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The infamous "spontaneous" cause of combustion – the video made them do it!
This site has repeatedly written about several key intersecting themes – all of which are now coming full circle – with tie-ins re Benghazigate and other geo-political matters. And if it was up to the Renegade-in-Chief, rest assured, all the skeletons would stay buried; from those who willingly participated in certain crimes, to others who (literally) got caught in the crossfire.
However, in order to go from there to here, it is imperative to back-track, far enough to elicit relevant and pertinent factoids. Let's call it our patriotic "background check investigation".
Background Check One:
Aside from one's visceral, creepy-feeling reaction – due to the CIA Chief's perpetual satan-like stare – John O. Brennan requires special scrutiny, but not because he resembles the devil! Pinkie swears.
So, to lend some underlying context, let's segue to the patch quilt connection between Obama's mysterious, non-transparent past and his CIA pick.
More than likely, the "fixer" landed the top spot at the CIA via a quid pro quo. Rest assured, Brennan's CEO post at the very same defense contractor which "caught" one of its employees breaching the POTUS's bonafides was no accident.
A supposed Republican, the only diff between Brennan and the POTUS is his affinity for drone strikes. Most significantly, they are in sync with the same Islamic patrons. Regardless, Brennan understands the value of "insurance policies", so having the upper hand always helps in this and that, particularly when the POTUS is squeamish about certain "elimination" tactics and panders to a rabid left base. Hence, the need to breach. In reality, they only differ re tactics, but agree on who needs to come out on top – the Brotherhood Mafia. This is where Benghazigate intersects with the "video defense".
Background Check Two:
As is usually the case, at least in criminal organizations – and Obama Inc. qualifies as such – what you think you know is little more than smoke and mirrors. In other words, while the crime boss operates in the shadows, many get whacked in the process. So too it is with the skulking hulk, Washington's hit man, John O. Brennan, himself a Muslim convert! And while we will never know the exact scope of his/their criminal dealings, the fact of the matter is that they operate completely outside the "advice and consent" of Congress!
If that isn't shocking enough, Brennan, as an almost de facto President of the United States, was secretly meeting with heads of state!According to top secret cables recently released by Wikileaks, Brennan in 2009 met with none other than the King of Saudi Arabia and then-President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh! And these are just the heads of state that we know of!
Why was Brennan, then a low-level advisor to Barack Hussein Obama, secretly meeting with heads of state? Under what authority was (and probably still is) John Brennan waging secret wars in North Africa and the Middle East? Was this the real reason for the attack on the Benghazi consulate, as Benghazi: The Definitive Report makes clear? Does the intel that came out yesterday that Ambassador Christopher Stevens was murdered via lethal injection after a failed kidnapping attempt make sense in light of Brennan's illegal involvement in Libya and attack of Ansar al-Sharia?
According to an "exclusive" by the Washington Times yesterday:
According to a March 14 posting on an al Qaeda-linked website, Dhu–al-Bajadinstated that Stevens was given a lethal injection that was overlooked during the autopsy. The "plan was based on abduction and exchange of high-level prisoners," the terrorist wrote on the prominent jihadist Web forum Ansar al-Mujahideen Network. "However, the operation took another turn, for a reason God only knows, when one of the members of the jihadist cell improvised and followed Plan B."
Background Check Three:
Do readers recall the "mysterious" death of Lieutenant Charles Harris Jr.? Oh dear. The poor shnook got caught up in more than he bargained for, and now he lies six feet under. Fingerprints galore.
Most intrinsically, Obama Inc's bloody fingerprints – with the CIA as the main "fixers"… State, FBI, DHS were surely their back up teams – in Benghazigate could not have happened without shadowy insiders operating behind the scenes. It is this critical element which led to the "video made them do it" "defense" and the entire criminal cover up!
Investigative Findings: Benghazi Video Linked To CIA?
18 May 2014: Based on my extensive 18-month investigation, it is my professional conclusion that the Internet video known as Innocence of Muslims, the video allegedly responsible for Middle East violence and more importantly, the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi that resulted in the death of four Americans can be directly tied to a covert intelligence operation and operational assets of the U.S. Department of Justice. Additionally, the individuals and entities responsible for the Internet promotion of the video of that name can be traced not just to an intelligence operation contemporaneous to the attacks, but to previous events of historical significance and current relevance.
Investigation found that the video cited as the cause for the attack in Benghazi and riots in the Middle East underwent at least four name changes, including Desert Warrior, The innocence of bn Laden, The Real Life of Muhammad, and finally, Innocence of Muslims. Investigation also found evidence that the primary individual behind the film worked as an operational asst for the FBI in exchange for leniency due to his criminal past. Indications of a possible association by one or more of the individuals responsible for the film to U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA, are also suggested.
This investigator also found evidence that suggests that the Internet promotion of the video is linked to at least one entity with ties to government subcontractors. That is, an analysis of electronic footprints of the video trailer under the title Innocence of Muslims, which existed in virtual obscurity for a significant period from its production until September 11, 2012, has been traced to a now defunct Internet YouTube news channel that appears connected to the company formerly known as Stanley, Inc., a subcontractor to various agencies of the U.S. Federal Government that provided products and services to the U.S. military, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, among others. Stanley, Inc. was acquired by the CGI Group in 2010.
It is relevant to note that Stanley, Inc., based in Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a $164 million contract to print new U.S. passports in 2006. It is even more important to point out that two employees of Stanley, Inc., along with a third individual employed by another defense contractor identified as The Analysis Corporation, were identified as the perpetrators who breached the records of the U.S. passport office on three occasions in 2008 and "improperly accessed" the passport records of Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. The breaches occurred on January 9, February 21 and March 14, 2008.
Investigation verified that the CEO of the Analysis Corporation at the time of the passport office break-in was John O. Brennan, who served as a close advisor to Obama in 2008 on matters of intelligence and foreign policy. Brennan also contributed to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and had a 25-year career in the CIA. John O. Brennan is now the head of the CIA under Obama.
It is here that we must recall that at the time of the passport office break-in, Barack Hussein Obama was on the campaign trail as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The news of the breach was made public within a week of the last intrusion, and a week later, on March 21, 2008, Obama was asked for his reaction by ABC News Jake Tapper while campaigning. Obviously, Obama now officially knows that the public has been informed about the level of the breach, and that Obama's personal and confidential biographical information, in addition to his international travels was apparently "accessed."
It is important to note that that the files accessed included Obama's personal passport and not limited to his diplomatic passport.
On April 8, 2008, Obama continued to comment on the fact that the confidentiality of his passport records were apparently compromised. It was on this occasion when Obama admitted, for the first time in any public venue as a presidential candidate, that he traveled to Pakistan in 1981. It is reasonable to wonder whether Obama would have disclosed his Pakistan trip at this time had it not been for the uncertainty that the information was already "in play."
Even ABC News appeared surprised at this sudden and unexpected revelation, considering all of the talk about Pakistan and U.S. foreign policy during the previous several months. Research shows that Obama did not disclose this trip at any time during any policy discussions or debates prior to the passport office breach.
It is also important to point out that during the investigation of the breach of the passport office records, the Washington Times reported that "officials do not know whether information was improperly copied, altered or removed from the database during the intrusions" [Emphasis added]. As time progressed, however, so did the leaks. It was reported that at least one employee within the U.S. State Department shared passport information with a man identified as Lieutenant Charles Harris Jr.
My investigation suggests that Harris was the intended recipient of stolen credit card information from the State Department employee, but received more than what he bargained for. When he realized the scope of the crime and the explosive nature of the information he possessed, he turned to investigators for protection. He also began to talk with investigators and ultimately, made a deal with federal prosecutors.
Before he could make good on his deal, Lieutenant Quarles Harris Jr. was found shot to death in his car on April 17, 2008, just over a month after the last breach. He was found in front of the Judah House Praise Baptist Church in the northeast section of Washington. He had been shot in the head.
The murder of Harris remains unsolved, and the official narrative of that murder is that Harris was either a victim of random violence, or his murder was a result of a "street deal gone bad."
Clearly, investigation into the video and those individuals and entities behind the video known as Innocence of Muslims has found tentacles that reach far beyond the Benghazi attacks. There seems to be a connection, born out of electronic footprints, to our own intelligence agencies in the creation and promotion of this video as outlined above.
Following the announcement to establish a Congressional Select Committee on Benghazi and in response to recently released documents to Judicial Watch, numerous government officials and media pundits have "doubled down" on the narrative that an anti-Muslim movie ultimately titled Innocence of Muslims was the proximate cause for the attacks in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012 that killed four Americans, including a U.S. Ambassador. To stipulate that the video played a primary role in the attack and murder in Benghazi, therefore, is to require it to be properly characterized as critical evidence in a criminal act of international terror. Accordingly, the video, and anyone involved in its funding, production and dissemination must be subjected to extensive investigation as it must be classified as evidence in a multiple homicide stemming from an attack on U.S. property located on foreign soil. To date, no meaningful investigation has been conducted.
Since the Benghazi attacks, officials at the highest levels of our government, supported and even in some instances, facilitated by many in the media and political pundits, have identified the film as the primary and sole motive behind the attack and the murders. As referenced above, evidence of such facilitation was further confirmed in a series of 41 documents secured by Judicial Watch pertaining to Benghazi on April 18, 2014.
Among those documents include a recently declassified e-mail originating from then-White House Deputy Strategic Communications Adviser Ben Rhodes and other Obama administration public relations officials "attempting to orchestrate a campaign to 'reinforce' President Obama and to portray the Benghazi consulate terrorist attack as being 'rooted in an Internet video, and not a failure of policy."[1][emphasis by this author]
It is relevant to point out that Ben Rhodes, now Obama's deputy national security advisor, is the brother of CBS News president David Rhodes. As the e-mail 'thread' details, Ben Rhodes was instrumental in changing the talking points used by administration spokesmen immediately following the attack in Benghazi. It would appear that a prima facie case now exists that places the origins of emphasis and blame on an Internet video originated at the White House level, pursuant to the instructions or with the imprimatur of Obama or one of his stand-ins. The message was merely conveyed by Rhodes, who would likely lack operational authority to make such a decision, according to multiple sources interviewed for this investigation.
In criminal cases and in modern popular culture that includes television, movies and detective novels, motive is one of three aspects of a broader summation of a crime that is used to establish, in part, the determination of guilt of a suspect or suspects. We often hear of "motive, means and opportunity" as a "three-legged stool" on which the guilt or innocence of suspects might rest. With respect to Benghazi, the motive for the attacks has been persistently identified as the creation and distribution of the film Innocence of Muslims.
For the specific benefit of anyone who maintains the belief that the film was the motive behind the attack and murders, the following represents the findings from my research and investigation. For the benefit of anyone who believes otherwise, the following should serve as confirmation that the film was a convenient, albeit planned cover story that had its origins deep within the mechanics of covert intelligence operations.
Summary of Findings
Based on extensive investigation and research in my capacity as an investigator and investigative journalist, it is my professional opinion that blaming the Internet video for the attack at Benghazi is plagued by at least three major irreconcilable inconsistencies that appear to lack any credible explanations in the context of motive:
1. The suppositious relationship between the alleged creator of the video, including others reportedly involved in its funding, creation, distribution and promotion, to U.S. federal intelligence agencies and related government subcontractors. The intelligence agencies include the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI);
2. The extemporaneous timing and method of the film's distribution;
3. The post-event use of the film by government officials and their spokespersons as a ready-made, readily accessible asset of otherwise limited prominence to divert attention away from the actual nature of the attack in its immediate aftermath.
Several investigations have already been performed by various oversight committees, including the often cited Accountability Review Board (ARB), yet none of the issues listed above have been addressed or investigated in any meaningful depth or fashion.
Supplemental note regarding video-spurred violence: Deceptive characterization of attack site
It is important to note that while the primary issue of focus has been that of inadequate security at diplomatic facilities (i.e. embassies and consulates) particularly in the Middle East, the attack occurred at an unmarked, nondescript location that effectively served as a CIA operations center and logistics facility for the covert transfer of arms and personnel throughout North Africa.
There were no American flags flying outside of the compound, and nothing iconic was overtly displayed that would readily identify this location as official U.S. property conducting normal embassy or consulate business. Therefore, to suggest that this site would be a logical target for a demonstration by Muslims upset over an insulting video is disingenuous at best, and represents an intentional deception that could only be purveyed by individuals who fully understood the precise reason for the existence of this compound.
The initial descriptions of the attack occurring at an embassy, then a consulate, and finally a "mission" were deliberately misleading. The compound was none of those, and this fact was known from the beginning. The false descriptions were used to (1) hide the true nature and use of the CIA compound in Benghazi, and (2) to reinforce the government's position that the video caused sufficient and spontaneous violence beyond what could be reasonably anticipated or controlled.
While the issue of security failures and lapses might indeed have merit in the broader context of U.S. diplomatic facilities in the Middle East, to apply those talking points to this compound is an intentional redirection and sleight of hand deception designed to focus attention away from the real issues.
The Filmmaker…..
The Facilitator…..
The video chronology….
Online/Digital forensic investigation….
False fallout….continue connecting the dots here
Besides, the CIA's underbelly has been demonstrably gutted, not by someone from the outside, but by a DEEP cover insider. Folks, when "the agency" veers off the American path, it is lethal to each and every U.S. citizen, regardless of their service to the country. This is a fact.
In the main, readers are free to believe that the orchestrated treacheries, from the hellish bowels of Obama Inc., are merely coinquidinks. That the interlocking trails leading straight back to the White House…to the FBI…CIA…the "contractor"…aka the "shredder" (CGI to Accenture)…are simply happenstance. Whatever floats your boat.


