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AP: Kansas lawyers propose new way to pick judges
TOPEKA (AP) — With lawmakers expected to take up the state's judicial selection system in the next few weeks, Kansas attorneys have put forward a proposal to reduce their influence in the judicial nomination process while keeping it from being turned over entirely to governors.
TOPEKA (AP) — With lawmakers expected to take up the state's judicial selection system in the next few weeks, Kansas attorneys have put forward a proposal to reduce their influence in the judicial nomination process while keeping it from being turned over entirely to governors.
The state's method for selecting judges for the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court involves a nine-member nominating commission consisting of five attorneys and four members appointed by the governor.
Critics contend the process is fundamentally undemocratic because it gives too much power to attorneys who aren't accountable to the public. An alternative being discussed in Topeka would let the governor appoint judges who would have to be confirmed by the state Senate, much like the process at the federal level, The Kansas City Star reported.
The Kansas Bar Association recently passed a resolution supporting the current system, "independent" of how the nominating panel is selected. The association endorsed a plan Tuesday that would expand the nominating commission to 15 members, with less than half of them being attorneys.
"Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater," said bar association President Lee Smithyman, of Overland Park.
The nominating commission screens potential candidates for upper-level judgeships and submits three names to the governor for his or her consideration. Nominees for the state Supreme Court are chosen the same way, but that procedure is more difficult to change because it is set in the state constitution and would require a public vote and support of two-thirds of the Legislature.
Supporters of the current system said it protects the judicial branch from political gamesmanship. Efforts to change the system, they said, are driven by an ideological agenda and Brownback's desire to leave his imprint on the state.
Brownback has pushed for the federal model, which would let him select his own nominee to go before the Senate for confirmation. Abortion opponents favor that system because it would let the governor choose judges more sympathetic to his anti-abortion views.
Brownback, a Republican, is expected to push for the change this year, possibly with a constitutional amendment.
The bar association's proposal, called the "4-5-6" plan, would allow attorneys to choose four members of the nominating commission, one from each congressional district. The governor would appoint five members, and the Legislature would appoint six.
The plan would be applied to the panels that recommend appeals court and state Supreme Court judges and would be offered as a constitutional amendment.
"We believe (the plan) will eliminate any argument or criticism that attorneys have any control over this," Smithyman said.
Shawnee Republican Rep. John Rubin, one of the fiercest critics of the current system, has proposed an alternative plan.
He favors a nominating commission appointed by the governor, the House speaker and the Senate president. The governor would then choose a candidate who would go before the Senate for confirmation. Under Rubin's plan, a majority of the commission could not be lawyers.


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" Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too was a gift " ~ Mary Oliver
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Hazel either (it's ok), but at least it ages well. Rapunzel is pretty out there, in my opinion, and I just can't see it on a job resume. I agree with the poster who said it was like naming your daughter Cinderella.
P.S. I had a friend who always wanted to name her daughter Snow. It was her favorite name for years, but she just happened to fall in love with a man whose last name happened to be White. She honestly considered sticking with the name she loved until a few of us gave her our opinions. When she gets pregnant, she could go back to Snow. Ultimately, it's her choice, just like this is your choice. We're just giving you our opinions.
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Last year, when Apple Apple introduced the iPhone 4s — a visual clone of the 16-month-old iPhone 4 — a lot of people yawned. "Brilliant" pundits were quick to criticize . It was more of the same, not very new and would surely herald the end of Apple's leadership in the smartphone market. Sure, it had the Siri voice assistant but she didn't do very much, didn't understand very much, and eventually became a source of parody almost as much as utility. Apple would then go on to sell a record 37 million iPhones in the subsequent quarter, earning $13 billion on more than $46 billion in revenues. Accounting for seasonality, the iPhone has remained a huge hit, selling another 60 million units in the subsequent two quarters.
Fast forward to today and as the great Yogi Berra once said, "It's like deja vu all over again." The iPhone 5 has been launched and it looks an awful lot like the iPhone 4s. Yes, the glass has been removed from the back (one fewer thing to break). Yes, it has 4G LTE. Yes, it's a tiny bit larger. Yes, it's 18% thinner. And, yes, finally (and Apple fans know how loaded that word is), the screen is larger, at 4 inches diagonally.
Those open mouths are not agape with awe; they are the collective yawns of the Android community and, dare we say it, the small band of Windows Phone users. The truth is, not one of these features is revolutionary and they've all been available since 2011 on phones from some combination of Samsung, Motorola, Nokia Nokia, and HTC HTC. In fact, one can take it a step further: Apple's specs are actually unimpressive compared to many of those phones. I don't mean specs like megahertz or number of processor cores. Consumers don't care about those things and the new iPhone does have an improved custom processor. It should keep pace with — or exceed — the best phones on the market.
What I'm talking about is the more obvious stuff: Screens, battery life, form factor. I had lunch with a friend a couple of weeks ago, a fellow Silicon Valley entrepreneur and, like me, an iPhone user. He was raving about the Samsung Galaxy S3 his colleague had and how easy it was to slip into a pocket. I was surprised; the phone is huge compared to an iPhone. He explained that the thinness combined with the tapered edges made for an easy slide into a pocket. Well, the new iPhone is thinner at 7.6mm (vs. 8.6mm), but it's still squared off at the sides. And it is by no means the thinnest phone among recent smartphones, which I'm pretty sure was the 7.1mm Droid Razr. Yes, the iPhone is competitive here. But world beating? No.
I remember good ol' days when people don't get judged by what phone they're holding. What difference does it make if a person prefers iphone over android and vice versa? It doesn't mean they're sheep it just means they want that phone. Spec-wise yes apple did not shock the world, get over it people.
