Murray has not played since Wimbledon due to a hip injury.
Federer injured his back at last week's Rogers Cup, while Djokovic will miss the rest of 2017 with an elbow issue.
Rafael Nadal has advised his fellow rivals Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray to accept their respective injury troubles and keep fighting to get fit at the earliest.
The Spaniard is no stranger to injury, having spent a good chunk of the last two to three seasons struggling with physical issues. In 2016, he struggled with a wrist injury that saw him end the season prematurely in October.
Nadal has had a number of absences since the start of his career and he is right when he says that he has missed the most number of tournaments compared to his rivals due to injury.
The 15-time Grand Slam champion, who will be crowned world number one at the end of this week, was speaking after his straight sets win over Richard Gasquet at the Cincinnati Masters. Nadal is among the only two top-10 ranked players currently remaining in the draw at the tournament, with the other being Dominic Thiem.
Federer, Murray and Djokovic have pulled out of the event due to injury with the former two expected to return for the US Open that starts on 28 August.
The Serb, however, decided to end his 2017 season after his loss at Wimbledon in July this year, which is similar to what Federer did in 2016 when he skipped the last five months of the campaign to recover from a knee injury.
"You know it is something that happens because we are not 20 years old anymore, no? We are over 30, most of us. So it is something that can happen. This year happened couple of times, but I tell you one thing, no, I have been in that position more than all these players that are out now," Nadal said, as quoted by Tennis World USA.
"So that's part of the sport. I know how tough it is. I am very sorry for all of them, and I wish all of them a fast and good recovery. But at the same time I tell you, no, Roger didn't have a lot of things during his career.
"Novak, the same. Andy, the same. Stan [Wawrinka], I don't think he had a lot of issues, too. I am the only one of these top players that I miss a lot of important tournaments in my career. More than nobody else. I know how tough it is," the Spaniard explained.
"But the only thing that you can do when these kind of things happen is accept and keep going," he added.


Your brain is your prized possession and you pride yourself on handling stress and your accomplishments and how hard you work. You think "relaxation is for the weak and unmotivated." Friends and family marvel at how you operate on so little sleep.
Chronic stress, and not taking time to relax, kills brain cells. Literally! The same way a smoker hurts his lungs and an alcoholic hurts his liver, a workaholic hurts his brain.
Your poor automated system doesn't know you are the Little Boy Who Cried Wolf … once again. You are an adrenaline junky!
This awesome survival system is not meant to be activated all the time.
Adrenaline causes a super-speedy release of glucose and fatty acids into your bloodstream. Your senses become super-awesome, your memory is sharp as a tack, and you can handle pain. This is a lot of very important activity in your body that prepares you to fight what you're facing or run away from it. So your body makes a decision to shut down other functions that are not necessary, such as reproduction, growth, and immune systems.
Your body's stress response can be too much of a good thing. If your cortisol levels are raised for weeks, or years, it can damage and kill brain cells.
Too much stress can also raise your blood pressure and the fats in your blood make it more likely you will have a heart attack or stroke … AND make you crave fatty foods.
Here's the good news … not all stress is bad.
A little stress releases norepinephrine, which is necessary for new memories and good mood. You start thinking creatively and problems feel more like challenges, which helps your brain grow new connections.
Stress management is the winning ticket. Not stress elimination It's all about balance.
Go for a short walk … without looking at your cell phone.
Play with your dog… or whatever you have.
Get a massage. My fav!
Meditate. This is harder than it seems, but hugely beneficial. You can do it anywhere and it doesn't cost any money.
Watch a comedy. Another one of my favs!
Slowly take 3 really deep breaths. Try it right now. Stretch out your lungs!
Limit the time around people who stress you out.
Delegate items on your to-do list.
Everyone has his or her own way of de-stressing. It's more important than ever to take care of our brains and health, and take care of our loved ones.
I'm a ma ssage therapist and not only do I help people with their muscle pain, but also help them to relax and get their minds off the hamster wheel … if for only an hour or two.
I also teach them how to take care of themselves at home when I'm not around. Teaching people to take care of themselves AND their loved ones is VERY important and rewarding to me. Because of this I've created the "SPABALL Massage Kit" with tips, techniques, and tools. The DVD in this kit is the same information that I've taught my private clients to enjoy at home.
how to give a massage without hurting your OWN back.
tips that will put your partner in a SUPER-relaxed state.
self-massage tips that help with the most commonly complained-about muscle issues!
I hope this information helps you! Please feel free to contact me personally!


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Q: Windows 2003 locked up, after a hard reset postgresql service will not start I was installing some software completely unrelated to Postgres.  The server locked up and I had to do a hard reset. After the server came back up the Postgres service will not start.  Has anyone run into this?  I have no idea where to even start to troubleshoot it.  The postgres service was definately running prior to the lock up.

A: Can you give some more info - which version of Postgres? which binary did you install? I have been running 8.4 on server 2003 with an uptime of over year.. Sounds like the lock up messed with postgres process and corrupted one of its files - I would:

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*Install postgres to a new location and try load up your tables from there.

*Try a File System Level restore: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/backup-file.html

*Install postgres to the same location hopefully replacing the corrupted file. (backup your old install and tables first!)

Have you tried just starting up postgres once you are on again? Maybe just the autostart is not working.. This question may get better answers on SeverFault..

A: Check the event logs, PostgreSQL startup errors should be there.  If that doesn't yield anything, your postgresql.conf specifies where it keeps the other log files, log_directory and log_destination is what you're looking for.

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Town Square es un centro comercial al aire libre que cuenta con restaurantes y un centro de entretenimiento en 117 acres en Paradise, Nevada en Las Vegas Boulevard. Este proyecto por Turnberry Associates y Centra Properties incluye  de espacio comercial y  de espacio de oficinas El centro comercial abrió el 14 de noviembre de 2007.

Historia
Las construcciones se iniciaron en mayo de 2005 por el contratista del proyecto Marnell Corrao.  Town Square fue diseñado por Development Design Group, Alan J. Mayer Architect y Marnell Corrao Associates.  Está localizado en el antigulo lugar de Vacation Village.

Posteriormente a su construcción la tienda de electrónicos Fry's Electronics de  fue incorporada al proyecto.