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Encouraging links between students and school staff around the globe
It was exiting to get our heads around writing again after our school holidays but the students knuckled down and started reading and writing straight away. They were very pleased to be able to contribute to a story that had already traveled around the world and can't wait to see their efforts printed in a 'real' book. Thank you once again Bev for organising such a wonderful and truly international writing experience.…Continue
Added by Sarah Cook on October 8, 2013 at 0:51 — No Comments
Once again the 12 students from Christ the King had a fantastic time continuing the six stories began by the authors. In pairs they brainstormed what might happen next then began the writing process. As usual there was a mad rush at the end to complete their paragraphs and hopefully they have done a good job. Good luck to the next school and have fun!
Thanks Bev.
Sarah CTK Australia
Added by Sarah Cook on October 15, 2012 at 0:53 — 1 Comment
Well maybe it was unseasonably cold, but the flame of inspiration burned brightly. I'm amazed by the wonderful group of students I have here. Barely 12 years old and they could be writing crime dramas for television! I'll post some reflections from them next week, as they have a major, major presentation to do for the rest of the day (another reason why I am impressed with their whole-hearted participation).
Most of the students are credited as writers in the blog stories, but particular…
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Its not always easy to find exactly 'what' you desire, once you do then there is the question of, 'What action' to take to manifest it. I have so many questions, but can't decide which is the right answer. As a result, I find myself at a junction, every so often.
Once again, I desired to end this incertitude, and turn into right direction. I have learnt, through own experience, that it's our conscious that gets confused, at times, to make a choice. Hence, I thought my conscious needs to meet up with the sub conscious first and literally discuss the whole enigma of, how to make the right choice of action to manifest my desire ( I've spoken about how to know its the right desire in previous blog).
I decided to meditate and literally speak with my sub-conscious. How did I know I spoke with my deeper self? Well, I felt it- it felt like a communication within. My sub- conscious answered, and said that I need to 'feel' each selection of choice in my mind. Now, some choices might make you feel like its a wishful thought, some might take you to the road of counting pros and cons; but there will be one that will absolutely resonate with you- no further questions. That's when you need to open your eye and act to manifest your desire.
I believe, I am on the right track, so long I stop at the junction to reflect on what's the right route, for me, before continuing my journey.
The Universe is aligned to our sub-conscious; so speak to your inner-self during meditation. If the sequence of question and answer flows uninterrupted and you feel the tingling in your veins, then you know you are connected with your sub-conscious mind; hence in alignment with the Universe. The action thus taken will yield good results. For example, if your question is which is the befitting job you should go for; then you need to balance your acumen with the role description, unbiased. Reflect and determine which job to apply for- you will feel excited about the prospects and will be successful. Another example could be – question about 'when will my desire to get a bigger house' be manifested. The answer would be found in 'do you really believe in your desire?' 'what action is within your means to match this desire.' Mind, this action could be right investment; or if you have no money but only a sincere desire, then meditation, gratitude and belief are your actions. Once you have engaged your sincerest efforts, leave the manifestation to arrive from the Universe.
However, if you feel its a forced and biased answer, then, its in fact, the influence of your conscious mind, and your sub-conscious has not spoken- you will not feel happy at heart either. If you still take this action, it will not manifest any results. For example, you are only enticed to a role due to the perks of the job, but no qualifications for it- this is the wrong choice.
I've tried this meditation technique in various cases in personal life, and subsequently have chosen the right action, as per what my sub conscious indicated and was thus blessed by the universe.
I thought I will share this progression with my fellow practitioners. Happy manifestation.


