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If your videos are for viewing purposes only and you need to strictly restrict downloading, then this tutorial can help you. Unlike YouTube, where all your uploaded videos are viewable in a single channel (thus any infringer can easily locate and download all of them), if you use the technique discussed in this tutorial then viewers cannot locate where you have saved all of your videos.
The benefits of using this application include:
- Obfuscation of the real URL path to your video file.
- Saving the bandwidth that would otherwise be expended from massive amounts of downloading due to an exposed directory.
- Increased protection of your copyrighted video content online.
This is not a perfect solution, but it will add an extra layer of security which makes it very hard for ordinary surfers to download your protected video content. If you are interested, then keep reading.
Important Requirements
This PHP script application will NOT work in all hosting scenarios. Before you will implement this in your web server, consider the following requirements carefully to make sure your hosting features supports it.
- Enable readfile/fopen PHP functions. You can use your phpinfo or ask your web hosting support about this. In my experience, these are only disabled in free web hosting accounts for security reasons.
- You must be able to use FTP and MySQL databases. Some web hosting companies, particularly the free ones, will not support FTP or even MySQL databases, so you cannot implement this script.
- Your hosting account must allow you to upload video files such as MPG, WMV or MOV, etc.
- You must have a LAMPP hosting configuration. This means your server will be using the Linux operating system in Apache and a MySQL environment, using the PHP server side scripting language.
{mospagebreak title=Design of the Application}
The way basic HTML web tutorials teach us to embed videos is VERY basic and does not protect your content. The techniques taught pose a lot of risks for having your protected content easily snatched. (If you do NOT care that your video gets downloaded without your permission, then this tutorial is not for you).
For example, in this HTML embed code:
<embed src="http://www.yourwebsite.com/video/cute.mpg"
autostart="false" />
If you use that method of embedding videos, then any user can view the source code of your web page (using a browser) and look for the video path URL designated by SRC. One thing is obvious; you are placing videos in the "yourvideofolder" directory. The worst will happen if you allowed "directory listing" in your website. This means all of your precious videos can be seen in a single glance, for example below:
What if you disable directory listing using .htaccess? It is still obvious; hackers will only make a slight guess at your file names, and can do so by examining your naming conventions and content (even determined ordinary web surfers can do this). If you make nonsense filenames, it might work, but a lot of determined infringers will query your folder path for nonsense reasons, which consumes a lot of server bandwidth.
The best way is to NOT provide them a clue as to where you have saved your videos in the server. The moment they view the source code and see a PHP file in your SRC tag instead of .mpg, most of them will turn back, but again, this is not a perfect solution.
You can use the PHP language and MySQL to do this; your goal is to transform the real path URL, say http://www.yourwebsite.com/video/cute.mpg, into http://www.yourwebsite.com/phpvideostreaming.php?ID=34fdgf56ghghg5656534
The PHP file effectively obfuscates the real path of your video URL. However, the real URL path will be stored in the MySQL database. How will PHP fetch the correct real URL path for a specific request? The answer is, by using an "ID" system.
The ID (in my example, it uses 20 alphanumeric characters) is unique and corresponds to a certain URL saved in the MySQL database. You can use this tool to generate characters. Remember to uncheck "include symbols in password." For an example of an ID and Real URL path MySQL table (rough design, actual MySQL table screenshot in the next section), look at this:
PHP will query the MySQL database using the ID to get the equivalent real URL path to stream. This will be discussed in detail later.
{mospagebreak title=Upload video files and create a MySQL table}
Create a folder in your FTP server using a NOT so common name (the name of your pet maybe). And then upload your files to this folder. When it's done, create a new MySQL table consisting of the following three important fields:
1. id
2. realurl
3. videotitle
For security purposes, it is important restrict the number of characters in your field. Read the article at the link for some MySQL database design tips.
Your objective is to make sure that your MySQL table at least looks like the one below:
Create a page for your embedded content
Okay, now you have database tables for your ID and equivalent real URL video path. You will need to create a page where you will embed your content. Currently this is the one I use (replace with your own URL where appropriate):
<OBJECT id=WindowsMediaPlayer1 width=320 height=264 hspace=5
vspace=5 classid=clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6 border="5" align="middle">
<param name="URL" value="http://www.php-developer.org/streamthisvideo.php?ID=snN0CuN5WDwV26331loq8" ref>
<param name="rate" value="1">
<param name="balance" value="0">
<param name="currentPosition" value="0">
<param name="defaultFrame" value>
<param name="playCount" value="1">
<param name="autoStart" value="-1">
<param name="currentMarker" value="0">
<param name="invokeURLs" value="-1">
<param name="baseURL" value>
<param name="volume" value="50">
<param name="mute" value="0">
<param name="uiMode" value="full">
<param name="stretchToFit" value="-1">
<param name="windowlessVideo" value="0">
<param name="enabled" value="-1">
<param name="enableContextMenu" value="-1">
<param name="fullScreen" value="0">
<param name="SAMIStyle" value>
<param name="SAMILang" value>
<param name="SAMIFilename" value>
<param name="captioningID" value>
<param name="enableErrorDialogs" value="0">
<param name="_cx" value="9260">
<param name="_cy" value="9790">
<EMBED type='application/x-mplayer2′
id='mediaPlayer' name='mediaPlayer' displaysize='4′ autosize='-1′
bgcolor='darkblue' showcontrols="true" showtracker='-1′
showdisplay='0′ showstatusbar='-1′ videoborder3d='-1′ width="320" height="264"
src="http://www.php-developer.org/streamthisvideo.php?ID=snN0CuN5WDwV26331loq8" autostart="true" designtimesp='5311′>
Important: Do not forget to save the file with a .php extension.
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The video PHP is very similar to the PHP MP3 streaming script.
The things that are changed are the following:
1. Database table field names (though they are still very similar).
2. Minor parts of PHP validation.
3. The content type header, from the mp3 format to: header('Content-type: video/mpeg');
The third item is the most important change. If you are using this script for other video file types, use the appropriate content type header.