Mientras se construía, el centro comercial pudo ser el centro de mesa de la Convención Internacional de Centros Comerciales, en la cual empezó el 24 de mayo de 2007. El centro comercial abrió el 14 de noviembre de 2007 en un complejo de 22 nuevos edificios y un total de  de espacio comercial. También incluye un parque de niños de .

Varias tiendas famosas como H&M, Apple Store, Guitar Center, Martin + Osa, Abercrombie & Fitch, Sephora y Lucky Brand Jeans abrieron. Un teatro de 18 pantallas RAVE Motion Pictures y restaurantes como Claim Jumper, Louis's Las Vegas, y Louis's Fish Camp también abrieron en el centro comercial. Varias tiendas localizadas en el extremo norte aún siguen bajo construcción y se espera que abran en la primavera de 2008, incluyendo a tiendas anclas como Robb & Stucky Interiors, Whole Foods Market, y Borders Books and Music.

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Enlaces externos
Town Square Las Vegas

Edificios y estructuras de Paradise
Centros comerciales de Las Vegas

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LeBron James hasn't slowed down on the court, and his video game persona will also be nearly as good as ever as he begins his Los Angeles Lakers career.
The Lakers uniform still looks out of place after James signed a four-year, $153 million deal with Los Angeles this offseason, but it's hard to argue with the game's evaluation. James led all players with a 97 rating last season, per 2KRatings.com, and was even better in 2017-18 with his highest scoring average (27.5 points per game) since 2010.
He also set or tied career highs in assists and rebounds while playing all 82 games.
In both the real world and in video games, the rest of the league will try to keep up.


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Graduates face differential responsibility to pay 'black tax' A large portion of South Africa's African population remains restricted by intergenerational education and economic disadvantages. Only 10% of African individuals have a high value qualification, and poverty is a daily threat for 76% of South Africans. 02 Nov 2020
Taking stock of South Africa's renewable marine resources The University of Cape Town's Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group (MARAM Group), based in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, will host the Annual International Fisheries Stock Assessment Review Workshop this week, 2-6 December 2019. 29 Nov 2019
Creating a division between Dr Benita Moolman's research finds that both 28 Nov 2019
UCT Annual Awards 2019 Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT), will host the 2019 UCT Annual Awards, on Thursday, 28 November 2019. The evening will see the university community gathered together to celebrate the outstanding contributions of professional, administrative support and service (PASS) and academic staff. 27 Nov 2019
The highest energy light from a gamma-ray burst detected Astronomers from the University of Cape Town (UCT), including Professor Patrick Woudt and MSc student Reikantseone Diretse, are part of an international team of more than 300 researchers that has gained further insight into the physical processes at work during gamma-ray bursts (GRB). 22 Nov 2019
UCT scientist leads ground-breaking project on fluctuating pollen levels A multidisciplinary project which may fundamentally change the allergy treatment process and the way healthcare professionals respond to common allergies like asthma, hay fever and eczema is being led by the Division of Allergology and Immunology at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Lung Institute. The project is examining the fluctuating pollen levels in South Africa and the subsequent effects on the human body. 21 Nov 2019
Two UCT subjects ranked in top 100 in the world The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked among the top 100 globally for two subjects - clinical, pre-clinical and health; and social sciences - in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings by subject. 20 Nov 2019
UCT collaborating on new TB vaccine clinical trial The South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative - located at the University of Cape Town - as well as Biofabri and International Aids Vaccine Initiative recently announced an ongoing clinical trial to further evaluate the novel tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate MTBVAC in an adult endemic population. 20 Nov 2019
Global fertility industry reaffirms pre-existing inequalities University of Cape Town sociologist and feminist ethnographer Associate Professor Amrita Pande looks at the many interwoven processes that make up flows of fertility around the world. The global fertility trade can include anything that goes into the making of a baby. The industry now occurs in many countries and involves multiple kinds of reproductive actors or labourers, including egg providers, surrogates, brokers, doctors and prospective parents. 19 Nov 2019
UCT researcher recognised for putting spotlight on cervical cancer University of Cape Town Professor Lynette Denny, who has been researching methods of cervical cancer prevention among poor women for 25 years, says coalescing the areas of policy, resources, research and screening is essential to changing the status quo. Cervical cancer is significantly higher among black women in South Africa. 13 Nov 2019
Media invite: Multimillion-rand new device to help with monitoring and treating TB in the Western Cape The Western Cape has had insufficient PET-CT (Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography) capacity to meet the rapidly growing demand for these scans for clinical studies in tuberculosis (TB) to monitor progression from infection to disease, and to provide early indication of the efficacy of new TB drugs and drug combinations. 12 Nov 2019
UCT students finding ways to revolutionise SA health sector Under the Futures in Health Accelerator Project, led by the University of Cape Town's Surgical Society (SurgSoc), students from across faculties joined forces to develop futuristic ways in which to improve healthcare in the country. 11 Nov 2019
UCT providing healing through science in an unprecedented transformational process An interdisciplinary team of academics from the University of Cape Town and two international institutions has conducted a series of scientific studies on the remains of nine people from Sutherland to uncover a range of findings in an unprecedented moment through which science is used for restorative justice. 04 Nov 2019
Media conference: UCT providing redress through science In 2018, the University of Cape Town announced that it had 11 skeletons in its human remains collection that were found to have been unethically obtained by the institution in the 1920s. Nine of these individuals were brought to UCT in the 1920s from Sutherland in the Northern Cape. UCT commenced a restitution process for the nine sacred remains. 01 Nov 2019
Meet UCT's first Chief Operating Officer The University of Cape Town (UCT) has appointed its first Chief Operating Officer (COO), Dr Reno Morar, who is currently dividing his time between the new position and his job as deputy dean for Health Services in the Faculty of Health Sciences, until he takes on the COO position exclusively in February 2019. 30 Nov 2018
Newly qualified teachers get support from UCT In 2014 about 14 000 South African teachers left the profession. With the attrition rate so severe, the country is forecast to have only 7% more teachers in 2025 than it had in 2013. 30 Nov 2018
UCT academic named among top women in mining globally A University of Cape Town (UCT) associate professor is the only academic named among chief executives, directors and vice presidents of global companies in the Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2018 publication. 27 Nov 2018
UCT student working with global company to develop unique performance enhancing drink for elite athletes A University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD candidate Shaun Sutehall is working with elite athletes to develop Swiss company Maurten's new 22 Nov 2018

