages. TransFair USA educates consumers, brings new manufacturers and retailers into the Fair Trade system, and provides farmers with tools, training and resources to thrive as international businesspeople. Visit www.transfairusa.org for more information.
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As a leader in the specialty coffee industry, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. is recognized for its award-winning coffees, innovative brewing technology, and socially responsible business practices. GMCR's operations are managed through two business units. The Specialty Coffee business unit produces coffee, tea and hot cocoa from its family of brands, including Green Mountain Coffee®, Newman's Own® Organics coffee, Tully's Coffee®, and Timothy's World Coffee®. The Keurig business unit is a pioneer and leading manufacturer of gourmet single-cup brewing systems. K-Cup® portion packs for Keurig® Single-Cup Brewers are produced by a variety of licensed roasters and brands, including Green Mountain Coffee, Tully's Coffee and Timothy's. GMCR supports local and global communities by offsetting 100% of its direct greenhouse gas emissions, investing in Fair Trade Certified™ coffee, and donating at least five percent of its pre-tax profits to social and environmental projects. Visit www.gmcr.com for more information.
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Patrick Sullivan, vice president of Mikelson Yachts in San Diego, dreamed of watching a Sunday football game in the cockpit of his 43-foot Mikelson while fishing for marlin and monitoring the status and progress of the boat while underway. Paul Fecteau, commissioning manager at Mikelson, helped make Sullivan's vision a reality and designed a system that allows Sullivan to control all the electronic activities and navigational devices, as well as monitor different rooms, no matter where on his boat he is--all with the touch of a button. In some cases, like with the chartplotter and sounder, Sullivan can watch more than one thing on the same monitor; at minimum, he can flip back and forth between image sources. This is largely made possible by the video input and output capabilities of the integrated Furuno NavNet system onboard as well as the TV-like landscape proportions of the NavNet displays.
While Sullivan primarily wanted to integrate football into his fishing, he also wanted the security and safety that today's technologies offer and so had three cameras installed onboard. One was installed in the engine room to detect problems before they occur, another was installed in the cockpit to ensure passenger safety if he needs to back down while the transom door is open, and another was installed in the saloon to keep an eye on his kids while underway or when he's up in the flying bridge.
Safety and entertainment are important issues for many owners, but so is saving space, and a number of new audio and TV technologies are helping boaters like Sullivan do just that. According to George Lambros at Integrated Marine Systems (IMS), a company that specializes in custom audio and video equipment for homes and boats, plasma and liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs--standard on most megayachts built today--are among the newest trends for both owners and engineers of boats of all sizes, as their impressive functionality for the boating environment becomes more widely known. Aside from the fact that the screens have the clearest pictures, they also save space, since they're only a few inches thick. In addition, some are designed to flip up and stow into the ceiling, while others are built on sliders that allow the TV to move up when it's in use and slide down into wood paneling and disappear when not in use. And although some owners have complained that flat-panel TVs can damage easily from being banged around while underway, Lambros says the LCD and plasma screens that IMS uses are built to be extremely rugged and to withstand the harshest of marine conditions. IMS is currently in the process of "decking out" a 125-foot Palmer Johnson yacht that Lambros says will be "just awesome" when complete, featuring LCDs or plasma TVs in all the rooms. IMS is also working on smaller packages, including one for a 61-foot Viking and another for a 70-foot Buddy Davis, that will also incorporate LCD technology.
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An Iron Age-style roundhouse is planned at Ilkley's Nell Bank outdoor education centre, giving visiting children the chance to learn about life in ancient times.
Youngsters visiting the Denton Road centre will be able to use the roundhouse as their base for the day, and 'find' Roman coins and other artefacts, if plans for the building go ahead.
The Nell Bank Trust is seeking planning permission from Bradford Council to construct the 5.9 metre high building, on the lowest, southern part of the centre's land.
The £10,000 project is being funded entirely by Ilkley and District Round Table.
The planned building will be a stone and timber structure with a conical water reed or heather roof. Designers say the roof pitch will be at 45 degrees to match historical precedents, and landscaping around the building will include species appropriate to the period, such as hazel.
The roundhouse has also been designed for easy access for people with physical or sensory disabilities.
Nell Bank is widely recognised for its work catering for additional needs, including visitors with disabilities and learning difficulties.
The roundhouse is intended to fit into an 'early peoples' education programme at the centre.
Gary Worton, of Beam Architects, says in a design and access statement: "Children and young people will be able to use the roundhouse as their base for a day whilst participating in archaeological digs.
"They will 'find' Roman coins and artefacts from various eras.