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30 Deleted Sports Tweets You Were Never Supposed to SeeJanuary 17, 2014
30 Deleted Sports Tweets You Were Never Supposed to See
Think before you tweet. It seems like such a simple and easy to follow warning on the surface, but for some reason…isn't. These days there are are far too many people who, for whatever reason, are unable to comprehend basic instructions.
Whether it be the heat of the moment or a simple inability to exercise the slightest bit of good judgment, there are a surprisingly large number of people in the sports world who have put a foot in their mouths. Technologically speaking, of course.
The idea that you can't ever delete a tweet isn't exactly true, mostly because Twitter doesn't want it to be. The deletability of a tweet is directly proportional to the audience it reaches. If you have 15 followers, consider yourself the proverbial tree falling in the woods.
You may be jealous of all those followers, but there are many in the sports would that would love to be that tree every now and again. Especially when they say something stupid and attempt to delete it, only to realize it was screen captured and will live forever on the interwebs.
Here are some deleted sports tweets you were never supposed to see.
Los Angeles Kings
Hey! So apparently last May the Los Angeles Kings' social media person learned that making lighthearted jokes about rape doesn't tend to go over well with the general public.
The tweet comparing a hockey situation to sexual assault was deleted and, naturally, an apology was issued. Something tells me a new section in the employee handbook was added too.
J.R. Smith and Brandon Jennings
In November 2013, New York Knicks problem child J.R. Smith tweeted about 'lil kids who pop at the mouth, which was apparently in reference to a tweet by the Detroit Pistons' Brandon Jennings, who questioned whether Smith's little brother should even be in the league.
Sorry, J.R., but Brandon was just asking the question that's been on all our minds for months. Both parties deleted their tweets and refused to escalate the beef, which may have been the smartest decisions of their respective careers.
Reggie Bush
Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush deleted this tweet in May 2012, but not before it had been retweeted over 50 times. He received an immediate backlash over the "joke," which wasn't the least bit funny or clever.
It's not all Bush's fault though, it's not like he had to meet many (if any) rigorous academic requirements at USC. Perhaps he just thinks Nazis are still in power in Germany.
Freddie Falcon
In November 2013, the Atlanta Falcons mascot, Freddie Falcon, spent the day at the 10th annual Out of The Darkness Walk, a suicide prevention agent for an Atlanta organization. Then he tweeted about the event, along with an obvious joke about the Falcons' football woes.
The backlash was swift from people who enjoy putting strangers in their place and threatening to kill someone who made a lighthearted football joke, not a suicide joke. Freddie deleted the tweet a few hours later and issued an apology.
Kevin Durant
Not long after the Oklahoma City Thunder's recent loss to the Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City big man Kevin Durant tweeted this photo of him blowing smoke. The type of smoke was not identified, but feel free to speculate.
About 30 minutes later the tweet was deleted and KD was claiming his phone was hacked, which may or may not be true. Durant's teammate Kendrick Perkins certainly has an interesting theory about what went down.
Skip Bayless
In June 2012, Skip Bayless, of ESPN's First Take, said something pretty interesting on the show. Interesting enough that the show's official Twitter accounted tweeted it out.
And interesting enough that the show's official Twitter account immediately attempted to delete it. I'm pretty sure I've heard people call Bayless a racist before.
Looks like he's an equal-opportunity hater.
Minnesota Vikings
This is one of the few tweets on this list that was nothing more than a very unfortunate mistake. I certainly wouldn't have thought much of the Vikings tweeting about National Hispanic Heritage Month, prior to a game against the Cleveland Browns with the hashtag #BeatTheBrowns.
At least not until scores of Twitter users and a number of different websites pointed out the rather unfortunate phrasing of the hashtag, considering the initial message. The Vikings were quick to react in deleting the tweet and replacing it with something a bit more appropriate.
C.J. Wilson
Yikes. Los Angeles Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson seemingly attempted to message his new phone number to Mike Napoli in May 2012, which would've been a pretty big blunder.
A pretty big blunder if he didn't actually tweet out Napoli's number instead. Wilson was, apparently, "pranking" him. Nice prank, bro.
Marcus Vick
There are a lot of people who will forever dislike Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick because of his past sins, but he's been doing all he can since returning to the NFL to repair his public image.
His brother Marcus has also been doing his part—his very misguided part. This is just one of countless tweets the younger Vick brother has deleted in recent years.
Dan Sileo
In November 2013, former University of Miami football player Dan Sileo decided Twitter was the appropriate venue to put a $1,000 bounty on Florida State's Devonta Freeman. His hope was that a Hurricane would take care of business if they played the Seminoles again in the ACC championship.
Unfortunately for Sileo, that failed on a few different fronts. The first being that Miami didn't even end up playing in the conference championship. The second being that he was fired for the (since deleted) tweets.
NBC Sports
Last December NBC Sports Radio came up with a very clever way to announce that Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston had not been charged with anything in relation to the sexual assault claim made against him a year prior.
Thanks to a few eagle-eyed tweeters, the not-so-hilarious Heisman pun was preserved, much to NBC's chagrin.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, or some tone-deaf weirdo that runs his Twitter account, tweeted out this weird stuff about a boy's underwear competition in October 2013.
Perhaps it was just a matter of something getting lost in translation, but it definitely didn't sound right…like at all. Shortly thereafter it was deleted and never spoken of again.
Matt Barnes
In November 2013, the Los Angeles Clippers' Matt Barnes used some questionable language when he tweeted out of frustration following a loss to the Thunder. Naturally, everyone freaked the hell out and Barnes deleted the tweet.
Let's just say the rules around the use of any version of the n-word are a little bit hazy. For some reason it seems to be the opinion that if they aren't allowed to say it, well, then nobody should be allowed. Because that's oppression.
Pat McAfee
After the Indianapolis Colts' incredible comeback win over the Kansas City Chiefs in the recent Wild Card Round, their infamously drunken punter, Pat McAfee, tweeted out what he thought was a photo of kicker Adam Vinatieri in the locker room.
As it turned out, quarterback Andrew Luck was the true star of the photo. McAfee quickly deleted the photo, but Deadspin (and perhaps other media outlets) had already caught it and preserved it online for all eternity.
Among those who saw the photo? The NFL and/or the Colts organization, one of which fined McAfee an undisclosed amount for the snafu.
Syracuse University
In March 2013, the official Syracuse University Twitter account tweeted that the Orange's longtime basketball coach, Jim Boeheim, was likely to retire after the season.
Except that he wasn't. The tweet was "inadvertently and mistakenly" sent out and quickly deleted. #Awkward
LeSean McCoy
In January 2013, Eagles running back LeSean McCoy got into an excessively nasty Twitter spat with the mother of his son. According to USA Today, the whole thing began after she corrected the spelling on Twitter about his "vocation."
That was all it took for McCoy to go into full-on meltdown mode, hurling several massively inappropriate reply tweets her way. He said she was worthless without him and called it "sad" that she can spell or read—although his spelling was more creative.
Shady quickly claimed "Hacker! Hacker!" and when no one believed him, he temporarily deleted his Twitter account. He has since returned.
ESPN Employee Tim Rizzo
This one is actually a little personal, given that it was actually directed at me. To be fair, I'm sure that many people feel the exact same way about how seriously "girls" are taken in sports. The difference is that most of those people aren't ESPN employees defending Skip Bayless.
I respond to the occasional Bayless tweet during the football season, giving him exactly what he lives for. Recently, Tim Rizzo, who claimed on Twitter to be a part of the Stats & Analytics team at ESPN as well as the managing editor at the University of Hartford Informer, tweeted this to me.
Within minutes he deleted the tweet, along with the account, but still exists as a protected account. It wasn't the first time he reinvented himself. He had previously been known as agitating sports blogger Rizzo Rants, who had made himself known around the interwebs.
ESPN may not care what one of their employees is up to on Twitter, but I think it's fair to say this was a deleted sports tweet Tim Rizzo never wanted you to see.
Dez Bryant
On one hand, I actually appreciate where Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant was coming from here. He was pretty fantastic at Oklahoma State and I could see how he would feel a little slighted if someone else was getting paid that kind of money.
On the other hand, I just want to shake him and tell him to stop saying/doing things that bring attention to himself in a negative way. Of course people freaked out about this and Bryant deleted the tweet, because what else could he do?
That being said, the people who freaked the freak out about this tweet are the same people that freaked the freak out about his so-called "meltdown" on the sideline last season. Oh, but as it turned out, he was just trying to motivate his teammates.
Joe Fitzgibbon
After the Arizona Cardinals upset the Seattle Seahawks at home in late December, there was one Seattle fan that took the loss particularly hard. Washington state representative Joe Fitzgibbon tweeted his immediate reaction out to the world and it wasn't all that pretty.
Fitzgibbon quickly recognized that a politician condemning an entire state as a "desert racist wasteland" because the Seahawks lost a football game probably wasn't the most…politically astute move. He deleted the tweet and apologized.
Mike Wallace
When former NBA player Jason Collins became the first athlete in a major American team sport to come out as gay during his playing career in April 2013, the reaction from the sports world was largely one of acceptance and support.
The reaction from Miami Dolphins wide receiver Mike Wallace was largely one of WTF. That actually works on two levels. Wallace was like, "WTF you want with dudes when you can get with chicks!" Everyone else was like, "WTF is wrong with you, Mike Wallace?"
To his credit, Wallace apologized and clarified that his tweets—which he deleted—came from a place of ignorance, rather than malice. Which, knowing Wallace, is entirely possible.
Dallas Cowboys
In January 2013, the Cowboys' social media person decided the best was to kick off the new year and commemorate their third (now fourth) consecutive season without making the playoffs was to publicly crap on the NHL and, specifically, the Dallas Stars.
Yeah, because insulting the Stars via Twitter is going to help Cowboys fans forget that they've got an owner, Jerry Jones, who is absolutely committed to ruining their lives. Till death do they part. The tweet was deleted and an apology was issued.
The Stars, being more epic than most of us would've been in the same situation, let the 'Boys have it.
Evander Kane
Last June the Winnipeg Jets' Evander Kane took to Twitter to share his thoughts about the play of Heat big man Chris Bosh. Then he defended his thought by calling everyone a bunch of oversensitive babies.
Then he said if you didn't like his particular brand of straight talk, to #clickunfollow. Then he heard from someone affiliated with the NHL and had a very abrupt change of heart.
Kane deleted the tweets and issued an apology for the previously inoffensive, suddenly offensive language.
Rashard Mendenhall
Cardinals running back Rashard Mendenhall has a long history of tweeting really horrifying things. Usually those horrifying things are about women, but sometimes they're about how sad he is about people rushing to judge Osama bin Laden.
Mendenhall usually stands firm on the horrifying things he tweets about women, but it didn't take him long to cave on Osama bin Laden-9/11 truther stuff. He deleted them both, but later wrote a blog to "clarify" how stupid he is.
Bud Light
Recently, Bud Light attempted to honor (assuming having your team name on a can of Bud Light is actually considered an honor) the four teams set to fight it out in the AFC and NFC Championship Games. Well, the four teams they hoped would be fighting it out.
In the initial photo, screen captured by TheBigLead, the Colts and Saints were included instead of the Patriots and Seahawks. They deleted the mistake and replaced it with the right photo…but it's pretty clear where their allegiances lie.
Johnny Manziel
Recently, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel announced he would be suspending his Twitter operations until May, following the 2013 NFL draft. A very smart move, considering he's found himself in hot water in the past.
Last June, Manziel, clearly frustrated with the onslaught of negative press he'd received since winning the Heisman in 2012, tweeted out how freaking exciting he was to get the heck out of College Station, where he is the reigning king.
Johnny Football deleted the tweet, but not before everyone on Earth had already seen it.
Dion Lewis
Former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is currently locked up awaiting trial for the murder of a former friend and has since been implicated in a separate double murder. He also has a pretty troubling history of doing other terrifying things.
Well, one person that he can still count on for support is Browns running back Dion Lewis. In July 2013, Lewis tweeted his obvious disdain for Hernandez's "homies" who "snitched" on him. Maybe his #urrealfriends were afraid to be next on his hit list?
Lewis was quick to delete the tweet, but at least we all know where he stands on the issue.
Seattle Seahawks
In October 2013, Black Sports Online reported on a curious happening from the Seahawks' official Twitter account. Proving Rob Gronkowski isn't alone, someone in Seattle tweeted to porn star Tori Black, who the Seahawks account follows (or followed).
Apparently the tweet bothered someone in a suit because it was soon deleted. A little bit of an overreaction, if you ask me. It's not like the social media guy set up a date with Ms. Black via a public chat. He probably knows enough to DM that stuff.
Troy Aikman
Back in June 2013, a Redditer posted this screen shot of a tweet from former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. The tweet was to a woman whose account has been largely disabled since then, but who may be pictured here.
It's obvious that Aikman was attempting to direct message his lady friend, but you know how complicated this newfangled technology can be. The tweet was quickly deleted.
Tyler Seguin
Last July, the Boston Bruins' Tyler Seguin used very questionable language about homosexuality in a few tweets. A few tweets that he claimed he wasn't responsible for because…you guessed it…he was hacked.
Seguin almost immediately regained control of his account from those pesky hackers and deleted the offending tweets. Thankfully the Philadelphia Flyers' social media people were there to save the day for anyone who missed them.
After the incidents, Seguin wisely decided to delete his Twitter account.
Davone Bess
Recently, Browns wide receiver Davone Bess tweeted out this photo of his coffee table. On his coffee table are the following: an alcoholic beverage, a 5-hour Energy, an iPhone, a pile of weed, a bag of weed, an ashtray and a blunt.
The tweet was posted from Plantation, Fla., at exactly 4:20 a.m. on Jan. 16th. Bess was probably feeling mighty fine at the time. Today he's probably feeling less fine, since the tweet has been deleted and the Browns are investigating.