Well Well i own a galaxy note and to me its the only multi media portable pc phone out there, and now 4 of my friends all have one. Do a search on this device and you will see that customer satisfaction is 100% 2 of them are x iphone users who want be switching back! i have recently set up a iphone 4s for my female boss and i was disgusted with that false advertising of siri it still cant get her name right or find contacts it says sexy instead of lexie, what a lousy false advertisment apple had with this, someone should sue for this crap! voice actions on android at least gets her name right. So dont speak for everyone out there because theres millions who disagree with your comment
1.) Thats great you love your Samsung phone.
2.) A lot of people love Big Phones. I'm not disagreeing with that one.
3.) 4S to 5 was a huge jump. LTE speeds, Aluminum Design, Bigger screen without compromising one handed use. A6 processor.
4.) Opinion indeed.
5.) Here is where you really fall apart: The iPhone 4S has been running HSPA+ speeds so if you're going to consider the HTC Evo "4G" a "4G connected phone, then you'd better put the 4S in the same category. The first HTC Evo ran on Sprint's pathetic WiMax network.
Don't pitch one thing as 3G and the other as 4G when neither were LTE. It makes you look amateur.
The iPhone still has the smoothest operating system with Browsing and Apps. Big name developers look to iOS first. That's what matters to a lot of people.
Sue them? Samsung is the company that copied what you're dissing. S Voice ring a bell?
Compare Siri to S Voice to have a good laugh.
Here we go again with the "bigger is better" mantra. No doubt there are a great number of people who feel this way. But it is to completely miss a significant point to assume this is what all smartphone users want. I am not in this camp at all and there are an enormous number of others who agree…bigger is NOT better. I am fine with the slightly elongated screen decision, but if Apple had chosen to make something the size of that Galaxy brick, I would not have even considered an upgrade. The final paragraph with all the "…better when bigger" might apply to a laptop or home PC, but not so with a phone. Interesting that we see this, yet there is so much hype about Apple possibly releasing a SMALLER tablet. I guess in that case everything is "better when smaller."
Agreed Mark…there are varied opinions about phone size. While I am not sure about the "tens of millions" that want a bigger phone (if all the decent non-Apple offerings are enormous, what's a person to do?), Apple is not ignorant to the issue or they wouldn't have made the design choices they did.
That said, I think you might want to review your own words with regards to how subtle you in fact were on that matter. From your brief article:
"Yes, it's a tiny bit larger."
"…finally…the screen is larger…"
"…the more obvious stuff: …form factor."
"…unequivocally still a lot smaller — 4 inches vs. 4.8 inches in the Galaxy, which amounts to 40% more real estate. And since the Apple screen is now taller but no wider, the usability of the extra space is very much in the to-be-determined category…"
"The new iPhone has a bigger screen than it had, but not a big one. Video is better when bigger. Games are better when bigger. Browsing is better when bigger. Reading is better when bigger."
You made the point repeatedly. I just commented on it.
Mark, I think you make excellent points…most of which I can't disagree with. There's a clear reason Samsung (in particular) has jumped into the mainstream in such a major way, and it's mostly because they (like Apple) have figured out how to marry the software with the hardware for a major segment of buyers who want that specific marriage. I applaud it. We don't all want the same thing, and diversity serves the market best.
Given the lack of any groundbreaking technology with the iPhone 5 and the new iOS, you make a solid point that there's nothing really new to see here. Apple is surely not likely to win over many (or any) Android fans with this. And for the folks on the fence…I am in complete agreement with you…the deciding factors are not going to be NFC, batteries, or memory cards (although I think memory cards are a factor for a subset of people). Size matters, but that cuts both ways…which goes back to my original point. For all the rhetoric, there will be new phone buyers going multiple directions and it won't be because of a spec list.
Has Apple amazed us? Absolutely not. Have they introduced a phone that is worth an upgrade? I think yes, especially for those who want to remain in the Apple ecosystem (for whatever reasons…software integration, app availability, ease of use, phone size, etc.). They will sell a bazillion new phones and the folks writing off the iPhone 5 will roll their eyes at the continued success because it doesn't fit neatly into the paradigm of comparitive charts. But I don't need to tell you that Apple lives outside of specs. You may be entirely correct about "if that's all there is…" and the path it is leading to…but today we have a new iPhone, and people will be buying it.
As no small side note, thank you for the dialog on the subject. I rarely comment on articles I read and it's nice to have some respectful feedback.
Excellent post and you are pretty much dead on. In fact I am surprised you missed the biggest part of the iphone5 release that would potentially single handedly stop a very large portion of the existing iphone 4/4s users from considering upgrading to 5.
Apple in either their lack of wisdom and/or arrogance also decided to replace the main connector to the device – thus rendering ALL iphone accessories designed for the older devices utterly useless! So you are an iphone 3/4/4s user and you bought that clock radio, stereo, car cradle for your iphone…. well buying an iphone5 means throwing that away. Bonehead move and all competing phone makers thanks Apple for the new business.
This announcement was a YAWN. Nothing innovative and even not on par with what already has been in competing products in a better version. The impact of no JOBS is very clear. Innovation at Apple died with Jobs and there was no JOBS today to even spin this saw's ear into a silk purse to convince the Apply Loyalists that they should buy this unimpressive minor update to the iphone4.
This announcement was clear evidence of Apple's long slow sinking back to it pre-Job era of a niche market player. Might take 5 – 7 years… but its started today.


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A half-century ago, the world was a far different place.
In October 1962, James Meredith became the first black student at the University of Mississippi, Johnny Carson became host of NBC's "Tonight Show," the first James Bond film, "Dr. No," debuted in the United Kingdom and the Beatles released the single "Love Me Do."
And 50 years ago yesterday, President John F. Kennedy was shown a series of aerial photographs of Cuba, showing the construction of Soviet nuclear missile sites on the soil of that island nation just 90 miles from U.S. soil.
And the world lurched toward yet another planet-wide war. But this one, unlike the previous two, would not be fought in the trenches, on the beaches, on the seas, in towns and cities — but in the air, where nuclear devices were primed to detonate and spread their seeds of death and destruction.
