StoneMtn

Well, I think I'm pretty safe with my choice, but maybe I'll run it by you just in case. I'm thinking of changing us to:

Whistler's Helpful Advocates & Mediators

"W.H.A.M. Law Corp."

Hart: Thank you for bringing this album to my attention.

[color:blue]TO DO LIST

1. Change name of firm.

Okay, this is getting ridiculous.

I was just at lunch. I was typing a text on my Blackberry, while I walked across a road. Suddenly, someone started honking at me like crazy, yelling "Hey! Hey!"

Thinking I should get off the road, I started walking faster (still texting - because I'm a moron).

"Hey! Hey! HEY!!!!"

I looked up just in time to see that I was about 8 feet away from walking right into a bear. (I changed course.)

Geez!

Yes.

My wife is very proud of the work I do.

Photo taken by my friend this morning, about a two-minute walk from my office:

I'm amazed by what some people consider an overwhelming problem.

phishtaper: If you want to come vacation, you know how to reach me

Evil Goodluck: The Whistler bears are really used to people and vice versa (to a degree, and not to say that's a good thing). At certain points of the year, last time I lived here, I used to see bears daily. It's amazing what you get used to.

Now, that said, these are black bears. If I ever saw a grizzly, I think my heart would be racing.

I live in Squamish, but my office is in Whistler. I park my car at the Whistler Day Lots, and just skateboard from my car to the office and back, which is in the Upper Village.

I just skateboarded right past a bear on my way to my office.

I'm normally not too concerned by bears, but something about being on a moving skateboard, and that close to the bear, really got my attention.

Just playin' Devil's Advocate here...

Years ago when i was working at a summer camp, i was playing a mix tape which happened to be on a grateful dead song at the moment a 17 year old kid walked in to tell me to turn off the shitty music. he was wearing a grateful dead t-shirt.

Day Job? Samba In the Rain; perhaps?

The kid may just have good taste.

He's probably a Grateful Dead fan. Many different types of people are.

Nice writing Velvet.

Pure and utter literary brilliance I say!

I think it is also in response to the pending Digitial Millennium Copyright Act, actually.

Well, obviously I haven't seen the letter, but Rogers is probably the ISP and they were probably warned by the copyright owner or its agent that they are facilitating the infringement through their server, etc, so now they are on notice to put an end to it or risk being a party to it.

One defence to a Copyright Claim is that the person did it by mistake or by accident. If you put that person on notice, though, then it is clear that any infringement that happens after that was done with the knowledge that the sharing of the work was an infringement, so if it goes to Court the Plaintiff need only prove that the letter was sent and received to be able to deal with that part of the action.

Are they not "covering their butts" by having "warned them" so as to negate the potential for an innocent infringer defence?

I think you just said the same thing I did in your first sentence (fragment).

I won't comment on the rest of what you said, other than that I disagree.

I think the warning is to negate the potential for an "innocent infringer" defence to come from the alleged infringer, actually.

I hope to see you and Phorbesie here. What better excuse and how much more notice do you need?

(It'll also be my birthday.)

So, who's going to come out, visit me, and rock out with DEVO?

Jun 23, 2010 3:50pm

DEVO headline Live at Squamish music festival

Put on your energy dome headgear - DEVO is coming to Squamish.

The band, of the 1980 New Wave classic Whip It, will play the Live at Squamish festival over the Labour Day weekend (Sept. 4-5). The festival lineup was announced Monday.

The lineup also includes: The Decemberists, Matthew Good, We Are The City, Z-Trip, The Dudes, Tokyo Police Club, Dirty Vegas (LIVE), Civil Twilight, Tom Middleton, Bad Religion, Kevin Shiu, Hollerado, Dirty Heads, Rich Hope, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Jon and Roy. More artists will be revealed over the coming weeks.

Early bird tickets for the festival are $125 until July 9. Regular tickets are $145 or $79 for a day-pass. VIP tickets are $249 and include access to the main stage VIP area (for those 19+ only), early access to the site through a VIP entrance and one on-site reserved parking space per two VIP tickets. Kids under 12 get in free when accompanied by an adult.

All tickets go on sale Friday, June 25, 10 a.m.

Paul Reynolds, Co-owner and senior vice president of brand.LIVE, the Vancouver-based production company throwing the event, told Pique last week that they're showcasing a collective of slightly underground artists for this year's festival, rather than boast a series of headliners similar to the Pemberton Festival.

The festival will take place at the Loggers Sports Grounds and Hendrickson Fields in Squamish. The site will feature three stages and has a capacity of 13,000 but Reynolds said he expects between 8,000 and 10,000 people per day.

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[color:brown]Whip it good.

I had no idea he was still performing anywhere. Great news (although I can't be there).

DRM technology (Digital Rights Management) can sometimes send reports back to the copyright owner.

My favourite part is that both the dog and the human were treated by a veterinarian for injuries.

Grandfather, 60, wrestles 4-metre python in Hong Kong

Posted on : 2010-06-03 | Author : dpa

News Category : Nature

Hong Kong - A 60-year-old grandfather told Thursday how he wrestled a 4-metre-long python to save his pet dog from being crushed to death on a hiking trail in Hong Kong.

Canadian expatriate Robert Stearns stabbed the snake with an umbrella and tried to prise open its jaws before dragging it by its tail.

The snake grabbed Stearns' 18-month-old crossbreed dog Phoebe as the teacher walked his two pet canines on a trail in Hong Kong's rural New Territories district on May 23.

The snake had its unhinged jaws over the top of 15-kilogram Phoebe's head and was winding its body around her neck when Stearns reached the scene.

Burmese pythons are common in Hong Kong's New Territories, where they are thought to number in the hundreds, and generally crush their victims before ingesting them.

In a written account of the incident sent to the German News Agency dpa, Stearns from Ottowa said: "I bent the metal tip of my umbrella trying to repeatedly stab the body of the snake, and then I tried with all my might to unwind the coils."

"I tried to prise open its jaws to free Phoebe, but that was useless, too," Stearns said. "The snake was unbelievably strong. Finally, in desperation, I grabbed the snake's tail.

"Miraculously, as I pulled, the snake uncoiled like a garden hose about 4 metres long. ... Phoebe, now released from the snake's coils, managed to twist her head, sinking her own teeth into the snake."

Phoebe was later treated by a veterinarian who also bandaged one of Stearns' thumbs that was cut by the snake's teeth.

The attack took place on the same hiking trail where one large pet dog was killed in 2006 and another one rescued by its owner the following year.

Burmese pythons live for 20 to 30 years and are territorial, meaning the same snake could be responsible for all three attacks.

Stearns, who has three children and three grandchildren, said he did not want the python captured. "It's just trying to live its own life," he said.

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I guess I'm late on this. Sorry, I've been busy.

Happy birthday!