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Natives & Newcomers in Frontier Encounters
and Land Sovereignty Conflicts in
Northern New England and Maritime Canada
1497 — Present
Plus related Sebago-Presumpscot Anthropology Project Papers
Alvin Hamblen Morrison PhD
(Anthropology Professor Emeritus, SUNY College at Fredonia)
Ethnohistorical Anthropologist, Mawooshen Research
*Herein, WABANAKI = Peoples of the Sunrise Land, or Dawnlanders: Recently, 6 peoples specifically termed by Anthropologists as MICMAC, MALISEET, PASSAMAQUODDY, and PENOBSCOT (All 4 "Recognized" by USA) and ABENAKI ("Recognized" by Canada) and PENNACOOK (first to be exiled by English and so are considered long "scattered" so are NOT Recognized per se). Earlier, all 6 peoples seemed once to have been grouped linguistically, as by this Anthropologist, as MICMAC, ETCHEMIN, and ABENAKI-PENNACOOK.
Three Sections
Sebago-Presumpscot Anthropology Project Reports
(mostly about S-P area)
Mawooshen Memos
(mostly wider area topics)
Notes & Queries;
Sakamo Series
AHM Reprints and Preprints
Selected Research Papers by AHM
(published & otherwise)
This site is currently under construction.
Copyright by Alvin Hamblen Morrison PhD 1999-2019. All rights reserved world wide.


