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Stone slabs are one of those beautiful alternatives to your normal concrete floors. Many people steer away from doing their own stone work because they assume it's too difficult or requires too much technical expertise. stone cutting in Goodwin, SD. stone cutting in Goodwin, SD. True, it does require a lot more in terms of plain ol' hard work, as the stone itself can be quite heavy. But aside from the sweating and the muscle ache the next day, it's not all that difficult to do.
First step is the easiest one - picking out your stone. Recently I got my hands on some nice granite slabs - about 3 tons of it. The thing about this batch of stone was that they were all cut into funny fan shapes. They were obviously made for a fan pattern, but because I didn't want this particular pattern but instead wanted a normal rectangle pattern, I had to cut each stone into a rectangle.
This brings us to step number 2. Usually you'll want to get stone that's already in the shape and size you want it. But on occasion you may end up with stone that needs to be "customized". This could be due to not being able to afford the ones you wanted or you couldn't find the ones you wanted. There may be other reasons as well. The point is that you should know how to customize your stone should the need arise. Like any other material, stone can be cut. The obvious issue that arises with stone though, is that it's damn hard! And depending on the kind of stone, the hardness will vary. Granite for example, is quite hard, whereas limestone is fairly soft. It's not like you can just take a normal circular saw and rip through the stone. So how do you do it? Well, the age-old principle of cutting any kind of material is to do so with a material that's harder.
I used to wonder why diamond blades were "segmented", or "not even sharp". I mean, the thing doesn't even look sharp - how is it supposed to cut anything? Well, this may sound like a dumb question, and if you know the answer to this, good for you. But some of you may not know this if you were never taught. The sharper the blade (or the teeth of the blade) is, the more prone to wear and chipping it will be. In the case of stone-cutting, if you were to use a diamond blade that was as sharp as a razor, it would go from being that to looking like a millstone in a matter of seconds. This is the second prerequisite to cutting material as hard as stone. Not only does the cutting blade need to be harder than the material being cut, but the "point of contact" also needs to have sufficient area to ensure maximum wear-resistance.
You probably won't have to worry about this though, as diamond blades are manufactured with this in mind. So back to how you can cut these things into the shapes you want. You may have heard of people scoring and whacking pieces of stone with chisels and getting good results this way. Ok, this may work for softer kinds of stone like sandstone etc, but it almost certainly won't work for harder stone like granite. For harder stone you're gonna have to cut about a 3rd or at least a 4th into it before applying the chisel. The tool of choice for stone-cutting is probably a wet saw. A wet saw sprays water out of a nozzle directed at the work piece while you're cutting through it. This has 2 positive effects: It provides lubrication for smoother cutting and longer blade life, as well as keeps the often toxic dust from going all over the place.
There are of course what you call dry saws as well. These are simply wet saws without the water function. If you do use a dry saw, it's best to have a strong fan blowing the dust away from you while cutting. Certain stone contain a mineral called silica which can cause health problems like cancer and bronchitis if inhaled over long periods of time. So to recap:
1. Procure your stone. You should if possible, get the shape you want from the beginning. If you do, you can skip step 2 and go right into the laying.
2. Cut your stone to the size and shape you want. Use a wet or dry saw and cut about a 3rd or 4th into your stone. Then use a stone chisel and mallet, and slowly, evenly, "suggest" to the stone that you want it to break at the cut-line. If you rush this part, you run the risk of breaking the stone in the wrong place, ruining your whole work piece and wasting your time. Take your time and don't push it. If you're really in a hurry and the stone doesn't seem to want to break, set the blade to cut deeper. This will initially take you a little longer to cut deeper, but your chiseling job will be considerably easier and will save you time in the long-run.


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Billy Ray Cyrus, wife of 19 years, getting divorce
LOS ANGELES - Billy Ray Cyrus' wife has filed for divorce from the country singer after 19 years of marriage.
Court records show Tish Finley Cyrus filed Thursday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. She's seeking custody of their teenage child and spousal support.
It's the couple's second divorce attempt. Billy Ray Cyrus filed for divorce in 2010 but later withdrew his petition.
The couple issued a joint statement seeking privacy for their family. They say they want to find a resolution that's in the best interests of their family.
The two got married in December 1993 and have three children together, including actress-musician Miley Cyrus.
Billy Ray Cyrus rose to fame in 1992 with his song "Achy Breaky Heart."
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Update, Feb. 6, 2011: The screenplay for movie The Social Network was adapted from The Accidental Billionaires.
From Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal (Doubleday)
"His hands roamed under her open white shirt, tracing the soft material of her red bra, his fingers lingering over her perky, round breasts, touching the silky texture of her perfect caramel skin. She gasped, her lips closing against the side of his neck, her tongue leaping out, tasting him. His entire body started to quiver, and he rocked forward, pushing her harder against the stall, feeling her writhe into him. His lips found her ear and she gasped again –"
Has any other author written such purple prose about the Harvard students who put Facebook in the black?
Also from The Accidental Billionaires:
"the end was really a foregone conclusion."
"Eduardo had spent many evenings in the stacks of Widener – poring through the works of economic theorists such as Adam Smith, John Mills [sic], even Galbraith."
"Maybe feeding the chicken chicken was a mistake; how was he supposed to know what chickens ate? The thing hadn't come with a manual. Eduardo had gone to a Jewish prep school in Miami. What the hell did Jews know about chickens, other than the fact that they made good soup?"
Read the full review of The Accidental Billionaires.
The 10 Delete Key Awards finalists are being named in random order, beginning with No. 10, but numbered for convenience. This is finalist No. 6. Janice Harayda also writes about the awards on her Twitter page (@janiceharayda) at www.twitter.com/janiceharayda. The Delete Key Awards winner and runners up will be announced on One-Minute Book Reviews and on Twitter on March 15.