The Cuban missile crisis brought the world as close to nuclear war as it has ever been.
"My fellow Americans, with a heavy heart, and in necessary fulfillment of my oath of office, I have ordered — and the United States Air Force has now carried out — military operations with conventional weapons only, to remove a major nuclear weapons build-up from the soil of Cuba."
These were the opening words of a speech Kennedy never made, because the strike the piece was written to announce never became necessary. Fortunately, today the draft is merely a piece of history, housed at Kennedy's presidential museum. Had the president delivered that speech, the world likely would have burned. The Soviet commander on the ground in Cuba in all probability would have responded to the attack by unleashing the 100 tactical nukes on the island, weapons Kennedy knew nothing about, each equipped with a warhead capable of more destruction than the bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The status quo was clearly untenable, the U.S. could not allow the Soviets to have missiles that close to our soil. But good options were few. Fidel Castro was prodding the Soviets to strike, while some of Kennedy's advisers were urging him to launch an attack. A 500-sortie air strike was planned, along with a follow-up invasion involving some 90,000 troops. But history has shown that Soviet troop strength in Cuba was greater than was known at the time, and there was the matter of those nukes the Russians had already squirreled away throughout Cuba.
Kennedy ultimately drew a line in the sand, ordering a blockade of Soviet ships carrying more missiles and equipment to Cuba. Behind the scenes, an agreement was forged that if Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev removed the missiles, the U.S. would agree not to invade Cuba, and would eventually remove its own missiles from Turkey.
Krushchev at one point sent a letter to Kennedy, in which he admonished the president not to "pull on the end of the rope in which you have tied the knot of war, because the more the two of us pull, the tighter that knot will be tied."
Near the end of the crisis, Undersecretary of State George Ball said: "Unless we return to political arrangement, we will all fry. Need a bridge back."
Ultimately, the public and private deals forged by Kennedy and Krushchev formed that bridge, the Soviet ships turned around, the missiles were withdrawn and the world lived to see that fateful October fade into November.
The Cuban missile crisis was recently cited by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a speech before the United Nations, in which he said Kennedy drew a "red line," that the Soviets dared not cross 50 years ago, and urged President Obama to do the same as Iran grows ever closer to developing its own nuclear weapon.
Netanyahu overlooks the fact the U.S. did not strike the U.S.S.R., or China, for that matter, to keep them from developing nukes, but has instead maintained a policy of containment and deterrence.
Whoever is elected America's next president, he may well face his own crisis in the not-too-distant future, if Israel carries out a threatened strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.
We should recall the lessons of October 1962.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006VALPARAISO (15-10, 9-5 Mid-Con) at UMKC (8-17, 6-8 Mid-Con)
WHEN: Saturday, February 25, 2006, 2 p.m. CST.
WHERE: Swinney Recreation Center (1,500), Kansas City, Mo.
RADIO: WVUR (95.1-FM, Valparaiso) and on the internet at www.valpo.edu/athletics. Ken LaVicka and Andrew Hansen will call all of the action.
TV: None.
THE COACHES: Valparaiso is led by Keith Freeman, who is in his 18th season of coaching, and 12th with the Crusaders. He is 337-185 overall and 208-138 at Valpo. UMKC is led by Bo Overton, who is 18-37 in his 2nd season overall and with the Kangaroos.
SERIES RECORD: Valparaiso holds an 18-8 all-time advantage against UMKC. The Crusaders hold a 6-5 edge in Kansas City, but the Kangaroos have won the last three at home.
LAST MEETING: Valparaiso set a new school record allowing just 31 points as the Crusaders defeated UMKC 65-31 on December 30, 2005 at the ARC in the Mid-Continent Conference opener for both schools. Valpo held the Kangaroos to just 20.4% shooting for the game and 11 first half points in the victory. Tamra Braun led the Crusaders with 17 points and seven rebounds while Aimee Litka added eight more off of the bench. Brittny Picconi led UMKC with eight points but was just 3-of-20 shooting from the field.
Valparaiso enters the final weekend of the regular season looking to rebound from Monday night's loss to IUPUI as the Crusaders head to Kansas City, Mo. on Saturday afternoon to take on UMKC. Valpo is looking to remain in third place in the Mid-Con standings.
RIETEMA LIKES SHOOTING FREE THROWS AT IUPUI: Betsy Rietema connected on 13-of-14 free throws on Monday night at IUPUI, tying for the fifth best shooting night in school history (minimum ten attempts). Ironically, Rietema tied her own mark for fifth place, as she also made 13-of-14 from the line last year at IUPUI.
KUIKHOVEN SETS SOME CAREER HIGHS: Mayella Kuikhoven tied her career high with nine rebounds, including seven on the offensive end, Monday night at IUPUI. The senior forward also blocked a pair of shots, the first time in her four years she has had more than one rejection. Kuikhoven also scored eight points in the game.
GRABBING THE OFFENSIVE BOARDS: Even though Valparaiso struggled shooting from the floor Monday at IUPUI (29.3%), the Crusaders did give themselves extra opportunities. Valpo grabbed 21 offensive rebounds, seven more than the Brown and Gold had grabbed in any game prior this season. Unfortunately for the Crusaders, Valpo managed just 13 second chance points with the 21 opportunities.
A WINNING TRADITION: Valpo has assured itself of its 15th winning season in the last 16 years. The Crusaders also have clinched their 13th winning Mid-Con season in the 14 years of conference play.
DISHING THE ROCK: Lauren Bechtold has dished out nine assists while committing just one turnover in the last two games for the Crusaders, including 45 minutes of action against Chicago State in a double-overtime contest. The senior guard has moved into a sixth place on Valpo's career assist list with 281. Bechtold is averaging 3.04 assists per contest this year and has a 1.73 assist-to-turnover ratio, a mark that ranks fourth in the Mid-Con. Her assist per game average is tied for tenth best in the league.
