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30 Best 'Game of Thrones' Villains
From the Hound to the High Sparrow, our picks of the worst people in Westeros and beyond.
By Sean T. Collins
The game of thrones may be dizzyingly complex, but there's one simple rule that still holds true: Like any competition, it requires people to root against. That's where the characters on our list of the HBO show's greatest villains come in. Sure, the story prefers to color its conflicts in shades of gray rather than black and white, but that doesn't stop it from boasting some of the best worst people the small screen has ever seen.
Related: 'Game of Thrones': Our 'Who Lives, Who Dies' Scorecard
Some are complicated characters who've revealed both good and bad sides of themselves over time. Some are products of their culture, conditioned by brutality to become brutal in turn. Some are grade-A psychopaths who get off on murder and mayhem. And one is an immortal ice demon leading a zombie army to exterminate all life on the planet. Where do they all rank? Steel yourself for a journey through the Seven Hells and read on to find out.
30. Euron Greyjoy
"I am the storm, brother. The first storm and the last. And you're in my way." Behold, the Game of Thrones villain equivalent of John McClane telling Hans Gruber he's "the fly in the ointment, the monkey in the wrench, the pain in the ass." It's too soon to tell whether House Greyjoy's black sheep will amount to much beyond killing his kingly brother Balon and forcing his niece and nephew into exile. But if he's able to make good on his delusions of grandeur — the Ironborn worship the Drowned God; this dude proclaimed "I am the Drowned God" — he'll be a force to be reckoned with in the show's closing seasons.
29. Randyll Tarly
In a series with no shortage of bad dads, it takes some doing to stand out from the fearsome-father crowd, especially when you're only introduced in Season Six. So kudos to the chrome-domed daddy of lovable Night's Watchman Samwell Tarly, who established his awfulness in a single indelible dinner-table scene. Sure, Sam had told stories of being threatened and disinherited by his old man, but it took seeing the guy up close and personal as he insulted single mothers, body-shamed his own son, and spewed racist invective — in other words, acted like a Republican with a Valyrian steel sword — to drive the point home.
28. Pyat Pree
Daenerys Targayren has faced down several sinister one-percenters in her march through the the faraway cities of Essos, and few of them — from smooth-talking merchant prince Xaro Xhoan Daxos to foul-mouthed slaver Kraznys mo Nakloz — have emerged unscathed. But none made a stronger impression than the kohl-eyed warlock Pyat Pree, whose black magic bedeviled the khaleesi back in Season Two. From creating doppelgangers to kidnapping her "children" (say it with us now: "Where are my dragons???"), the bald sorcerer gave an otherwise lackluster storyline a distinctive Lynchian flair.
27. Locke
Meet the man who defeated the Kingslayer single-handed, so to speak. With a heart and a sense of humor as black as his goatee, Locke was a "hunter" from House Bolton who tracked down Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth after the two were dispatched by Catelyn Stark to free her daughters. Infuriated by the the golden boy's imperious demeanour, he matter-of-factly chopped off his right hand, reducing the realm's greatest swordsman to a shadow of his former self. A huge shock in its own right, it also served as an appetizer for the main-course depravity of the tracker's Bolton bosses, Roose and Ramsay.
26. Septa Unella
"Shame! Shame! Shame!" The fanatic who serves as the High Sparrow's right-hand woman seared her one-word catchphrase into pop-culture immortality as she presided over Cersei's walk of shame. A major player in the takedown of Margaery Tyrell as well, she's every nun who ever humiliated or terrified you in Catholic school, crossed with the above-the-law impunity of a Guantanamo guard.
25. Karl Tanner
He lacks the name recognition of many of his villainous counterparts, but for sheer shittiness, the ringleader of the Night's Watch mutineers who murdered Lord Commander Mormont is tough to top. Condemned to take the Black for his career as a hitman in King's Landing, he returned to his old ways north of the Wall when he killed the incestuous wildling collaborator Craster and sparked a gruesome free-for-all of rape and betrayal. Actor Burn Gorman, who made an impression with offbeat parts in The Dark Knight Rises and Pacific Rim, looked uncomfortably comfortable drinking wine from a skull in this role.
24. Ser Meryn Trant
When you absolutely, positively need a knight of the Kingsguard to beat and humiliate a teenage girl, murder a master swordsman, and indulge in outright pedophilia, Meryn Trant is the man to call. A constant presence in King's Landing dating back to Season One, the worst member of Westeros' Finest was King Joffrey's go-to guy for smacking Sansa Stark — which made it all the more fitting that he shuffles off this mortal coil courtesy of her kid sister, Arya, in a Braavosi brothel. The slaying was payback for his own murder of Syrio Forel, the "dancing master" who trained her how to use a sword (quite well, as it turns out).
23. Balon Greyjoy
What the King of the Iron Islands lacked in screentime, he made up for in longevity. Taking advantage of the big Stark-Lannister-Baratheon battle brewing on the mainland, this crusty old sealord rebelled against the Iron Throne for the second time and seized most of the North for good measure. True, conquest was shortlived, thanks in part to the overreach of his impetuous son Theon. But his reign outlasted that of Renly, Robb, Joffrey, and Stannis, all of whom met their makers before his own brother Euron pushed him off that rickety bridge.
22. Lysa Arryn
Mother knows breast! The Lady of the Eyrie ought to have been one of House Stark's greatest allies, her unusual habit of breastfeeding her royal son deep into elementary-school age notwithstanding. After all, she was Catelyn's sister, and it was her hot tip about her husband Jon's murder that triggered the feud between the Northerners and House Lannister. (It turns out, of course, that shewas the culprit.) Paranoid and unstable, her sole contribution to the war she helped start was nearly tossing both Tyrion and Sansa out the "Moon Door," until her newlywed husband Baelish sent her flying instead.
21. The Waif
A girl has a bad attitude. An acolyte in the House of Black and White, this nameless young woman is nominally training Arya to become a Faceless Man assassin. But she seems to have taken a most unseemly glee in tormenting the young Stark, culminating in stabbing the kid in the gut repeatedly as punishment for disobeying the cult's orders. She's the Game of Thrones equivalent of the worst bully in school, and all the more memorable for how relatable her villainy is.
20. Olly
Yes, life did this poor kid dirty, but this is Westeros — who hasn't had their parents brutally murdered before their very eyes? In the case of this farmboy from the far North, wildlings led by Jon Snow's ex-girlfriend Ygritte and future ally Tormund Giantsbane massacred his village, leading him to join the Night's Watch and defend the Wall. But when Lord Snow let the Free Folk pass rather than abandoning them to the White Walkers, the angry young man betrayed his boss, luring him to his murder by a cabal of mutineers. He was hanged for his role in the plot — a tragic end for a minor but memorable antagonist.
19. Qyburn
Weird science: That's the specialty of the kindly old creep currently serving as Cersei Lannister's Master of Whisperers. Originally associated with House Bolton, which tells you something right there, this defrocked maester accompanied Jaime to King's Landing but soon entered the orbit of his sister, who soon put his intelligence and amorality to good use. In addition to heading up her spy network, he also used the forbidden practices that got him kicked out of his order to revive Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane as a blue-faced zombified killing machine. It's always the quiet ones!
18. Craster
Talk about a devil's bargain. The grizzled wildling outcast called Craster was an invaluable ally to the Night's Watch during their forays north of the Wall, providing them with food, shelter, and intel on his fellow Free Folk. But in exchange, the Watch turned a blind eye to his abominable behaviour: raping his small army of daughter-wives while handing over his infant sons to the White Walkers so they'd leave him alone. He was a one-man embodiment of both the brutality of the Westerosi system and the grim compromises made by those tasked with upholding it.
17. Theon Greyjoy
It's almost to remember after spending several years with "Reek," but before the heir to the Iron Islands was Bolton-brutalised and broken, he was a deeply detestable enemy in his own right. Tasked by his foster brother Robb Stark with rallying the Ironborn to his side; instead, he lead an invasion of Winterfell and murdered two peasant children to cover up the disappearance of Bran and Rickon Stark. At that point it seemed he deserved a fate worse than death — it's to Game of Thrones' great credit that it taught us to be careful what we wish for.
16. Ser Alliser Thorne
Westeros' answer to R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket, Ser Alliser was the Night's Watch veteran tasked with training Jon Snow, Sam Tarly, and their fellow recruits. The grudge he developed against the aristocratic bastard festered for years, eventually leading to Lord Snow's assassination. But Thorne was also a stalwart soldier for the Watch who fought fiercely and bravely, proof that even among those who wear the black, things are rarely black and white.
15. Jaime Lannister
Kingslayer, kinslayer, oathbreaker, sisterfucker, child-chucker: The litany of crimes committed by the golden-haired Lannister during the show's early seasons is undeniably a long one. Indeed, by tossing little Bran Stark out a window for catching him and Cersei in the act, he set the show's shocking tone right in the pilot. But once he lost his hand to Locke's knife and befriended Brienne of Tarth, he began turning over a new leaf; as such, he's perhaps the prime example of how the show fleshes out its antagonists to turn them into empathetic anti-heroes.
14. Viserys Targaryen
As his sister Daenerys said, shortly after her husband Khal Drogo murdered him, "he was no dragon." But the khaleesi's older brother and long-time tormenter was a stronger character for his weakness. Played by actor Harry Lloyd with the same aristocratic blonde-1980s-teen-movie-villain vibes that Joffrey Baratheon would later epitomize, he let his guard down long enough before getting his face melted to reveal the frightened, lonely outcast behind the bravado — equal parts malevolent and moving.