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Barbara has many years of experience in theatre as a producer, writer, director and performer. 'Basically, I just love creating good theatre, as well as providing opportunities for others to do the same.' She has done solo and ensemble work, created shows with groups of particular orientation (including ethnic, Aboriginal and disability communities), the Armidale and District Historical Society and the Armidale Dumaresq Civic Precinct.
In 2014 Barbara formed High Country Theatre because she'd 'seen a lot of good talent in Armidale but not enough chances for people to take to take part in the many aspects of theatre'. Barbara's commitment to theatre as an essential part of a living, breathing community has been recognised with two local Australia Day Awards for cultural activities.
Barbara has run several theatre companies including Company 2A in Sydney which staged 11 productions, many at the Belvoir Theatre Downstairs. Her work has been broadcast on Radio National, ABC1 and SBS television. Barbara continued her creative work after arriving in Armidale in 2000. She is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of New England, Australia.
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I am at my wife's childhood home in Minnesota watching the sun drop slowly behind the bare trees for the last time in 2017. As I reflect on the year during this rare moment of quiet (one daughter is napping, the other playing with her grandmother) I am overwhelmed again with gratitude. I think of all the notes, texts, cards, emails, thoughts, books, visits and prayers that buoyed me through my illness and am giving thanks to all of you and the grace that saw me through. My wife, family, friends, doctors, healers, nurses, fellow patients and colleagues — a veritable host with which to walk through the fires of treatment.
And here we are. Living. Breathing. Looking back on a year filled with love, adventure, diapers, laughter, dancing, and other bounties.
This past year I have continued to be a patient advocate and have been working with groups focused on digital innovation in healthcare, speaking and leading workshops as a technologist and cancer survivor. I also wrote a piece about fertility and cancer for Bridges, MSK's survivors newsletter, and was included in the MSK blog, Hear From Our Patients.
The Nutcrackers are raising funds again with Cycle For Survival. Dr. Feldman, my oncologist, recently started a clinical trial using a new immunotherapy treatment for germ cell tumors, which includes testicular cancer. It is early days but if it goes well it will be refined and may one day replace the chemotherapy and surgeries that are so brutal and destructive. The trial is funded in part by Cycle for Survival as well as two trials in which I am a subject.
Please consider donating to the cause (if you do so by midnight tonight every dollar will be matched by MetLife so your donation is doubled). Click here to donate.
Below is a video about Cycle for Survival that includes yours truly, KR and Juniper.
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Kaoru Mori: Anything and Something Review: Introduction Material or Extended Reading?
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Lychee Light Club Review: Should I Be Worried That I Am Conditioned To Kids Killing Each Other In Fiction?
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Over the years, the Foundation has linked its name with art exhibitions, mainly retrospectives, for Greek or Greek-born artists of international acclaim. This began in 1994, when the State Museums of Contemporary Art in Athens and Thessaloniki had yet to be established and there were no similar private museums, either. This activity is dealt with in the next and final chapter of this Anniversary Report as the sole area of productive action by the J. F. Costopoulos Foundation.
In this chapter we shall examine the various other artistic activities we have supported and which have not been mentioned in other sections of this presentation.
In the area of Music, the Foundation was one of the many benefactors who contributed to the completion of the Athens Concert Hall (the Megaron). Since then, we have supported the Megaron for various concerts, such as those by the Philarmonia Orchestra of London in 1993 or those by the pianist Apostolos Palios, whom we had supported for the completion of his studies in Germany, Hara Iakovidou on the works of Nikos Skalkottas, and Haris Vrontos for the dissemination of his music. The Foundation has supported also the educational programmes of the Athens Concert Hall.
In the same field, we have supported the Greek National Opera in the activities of its Chamber Orchestra, as well as major events outside Athens, including our systematic support to the International Music Festivals of Aegina and Paxos. We have been active also in the area of preserving and issuing on CD the work of such eminent Greek composers as Nikos Skalkottas, Dimitris Mitropoulos and Georgios Kasassoglou; one indicative example is the successful production of a CD with works of Nikos Skalkottas by Danae Kara. Moreover, we have promoted the work of such contemporary Greek composers as Thanassis Moraitis, Vangelis Petsalis and Efstathios Mavrommatis, who were supported to record their unpublished works.
True to our principle of supporting not only classical and contemporary music but also projects for the preservation of our customs and traditions, we have provided regular aid to the Society for the Dissemination of National Music Simon Karas for the organisation of musical events, such as the annual concert commemorating the 29th of May which has been given continuously since 1930 or for the publication of books such as Simon Karas' manuscript entitled Anastasimatario. In the same vein we have supported the Choir of Saint George Karytsis-Themistoclis Polykratis and the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive. We promote also musical education through the activities of societies such as the Jeunesses Musicales de Grece, the Athens Choir and the local conservatoires and philharmonic societies of the Ionian Islands.
In the field of dance, we have long supported the work of the Lyceum of Hellenic Women, mainly in Kalamata but also in other cities in Greece and abroad, and the Greek Dances-Dora Stratou Theatre for its shows on the Filopappos Hill. Both organisations promote the preservation of our traditions by studying, presenting and teaching dances from all over Greece, reproducing traditional costumes and recording songs from various regions of the country. It is worth noting that the costumes they preserve are not mere museum pieces, but are used in the major productions on Greek traditional themes they present annually in Greece and abroad.
Apart from traditional dances we have contributed to the presentation in Greece of the avant-garde work of Greek or foreign choreographers. The best known example, due to our long-standing donation from 1998 to 2009, is that of the Kalamata International Dance Festival, which has become the top contemporary dance event in Greece and one of the major dance events in Europe. The Festival has presented 74 foreign dance groups, of which 53 appeared for the first time in Greece—among them Merce Cunningham, Trisha Braun, Jan Fabre, Philippe Decoufle and Jerome Bel—as well as 30 Greek dance companies, including Zouzou Nikoloudi, Dimitris Papaioannou and Konstantinos Rigos. It is worth noting that the Foundation has supported the early years of contemporary dance groups and contributed to this flourishing kind of art in the last fifteen years. These groups include Oktana, Sine Qua Non and Edafos Dance Theatre, from 1991 to 2003, whose performance Forever was choreographed by D. Papaioannou before he was commissioned to prepare the Opening Ceremony for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
Similar support for more than three years has been extended also to other contemporary dance companies such as the Contemporary Dance Group of Persa Stamatopoulou, the Elix Dance Company, the State School of Dance and the Zouka Dance Company.
Equally important, although more numerous, are the subsidies in the area of the Theatre. The Foundation aims to provide equal support to non¬commercial productions from the field of classical repertory and ancient drama and from that of contemporary and experimental theatre. We have supported the avant-garde efforts of both young and established actors in the productions of the theatre companies Morfes, Argo, Semio, Sfendoni, Spring Theatre and Notos. All these companies were financially supported for several years. Many young and active artists emerged through these ventures, and some of them have stood out on the Greek scene.
Sometimes, the Foundation has supported initiatives which combine theatrical productions with education. One indicative example is the National Theatre's Readings, which had started under the title Analogio Festival and presented new plays by established as well as younger playwrights. The Foundation's support enabled the National Theatre to activate a mechanism of more than 130 artists (100 actors approximately and more than 30 other contributors), while the Theatre's entire production department helped throughout these activities, from organisation and rehearsals to the final presentation.
Another type of initiative for special young audiences combines entertain¬ment with charity work, such as that provided in hospitals by the New Art Scene of the Theatre of Neos Kosmos and which the Foundation supports, as we mentioned earlier. Another worthy case is that of the Greek Puppet Theatre which has created the bulk of its artistic work during the 1990s. Its productions are primarily addressed to children, but include adult audi¬ences, too. Additionally, the Greek Puppet Theatre, aims to organise con¬gresses and workshops on puppet construction and handling.
In addition to music, dance and theatre we have supported various activi¬ties regarding photography, such as the anniversary retrospective on the 20 years since the founding of the Photography Circle in the Benaki Museum, and promoted growth in other, less developed areas of artistic expression which employ new digital or audiovisual technology. This category in-cludes a donation to t-SHORT, a non-profit company for the creation of a database and a digital festival for the promotion of short films.
It is evident that the resources of a benevolent Foundation cannot extend to major cinematic productions. Nevertheless, we support the production of non-commercial films, short films, documentaries and experimental-cinema projects.
Our limited contributions in this field are often associated with actions we support in other areas. For instance, we supported the production of the documentary film The Journey and the Visual language of Jannis Kounellis as part of his solo exhibition aboard the cargo vessel IONION, the film of Tassos Rigopoulos on Lucas Samaras or the Portolanos Film documentary about the National Garden. Moreover, certain of our donations into research projects, publications or exhibitions of archaeological, Byzantine or generally historical interest involved the production of short films which we also supported. Indicative examples include The Hide, a documentary by Vassilis Kosmopoulos about the actions taken in Greece during World War II to conceal and preserve antiquities, or The Ring by Andreas Apostolidis, which was accompanied by the exhibition History Lost, financially supported by us, and later by a book with the same title. We supported also the production of Macedonia, The Hellenistic Civilisation as far as Asia, a film in which Photis Constantinidis presents Macedonia's major historical role in shaping civilisation in Europe and beyond, during the period beginning with Alexander the Great and ending with Cleopatra, known as Hellenistic, according to Johann Gustav Droysen. Likewise, we supported the Notos Productions film Travelling in the Shadow of Byzantium, based on William Dalrymple's book From the Holy Mountain. A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium. Also worth mentioning is our contribution to the production of The Journey: The Greek American Dream, a documentary film produced by the Proteus non-profit organisation and directed by Maria Iliou about Greek emigration to the USA from 1890 to 1980.
Our brief look into documentaries concludes with the productions of Periplus, a company we have supported for its films Sinasos, Mediterranean Stories – which is about customs around the harvesting of grapes, wheat and olives in Greece, Turkey and Italy and shows the common threads despite the different religions in these countries – Yannis Moralis, Log Books – George Seferis and Meetings with Kiki Dimoula. The script and the directing of the first four films were by Stelios Haralambopoulos and of the fifth by Katerina Patroni. All these films obtained international awards. Aside from our support to the production of short films and documentaries we must mention also our aid to the Mediterranean Film Institute. It is one of the most dynamic and successful European initiatives which operates under the EU MEDIA programme and holds annual screenwriting seminars by distinguished academics and professionals for mainly young screenwriters and directors from Europe and the Mediterranean countries.
We shall close this reference to filmmaking with a few words about directors whose work relates directly to the visual arts. Antouanetta Angelidi was supported in 1995 for her much-awarded film The Hours and in 2001 for the also prize winning Thief or Reality. We supported the same filmmaker for the script of the film Medea / Kore, co-developed with Rea Wallden and shown at the 6th Avant-garde Film Festival in 2009. Katerina Thomadaki and Maria Klonari, who have always worked as a team, received a grant for restoring and digitising their work which was deemed to be part of the cultural heritage of France, the country in which they work and teach. Similar support was given to Temenos, a non-profit organisation formed to preserve the archive of Gregory J. Markopoulos and fulfil his vision by using original material from 1947 to 1991, to produce the film Eniaios—an 80-hour production in 22 cycles which include mythical narratives, portraits of intellectuals and studies of archaeological and architectural monuments. The first cycles were shown in 2004 and 2008 at Temenos, a locality near the village of Lyssarea, Arcadia.
Apart from the art exhibitions we have organised or co-organised, the Foundation has helped contemporary artists to exhibit their work in Greece and abroad or represent our country in international art events. This is our most extensive activity in geographical terms, as we have supported the Greek participation in the Biennales of Sao Paolo in 1987, 1989 and 1996, Venice in 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2007 and 2009, Cetinje in 1997 and 2002, Berlin and Sydney in 2004 and Alexandria and Ireland in 2006. In 2007 we supported the organising of the Biennales of Athens and Thessaloniki. The artists in these events include, among many others, George Lappas, Thanassis Totsikas, Costas Varotsos, Vassiliki Tsekoura, Nikos Alexiou, Bia Davou, Vangelis Vlachos, Dimitris Alithinos.
Supported Activities
Over the years, the Foundation has linked its name with art exhibitions, mainly retrospectives, for Greek or Greek-born artists of international acclaim. This began in 1994, when the State Museums of Contemporary Art in Athens and Thessaloniki had yet to be established and there were no similar private museums, either. This activity is dealt with in the next and final chapter of this Anniversary Report as the sole area of productive action by the J. F. Costopoulos Foundation.