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BY STEVE HOUSEEDITOR'S NOTE: Colin Haley, 22, and Steve House, 36, completed a new route on Mount Robson's famous Emperor Face, aka The King, reachi...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Colin Haley, 22, and Steve House, 36, completed a new route on Mount Robson's famous Emperor Face, aka "The King," reaching the summit on the House-Haley (WI 5 M7, 5,800 feet) on May 26. Their route is just left of (and shares final pitches with) the Stump-Logan (VI 5.9 A2, 5,800 feet), the first route up the imposing wall. Below is House's account of climbing one of the most sought after prizes in alpinism with one of the sport's up-and-coming stars.
The rocky Emperor Face of Mount Robson. House-Haley roughly splits the center of the face.
In 1978, Jim Logan and Mugs Stump took three days to climb up Mount Robson's Emperor Face, the crown wall of the Rockies. Their groundbreaking route added yet another 5.9 A2 alpine wall to the range.
The King's second route came in 1981, when Dave Cheesmond and Tony Dick climbed a line that is believed to lie left of the Stump-Logan. Years later, in October 2002, Barry Blanchard, after multiple, mostly winter-season attempts, finally completed his route Infinite Patience with Phillipe Pellet and Eric Dumerac.
In the mid-1990s, I had accompanied Barry on three of his attempts. My first time, I dropped the stove, wasting clear, but cold weather. It's a moment in my alpine career that I'll never forget.
In the ensuing years, I made more attempts to take down the King, though I usually hiked/skied 18 miles to Berg Lake and watched storms ravage Mount Robson for a week.
In April of this year, as usual, I began my daily routine of Robson weather watching. Seven weeks later, in late May, "it" finally came—a forecast for four consecutive days of sun. Vince Anderson, my usual partner, was in Alaska, and the list of people I might call for such a trip was short. However, Colin Haley, a fellow Northwesterner and a college student and young alpinist on a run of good luck, was able to skip class and head north.
Due to the short window of weather (we spent the first two sunny days driving), we elected to helicopter in to the 9,200-foot Helmut-Robson Col.
At 4:30 a.m. on May 25, we left our tiny camp. Colin led the first block of pitches. He crossed a difficult rock step, weaved up an ice gully behind a huge chockstone, and higher, found a steep ice vein barely the width of one boot to climb. Colin climbed fast and built solid anchors—good attributes in an alpine partner.
By the afternoon, Colin had led us halfway up the face, and it was my turn. The best pitches came up high. I climbed a vertical ice runnel the width of my body up to a 30-foot-wide spider-shaped ice field. I then followed it to a point where I could rock climb six feet right and gain another beautiful strip of vertical ice.
Two hard mixed pitches followed. All the time I spent rock climbing this spring paid off, and I was able to recover between pumpy cruxes. We found an old piton 30 feet below the top of the last pitch, and a couple more after the crux section—relics from Logan and Stump's climb that were older than my climbing partner, and nearly as old as I am.
By the time we topped out on the headwall, just feet below the ridge, the sun was setting. We chopped a ledge into the ice, hunkered down, ate freeze-dried lasagna and took turns holding the stove to melt enough water for a few drinks.
We passed the time by taking short naps and imagining what else we might be doing on this Saturday night. Colin: hooking up with lovely college chicks. Me: sleeping.
By 5 a.m., I resumed the lead. There is nothing like waking up and having your first pitch begin with 3,000 feet of exposure. Cresting the Emperor Ridge, we began a long traverse across the south face to the Wishbone Arete, our route to the top. Robson's infamous summit gargoyles appeared through the growing clouds. These rime-ice mushrooms are not unlike Cerro Torre's summit decorations, and in winter and spring they can become daunting guardians of the top.
Roping up, I led up the crest of these fragile, yet somehow supportive monsters of ice. This technique presumes that if one of us were to be spit off, the other would be on the far side of the ridge to arrest the fall. Luckily, I didn't pitch, and we reached the summit safely, albeit in a whiteout. Neither Colin nor I could see further than 20 feet in front of our faces.


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When I was in high school I was not that into music, much to the wonder of my friends. I never wrote down lyrics in notebooks or quoted cute songs to my girlfriend or really even had that extensive of a collection. In a world where underground music was currency for the cooler kids in each clique, I was eating beans out of a tin can in an alley.
I had my own tastes, sure, and a few bands I loved, but on the whole I really only listened to the radio and a few video game soundtracks. My friends, on the other hand, were spelunkers in musical caves, excavating a Las Vegas band with a blues beat or a local band who sounded oddly like No Doubt. I don't want to give off the impression that I was ostracized for something as stupid as musical stagnation (it was high school, though, so I guess that's not that odd of an assumption), but it was something that I noticed growing up. People just loved their music and, more than that, loved introducing their friends to new bands and being That Person Who Turned Me Onto My New Favorite Band. It was a weird form of validation but… it was high school.
It wasn't until '04, my sophomore year, that I found my five minutes in the musical spotlight by introducing a friend of mine to a band named Say Anything. Somehow I had stumbled upon their song "A Walk Through Hell", an adorable song about a boy facing fantastic challenges to get to the girl he loves, and within my own circle of friends I had ignited a love for a new band. I was, for a week or two, very popular as my friends showed the song to their friends who in turn showed it to their friends. People either downloaded or bought the EP the song was from and, BAM, Say Anything suddenly had a great following at my school.
The popularity didn't last long, as nothing does in high school, and I soon went back to saying "huh?" when people brought up their new band discoveries. But I stuck with Say Anything, buying their old EPs and their first album, "Baseball", and listening to nothing but that for weeks on end. While my friends had discovered Hot Hot Heat or Saves The Day I was still stuck on Menorah/Majora and Baseball, singing along with Max Bemis about girls and Teenage Stuff. That band was my first taste of what it was like to get hooked on music and, to this day, has opened me up to a very broad selection of music.
Months after finding out about them they signed onto a label and put out the album "…Is A Real Boy", which I think has defined my teenage years. I think of it as the soundtrack to my first real kiss, first girlfriend (and everything that goes along with that), and all the other firsts you can accomplish in high school. It holds a special place in my heart, is what I'm getting at, and is one of the best albums put out anywhere ever (fact). I want to heft so much praise on this album, want you all to listen to it and go "this is what church should feel like" and buy every piece of Say Anything merch to help out this awesome band but I realize that Nostalgia is playing a big part of my love of this album (which is OK) and that it's really only pretty good (false).
