Have to agree with this. One of the biggest difficulties is becoming educated on what (enjoyable) foods you can still eat are. My wife chose to lose 30 lbs prior to having kids, and found a free app that enabled her to know her daily intake just by tracking content and serving sizes and setting goals - it was essentially a free competitor to the Weight Watchers app. The app had a large online database of specific food products along with their exact serving sizes, the only additional thing she needed was a food weight scale (~$30). Everything had a point scale and you were allotted X points per day, with an additional Y points per week if you choose to go out during the week.
It was frankly amazing to us how much caloric content is in very small amounts of food. One week my wife had done well and still had weekly points, so we decide to get a slice of Pizza Pizza. Of course the pizza slice had a high point cost, but the shocker was that a single serving of the garlic dipping sauce was almost as many points as the slice itself.
Overall, it worked out for my wife mainly because she enjoyed a variety of raw vegetables and fruits with low calories. Finding low calorie food that you enjoy is probably a significant hurdle for many. It also requires support from those you live with - I personally have a great metabolism and have a terribly high caloric intake which caused many temptations for my wife until I made concessions.
Because those grieving believe that the tragedy could have been avoided if the authorities had more power. They would trade much for the assurances that this could not happen again. The sister of the single casualty in Ottawa's attack last year is making this argument for bill C-51. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I think this is really the point that the OP was making. This mother sounds like someone who has an extremely naive and narrow view of people around them. Granted this might be a cherry-picked quote to portray her as such.
~97% of electricity produced in Quebec comes from hydro. A lot of that is exported too (~$1 billion per year). HydroQuebec is also investing significantly in alternative energy sources because their hydro capacity is expected to peak in the next decade. Alternatives include biomass, wind, thermal, etc. It's a good thing. They do have a gas plant which is currently not used due to the huge surplus. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... (2011)
+1 this. I came for the increased bandwidth and lower costs, I stay for the sense of morality. They recently increased my broadband plan pricing by about 12%; I didn't even bat an eyelash - still much cheaper than the major telcos.
And over time as the technology improves they will make fewer and fewer mistakes. Are they the future? Yes. But I believe widespread adoption even in a single country is at least 50 years away. It boggles me that people are pursuing self driving cars when we don't even have automated trains yet.
This ignores the fact that without the trolling and threats, Yik Yak might be a service that people want to use and benefit from. Your comment could just as easily be applied to the internet in general. I don't think society has a very bright future if every time the trolls move in, we simply let the forum or medium "die off". This is already happening with most sites that allow comments on news articles - the trolls have prevented any meaningful discussion and the commenting is shut down. It is not a good thing.
No, I don't think there's a law that will adequately address the issue without harming other freedoms, but letting potentially useful services die off because of random assholes seems too far in the other direction.
To my knowledge Quebecker isn't really a derogatory term by itself, but then I am not from Quebec. Similarly I don't think "newfie" is derogatory (someone from Newfoundland), though the term is often used in many negative contexts.
Quebecois is more of an official french term for someone from Quebec, though I've heard it used in both english and french contexts.
As a Canadian I really do wonder about it sometimes too. It's not like we're an asshole-free territory. Some of my close friends are assholes. Maybe we just have less per capita?
I'm not sure if the trademark is an issue, but I would definitely say it is confusing. When I saw the title "Power Rangers", and that they had professional actors (as far as Katee Sackhoff goes), and good production quality, I assumed this was some kind of licensed spinoff.
When I read the summary I was thinking the same thing. Of course as you say it's mostly a problem when instructing others to do stuff with those files. The admins for our prod environment are ridiculously bad at figuring these things out.
This is interesting. I was not close to my father when he died (I was about 20), which I regret very much now, and I would absolutely love to come across any videos of him talking about anything. I recently rewatched a video from his second marriage ceremony. Certainly I cried, it made me sad, but it enriched me to see video of him as a happy person. Afterwards I felt closer to him. I would love to see videos of him talking about things he did in his life.
I wonder if your view on this depends on how close you were to a relative before they died. Those who were close don't want to be reminded of what is missing?
Eeep, I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but marrying younger makes you far more likely to get divorced and end up in the "reject bin" you speak of. http://www.thecanadianencyclop...
Much better advice (statistically), would be to suggest living with someone for several years BEFORE getting married.