13. Melisandre
"The night is dark and full of terrors" — and the Red Woman was one of them. Before her current role as Jon Snow's unlikely saviour, this priestess of the Lord of Light was firmly on Team Stannis, though it was never entirely clear if she was following him or he was following her. What's for certain is that she enabled some of his most heinous crimes, from using a shadow-baby demon to assassinate his own brother to burning his delightful daughter Shireen at the stake as a human sacrifice. All this in the name of waging war against the darkness, an end that in no way justified the means.
12. Sandor "The Hound" Clegane
We know him now as the lovable lunk who made up half of a road-movie buddy-comedy duo with Arya Stark, at least until she left him for dead. But back in the day, the Hound was once one of House Lannister's most fearsome enforcers. His trauma-induced nihilism and embrace of killing as the defining aspect of human nature made him a more unnerving foe than the snide and sadistic nobles who commanded him, soft spot for the Stark sisters notwithstanding.
11. Roose Bolton
Like a shark in human skin, Lord Bolton was the coldest, most calculating villain this side of the Night King himself. Played with quiet Putinesque menace by Michael McElhatton, he insinuated himself into Robb Stark's inner circle so slowly it was almost invisible, then used his proximity to power to deliver the final, fatal gift at the Red Wedding: a knife in the Young Wolf's heart. His bastard son Ramsay eventually got the better of him, dispatching him in much the same way, but the knowing smile he shot Catelyn Stark before the slaughter began is still the stuff of nightmares.
10. Walder Frey
Roose's fellow Red Wedding planner has gotten way less screen time, but it's quality, not quantity, that counts. And man, does actor David Bradley make every moment with this crotchety old ghoul count. Insulting his guests, berating his legion of failsons, terrifying his succession of child brides — all of these would have earned him a place on this list. But if you're curious as to why he's so high up, check out that look he gives as House Stark is slaughtered: that's a level of glee you'd normally get from watching a wedding band doing a particularly strong version of "Uptown Funk." He virtually defines the term "the man you love to hate."
9. Stannis Baratheon
To some fans, he's Stannis the Mannis, the guy whose uncompromising will to win — and last-minute rescue of the Night's Watch at the Wall — makes him the one true king of Westeros. To others he's a glowering goon whose pursuit of the Iron Throne cost him his humanity — and his brother, wife, and daughter their lives. In the end, he himself seemed to take the latter positioning, surrendering to Brienne of Tarth's sword as if he accepted her guilty verdict. "The good does not wash out the bad, nor the bad the good," he once said of human behaviour. He was living proof.
8. The High Sparrow
One of the show's top casting coups, which is saying something, Jonathan Pryce has been pitch-perfect as the grandfatherly fanatic heading the fundamentalist movement that's turned King's Landing upside-down. His kindly demeanour and clever, self-effacing arguments are the carrot with which he's manipulated King Tommen into following his lead — while his command of the warrior monks of the Faith Militant are the stick with which he's beaten everyone else into submission. Empowered by Cersei only to turn on her, he's a lesson in blowback we could easily apply to the radical religious factions our own geopolitical meddling has unleashed.
7. Tywin Lannister
Once the most powerful man in the Seven Kingdoms, he's now the most powerful man in the Lannister tombs, slain by the son he abused and neglected all his life. But until then, Lord Tywin ruled House Lannister with an iron fist, bashing his recalcitrant children and grandchildren into line. And the pen he wielded was even more dangerous, brokering the deals that destroyed House Stark and effectively ended the show's central storyline for its first three seasons. The cold open for Season Four featured Tywin watching as Ned Stark's sword was melted down — symbolic proof that, for a while anyway, the bad guy won.
6. Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane
He made an impression during his brief appearance back in Season One — it's kind of hard not to when you decapitate a horse on screen. But it wasn't until Season Four, when he caved in the Red Viper's skull and smashed his way into the small-screen-violence history books, that the menace of the Mountain was truly made clear. Not so much played as embodied by towering Icelandic strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, he's currently wreaking havoc as a nightmarish zombified version of his former self. You can't keep a bad man down.
5. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish
Cersei Lannister once said "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." Yet the middle ground is precisely where Lord Baelish operates best; there, or in the shadows. Directly responsible for the deaths of multiple major characters and architect of more game-changing alliances than you can count, he's quietly manipulated his way to the control of one of Westeros' largest armies. He's also made himself invaluable to pretty much every side of the conflict, and if it weren't for the White Walkers waiting in the wings — can't make deals with them! — we wouldn't be surprised if this sociopathic pimp schemed his way right onto the Iron Throne.
4. Ramsay Bolton
To paraphrase Seinfeld: "Perhaps there's more to Ramsay than meets the eye?" "No. There's less. We've looked into his eyes. He's pure evil." As we've seen, Game of Thrones tends to operate in shades of gray even where its villains are concerned. Not so with the Bastard of Bolton, who's basically Ted Bundy with a rich politician for a dad and an army at his beck and call. Mutilating Theon, raping Sansa, murdering Osha, literally feeding his stepmom and her newborn to the dogs: He's the sort of irredeemable monster you usually read about in books on serial killers. His brand of glibly unrepentant awfulness isn't for everyone, but it stands out even amid GoT's usual level of brutality — and that counts for a lot.
3. The Night King
The threat of the White Walkers and their undead army has been built up for years, from rumours and and isolated glimpses to all-out attacks. But the icy menace of their leader is best conveyed in a single image: The Night King, arms raised in "come at me bro" fashion, as the thousands of people he and his minions have just butchered rise up to join his crusade against the living. One of the show's most powerful visuals, it left both Jon Snow and the audience speechless. More importantly, the shot earned this supernatural entity a place at the table with the richly human antagonists he threatens to sweep aside right along with the heroes.
2. Joffrey Baratheon
Long live the king! Joffrey was insufferable from the moment we laid eyes on him in the pilot, when his inbred good looks sent poor deluded Sansa's heart spinning. From that point forward, the boy king of Westeros was like an onion, slowly peeled to reveal layer after layer of absolute repulsiveness. Both a sadist and a coward, he made life miserable for friends and foes alike, taking a special delight in savagely misogynistic violence against any woman unfortunate enough to fall into his adolescent clutches. In the end, he died in agony as his parents looked on in horror — the one humanising moment of his otherwise impeccably evil stint on the show. Actor Jack Gleeson retired from showbiz following Joffrey's death, but this little shit is immortal.
1. Cersei Lannister
The most dangerous human being in Westeros is also one of the most complex and fascinating characters on television. The matriarch of House Lannister will stop at nothing to preserve her power and protect the few family members she actually cares about, and the Seven Kingdoms are littered with the bodies to prove it. Yet she's also a strangely sympathetic figure, warped by being treated like an expensive brood mare by powerful men her entire life and genuine in her affections. Her blood feuds with the Starks, the Tyrells, the Martells, and the Faith Militant are a huge part of what keeps the plot moving, but her paranoia and vindictiveness mean that her worst enemy is herself. They say everyone's the hero of their own story: Cersei has learned through bitter experience that she's the villain of her own story as well, and that makes her the best villain on Game of Thrones, too.
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Edgeville, formerly Ghost Town, is a small town to the north of Barbarian Village. Both a bank and a General Store sit in the north part of town. Edgeville is also on the cusp of the southern Wilderness border, because of that it is a popular gathering spot for player killers before they go north. The bank is also used by players collecting herbs and big bones in Edgeville Dungeon.
Before the introduction of the Wilderness, Edgeville had a slightly different appearance, that of an abandoned town, and was known as Ghost Town on the world map.
The building containing Men had no roof and had ferns growing inside it. All buildings used the darker brick texture. There was no bank, and the building currently containing a bank had an entrance to the east side instead of the north. The River Lum that flows past Edgeville led directly into the sea north of Edgeville through white cliffs.
Edgeville was still important in this time period as it was the entrance to one of two dungeons (the other being Varrock Sewers). The first Adamantite rock was mined in Edgeville Dungeon by the player S H A R K.
Player can teleport themselves to Edgeville via the Charged Dragonstone Amulet. A Spirit Tree is located in the forest east of the River Lum.
Edgeville dungeon- south of the bank there is a mausoleum with a trapdoor leading to the Dungeon underneath.
Building where five Men spawn is a popular place for low levels to pickpocket, collect herbs, and train combat.
There is a gate house where four Guards spawn in the north eastern corner of town.
There is one empty building containing 2 beds, with a fence and two blue flowers and a dead tree in the front yard, which must be right clicked to chop. In between the house of Men and General store is a cart, and in front of the general store is a well. To the south is what appears to be an old mausoleum, where 2 imps roam. There are 5 coffins which can be opened and closed here.