This was all important in setting up the stage for current-day Say Anything: a band with a very healthy following of people who spend enough money to support them, good commercial success, and a lead singer without the mental problems that he suffered through during the band's formative years. I'm always excited to hear about them playing in Houston or coming out with a new album. They never fail to floor me during a live performance, be it in a stadium or low-key venue: bringing fans up to sing with them, staying after for hours and hours to sign anything and everything people want, and just generally looking to be very grateful of what they have.
A couple of days ago their latest album leaked, and after agonizing about whether or not to do the Right Thing and wait (I am, unfortunately) or download it, I decided to see if any reviews had been posted about it. None had, but I ran into an interview the lead singer did where he talked about getting back together with the producer of "…Is A Real Boy" and about how they were trying to Get Back To Their Roots. I sat, staring at the computer, a small thought bubbling to the surface of my mind: I had heard this line before. A quick wiki search brought me to a snippet the band said about their last album, titled "Say Anything" (this is also good), paraphrased: "our last album was us branching out, seeing what we could do, and this one we feel will be more original, will pop out like '…Is A Real Boy' did."
You see this a lot with… well, every human ever. There's that point in our lives or in our art that we view as The Best It's Ever Going To Get and we try so hard to recapture that lightning in a bottle, to make the miracle happen again. Say Anything thinks that "…Is A Real Boy", rather than being their past, is a goal they must achieve. Older people sometimes think of their early twenties as that time. People getting divorced sometimes think of their early marriage as that time. It's different for everyone, but we all have that time we want to relive because our memories have twisted and distorted the reality of the time and made us believe that it was better than what we have now.
So imagine my surprise when, days later, I heard a similar sentiment from Blizzard:
- Kaivax: "Pet battles, Scenarios, and dungeon Challenge Modes are all coming to World of Warcraft. And we want to rekindle the fires of existing features that haven't gotten much love for a while, such as reputation systems, daily quests, world bosses, and yes — world PvP."
An honest assessment, logically. These are things that Blizzard has shied away from recently and, for whatever reason, want to revisit. Sounds… a lot like a band I know.
The idea that WoW had a Good Ol' Days is very pervasive in the community. People cite harder bosses, world PVP, and a "more cohesive" community as reasons why Vanilla or BC were better expansions. Some may also posit that the current expansion has none of these and, thus, is inferior to a prior expansion. All you need to do is look in any major WoW forum and you'll find at least two threads debating why the current expansion isn't as good and, inevitably, someone will explain that the "casuals" have devolved the game into something akin to Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
This thought is cancerous, friends, and we need to do away with it.
In the case of Say Anything, the band will never be able to replicate the raw emotion of "…Is A Real Boy" because the lead singer (and the man who played every instrument sans drums on the record) is in a better place. During production of the album, the lead singer succumbed to years of mental instability and had to be institutionalized. Years later, married and content, how can you go back to a place as terrible as mental illness is? You can't, at least not without killing yourself. As amazing as the album was and continues to be, the last thing I want is for Max to go back to that dark place. As much as my NOSTALGIA makes the album to be the greatest thing ever, I understand the dangers of paranoia and APD and understand the hate and vitriol that come from them.
Blizzard needs to understand that nothing they did made Vanilla "great". Systematically it was a terrible game: you had to grind for days to get specific resist gear, had to grind days and days to get good PVP gear, had to grind for hours to get mats for raid buffs/potions, had to grind days and day to get a single level. World PVP, while it had the POTENTIAL to be fun, was mostly an inconvenience to players trying to level or get quests done (recall that the fabled Tarren Mill vs. Southshore battles took place in a zone for level 20-30 players and that they were often caught up in the conflict). We did all of these things because MMOs on the level of WoW's commercial success were mostly unheard of and it was all we knew. We were worse players and Blizzard were worse designers.
In Blizzard's case, there is nothing they can do to recapture the "feel" of Vanilla: that lies within the player. They can put out Vanilla 2.0 and that would mean nothing towards nostalgia if the players don't think of it as such. All they can do is make the game they make and hope that people play it. The worst thing we, as players, can do is put on our rose-tinted goggles and compare two expansions. Reasonable comparisons are a hard thing to ask for, though, because no matter how hard we try we'll always have the feelings like "well in Vanilla I was in a successful guild and we were all having fun and now I'm guildless and not having fun" which will inevitably cloud our judgment – WHILE THIS IS NATURAL, it makes comparing the two very hard to do objectively.
The question begs: what's to be done? Honestly, nothing. This is not a cry for community reform, merely a way to hopefully put a mirror in front of people and say "please, consider yourself". Remember the past, yes, and perhaps remember it fondly, but please leave it at that.
I suppose this is as good of a time as any to say that I don't think that Blizzard is bending over backwards trying to figure out how to get the "feel" of Vanilla again. I honestly just saw the statement and connected dots in my mind, slowly coming to the idea that a post could be made about it. Remember that the past is never as amazing as you think it is and that this, the Now, the Holy Present, is here and it is better than the past because you have more experience and you are alive and breathing.