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Dream Big Little ones – with Adventure Clubs you can be anything!
Are you are a new mum, feeling isolated, looking to connect with others (it's a very daunting phase), maybe you have just moved to a new city, or are even just looking for idea's to do with your children?
This was me, a few years ago, returning to a big city with my two toddlers in tow and not knowing any other "work from home" mothers. I was desperate for some stimulation, for both me and my kids. I've lived in Johannesburg for years, but the city is a very different place once you become a parent. There are only so many "shopping centers" and restaurants you can take.
Enter Adventure Clubs. My life, and my children's lives, have forever changed. One of the most important things we can give to our children, as parents, is spend quality time, invested in them. Adventure clubs is an app that you download on your phone (the app is free), and families are invited to browse through and find adventures specific to their families location and preferences. Participate in child centred adventures alongside other families. It's literally education, socialization and stimulation—for the whole family.
This year alone they played chef numerous times, learning how to make their own pasta and pizza at Casalinga, created their own desserts at Bright Young Chefs , designed their own doughnuts at Krispy Kreme and have picked vegetables, and turned them into vegan delicacies with Antonia at Leafy Greens.
They have gone on Garden Safari's at Random Harvest Nursery, learnt about farm animals while planting indigenous trees at Willow Feather Farm , fed Alpacas and observed what we can make with their wool with Alliepad Alpakkas. There is nothing better than getting your own personal tour of raspberry fields or enjoying a freshly made smoothie like you can at The Field Berry Farm. Or picking your own pomegranates whilst learning about all the amazing properties of the fruit at Ganico.
They have danced, climbed trees, zip-lined, learnt ball skills, taken horse rides, gotten up close and learnt about reptiles and flown in helicopters. Painted, mosaic, crafted, sculpted. They have played. They have adventured.
However, more than all the adventures, more than all the incredible experiences you can give your children. It's about the community. The coming together of families. Roasting marshmallows by a bonfire or having a tug of war on the beach, reading books together at the library or giving back to the community. The friends we have made and the bonds we have created. It's the little things, and the love.
Whether you are a work from home, stay at home or work full-time mum. A single mother, a single father, a family. You will find amazing memories with Adventure clubs. With something on all the time, and an adventure for every budget, this little app will change your life forever. Its even changed the way I holiday! Whenever I visit Cape Town or Durban now, one of the first things I do is see what adventures are on in the city. Adventure Clubs operates across all 3 cities in South Africa, recently launched in London and will be re-launching in the USA next year.
I hope that you can learn, and grow closer to your children through some of these amazing adventures, targeted at children from the age of 6 months through to 10 years.
Just in time for the holiday season I will be giving one lucky reader and their child, a chance to experience an adventure in South Africa. Head on over to my Facebook page, In these Stilettos, to enter !
Lets make childhood memories great !
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Sweet train going up the tree. It's kind of a Polar Express theme but not quite.
This Year's Christmas Holiday Season , you can showcase the magic of Christmas with The Polar Express train set.
Polar Express Christmas Tree: decorated with silver trains, silver bells, and railroad tracks.
Conductor hats were a big hit at this Polar Express party!
Definitely a polar bear christmas. Gonna make some child's 'Polar Express' dreams come true.
Get on track and plan your next Polar Express Adventure. Let the journey begin!
cute cartoon polar bear mom and baby decorate christmas tree with christmas balls and star.
Polar bear cub with Santa hat and Christmas tree.
There was a blue Polar Bear tree based on the Polar Express book.
Berry Christmas Tree with Polar Bear Display 40"
Gift-wrapped as their first gift of the season, they can read along with the Coco Chefs onboard the magical journey to the North Pole.