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This is a short post to thank all our fans in Australia and New Zealand for supporting our latest release, Wunderkammer, for GABS! We came runner up alongside some of NZ's best breweries (and big congrats to Behemoth for coming #1).
This was a beer that 'took a village' to create; we invited our biggest fans and closet family to come together and help create our beer. For inspiration we provided a curio cabinet (or wunderkammer) to hold their treasured objects and a big box of almond croissants to prepare the palates for our communal beer recipe!
We invite you to try our delicious winter warming spiced beer – and hopefully you'll keep Outlier Cartel in your own Wunderkammer!


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A green shade of wrapper tobacco (see photo), achieved by a heat-curing process that fixes the chlorophyll content of the wrapper while it's still in the barn. Also referred to as double claro. From about 1958 to the early 1970s, Americans smoked billions of cigars, and nearly all of them were candelas. They were so popular in the United States that the term American Market Seletion (abbreviated as AMS) was created by the major importer of Cuban cigars at the time to designate green or candela colored wrappers.
To make candela, a tobacco barn (or casa de tabacco) has to be properly prepped. The walls of the wooden barn are wallpapered with cardboard or paper to seal the cracks. The barn is loaded with freshly harvested tobacco, and the vents at the bottom of the barn are opened, encouraging air to flow out of the roof vent (known as a doghouse), which is always open. The propane heaters or charcoal fires are lit, and the heat slowly rises, taking the moisture out of the leaves. "The objective is to get air flowing through the tobacco, up and out of the doghouse," says Gustavo Cura, the operations administrator for Oliva Tobacco Co. in Tampa, which grows candela in Ecuador and Honduras. "The heat has to start slowly." Within two hours, the heat will be at about 90 degrees, and by hour No. 3, it will rise to 100. After 40 to 48 hours, the tobacco has wilted. The leaf is dry at this point, save for the stem, which takes much more coercing to dry out than the rest of the plant. The farmers shut the bottom vents in the barn and crank the heat to 165 degrees to remove the remaining moisture from the stem. This final step lasts for about one day, and bakes the tobacco as dry as a potato chip. After 60 to 72 hours total in the barn, the chlorophyll has been locked in the leaf and the tobacco is done heating, but needs to be rehumidified so it can be safely removed from the barn. Workers open the barn's vent doors and windows (unless it's windy), allowing the nighttime dew to make the crispy leaves moist again; if the climate is too dry, they bring in a steamer. Then, the leaves are taken down, sorted and graded, and put into boxes, ready for storage or for rolling. The fire curing eliminates the need for fermentation and aging, cutting months and even years off the typical process.
Sunlight will make candela leaf lighter, while heat will darken the color. Candela wrapper can't be stored in normal tobacco warehouses; instead it's kept refrigerated. Water can stain it, so a roller has to know what he's doing in order to make a candela cigar by hand. Because it's the process that makes candela, rather than the seed or country of origin, candela wrappers are grown in a host of countries.


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Interleague Roundup
Interleague play first began in 1997, and since that time, the schedule has seen more and more National League teams added. The Twins' style of play, often referred to as 'small ball', has been compared regularly to that of the National League 'style'. So it's no wonder that the Minnesota Twins have succeeded in interleague play since the tradition began.
In recent years, the Twins have dominated interleague play, posting some of the best records in all of baseball. Since 2006, the Twins have gone an incredible 53-19 to give them a .736 winning percentage over that span of games.
All-time, since the tradition began 12 years ago, the Twins have the second best interleague record. Only the Yankees (133-95) have more wins than the Twins (132-96) against the National League. The Twins' all-time winning percentage in interleague play is .579.
Aside from winning games against the National League during a span of six series in interleague play, the Twins have also fared well with attendance in their three hosted series. This season, hosting the likes of Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Houston, the Twins drew a total of 302,468 fans for an average of 33,607 visitors per game.
The Twins won't be making the move to the other league any time soon, but it's clear that recently at least, they benefit from playing National League opponents; both for reasons shown in the standings and ticket sales.


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Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution that avoids litigation by involving one or several impartial individuals to impose a (usually) legally binding settlement. This process typically occurs as a contractually mandated obligation to settle disputes between the signing parties. Unlike mediation, the arbitrator does not attempt to help the parties reach a settlement, but rather remains impartial and unobtrusive until the decision is made. The only role of the arbitrator is to determine where and if wrongdoing occur and determine appropriate redress for the injured party.
What are the benefits of arbitration?
Arbitration is beneficial as a means to avoid litigation, which can be lengthy and expensive for both parties. It allows an informed third party to deliver the ruling, rather than a legal system that may be uninformed about the nature of contents of the dispute. Litigation also binds the parties to relevant laws and statues in the jurisdiction the case proceeds in, whereas the two parties can agree upon the language and framework of the arbitration. Lastly, arbitration is non-public and can be confidential to suit the needs of both parties and prevent private details about the disagreement becoming public knowledge.
However, there are some disadvantages to arbitration. Arbitration may become expensive with will lead smaller parties to seek a quicker resolution, before the costs of paying the arbitrators becomes crippling. By agreeing to arbitration, the parties generally surrender their right to seek redress in court and instead must abide by the binding arbitration agreement. The Federal Arbitration Act determined this, as the government supported resolving some disagreements without burdening the legal system.
There is a chance that arbitration clauses may bind the injured party to a biased arbitrator that will support the party that offered the contract. Some jurisdictions bar this practice and require arbitration to take place in front of a neutral third party. To prevent ambiguity, there are several standards by which arbitration clauses may be written so that the number of arbitrators, legal language, location and governing law is clear to the weaker party.
How do I file for arbitration?
Firstly, one must determine if the situation merits arbitration or is eligible for arbitration. Many agreements will include an arbitration clause although some agreements to arbitrate may happen after the dispute has occurred. This agreement is called a "submission agreement." The parties will the enter arbitration as determined in either the clause or the submission agreement. Arbitration will vary widely depending on the prior agreement, although it must always include a non-based third party that determines the settlement. Non-binding arbitration for example, advises both parties on the merits of their position and makes a recommendation based on the merits of the party's claims. One of the more famous forms of arbitration is salary or "baseball" arbitration where the arbiter makes an absolute judgment on the merits of either's side position, in this case, salary, and determines if the employer or the employee is entitled to his determination of an acceptable salary.
Source: http://www.sec.gov/answers/arbproc.htm
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1The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2"Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
3"This is what Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will let you live in this place.
4Do not trust in lying words, saying, 'This is the Temple of Yahweh, the Temple of Yahweh, the Temple of Yahweh.'
5But if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly execute justice between a man and his neighbor,
6if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods (which is to your own hurt),
7then I will let you live in this place, in this land that long ago I gave to your fathers forever.
8Behold, you are trusting in lying words that cannot help.
9"Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
10and then come and stand before me in this house that is called by my name, and say, 'We are delivered!' only to go on doing all these abominations?
11Has this house that is called by my name become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it," declares Yahweh.
12"But go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
13Now, because you have done all these things, says Yahweh, and because I spoke to you again and again, rising up early and speaking, but you did not listen, and I called you, but you did not answer,
14therefore I will do to the house that is called by my name, in which you trust, even to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, just as I did to Shiloh.
15I will cast you out of my sight as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16"As for you, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to me, for I will not hear you.
17Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, making me angry.
19But are they making me angry?" says Yahweh. "Are they not doing it to themselves, to the shame of their own faces?"
20Therefore this is what the Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and on animal, and on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground, and it will burn and will not be quenched."
21This is what Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves.
22For in the day that I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or give them commands out of concern for burnt offerings or sacrifices;
23but this thing I commanded them, saying, 'Listen to my voice, and I will be your God and you will be my people; and walk in all the ways that I command you so that it will go well with you.'
24But they did not listen or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsel and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
25Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them again and again,
26yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.
27"You are to speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; you are also to call to them, but they will not answer you.
28You must tell them, 'This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction. Truth has perished; it has been cut off from their mouth.
29Cut off your hair and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights, for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation that has aroused his wrath.'
30"For the children of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, says Yahweh, they have set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.
31They have built the shrines of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
32"Therefore behold, the days are coming," says Yahweh, "that it will no more be called Topheth, nor the Valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury bodies in Topheth because there is no place left to bury.
33The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the animals of the earth, and no one will frighten them away.
34Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a waste."