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Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson launched the Smart City Framework at the Maroochy Surf Club today, bringing the future to life with a demonstration of interactive displays.
Seen as a key competitive advantage for the Sunshine Coast, the Smart City Framework illustrates how smart, integrated technologies can support growth, encourage new investment and improve everyday access to information and services in the region.
Most importantly, the Smart City Framework is designed to help make the Sunshine Coast even more liveable, workable and sustainable.
Mayor Jamieson said today marked another significant point in the progress towards the creation of a strong regional economy, with a focus on digital innovation.
"This is an exciting time in the history of the Sunshine Coast and the Smart City Framework will – along with our other game changer projects – help to position this region as one of the leading locations within Australia," Mayor Jamieson said.
"In a short time, the Sunshine Coast has already developed a strong reputation for digital innovation through Google and Smart Communities awards.
"But as a region, we knew we could go further and do better.
"We have looked closely at what other leading global cities like Songdo, Chicago, London, Amsterdam and Barcelona have been doing and then developed a custom designed framework that will provide the solutions that will offer our residents, visitors and businesses truly outstanding experiences and opportunities.
"In the coming years, as we implement this Framework, our region will easily be recognised as a digital leader in Australia and competitive with many other cities and regions globally.
"We will have created a smart city and a smart region – and one that is focussed on being Australia's most sustainable region – vibrant, green diverse."
The launch today provided a first-hand opportunity for more than 100 people to see demonstrations of the new technology that underpins the Sunshine Coast Smart City Framework.
Some of the key technologies demonstrated included modern parking technology, improved WiFi across the region and smart lighting in major urban areas.
"As these technology solutions are rolled out, not only will we gain a reputation as an outstanding location for innovative business, but we will also be adding significantly to the quality of life of our residents."
"Council is already implementing elements of the Smart City Framework, with funding allocated for smart solutions to be built into the new Maroochydore CBD, a dedicated resource in Council to drive the implementation of the Framework across the region and a pilot App to provide the community with access to the benefits of Smart City solutions.
"In addition, the Living Lab centred in Caloundra is well underway and this is where we will test the technology solutions and their compatibility before we deploy across the wider region.
"Council is also looking to utilise the data collected by the Remondis rubbish collection vehicles every week, to inform our 3D modelling, planning and systems and service design."
The Smart City Framework was co-created by Telstra, Cisco and Sunshine Coast Council based on a methodology that Cisco developed and refined through numerous global projects.
Telstra's Smart Communities Specialist, Merrick Spain, said the Sunshine Coast region had enormous potential to leverage advances in technology to support the changing ways people live, work and play.
"The Smart City Framework is a blueprint for a brilliant Sunshine Coast and we are proud to have been part of its development," Mr Spain said.
"Embedding smart technologies in the region can improve our quality of life, economic development, environmental sustainability and community ."
Local Chambers of Commerce will also be encouraged to promote the new services and technologies and highlight their potential and accessibility (as they become available) to residents and businesses alike.
Mayor Jamieson urged the Sunshine Coast community to find out more about the Smart City Framework by accessing eBrochure to explore the plethora of opportunities which will be available to residents and businesses .
For more information on the Smart City Framework and to download the Smart City eBrochure, visit the website at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/smartcities.
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Two weeks ago Toronto City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam tweeted out a picture of a hate-filled letter that was mailed to her office at City Hall. The envelope was postmarked on April 10th. It's unknown when …
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News came out today from the Canadian Press that the University of British Columbia and Université de Montréal have blocked Breitbart.com from advertising on their websites. UBC claimed their policy isn't to allow ads from what …
Craigslist has been infiltrated by Nazis!
Late Saturday night CP24 published a compelling clickbait article about a Nazis hiding under the bed selling handmade Christmas decorations on Craigslist Toronto. The story was simultaneously posted on CTV News' website, both organizations are divisions of Bell Media.
"An online seller is peddling Christmas balls carrying the Nazi swastika," Chris Herhalt wrote with conviction. He went on to explain that the "seller" claimed the decorations were "custom made" and were listed for sale for $50 in the arts and crafts section of Craigslist Toronto. Two of the seven paragraphs made obligatory references to Donald Trump and Charlottesville, one gave an ethnocentric explanation on the legality of displaying swastikas.
It would be a story in-and-of-itself that CP24's editors approved such a weak article based on an anonymously posted Craigslist ad. One might argue it's more about Trump than Christmas balls, but it's worse than that. CP24's intrepid editors and writer were so eager to get out their story they appear to have fallen for a hoax- a stumble they could have avoided with just 5 seconds of research.
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Of course, she couldn't help but exploit it…
Two weeks ago Toronto City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam tweeted out a picture of a hate-filled letter that was mailed to her office at City Hall. The envelope was postmarked on April 10th. It's unknown when her office actually received it but she tweeted out images of both the letter and envelope on April 12th- the Day of Pink, an "International Day against Bullying, Discrimination, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Transmisogyny."
The letter kicked-off with a proclamation that the writer supports William Whatcott, an anti-gay crusader who has an ugly habit of handing out offensive flyers at Pride marches. This was followed up with hateful slurs against gay and black people. The envelope had a curious return address written on it- the offices of the controversial and alleged "Neo-Nazi" newspaper Your Ward News.
Far-left activists and their journalist friends jumped on the letter quicker than an attention loving politician on a TV news camera. It was perfect timing, just two weeks before today's hearing on whether Canada Post was justified in banning the delivery of Your Ward News- the Torontoist went as far as to use a hoax as part of their analysis of whether YNW's editor was the person who sent the letter. But there's one question they didn't ask- is it possible that the letter itself is a politically motivated hoax?
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ANTIFA Toronto can't spell what they're fighting for. (IslamOphobia, dummies!)
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If you ask most people familiar with ANTIFA which is the stupidest ANTIFA chapter ever it's likely they'll answer "all of the above". And while that's fair, the anarchist led "anti-racism" movement is a lot less about stopping "Nazis" and "white supremacists" than it's an excuse for anti-social idiots to get violent- there's one chapter that's particularly dumb.
Let me introduce you to ANTIFA Toronto, not the most violent ANTIFA chapter (yet), but quite likely the most idiotic. How stupid are they you ask? The quick answer is to direct you to the above screenshot, ANTIFA Toronto geniuses label themselves as valiant warriors against racism, but they can't even spell Islamophobia.
I've been following ANTIFA Toronto's toxic bloom very closely, from their foundational training session at a local Anglican Church to their violent attacks on our city's streets and squares. I'll be writing in greater depth about both sides of the M-103 street protests later (each is part of the problem) but for today, let's have a quick look at the incredible stupidity and lazy corruption at ANTIFA Toronto- where everybody without a mask is a Nazi, and real Nazis are left to speak unhindered!
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Yep, same group of usual suspects… (Photo: Undercoverkity)
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It was the height of the rush hour on Monday morning when a group of protesters gathered across the street from the US Consulate to protest Donald Trump's immigration policy. Like many Torontonians being inconvenienced to pay for an American president's behaviour, I was on my way to work that morning- but I checked out the bedlam on the way and came back to scope it out during lunch.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that there were a lot of familiar faces. A troika of hard-left politicians came to bask in the glory of the TV cameras. They were joined by organisers from one of Canada's most violent hard-left activist group, some old friends from the Occupy movement- and a crowd of ordinary people who'd probably be freaked out if they knew about the relationship between the politicians and the riot organisers.
If you've already guessed that the violent group's name is No One Is Illegal then you're probably waiting for the punchline- how about a racist Trump protester who has an absolute hate-on for immigrants who likes telling jokes about Mexican illegals?
So hang onto your sombrero and follow me for a tour of the who's who in the anti-Trump fiesta. Then, more importantly, the American-backed political campaigners standing behind the curtain:
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Emma Pullman of the billionaire-backed "grassroots" SumofUs.org
News came out today from the Canadian Press that the University of British Columbia and Université de Montréal have blocked Breitbart.com from advertising on their websites. UBC claimed their policy isn't to allow ads from what CP called "extreme political sites" but a mistake caused one page to carry Breitbart. The impact to the conservative website was huge, "the cost [of the ads] was under a dollar" UBC said.
The initiative was led by Emma Pullman, a campaigner for the American billionaire-backed "grassroots" NGO SumOfUs.org. She claimed that the intent of her action was to "to show our support and register our outrage at the rise of the extreme far right".
But there's more to the story, right? To understand, we need to look at who benefitted and who lost.
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Prepared Remarks John A. Koskinen Commissioner Internal Revenue Service before the CERCA Fall Meeting Arlington, VA November 2, 2016
Hello and good afternoon. I've had the honor of speaking at CERCA's Fall Meeting three years in a row, and I'm delighted to be here again this year.
I'm also delighted to congratulate Mike on his retirement later this year. Two years ago when I met Mike through CERCA and the Security Summit, we talked about creating the broadest possible coalition of experts in the field of security and identity theft. Identity theft was a problem only getting worse with time. Mike's done a terrific job bringing industry experience and knowledge to the table, and I think we can all agree he's played an integral role, helping make sure we get this right. Mike, we thank you for your service and wish you the best in retirement.
More broadly, thanks to members of this great organization for being here this afternoon and for dedicating your valuable time and talents to CERCA's important work. I'm very proud of our partnership and in particular, what's been accomplished through the various working groups that CERCA members support. The groups focused on Health Care, Online Services and the Security Summit – to name a few – are making outstanding contributions. I know you too have a limited number of people to apply to these diverse needs, but the efforts are paying off for you and the tax system.
Today I'd like to tell you what's new around some of our most important issues this year: identity theft, the IRS budget and special reminders taxpayers need to have for the upcoming filing season.
First, let's start with identity theft and in particular, those IRS impersonators on the phone and online where real progress is being made. We continue ramping up efforts to help victims of identity theft and warn people about emerging scams. Unfortunately, the robo-calls and scams continue. You may have personal experience with this.
In fact, by a show of hands, how many of you have gotten a call from one of these IRS impostors…from a call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, who clearly wasn't?
It's amazing because everywhere I go, I get the same response. IRS impersonation scams have plagued taxpayers nationwide. I want to assure you that we will continue doing everything we can to warn people about these scams. We have an aggressive education campaign, and again this year: We're urging taxpayers to watch out for scams — old and new.
We also continue working with law enforcement in what's become a full court press against the criminals. You may recall last month that law enforcement authorities in India shut down a major call center with 700 people making thousands of calls impersonating the IRS.
We were also delighted with the announcement last week by the Department of Justice and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration that they have indicted 56 people here and in India for their participation in these scams.
These two events sent a clear, law-enforcement message to the criminals behind these scams, which affect other government agencies such as the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, that the risks and costs for them of these scams are going up.
We have also been making great progress through the work of the Security Summit. You may have heard some of those details this morning in Ken Corbin's presentation.
This past year, we had near-universal participation among industry partners sharing leads on suspicious returns being filed. Tomorrow the Security Summit group, which has now been made permanent through our ETAAC structure, will meet and share more information about what's planned for 2017.
One of our new initiatives with the Security Summit was the subject of a panel discussion earlier today on the "Information Sharing and Analysis Center." As you heard from that discussion, we are standing up a pilot program this year in time for the coming filing season. During this pilot, we will test a more robust capacity to receive and analyze leads of potentially fraudulent returns. The governance structure describing how the ISAC will work is in the final stages of development. There are many details to figure out, but we are looking forward to getting underway.
In the meantime, we continue adding additional layers of protection to our systems and online applications. As we get better at stopping instances of unauthorized access, the criminals we're battling begin to search for other ways to obtain the information needed to file a more successful, fraudulent refund. We need to anticipate where that will happen and increase our protections as quickly as possible.
Many of you know we decided to take down the e-File PIN program earlier this year. It was a difficult, but necessary, measure we had to take. As I testified to Congress, the number of attacks on our systems are stunning. We currently withstand more than one million attempts to maliciously access them each day.
As always, our activities in these and other areas are constrained by our budget. Right now, the IRS is operating under a continuing resolution set to run out December 9. Like everyone, we're waiting to see how this issue gets resolved after the election.
As you know, for the first time in six years, we received a significant increase in funding for fiscal year 2016 – $290 million for taxpayer service, identity theft and cybersecurity. As the significant improvement in our level of phone service the last filing season demonstrated, there's a simple algorithm at work here. If you give the IRS more money, we'll hire more people to answer the phones and enforce the tax code. If you give us less, the reverse is true. We hope the appropriators fully appreciate this relationship.
One of the most important voices in this budget discussion is yours. You know first-hand the importance of having an IRS with enough people and enough resources to support the tax system. People count on us to process their returns in a way that's efficient and effective. They also count on us to protect their tax refunds. So I can tell you that your support of our budget requests has a real impact and we appreciate it.
At this point, I'd like to discuss three major changes for this upcoming tax season. In total, these changes are designed to help improve compliance and prevent fraud. And all three have implications for the filing season.
The first major change is a new, earlier deadline for filing Form W-2 and other information returns. Beginning this filing season, W-2s must be filed with the Social Security Administration January 31. Social Security is working with us to provide those W-2s to us with a minimal delay.
Having W-2s earlier will make it easier for us to verify the legitimacy of tax returns at the point of filing and to spot fraudulent returns. We also expect this new deadline to assist in the quicker release of refunds for those returns we are able to verify. This means taxpayers are less likely to face unnecessary delays in their refunds due to false positive fraud indicators.
We are also expanding a pilot program we ran last year with W-2s. Many of you were involved in the test we ran with several payroll service providers, adding a verification code to about 2 million W-2s. We used that code to confirm the accuracy of returns filed electronically and the results were overwhelmingly positive. For 2017, we're expanding the pilot test to include as many as 50 million W-2s.
We couldn't make that expansion happen without the software industry's support, which we greatly appreciate.
The second major change applies to tax refunds, and we don't want anyone caught by surprise.
People claiming certain tax credits will have to wait until February 15 or later to get their tax refund. The change approved by Congress applies only to certain returns -- those claiming the Earned Income or Additional Child Tax Credits. The purpose of holding those refunds until at least February 15 is relatively simple. It gives the IRS more time to verify the income claimed on these returns. And through that data matching, we're in a better position to stop fraud and identity theft.
Those who are eligible for EITC may wonder if they should wait to file, and the answer is no. Even if a person plans to claim any of those refundable credits, they should file as they normally would. Waiting to file will just delay your refund further.
We know a tax refund can be the biggest single payment many taxpayers receive each year and some people count on those refunds to pay for holiday bills and other expenses. So we're doing everything we can to make sure people are ready for these changes. Later this month and through the holidays, we'll be sharing that information widely. And we still anticipate issuing more than 9 out of 10 refunds in 21 days or less.
The third major change for this filing season applies to people without Social Security numbers who file their tax return using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number – also known as the ITIN. Over the last 20 years, the IRS has issued about 21 million ITINs, so we're talking about a large group of taxpayers.
Pursuant to new legislation, the IRS will renew ITINs on a rolling basis. I want to emphasize that not everybody with an ITIN has to take action. The changes first apply to two groups of ITIN holders. ITINs of taxpayers in both groups expire at the end of 2016.
The first group encompasses people who haven't used their ITINs on a federal tax return at all in the last three years. The renewal period for these ITINs began October 1. The second group involves people who have an ITIN issued before 2013. Those ITIN numbers are being renewed on a rolling basis.
This next filing season, if a person files using an expired ITIN, the return will be accepted by the IRS; however, there may be a delay in processing those returns, and certain credits may not be allowed unless the ITIN is renewed.
A related question is from businesses who file information returns. Expired or not, ITINs may continue to be used for information return purposes. We have all the information on our website, but again, we urge taxpayers to plan ahead and take action now.
How does that affect you and your CERCA colleagues? We expect a surge of demand in January as people realize they need to renew their ITIN. That could delay their being able to file their tax return, so we encourage ITIN recipients to renew as soon as possible in the next few weeks.
We're trying to address that potential bottleneck by encouraging taxpayers to also look into using Certifying Acceptance Agents as one of their options to renew. Certifying Acceptance Agents are people outside the IRS who review the necessary documents and forward the completed application forms to the IRS. They'll be a critical part of helping us get those ITINs renewed before filing season.
As you can tell, we have no shortage of special reminders, which makes your support even more essential. CERCA has been – and will remain – a critical partner in the days ahead, which brings me to the other question most people are asking about this time of year:
When does filing season begin? At this point, we think filing season would begin and the IRS would start accepting returns as usual before the end of January. Of course, we'll have the exact date in the near future, and we'll share that information widely. There are many variables to consider, including the complicated testing of our IT systems to make sure they are ready.
We have many challenges and opportunities as we continue to evolve to meet the needs of taxpayers. And based on my experience, I know the agency will continue to deliver on our mission – not only because we have a terrific workforce, but also because of you. So thank you for the work you have done and thank you for the work you will do in service to taxpayers around the world. Have a great meeting, and good luck.