The revised PHP script is shown below:
//Validate text input
if (! preg_match('/^[-a-z.-@,'s]*$/i',$_GET['ID']))
die('Invalid name proved, the name may only contain a-z, A-Z, 0-9, "-", "_" and spaces.');
if ($empty==0)
die('The text field cannot be empty');
//the input data is clean, retrieve text data input
//Connect to MySQL database after sanitizing the data
$username = "**********";
$password = "**********";
$hostname = "**********";
$database = "**********";
$dbhandle = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)
or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");
//select a database to work with
$selected = mysql_select_db($database,$dbhandle)
or die("Could not select $database");
//Escape variables for use in MySQL
$ID = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($ID));
// sending query
$result = mysql_query("SELECT `realurl` FROM `videostreaming` WHERE `id`='$ID'")
or die(mysql_error());
// store the record of the "example" table into $row
$row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )
or die("Invalid query: " . mysql_error());
// Print out the contents of the entry
$direction = $row['realurl'];
//close the connection
header('Content-type: video/mpeg');
header('Content-Length: '.filesize($path)); // provide file size
header("Expires: -1");
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate");
header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);
You can download the script and view the demo.


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A potential client calls; it's the 'Holy Church of God is More Colourful than a Baboon's Arse' (not a real church, just in case you were wondering). This church wants some promotional shots of the congregation. You end the call saying you will provide a quote (as normal), and then quickly google the church to get a sense of their needs. My search turns up that this church is strongly homophobic. Wetboro Baptist Church level homophobic (you can swap that out with anything comparable that you find abhorrent if gay rights ain't your thing)
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Can you blow a whistle and do you know the game of basketball? If so, the Quincy Exchange Club needs you this Saturday and/or Sunday to officiate games as a "Gus Buster" for the Gus Macker Basketball Tournament.
The Gus Busters will receive a t-shirt, food and $25 a day for officiating games. If you work both days, The Exchange Club will bonus you $25 so you would be paid $75 for volunteering. If you know a foul when you see one, come out an officiate games and bring a friend, a spouse or a significant other and you can work the same games together. With over 400 teams signed up to play, "Gus Busters" are needed.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
How I learned to love hockey (and what that has to do with programming)
I dated a few guys that were into sports. In the interest of being a couple, they'd try to teach me the rules while watching a game on TV. Liking systems, I'd try my best to learn. Football was the first attempt. I'd post some of the repartee, but honestly, it bored me so terribly, I can't even dredge up the few things that I did manage to pick up. What I came up with could probably fit on a 3x5 card, and have room for my Superbowl Dip recipe.
Fortunately, I married a guy who, while interested in sports, understood that I had no interest in watching or understanding them. I thought that would simply be something I'd never get into.
Then came Jim.
Jim, a friend of mine, has season tickets to the Washington Capitals, and invited me to join him for a game. Really, I was just interested in a night out rather than learning about hockey. For the first few games, I was just there to BS with Jim. He even joked about how I didn't know what the hell was going on.
Jim (watching me trying to look attentive): So, you know what they're doing?
Me: Oh, sure!
Jim: Okay. What team is our team?
(Long, painful pause)
Me: They're... in... white?
Jim: You know, you can ask if you don't get what's going on.
No, no, I was good. I was just there for the company and the Boardwalk Fries. I don't think I learned a damn thing that first season.
At least, that's what I thought.
The second season, I again joined Jim for weekend games, but I noticed something different. I was beginning to understand the game. I could tell when something bad happened. When the Caps were playing well. When they were having a rough night. When a player seemed 'off.'
Now, keep in mind, Jim hadn't explained any rules to me. I hadn't read anything. There wasn't anything I could think of that would have given my an understanding of the game at all. So, where had it come from?
I paid attention to the next few games, and started to get clues as to where this implicit knowledge had come from: the crowd. The crowd was filled with people who did, in fact, know hockey. They knew what a bad call was, they reacted to a team that was on fire, and a team that was tired and run down. In general, there's a buzz during games: people chatting, moving about, coughing, shuffling between seats. When things happen, that buzz turns to shouts... or silence. The changes in volume snap my attention to what was going on. I'd subconsciously replay the last few seconds in my head and try to map that to the sound.
I tested my implicit knowledge on my expert. While I was still very fuzzy, I was on the right track. With this in hand, I actually started looking up some of the rules that interested me, like penalties.
So what does this have to do with learning?
Rules are boring
They really, really are. I don't know many people who find rules interesting. Some people do become rule dictionaries, but I guarantee, the interest came first. People don't learn the rules first: they find the interest.
So when it comes to programming, why do we focus on the rules first? Loving computers and, more importantly, loving code should come first. However, every class I've ever been in has started with data structures and variables and syntax and, well, the rules.
Why not show them the buzz first? Take them to a users group in your area and let them see people talking about what they do. Most coders are more than happy to talk about their work, and are excited to talk about whatever neat thing has their attention at the moment. If you have someone you're really interested in seeing excel, see if you can get them to a conference. It's one thing to look at code and understand what an if statement is. It's another matter completely to understand the community that goes with it.
Rules are a good resource
Does this mean we should eschew rules completely? Of course not. They're a good resource. Once I was in love with hockey, I wanted to know more about the sport. While I'm no rulebook, I do know what the penalties are, the types of players, and some of the strategy behind the game. Hell, this year, I've even learned about standings, and will sometimes check up on other teams to see what their chances of overtaking us are.
As a coder learns more he/she will want to know more. They'll want to know more syntax, or how to make their code more efficient. They'll look at new frameworks and languages. They'll become an evangelist. If all we ever make are cube-rats, all we'll ever get is loveless code that does barely what it's supposed to do, and never anything more.
And by the by... Go Caps! Southeast Division Champs!
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:) You and your analogies - this is great. I think this dovetails really nicely with the argument about getting a CS degree or not (something I struggle with all the time). I came into this career because of the buzz - I started teaching myself what was fun and interesting, and almost 10 years later I've grown fairly accomplished ... buuut there are still big gaps in my knowledge when it comes to the "rules". I'm thinking about going back to school for my CS (or related) degree this year.
