text: Going from Shoot-and-Burn to Full Service (in 7 easy steps) Posted by Bambri Collaborator on May 24, 2017 So you read our post about the pitfalls of underpricing your digital products. You've realized that your image files are not "just pixels," but the culmination of thousands of hours of coffee, sweat, and tears that you put into honing your craft. And you've decided that 2017 is going to be the year that you stop underestimating yourself and start valuing your work (and asking clients to do the same). Awesome. But going from that a-ha moment to actually implementing full-service pricing can be daunting. You can always quadruple your prices and wait for dream clients to line up at your door, but that requires some brass you-know-what. More likely, you're going to want to make a more slightly gradual change, so you have a chance for your confidence to grow alongside your pricing. Here are the baby steps you can take now, so you'll be ready to rock a brand-new business model by the end of the year. 1. Fact-check your fear. You may be thinking, "If I raise my prices, I'll lose all my current clients and I'll go broke!" While it's true you may lose a few clients, if they're paying less than $100 per session, you're probably not making any money. If may seem like pure profit, but by the time you recoup your equipment costs -- not to mention taxes, insurance, memory cards, software, online backup subscriptions, external storage, advertising, and office supplies -- it'll be time to buy new gear, renew your insurance, pay taxes again, restock your supplies, and basically start over again at zero. Plain and simple, you can afford to lose clients who aren't paying you enough to turn a profit. 2. Think outside the (drop)box. Decide what you're going to offer clients to create a sense of luxury. As useful as file-sharing sites are, they're intangible (you can't hold a download link in your hands) and they're accessible to anyone (it doesn't feel expensive or exclusive, because it's not). Start looking around at beautiful products you can deliver to your clients. Test out a few print labs to find one that makes your images look stellar. Order a sample set of frames to show clients. Grab a sample album and add those to your line-up. Even if you decide to stay strictly digital, invest in branded custom-printed USB drives to create a "wow factor" when clients receive their images. Download links get lost, cloud storage can evaporate, but physical heirlooms last for generations. Figure out which keepsakes you can add to your product line. We suggest press printed albums, keepsake luxe albums, framed prints and gallery wrapped canvases which are fantastic ways to display fine art photography AND will keep you in business. 3. Get yourself a mantra. This sounds silly, but when you're fielding emails from people who tell you -- with widely varying degrees of tact -- that you're out of their budget, you'll need it. Our personal favorite is a simple reminder that time is a limited and valuable resource: "If I say yes to this, what am I saying no to?" Repeat as necessary. 4. Create your end-game price list. In a perfect world, what would you like to be charging by the time the year is out? Create that price list, and post it on your website. Let prospective clients see it and make their own decisions. Then send your current clients an email letting them know that you'll be moving away from your portfolio-building pricing as of such-and-such date, but as a thank-you for their loyalty, you'll be extending a 15-30 percent discount (or whatever you feel comfortable with) off your new pricing for the next 1-3 months. Feel free to tweak any of those details to fit your personal goals and comfort level. Link them to your price list, and remember that helpful mantra when you find out who valued your work and who only valued your price tag. It's gonna happen. But it's okay. Oh, and one more thing: Every price list should include a little fine print alerting clients that your prices are subject to change at any time. And when you feel like it's time for a change, go ahead and change. 5. Take seasonal steps. You've probably heard the adage about eating an elephant one bite at a time. Likewise, if you're overwhelmed by the seemingly infinite number of photography products out there, start small. Add print packages, and get comfortable with fulfilling and packaging print orders. Once you've got that down, add canvas. When the holidays roll around, add a unique specialty product like metal ornaments or prints on wood. Not only does this give you time to adjust to this new facet of your business, it also gives you an excuse to email your clients about your exciting new offerings -- and stay on their radar. 6. Deliver the absolute best. When it comes to digital files, less is more. Let's say you delete all the blinkies and outtakes from a session, and you're left with 100 solid, deliverable photos. Now let's say 30 of those photos are outstanding -- beautiful light, natural interactions, happy expressions. Should you give them 30 or 100? While handing them all over may seem like the best value for the client, you may actually be doing them a disservice. For one thing, ordering prints is hard enough without having to sift through 100 images to find your favorite micro-expression. And consider this: If a client splurges on you, receives 100 images, and 30 percent of them are amazing, they may feel underwhelmed. But if they splurge on you, receive 30 images, and 100 percent of them are amazing, they'll think, "See, I knew this would be worth it." 7. Keep learning. Never stop learning new skills, perfecting your technique, finding your signature style, and devouring every little bit of info you can find on how to get better both as an artist and as a successful business owner. You have to believe you're worth it, and very soon you will actually prove you're worth it. Sure, changing up your business model can be scary…..but remember, you are changing it for the better, to a sustainable long-term approach that better serves your clients and respects your time and your talent. Note to photographers: It's time to create a sustainable photography business that's built on creating custom products for your clients and providing high end customer service that will change the way you run your business forever. 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The Bowflex TreadClimber is a combination exercise machine that works as a treadmill and a stair climber. However, owning the machine does not guarantee that you are getting the most out of it. There are some tips that you should consider based on your level of fitness and the amount of training that you have already done.