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Where: Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 502 W. Sumter St., Shelby
Details: 7 a.m. morning prayer in the chapel; 6 p.m. evening prayer in the church; 12:15 p.m. Holy Eucharist
What: Maundy Thursday and Agape supper
When: March 28
Where: Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 502 W. Sumter St., Shelby
Details: 6 p.m. Agape-Seder supper; 7 p.m. Holy Eucharist with foot washing; 8 p.m. all-night prayer watch
What: Good Friday events
When: March 29
Where: Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 502 W. Sumter St., Shelby
Details: Noon, Stations of the Cross; 1 p.m. movie shown, "Jesus Christ Superstar"; 7 p.m. Good Friday service
What: Holy Saturday and the Great Vigil of Easter
When: March 30
Where: Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 502 W. Sumter St., Shelby
Details: 10:30 a.m. Holy Saturday service; 8 p.m. the Great Vigil of Easter
What: Easter service
When: 7 a.m. March 31
Where: Hudson Memorial Baptist Church, 762 Warlick Rd., Lawndale
Details: Special singing and preaching; breakfast served following the service; no evening service
Information: 704-538-9200
What: Easter Day events
When: March 31
Where: Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 502 W. Sumter St., Shelby
Details: 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist; 9:30 a.m. parish breakfast; 11:15 a.m. egg hunt after the service in the church yard
What: 90th anniversary service for Ascension Lutheran Church
When: 11 a.m. April 28
Where: Ascension Lutheran Church
Details: North Carolina Bishop Leonard Bolick will preach the sermon; celebration meal will follow
What: Precept Upon Precept Bible Study Class
When: 9-11 a.m. Wednesday mornings
Where: Mount Zion Baptist Church , 400 Mount Zion Church Road, Casar
Details: Ongoing study through March 6 is "Matthew Part 1: The King and the Kingdom of Heaven" from the Kay Arthur Precepts Bible Studies; from March 13 – May 15, study is "Matthew Part 2: The Christ, The Son of the Living God"; contact Kasie Hope for questions or to start a course in your home, church or workplace.
Information: Kasie Hope at 704-538-8125 or firstname.lastname@example.com
What: Wednesday morning Bible study
When: 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Wednesdays
Where: Light Oak Baptist Church , 2311 Oak Grove Road, Shelby
Teacher: Minister Gary B. Gullatte Jr.
Details: Teaching the importance of Bible study, visitors welcome
Information: 704-484-2644
What: Bible study
When: 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays
Where: Brooks Chapel United Methodist, 110 Brooks Chapel Court, Polkville
What: Bible study "The Epistle of James"
When: 6:30 – 8 p.m. Thursday evenings
Where: Carolina Gardens Apartments, Kings Mountain
Information: Antwone Denise Camp at 704-869-3343
What: Afterschool tutoring and youth programs, sponsored by Second Baptist, True Word of God Outreach Ministries, Zoar Baptist and Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Where: Second Baptist Church, N. Lafayette Street, Shelby
Information: 704-487-1655 or 704-487-7227
What: Annual spring barbecue
When: 4 p.m. March 2
Where: New Home United Methodist Church, Moriah School Road, Casar
Details: Plates $10 each and include barbecue or chicken halves, slaw, hushpuppies, baked beans, dessert; dine in or carry out; Boston butt kits $30, must preorder by Feb. 25 by calling Brian at 704-538-0292 or Keith at 704-538-8747
What: Country ham supper
When: 4 - 8 p.m. March 2
Where: Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Warlick Road, Casar
Details: Cost $8 for adults, $5 for children 6-12, free for children under 6; carry out available; proceeds benefit the UMW
Menu: Country ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, candied yams, biscuits, dessert, pickles, cake, pies, coffee and tea
Information: Doris Hamby at 704-538-3995
What: Fish fry
When: 5 – 7 p.m. March 2; concert 6 p.m.
Where: Elizabeth Baptist Church Christian Life Center, 301 N. Post Road, Shelby
Details: Menu includes fish, French fries, hushpuppies, slaw and desserts; concert featuring "His Glory Quartet"; proceeds help buy materials for the EBC Handyman Ministry, which completes projects for seniors, handicapped and those with serious illnesses; donations can be made to EBC Handyman Ministry, 301 N. Post Rd., Shelby, N.C. 28152
Tickets: $12 for adults, $5 for children age 12 and under; available at the church office, Spake Concrete Products, Brown's Automotive or by calling David Brown at 704-472-6252
What: Chicken pie supper
When: 5 – 7 p.m. March 9
Where: Dover Baptist Church, 1501 Polkville Road, Shelby
Details: Dine in or takeouts available; donations accepted
Information: Kay Allen at 704-297-3526
What: Breakfast buffet youth fundraiser
When: 7 - 10 a.m. March 16
Where: Beulah United Methodist Church, 1534 Stony Point Road, Shelby
Details: Adults $6, children under 12 $3; buffet includes bacon, sausage, livermush, eggs, biscuits, pancakes, grits, sausage gravy, fruit cocktail, juice and coffee; biscuits to go are two for $3
What: First annual youth barbecue sale
When: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. pick up, March 23
Where: Way of the Cross Freewill Baptist Church, 875 E. Zion Church Road, Shelby
Details: Price $35; includes smoked Boston butt, cup of slaw, cup of homemade barbecue sauce; all proceeds benefit the youth fund; orders must be made by March 17; for tickets call 704-406-9214
What: Beaver Dam Baptist Men's Barbecue
When: 4-7 p.m. March 23
Where: Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 123 Beaver Dam Church Road, Shelby
Details: Fundraiser for mission trip, $10 donation requested; children 6 and younger eat free; carry out available; Boston Butts available
Information: Mike McSwain, 704-692-4514
What: Revival
When: 7 p.m. nightly March 4-7
Where: Gospel Way Baptist Church, 3904 Tryon Courthouse Road, N.C. 274 South, Cherryville
Details: Bro. David Jones preaching; special singers nightly
Information: 704-445-8420 or www.gospelwayonline.org
What: Radio program
When: 8:30-9 a.m. every Sunday morning
Details: WOHS 1390 AM with The Rev. J.D. Ponder
What: Divine service
When: 6:15 p.m. Thursdays
Where: Mount Zion Lutheran Mission, 232 S. Lafayette St., Shelby
What: Prayer time for anyone in need
Where: Hudson Memorial Baptist Church, 762 Warlick Road, Lawndale
When: 7-9 p.m. Mondays
Information: 704-538-9200
What: Senior Day
When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., third Saturday of each month (Feb. 16)
Where: Brooks Chapel United Methodist, 110 Brooks Chapel Court, Polkville
Phone: 704-538-9506
What: Sunday school enrichment and worship celebration
When: 11:30 a.m. and noon every Sunday
Where: New Jerusalem Rebirth and Restoration Ministry, 300 E. Ross Grove Road, Shelby
What: Coffee break and group discussion
When: Noon-1 p.m., every other Tuesday
Where: Journey With God Ministries, 226 Lee St., Shelby
Information: Apostle Warren E. Boatwright, 704-482-3492
What: Intercessor prayer and Bible study with Evangelist Linda Hardin
When: Noon every Wednesday
Where: St. Matthews Church
What: Bible explosion
When: 7 p.m. every Wednesday
Where: New Jerusalem Rebirth and Restoration Ministry, 300 E. Ross Grove Road, Shelby
What: Free ministerial licensing and ordination program
When: 7-10 p.m. every Friday
Where: Harvest School of the Bible, 106 Payne Road, Kings Mountain
Details: Affiliated with Light of Christ Ministry
Information: 704-730-8003
What: Computer class
When: 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays
Where: Christ Temple Church, 341 Hudson St., Shelby
Details: $60 per month
Information: Elder Mark McDowell, 828-205-573
What: Free English as a Second Language Classes – All levels – beginner, intermediate and advanced classes
When: Mondays, 6:30 to 8:15 p.m.
