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I've had 2 pairs of these, the original and the Ultimates. There was a lot of play in each pair at the DU bushing and they required a lot of maintenance. While thin pedals are nice I don't think these are worth the price. I can get used to thicker pedals again especially with less maintenance and lower cost.

I take it the "static" in between the doubles are all braking bumps!

My understanding of landlords deducting amounts from deposits for damage is they can only do so if an inspection of the unit was done at the time of move in and time of move out, and the tenant has agreed to the deduction in writing. You should be able to make a claim for loss of use of your balcony too. This is an example given at the bottom of the first link below. Don't know how much you could claim. Maybe calculate area of balcony as % of total apartment area x rent x number of months.

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/ending-a-tenancy/claims-for-damages-or-loss

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/ending-a-tenancy/returning-deposits

^^^ sounds to me like the lawyers are to blame, not the foreign investors

Garmin acquires Delorme http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160303005155/en/Garmin%C2%AE-completes-acquisition-DeLorme%C2%AE

Let's hope this means regular garmins will at some point come equipped with two-way communications, or at minimum that the Inreach is given a more user-friendly interface. Of course this may make both the new Garmin and Inreach I just bought last year obsolete. But I am probably ok with that.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/netflix-is-carrying-out-its-threat-to-block-vpn-users-nflx/ar-BBoyG4X?li=BBnbfcL[HTML_REMOVED]ocid=mailsignoutmd

It appears Netflix was serious about restricting access to users who access the service from a different country.

Earlier this month, Netflix announced that it would crack down on VPN use.

Using a VPN, which stands for Virtual Personal Network, meant that someone in the UK could access the US version of Netflix, for example.

This is important for users because the deals for TV and film rights differ from country to country, meaning that some versions — such as the US one — have a wider range of content.

Netflix has previously been fairly blasé about letting users do this, making the crackdown a big change in policy.

The reason for this ambivalence was simple: The company had a lot of customers who paid for the service because they could watch shows elsewhere. China, for example, has 20 million Netflix users despite the service not officially being available, all of whom access the service with a VPN.

At the time of the announcement, Netflix said "in coming weeks, those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are" and it seems this is coming true.

This is a dramatic change from the comments made by Neil Hunt, Netflix's chief product officer, a year ago. "The claims that we have changed our policy on VPN are false," said Hunt. "People who are using a VPN to access our service from outside of the area will find that it still works exactly as it has always done."

However, uFlix, a VPN that operates out of Australia, is reporting that some users cannot access any non-Australian versions of the service. Anyone who tries gets this message: "You seem to be using an unblocker or proxy. Please turn off any of these services and try again."

There was speculation after Netflix announced the change that the company couldn't follow through on it. However, the report from uFlix seems to contradict this assessment.

How Netflix managed to crack down on VPN use when it had previously stated it couldn't is unclear. The company might be targetting specific VPNs, such as uFlix in Australia.

Say what you want about Trump, at least he provides entertainment

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-playing-born-in-the-usa-at-rallies-to-taunt-cruz/ar-CCrvfS?li=BBnbcA1[HTML_REMOVED]ocid=mailsignoutmd

Post season? They are tanking for Matthews

The good news is after a puck to Daniel's teeth, we can now tell the twins apart if they smile

Not sure why it would sell out in SD so fast. Last time they played here a couple years ago, same venue, I don't think it sold out as I bought tix through ticketmaster a few days before. I'll wait and hopefully score a CL deal close to the show.

I bought my first V10 frame from a guy in Norcal. Had it mailed up here, shipping was only $50 or so, had to pay the brokerage fee + GST. All in it was C$1900 for a pretty much new frame. To this day that is probably my favorite DH bike I have owned.

Unless things have changed you should only have to pay duty on a complete bike or a complete wheelset, that used to be 6%. Not sure if this applies if goods are used. You should not have to pay duty on any other bike parts. It is worth knowing the customs tariff code for bike parts so you can educate customs brokers and CBP if need be.

Busy week coming up….

https://www.sdbw.org/schedule

Not a huge fan of the Keystone pipleline. But I would much rather have Keystone go ahead than the Northern Gateway project with supertankers trying to navigate narrow inlets.