"This should inspire their interest in history, including the rich heritage of Ilkley in terms of early people and the legacies of Roman and Victorian times."
Bruce Fowler, Nell Bank manager, said: "Ilkley Round Table are both funding and supplying much of the hard labour involved. They have given amazing support to Nell Bank at crucial times in its development towards Britain's most inclusive and busiest education centre."
Richard Bradley, Ilkley Round Table chairman, added: "We are thrilled to have supported Nell Bank from the very early days recognising its value to Ilkley and surrounding areas. We look forward to digging the foundations and giving so many children another learning and fun activity at Nell Bank!"


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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - Hurricane Isaac pounded its way into the Crescent City with heavy rain and winds, causing street flooding and power outages Tuesday.
Isaac's path pushed the waters of Lake Pontchartrain towards land causing huge swells to slam into the shoreline.
By early Monday afternoon, the main street running along the lake was impassable. However, several people walked to the top of the levee to snap pictures of the rarely seen waves.
In neighborhoods south of the lake, downed power lines and blown transformers were knocking out power to pockets of neighborhoods where many people decided to ride out the storm.
"I'm a solider," said Maurice Crump. "I stayed for the last one, I'm staying for this one."
Crump and 15 members of his family crowded into his house to watch movies and wait for Isaac to pass.
"I don't think this will be like Katrina," said Rosemarie Crump. "A little wind, a little rain, a little darkness."
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal reported that 1,000 National Guard troops were in New Orleans to assist police and firefighters. Jindal also said a FEMA search and rescue team was based in New Orleans, with a second team staged in Baton Rouge and a third team ready to be deployed in Shreveport.
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Guy robbed woman, then friended her: Cops
(NEWSER) – Ah, Facebook, that repository for high school friends, college friends, friends of friends, people you wish you'd never met ... and the dude who robbed you the other day? Police in Washington state say that a woman was sitting at a ferry terminal with headphones on when a guy knocked her on the head from behind, grabbed her iPod and purse, and took off. Police say the woman didn't recognize the man, but the AP reports that she saw a triangle tattoo on his neck. Lo and behold, the next day she received a friend request from—you guessed it—a guy with a triangle neck tattoo. Twenty-eight-year-old Riley Allen Mullins, who police traced to the Facebook account and tattoo in question, has been charged with second-degree robbery.
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It's only fitting we kick off a piece about a place named Thirsty's with a story involving water. Lots and lots of water.
On May 29, 2010, Winnipeg was hit with what weather gurus described as a "one-in-50-year-rain." Over the course of a few hours, two separate thunderstorms swept through the city, dumping more than 110 millimetres of precipitation on certain parts of town.
One of the biggest casualties of the freak downpour was Thirsty's Flea Market, a bargain-hunter's emporium on the lower level of a former tire garage at 1111 Ellice Ave.
"See that ramp over there?" Thirsty's owner Richard Copet says, pointing to a wooden incline that serves as the market's primary entrance. "That day, the rain was running down the ramp so fast it looked like a river. And it all ended up down here."
By the time the skies cleared, the market's entire floor was covered by a layer of water 25 millimetres deep -- a turn of events Copet refers to as "the best thing that ever happened to the place."
"We were closed for three months, and it forced me to switch things up," he explains. "I improved the sightlines and got rid of some of the vendors that hadn't been doing so hot. It really turned out to be a blessing in disguise."
A few months ago, Thirsty's became the first flea market in town to open five days a week -- Wednesday to Sunday -- instead of the customary weekends and holidays. In light of the market's new schedule, we decided to spend some time at Thirsty's and meet a few of the people who make it tick.
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Thirsty's Flea Market borrows its handle from owner Richard "Thirsty" Copet.
'That day, the rainwas running downthe ramp so fastit looked likea river.And it all ended updown here'
Copet began collecting soda-pop memorabilia in the 1980s. In a bid to turn his hobby into a career, he opened a second-hand store called Thirsty for Collectibles on Sherbrook Street in 1998.
From the get-go, patrons there referred to the man behind the cash register as Thirsty. The tag stuck. So when Copet decided to expand in 2001 and establish a flea market a few kilometres west of his original location, he didn't have to think twice about what to call it.
At any one time, Thirsty's has close to 40 different vendors on-site. Those sellers, who range in age from 30 to 80, can rent booths or tables by the day, week or month.
"My wife and I travel to flea markets in Canada and the States all the time, and most of the ones we've seen have a lot of junk," Copet says. "Here, however, we've always been more geared toward antiques and collectibles. If somebody rents a table from me and shows up with a bunch of crap, I tell him he's probably going to be wasting his time. I don't want him to give me $20 for the day and not sell a thing."