Where: First Baptist Church of Shelby, Ladies' Parlor
Who: Anyone who wants to learn or improve English, non-English speakers are welcomed; certified teachers
Cost: Instruction free; optional books available for purchase
Contact: 704- 487-6094
Internet: www.fbcshelby.org
Que: Libre clases de Inglés como Segundo Idioma – todos los niveles: principiante, intermedio y avanzado clases
Cuando: Las clases son cada Lunes por la noche de 6:30 a 8:15 p.m.
Donde: Primera Iglesia Bautista (First Baptist Church) de Shelby
Lugar: En el salon de Damas
Quien puede atender: Cualquier persona que quiere mejorar su ingles o quiere aprender Espanol. Inglés oradores son Bienvenidos; Maestras Certificadas.
Costo: Instruccion es gratis; La compra del material es opcional y estaran disponibles.
Para mayor informacion llamar a: 704- 487-6094
Internet: www.fbcshelby.org
What: Benefit singing
When: 7 p.m. March 1
Where: Maranatha Baptist Church, 104 Downey Lake Road, Dallas
Details: Benefit for Community Christian Academy, which opens for the 2013-2014 school year on the campus of Bessemer City Community Church; featuring the Reggie Sadler family and Living by Faith
Information: 704-629-2391 or 704-691-9653
What: Singing
When: 7 p.m. March 2
Where: Ledford Grove Baptist Church, 327 E. Double Shoals Road, Lawndale
Details: Featuring Blood Bought
Information: Jackie Price at 704-538-6803
What: JC & Company praise and worship service
When: 11 a.m. March 3
Where: Glenwood Baptist Church, 461 Bostic Sunshine Hwy., Bostic
Details: Reservations not required; no charge for this service
Information: 828-245-0572
What: First annual gospel fest
When: 4 p.m. March 3; doors open at 3
Where: Restoration Church International, 1905 N. Limestone St., Gaffney, S.C.
Details: Sponsored by the Mighty Revelations; master of ceremonies Deacon Charles Montgomery of 1180 WFGN radio; admission $5; 12 and under free
Special Guests: The Spiritual Uplifters of Florence, S.C.; Chosen of Calhoun Falls, S.C.; the Exciting Harris Brothers of Gaffney; the Gospel Supremes of Shelby; 2Gether of Spartanburg, S.C.; the Mighty Revelations of Gaffney; Redeemed of Spartanburg; the Gospel Spiritual 7 of Greenville, S.C.; the Crowns of Light of Morganton; the Gospel Tones of Gaffney; and Gentle Johnson and the Gospel Melodyaires of Greer, S.C.
Information: 864-812-0509
What: Darin and Brooke Aldridge performance
When: 6 p.m. March 3
Where: Poplar Springs Baptist Church
Details: Public invited; love offering received; fellowship will follow in the church family life center
What: Nevater Camp Songbirds anniversary performance
When: 3 p.m. March 17
Where: Mountain View Baptist Church, Lawndale
Details: Groups from North and South Carolina; everyone invited
Information: Denise Danso at 704-297-9873
What: The Redeemed Tour featuring Big Daddy Weave, Mikeschair, and Citizen Way
When: 6 p.m. April 7
Where: Elizabeth Baptist Church, 301 N. Post Road, Shelby
Tickets: General admission tickets are $15 and are available at the church office during office hours and Sunday mornings after worship services. Tickets are also available by credit card for an additional fee online at http://www.itickets.com/events/302310.html or by phone at 800-965-9324.
What: Free clothes giveaway
When: 7-11 a.m. March 2
Where: Faith Missionary Baptist Church, 822 Churchill Drive, Shelby
What: "I Looked All over Heaven for You" drama
When: 6 p.m. March 2
Where: Full Gospel Church of Jesus Christ, 3321 Baptist Camp Road, Connelly Springs
Details: Light refreshments served; performed by East Hudson Baptist Church from Hudson; church is 12 miles south of Morganton off Old Hwy. 18
Information: 828-754-4005
What: Fifth annual Red and White Ball Extravaganza
When: 7 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. March 2
Where: Bynum Chapel Family Life Center, corner of Cansler and Ellis Streets, Kings Mountain
Details: Price $10 in advance, $12 at the door; semi-formal attire; dinner, door prizes and a fashion show; for ticket info, contact Andrew "Bubba" Brown at 704-772-5129, church office at 704-739-2606, Family Life Center at 704-730-0027, or any other member of the church
What: Usher board program
When: 3 p.m. March 3
Where: Mountain View Baptist Church, Lawndale
Details: Everyone invited; featuring the Rev. J.Q. Boykins, pastor of Friendship Chapel Baptist Church in Shelby
Information: Eula Crank at 704-730-9632 or Denise Danso at 704-297-9873
What: Lifeline Screening
When: March 5
Where: Calvary Baptist Church, 320 Old Boiling Springs Road, Shelby
Details: Stroke and osteoporosis screenings, packages start at $159, five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete.