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Little Towaliga
Rocky Creek Rd. to Higgins Mill Rd.
Difficulty III
Length 2.4 Miles
Gauge MURDER CREEK BELOW EATONTON, GA
Flow Range 90 - 5000 CFS
Essentially the entire run consists of a series of small waterfalls and rapids, which can be run several times. Most of the run is flat water but Higgins Mill is exciting.
Claude Terry, paddler, outfitter, and conservationist, dies
Flow Rate as of: 1 hour ago 425 [cfs]
the guage is a guess
Charlie Walbridge
Claude Terry, paddler, outfitter, and conservationist, died on November 20th, 2019. He was 83. A microbiologist by training, Terry began paddling in the mid-1960's while a professor at Emory University. He took to whitewater readily, and it became an important focus of his life. In 1969 he met veteran paddler Doug Woodward, and in 1971 the two became the technical advisers for the movie "Deliverance." Afterwards, Terry and Woodward purchased the rafts Warner Brothers used in filming and bought 19 acres near the river. This became Southeastern Expeditions, one of the Southeast's first whitewater outposts on the Chattooga. In 1974, Terry took then-Gov. Jimmy Carter on three trips on the Chatooga River, totaling 57 miles. This inspired Carter to get the Chattooga included in the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act and influenced later decisions protecting rivers across the U.S."Terry adopted me as one of his students," Carter told Outside Online in a 2017 interview. "it opened my eyes to the relationship between a human being and a wild river that I never had contemplated before that. When I got to be president I vetoed 16 different dam projects all over the United States." Terry eventually quit his Emory University job and started full time career in environmental advocacy, including founding American Rivers, a principal U.S. conservation group. For the next 30 years he specialized in environmental projects involving rivers and wetlands and later, when he became a board-certified toxicologist, he developed an expertise in hazardous waste cleanups. He was an active paddler until sidelined by Parkinson's Disease. A passionate teacher and advocate, he is sorely missed by all who knew him. Click through for an excellent obituary and a photo of Terry taking Governor Carter over Bull Sluice!
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North Korea's New Image Shaped by Platform Shoes, Earrings and Cell Phones
North Korea's new leader is trying to shed his nation's backward image.
By JOOHEE CHO
North Korea's Extreme Makeover?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seeks to change his country's image.
SEOUL, South Korea July 2, 2012— -- Attempting to forge a new image for himself and his country, North Korea's youthful supreme leader Kim Jong Un is allowing women to wear pants, platform shoes and earrings, making more mobile phones available, endorsing previously banned foods like pizza, French fries and hamburgers — and he's giving kids free trips to zoos and amusement parks.
The 20-something leader's focus has been on the younger generation. Following in the footsteps of his late grandfather, the country's founder Kim Il Sung, he has announcing plans to create a "children's heaven nation."
"It's all part of his image making to imitate a warm, fatherly impression like his grandfather," said Dong Yong-Sueng, North Korea specialist at Samsung Economic Research Institute.
Kim Jong Un, who officially assumed the title of supreme leader on Dec. 28 last year following the state funeral of his father Kim Jong Il, wants to establish an image that harkens back to what some North Koreans nostalgically remember as better times in the 1970s under his grandfather, a time when the country was economically backed by the Soviet Union with sufficient food to feed the nation.
Kim Jong Un's father, who had ruled since1994, was seen as a strong but cold leader.
The image of the supreme leader has significance in a tightly controlled society where people often refer to their leaders as the father of the nation with "everlasting love," as well as other fanciful names like the sun, universe, eternal general, or dear leader.
Kim Jong Un has publicly sought to embrace the youthful energy of the country.
"The powerful and prosperous Korea of the future in which you will be the masters, will be a most powerful country where every home will be full of laughter and everybody lives in harmony," he announced to a crowd of 20,000 children invited to Pyongyang at a ceremony marking the 66th anniversary of the Korean Children's Union earlier this month. The union is a state-run organization for nine to 14-year-olds.
The invited children, handpicked by party officials, were given opportunities to visit zoos, amusement parks, and attend concerts. Crowds of enthusiastic kids were seen pledging allegiance, shouting, and crying at the sight of their new leader, who wore the children's symbolic red scarf.
Kim, educated in Switzerland during his early teens, has initiated numerous policy changes to allow people more freedom and entertainment in their daily lives. North Korean state TV last month showed an image of Kim in a straw hat with a huge smile paying a visit to Mangyongdae Amusement Park and pointing at its roller coaster.
The park had recently imported new rides from France. Kim, the report said, ordered the managers to keep the rides up and running at all times and to upgrade its electronic video game arcades for citizens, especially children. Kim was also seen browsing through the park's fast food restaurant that sells hamburgers and French fries.
In the past, such delights were considered too western and were banned. But now they're endorsed by the party. "These facilities are eternal gifts to the people by our great leader," state TV reported.
Another popular policy change that Kim pushed to win hearts was the lifting of the ban on women wearing pants in public.
"The rule was proposed by Kim to his father in 2010. That marked the beginning of a fashion revolution in North Korea," said Dong.
The only times women had been allowed to wear pants were when they were working in factories or in the fields. Any women walking the streets in pants were subject to a police warning or a penalty.
"If caught, sometimes they would cut your pants right there in public to make it into a skirt," said Park Ye-Kyong who defected to the South in 2004. But even when the tough restrictions applied, women did not stop pursuing fashion, including getting their hair permed or dyed.
"Yes, we were hungry but desire to look beautiful lies in any woman," Park explained shyly in her new home in Seoul.
North Korean women spotted wearing skinny jeans and earrings often make news in South Korean media because such items were known to be confiscated in the name of being too capitalist. But the trend has been visible in the past few years, and now platform shoes are in demand.
"The heels make legs look longer," explained Dong.
Platforms ranked second out of 10 most popular items in North Korean society last year, according to analysis by the Samsung Economic Research Institute. The study is based on what average North Koreans acquired using information from defectors, press and other sources.
"The international media tends to show the privileged in Pyongyang, or the hunger-stricken poor in the northern regions. But our standard in choosing what's hot there was strictly focusing on daily realistic lives of average families," explained Dong.
There is no way to determine how large a percentage of North Koreans can afford new products or how widespread their availability. The government has always maintained that all citizens are equal.
According to the Institute's analysis the number one hit item was coal briquettes commonly used as fuel in households. After Kim Jong Un announced a "prosperous great nation" as his inaugural pledge, the regime pumped up production of coal in massive amounts to export in exchange for Chinese goods that improve living standards.
But the study also found that these coals, easily made into briquettes, were smuggled out to North Korea's black markets pushing down prices.
The no. 3 hit item behind briquettes and platform shoes were mobile phones. Subscribers to Egypt's Orascom, North Korea's sole network provider, will soon reach one million this year. In reality, many more in bordering towns possess mobile phones illegally purchased in China.
Park's elder sister residing in the North owns a mobile and regularly communicates with Park in the South when making bi-monthly business trips to the Chinese border. The siblings have been meeting each other each year or two in China. Park said that each time they meet she takes items her sister requests, such as dresses and platform shoes.
"My sister tells me that now there's even an Italian pizza parlor and cafes in her home town... and my toddler nephew just had his first real western birthday cake from a new bakery, not the one made of rice," said Park showing pictures of her sister's family.
Kim Jong Un reportedly ordered an increase in the number of licenses for privately-run restaurants to make cities appear robust and lively.
"Lots of choices now exist if you are rich enough in North Korea," she said. Witnesses say people are now learning to enjoy coffee, a rare drink in a country where self-reliance and therefore "strictly Korean home-grown products" remain at the center of its socialist values.
The most popularly available brand is Maxim's instant coffee mix, made in South Korea. The coffee is smuggled into the North via China.
Another widely consumed South Korean product is the Choco-pie, a chocolate covered mini-cake filled with marshmallows. Most of them slip out from Gaesong Industrial Park just above the North-South border, where South Korean factories employ 50,000 North Korean laborers. Each worker is given two to three Choco-pies as daily snacks, but most workers save the sweets to sell on the black market.
"That means 100,000 to 150,000 Choco-pies slither into the black market every day. Choco-pies are like money to these people," Park said.
These changes in food and fashion that Kim Jong Un seems to be embracing are the result of the impact of foreign culture and information. The sweet taste of capitalism has been spreading at a cost to a traditionally paranoid regime that has attempted to barricade its population from foreign influence.
But a substantial portion of the North Korean people now have access to information from the outside world through foreign TV, radio and DVD players, easily smuggled in. The spread of USBs and MP4s containing popular South Korean shows or dramas have been viral, and awareness of the outside world has grown exponentially, according to a recent study released by InterMedia Survey.