- April 8, 2009 at 8:45 AM
- Jim said...
Neat commentary on life's rules in general. I never did figure out what the Blue Line was for!
- April 8, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- kcunning said...
@Barbara - I love analogies! It's part of my liberal arts background coming out of the closet.
While a degree can be good, some of the best coders I know have degrees in something completely different. I'd recommend getting a degree in something awesome, and a minor in CS, or just fill up your alternate classes with the cool CS classes.
@Jim - You know, I know it has something to do with stoppage in play, but that's about it. Something about it crossing more than two lines...
- April 8, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- Laconfyr said...
The Blue Line determines offsides, the two line rule was removed after the lockout.
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BOSTON, Mass. - Corey Garvey scored with 1:44 left in overtime to give the MIT men's lacrosse team an 8-7 win over host University of Massachusetts Boston on Tuesday. With the win, the Engineers improved to 2-6 on the season while the Beacons fell to 1-6 overall.
Nick Thomo found the back of the net with 4:37 left to play in regulation to give UMass Boston a 7-4 lead, but MIT netted the final three goals of the fourth quarter to send the contest into overtime. Ryan Ballentine scored at 2:53 of the fourth period to cut the deficit to 7-5, before John Kucharczyk scored just 61 seconds later to cut the deficit in half. Dylan Roden knotted the score at seven with just 16 ticks left on the clock.
The Beacons scored the first three goals of the match, which were also the only three tallies of the first half. Jared Kinch opened the scoring at the 9:59 mark of the first quarter and gave UMB a 3-0 lead with 2:26 left in the first half with his second goal of the day. Peter Kovach registered the Beacons' second goal at the 6:57 mark of the second quarter.
Garvey netted his first goal of the afternoon at 13:46 of the third quarter to put the Engineers on the board, but John Canty countered for the Beacons at 9:30 with a man-up goal to give them a 4-1 lead. Ballentine cut the deficit in half with a score just 58 seconds later, but UMass Boston came back with two more goals for a 6-2 advantage. Thomo converted his attempt at 6:12 of the third period and Justin Mahoney found the back of the net just 40 seconds later. Erik Zuk beat the clock for MIT with his only goal of the game coming with just 10 seconds left in the third quarter to make it 6-3. Dan Piemont made it a two-goal game by recording the opening strike of the fourth quarter at 11:47 for the Engineers, before Thomo scored UMass Boston's final goal.
Aaron Pollock stopped 11 shots for the Beacons, who were outshot, 33-19, while Garth Grove turned away five shots to earn the victory for MIT.
Kinch added an assist to his day for UMB, as did Canty, while Johnny Ruiz (Longmeadow, MA) came up with two helpers. Mahoney picked up eight ground balls and Kovach added six.
Garvey and Ballentine each added an assist to a pair of goals for three points, while Zuk also tacked on a helper for the Engineers. Ballentine led the squad with seven ground balls.


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Today's AM fix was USD 1,747.25, EUR 1,349.54, and GBP 1,090.46 per ounce. Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,747.25, EUR 1,347.56, and GBP 1,090.87 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $34.08/oz, €26.41/oz and £21.34/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,620.50/oz, palladium at $666.40/oz and rhodium at $1,065/oz.Cross Currency Table - ( Bloomberg) Gold edged up $1.30 or 0.07% in New York yesterday and closed at $1,748.40. Silver traded off and recovered climbing to a high of $34.16 and finished with a gain of 0.12%.
Gold moved slightly upward today after Greece's creditors reached a new bailout deal, which will help fund emergency aid for Athens.
The 34.4 billion euro in aid plus reducing interest rates on the bailout loans expect to cut Greek debt to 124% of GDP. The interest rates have been dropped to 50 basis points above the interbank rate so countries like Italy and Spain will be lending at a loss.
The Eurozone's dangerous but easy policy choice of "extend and pretend" continues which is bullish for gold in the coming months.
Mark Carney has been named as the new governor of the Bank of England by Chancellor George Osborne.
Mr Carney, the governor of the Canadian central bank, will serve for five years and will hold new regulatory powers over banks.
Carney would be considered something of a monetary dove. The Goldman Sach's alumni's appointment means that ultra loose monetary policies will likely continue at the Bank of England leading to weakness in sterling - especially versus gold.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said that institutions and hedge funds slightly raised their bullish bets on silver and gold futures in the week ending November 20th.
The White House and Republicans are still in a stalemate over the fiscal cliff. The White House press secretary said that President Obama is still waiting for a realistic proposal to look at.
"President Obama would be open to proposals that closed loopholes or capped deductions," Carney said, "so long as raising the top tax rate remains on the table."
Obama has asked for $1.6 trillion in higher revenues to pay down the debt. In the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations, Republicans were considering a plan that would involve only $800 billion in new revenue or half what is needed to avoid the cuts and pay down the deficit.
"Extend and pretend" will also likely be seen in the U.S. - with obvious ramifications for the medium and long term outlook of the dollar.
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that China aims to produce between 420 and 450 tonnes of gold bullion in 2015, up about 25% from 2011, while consumption may reach 1,000 tonnes at that time.
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CME Group declared a force majeure at one of its New York precious metals depositories yesterday, run by bullion dealer and major coin dealer Manfra, Tordella and Brooks (MTB), due to "operational limitations" posed by Hurricane Sandy.
MTB has "operational limitations" following Hurricane Sandy and can't load gold bullion, platinum bullion or palladium bullion, CME Group Inc., the parent of the Comex and New York Mercantile Exchange, said today in a statement.
MTB must provide holders with metal at Brinks Inc. in New York to meet current outstanding warrants in relevant delivery periods with compensation for costs, Chicago-based CME said.