DOWN THE ROAD: The Crusaders will close out the regular season in Tulsa, Okla. on Monday night with a 7:05 p.m. contest against Oral Roberts. The game will be televised live on WYIN-56. Valpo then returns to Tulsa for the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament next weekend. This year's event takes place March 4-7.
UMKC NOTES: UMKC snapped a five-game losing skid on Monday evening as the Kangaroos defeated Southern Utah 69-54 at home to move into a tie for sixth place in the Mid-Con standings.
The Kangaroos are 4-5 at home on the season, including 3-4 in league play. UMKC is wrapping up its home season on Saturday before finishing the year on the road.
Brittny Picconi leads the Kangaroos scoring 13.4 points per contest. The transfer became eligible at UMKC nine games into the season and is shooting 27.7% from the floor.
Stephanie Brown is also averaging in double figures for the Kangaroos. She is tallying 12.4 points per game on the season, but has improved that mark to 14.0 per league game. Brown also leads the Kangaroos in rebounding, grabbing 8.9 boards per game.
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Every year at least one million people migrate across national borders in Mexico and Central America, deeply affecting the region in every aspect of life.
The Regional Context
While migration provides opportunities for social mobility and confers benefits to communities, it also exposes migrants to vulnerabilities including human rights abuses (particularly among women), family separation, and increased exposure to HIV/AIDS and other diseases. In addition, rapid out-migration poses significant challenges to local institutions, land tenure and land use.
This mass mobilization is a direct result of the deep-rooted exclusion and poverty in the countries where we work. National and international institutions and policies have failed to create conditions that allow all members of society to access opportunities, services and resources. Among those most affected are indigenous and Afro-descendant people, women, migrants and persons living with HIV/AIDS.
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We pursue efforts to make migration safer, develop alternative approaches to restrictive policies and maximize positive aspects of migration.
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I have wished for mats like these each time I stay at a hotel. Now, that I have my own, I don't know how to act. I am very satisfied with these bath mats. They look great in my bathroom! They hold up very well after washing too. My son is very glad that he does not have to hear my mouth about him wetting the bathroom floor when he showers.Thanks Overstock, you are the best!
I'm very pleased with these. They are just what I was looking for. They are a shade darker than what my computer screen showed, but still in the same color range. I have washed & dried them twice and they still look like new (no curling). That's the true test to me.
First off, this is not a bath rug. This is a bath mat or tub mat. It's like a thick towel. For those reviewers complaining that it's like a towel, they don't know what a bath mat is. There is no rubber backing or pile. That said, this is a great bath mat. I wanted one because I hated waiting for the rubber-backed rugs to dry after washing them. I bought these in white so I could bleach them with my towels with minimal care. I bought two - one for stepping out of the shower and one for in front of the sink. They are plush and have held up wonderfully. I plan to purchase two additional to have on hand. Once again overstock, thanks for great selection!
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These mats have held up well. I had to trim a few loose threads after I washed them the first time and I was concerned that the edges would fray, but after several more washings they still look great. I got them instead of bath rugs,which would turn my vinyl floor yellow. As other reviewers have noted, these have no backing and are like the mats you find in hotels.The burgundy color was just that and matched perfectly.
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Apache Toolbox
The Apache web server is one of the most common applications run on Linux systems. Although it comes with most distributions there will be times when you want to run the latest version along with all of its modules. Getting all the source code and then configuring, compiling and installing each piece by hand can be a daunting task. The Apache Toolbox provides an easier way to do all of this.
The Apache Toolbox, written by Bryan Andrews, provides a convenient front end for configuring and compiling Apache, as well as obtaining any needed source code. In addition to the modules included with Apache, the Toolbox can also configure and compile programs such as PHP and MySQL (See Table 1 for a complete list of software). It also compiles and installs the latest gd libraries for the creation of JPEG and PNG files.
The Apache Toolbox comes in two forms: a large (approximately 12MB) file and a small file. The large file contains the Toolbox script along with source code for Apache and most of the modules; the small file contains only the Apache Toolbox script. Since the Apache Toolbox tries to download any missing source code, it makes sense to use the smaller file if you have a recent Linux distribution or a fast internet connection.
If you download the large Apache Toolbox tarball it will untar into a directory called www-src. This directory contains zipped tarballs of the source code for Apache and all the modules. The Apache Toolbox script, called install.sh, is also in this directory.
To start the Apache Toolbox, switch to root and run the install.sh script. This presents a menu of programs and modules that can be selected (see Figure 1). A selection is made by typing the number or letter next to an item. The program performs sanity checks, depending upon your selection. It ensures, for example, that Python is installed on the system when the mod_python module is selected. The program also displays descriptions of the modules when "99" is entered. There are two pages of modules, and the 99 command only displays descriptions for the current page.
Once you have made all of your selections, type go to start the build process. The first thing that the Toolbox does is warn you about any installed RPMs that conflict with the software it will install. You are given the option to continue the compilation process or to quit to remove the offending packages. If you quit to remove the offending RPMs, the Apache Toolbox remembers your settings when you restart it.
The Apache Toolbox uses wget to download any packages that it needs. If wget isn't installed on your machine, the Toolbox can download it, using Lynx, and install it for you. The FTP locations for all the modules are hard-coded in the install.sh script so you can verify them to ensure that you're getting legitimate files.
After the wget checks are performed, you are asked if you want to change Apache's default installation path. Following this question, the Apache tarball is uncompressed. If the program finds existing Apache source code in the www-src directory, you are given the option to back it up. Next, Apache is preconfigured based upon the selections that you have made.
Once that is done the selected modules are untarred, built and installed. If the script can't locate source code for a module, you are asked if it should be downloaded. The Apache Toolbox uses the installwatch library to log the results of the compile and the install process for each module to the logs directory.
If you have elected to install PHP, you are given the option of editing its configuration script. You can use the editor of your choice to edit the file, and the PHP build process continues when you are done.