Information, appointments: 1-877-237-1287, www.lifelinescreening.com
What: Holy service of consecration to the Bishopric for Sr. Elder Sharon C. Martin
When: 4 p.m. March 9
Where: Canaan Memorial Baptist Church, 300 E. Ross Grove Church Road, Shelby
Details: Hosted by Rapha International Fellowship Inc.; please arrive at 3 p.m. for processional line up
Information: 704-487-0480
What: Community Empowerment Awareness event
When: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. March 23
Where: Forest City Housing Authority, 147 East Spruce St., Forest City
Details: Entire event is free; music, dance, songs, face painting and more; free food and 300 free boxes of household products; boxes given out on a first come, first serve basis; free baby diapers and pull-ups for all sizes; sponsored by Word of Deliverance and Reaching Outside the Walls Ministries
Special Guests: City and county elected officials, spiritual leaders, high school athletic directors, community college educators, financial aid counselors, GED and high school diploma advisors, the Employment Security Commission, youth empowerment and youth mentors, health wellness, domestic violence advocates, substance abuse counselors, Ray Rice Martial Arts and more
Information: 864-461-7178
What: Women's tea and luncheon
When: Noon March 16
Where: Canaan Baptist Church, 300 E. Ross Grove Road, Shelby
Speaker: Dr. Cindy McKinney, associate professor at Gardner-Webb University
What: Ladies' brunch
When: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. March 23
Where: First Baptist Church activities building
Details: Women of all ages invited; admission free with a ticket; childcare for children through pre-school available by reservation; theme is "My Relationship Matters"; event includes brunch, activities, music guests and speakers; music guests are Jill Parker and Rachel Roby; speakers are Holly Sweat and Katie Graves; tickets and childcare reservations available at church office or by calling 704-482-3467.


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Why the Totally Unauthorized Reading Group Guides on One-Minute Book Reviews Are Different From Others
Most reading group guides are designed to sell books. They come from publishers or Web sites that accept advertising from them. The guides many contain many thoughtful questions. But their primary purpose is to promote books. They do not encourage you to examine the strengths and weaknesses of an author's work. They are marketing tools for publishers.
The new reading group guides on One-Minute Book Reviews are different. They are designed for intelligent readers who know that not all books are good or deserve only praise. They encourage you to explore both the faults and virtues of books. They do this in many ways, including by citing negative reviews or obvious defects in an author's writing when appropriate. They also come from a site that doesn't accept free books or advertising from publishers and, for that reason, never faces pressures to slant a guide in the direction most favorable to a book.
Some guides on One-Minute Book Reviews are stand-alone lists of discussion questions and supporting material. Others supplement guides you may find elsewhere. All reflect the deep literary experience and perspective of Janice Harayda, an award-winning journalist and novelist who has been book editor of the Plain Dealer and vice-president for awards of the National Book Critics Circle. You can find them in the "Totally Unauthorized Reading Groups" category on this site, which includes guides to The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival, by Stanley Alpert; The Higher Power of Lucky, the 2007 Newbery Medal Winner by Susan Patron; and A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah.
If the discussions at your reading are dull or uninspired, you may want to bookmark this site or forward a link to members of your club. Thank you for visiting One-Minute Book Reviews.
(c) 2007 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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The author of Infidel returns with an inflammatory polemic
Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations. Free Press, 304 pp., $27.
By Janice Harayda
At the age of five, the Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali was circumcised with scissors by a man hired by her grandmother. She later fled to Holland to escape a forced marriage and collaborated on a Dutch film about the oppression of Muslim women, which led to death threats and another move – this time, to America.
Hirsi Ali described these and other upheavals in Infidel, a harrowing account of her efforts to forge an independent life after rejecting Islam and the violent culture of her family's tribe. Nomad is a much less effective book, and not just because it repeats in different form many of the ideas and incidents in that memoir.
In this inflammatory polemic Hirsi Ali argues that Islam is not just a religion but "a violent way of life," and she condemns its "increasingly dangerous impacts" — a stilted phrase typical of the writing in Nomad — on Western societies. She believes that Muslim immigrants must be required to assimilate, a process that includes respecting the laws of their adopted countries instead of demanding that their crimes be tried in sharia courts. As she describes her conversion from Islam to atheism, she calls for "a massive public effort to reveal, ridicule, revile, and replace" traditional Islamic views, especially those that cast women as property.
To support her arguments, Hirsi Ali draws heavily on the brutality suffered by her family in passages that are among the most vivid in Nomad. She also makes a strong case that honor killings and other crimes against Muslim women exist in the U.S. as well as abroad but that the media play down their religious basis for fear of offending the faithful.
On other subjects, Hirsi Ali oversimplifies or underdocuments her points or extrapolates too freely from her own life. She faults multiculturalists who seek to enable Muslims to preserve their old culture in their adopted countries: "Social workers in the West will tell you that immigrants need to maintain group cohesion for their mental health, because otherwise they will be confused and their self-esteem destroyed. This is untrue." But there are degrees of "cohesion" and "self-esteem," and immigrants may suffer as much from cutting all ties to their culture as from cutting none. This kind of either-or logic pervades the book.
Since the publication of Infidel, Hirsi Ali has also become more closely linked to the American Enterprise Institute, the conservative think tank that employs her. Some of her causes demand support from liberals and conservatives alike, including her call for an end to honor killings.
But it is unfortunate that after spending much of Nomad arguing that violence against Muslim women should concern everyone, Hirsi Ali faults feminists for not doing more to end it when, in fact, well-known feminists such as Gloria Steinem may have done more than any other group to publicize the problem. Her nearsightedness on this and other issues may alienate many people who share her outrage about honor killings and related crimes. Infidel – which keeps a tighter focus on her story – makes a better introduction to her work.
Best line: Hirsi Ali says that when she and her family lived in Saudi Arabia, her father and brother often went to a "tribunal of justice" at a spot known as Chop-Chop Square: "There men and boys would take their seats and watch the sinners being punished with stonings, floggings, amputations, or beheadings."