The CME said that MTB will not be able to deliver metal as the lower Manhattan company deals with "operational limitations" almost a month after the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
MTB is one of five depositories licensed to deliver gold against CME's benchmark 100-troy ounce gold contract, held 29,276 troy ounces of gold and 33,000 troy ounces of palladium as of Nov. 23, according to data from CME subsidiary Comex.
In a notice to customers on Monday, CME declared force majeure for the facility, a contract clause that frees parties from liability due to an event outside of their control.
CME said that individuals holding MTB warrants or certificates for a specific lot of metal stored in the depository, may receive gold delivered from Brinks Co. (BCO) in New York. MTB is responsible for any additional costs incurred by customers receiving metal from Brinks, CME said.
"This shouldn't have a material impact on the way market participants are doing business," a CME spokesman said. "They'll still contact MTB if they want to take delivery on contracts," and MTB will arrange for delivery through Brinks according to Dow Jones Newswires.
In a notice posted to its website dated Nov. 12, MTB said the firm "sustained substantial damages" following Hurricane Sandy's arrival in New York City on Oct. 29, and had curtailed its operations.
The force majeure will remain in effect until further notice from the exchange, the CME said. The delivery period for CME's December-delivery precious metals futures begins on Friday.


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Baseball's Back: America's Pastime In Prints, Photos & Paintings
According to my expert sources, Exciting Baseball Is Happening. In honor of the postseason, playoffs, World Series, and all that jazz, I thought it would be fun to do another roundup of the best baseball-inspired art. Grab the garlic fries, pull up your knee-socks, and join me…
1. & 2. Don Hamerman takes beautiful, poignant photos of near-destroyed baseballs that he finds on walks. Here I've featured Thread 2 and Mobius, but seriously, they're all so cool.
3. If you like infographics, beards, and sales, this is the print for you. Jon Adams created the How To Beard Yourself Like Brian Wilson print for McSweeney's, and it's awesome and on sale.
4. & 5. You're going to love this: French-born Amelie Mancini "moved to New York in 2006 and didn't know what a curveball was until a couple of friends took her to Shea Stadium one evening of 2007. The Mets lost that night to the Phillies, but Amelie fell hard for America's national pastime, becoming increasingly obsessed with the game and eventually making it one of the center themes of her work. Fascinated by baseball cards, she decided to print her own and started Left Field Cards in 2011." I love her baseball card sets, but here I've shared her print The Kid and the Baseball Grips notecard (suitable for framing, I think).
6. Any Eastbound & Down fans out there? This Portrait of Kenny Powers by Monsters Outside is for you — and only $5.
7. Good Game by Yuji Yamada captures a quiet moment of camaraderie.
And now we get to the sad part of the collection: the following three pieces are not available for sale (at least as far as I can tell), but maybe if we ask real nice...
8. The St. Louis Egoist featured Joel Anderson's illustration celebrating the Cardinals' 2011 World Series victory. I really need to buy one, please, Joel!
9. In 2010 Dave Eggers created a poster in honor of the San Francisco Giants' World Series win. I came across it on Babble, but unfortunately, it's no longer available through McSweeney's.
10. My absolute favorite baseball design of recent years is definitely the Día De Los Gigantes sugar skull with baseball cap. Ornate, hilarious, badass, and pretty all in one, it graces t-shirts, stickers, and temporary tattoos, but I think it would make a lovely screen print. ¿Por favor?
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Q Gary, you wrote that "the CHP says it's safer for everyone if road boulders move over if others want to go faster." C'mon. Are you really saying the CHP says that it is OK to aid and abet those bent on breaking the law?
Lawrence Akutagawa
A Don't believe me? Then read this:
Q Many years ago, I too was one of those smug, ignorant people who believed that doing the speed limit in the fast lane was correct and appropriate.
At the time I was good friends with the captain of the Highway Patrol in Redwood City.
This discussion came up and I boldly stated my case, and he quickly put me in my place. He said you NEVER know who or what the situation is driving behind you. There may be someone in that car that is having a heart attack, or having a baby, or going into anaphylactic shock or worse. So always, always, always MOVE OVER AND LET THAT CAR PASS!
I learned my lesson and ALWAYS move to the right when being tailed in the fast lane.
Judy Haag Scarioni
A I hope other road boulders heed his and your advice.
Q Mr. Richards, on the subject of road boulders, I know you shouldn't argue with someone who buys ink by the tank-carload, but your rationale for ignoring speed laws that you may disagree with wows me. Many of the income taxes I pay I feel are badly used, so next April I will withhold some of them, and when the IRS comes calling, I will refer them to you, saying: "Mr. Richards says we only need to obey the laws we want to, so, that's what I did."
Sorry, your answer on road boulders and speeding doesn't fly.
Gordon Craig
A Tattling to the IRS also doesn't fly!
Q I exited from southbound I-280 at Winchester Boulevard and noticed that the street sign for "Winchester" hanging above the road is painted in a different font than other street signs. The lettering looks to be a more Gothic-style font. The same is true for the road sign for the next street crossing Winchester. Is this a sanctioned street sign with lettering befitting the Winchester Mystery House or have some entrepreneurial individuals been hard at work? It's pretty cool.
Kathy Galgano
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A Lilly-a-city-traffic-guru says she's not aware of any new cool, creative signs for the area and that it's likely some entrepreneurial individuals at work.
Q The other day you addressed the concerns about getting to 49er games. What about the Cal-Oregon game on Friday, Oct. 24, in rush hour? Are there plans for accommodating all of the extra people trying to get to the game? There will be many Oregon alumni and Cal fans going to this game.
Go Ducks!
Laura Keller
A Yep, the number of light-rail cars and buses deployed will be based on the expected crowd. Oh, and give me 75 points and I'll take the Bears for a super-sized ice tea with lemon.
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A look at the U.S. Chamber's Nacchio filing
The US Chamber of Commerce has weighed in on Joe Nacchio's appeal to the Supreme Court. The powerful business group wants the Supreme Court to review the former Qwest CEO's insider trading conviction, arguing that the ruling "may have the perverse effect of discouraging rather than promoting the full and prompt flow of accurate information to the marketplace."