Prices on the day we visited ranged from $1 for VHS copies of Rocky and Jaws to $1,600 for a bottle cap-shaped Coke sign that measured almost two metres across. Not that any of those prices were set in stone.
"Haggling is expected -- and definitely takes place," Copet says. "This is Winnipeg, after all, so even if something is only a couple of bucks, people will try to get it for half of that."
Copet doesn't man a booth of his own anymore. The only things he sells nowadays are hotdogs, burgers and fries at his retro-looking lunch counter.
"I built the whole thing myself, after the flood," he says, offering a visitor a seat on one of eight reupholstered stools. "I was a carpenter before I was a collector, so it was nice to be able to use those skills again."
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Ed Boyechko used to be a familiar face at the Mandalay Flea Market on Mandalay Drive. After that venue closed four years ago, he was left with two choices: pack up his hockey cards and die-cast cars and head home or find another location. He went with option No. 2.
"I approached Richard, he told me he had lots of room, and I've been here ever since. In fact, a lot of the other vendors from Mandalay ended up following me here," Boyechko says.
Boyechko still sells a few hockey cards, but his bread and butter these days are die-cast cars -- some Hot Wheels, but mainly larger-sized replicas produced on a 1:18 scale.
"I still have a few (cars) at home, but my wife doesn't like them displayed all over the house. I can't really blame her, so I bring the ones I don't have room for over here."
Although business during the summer months tails off somewhat, Boyechko wouldn't dream of giving up his location, kitty corner to the lunch counter, to save a few bucks on rent.
"As soon as the garage-sale season is over, people are back here in droves," he says. "And it's not like Richard can afford to save people's spots; if you decide not to show up for a couple of months, it's almost a guarantee you won't get your place back."
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Bill Marce is a relative newcomer at Thirsty's. He began renting a booth there in April after deciding his collecting days were over.
"I was a pretty avid collector of rare coins and old tin signs for a few years, but it kind of got to a point where I began to ask myself, 'Why am I keeping all this stuff?' It was kind of edging on hoarding," he says.
The switch from buyer to seller was a lot easier than Marce expected.
"I sold my coins off first, and that felt good," he says. "Then I started selling a few signs and that felt really, really good. After that, the floodgates just opened."
Marce says he recently told his sister how rewarding the last few months have been -- how pleased he's been with people who come to Thirsty's to admire his "old treasures."
"It might sound weird, but selling one of my favourite signs to somebody who really appreciates it has become more gratifying than collecting ever was."
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John McGowan and Gio Perrelli opened Vinyl Villains in September 2012. The business, which specializes in hard-to-find LPs from the 1970s and '80s, was 35 years in the making.
"Gio and I met in high school," McGowan says, reaching over to turn his stereo down a notch. "I was walking down the hall with a Traffic album under my arm and Gio stopped me and asked, 'What's that?' "
Before long, the two were catching the bus together every Saturday to head downtown and shop at their favourite store, the Stereo Swap Shop.
McGowan and Perrelli stayed in touch through the years. When McGowan floated the idea of selling records at Thirsty's two summers ago, Perrelli said he wanted in, too.
"We have a variety of different styles, but our main sellers are punk and metal," McGowan says, noting the rarest LP he currently has for sale is a Canadian pressing of Jimi Hendrix's Get That Feeling ($50).
"And if you ask me what my demographic is, I'd say 13 to 24 years old. Every weekend we get tons of teenagers coming in asking for the usual suspects -- the Beatles, the Stones and (Black) Sabbath."
McGowan and Perrelli hope to open their own store one day. For the time being, Thirsty's offers the guys a chance to establish a clientele without worrying about falling behind on mortgage payments.
"A lot of small businesses fail because they take that big leap too soon," McGowan says. "We didn't have the capital to justify a move like that right off the bat, so the idea of setting up at a flea market seemed perfect.
"Heck, there are days when I sit back and say, 'You know, I could retire in a place like this.' "
Thirsty's Flea Market is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday.


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As expected, Gilroy and Lisin are prucha'd, Callahan, Avery and Boyle are out injured, and Voros, Ericksson, Parenteau and Locke are in.
To repeat: The Rangers are in a stretch drive with Voros, Ericksson, Parenteau and Locke in the lineup. Nice depth.
I am not at the game, and for once I must admit I'm glad to not be at the game. Hate that trip to Nassau, and hate that building, and have had some horrible experiences out there — including getting my car totaled and cheating death right at the intersection outside that dump. Hate it.


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Virtually all of the people who attended a Wednesday night public information meeting about a proposed composting facility at 25330 88 Ave. were against it.