Once all the modules have been compiled, you are given the option to modify the Apache configuration script. After that the Toolbox tailors the Apache Makefile for your module selections. Then you have to compile and install Apache by changing to the Apache source directory and typing make. If Apache compiles without error, then type make install to install it.
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Judge Anthony Powell gave 37-year-old Tommie Cameron the maximum sentence of 224 months or over 18 years in prison. Cameron was involved in the July 25th, 2010 crash that killed 21-year-old Kari Rinehart.
Cameron hit and killed the Wichita State University student in a crash at 29th and Woodlawn. Rinehart's sister, Kati, and their roommate were injured in the crash.
In February, Cameron pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter while under the influence and two counts of aggravated battery.
Today, friends and family of the South Haven native spoke about their loss and requested that the judge give out the maximum sentence.
"My sister was killed by this monster at the young age of 21. She had her whole life, career, and many adventures ahead of her. She will never get to experience these things with the people that love her most. It is impossible to stand here and put every emotion and thought into words but I do know one thing. This man deserves to spend every minute in jail he can," said Kati Rinehart.
The judge gave Cameron 172 months for involuntary manslaughter, 9 months for each count of aggravated battery, and 34 months for attempted robbery in another case.


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The Pelham Manor Board of Trustees gave approval on Monday to owners of a car wash to expand their facility.
Pelham Manor Car Wash at 4391 Boston Post Road had asked the board for the approval about three months ago, according to its owner, Michael Lage.
The facility will take over a furniture store next door and will build an oil change and lube center. The Planning Department had reviewed the proposal and had questions on items such as the façade, doors and signage, said Mayor James O'Connor.
"One problem with the plan was the exterior of the building," said R. Rosini, a car wash representative. "[The existing car wash and the furniture store] would become one entity architecturally. "[We would] continue the stucco. Front of the glass will be double pane, with a roll up shade."
Trustees expressed concern over clear glass with a shade, as it would allow people to see into the oil change and lube center from the street. Frosted glass would make it so that people "are not looking into the operations of the lube center," said Village Manager John Pierpont.
Meanwhile, other trustees discussed the potential implications of traffic flow on Boston Post Road.
"On a busy day, the Hutch is backed up in both directions, right?" said Trustee Raymond Vandenberg.
Cars would be cued on Boston Post Road, Lage said, with a flagman also hired for busy road days. Pierpont said that the flagman has no authority to slow down or stop traffic on Boston Post Road.
The entrance and exit locations for the car wash will be moved; street lights will be present; and main car doors will be modified to look like homeowner garage doors, Rosini said.
After the discussion, the mayor and board agreed to conditionally approve the expansion, pending that they consult about the shade vs. frosted glass issue and that the garage door is also replaced on the car wash to look like the other doors.
At Monday's meeting, the board also received a report from Village Police Chief Alfred Mosiello about traffic and enforcement.
Mosiello said police issued 24 speeding tickets last month. In addition, police placed a sign on Washington Avenue to reduce the incidence of speeding. Trustee Bertrand Sellier, commenting on how so many drivers speed through the village, said: "It is like a drag strip almost. It is amazing how fast people are going."
The board also discussed the placement of additional stop signs at the intersection of Wolf's Lane and Post Road. However, Pierpont said that the Department of Transportation "wouldn't allow a stop sign for speed control alone."
Here are the action items the board approved:
- The Police Report and the Village Clerk report.
- A resolution passed authorizing the Mayor to sign Abstract of Vouchers no.16520-16560.
- Minutes of the April 25, 2011 Regular meeting.
The board ended its Monday meeting by adjourning into executive session to discuss a personnel matter.


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Not everyone loves spinach.
Not everyone loves broccoli, cauliflower or carrots.
There are some that won't even give peas a chance.
But given a wide choice of fruits or vegetables, most will find something healthy they like to eat.
That's the unfortunate part of a decision Muskogee Public Schools were forced to make recently.
MPS closed the food bars at all MPS elementary schools and for elementary school children at the Rougher Alternative Academy.
MPS cited federal regulations and rising costs to eliminate the bars, which had various choices of vegetables.
Federal nutrition regulations state schools are to put vegetables on every tray for elementary school students and not offer them as options.
The regulation sounds benign enough. It would seem to ensure students receive a minimum amount of vegetables and not leave it up to the student.
If the students do not like what is put in front of them, they won't eat it.
However, given a wide range of choices many students will find something healthy to eat.
It seems as if the food bars would have the greatest chance to ensure most students will improve their diet through choice.
Many of our students in Muskogee are from poorer backgrounds.
Around 80 percent of MPS students benefit from the free or reduced-price lunches.
That would seem to indicate that many of those students are receiving their best meal of the day at school.
If that's the case, students need a bigger variety in order to hope they get a healthy diet.
The cost of the food bars is great.
But the price of our children growing up with unhealthy habits could cost us more in health care later in life.
Many parents will say that they are lucky to find a vegetable that their children enjoy to eat.
The food bars were the best chance for students to find something healthy they will actually eat.


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LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Classes are back to normal at Chapmanville Regional High School after a lockdown was in place for much of Thursday morning.
School leaders tell WSAZ.com West Virginia State Police were called to the school after a student made threatening comments. Leaders are not saying what kind of comments were made.
After being interviewed by troopers, the student's parents were called and the teenager was sent home.
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— Royce Lee Williams, 70, died Thursday, June 13, 2013.
Memorial service is 10 a.m. Monday, June 17, officiated by Pastor Mike Wiley, at Memory Gardens Cemetery, 5600 Mineral Wells Highway, Weatherford, TX. Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
He was born Sept. 2, 1942, in Lockhart, the son of Royce Lavern Williams and Ellen Grace Thompson Williams. He graduated from Lockhart High School, attended the University of Texas at Austin and DelMar Technical School at Corpus Christi. He worked for Exxon in South Texas at the King Ranch Gas Plant until he retired.