Unlike typical insider trading cases, which involve selling or buying stock on private information ahead of a pending acquisition or expected approval of a drug in development by the FDA, Nacchio's case was based on warnings about future revenue targets.
"He's the first defendant whose ever been charged with insider trading based on this theory," said Sheldon Gilbert, a spokesman for the U.S. Chamber. "We really think it's a radical and novel theory and that's why we weighed in."
The government's case against Nacchio hinged on several of his top executives testifying they warned him about Qwest's deteroriating financial condition in late 2000 and early 2001. He didn't disclose the information publicly. Instead, he reaffirmed Qwest's financial goals for 2001, and dumped millions of dollars in Qwest stock that year. He was convicted on 19 counts connected to the sale of $52 million in stock and acquitted on 23 counts.
Nacchio has argued that warnings about revenue projections – in one case he was told Qwest would miss its 2001 revenue target by 4.2 percent – can't be considered material, or significant enough to warrant public disclosure. The chamber agrees.
"The notion that doubts about revenue projections can be material as a matter of law—without a rigorous threshold establishing the certainty of such information—is fundamentally misguided," the Chamber's brief states. "It obscures the simple but indisputable fact that
predicting future financial performance is an inherently uncertain exercise."
In particular, the chamber and Nacchio are challenging the instructions given to the jury as it related to the materiality of the warnings.
The district court instructed the jury that information "may be material even if it relates not to past events but to forecasting and forward-looking statements so long as a reasonable investor would consider it important in deciding to act or not to act with respect to the securities transaction at issue."
Nacchio wanted the court to include in the instructions that forward-looking statements cannot be materially misleading if they were reasonable. He also wanted the jury to be told that private warnings do not have to be publicly disclosed unless the projections are "so certain that they show the published figures to have been without a reasonable basis."
Nacchio began serving a six-year term this month at a federal prison camp in Pennsylvania.


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JOE TALAMO, BOAT TRIP, Winner: "It set up real well for him. My horse is real classy and did everything right. We kind of saved ground around the turn and when I took them on, he knew what to do. He got over the course great and has a real nice turn of foot."
MIKE PENDER, BOAT TRIP, Winner: "He's going to be sad to see (Betfair Hollywood Park) go, that's for sure. He just likes the layout, there's no question about it. Whenever there's a paceless race, there's always three of them dueling up there. Isn't that the way it's supposed to work? No, that really helped. I was hoping he'd get a setup because he's kind of one dimensional. I'll be interested in seeing how this horse runs going a mile. He won the Tsunami Slew (June 22, 2012) going a mile. As he's getting older, that's where we'll start looking. He's a big, handsome colt. There's no reason we can't start thinking about having a couple of babies with him. He's a beautiful moving horse."
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Colorado Technical University is closing its campus in South Dakota's largest city within four years.
Officials cite falling enrollment as a reason for shutting down the Sioux Falls location. The for-profit school stopped enrolling students Wednesday and said it would give current students a reasonable amount of time to complete their studies. Officials expect the campus to remain open through September 2016.
Campus President David Heflin says the closing will affect about 100 staff members. He says transferring to other campuses will be an option for some staff.
Colorado Tech also has campuses in the Colorado cities of Colorado Springs, Denver and Pueblo, as well as in Kansas City, Mo. The school plans to close the branch in Pueblo. University services will be available after September 2016 through the Internet.
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As a Kid, Danielle Bradbery Had One Staple Halloween Costume
Kids usually go back and forth on Halloween costumes, changing their minds about what they want to be pretty much daily, but country newcomer and 'The Voice' winner Danielle Bradbery was a little different.
Bradbery had one staple costume she donned almost every year growing up, and it required some face painting from Mom.
"When I was little, my favorite costume I would always wear every year would be I'd be a little kitten, like a cat, and my mom would draw the little nose and whiskers on my face," 'The Heart of Dixie' singer shares (quote via BMLG). "That was probably the outfit I always wore, but now I don't do that anymore."
Ever since she became the youngest contestant to come in first place on the reality show, Bradbery has been very busy. So, will the 17-year-old singer even have time to celebrate Halloween this year? Probably not, but we look forward to seeing the singer's transformation as she enters adulthood!
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U.S. News: Clarkson University Ranked in Tier One of National Universities & A Best Value
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Clarkson University is again in tier one, the top tier of national universities, with a ranking of 121 in U.S. News & World Report's 2014 rankings of "Best Colleges."
Clarkson remains on the U.S. News "Great Schools at Great Prices" list (Best Value Schools, #33), which takes into account a school's academic quality, as indicated by its 2014 U.S. News Best Colleges ranking, and the 2012-2013 net cost of attendance for a student who receives the average level of need-based financial aid.
The higher the quality of the program and the lower the cost, the better the deal. Only schools ranked in or near the top half of their categories are included, because U.S. News considers the most significant values to be among colleges that are above average academically.
The survey editors also placed Clarkson University in the "A+ Options for B Students" list, which they identify as strongly rated schools that accept nonsuperstars who have potential and will work hard.
"Clarkson University has a long history of prioritizing access to education for all qualified students who seek to enroll and remains committed to having the greatest share of its alumni contributions and endowment go to student aid and education," said Clarkson President Tony Collins. "Clarkson is also at the forefront of taking innovative approaches to helping students finance their education -- particularly those students who are already in business with a product or service, or getting ready to commercialize new technology."
Clarkson's Supply Chain Management program, highly acclaimed by employers of Clarkson graduates, was listed among the 20 best in the nation for the 12th consecutive year, ranked number 18 in Supply Chain Management/Logistics. Clarkson is among four private institutions in the ranking, which also includes MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Last fall, ABC News asked PayScale to name the schools with new graduates who earn more than Harvard's and Clarkson was among just 12 schools on the list. AffordableCollegesOnline.org (ACO) lists Clarkson in the nation's top-30 private universities that offer a return on investment of at least $1 million. ACO also recently ranked Clarkson in New York state's top-10 for colleges and universities that provide the highest return on investment (ROI).