More than 120 people filled a meeting room at the Fort Langley Gold Course, many standing at the back because there weren't enough chairs.
Speaker after speaker told representatives of Glenval Organics and Metro Vancouver that they are against the plant because they are worried about the effect it will have on their neighbourhood and their property values.
"We don't want you here," one shouted.
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Remarks by others were less heated, but no less opposed.
"This is really a bad spot for us," one said.
Another was applauded when they suggested the plant should be built in a commercial area, saying "that sounds industrial to me."
Glenval Organics CEO Gary Nickel said the design of the facility and the type of composting will limit the impact.
Nickel said the plant will only accept yard waste from commercial sources like landscaping companies, not the type of mixed-together compost allowed for in residential waste collection, that adds often-smelly kitchen garbage to the mix.
"We are not accepting food waste," Nickel said.
There will be filters and fans to limit odour emissions, he added.
Nickel was shouted down more than once.
"You have to give us a chance to answer," he protested.
"You can't ask a question and not accept the answer."
In response to one questioner who wanted to know if the plant would use sludge from sewage treatment plants, Nickel said no.
"It's not coming to Fort Langley."
The plant will be well above the flood plain, Nickel told another questioner who was concerned about the impact of a washout.
"It's not even close to it." Nickel said.
The Glenval CEO told another questioner that his firm would be willing to conduct tests of wells in the immediate area to make sure there is no contamination from the plant, something he said is unlikely because the compost will be processed inside a covered building.
Nickel said his company could go ahead and build the facility without Metro air quality approval because the site has been zoned for composting for 20 years, but has opted to taken the "high road" and seek a permit.
Ray Robb, the Metro air quality district director, said the compost facility fits with Metro Vancouver's plans to reduce the amount of waste trucked to landfills by substantially increasing the amount that is recycled.
Metro has gone to court to gain some authority over agricultural land in the Lower Mainland, Robb told the crowd, and while it has succeeded to some extent, that authority is still limited.
"We are focused on the law," Robb said.
"We look to the legislation as our guidance."
Robb said the provincial government has made it clear that it, not Metro, has the final say over farmland.
Robb ordered the meeting after controversy erupted late last year over the proposed project.
Another meeting is being sought by Langley Township council, which is demanding a one-on-one session with representatives of Glenval and Metro officials to discuss the project.
Some members of council attended the Wednesday meeting.
Councillors Kim Richter and David Davis were there from the beginning, while Mayor Jack Froese and Councillors Michelle Sparrow and Bev Dornan arrived later.
Glenval CEO Gary Nickel weathered a storm of angry comments.


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AmputateSituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
A doctor was operating on a man who had been at the scene of an explosion. When the man came into the hospital, he was quickly diagnosed with a compound fracture. There was a broken bone in his right leg, but he was otherwise uninjured.
After seeing the x-rays, the doctor told the attending staff that it should be removed because he would be better off without it. Why?
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BRIDGWATER & Albion head coach Kevin Innalls believes his side's 23-10 derby-day victory over North Petherton was 'well deserved' as Bridgwater & Albion got one over their arch rivals.
Tries from Taylor Buller and a penalty try sealed the points for Albion, while Stu Heal added 13 points from the kicking tee.
Harry Autun crashed over for Pethy while Harry Roberts kicked five points.
On a day that saw over 1,000 people pack the stands at College Way, Innalls was full of praise for his forwards and said his side are now 'full of confidence.'
He said: "We're very pleased with the win and it was a good performance in front of a massive crowd. I thought we should have beaten them earlier in the season but they just snuck away from us, but this time I thought we totally deserved it.
"The pitch was a bit greasy as you can imagine, but our forwards were dominant in all areas of the game. Although it was wet and greasy, when we got the chance we tried to play a bit and we defended really well as well, I thought the win was well deserved.
"It was a great day for the club and the clubhouse was so busy after the game. We had the sponsor's dinner before the game and neither club's second, third or colts had a game, so they were all watching as well.
"It was a long night at the club and everyone had a few drinks, it was a good day all round."
North Petherton captain Sam Williams said his side were left 'gutted' at the result, but believed the better side won the game.
He said: "There's not a lot to say about it really. Bridgwater were the better side and wanted it more. I think the better team won on the day and they played the conditions better than we did.
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A BLACKBURN Rovers side featuring Lucas Neill, Corry Evans and Bryan Dabo twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur in tonight's U21s Premier League clash at Leigh Sports Village.
Spurs took the lead in the 39th minute when a free kick into the box was only partially cleared and Ruben Lameiras sent a sweetly stuck left-footed shot in off the post from 20 yards.