He married Judy Bornholdt Williams on Dec. 25, 1992. They lived in South Texas and, upon his retiring from Exxon, they lived in Central Texas prior to moving back to Weatherford. He opened his gun repair shop, The Powder Keg, which was his favorite pastime.
He is survived by his mother, Ellen Williams; step-mother, Mari Lu Williams; step-sister, Sara David; his son, Randall Williams; four step-sons, Gary Bornholdt and wife, Norma Jean, Perry Bornholdt and wife, Filliesa, Arnold Bornholdt and wife, Cheryl, and Dale Bornholdt and wife, Karen; one step-daughter, Tina Bornholdt Harbour and husband, Bill; 11 step grandchildren; and 10 step-great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Bornholdt Williams; father, Royce Lavern Williams; brother, Thomas Neal Williams; stepson, Ronald R. Bornholdt; step-granddaughter, Tricia Mae Finley; and his Texas family, Pat and Martha Castelberry.
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STILLWATER, Okla. — —
When Keiton Page graduated from Oklahoma State University last year, he could have easily headed over seas and continued his basketball career — something Travis Ford said he suggested the former Cowboy great should at least give a try.
Instead, the greatest high school scorer in the state of Oklahoma out of Pawnee, decided to stay at his alma mater and join the family tradition — as a basketball coach.
Page has been working with the Cowboys' coaching staff, following in the footsteps of his father — David Page, a longtime high school coach who has led Pawnee to several state titles — and his older brother Brady, who in his late 20s is in his second year as the head coach at Hennessey High School.
"It came down to those two decisions, and I kind of wanted to stay here and get my foot in the door," Page said. "I was excited about this team and I wasn't ready to leave OSU yet."
Page is serving as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, but can be found in the coaches' huddle during practices. And for his former coach, and now boss, Travis Ford said Page is different from some players who try to make the adjustment from player to coach.
"He's been such an asset to us and the players, and I've been so impressed with how he's really embraced this role," Ford said. "So many former players try doing it right after going four years and usually it's a sigh of relief, and they'll show up at 11 o'clock. But he's here early, stays late and does everything we ask him to do.
"He's really trying to learn the business of being a coach, which he sees very quickly is different from being a player. Just because you played, doesn't mean it's going to be easy to be a coach. But I think he's seeing now everything that goes into it."
Page, who owns the national record for career 3-point shooting with a 49.9 percent average, has been helpful in the maturation process for a player already getting comparisons to Page — OSU freshman guard Phil Forte.
"He's helped me a lot. In practice he'll come over and give me advice," Forte said. "Seeing what he did for four years here ... It's one thing for him to be a coach, but he did it and is about my height and he (excelled) here.
"So I'm just trying to be a sponge and absorb everything and just learn what he did and apply it to my game."
It has been different for Page though, having to toe the line as a coach to a group of players he called teammates last year. He's still not used to being called Coach.
"It catches me off guard a lot when they're yelling at me," the Pawnee native said. "Sometimes I won't even look because I'm used to being called KP all the time."
While his father and brother are building the Page name in the high school ranks in the state of Oklahoma, the younger Page has his eyes set higher.
"I would like to stay here for as long as I possibly can," Page said. "I love OSU and I wasn't ready to leave. I'm sure in (another) five years I won't be ready to leave, either. I love it here and I think this basketball program will continue to grow and continue to get better. I'd love to be a part of it."


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In a meet comprised almost entirely of Division I competition, Brigham finished the 5,000 meter course in 18:35. Teammate Lacey Cartier (York, Maine) finished in 43rd place in a time of 18:49. Rounding out the afternoon for the Pride was Amanda DiPaolo (Garrison, N.Y.) in 64th place (19:09), and Jess Borsotti (Northampton, Mass.) in 107th (20:08).
Amanda Mullen (Claremont, N.H.) finished in a time of 20:35 for the Pride.
The Pride return to action at the NEWMAC Championships on October 27. The Championships will be held at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.


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A tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 65 in Barren County at mile marker 52 just south of Cave City has traffic pushed down to one lane for the northbound direction only, said Keirsten Jaggers, public information officer for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's District Three Office in Bowling Green in a press release.
Duration is expected to be 1-2 hours.
Motorists can expect delays and may wish to seek alternate routes. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available, the press release stated.


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Work the Shell - Analyzing Log Files
If you're running Apache, and you probably are, you've got a file called access_log on your server, probably in /etc/httpd or some similar directory. Find it (you can use locate or find if needed).
First, let's see how many hits you've received—that is, how many individual files have been served up. Use the wc program to do this:
$ wc -l access_log 83764 access_log
Interesting, but is that for an hour or a month? The way to find out is to look at the first and last lines of the access_log itself, easily done with head and tail:
$ head -1 access_log 188.8.131.52 - - [11/Jul/2006:16:00:59 -0600] ↪"GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 36717 "-" "-" $ tail -1 access_log 188.8.131.52 - - [11/Jul/2006:22:15:14 -0600] ↪"GET /individual-entry-javascript.js HTTP/1.1" ↪200 2374 "http://www.askdavetaylor.com/ ↪sync_motorola_razr_v3c_with_windows_xp_via_bluetooth.html" ↪"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; ↪.NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
These log file lines can be darn confusing, so don't panic if you look at that and become completely baffled. The good news is it's not important to know what every field details. In fact, all we care about is the date and time in square brackets, and the name of the individual file requested after the "GET" line.
Here you can see that the first line in the access log is from 11 July at 16:00:59 and the last line is from 11 July at 22:15:14. Calculate this out, and we're talking a window of about six hours and 15 minutes, or 375 minutes. Divide the total number of hits by this time passage, and we're seeing 223 hits per minute, or a pretty impressive traffic level of 3.7 hits per second.