Two geeks get their farm on. Chaos ensues.
"Hey, I Wanna Do That!"
Tomatoes: FAIL. Blight, blight, blightedy-blight blight. We may have trucked in the disease with the load of compost from a local garden center. Not one decent tomato this year. Nada. The plants could not keep ahead of the blight.
depressing to photograph right now.
White potatoes and Yellow onions: FAIL. The tops died back within a few weeks of planting this Spring, with only a little bit of root/tuber growth. Being lazy, I left the remainder in the garden bed over the Summer, continuing to water so as to keep the soil microbes alive. Oddly enough, now that the cooler weather has arrived the potatoes and onions both are sprouting anew. Not sure how far they'll get before being zapped by Winter, however.
Lettuce: FAIL. It got too hot, too fast. One lone little lettuce plant survived the Summer's heat & glare. I left it alone, and it is now going to seed. Why not?
Sweet Potatoes: FAIL. Rabbits were our nemesis here, as they'd sneak through the fence when we didn't close it carefully. Sweet potato greens are juicy and sweet, and the bunnies would chow down. The leaves keep coming back, however, so there may be some small tubers to harvest come early Winter, but I'm not counting on it.
Some not-so-failures: the sweet basil went nuts, two plants growing almost four foot tall. The sicilian oregano planted in the strawberry bed (didn't know where else to plunk it) almost took OVER the bed. It will be parted out and replanted come Spring. The strawberries took to the new bed as well, and will probably fruit nicely come next season.
Must have left some partial sweet potato tubers in last year's old bed, as there's greens sprouting all over. Last year's crop was riddled with corking, however, so I'm not counting on these potatoes being edible.
As far as the orchard goes, once all the trees go dormant, we plan to cull a good many of them. The experimental almonds and cherries will go. So will the peaches. We'll probably pull all the fruit trees from the "front yard" as well, as they're not thriving. What DOES work on this property so far: apples, pears, plums, figs, and apricots. Not bad. We may try the cherries and almonds again once we get some soil berms and better rainwater catchment developed.
Spouse has rebuilt the "temporary" greenhouse, making it taller so we can fit the nine potted citrus trees (and other potted plants) under its eaves. Next year, we will really need to build a new greenhouse - the trees will not fit another year.
The eight geese and two dogs foul up the goose pond in about 4.5 days during the summer. The pond filter we have used for the last few years was a pressurized number that used an external pump. The old pond pump worked under horrible conditions. It had to pump goose poo "soup" continuously. It was stepped on when the dogs jumped in to cool off in said soup. The geese chewed on the power cord while making aforementioned soup... you get the idea. We have gone through a lot of pumps. The current incarnation is more of a pump in a cage. We have a regular 500 gallon per hour pump in this box (http://www.homedepot.com/p/Total-Pond-Mechanical-and-Biological-Filter-Kit-MF13010/202278958). It is connected to a 15 foot length of lead free 5/8 lawn hose connected with a ½ inch adapter. The old pond filter was just too small to take - err – "soup" and make it spring fresh.
I wanted a large three stage filter. The first stage is mechanical filtration at the pump to make sure that the submerged pump runs without incident. The second stage is a a clarifier so that any particulate that makes it past the mechanical stage settles out before the third stage. The third stage is the biological stage. Bacteria - living in some sort of media - consume and filter out the remaining wastes still in the water. For the media, I am using three bags of lava rock.
The resulting filter is part gigantic aquarium filter, part pond filter, and only slightly overbuilt (I hope). I used the filter described here (http://www.runnerduck.com/pf1.htm) as the basis for the new filter with just a few modifications. I switched to 55 gallon drums. I added an extra tank for a clarifier. And swapped out the filter pads for 3 bags of lava rock to host the aquarium bacteria that were going to convert the soup to clean water.
Water is pumped from the pond through the light green hose into the clarifier.(the barrel farthest from the pond. The water enters the clarifier from the top which allows the particulate to fall to the bottom and the water flows out the side and into the media tank.. The water is piped to the bottom of the media tank under a plastic screen which is elevated 4 inches off the bottom. View from the top before the lava rock went in. The plastic screen rests on s stand made out of PVC as detailed on the runnerduck page link above.
Here it is with the media barrel loaded with lava rock.
Trying to make your own out of pipe pieces scavenged from the plumbing aisle only results in leaks, cursing, and a floor show for the geese who inevitably arrive to supervise.
That is a ½ inch inlet being drained by a 3 inch outlet. Sort'a of like a grapefruit launcher loaded with raisins. I did have a one inch outlet but that barely kept up. I doubled the size of the bulkhead fitting to 2 inches but all I could find on short notice is the three inch pipe with an adapter.
Here is the inside of the media barrel with water running through it.
The pump has been running for 4 days and the water is just as clear as when we filled it up after cleaning it the last time. The water clouded up for a few hours after I added aquarium filter bacteria but otherwise it has been clear. The animals are certainly using it. The chickens play with the bubbles produced by the outlet stream. One of the dogs, Bandit, has been in it every day as have the geese so the filter appears to be working. We will still have to clean the foam filter on the pump box but that takes a fraction of the time compared to doing a full dump* and scrub. We still need to figure out a way to clean the bottom of accumulated leaves, feathers and whatever else the geese pull into swim with them. But so far the new filter system has been successful.
*d.a. writes: the aforementioned "dump" is actually pumped out to each of the fruit trees. It takes awhile to do so, but we don't waste water here in South Central Texas, y'all.
Where to begin? It's another season of slow progress, due to shoulder issues that continued to haunt from last year. Second surgery completed in late March, and hopefully this is the last one needed.
Fresh compost & new bed for for fig. Geese say, "MINE".
One tremendous help for both my arm and our little farm: the new-to-us truck, affectionately nick-named "The Beast". It has a big bed, and with a couple of trips were able to haul in enough bulk compost to add several inches to all the orchard trees and the veggie beds. Saved a goodly amount of money with the bulk purchase as well, and look, Ma: no plastic bags!
Although Spring was not kind to the orchard (a warm Winter and a cold Spring), the fruit trees that were able put out a crop have been doing so nicely. The apricots have come and gone, with 99.9% getting snagged (again!) by the local wildlife because I was too drugged out during recovery to remember to protect the bottom 2/3'rds of the trees. Ah well! The pears, figs and apples are fruiting, and so is one of the plums. The two oldest plums are not, however, so we're now suspecting a mixup at the nursery - these have to be accidental ornamentals. Was thinking of cutting them down & replacing, but a friend suggested pruning back and grafting with non-ornamental plum cuttings. Still thinking about that option.
Spouse put in two more raised beds, but instead of creating beds that are angled on the bottom to follow the line of the rocky hillside, he dug out & leveled spots for his 4'x4' forms. He says he won't be doing that again, ahem. We now have a dedicated strawberry bed, and the rest of the beds have combinations of tomatoes, herbs, peppers, onions, white- and (soon to be planted) sweet potatoes. We tried to grow a late crop of Spring lettuces and spinach, but the seedlings were fried in an early heat wave.
hornworm trap. If so, then welcome, little buddy!
This year we're going to experiment with red shade cloth, 30%, for some of the veg beds during the hottest part of Summer. In theory, red shade cloth is supposed to allow more of the light spectrum while also protecting from harshest light of the day, and some folks swear that their tomato yields increase with red shade cloth and/or red mulch. For the shade structure itself, we looped a cattle panel over each of the three upper beds. The panels are a bit too long, look a little Dr. Seuss-y, but it'll work until we decide to do something more sophisticated. I'd like to cut them down a bit, then sew a fitted greenhouse cover for each Winter greens & other foods.
Tiny barrel cactus in full bloom. Beauty.
Speaking of greenhouses, if we can get around to renting the equipment to level an area, we hope to construct a greenhouse using corrugated panels, like this one. Although the panels don't run the "correct" way, this particular design uses its materials efficiently with very little waste. May need to modify slightly for a solar-powered exhaust fan, as even in Winter the solar gain on our southwest facing hillside can be significant. Oh, and we need the bigger, taller greenhouse because I purchased an additional seven citrus (lemons, limes & satsumas) to go with our current few. They were on sale, and the ones we already had were lonely and needed buddies. That's what I told Spouse, anyways.
We've done things like this before - see "Moving Via the Nail-biter Express" - and it was well past time to do it again. I found a good deal on the season's first fresh straw bales* on Craigslist, and asked Spouse to help me to pick up a truck-bed's worth. I was thinking ten, maybe twelve bales max. We got to the farm site, the guys started loading, and then there was a brief confab between Spouse and Farmer about estimated safe load. "If you stack them like this, you should be able to fit a few more...". Well, we know how that goes. Twenty bales of straw (and cash paid out) later, the Farmer quickly skeedaddled, and we were left with a load that wobbled back & forth like a Dr. Seuss sketch as we hit bumps and turned corners. The bungee netting I had brought wasn't strong enough to keep everything firmly in place, so we hit the closest hardware store we could find for more tie-down straps. And a bathroom break. We almost sh*t ourselves driving the few miles there.
Load (relatively) more securely in place, next decision was how to safely get back home before dark. Choose the faster toll road? 80-miles-an-hour may cause problems. Choose the slower freeways? More turns, heavier traffic, but the lesser speed limits might be safer. Spouse chose the latter, and white-knuckled it all the way home. Other farmers on the road were looking at our load like we were crazy. And crazier still: we kept driving, going past our home and into town to get pizzas. Neither of us were gonna be in the mood to cook after all this.
We got home just before dusk. "So," says Spouse, "which would you prefer to do in the dark? Take care of animal chores or stack straw bales?" Decision: animals first. Then we set up two wood pallets for stacking. [Not a good idea to stack hay or straw directly on the ground here, as ants will quickly make the bales their new home.] Stacked nine bales (3x3x3) on one pallet, eight (3x3x2) on another, and the remaining three stacked on a couple of cement blocks. Done. Whew.
Moral of the story: Why do ridiculous things like this yourself when you can do it vicariously through our blog? On the other hand, the good news is we've enough straw for our raised vegetable beds and bedding for the ducks for probably the entire year. Sweet!
* What's the difference between hay and straw? Hay is made from dried grasses and greens (like alfalfa), and is meant for livestock consumption. Straw, on the other hand, are the castoff stalks from harvested cereal grains like oats, wheat and rice, and are not meant for consumption. Straw is used for animal bedding, a lightweight mulch for veggie beds, and sometimes even structures are made from straw bales. In a garden setting, the difference between laying down hay versus straw is kind of like laying down sheets of paper versus small bamboo stalks. If it gets wet, the "paper" (hay) will mat down, whereas the "bamboo stalks" (straw) will shed more of the water and not mat. Both will decompose eventually. Straw is less expensive as well, about one-third the price of hay.
Another shoulder surgery, illness, then allergies have kicked my backside left & right. Once it becomes easier to type, the blog will return to its usual at-least-twice-a-month schedule.
The geese finally started laying their eggs about the same time I posted "Resistance is Futile for Us Beginners". It was a huge relief to know the egg-laying season was kicking into gear, for the sooner the season starts, the sooner it ends.
More Appropriate For Our Flock.
Miraculously, I found each and every nesting site as they were created, and have deduced the laying cycle as well. We're retrieving an average of 10 eggs a week from six females. The opportunity for egg poaching by the dogs is at an all-time low. Maggie is miffed.
it appeared to be too small for them to scoot under and lay eggs.
There is no appealing to logic when it comes geese.
They have chewed an opening into/underneath the rosemary canopy and created a cozy little nesting spot. At this point, it is too late to fence it off, as the geese will find ways to dislodge or even literally climb the fence in order to get into an established site. Since it's just one nest close to the house - most of the girls have created nests elsewhere - the 4:00 AM squabbles are happening "only" every other night or so.
I'm counting out the sleeping pills. If I time it right, I may have enough to last the season.
Step 1: Take out the bodies, and hide them. Okay, okay, just kidding, it only LOOKS like our freezer could hide bodies. This post is for folks who are new to chest freezers and bulk frozen food storage - learn from my mistakes, and save yourself some cash.
You may be wondering why a stand-alone chest freezer (or older freezers) develop ice, where frost-free freezers do not. Self-defrosting freezers allow themselves to "warm up" a little to melt/dry out any beginning ice crystals or humidity, then quickly go back to a deeper freeze. The trade-off for the convenience of less work is faster "freezer burn", where your meats, vegetables and other goods get that dried out look, develop ice crystals and a funky taste if you keep items in the frost-free freezer for too long. You can get freezer burn in a regular freezer as well, but it usually takes longer to happen. No matter which you have, be sure to wrap/package your goods well to ensure longest freezer life possible.
Don't wait until the entire freezer is wall to wall ice. Seriously.
The stiff nylon pan scraper - there are all sorts, but this style's my favorite - is cheap, sturdy, has multiple uses, and won't scratch or puncture your freezer. Come on, you KNOW you've wanted to take a knife and hack the ice, right? Big no-no. This scraper will negate the need for melting the ice with a blow dryer or a pan of hot water, and will get the ice out faster. Find the edge of the ice, place the scraper edge against the wall and on an angle to the ice, and use short-sharp-quick scrapes to knock the ice off - done right, the ice will break off in chunks. Be sure to wear gloves to guard against possible scraped knuckles. Sometimes the ice won't come completely off the freezer wall, but as long as the frost hasn't melted into a solid ice block, the scraper will wear down the frost in a few short strokes.
Once all the ice is scraped down the sides, use a plastic edged dustpan (again, to safeguard against scratches or knicks) to scoop up the ice. Put ice in bucket, and dump where convenient *. That's it. If the freezer has been open long enough where a bit of condensation has developed on the inner walls or the floor, wipe with a dishrag. Easy peasy.
When the scraping is done, try to come up with some sort of organizing system when it's time to put things back. Perhaps one bin for pork, another for beef, one for produce, etc. That will make it easier to find what you need.
While you're at it, you may as well inventory what you have while you're putting things back. Write down what you have, and the amounts. Unless you have impeccable handwriting skills, you'll probably want to transfer the information to a spreadsheet of some sort. There are plenty of different inventory sheets available on the 'Net to choose from, or use your own software or even hand letter. Be sure to leave extra space for adding new items, or new quantities. Put the finished inventory sheet in a conspicuous place where everyone can see it, especially whoever does the most cooking. I find putting the inventory sheet front & center on the refrigerator door very helpful, so when I go to stare at the fridge contents, I am first confronted by the fact that yes, we DO have things to cook in the house. Gold stars if you can manage to mark down quantities as you use them.
Do you have any tips for cleaning or organizing your freezer contents? Please do share them in the comments, and together we can make life a little easier - at least, as far as freezer maintenance is concerned.
* Don't dump ice on plants, indoors or out: the freezing meltwater can damage roots and possibly kill the plant.
Resistance may take the form of making a list of what's essential or telling yourself to stick within a certain budget, but try as you might, it happens to all us beginners: we buy way too many different seeds for the garden our first few years.
Our initial overindulgence in new seeds (and seed catalogues) originates from an unholy combination of ambition and ignorance. We're excited, we want to try everything, all at once, right now! And why not, it's only $3 a packet to try! Unfortunately, we don't know how well certain plants will do in our soil, our particular little micro-climate. The seed companies aren't always helpful, either, not stating if a plant will do better in alkaline or acidic soils, or if a tomato will grow well in a container, or even if it will set fruit in hot weather (and exactly how hot is "hot", anyway?). To be fair, printing catalogs is a pricey affair, so they're cramming as much info into as few pages as possible and counting on us to do our homework. On the other hand, they're also trying to make a living for themselves, so the beautiful photos, illustrations and descriptions are set to enthrall our senses, and lure us into feelings of green-thumb optimism & omnipotence. "I just know I can grow Himalayan blue poppies in my alkaline, scorching-hot caliche soil! I must have them!!!"
Last year the chaos started at Winter Solstice, and here we are near the 1st of February and no eggs in sight. Last year, the egg-laying season also lasted close to six months, instead of the usual four. I'm not sure what this egg-laying season will bring. I'm hoping for a short but fruitful season this time. Spouse was starting to peruse roast goose recipes towards the end of last season.
"Geese can be expected to breed past 30 years of age and a 40 year old is not uncommon. 101 years of age is the record."
Holeee crap. Billy-Bob/Bobble-Goose/Bobble-the-Hut, the hunchbacked goose of nine lives, may outlive us all! I began scrambling in my brain, thinking of how to make arrangements for our squeezles after our deaths. Since then, I've read from other breeders that 15-20 years is the usual lifespan of a domestic goose... whew! Still, may have to reconsider the thought of getting some Weeder/Cotton Patch geese. I think our current flock will keep us on our toes long enough.
** ADDENDUM: Spouse just found out that the geese, who have been hanging out under the (new to us) truck in the mornings, have been chewing on the brake lines. They may be waiting to hatch their young until after they kill us.
[first pic: goose napping on the porch, giving me the hairy eyeball as I snapped her photo through the window.
second pic: Billy-Bob, the nine-lives goose.
Spouse and I are two tech geeks creating a small family farm in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Our (okay, MY) goal is to grow an organic fruit orchard, and sell to farm markets as my full-time retirement job. Our efforts currently comprise of eight geese, ten ducks, three livestock guardian dogs, and twenty-three laying hens (plus one rooster) of various breeds. Oh, and about 30-odd fruit trees. Hey, I DO have an orchard!
Although I believe the world economic engine and oil production is winding down, it is by getting to know our neighbors and working together on a local level that we'll weather the rough times ahead. Re-localization and locavorism for the win!
Where we sell our eggs!