Now of course, X years from now when everything has stabilized, will their government repeal these rules and delete the database? It's not really relevant since most likely they will have been overthrown by the insurgents or the US again.
It's the same thing every other religion is. A bunch of stories and directives designed to provide justification for a particular way of life. ISIS is a just product of the environment it was cultivated in. I wonder what would happen in the US if a foreign country came in and destroyed the government every decade or so for the sake of corporate interests.
I might be missing your point, but many countries, including America, had their own slaves back then too. Is enslaving "because you're not Muslim" a worse excuse than "because you're not white"? People enslaved others for personal gain, and religion/race was just the bullshit justification so they didn't have to feel bad about it.
It's all just a show, put on for entertainment value of the masses. There will be no real launch mission because there is too much liability. They will take it as far as they can and as long as they can if it keeps bringing them money. But they will always stop short of legal liability. They will put some money forward for appearances, such as paying actual space engineers and scientists for "advice" but mostly just to be able to put those names on their public list of contacts. The chosen finalists will be people who were on the company payroll from the start and planted in the initial volunteer list. They would have to be, because anyone else would actually have to quit their job and change locations to start training for the actual mission. When it is finally revealed that it's all just a show, if they had real volunteers they would probably sue the company for wasting years of their life.
The saddest thing is that some people I work with (most with university degrees) are actually buying into the story.
A month and a serious death toll, that does indeed suck. I'd wonder why they didn't truck in a pile of the container sized generators or a similar disaster plan as done by utilities after hurricanes.
Actually they did. Even moreso, citizens who had their power restored early then donated or lent their own generators to areas that needed them. I actually recall a at least one person being upset because their generator was never returned. Also while they say the 25 deaths were "primarily" hyptothermia, some of the deaths were caused by CO/CO2 poisoning and fires because people brought their barbeques inside to heat the home.
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Have to agree with this. One of the biggest difficulties is becoming educated on what (enjoyable) foods you can still eat are. My wife chose to lose 30 lbs prior to having kids, and found a free app that enabled her to know her daily intake just by tracking content and serving sizes and setting goals - it was essentially a free competitor to the Weight Watchers app. The app had a large online database of specific food products along with their exact serving sizes, the only additional thing she needed was a food weight scale (~$30). Everything had a point scale and you were allotted X points per day, with an additional Y points per week if you choose to go out during the week.
It was frankly amazing to us how much caloric content is in very small amounts of food. One week my wife had done well and still had weekly points, so we decide to get a slice of Pizza Pizza. Of course the pizza slice had a high point cost, but the shocker was that a single serving of the garlic dipping sauce was almost as many points as the slice itself.
Overall, it worked out for my wife mainly because she enjoyed a variety of raw vegetables and fruits with low calories. Finding low calorie food that you enjoy is probably a significant hurdle for many. It also requires support from those you live with - I personally have a great metabolism and have a terribly high caloric intake which caused many temptations for my wife until I made concessions.
Because those grieving believe that the tragedy could have been avoided if the authorities had more power. They would trade much for the assurances that this could not happen again. The sister of the single casualty in Ottawa's attack last year is making this argument for bill C-51.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I think this is really the point that the OP was making. This mother sounds like someone who has an extremely naive and narrow view of people around them. Granted this might be a cherry-picked quote to portray her as such.
~97% of electricity produced in Quebec comes from hydro. A lot of that is exported too (~$1 billion per year). HydroQuebec is also investing significantly in alternative energy sources because their hydro capacity is expected to peak in the next decade. Alternatives include biomass, wind, thermal, etc. It's a good thing. They do have a gas plant which is currently not used due to the huge surplus.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... (2011)
+1 this. I came for the increased bandwidth and lower costs, I stay for the sense of morality. They recently increased my broadband plan pricing by about 12%; I didn't even bat an eyelash - still much cheaper than the major telcos.
And over time as the technology improves they will make fewer and fewer mistakes. Are they the future? Yes. But I believe widespread adoption even in a single country is at least 50 years away. It boggles me that people are pursuing self driving cars when we don't even have automated trains yet.
This ignores the fact that without the trolling and threats, Yik Yak might be a service that people want to use and benefit from. Your comment could just as easily be applied to the internet in general. I don't think society has a very bright future if every time the trolls move in, we simply let the forum or medium "die off". This is already happening with most sites that allow comments on news articles - the trolls have prevented any meaningful discussion and the commenting is shut down. It is not a good thing.