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Brexit & The Poison Chalis by Patrick Brigham
We all know what Brexit means, and that on the 29th March 2017, the famous Article 50 was signed on behalf of the British Government, by Prime Minister Theresa May. We all know how it came about, the players involved, the poor explanations, the misinformation, and the insane promises. Having signed the exit document, recent history and subsequent events mean nothing much, because it is too late, and in any case there is little point in crying over spilt milk. What is more interesting, is what other members of the European Union think, what they predict will happen, and how they see their future relationship with Great Britain.
The Brussels view is typically laid back, remembering that much of the EU is devouted to the collection and redistribution of money and resources. There are no visible panic attacks in progress, and one can hear an almost monotonous, monosyllabic drone, coming from EU technocrats as they reveal the present and future present facts. One such person is Siegfried Mugason, who was interviewed recently by Dan Alexe, on behalf of New Europe. Dan says –
After the European Parliament's adopted its priorities for the next year's EU Budget, or "The Report on the General Guidelines for the preparation of the 2018 EU Budget," New Europe has asked the Romanian MEP Siegfried Muresan – chief negotiator of the EU Parliament for the 2018 budget of approximately 160 billion euros, as well as spokesman for the EPP and vice president of the Committee for budgetary affairs in the Parliament, if Brexit – Britain's decision to leave the European Union, is having any impact on the EU's budget as a whole? Also. asked if HRM Queen Elizabeth's – Britain's reigning monarch – farms would continue to receive EU subsidies? Our gallant Romanian MEP replied-
"Yes, during the whole period of the Brexit negotiations, the UK remains an EU member with total rights, paying its contributions and benefitting from EU structural and cohesion funds. Although the UK is a performing economy, there are British regions that are less developed than others, so they qualify for EU funds, including in agriculture. It is interesting and revealing that such regions, that plainly benefit from EU funds, have voted in favour of Brexit, and leaving the EU. This shows us that the benefits of belonging to the EU were not convincingly communicated by the political forces. Populists won, by trafficking the truth, and by using the wrong figures in their pamphlets. That explains why people from poorer UK zones voted in favour of leaving the EU, against their own interests."
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Asked what lessons should be drawn from Brexit, his reply was very clear- "That populists have to be confronted. We have to be able to explain to the population the benefits of staying in Europe, but this has to be done there, not by speaking out from the Brussels bubble. If your name is David Cameron and you have built your whole career in the last ten years in Europe bashing, you cannot be credible if, for the last six weeks of your campaign, you switch your discourse, and start saying that in the end, staying in the EU is not such a bad idea after all. The EU needs politicians with a clear message, that can confront the populists."
Well, you could not be much clearer than that, and that is the general consensus of most EU countries, but each has its little addition to such cold techno -thinking. Some said au revoir and good riddance, while others were more supportive. In France, following the historic Brexit vote, and according to 'The Local,' a French English language news magazine-
"France has shown a divided response to the news, that the UK has voted to leave the EU, although a vocal majority – online at least – appear to have been pleased. A survey of newspaper Le Figaro's readers found recently, that most respondents in France were satisfied with the result of the vote. And this majority was the most vocal on Twitter, as many French people vented their anger – as well as predictable digs at "Les Anglais, over the Brexit vote."
The hashtag #BonDebarras – Good Riddance – spoke for itself, and one user sniped – 'Les Anglais are beginning to realise that most Europeans are delighted that they are splitting."
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Other snarky tweets recalled that Britain had always had an arm's-length relationship with the European Union, having opted out of the euro, the visa-free Schengen zone and the Common Agricultural Policy. "Have they ever really been a part of the EU?" one asked. Another said – "They were a pain in the ass when they wanted in, now they're a pain in the ass going out: The English are the cats of Europe!"
But, let's now see how the UK fared in Germany?Jan Henrik Schimkus, writing for 'The Smarter German Magazine,' had this to say- "When the votes were finally cast, we were shocked, to say the least; some maybe even angry. European economic experts and scientists had stated that the United Kingdom would suffer terribly under Brexit, while the EU would be damaged, though not severely. European Parliament officials were quick to stand together and pledge the unity of the EU's remaining members.
As for Britain, I was wondering about the social and political atmosphere, it took to allow the referendum to go out the way it did. And, to be honest, I was wondering about the outright stupidity and falseness of some of the claims made by UKIP and other pro-Brexit organizations and individuals; as well as the way they ran the campaigns. Of course, some people were well informed and had made up their mind. Nevertheless, the viral videos of individuals who had no clue whatsoever what they were voting for, or even what the EU was, was heartbreaking. As somebody not living in the UK, I cannot assert that I would know what actually happened.
But taking the British people and the British media into account, that inhabit my social bubble, I feel a bit scared because I cannot exclude something like this happening in Germany. Germany is one of the very few countries which would most likely survive a collapse of the European Union relatively unharmed."
And finally from Vincenzo Scarpetta of Open Europe Magazine. He asks the big question– "What can the UK offer, to secure Italian continued goodwill?
One interesting answer he received was that Italy sees the Brexit negotiations as an opportunity to relaunch the broader discussion about the future direction of EU integration – along the lines of the two-circle Europe model – laid out by Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni with his then UK counterpart Philip Hammond. This was concerning the preservation, and the cohesion of the EU-27 as an absolute priority for Rome. He says –
"From Italy's standpoint, it would be helpful if the UK made it clear from the very beginning of their negotiations that, although it is leaving, it wants the EU-27 to be united and successful in the years and decades to come. A fragmented EU-27, I was told in Rome, would ultimately be more likely to give the UK a bad deal. In other words, playing 'divide and rule' in their negotiations, would not be in the UK's best interest."
Balkans, political map
"The related risk of Brexit for the Western Balkans, is the ascendance of geopolitics. European integration as a political project is based on the idea of inter-connectivity, and the conception of power as cooperation. Europeanisation of the Western Balkans, entails forging political, economic and cultural connections with the EU, as well as between Balkan states. But the geopolitical outlook is its antithesis; all about going it alone, and the conception of power as a threat."
"The Balkans has been a geopolitical battleground throughout history, and its position as a non-EU enclave within the EU makes it particularly conducive to the logic of competition and protection. Russia and Turkey have each stamped their mark on the region, while the EU tries to exercise its magic power of attraction and transformation. But unlike the EU's vision, which is future orientated, Russia and Turkey have drawn on certain historic links, reinforced by religious affinities. Russia appeals to the idea of Slavic brotherhood – a notion that resonates with large sections of the Christian population in the Orthodox world, and Turkey is seen as a natural guardian of fellow Muslims."
So clearly, there is a lot more going on, than a couple of friends might think, discussing Brexit down the pub in terms of foreigners taking jobs away from UK workers, and stories of foreigners damaging our English society. Muslims planting bombs everywhere, is simply extremist rubbish, and blatant lies are nearly always propagated, by well known Brexiteer zealots, on the unwary and the ignorant.
Finally, apart from French angst, it seems that most of EU member countries are level headed and practical, but nevertheless the general view is that by leaving, Great Britain might somehow cause a populist uprising, clearly based on further lies and alternative facts! There is talk of possible war in the Balkans, the breakdown of trust amongst the EU membership, and a return to European chaos, or even a new Cold War, although in my view, this is most unlikely to happen.