Worst line: "In fact a certain kind of feminism has worsened things for the female victims of misogyny perpetrated by men of color. My colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, Christina Hoff-Sommers, calls this 'the feminism of resentment.'"
Caveat lector: This review was based on an advance reader's copy. Some material in the finished book may differ.
You may also want to read: One-Minute Book Reviews also posted a review of Infidel and a reading group guide to Infidel.
You can also follow Jan Harayda (@janiceharayda) on Twitter.
© 2010 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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High-speed pursuit results in arrest
YREKA – A Grenada man was arrested Friday night after allegedly leading officials on a high-speed pursuit that began on Old Highway 99 in Yreka. The chase ended when his vehicle reportedly struck a sheriff's deputy's vehicle and came to a stop upon striking a tree on Cram Gulch Road outside of Grenada.
No injuries were reported, stated Allison Giannini, Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) spokesperson.
Alan Eugene Phillips, 41, was apprehended and booked in the Siskiyou County Jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon (not a firearm), a hit and run, petty theft, driving on a suspended license and reckless driving as well as a probation violation. Yreka Police Department (YPD) Chief Brian Bowles said a felony count of evading arrest will be added to the charges.
According to Bowles, one of his officers was on patrol when he was notified by the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) that a business on Fairlane Road was burglarized and firewood had been reported stolen.
The officer received a description of the vehicle – a black GMC pickup – and followed the taillights of a vehicle matching that description heading southbound on Old Highway 99.
The officer caught up with the GMC pickup, traveling between 60-90 m.p.h. According to Bowles, the officer reportedly observed stacked firewood in the bed of the truck.
Phillips reportedly went through a stop sign at the Highway A-12 off-ramp, and then got back on Old Highway 99, continuing to head south.
Due to icy road conditions, the YPD officer terminated the pursuit when the vehicle turned onto Old Westside Road.
Phillips reportedly made his way to Cram Gulch Road and was heading northbound when his vehicle allegedly struck a southbound sheriff's deputy's vehicle, and then struck a tree.
Phillips was booked in the Siskiyou County Jail during the early morning hours on Jan. 12. He is being held without bail.


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Accidental outlaw Willie Nelson celebrates 80th birthday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- America loves its outlaws, and few are as admired and lionized as Willie Nelson.
As the enduring American icon recently turned 80, he's been honored with lifetime achievement awards, serenaded at special performances and saluted by musicians from every genre of music. And Nelson has taken it all in with a bemused smile.
"It's a nice thing to do for someone on their birthday, and I appreciate it," Nelson said in a recent interview aboard his bus. "Usually I like to forget my birthdays as much as possible."
The hubbub is as much about celebrating Nelson as it has been celebrating with Nelson.
The singer occupies a unique space in America's cultural memory. A walking bag of contradictions, he wears his hair long in braids and has a penchant for pot smoking, yet he remains arguably conservative country music's greatest songwriter. He's accepted by left and right, black and white and is instantly recognizable to a majority of Americans.
Like few other music stars, his image has grown to represent more than the notes he's played or the lyrics he's written. Like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash or Frank Sinatra, he's become a figurehead for a uniquely American way of thinking. He represents the outlaw and the maverick. If Elvis was all about the sexual revolution, Nelson is American independence.
"America is a bizarre place, and Willie is our captain," said Jamey Johnson, Nelson's good friend and sometimes opener. "Willie in every way represents all the greatest things about America to me."
Nelson didn't set out to be a folk hero, as Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum calls him. He spends something like 200 days on the road still, a pace that challenges men a quarter his age.
In a series of interviews over the last year, Nelson explained he just came to Nashville wanting someone to buy his songs. That young man never imagined he'd be on the road for more than 50 years. His first real songwriting job paid $50 a week. He played - and sometimes slept - at Tootsie's on Lower Broadway in Nashville, just a few miles - but really a million miles - away from Music Row.
Nelson thinks that young man wouldn't know what to make of the spectacle he's become.
"He'd probably wonder what's that old man doing out there," Nelson said with a chuckle. "He's got a house. He's not homeless. Why don't he go home?"
The truth is Nelson is home as he sits at the pleasantly cluttered kitchen table of his bus. With its portrait of an American Indian on the side and its reputation for mellow encounters, the bus is as much a part of Nelson's mythos as his braids and battered old guitar.
An invitation to join Nelson on the bus is coveted.
For Nelson, it's a refuge, office, songwriting room and parlor where he hosts friends and band members for morning coffee.
"I've lived in this house longer than I've lived in any of the others, all combined," Nelson said glancing around. "I feel at home here. It moves around. I have a mobile home. That's about the size of it, and I enjoy it."
Nelson has pursued this nomadic lifestyle for more than four decades, almost unchanged. The personnel in the band has remained the same. Until recently, harmonica player Mickey Raphael was pretty much the new guy. He recently celebrated his 40th anniversary with Nelson, though he's not exactly sure when that date fell.
"I was never officially hired," Raphael says with a grin, "but I was never asked to leave."
Nelson hangs onto his buses till they're over a million miles, still wears a black T-shirt and that red, white and blue guitar strap. His children grew up on the bus and now they play in his band from time to time.
So, to paraphrase Waylon Jennings, the outlaw thing's been overdone. All he wanted to do was play his own music the way he chose. In Nashville, that idea was sacrilegious. And while Nelson was something of a known quantity in town - he had written hits and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry - conventional wisdom said he was never going to amount to much if he insisted on singing his own songs in a manner that didn't fit Music City's countrypolitan ways.
"You ever heard the song me and Waylon did back in the old days called 'Write Your Own Songs?' " Nelson says with a laugh. "I still do that one occasionally. I get a kick out of doing it because it takes you back to the days when me and Waylon were fighting the outlaw wars here in Nashville and losing. I enjoyed those times. I even enjoyed being the outlaw and the outcast. I thought, 'All right, that's great. I must be doing something right.' You remember the old saying, 'You keep on doing it wrong till you like it that way?' "
Two things happened in the early 1970s to give Nelson the advantage in those wars - his decision to leave Nashville and relocate to Austin, Texas, and the release of "Outlaws." The album, a collection of odds and ends from Nelson, Jennings and others, was the first country album to go platinum and was accidentally timed perfectly to take advantage of an obsession with Southern culture in the U.S. during the Age of Burt Reynolds.
