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I think I probably spent close to $1000 at MEC the past month. $400 at the Gear Swap, ~$330 few days ago for my new & shiny sleeping bag, then today ~$65 for a climbing helmet and a climbing sling.
Ok apparently I can’t do math. 400 + 330 + 65 != 1000.
I need to stop spending money at MEC for a while…
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Fun packed week
Just some updates:
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After reducing poverty, balancing the budget and eradicating terrorism, the House of Representatives today decided to ban the slaughter of horses.
The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, which still awaits approval by the Senate, passed on a 263-146 vote, setting the stage for the possible elimination of an industry that Rep. Edward Whitfield (R-Ky.) called “a grossly inhumane business.”
“This whole slaughtering process is an illicit, concealed, inhumane process as it relates to horses,” said Whitfield, one of the bill’s co-sponsors and its most vocal champion on the House floor.
The three horse slaughterhouses in the United States—one in DeKalb, Ill., and two in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area—are foreign-owned and export most of their meat to Europe and Japan. About 90,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States last year.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005
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Several months ago someone tried to post one of those unwelcome comments that all bloggers receive from time to time. With plenty of full capitalization for emphasis, and with attacks on my character and personal habits thrown in for good measure, the writer accused me, among other things, of undermining the rule of law simply because I happen to be a mediator. Since I allow attacks on ideas only not on people on this blog, I hit “delete”.
I have remained haunted however by the concern this person raised. Were they right–does ADR weaken the rule of law?
I have written critically before of ADR’s two-edged nature and encouraged my fellow ADR practitioners to consider with care their responsibility to the public and to our institutions of justice.
Of course we as a profession should ask ourselves these kind of questions. Does ADR undermine the rule of law? If justice is the end, is ADR the best means?
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-Went to Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver for some climbing last Thurs evening with Ralph, Evan, and Peter. It was my first time there. Gorgeous views and awesome routes. Will have to go back there again for sure!
The view is simply drop dead gorgeous
Me climbing
What are these 2 pasty white goats doing on the rock?
This pic rocks!
-Matt, Peter, Evan, and I went down to Seattle the past weekend. The trip was originally proposed by Colin back in March but it kept getting postponed. It was too bad that not everyone could go (Colin, Kung, Feaver).
We drove down Sat morning from Vancouver and checked out the Boeing factory first. Coming from an engineering background I was quite amazed by the ingenuity behind airline industry. We then went to REI to check out some outdoor gear and was annoyed by the pushy REI employees trying to sell us REI memberships. It’s certainly different than how things are run at MEC here in Canada…
Surprisingly Sat night wasn’t too much of a gong show. Having eaten lunch at Jack In the Box around 2 pm we decided that we’d start drinking before having dinner.