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Orwell Was Only Off by 31 Years
June 12, 2015 June 12, 2015 M. Noonan
Just wow – from The College Fix, which I am assured is not a satirical website:
"America is the land of opportunity," "There is only one race, the human race" and "I believe the most qualified person should get the job" are among a long list of alleged microaggressions faculty leaders of the University of California system have been instructed not to say.
These so-called microaggressions – considered examples of subconscious racism – were presented at faculty leader training sessions held throughout the 2014-15 school year at nine of the 10 UC campuses. The sessions, an initiative of UC President Janet Napolitano, aim to teach how to avoid offending students and peers, as well as how to hire a more diverse faculty…
…Other sayings deemed unacceptable include:
● "Everyone can succeed in this society, if they work hard enough."
● "Where are you from or where were you born?"
● "Affirmative action is racist."
● "When I look at you, I don't see color."
These phrases in particular are targeted because they promote the "myth of meritocracy" or represent "statements which assert that race or gender does not play a role in life successes." Others are said to be color blind, apparently a bad thing that indicates "that a white person does not want to or need to acknowledge race," according to the handout, "Tool: Recognizing Microaggressions and the Messages They Send."
If you're thinking of going to college, I suggest a career in plumbing or farming – something which doesn't require a person to be immersed in a place which says that meritocracy is racist.
The good news is that this sort of nonsense just cannot stand for long – the people who are de-educated in such a setting will simply not be able to compete in the real world and so those who managed to get a real education will outplay them for life's rewards…
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Retired Spook June 12, 2015 / 9:53 am
When the backlash to political correctness finally comes, it's going to take a lot of people by surprise. There's a certain delicious irony in the fact that civil disobedience, pioneered by the Left, is going to be the weapon that defeats them.
OT, but I read this piece by Wayne Root and immediately thought of Mark. Is what he says true?
Amazona June 12, 2015 / 10:11 am
That's quite an article by Root. I think it should be mandatory reading for every Republican in every elected office in this country, along with a notation that this kind of reaction to Liberal antics by elected Republicans is widespread.
Looks like time for a third party, doesn't it? If we can't reform the GOP, anyway.
Cluster June 12, 2015 / 10:32 am
I read that article too earlier this morning and had to shake my head. The insatiable appetite of government has infected both parties and that is a sad statement. My opinion is that it is because politics is now a career not a service, and those that play the game right become fabulously wealthy. We really need to enact term limits at all levels. If it is good enough for the POTUS, it's good enough for everyone.
…as well as how to hire a more diverse faculty….."
"diverse", of course, meaning in complete lockstep with radical Leftist ideology
Cluster June 12, 2015 / 12:09 pm
Identity politics as hit a new low
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/did-naacp-president-lie-about-her-race-city-investigates/33533026
Cluster June 12, 2015 / 2:09 pm
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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2015/06/12/flashback-abcs-08-prediction-nyc-under-water-climate-change-june
rustybrown2014 June 12, 2015 / 4:42 pm
The term "microaggression" makes my skin crawl. You're right–totally Orwellian. What the hell is happening to young people these days (Jesus that sounds like an old fart talking), why is everybody such a special snowflake and when did everyone get the idea they have a right to not be offended? This is one liberal who won't teach his kids this pablum.
Right on. Right on. Right on. Our overly sensitive culture is a big problem.
M. Noonan June 12, 2015 / 10:22 pm
Good for you – and I have seen a few other liberals take a stand…but the deeper problem, as it relates to higher education, is fear: everyone in those places seems deathly afraid of being the target of the next attack, other than tenured professors, of course…though I note with great care that colleges appear to be limiting the number of tenured professors.
All it takes for an adjunct to get the axe is one student getting ticked off…and anyone who can figure out just what might tick off a 19 or 20 year old is a better man than me. While legal adults, such people are still rather immature both in their views and in how they handle stress and opposition. Add to this that there is a subset of people who really like to wield power over others…and the more unfair and arbitrary the power, the more they like it…this was seen at its worst in places like Nazi concentration camps and GULAG, of course, but it is a trait which can be found anywhere.
Cluster June 14, 2015 / 8:11 am
Hillary is channeling her inner communist:
"real and lasting prosperity must be built by all and shared by all."
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150613/us–dem_2016-clinton-8ff8e734ff.html
And in the article the author notes that Hillary "could be the first woman President". The obvious immaturity of that statement aside, I don't remember the MSM saying that about Carly Fiorina when she announced her candidacy.
Amazona June 14, 2015 / 7:34 pm
That single phrase, standing alone, is not that big a deal. After all, real and lasting prosperity SHOULD be "built by all"—–everyone should have a stake in making the nation prosperous. And certainly everyone who participates in building prosperity ought to share in it as well. The problem is that this statement, which on the surface has nothing wrong with it, is twisted and distorted into Leftist ideology, making it mean something very different.
I am appalled by the new "shopping list" approach to electing our presidents, a check list dependent on some superficial criteria—-gender, race, maybe then sexual orientation or whatever. I can just imagine future Lefties being all giddy as they choose the next "first": The First Vegetarian President, the First Transgendered President, the First Amputee President, etc. How too too boring, too too "originalist", too too rigid, too too old-fashioned, to base presidential choices on things like Constitutional eligibility, qualifications in leadership, etc.
I am appalled by the "day care" approach Democrats take towards governing this country and Hillary is rallying the children:
Clinton laid out a wish list of Democratic policies: universal pre-K education, increased regulation of the financial industry, paid sick leave and equal pay for women, a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the country illegally, campaign finance overhaul and a ban on discrimination against gay people and their families.
One question that you see more and more of in polls is "does this candidate care about me"? – that is an absurd question and more than a little juvenile. Friends and family should care about you, the POTUS should be an accomplished, competent steward of a very large and complex business. Unfortunately, we are now at a place where too many people see the federal government as some kind of parent who will catch them when they fall and kiss their bruises.
A completely base-motivating program – she doesn't care that a majority of all Americans would be against this…she's counting on goosing her base and using the Clinton Slander Machine to so destroy the eventual GOP nominee in the public mind that she'll eke out a narrow victory…even if not in the popular vote, then in the Electoral College. This is the template from California's 2002 gubernatorial campaign: I knew the Democrats would keep using it when they have an unpopular candidate for office. You might recall that then-Governor Gray Davis was massively unpopular and headed for likely defeat…so they just outright slandered the GOP…at the end of the day, moderates were turned off from the whole process and didn't turnout to vote…with the Democrat base being larger than the GOP base, Davis won.
It will take a great deal of skill on the part of the eventual GOP nominee to get past all that Team Hillary will do to him or her…
Yes, but we have plenty of ammunition ourselves and we had best use it. Aside from the obvious email and Clinton Foundation scandals, we can tie her directly to the complete failure of the Obama foreign policy.
It's important that we nominate someone fresh, meaning anyone other than Bush, and that that nominee seriously consider Fiorina as the Veep. The more I see and hear her, the more I like her. She can then be unleashed on Hillary and couldn't be labeled a sexist for doing so.
Carly has some excellent points – Veep is definitely possible, though I'd still prefer Governor Martinez.
I like the idea of keeping GOP governors in place. And I don't think Martinez is as ready as Fiorina is.
..universal pre-K education…