The second common query is to ascertain which files are requested most often, and that's something we can ascertain with a quick call to awk to split that field from the log file lines, then a combination of sort and uniq with its ever-useful -c option.
Let's take this one step at a time.
If you go back to the log file line shown above, you'll find that it's the seventh field that contains that value, meaning we can extract it like this:
$ head access_log | awk '{print $7}' /favicon.ico /0-blog-pics/itunes-pc-advanced-importing-prefs.png /0-blog-pics/itunes-pc-importing-song.png /styles-site.css /individual-entry-javascript.js /motorola_razr_v3c_and_mac_os_x_transfer_pictures_and_wallpaper.html /Graphics/header-paper2.jpg /Graphics/pinstripebg.gif /0-blog-pics/bluetooth-razr-configured.png /0-blog-pics/itunes-pc-library-sting.png
When you have a long list of data like this, you can figure out the most popular individual occurrences by sorting everything, then using the uniq command to figure out how often each line occurs. Then use sort again, this time to sort the data from that, prefaced with the largest numeric value to the smallest.
Here's an intermediate result to help you see what's happening:
$ awk '{print $7}' access_log | sort | uniq -c | head 535 / 26 //favicon.ico 6 //signup.cgi 1 /0-blog-pics/MVP-Combo_picture.jpg 2 /0-blog-pics/address-book-import.jpg 4 /0-blog-pics/adwords-psp-bids.png 28 /0-blog-pics/aim-congrats-account.png 28 /0-blog-pics/aim-create-screen-name.png 38 /0-blog-pics/aim-delete-screenname-mac.png 29 /0-blog-pics/aim-forget-password.png
All that's left is to sort it by most popular and axe all but the top few matches:
$ awk '{print $7}' access_log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head 6176 /favicon.ico 5807 /styles-site.css 5733 /Graphics/header-paper2.jpg 5655 /Graphics/pinstripebg.gif 5512 /individual-entry-javascript.js 5458 /Graphics/marker-tray.gif 5366 /Graphics/help-button.jpg 5363 /Graphics/digman.gif 5359 /Graphics/delicious.gif 5323 /0-blog-pics/starbucks-hot-coffee.jpg
The first thing you'll notice is that this isn't pages but graphics. That's not a surprise, because just like most Web sites, my own AskDaveTaylor.com has graphics shared across all pages, making the graphics more frequently requested than any given HTML page.
Fortunately, we can force the results to be HTML pages by simply using the grep program to filter the final results of the filter sequence:
$ awk '{print $7}' access_log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn ↪| grep "\.html" | head 446 /motorola_razr_v3c_and_mac_os_x_transfer_pictures_and_wallpaper.html 355 /how_to_create_new_screen_names_on_aol_america_online.html 346 /how_do_i_cancel_my_america_online_aol_account.html 293 /pc_to_sony_psp_how_do_i_download_music.html 206 /how_do_i_get_photos_and_music_onto_my_sony_psp.html 198 /how_do_i_get_my_wireless_wep_password_for_my_sony_psp.html 195 /cant_get_standalone_music_player_to_work_on_myspace.html 172 /convert_wma_from_windows_media_player_into_mp3_files.html 166 /sync_motorola_razr_v3c_with_windows_xp_via_bluetooth.html 123 /how_do_i_create_a_new_screen_name_in_aol_america_online_90.html
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The Memphis Swim Team officially brought the 2009 season to a close on August 1 when the team traveled to Pittsfield, IL, to compete in the River Country Swim League Championships. The Memphis swimmers compete with the Can-Oka Swim Team from Canton and Kahoka. Can-Oka was victorious, winning the River Country Swim League Team Championships with a margin of 2614 points over Pike CountyÆs 2276 points.
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Clara DavisŚ1st, Mixed Free Relay; 5th, Backstroke; 4th, Butterfly; 5th, 25 Free.
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Mystery lingers about source of robo-calls targeting Wysocky
Published: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 7:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 7:20 p.m.
Who funded a last-minute robo-call slamming Santa Rosa City Councilman Gary Wysocky?
Two weeks after the election, the person or group behind the calls remains a mystery.
That's because the name of the group that said it paid for the calls, the "Anybody But Wysocky Committee," hasn't filed any documentation required under state or city campaign finance laws.
The episode is the latest example of how the increasing use of automated telephone calls in local political races is creating opportunities for negative messages to be disseminated cheaply, anonymously and perhaps in violation of existing campaign finance laws.
"I think it actually does make a difference and the public deserves to know who is generating those calls," said Stephen Gale, head of the Sonoma County Democratic Party.
State law requires independent expenditure committees raising $1,000 or more for local races to report their donors and activities and to the Santa Rosa City Clerk. City campaign finance laws are even stricter, requiring any committee spending more than $500 to file detailed reports with the clerk, in some cases within 24 hours of the expenditure.
The laws are designed to combat corruption by ensuring transparency in the political process. But Santa Rosa City Clerk Terri Griffin says her office has received no such disclosures from an "Anybody But Wysocky Committee."
That tells Wysocky, who came in fourth and will retain his City Council seat, that whoever paid for the calls not only wanted to hurt him politically, but sought to do so anonymously.
"Someone is violating the law," Wysocky said this week.
The situation is reminiscent of the recent calls against Cotati-Rohnert Park school board member Karyn Pulley.
Veteran Santa Rosa political consultant Herb Williams arranged those calls for a client known only as Parents for Better Schools. Because they cost less than $1,000, Williams said his client has no obligation to report their identity or donors.
Williams was actively involved in using robo-calls in the Santa Rosa City Council race, including calls made for his client Mayor Ernesto Olivares, who came in first in the race for four open seats, and restaurateur Don Taylor, who finished fifth.
But Williams said he wasn't involved in the Anybody But Wysocky Committee calls and has no idea who was. Taylor's political consultant, Rob Muelrath, and Nick Caston, the husband and political consultant for third-place finisher Erin Carlstrom, both said the same thing.