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I'm a partner with the Florida firm of Christmas Spano & Owen, P.A. Over the last few years, we have been pleased to have four Cooley externs working with us, three of whom we've been able to extend job offers to. We've been impressed, to say the least, at the practical knowledge and work ethic Cooley externs have demonstrated. Cooley does an excellent job of preparing its students for the actual practice of law, as opposed to solely focusing on legal theories and concepts. Cooley students are ready to "hit the ground running," which is exactly what we need. We're excited about Cooley's new campus in Central Florida, and we look forward to having many more Cooley externs join our team!
V. Ross Spano, Riverview, Florida


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Ahead of tomorrow's release of Iron Man 3 (here in Australia, anyway) comes the first trailer for the Thor sequel, reuniting the cast form the original, and with Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston as bad guy Malekith. I like the way the familiar Marvel logo becomes Thor's cape, but I'm getting tired of seeing London destroyed again, after witnessing its destruction in G.I. Joe Retaliation, and the upcoming Star Trek sequel.
Just as Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's "Thor" and "Marvels The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
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Thanks-TAKING as I like to call it, is not a holiday I celebrate. After all, it was the day this land was "taken" away from its original inhabitants. This day marks the beginning of the downward spiral for native americans who were first greeted with diseases from the old world. After spending several weeks volunteering at several Navajo reservations in the four corners region, I was disturbed by the elements of their surroundings in this day and age…
The lot of us had volunteered to rebuild, paint, clean up and lend a hand to raise the living conditions of this improvished group. While their lifestyles were certainly not representative of the native amercians we see in California, the depth of poverty, crime and malnourishment that infected these tribal lands was distressing. We did our best to help where possible and left knowing that we simple hadn't done enough.
A former friend, half Sioux Indian and half Mexican American, had a history of alcoholism, violence and depression in her family. It passed from one generation to the next, each trying to overcome the shadows of the past. We didn't teach them how to become self sufficient, nor did we provide land that could be cultivated and farmed. We stuck them in the far corners of a wasted land that had little use except as imprisonment.
So as you all eat your Turkey's tomorrow and relish the joy that comes with having this day off work, I implore you to take a moment and think about what it means to others…what this day means to our native american brothers and sisters who may not share your appreciation of this "holiday".


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Hi, I've got a few great things to talk with you about today, and some status updates on new products.
Today I've got a significant update to the ambassador program to share with you. Watch the video below.
I've got a special update for you today. Watch the video below to learn about the 4 updates.
I've got a lot of updates for you today. Let's jump right in!
The EPIC 3.4 pre-sale wheels have started shipping and beginning to arrive at customers worldwide.
We had a great question posted to the Tokyowheel Forum by @edward_de_cobourg.
I understand the benefits of a toroidal shaped rim and the disadvantage/advantages of a v-rim. Now I am wondering if the toroidal in the back is over-rated. Rather, you should have a toroidal in the front but stick with v-rim on the back?
It's a great question.
Let's further define the question, then look at the answer.
The pre-sale of the new EPIC wheel systems is going great.
The first batch of EPIC 3.4s are getting prepped to ship out to everyone who has already placed an order.
Now, you've got an all new color option for your EPIC carbon wheel system. Stealth Black.
The Tokyowheel Ambassador program is live today in public beta. I'm going to explain to you what this is, why we're doing it, and how you can start today for free.
In early 2015 we set out to completely redesign our EPIC carbon wheel lineup. We already had a few ideas on how to improve the product line.
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System-Optimised™ Design is a different approach to wheel design. The wheels have distinctly different front and rear rims to maximize performance.


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This has got to be one of the most dreamy, romantic and comfortable dress I know. Florals have been very popular this year, and to be honest I'm loving it. I have been careful not to go overboard with florals, as they can get overwhelming very quickly. This one is from the ErdemxHM collaboration.
This dress I wore out to lunch and it has to be the most interesting yet simple dress I own. The lace detail along the chest area and around the skirt give it just the right amount of romance and the bow tie at the neck is so feminine.
I paired it with white booties, which I love and a black cross body bag.
Here are some gorgeous floral dresses:


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Many presidents are rated based on how they handle popular events throughout their presidency. George W Bush is one president who has been through many significant events during his time as president. Unfortunately, many people feel that he wasn't as successful as he could have been at handling certain situations. Take a look at the following information to learn more about George W Bush approval ratings with events.
In general, many criticized George W Bush's public speaking skills as well as his decision-making abilities throughout his time as president. A president's approval rating can often change throughout his time in charge based on the decisions that he continues to make. The below outlines a few points in George W Bush's presidency and the overall approval ratings that he had throughout his term.
Many people felt that George W Bush handled one of the most important events of his presidency extremely well. This event was the September 11th terroristic attacks on the United States. During this significant and devastating event, most people felt that he kept national morale up even during such an upsetting time. Throughout many speeches and public appearances following September 11, George W. Bush's approval ratings continued to be high.
Several months after the September 11th events, George W Bush approval ratings with events started to decrease. This is because of the suffering economy as well as the Iraq War. Many Americans were upset with the decision to take part in the Iraq War as well as the continuous decline of the economy.
George W Bush's response to the Hurricane Katrina was also not favored. Many felt that more could have been done to speed up disaster relief to those affected by the storm. Many who were affected went days and sometimes even weeks before receiving proper help. The president himself apologized for how he and the federal government handled the situation.
These are just some of the George W Bush approval ratings with events. Looking back at how any president handled significant events helps to show how quickly a president's ratings and reputation are affected based on the decisions that are made during a presidency.
If you're interested in learning more about George W Bush as well as the decisions he made throughout his presidency, be sure to check back with the George W. Bush Biography blog for more posts about his life.