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As well as TC will improve the quality of youth work in the field of intercultural dialogue and social inclusion of young migrants. Developing personal, professional and intercultural competences of youth workers and inspire them to use powerful tools such as artistic expression, creative thinking, and ICT to ease the path towards social inclusion and cohesion among youngsters, with migrant background youth (un)employment and wellbeing.
• IAA will inspire and motivate youth workers on direction of social inclusion of migrants.
By this project we expect to create stronger cooperation between partner organisations. The network will allow us to have bigger impact on European level through organisation local activities.
Please have a look at the draft program of training course at attached file.
Participation Fee: There is no participation fee for participants coming from project countries that is funded by Erasmus+ Program.
Accommodation, full board ( breakfast, lunch, dinner and coffee break) are covered for selected participants.
Travel costs will be reimbursed via bank transfer after the training course once the interim report of project is approved by National Agency of Lithuania.
Participants should confirm their travel options with organizer before purchasing their tickets.
Participants from Lithuania are already selected among the volunteers of organization.


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The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him All his thoughts are, "There is no God." His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them. He says to himself, "I will not be moved; Throughout all generations I will not be in adversity."
And someone said to Him, "Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?" And He said to them, "Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. "Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, 'Lord, open up to us!' then He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know where you are from.'read more.
"Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets'; and He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from; DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.' "In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out. "And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. "And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last."
Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,read more.
who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.