Quickly, Nelson was not only a well-known singer with a group of suddenly popular friends, but he was an actor on film and television. His influence spread quickly. Friend Kris Kristofferson invited Nelson down to Mexico to the set of Sam Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" where he introduced him to Bob Dylan. Nelson played a song for a group of new friends.
"And Bob Dylan was so knocked out that he made him keep playing," Kristofferson remembered during a visit to the bus late last year. "I think you played there all day by yourself. ... Dylan was just amazed. It made me respect Dylan, too. But (Nelson) has always been a songwriter's hero. Because he's a great songwriter. Because he's absolutely unlike anybody else and because he's the funniest human being on the planet. And very much like God."
Except maybe when he's telling dirty jokes. Nelson and Vince Gill have plenty in common, but it's their love of off-color quips that cemented their friendship.
Gill says Nelson remains relevant in the 21st century for a simple reason. He continues to show people the way.
"He's the most unique singer I've ever heard," Gill said, "and that to me is the whole point: For you to flip the radio on and know exactly who that is. That's what you dream of."


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A mother's account the death her 5-year-old daughter from a ruthless form of strep contrasts with Elizabeth Edwards's approach to the death of her 16-year-old son
Comfort: A Journey Through Grief. By Ann Hood. Norton, 188 pp., $19.95.
By Janice Harayda
It is Ann Hood's bad luck that I read Comfort a few days after finishing Elizabeth Edwards's Saving Graces, which has a moving section on the death of her 16-year-old son. Edwards says that on what would have been Wade's 17th birthday, she and her husband went to a park and handed out 100 printed cards that read:
"July 18 would be the 17th birthday of Wade Edwards of Raleigh. Please use the attached coupon to celebrate his birthday with an ice cream or treat from the Pullen Park concession stand.
"The gift you can give in Wade's name is to do something nice for someone else."
This lovely gesture caused some pain for Edwards and her husband, John, the 2004 Democratic nominee for vice-president:
"It occurred to us later that this would have been a happy way to celebrate Wade's birthday if he had lived. Instead, the delight on the faces of the children as they returned from the concession stand with ice cream treats was a sad reminder of what it might have been had Wade lived."
Sad it may been, but the incident shows a warmth and humanity less apparent in Hood's more self-absorbed account of death of her 5-year-old daughter, Grace, from a ruthless form of strep in April 2002. In a typical passage in Comfort, Hood seems outraged that nearly a year and a half after her daughter's death, her church sang "Amazing Grace" on a September Sunday "close to Grace's birthday" and "without any warning" beyond the usual notice in the bulletin. She and her husband went to see the ministers and apparently got the apology they sought: "It was a mistake. They were sorry. It would never happen again. In fact, they would not play 'Amazing Grace' in September, or in April, the month Grace died."
Hood's anger about this incident is believable. Anyone who has lost someone greatly loved knows that small events can have titanic emotional force and you may need do all you can to protect yourself from them. But "Amazing Grace" is perhaps the world's most popular hymn www.hymns.me.uk/50-most-loved-hymns.htm and invariably ranks on surveys among the top ten. Perhaps more than any other, it has brought comfort to older people and others facing their own deaths. And the satisfaction that Hood finds in her church's willingness ban the hymn for two months a year — even as she allows that it still "should be played" at other times — typifies the me-first tone of Comfort. This approach differs both from Edwards's altruism and from the more journalistic treatment of books such as John Gunther's classic memoir of the death of his teenage son, Death Be Not Proud.
In a sense, the self-indulgence of Comfort is true to life. Grief makes narcissists of us all. A searing loss can leave us – when we want most to remember someone else – aware only of our own pain. But Edwards and others have found ways to acknowledge this reality while offering a more complex view of grief.
In Saving Graces Edwards writes of going after storm to the cemetery where Wade was buried and seeing a man, carrying a small dog, who often visited his father's grave: "The only tree in the man's section of the cemetery had fallen, and it had fallen across the grave of his father. His pain and helplessness were overwhelming. I made a small bouquet from the flowers at Wade's grave and took them to him. He usually brought something for the grave, but that day he was empty in every way. Sometimes we pressed on as if we were not weakened, and then we saw ourselves in someone else."
Saving Graces is Edwards's first book, and Comfort is Hood's tenth. But that cemetery scene may tell you more about grief than anything in Comfort. Hood spells everything out as neatly as an article in Good Housekeeping or Ladies' Home Journal, two magazines for which she writes, in prose as smooth as glass. Edwards leaves some things implicit or unanswered, as great novelists do. (Why was that man at the cemetery carrying his dog?) In that sense, Saving Graces is truer to perhaps the most painful aspect of grief: Its depths are unknowable, except to the people who feel it them.
Best line: After Grace's death, Hood and her husband adopted a baby girl from China and learned in the process some Chinese mothers mark or "brand" their babies with small scars before they abandon them "as a sign of love." She and her husband traveled in a group of families, all of whom received their children at the same time: "Soon people were lifting pant legs or the cuffs of sleeves to show the small scars on their babies." On the neck of her new daughter Hood found "a thick rope of scar tissue, round and small," which a pediatrician belived was a burn that had healed.
Worst line: Hood says that she used to sleep holding her daughter in the crook of her arm: "So that I literally held Grace day and night for the first year of her life."
Recommendation? Tara McKelvey wrote correctly in a review in the New York Times Book Review that Comfort "doesn't offer comfort, not really – only grief."
Published: May 2008 www.wwnorton.com/catalog/spring08/006456.htm
Furthermore: Hood also wrote Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine and The Knitting Circle. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Rolled Spinach Pork Loin
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Rachel Sandwiches
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The plot kicked off Christmas Eve, when the crime novelist's rescue beagle Tessa escaped from his yard after an outdoor gate latch didn't lock all the way.
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