That was the way it stayed until nine minutes from time when Dean Rittenberg combined with fellow substitute Will Beesley to equalise.
Beesley did brilliantly to thread a pass through to Rittenberg and the England U18s new boy did the rest, sliding a cool left-footed finish under the advancing Jordan Archer to register his first goal at U21s level.
But three minutes later Spurs went back in front as Shaquile Coulthirst turned in a Laste Dombaxe free kick in at the near post.
Three minutes after that, however, parity was restored.
A free kick from Connor Mahoney caused chaos in the box and Aaron Tumwa was credited with getting the goal that ended Rovers' four-match losing run in all competitions.
Fit-again Evans lasted just over an hour in his first game back following nearly four months on the sidelines with ankle-ligament damage.
But fellow midfielder Dabo and defender Neill played the full 90 minutes.
Dabo operated just off the main striker and showed some flashes off promise while Neill partnered Ryan Edwards in the centre of the defence and produced an accomplished captain.
The Australia captain has been training with Rovers – the club he served between 2001 and 2007 – since December.
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"If you look for lack, that's what you'll find. If you look for abundance, that's what you'll discover."
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Eating out as a vegan can be challenging. Especially in a country like Australia where a culture of 'meat-eating' still lives strong. Although most restaurants offer salads and other vegetarian dishes, there generally aren't many (if any) vegan options on the menu. Personally I don't find this so much as a problem since I don't eat out very often. I do realise, however, that for some people the social aspect, or rather the difficulty of it, is one of the reasons why they think they couldn't follow a vegan diet.
Last night, we went out for dinner with my fiancé's parents and their family friend. I had booked a restaurant (there aren't many in my area to choose from) and called in advance to ask whether they had any vegan options on the menu or whether they were able to make something for me off the menu. The restaurant staff was extremely helpful and friendly and said the chef will be able to accommodate my request. To be honest, I wasn't expecting more than a bowl of lettuce and that's pretty much what I ended up having. Rather than complaining about my creative-less dish, I remained positive and friendly and I hope my attitude helped others to understand what it means to be vegan. Plus who knows, if there will be enough vegan requests, maybe the restaurant will actually add a vegan dish on the menu permanently.
In last night's case, I was also prepared by eating something at home before dinner. I had made this cabbage and chickpea salad with grilled portobello mushrooms that will most definitely be my stand-by salad from now on. I adore portobello mushrooms - they are so incredibly juicy and 'meaty' and perfect for marinating and grilling. I love the crunchy cabbage and toasted walnuts with the softness of chickpeas and mushrooms with a tangy dressing of olive oil, apple cider vinegar and mustard. It was perfect!
Cabbage and chickpea salad with grilled portobello mushrooms
(serves 2-4)
3-4 portobello mushrooms
pinch of chilli flakes
1 garlic clove
1-2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 small red cabbage
1/4 small green cabbage
2 green shallots
200g cooked chickpeas
100g walnuts
3-4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a baking tray with baking paper. Clean the mushrooms and remove the stalks. Combine one or two tablespoons of olive oil with one grated clove of garlic and a pinch of chilli flakes. Brush the mushrooms with the oil and bake for 10-15 minutes or until just tender.
2. Finely slice the cabbages and shallots and place in a large mixing bowl. Lightly toast the walnuts in a dry pan and add into the salad. Also add in the chickpeas and toss to mix. Whisk the dressing ingredients together and toss into the salad.
3. Cut the mushrooms in thick slices and arrange on top of the salad. Serve immediately.
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Medical Definition of Chromosome, metaphase
Chromosome, metaphase: A chromosome in the stage of the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome is most condensed and easiest to distinguish and so to study.
Metaphase chromosomes are often chosen for karyotyping and for chromosome analysis because they are readily seen. However, chromosomes in metaphase can be so condensed and scrunched up that it is difficult to make out much in the way of detail. More distended chromosomes (in prometaphase or prophase) are therefore sometimes selected for study when fine details are important.
The term "metaphase " was introduced by Strasburger in 1884 to denote the stage in nuclear division after (in Greek: meta) the time when he mistakenly thought chromosomes had just divided into chromatids. It was later realized that chromosomes are already double when nuclear division begins. However, the term "metaphase" has stuck.
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Did some more pizza. Used provolone, mozzarella, colby. Topped with Nathans angus all beef hot dogs and did a butter garlic on the crust with some sunflower seeds. Had small issue picking the pizza up with super peel. The pizza was a little to big for the peel.
I have a poolish started last night for a pizza for lunch so I can finally try some caputo flour. I have just been using regular all purpose flour. Can't wait to see if there is a big difference.