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Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has become an international phenomenon in recent years. The FOSS philosophy of protecting user freedoms is key to the pioneering movement that is always changing and evolving. By constantly updating and improving, it pushes the boundaries of what can be achieved with software. Whether this takes the form of updates to the many operating systems out there, awesome hacks that make life or computing easier than ever, or exciting hardware like the MintBox, there's always something ground-breaking on the horizon. We have crammed as much of the year's exciting new information as we possibly can into this annual, from news about the world of open source, reviews of the latest distros and open source software, to the many practical tutorials that can help you…
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Ethical hacking This guide must be deployed for investigation or to protect an organisation only Organisations are always innovating to maintain a proactive defence against internet threats. To achieve this they create real structures for potential attackers in the hope of fooling them into thinking that their attack is being carried out against a real infrastructure. In this feature we look at honeypots, which are either software or a set of assets that tries to 'seduce' attackers by pretending to be a vulnerable system and once attackers are lured in, the honeypot studies the attack behaviour to learn the latest techniques that need to be countered. Honeypots date back to the 1960s but gained prominence when Clifford Stoll, who managed computers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California in the mid-1980s, published…
• Set up a honeypot, p10 Learn how to set up a medium-interaction SSH honeypot, which logs the entire shell interaction and brute-force attacks. What we used: Kippo (https://github.com/desaster/kippo) and its fork called Cowrie. Kippo and Cowrie (www.micheloosterhof.com/cowrie) are easy to install and they are the most popular over the internet honeypots. • Processing the data, p12 Discover how to shape the attack and attacker profile by analysing the data within the kippo.log file and folders such as log and tty. What we used: Python script playlog.py to display a real-time recorded attacker shell interaction. • Visualise the data, p14 How to graphically see all the information collected by Kippo and Cowrie in a web browser. What we used: Kippo-Graph (http://bruteforcelab.com/kippo-graph) a script to visualise statistics and any other data from a Kippo or Cowrie honeypot. • Question: are…
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The primary configuration file where we can enter values for all the directives and customise Kippo is called kippo.cfg.dist (kippo.cfg). This includes, listening ports for incoming SSH connections and the location for files uploaded by an attacker: • ssh_addr: Shows the network interface where Kippo will be listening for all the requests. • ssh_port: Kippo's listening port. The preference would be to set this to port 22, although you should run Kippo as root or sudoer. • hostname: Shows the computer's name the attacker will see once they gain access. Try using appealing names such as PayrollPC. • log_path: The path where the log file will be stored for recording all actions and events taking place on the computer. This info will be stored in the kippo.log file; a folder called tty will store…
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There is some controversy around the ethics and legal implications of using honeypots. Some experts believe honeypots don't help security, since they can help attackers practise and learn new techniques and generally hone their skills for attacking any site. Some even consider honeypots as illegal, if the honeypot infrastructure is built intentionally as an 'entrapment' to catch attackers. This concern involves some issues related to privacy, because somebody accessing your honeypot could have legal rights (depending on the country where you place the honeypot) and this can limit the information that you can harvest from the attackers. It's important to distinguish between two types of information when collecting data: content and transaction. The content data is the most important because it involves personal information such as emails, chats and even keystrokes…
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"Way It Is" is a track off of Western New York independent artist Sean Thurman's first solo album "Cold River". This acoustic styled song has a mellow bluegrass feel with a reflective atmosphere that prompts listeners to consider the way things are, and question whether or not that's necessarily a good thing. Lyrically, Thurman channels artists like Bob Dylan and Isaac Brock, painting pictures with fractured phrases rather than fully detailed explanation, setting the scene and tone for life in a small town and the decisions one has to make to either accept a comfortable simple existence, or reach out for something more. With instrumentation consisting of acoustic guitar, banjo and harmonica, this is a must for any folk music fan who prefers their music to have raw authenticity. You can stream "Way It Is" below and leave you comments.