True, this IS daycare, but not awful, either—-as long as the citizens of any given state vote to provide it, and as long as it provides more than baby-sitting services. "Universal" seems a little far-reaching, though: I'd keep it not only within US boundaries but within the boundaries of the states voting for it.
increased regulation of the financial industry
Not quite sure just what additional "regulation" she has in mind, as the existing regulations have pretty much paralyzed the financial industry. No doubt it includes more social engineering in the tradition of forcing financial institutions to subsidize various Leftist vote-buying schemes.
paid sick leave and equal pay for women
No problem there, and this is really a straw man (straw woman?) as women now do receive equal pay for equal work (except when working for the highest tier of Dems, including the State Department and the White House). Most bigger companies and I believe all government agencies already provide paid sick leave. I have a feeling she might be purposely conflating "paid sick leave" with months off, with full pay, for new mothers, and for people caring for children and family members.
a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the country illegally
No, no, a thousand times no. A path to legalization of status for those who meet stringent requirements, such as having been here for a time that means they have no "home" to return to, who have worked and obeyed the law, who have contributed to the country. But no path to citizenship, ever. Be compassionate, be fair, but do not REWARD law-breaking.
campaign finance overhaul
Instead of an "overhaul" let's just enforce existing campaign finance laws, especially those prohibiting contributions from foreigners. Hillary will certainly not advocate that—-it would cut off way too much of her own money.
and a ban on discrimination against gay people and their families.
MORE bans on "discrimination"? Another straw man and more pandering.
It's 100% pandering. Nothing but a platitude festival and the LIV's and progressive sheeple still buy it hook, line and sinker. Consider all the lies and platitudes that Obama spewed out during his campaigns with no accountability whatsoever. The hypocrisy of it all is that Hillary has lived off OPM her entire life, is a bona fide member of the 1%, avoids taxes, and has become fabulously wealthy just in the last 10 years in a very non transparent suspicious manner, yet all of that is of no concern anymore to the media or to her base.
During Hillary Clinton's big rally speech in New York on Saturday, she made a comment one CNN reporter could not ignore. About 30 minutes into her speech, Clinton said:
"We have to stop the endless flow of secret, unaccountable money that is distorting our elections, corrupting our political process, and drowning out the voices of our people!"
http://www.ijreview.com/2015/06/344606-even-cnn-cannot-ignore-eye-brow-raising-comment-hillarys-rally-speech/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=morning-newsletter
Hillary seems to be pretty confident that she can convince her sheeple (not that many of them show up to her "rallies") that the only "secret, unaccountable money that is distorting our elections" is from the Koch Brothers—-certainly not from any of her, and/or Bill's, overseas sources or George Soros or any of their other fat cat supporters. But why shouldn't she feel confident that she can pull this off? How many Clintonistas have been upset at any of the foreign money transactions that have been made public over the years? (Hint: About the same number as are upset about the Pay to Play policies of the State Department under Hillary.)
Tom Steyer?
Because her base will believe it – remember, her base has not been informed of her hopelessly corrupt foundation. The news outfits they watch simply don't report on it, certainly not enough to drive it into their minds. To her base, a vote for Hillary is a vote to get corrupt money out of politics.
I'm both encouraged and worried a bit lately – encouraged that a young lady I know (poor, with children to take care of) despises Hillary and won't vote for her. I'm less encouraged that another lady I know (wealthy, highly educated) is planning on voting for her because "she gets things done, and even if corrupt we need someone who can get things done". Geesh!
Key to victory will be to motivate the GOP base (sorry, Jeb, that means you're out) while also managing to break through the MSM Wall of Lies about Hillary so that the LIV can really get a good look at how bad she is.
You know another thing the GOP has to say and keep it real simple is that "if you like how things are going now, a vote for Hillary will be more of the same."
M. Noonan June 15, 2015 / 2:47 pm
Tying her to Obama will be a big part of winning – because she cannot run on Obama's disastrous record. Watch carefully – when she does talk up ObamaCare and amnesty, it will be in front of Democrat audiences and the MSM won't give large coverage to what she says on those subjects. For the Obama true believers, Hillary will signal that she's Obama, Continued…but for the rest of the people, it will be, "Obama? Never heard of him…"
Thanks….I couldn't remember his name.
"another lady I know (wealthy, highly educated) is planning on voting for her because "she gets things done, and even if corrupt we need someone who can get things done". "
I guess my question is, "what has she gotten done?" From her days as co-president she couldn't get Hillarycare pushed through, as a Senator she didn't do anything of note, and as Secretary of State she was an abysmal failure. The "reset" with Russia was a joke—-a joke on us, given the fact that the Secretary of State of the United States of America couldn't even be bothered to have this silly button vetted by someone who, oh I don't know—SPEAKS RUSSIAN!!! She couldn't deal with a simple and often-repeated request for more security at a consulate in a dangerous part of the world, she couldn't even take responsibility for the outcome of this failure.
Sorry, but if someone tells me Hillary is someone who "can get things done" I have to wonder just what she is thinking of. Even the rollout of her campaign is clumsy and poorly planned and executed. As far as I can see, the only thing she is good at is scamming money for her and Bill, and ignoring stained blue dresses.
And what does this woman you know consider "corruption"? If she is willing to overlook using the government of the United States to line her pockets, that is one thing—–how does she feel about the lying? From the story about being under fire as her plane landed to the repeated lies about the deaths in Benghazi being due to some spontaneous protest about a video—-a lie told to the parents of one of the dead—-we are talking about someone who simply cannot be believed no matter what she says. This is OK?
Hillary has the appearance of accomplishment…Senator, SecState, Front Runner for White House…but we know she's only got all that because she won the marriage lottery (in a certain sense!). Compared to someone like Carly – or Governor Martinez – she's a complete zero. But the Narrative has been advanced…and we're going to be told until we're sick of it that it is "time" for a woman to be President.
But, you're right, we can reach people – we just need an effective message and messenger…and as it turns out, I don't think that Jeb, Christie, Graham or Huckabee will be that…
Hillary's base will vote for her no matter what. They will never admit that she is corrupt, and nothing will turn them against her. We can just ignore them, write them off, and concentrate on those with integrity and open minds. Sorry, but I simply cannot find a scintilla of respect for anyone who would vote for her, knowing what we know about her. But there are a lot of people out there who do have some dignity, some integrity, who can be educated in spite of the efforts of the Complicit Agenda Media to cover for her.
Obama won by a hair more than 4% of the vote. Assuming the same turnout, which of course also means the same motivation of black voters to turn out, we only need to shave 3% off the Dem vote, if that 3% shifts to the Republican side. If someone says she will vote for Hillary even thinking she is corrupt, at least she realizes that Hillary IS corrupt, which is a start, and it is about 17 months till the election. If a Hillary voter is already at the point of admitting that she is corrupt, but still trying to find an excuse to overlook that and vote for her anyway, she is halfway to changing her mind. Remember, right now she doesn't have a choice, as there is no designated Republican candidate to measure her alleged accomplishments against.
Hillary can get things done and Carly Fiorina can't? That would be a hard argument to make. Hillary can get things done and Scott Walker can't? Ditto. Personally, I'd be very comfortable putting a successful CEO of a huge company and a successful governor who has been savaged by the Left and not only come out on top but turned a failing state around up against a mediocre Senator/failed Secretary of State whose only "accomplishment" is putting a lot of miles on the clock.