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This post was researched and written by University of Otago history student Bree Wooller in 2017.
North Dunedin has not always been occupied by students. For most of its history it has been just another suburb. Now, the houses are crumbling, and we risk losing the heritage and character that has become iconic to the area.
The gold rush of the 1860s made Dunedin the richest and most highly populated province in New Zealand.[1] This influx of wealth influenced the building of large, elegant, houses along the town belt. In 1880, David Henderson built a house at 86 Queen Street. In its early years 86 Queen was considered a charming, first-class, modern residence.[2] The early occupants were wealthy; regular adverts posted in the local papers look for domestic help, and furniture auctions reveal the occupants lavish lifestyle.[3] Walnut pianos, marble vases, and oil paintings were common furnishings in 86 Queen Street at the time.[4]
John Laing, a 'foreign agent,' owned the house from 1909 to 1924. He lived there with his wife Kathleen, son John Carroll, and daughter Katherine.[5] John Carroll Laing was killed in action in Italy, 1943.[6] Professor William Salmond, known for his position on the chair of mental and moral philosophy at Otago University, appears to have resided at the house for a brief amount of time up until his death in 1917.[7] Kathleen Laing's brother, Dr Francis Hotop, a surgeon at Dunedin Hospital lived with the family for a period around 1922.[8] Their father, Lewis Hotop, a pharmacist and three-time Mayor of Queenstown, was also living at the residence until his death in 1922.[9]
A new upstairs room was added in 1913, electricity was connected during the renovations.[10] In 1926, a garage was added at the front of the house.[11]
90 years ago, Dunedin was feeling the effects of the Great Depression.[12] Large houses along the town belt became too hard to maintain during this economic downturn, most were split into multiple dwellings. In the late 1930s, 86 Queen Street was split into a top and bottom flat.[13]
The house was rented in this period by a fast-changing array of occupants. Tenants included Miss Anna Glover, a spinster, who lived in the top flat 1940 to 1946, and an engineer named David Jack, who lived in the bottom flat from 1939-41.[14] The flat was owned by a retired salesman, Thomas McGoldrick, from 1944 till his death in 1969.[15] In 1958, the iconic yellow roughcasting replaced the houses traditional wooden exterior, making it resemble its present-day appearance.
Between 1969 and 1979, 86 Queen Street was owned and occupied by Richard Mulgan and his wife Margaret.[16] Mulgan was a professor of political studies at Otago University, known for his role on the New Zealand Royal Commission of 1985, which recommended the adoption of an MMP political system. Mulgan converted 86 Queen back to a single house, and remodelled the kitchen in 1976. From 1979, the flat was owned and occupied by Duncan Roper and his wife Mirrel.[17] Duncan was a tutor at the university while residing in the house.
50 years ago, the university roll was on a steady climb, and the number of students wanting to flat was on the rise.[18] In 1956, 17% of the student population lived in flats, and this rose to 39% of students in 1972.[19]
The beginning of student occupation at 86 Queen Street is ambiguous. Names and dates in an upstairs room suggest students were living in the flat from 2001, if not earlier. 86 Queen Street became known as "The Yeast Infection" in 2008.
In 2017, we face the continued issue of degrading student flats. Maintenance and care is needed to preserve old houses such as 86 Queen Street. Without this, many historic flats will be demolished. Along with them, aspects of student culture, and landmarks of the first settler's Dunedin will be lost forever.
[1] Erik Olssen, A History of Otago (Dunedin, N.Z. : McIndoe,1984), 69.
[2] Park, Reynolds and Co, "Charming City Residence and Choice Piece of Ground" Evening Star (Issue: 11528), 20th April 1901.
[3] Gow, "Wanted, Respectful General Servant", Evening Star (Issue 11411), 1 December 1900.; Mrs Laing "Wanted, Young Lady", Evening Star (Issue: 14150), 30th October 1913.; Mrs George Mackie, "Wanted, Young Girl" Otago Daily Times (Issue: 19225), 16th July 1924.
[4] Park, Reynolds and Co, "Superior Household Furniture", Evening Star (Issue: 11528), 20th April 1901.
[5] Laing, "Birth Notices", Otago Witness (Issue 3060), 6th November 1912; Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory, 1909-1924.
[6] Northern Cemetery, block 191, plot 86, 85. New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007. Ancestry.com.
[7] "Auctions – Estate of the Late Professor Salmond" Evening Star (Issue 16422), 12th May 1917.; Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory, 1917.
[8] Dr F. R. Hotop, "Professional Advertisement – Commenced Practice", Otago Daily Times (Issue 18518), 31st March 1922.
[9] Hotop "Death Notice", Otago Daily Times, (Issue 18673), 30th September 1922.
[10] Electricity Records, 3rd July 1913. Register No. 3329. Dunedin City Council Archives.
[11] Building Plans, 1926. No. 8788. Dunedin City Council Archives.
[12] Olssen, 90.
[13] Electricity Records, 24th June 1940. Register No. 32313. Dunedin City Council Archives.
[14] Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946.; Electricity Records Register No. 32313.
[15] Anderson Bay Cemetery, block 259, plot 27. New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007. Ancestry.com; Electricity Records Register No. 32313; Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory, 1947, 1950-1, 1953-4, 1955.
[16] Dunedin, Otago, 1978. New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. Ancestry.com.
[17] Dunedin, Otago, 1981. New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981.
[18] Debby Foster "No Mixing By Students" in Tower Turmoil: Characters and Controversies at the University of Otago, ed. Time Keepers. (Dunedin: Department of History, University of Otago, 2005) 129
[19] Sam Elworthy, Ritual Song of Defiance: A Social History of Students at the University of Otago, (Dunedin: OUSA, 1990), 199.
Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph. J C Laing. Record: C28301, Service Number: 600485.
Building Plans, No. 8788. Dunedin City Council Archives.
Evening Star. Dunedin, New Zealand, 1 December 1900 – 12 May 1917.
Electricity Records, 3rd July 1913. Register No. 3329. Dunedin City Council Archives.
Electricity Records, 24th June 1940. Register No. 32313. Dunedin City Council Archives.
Elworthy, Sam. Ritual Song of Defiance: A Social History of Students at the University of Otago. Dunedin: OUSA. 1990.
Foster, Debby. "No Mixing By Students." In Tower Turmoil: Characters and Controversies at the University of Otago, edited by Time Keepers. Dunedin: Department of History, University of Otago. 2005.
McLeod, Catherine. "Halls of residence in the 1960s: curfews, couples and controversy." In Tower Turmoil: Characters and Controversies at the University of Otago, edited by Time Keepers. Dunedin: Department of History, University of Otago. 2005.
New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. Ancestry.com.
New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007. Ancestry.com.
Olssen, Erik. A History of Otago. Dunedin: McIndoe, 1984.
Otago Daily Times. Dunedin, New Zealand, 31 March 1922 – 16 July 1924.
Otago Witness, Dunedin, New Zealand, 17 March 1898.- 6 November 1912.
Professor W. Salmond, by Morris Phot, 1914. Hocken Collections (c/nF189/1)
Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory, 1898-1955. New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1955. Microfilm publication, 921 fiche. Anne Bromell Collection. Ancestry.com.


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Approximately 30 percent of the job visas issued in the Kingdom ends up in the black market, according to a Saudi economist.
"The expatriates who buy those visas pose a serious threat not only to the Kingdom's economy but also to the security and the social life in the Kingdom," Fadl Al-Buaynain said in statement to the Madinah daily.
The more than 2 million holders of black market visas, which are also known as "free" visas among the expatriate community because its holder is free to accept or refuse any job unlike proper visas, drastically reduce any opportunity for fair competition for the unemployed Saudis in job market, Al-Buaynain said.
Labor Minister Adel Fakeih said in a recent statement that the ministry has been studying whether putting visa traders behind bars would eliminate the visa trade. The minister hoped that the Nitaqat program would be instrumental in ending 99 percent of the illegal trade in visas. He added that the private sector employed more than 6.5 million expatriate workers accounting for 90 percent of the total workforce while the 1 million Saudi workers in the sector accounted for only 10 percent. The situation resulted in a spiral in the unemployment rate of Saudis.
The minister's statement of throwing the visa traders to jail has triggered debates in the job market as some people doubt the ability of the limited potentials of the ministry to rein in the huge trade while some others view that the ministry will have to face a number of social issues as the trade is the bread winner for many citizens.
A third view is that unless the swift steps are taken to root out the menace the rate of unemployment will increase and pressure will mount on utilities in addition to a hike in the foreign remittance, which is currently estimated at more than SR100 billion annually.
The minister did not say when the recommendation of the study would be implemented.
"Besides dominating the retail sector, the illegal visa buyers cause a huge drain on budgets of many developmental projects because locally recruited expatriate workers are mostly not skilled and inexperienced to undertake works related to most projects and waste a remarkable portion of project investments," Al-Buaynain said, adding that but for the illegal presence of these workers the (Saudi) unemployment rate would not have reached the present frightening proportions.
"The footloose workers also pose a threat to the country's security. Their low income motivates them to earn money through antisocial means such as drug trafficking, brewing and selling hooch, circulating forged currencies or serve as agents of illegal money transfer and money laundering operations," he said.
Al-Buaynain also blamed visa traders for tarnishing the Kingdom's image abroad by committing violations of international labor regulations.
He added that the visa trade thrives due to the collusion of some citizens, especially when the trade serves as a source of income.
He said the trade should be stopped at the source, which is the Ministry of Labor, and also in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior, which is responsible to track down the illegal traders. Focus also should be put on the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, which is responsible for uncovering commercial coverup operations.
There are two types of visa trades. One is not very profitable since it involves only citizens obtaining one or two visas and selling them. The other type involves individuals obtaining hundreds of visas and trading them.
The punishments meted out to those who were involved in visa trade in the past were fines and denial to issue any more recruitment visas.
The trade is very old and common and the efforts to check it has been ineffective mostly because both private individuals and companies found it as an easy way to get workers without going through the time consuming formalities to recruit a foreign worker.
Via SyndiGate.info
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