Prof. Park gave a talk on "Real-time volume deformation" at the 7th Conference of the 3D Medical Imaging Society, held in Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.
Prof. Park and Kimjinah attended Ubiquitous Computing Symposium held in Seoul.
Prof. Park gave a seminar on "Volume Haptic Rendering" at the Department of Information and Communications, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology (KJIST).
Prof. Park presented the paper "Information Visualization in Three-dimensional Space for Text Data Mining," (coauthored with Changsu Lee, Jong C. Park) at the International Women's conference on BIEN Technology: The converging of Bio, Information, environment, Energy and Nano Technology, which was held in Daejon.
Prof. Park chairs the poster presentation session at the International Workshop on Digital Watermarking 2003 held in Seoul.
German scientists from Heidelberg, Munich, Leubeck, Aachen and Berlin visited Daeduk-science-valley. Prof. Park hosted their tour to the research labs in the area and also arranged a Korean music (Jangku) lesson for the visitors.
Prof. Park chairs the 'Visible Human Project' session at the 7th Korea-Germany Joint Workshop on Advanced Medical Image Processing in Seoul. Kimjinah also attended the workshop.
The paper titled "Behavior Evaluation of the Shape-Retaining Chain Linked Model" was presented by Sang-Youn Kim (coauthored with DS Kwon and Jinah Park) at the 7th Korea-Germany Joint Workshop on Advanced Medical Image Processing in Seoul.
The paper titled "Mediatory Visualization for Structured Data and Textural Information," was presented by the coauthors Jong C. Park and Changsu Lee at the International Conference on Visualization, Imaging and Image Processing, which was held in Spain.
Kimjinah begins her internship at ETRI.
The paper titled "Area-Contact Haptic Simulation" (coauthored with SY Kim and DS Kwon) was published in LNCS 2673: Surgery Simulation and Soft Tissue Modeling.
Prof. Park received the 1st Distinguished Teaching Award.
Jinah Kim joined CGV lab.
The paper titled "Deformation modeling: A methodology for analyzing handaxe morphology and variability" by Prof. Park (coauthored with A. Nowell, K. Park and D. Metaxas) is published in the book 'Multiple approaches to biface variability' edited by M. Soressi and H. Dibble, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Publications.
Special lecture - Prof. Park on 'Algorithms' to Teachers for IT gifted students (ICU).
Computer Graphics and Visualization Laboratory (CGV Lab) opens!


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Richard Blood (* 28. Februar 1953 in West Point, USA), besser bekannt unter seinem Ringnamen Ricky Steamboat, ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Wrestler, der derzeit bei der Wrestlingorganisation WWE als Road Agent tätig ist. Er trat während seiner aktiven Karriere für die größten Wrestlingorganisationen Nordamerikas auf. Seine größten Erfolge waren der Erhalt des NWA-World-Heavyweight-Champion-Titels, des WCW-World-Heavyweight-Champion-Titels und des WWF-Intercontinental-Champion-Titels. Blood gilt bis heute als einer der technisch besten Akteure in der Geschichte des Wrestlinggeschäfts.

Anfänge
Blood wuchs in Florida auf und hat einen sportlichen Hintergrund als Ringer; unter anderem war er Florida State Champion. Seine damalige Freundin war auf einer Trainingsakademie für eine Fluggesellschaft in Minnesota und teilte dort ihr Zimmer mit der Tochter von Verne Gagne. Über diese gelangte Blood an ihren Vater, der ihn als Wrestler trainierte. Er debütierte  in der American Wrestling Association.