No, I don't think there's a law that will adequately address the issue without harming other freedoms, but letting potentially useful services die off because of random assholes seems too far in the other direction.
To my knowledge Quebecker isn't really a derogatory term by itself, but then I am not from Quebec. Similarly I don't think "newfie" is derogatory (someone from Newfoundland), though the term is often used in many negative contexts. Quebecois is more of an official french term for someone from Quebec, though I've heard it used in both english and french contexts.
As a Canadian I really do wonder about it sometimes too. It's not like we're an asshole-free territory. Some of my close friends are assholes. Maybe we just have less per capita?
If one of these idiots kills himself over the response Curt will have effectively sentenced him to death.
I bet their harassment victims could give them the number for a suicide hotline.
I'm not sure if the trademark is an issue, but I would definitely say it is confusing. When I saw the title "Power Rangers", and that they had professional actors (as far as Katee Sackhoff goes), and good production quality, I assumed this was some kind of licensed spinoff.
/Didn't read TFA, didn't finish watching TFM, and definitely hated TFS.
When I read the summary I was thinking the same thing. Of course as you say it's mostly a problem when instructing others to do stuff with those files. The admins for our prod environment are ridiculously bad at figuring these things out.
This is interesting. I was not close to my father when he died (I was about 20), which I regret very much now, and I would absolutely love to come across any videos of him talking about anything. I recently rewatched a video from his second marriage ceremony. Certainly I cried, it made me sad, but it enriched me to see video of him as a happy person. Afterwards I felt closer to him. I would love to see videos of him talking about things he did in his life.
I wonder if your view on this depends on how close you were to a relative before they died. Those who were close don't want to be reminded of what is missing?
Eeep, I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but marrying younger makes you far more likely to get divorced and end up in the "reject bin" you speak of. http://www.thecanadianencyclop... Much better advice (statistically), would be to suggest living with someone for several years BEFORE getting married.
Uber... offering free rides... in the South Korean capital of Seoul
It's free rides for a particular market (Seoul), not free rides for Koreans.
By who? A foreign government agency with no jurisdiction?
Yup. In 2009 the country's average was 7 incidents per day. List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001
Now of course, X years from now when everything has stabilized, will their government repeal these rules and delete the database? It's not really relevant since most likely they will have been overthrown by the insurgents or the US again.
see Islam for what it is
It's the same thing every other religion is. A bunch of stories and directives designed to provide justification for a particular way of life. ISIS is a just product of the environment it was cultivated in. I wonder what would happen in the US if a foreign country came in and destroyed the government every decade or so for the sake of corporate interests.
I might be missing your point, but many countries, including America, had their own slaves back then too. Is enslaving "because you're not Muslim" a worse excuse than "because you're not white"? People enslaved others for personal gain, and religion/race was just the bullshit justification so they didn't have to feel bad about it.
Also I'm willing to bet a significant portion of the finalists are aware this will never happen, and they are just going along for the ride.
It's all just a show, put on for entertainment value of the masses. There will be no real launch mission because there is too much liability. They will take it as far as they can and as long as they can if it keeps bringing them money. But they will always stop short of legal liability. They will put some money forward for appearances, such as paying actual space engineers and scientists for "advice" but mostly just to be able to put those names on their public list of contacts. The chosen finalists will be people who were on the company payroll from the start and planted in the initial volunteer list. They would have to be, because anyone else would actually have to quit their job and change locations to start training for the actual mission. When it is finally revealed that it's all just a show, if they had real volunteers they would probably sue the company for wasting years of their life.
The saddest thing is that some people I work with (most with university degrees) are actually buying into the story.
A month and a serious death toll, that does indeed suck. I'd wonder why they didn't truck in a pile of the container sized generators or a similar disaster plan as done by utilities after hurricanes.
Actually they did. Even moreso, citizens who had their power restored early then donated or lent their own generators to areas that needed them. I actually recall a at least one person being upset because their generator was never returned. Also while they say the 25 deaths were "primarily" hyptothermia, some of the deaths were caused by CO/CO2 poisoning and fires because people brought their barbeques inside to heat the home.
Or rather, it is comparing a basket of apples to an orchard of apples...
To be fair, the comparison you are doing here is:
This story: "two main power transmission lines were knocked out"
1998 ice storm: "over 1,000 transmission towers collapsed"
This is not apples to apples...
+1 sad but true.