U.S. News also lists Clarkson as #1 in the nation for graduates with the most internship experience and in the nation's top-12 for its online graduate business programs. Of students graduating in Clarkson's Class of 2012 and using the campus Career Services Center, 96 percent reported being placed in their field of study in the first year after graduation.
Clarkson is in good company in the top tier undergraduate rankings as well as the Best Value Schools category, which it shares with schools like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Cal Tech and Duke.
Each year U.S. News surveys nearly 1,400 accredited four-year institutions for their annual "Best Colleges" issue. Schools in the "National Universities" category, like Clarkson, offer a full range of undergraduate majors, master's, and doctoral degrees. These colleges also are committed to producing ground-breaking research.
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Quote from: David E on January 25, 2009, 11:10:09 PM............this is great timing given the property market slump...Not really. The construction sector has been hit badly by the current economic situation and property developers aren't buying land.
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yeah, its brooklyn.
Quote from: dsong02 on April 27, 2004, 08:30:45 AMyeah, its brooklyn.The center is located in Midwood, Brooklyn...to get there, take a Brighton Beach bound Q or B express train (the B runs express in Brooklyn, I'm not sure about Manhattan) and get off at the Kings Highway stop. You will be able to see the center from the platform, it is VERY close to the train. I think it's on the corner of Kings Highway and 14th st., but I am not sure. It is on the third floor of the HSBC building, so you will most likely see the HSBC sign and not the Kaplan sign, but they are located in the same building.Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to go (I am teaching a class until 5:15 that day), but I think it would be fun to play 'lawschooldiscussion.org challenge' and have a few of us take the test and see who scores highest...HTHChris
dude, youre a masochist. i would never take the lsats again...unless my balls were on the line.
Quote from: dsong02 on April 27, 2004, 09:23:18 AMdude, youre a masochist. i would never take the lsats again...unless my balls were on the line. This from the guy with the 178...How could you not like this test? It's interesting and effective...IMHO it is the best standardized test in the US.Chris


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Havoc – He went on a nasty twitter rant about his rap partner Prodigy then said he left his cell phone at a gas station. Almost ruined his rap group.
Lloyd Banks – He gets a bonus mention. He left his WHOLE album in some groupie's car and had to start over. Sigh. That's worst than a cell.
Ricky Martin – He lost his cell phone that revealed pics of him sans any clothes. At least he wasn't hanging out with other guys in the pics.
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This website is for those who want to remove the apostrophe from the English language, on the basis that it serves only to annoy those who know how it is supposed to be used and to confuse those who dont.
I was provoked into setting up this website by the (mostly) unreasoned comments on this article. Many of the calls to defend traditional apostrophe usage are little more than unthinking superstition. Its right because its right, runs the argument, failing to engage with the fact that its arbitrary. I suspect a lot of peoples prejudices on this matter are probably inculcated by humiliation at an early age, and leave victims frightened of the terrible social consequences they thereafter imagine will follow from deviating from the standard - this then becomes a self-reinforcing loop as they leap upon other peoples apostrophe 'misuse' like it matters, which it doesnt. The fact is that apostrophes are redundant and consume considerable time and resource and wed be better off without em.
Yes, there are a couple of functional arguments in favour of what the apostrophe does in some limited cases. Scroll down for why I think they can safely be ignored.
First, apostrophes are redundant. The number of cases where they make a semantic difference is absolutely minuscule (see below).
Second, they are wasteful. Tremendous amounts of money are spent every year by businesses on proof readers, part of whose job is to put apostrophes in the 'correct' place - to no semantic effect whatsoever. And the rest of us sit there clicking thru with Microsofts grammar checker, trying to work out if its telling us the truth or not about whether we really need an apostrophe there.
Third, they are just one more tool of snobbery. People who imagine that nonstandard apostrophe usage represents a 'falling of standards' tend also to assume that means they can look down on 'illiterate' people who dont follow the rules. You know, illiterate people like Shakespeares editors.
Fourth, current technology (text messaging in particular) makes it timeconsuming to use them. Why give ourselves this stress when itll make no difference anyway?
Fifth, they actually impede communication and understanding. Since so many people these days arent certain about how apostrophes work semantically its hardly going to help even if a proof-reader puts them all in the 'correct' places in some text.
Sixth, they are a distraction for otherwise reasonable and intelligent people. If youre the kind of person who does know and care about the 'correct' usage of apostrophes, think how much time you waste fretting over examples of 'misuse' when the very fact that you spotted the error means that you knew what they were trying to say in the first place. Are you a teacher who has marked a student down for apostrophe misuse? Shame on you, if so, for prioritising form over content.
OK, lets make an effort here and try to think of examples of sentences where apostrophe usage might be said to make a functional difference.
Wait a second, Im still thinking.
OK, look, Im out of time right now. If you know a sure fire example of a sentence where (for instance) we'll and well or we're and were can be mixed up in a way that actually has an impact in the real world, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. If it took you more than an hour to think of, it doesnt count. The fact that most people are unable to think of a single real-world example which left them genuinely confused about a meaning, or where they couldnt seek clarification from the context is the reason I think this objection is irrelevant.
(Most recent example sent to me: The military claims were wrong, which if its meaning were not apparent from the context of course could easily be reworded we are to clarify.)
OK, like the difference between my mother's mothers and my mothers' mothers? (This is not a silly example now we have gay adoption in so many places). Well, there is a subtlety there, I admit. However, we should consider an alternative to the apostrophe for plural possessives. Apostrophe advocates like to point out that the apostrophe stands in for missing letters, which makes it easy to know when to use it. The plural possessive is an instance where the apostrophe doesnt work as advertised and therefore should be replaced by something more consistent. My personal preference is to use the letter z for plurals, so that we could talk about, for instance, seeking the ministerz approval or seeking the ministers approval depending which we meant.
