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“ I knew with a sinking heart that we were going to talk equipment. I could just see it coming. I hate talking equipment. "So what made you buy a Gregory pack?" he said. "Well, I thought it would be easier than carrying everything in my arms." ”

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 Das Internat wurde sehr liberal geführt. Mündige Christen - ausdrücklich Christen, nicht Katholiken - will er aus uns machen, sagte der Rektor.[..]

Der Lehrkörper war eine Mischung aus frühen Grünen, liberalen Schwarzen und linken Pfarrern.[..]

Man müsste Geld in die Hand nehmen, um das zu korrigieren. Jeder vernünftige Mensch würde mehr Geld in Bildung investieren, weil sie unsere Zukunft ist. ”

“ Regulatory capture occurs when a state regulatory agency created to act in the public interest instead acts in favor of the commercial or special interests that dominate in the industry or sector it is charged with regulating. Regulatory capture is a form of government failure, as it can act as an encouragement for large firms to produce negative externalities ”

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> I think it makes a lot of sense to weather-seal

> a chain to avoid wear, do you think the 

> Hebie Chainglider does a good job in this
> regard? Are there alternatives?

The chain glider is rubbish it doesn’t protect the chain fully but it does make it significantly more difficult to wipe it clean! It makes a noise and causes drag luckily they quickly break so don’t cause any long term problems. There is nothing on the market which we can recommend… ”

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“ Der Zivildienst-Agentur des Bundes, die die Tätigkeit von Zivildiener finanziell unterstützt, ist das Geld ausgegangen. Seit Anfang Juni bekommen Organisationen, die um Zivildiener ansuchen, keine finanzielle Vergütung mehr, berichtete das Ö1-Morgenjournal. ”

“ He lifted up his shirt and there it was: this horrible, huge, pus-filled sac -- the size of a $3 pancake -- just hanging off his armpit. His wife gasped. TLC turned away in horror. When we dragged him to first aid the guy said, "You must go to the hospital. When these blisters break, you will lose lots of fluid and be highly susceptible to infection. We can't do anything for you here. It is too serious." ”

“ What got me in trouble, I called it Pearl Diving. This meant whacking off underwater, sitting on the bottom at the deep end of my parents' swimming pool. With one deep breath, I'd kick my way to the bottom and slip off my swim trucks. I'd sit down there for two, three, four minutes. ”

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We have, ourselves, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once more able to defend our Internets, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.

Even though large parts of Internets and many old and famous trackers have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Ifpi and all the odious apparatus of MPAA rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the ef-nets and darknets, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Internets, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the baywords.org, we shall fight on the /. and on the digg, we shall fight in the courts; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, the Internets or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the Anon Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in Cerf's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

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“ Also, Jesse never fucking learns. Though he is rather Kafkaesque, turning into a giant bug and all, yo. ”