Caston said polls showed Carlstrom "solidly in the top four," so it would make no sense for her to attack Wysocky, with whom she agrees on many issues. The 29-year-old attorney received 296 votes more than Wysocky.
"There was no strategic value for Erin for Gary getting attacked," Caston said.
The calls, which were made to an unknown number of households in the weekend prior to the Nov. 6 election, were critical of Wysocky on several fronts.
One claimed that Wysocky refused to help the city when he rejected Olivares' offer to serve on the Mayor's Economic Competitiveness Task Force.
Wysocky called this a "half truth" and said he had hoped to serve on the Mayor's Pension Reform Task Force, given his interest in the subject and experience as a CPA. But when Olivares would not appoint him to that board, Wysocky declined to join the Economic Competitiveness Task Force, noting that the council already had an economic subcommittee.
Another call claimed Wysocky was so bad for economic development that people should vote against him for the sake of their children's economic future.
"It was a pretty low blow," Wysocky said.
Wysocky said he believes there were a total of three separate calls in the days immediately before the election. He said he knows a significant number of potential voters received them because numerous supporters alerted him, as did residents when he campaigned door-to-door.
Resident Willard Richards, a Wysocky supporter, received the call about the task force and wrote down the number from his caller ID.
The number had a Portland area code and is assigned to Pacific Telecom Communications Group. The company has been the subject of numerous Federal Trade Commission complaints about its numbers being used for unsolicited telemarketing sales.
Wysocky said he was forced to spend $2,000 on a single robo-call to rebut the weekend calls. That's why he believes the calls violated local and possibly state campaign finance thresholds.
"I've got to believe it was more than $500," Wysocky said.
But others aren't so sure. Gale said that while Wysocky probably paid top-dollar for his last-minute robo-call, others can get them far cheaper.
Political consultants often buy blocks of robo-calls well in advance of the election for a fraction of the cost, Gale said. It is possible the calls could have cost less than the $1,000 state threshold, but Gale doubts they were below the $500 level set by the city.
Whatever the case, Gale said any loopholes that allow last-minute, anonymous negative political calls need to be eliminated.
"I'd like to see the City of Santa Rosa address their local ordinance and find ways to tighten that up," Gale said.
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PLATTSBURGH — Linda Burdeau, 66, of Edgewood Drive, Saranac Lake, N.Y., died Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.
She was born in Plattsburgh on Feb. 26, 1947, the daughter of the late Harold and Lorraine (Forkey) Burdeau.
Linda grew up in Mooers Forks where she made many forever friends. She loved visiting with family and friends, dancing, singing with her brother-in-law Gary and spending time with her beloved cat "Cuddles". She had worked for Champlain Valley Industries.
Linda was predeceased by her father in 1997 and her mother in 2012. She is survived by a sister Elaine Sargeant and her husband Gary of Plattsburgh; her nephew, Jay Sargeant and great-nephew Connor Sargeant of Peru; her nieces, Jamie Anderson and her husband Rob of Plattsburgh, Jodie Gitto and her husband Steve of Hinesburg, Vt.; her great-nephews, Gary Sargeant and his wife Jolie of Ellenburg Depot; and a great niece, Jessica Gregware and her husband Ryan of Sanford, Fla.; her great-great-nephews, Eli and Jameson Sargeant of Ellenburg Depot; and her great-great-niece Mirabel Sargeant also of Ellenburg Depot; several cousins also survive her.
Calling hours will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Brown Funeral Home, 29 Broad St., Plattsburgh, N.Y. A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. with Rev. Alan Shnob, Pastor of St. Augustine's Church, Peru officiating. Entombment will be at Whispering Maples Mausoleum in Ellenburg Depot. Friends wishing may make donations to Elmore SPCA, 510 Arthur Road, Peru, New York 12972.
Linda's family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to Dr. Nucella, Dr. Viscardo and the staff of ICU for the excellent, compassionate care given to her during her final days.^ They would also like to say "thank you" to the wonderful people at 78 Edgewood. There are no words that can adequately convey the love, appreciation and admiration we feel for you. Linda was truly blessed by their presence in her life.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Brown Funeral Home, 29 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 (518) 561-3980. Online condolences and memorial candles may be offered at www.brownfuneralhomeinc.com.


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GREENVILLE — Need a mid-day snack? How about a car wash? Some local children have you covered, and you can return the favor.
From Aug. 6-8, Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Texas will be hosting a car wash, bake sale and lemonade stand in the parking lot of the Reecy Davis Recreation Center at 4320 Lee Street. All proceeds from the event will benefit the club's SMART Girls program, a small-group health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program designed to meet the developmental needs of girls ages 8-17. The event will occur each take from 9 a.m. to noon.
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Donations of supplies are welcome. Soap, towels or buckets for the car wash, lemonade mix or cups for the lemonade stand, or items for the bake sale can be dropped off at the Reecy Davis Recreation Center any time from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Contact site director Kevin Heath at 903-455-9233 for more information.
"I think it's a great idea to help teach them the value of working hard to achieve their goals," Slinkard said.
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Bill K. Beaver of North Salem, formerly of Fishers, died Thursday at his home. He was 87.
Born Aug. 29, 1926, in Noblesville, he was the son of Omer V. Beaver and Mary (Klepfer) Beaver. He married Barbara Kinzer in 1950 and she died in 1998.
Mr. Beaver graduated from Fishers High School and served in the U.S. Navy. He owned and operated a dairy farm for more than 40 years. In 1989, he moved to North Salem where he continued to farm with his son Jeff. He remained active until his death.
Survivors include his daughter, Shirley; sons Jeff and Jim and wife Linda; and grandchildren Lauren, Taryn, and Daniel.
Services are 1 p.m. Oct. 23 in Highland Cemetery Chapel, Fishers, with visitation there for two hours prior to services. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Family and friends may call 4-8 p.m. Oct. 22 in Porter Funeral Home, North Salem.
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