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Activision Blizzard games removed from GeForce Now
Published by FileTrekker 2 years ago , last updated 2 years ago
GeForce Now, a new streaming service to rival Google Stadia, launched last week and seems to have been well received among gamers looking for such a service, especially given it's much more accessible currently compared to Google's offering.
One area where it may struggle though is game library, and this issue has now been compounded as just a week into the service, Activision Blizzard have pulled all their titles from the service, including Overwatch and Modern Warfare.
According to NVIDIA, the removals were done at the request of Activation Blizzard, but the reason behind this wasn't mentioned. The statement read;
As we take GeForce NOW to the next step in its evolution, we've worked with publishers to onboard a robust catalog of your PC games. This means continually adding new games, and on occasion, having to remove games – similar to other digital service providers. Per their request, please be advised Activision Blizzard games will be removed from the service. While unfortunate, we hope to work together with Activision Blizzard to re-enable these games and more in the future. In addition to the hundreds of games currently supported, we have over 1,500 games that developers have asked to be on-boarded to the service. Look for weekly updates as to new games we are adding.
While the idea of games coming and going from such services isn't really a surprise, it does seem odd that it's happened just a week into the service, and indeed, suggests there's some other reason why these games have been removed.
We'll be sure to report on any further details if they become available.


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I'm using flyingsaucer-9.1.20 with openpdf-1.3.22 to generate PDFs from an XHTML source.
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So far so good, it uses my embedded font, but as soon as I click the input field, font changes and after editing, it stays that way:

When I open the PDF in Chrome and click the input field, it looks like this:

Mostly blanks and sometimes some random letters as seen in this example from my actual project:

It looks like there is some kind of encoding issue and Adobe Acrobat Reader falls back to its default font. When I use one of the standard fonts from OpenPDF it works just fine. I've been struggling with this problem for some days now and I just can't wrap my head around it.
Am I missing something?

A: I managed to resolve this issue by changing
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kids love boston market so order them a meal just their size! served with one kids side, kids drink and cornbread.
generous servings of our home style cooking made to order. each family meal is served with your choice of large sides and cornbread sized to feed the whole gang.
Boston Market sandwiches are made fresh for you and are topped with lettuce and tomato. Our entrĂŠe salads are served with our delicious cornbread.


Hello crafty friends, welcome to the new My Favorite Things Release Replay Challenge!
I am focusing on the newly released So Much Love stamp set.
I love making my own patterns with any small stamps and So Much Love set is fully enough to create my own beautiful background!!
For the repeated pattern stamping, I drew the lines using my ruler and stamped the image from So Much Love set repeatedly along the pencil line using embossing ink, white heat embossed. I then blended on the stamped panel with MFT dye inks using mini blending tool. I spritzed over the panel using Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist.
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What fabulous cards Yoonsun and great use of the small motifs – love it.