Or maybe it doesnt need to be replaced at all. Its worth adding that we manage to communicate plural possessives in spoken language just fine without apostrophes.
Singular possessives, by the way, grew out of the genitive inflection -s (or -es). I dont know how or why apostrophes got involved there, but they didnt add any meaning when they did.
OK, this is true. Im not asking for anyone to pass a law or a decree to abolish the apostrophe. However, I am suggesting that those who find it an irksome distraction start effecting some change down on the ground. Language evolves by the actions of individual users. So all you have to do to push the cause of killing the apostrophe is simply to start omitting it in your writing, or at least to refrain from criticising other people if they do so. You could even go so far as to do a quick find and replace in your own website, to remove all those little ' things.
If you are a dyed-in-the-wool apostrophe freak, I guess theres no harm in you guys setting up your own fandom websites for this weird little linguistic appendix. Just dont force it down our throats, OK? You may think of yourself as a defender of language or whatever, but ask yourself exactly what you are defending in the case of the apostrophe. What general or useful principle is violated by its omission or 'misuse'?
Sure, you can copy this little button: to your own site or blog or myspace or whatever and link to here if you wish. Lets stir up a little debate and get people thinking about this small but animating issue. Heres a bit of code to use:

 Lets discard the apostrophe. Its pointless.

If youre an academic linguist who agrees that wed be better off without the apostrophe, and you can think of ways or good examples to improve the rigour of my arguments, please get in touch on the address below.
Well, were not all cut out to be iconoclasts, I guess. Certainly theres an incremental approach, and its been going on for a long time. Why not just drop the occasional apostrophe out of words that no longer merit it? There are some interesting precedents in recent history for this: the words 'bus, 'phone, 'plane, 'bye, 'cello and Hallowe'en have all managed to lose their apostrophes in living memory. Moreover new coinages are less likely to have them. Fridge never took on apostrophes, nor do the revised (and increasingly popular) spellings tho and thru, and words like email, altho apparently calling for apostrophes-of-ommission, have become popular without them.
I reckon you could drop apostrophes from all of your txt msgs (try apostrophising that and leave it looking readable!), and maybe some of your email communication without jeopardising your reputation as a literate person. And you could maybe start dropping the apostrophe from expressions like its, which almost everyone occasionally gets 'wrong' and which were therefore used to working out from context anyway. If that comes off without any bloodshed, maybe you might start trying tougher challenges, such as itll, shell, shed and hell.
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On January 26, 2009 at 2219 hrs the Waterloo Police Department responded to a report of a Robbery at the Motel 6 at 2343 Logan Ave.
Two suspect entered the Motel, displaying handguns and demanding money from the employees. The suspects are described as two (2) black males wearing all black clothing and had thier faces and heads covered. The suspects fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
One male was described as about 6 foot and 200 lbs, the second was described as shorted and around 170 lbs.
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A Child's Death Rocks Islam's Teachings
HERNDON, Va., Sept. 3 (UPI) — Only time will tell, but a 5-year-old Saudi girl may eventually prove to have wielded more influence over her people during her short, tragic life than did the country's conservative religious leaders touting twisted "virtues" of Islam satisfying their own perversions.
In Saudi Arabia last year, 5-year-old Lama al-Ghamdil was killed by her father — Islamic religious leader and popular TV personality Imam Fayhan al-Ghamdi — after he became incensed she had lost her virginity. Even more shocking, however, is the person to whom her virginity was lost and the initial punishment he was given.
Most societies seek to protect the one asset perpetuating their future existence: children. Where child protection laws have been passed but ignored society expects responsible citizens to report an adult's abusive treatment and that the justice system will then ensure children are protected from an abuser.
Ghamdi confessed to torturing and killing his daughter. The girl's body showed evidence of a fractured skull, brain damage, repeated rapes, burns, beatings with whips and an iron, electrical shocks, a broken back, ribs and arm. Reportedly, he also had sadistically sought to burn Lama's rectum closed.
For 10 months, Lama lingered in the hospital before succumbing in October 2012 to her massive injuries. One cannot imagine the thoughts going through this defenseless child's mind as she tried to understand the pain and suffering she was forced to endure at the hands of her own father.
Ghamdi was arrested and jailed in November.
The abuse inflicted upon Lama was justified by the father as she no longer was a virgin. That would have been sad enough but evidence suggests the father was the rapist.
Obviously, any parent should be outraged by such sadistic brutality. While too late to help Lama, one would hope Saudi's justice system would put the father away so his two other children avoided similar abuse.
But a Saudi judge ruled Ghamdi need only pay his ex-wife $50,000 in "blood money" for having abused and killed their daughter (had the child been male the fine would be double), stating the few months he had already spent in prison was sufficient punishment!
The ruling was based on Islamic or "Sharia" law prohibiting a father from being executed for killing his child (or wife) if compensation is paid.
Ghamdi also was allowed to retain custody (the parents are divorced) of his two surviving children.
The initial response by the Saudi government to this case was only to establish a 24-hour hotline to report child abuse.
While it is bad enough any human being could abuse his own child like this, it is even more frightening the person doing so was a religious leader who believed he could so act with impunity.
Any religious law dictating one who tortures or murders a child avoids commensurate punishment can only be labeled diabolical. Any one supporting Ghamdi's meager punishment for his horrific crime is incapable of salvation by any religion. Any imam accepting such an interpretation is incapable of understanding Islamic beliefs have been poisoned by mindless fanatics.
Like a vine, Sharia has slowly been creeping into Western cultures, choking existing victim protection laws.
Already taking root on a large scale in the United Kingdom, Sharia creep has entered the United States as well where victims' rights are beginning to be ignored as Muslim defendants plead "the Koran made me do it!"
Fortunately, the international outcry over Ghamdi's light punishment prompted the Saudi royal family to intervene. He was returned to prison. And, despite Sharia's prohibition, some Saudi activists are demanding his execution.
Sadly, it wasn't the brutality of Ghamdi's actions that caused the royal family's intervention — it was the public outrage triggered by his light sentence.