Karriere
Um ihn beim Publikum bekannter zu machen, erhielt Blood den Ringnamen Sam Steamboat Jr., der von dem hawaiischen Wrestler Sam Steamboat übernommen war, da er diesem sehr ähnlich sah. Kurze Zeit später änderte man den Namen in das bekanntere Ricky Steamboat. Nachdem Blood die AWA verließ, arbeitete er unter Weiternutzung seines Ringnamens für Championship Wrestling From Florida und später dann für Georgia Championship Wrestling. Ab 1977 trat er acht Jahre in Territorial-Ligen der National Wrestling Alliance auf. In dieser Zeit erhielt er zahlreiche Titel.

1985 wechselte er nach Differenzen mit Booker Dusty Rhodes in die World Wrestling Federation, wo er den Spitznamen The Dragon erhielt. In seinen ersten drei Jahren in der WWF bestritt Blood Fehden mit Don Muraco, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, und dem "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

Bei Wrestlemania III am 29. März 1987 ließ man Blood den WWF-Intercontinental-Titel gewinnen, welchen er am 2. Juni 1987 wieder verlor. Seinen letzten großen Auftritt in der WWF hatte er bei Wrestlemania IV im März 1988, wo er gegen Greg Valentine verlor. Danach gab er sein Karriereende bekannt.

Blood gab im Januar 1989 ein Comeback bei der von Ted Turner finanzierten WCW, dem Hauptkonkurrenten der WWF. In einer Fehde mit Ric Flair konnte er die NWA World Heavyweight Championship erringen, musste den Titel aber am 7. Mai wieder an Flair verlieren. Nach Vertragsstreitigkeiten mit der WCW trat Blood ab Ende 1989 nicht mehr auf. 1991 erschien er wieder beim Konkurrenten WWF. Dort musste er nun ein Drachenkostüm tragen und sich vor seinen Matches als Feuerspucker betätigen. Trotz seiner Ringpräsenz erhielt Blood keine Titelchancen und verließ die WWF wieder in Richtung der WCW.

Die folgenden drei Jahre trat Blood für die WCW auf und war einer der Topstars der Promotion. Er erhielt mehrfach deren Tag Team-, Television- und United States-Titel. 1994 hatte er erneut eine lange Fehde mit Ric Flair um den WCW-World-Heavyweight-Champion-Titel. Diese ging nahtlos in eine andere gegen Steve Austin um den United-States-Titel über, in deren Verlauf Blood sich bei einer missglückten Aktion so schwer am Nacken verletzte, dass er seine Karriere als aktiver Wrestler beenden musste.

Blood hatte ab 2002 Auftritte als Gastringrichter für Total Nonstop Action Wrestling und Ring of Honor. Seit 2005 steht er bei der WWE als Road Agent unter Vertrag, tritt aber auch bisweilen als Gastringrichter auf, meist bei Titelmatches.

In der Nacht vor Wrestlemania XXV wurde er von seinem einstigen Storyline-Rivalen Ric Flair in die WWE Hall of Fame eingeführt.

Am nächsten Abend gab er nach fast 15 Jahren ein kurzes Comeback, um gemeinsam mit Roddy Piper und Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka gegen Chris Jericho anzutreten. Auch bei der drei Wochen darauf folgenden Großveranstaltung Backlash trat er auf; dort bestritt er ein Einzelmatch gegen Jericho.

Wissenswertes
Blood gilt als einer der technisch besten Akteure in der Geschichte des Wrestlinggeschäfts. Er wurde vom Wrestling Observer Newsletter viermal mit der seltenen Höchstnote von fünf Sternen für seine Leistungen, sowie zweimal als Teilnehmer am Kampf des Jahres und einmal als Teilnehmer am Kampf des Jahrzehnts ausgezeichnet. Während seiner Zeit in den größten Wrestlingorganisationen trat er immer als Babyface auf.

Privates
Blood ist verheiratet und hat einen 1987 geborenen Sohn.

Erfolge
 Maple Leaf Wrestling
 1× NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)

 Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling / World Championship Wrestling
 2× NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
 3× NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship – zweimal mit Paul Jones und einmal mit Jay Youngblood
 2× NWA Television Championship
 1× NWA United States Heavyweight Championship
 1× NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)
 1× NWA World Heavyweight Championship
 6× NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version) – einmal mit Paul Jones und fünfmal mit Jay Youngblood
 1× WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
 2× WCW World Tag Team Championship – je einmal mit Dustin Rhodes und Shane Douglas
 2× WCW World Television Championship

 World Wrestling Federation
 1× WWF Intercontinental Championship
 WWE Hall of Fame 2009

Weblinks

 WWE Hall of Fame-Profil von Ricky Steamboat (englisch)
 WWE Hall of Fame-Profil von Ricky Steamboat (deutsch)
 Profil auf Genickbruch.com
 Profil auf Cagematch.de
 Interview mit Steamboat

Wrestler (Vereinigte Staaten)
WWE Intercontinental Champion
WWE United States Champion
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1953
Mann
NWA World Heavyweight Champion
WCW World Television Champion
WCW World Tag Team Champion
Mitglied der WWE Hall of Fame

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Elysabeth Alfano stopped by and we had a great conversation about plant based food.
In 2018, Elysabeth launched the Awesome Vegans Podcast/Vlog on WGN Radio. She began reporting for the #JaneUnChained New Network, as well as doing the Silver-Chic Chef on-line vegan cooking series. She has done vegan cooking demostrations on WCIU-TV, Good Day Chicago and WGN-TV, as well as public speaking on the physical and mental benefits of a plant-based diet and plant-based cooking demos at food festivals around the nation. She ocassionally writes for VegNews and recently co-produced an episode for Los Angeles' KCRW about the ill-effects of dairy.
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Last year at Socrates Matthias gave a little introduction how GitHub makes GitHub. A little collection of 14 statements, called zen, capture the core values and principles. This zen is available through the public API.
You get back a octocat telling you one zen statement.
I really like this and created a little zsh plugin which displays a zen statement, every time you start a console. When I am lucky Robby Russel will accept my pull request.
If you are unwilling to wait, then you can just add the following code to your .zshrc. This might even work with bash but I did not test it.


Austin Dacey is a philosopher and author of The Secular Conscience and The Future of Blasphemy as well as articles in numerous publications including the New York Times, USA Today, and Dissent. As a former NGO representative to the United Nations, he has worked on issues at the intersection of secularism, religion, and human rights. He is Assistant Professor of Critical Inquiry at Mercy College. For more information, visit www.austindacey.com.


Elliot Wright, restaurant owner and former The Only Way is Essex star popped the question to long-term girlfriend Sadie Stuart on his TV show 'Playa in Marbella' last year, in a romantic finale of the programme.
Elliot, who lives in Marbella after opening his restaurant 'Olivia's', admits he knew Sadie was 'the one' as soon as he met her, and the two have been inseparable ever since!
Having originally planned to get married in 2017, the wedding and the show could be sooner than we think! Elliot had always planned to get married at his Spanish restaurant as he had a deep connection to the venue; however he has revealed that Sadie has 'put a spanner in the works' in wanting to get married in the UK so the whole family can come.
We have no doubt that Sadie would make a beautiful bride & we can't wait to follow their wedding journey!


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Past Presidents & Board Members
Former Speakers and Honorees
The Forgiveness Project: a Conversation
Room 610, 6th Floor, at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Avenue (between 58th and 59th Streets)
General - Free
ACR-GNY is proud to co-sponsor the Restorative Justice Initiative for a Conversation with Marina Catacuzino, the Founder of The Forgiveness Project
The Forgiveness Project is an award-winning, secular organization based in London that collects and shares real stories of forgiveness to build understanding, encourage reflection and enable people to reconcile with the pain and move forward from the trauma in their own lives.
Marina will discuss The Forgiveness Project's program, RESTORE, which aims to reduce the number of people harmed by crime through the rehabilitation of people that have committed crimes. Aimed at adults and young people over 15 years of age, it is an intensive, group based intervention that encourages people behind bars to explore concepts of forgiveness and reparation in a framework that fosters greater accountability and responsibility.
Marina will also discuss her research into jail and prison-based RJ programs here in the U.S. and Canada and she will share her perspective on the relationship between restorative justice and forgiveness.
This event is also co-sponsored by the CUNY Dispute Resolution Center.
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To travel along a Desire Line is to engender an alternate direction of behaviour or thought. They traverse both physical and cognitive space, and so to step differently is also to think in new ways. A Desire Line is the hole in the fence, the absent-minded turn, the shortcut home.
This event launches the catalogue documenting the last walk, with readings and performances by Andrew Fedorovitch, Ella Skilbeck-Porter, Emma Jenko, Kevin Duo Jin & Suu-Mei Chew.
Celebrity hairdressers Alice Joel & Travis Lavdaras will be present chopping locks & fashioning futures.