But the outrage did result in the government's first anti-domestic abuse advertisement — one depicting a woman in a hijab with only her eyes visible, one eye blackened and bloodshot.
The outcry caused by Lama's tragic death strips Sharia of its dark side in a supposedly "moderate" Saudi Arabia. It also led to an historic development with the country recognizing domestic violence against women and children for the first time by banning it. While violation of the ban imposes only one year in prison and minimal compensation, activists consider it a start in the right direction in a society where male control of women trumps basic human rights.
Any effort to change an abusive attitude toward Muslim women and children runs counter to a male mindset, first promoted by Prophet Muhammad that has permeated the region for centuries.
The Saudi ban, however, takes on special significance due to the role Riyadh plays in Islam. The royal family is the guardian of the religion's holiest cities — Mecca and Medina. As such, it is the protector of Islam and its beliefs codified in the Koran. That is a book that conveys a far different message about women and children than does Riyadh's recent ban.
If the Saudi ban is successfully implemented, 5-year-old Lama — in death — will have reversed, after 13 centuries, a brutal male mindset, improving life for generations of Muslim women to come.
(A retired U.S. Marine, Lt. Col. James Zumwalt served in the Vietnam War, the U.S. invasion of Panama and the first Gulf War. He has written "Bare Feet, Iron Will — Stories from the Other Side of Vietnam's Battlefields," "Living the Juche Lie: North Korea's Kim Dynasty" and "Doomsday: Iran — The Clock is Ticking.")
(United Press International's "Outside View" commentaries are written by outside contributors who specialize in a variety of important issues. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of United Press International. In the interests of creating an open forum, original submissions are invited.)
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Millennium Spring Cooking Class
So today was another beautiful Sunday cooking class at Millennium Restaurant, the amazing gourmet vegan restaurant in San Francisco. Under the guidance of executive chef Eric Tucker and his assistants Eileen and Thomas, 10 lucky people like myself got to develop recipes, learn vegan cooking techniques, and work our butts off producing superb vegan dishes worthy of Millennium guests. And, happily, we get to eat all that we prepare.
The class theme was spring vegetables. I really wanted to do something with green or spring garlic which is currently in season (green garlic is immature garlic that has not yet formed the garlic bulb and looks like a small leek. It has a milder flavor than mature garlic.) We made a delicious Spring Garlic Bisque with smoked paprika oil and crisp fried green garlic leaves. Chef Tucker came up with a wonderful recipe that was totally amazing and was kind enough to give me permission to post the recipe. It follows at the end of this post.
We made dumplings with chives, pea greans, tofu, and Asian spices which were served in a miso-ginger-mushroom broth:
We also enjoyed these without the broth topped with chili oil and dipping sauce.
Vietnamese Style Stuffed Grape Leaves: stuffed with black beans, tofu, mushrooms, scallions, ginger, and garlic. These were broiled topped with a Kumquat Black Pepper sauce and sesame seeds (they're on the menu if you want to try them!):
We ate these in butter lettuce leaves, with extra sauce:
With a side of watercress salad in a sweet aged balsamic vinegar dressing with two spicy chutneys; one made with carrots, one made with beets:
OK...prepare to be wowed here...injera crepes made with teff flour and yeast in less that 3 hours (soooo good!) with cashew cream raita and two versions of wot; one made with french green lentils, the other with seitan:
And for dessert, a pear mousse, topped with Strawberry sauce, cashew crumbs, and sorbet:
Yeah....don't you so wish you had been there!
The great thing about the Millennium classes is that the focus is not on following a specific recipe, but rather on learning how to cook, adjust, fix, embellish on the fly using creativity, knowledge, and technique. You learn better ways to prep and cut vegetables and are introduced to new ingredients and methodologies that really work.
Plus, it's a social, team-building exercise. You get to meet nine other cool people interesting in vegan cooking and work in two teams of five to produce different variations of the recipe, with a Millennium assistant to further educate you. There's pressure to get everything done before the real cooking crew comes in and takes over the kitchen, so everyone's definitely motiviated to make it happen. Chef Eric is always refreshingly open to ideas and suggestions from participants and those are always great learning experiences. The Millennium cooking class is my monthly gift to myself and always an amazing experience.
Green Garlic Bisque:
4 cups of 1/8" sliced green garlic, roots and outer leave removed, white and green parts of the leek part sliced, leaves reserved for the garnish
filtered lukewarm salted water
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup of cognac (est)
1 tsp dried or fresh thyme
5 cups of potatoes, peeled and diced (keep in water to avoid discoloration)
vegetable stock
1 TBS arborio rice
1 tsp of thyme (dried can be used when adding the stock, fresh can be used later)
(Serves 10)
Prep the garlic and place in lukewarm salted filtered water for 15-20 minutes (sometimes green garlic can turn purple/blue, this step prevents that by drawing out the minerals).
Heat the olive oil and add the drained green garlic. Cover and cook for approx. 20 minutes (some browning is OK), stiring occasionally. Add the cognac and stand well back (it will flame). Add the potatoes, salt, and vegetable stock, arborio rice and dry thyme, if using (stock should cover ingredients by 1 "). Cover and cook at a boil for 20-30 minutes, until garlic and poatoes are starting to break down. Remove from the heat.
Add fresh thyme, if using.
Puree with an immersion blender. Adjust seasoning.
Smoked Paprika Oil
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 heaped tablespoon smoked paprika
In a saute pan, combine oil and smoke paprika. Cook until the oil starts to bubble. Remove from heat and allow to infuse for at least 30 minutes.
Green Garlic Leave Chips :
3/4 cup oil (grapeseed oil olive oil blend as it needs to be heated at a high heat)
leaves from 5 green garlic, cut on the diagonal about 1/4" wide
Heat the oil in a saute pan to a very high temperature to mimic deep frying. Fry the cut green garlic leaves unitl crispy ( about 3 minutes). Drain on paper towel.
Serve the bisque topped with smoked paprika oil and green garlic chips.


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