Beginners Training Regime
If you are new to using the Bowflex TreadClimber then you should start with an introductory training regime. This regime will start with you using the treadmill section of the machine at a 2 mph speed for 30 minutes. You should complete this 3 times a week for a single week to start with.
The second week of the regime will see you using the treadclimber section of the machine. You should use this setting for 30 minutes 3 times in the week. In week 3, you should continue to exercise at a steady pace for 2 days and work for 30 minutes each day. The third day of training in this week should be used for an interval workout which needs to last for 30 minutes.
The final week of this regime will see you completing 30-minute interval workouts 2 times in the week. There should also be a single day of steady pace for 30 minutes. This should be kept up until you feel that you can progress to the intermediate training regime.
Intermediate Training Regime
The training recommendations for intermediate regimes will vary greatly when compared to the beginners. In the intermediate training regime, people are encouraged to complete 30 minutes of treadclimber training 3 times a week during the first week of the regime. This is why it is important that you are comfortable with the beginner regime before you move on.
In the second week of this regime, you will need to include 2 days of steady pace for 30 minutes. You will also need to have a day of interval training which lasts 30 minutes. You should then continue to rotate the weeks until you feel comfortable with the regime and want to advance to the next training level.
The Advanced Training Regime
In the first week of the advanced regime, you should look at completing 30 minutes of interval training twice a week. You should also have a single day for 30 minutes of steady pace exercise. You can then increase this to include interval training and treadclimber training as you see fit.
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Before you start training on the Bowflex TreadClimber you need to set yourself long-term goals. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention states that adults should look at completing at least 150 minutes of exercise per week. Of course, you may not be able to start with 150 minutes because of your fitness level and in these cases, you should look at slowly increasing the amounts that you do. However, you should set a goal that aims for you to be completing this amount of exercise or more each week. For more on this amazing machine, read FlexMasterGeneral.com's full review.


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Guam's foremost storytelling group, Ginen I Hila' I Maga'taotao Siha (From the Tongues of the Noble People) that represented Guam at the Tenth Festival of the Pacific Arts held in American Samoa in 2008, is seeking new members through an audition at 7pm on Thursday, September 3, at the University of Guam's Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 101.
Auditions are open to those who can present a story in any format such as puppetry, mime, music, instrumentation, and props and the subject matter may dwell on jokes, riddles, personal experiences, family pastimes, ghost stories, superstitious beliefs, traditions, children and/or adult oriented, gender distinctive, myths, legends, the sharing of an heirloom, artifact, photo, souvenir, art piece, knickknack, decoration, and food as well as oral histories handed down from generations to generations. Proficiency in CHamoru is not a requirement. Interviews will also be conducted by the group.
The group meets on the first and third Thursdays of every month at 7pm at the University of Guam. There is a yearly membership dues payable at its election meeting in November.
Plans are underway for the second annual Fright Night, participation in the Guam Micronesian Island Fair and the Estorian I Tasi yan I Tano' at Gef Pa'go in Inalahan, as well as preparations for participation at the Eleventh Festival of the Pacific Arts in the Solomon Islands in 2012.
For additional information and for those wanting to know more about the group's past activities can log onto its website at http://ginenihila.googlepages.com.
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Screenshot tour of Twitter for Android 3.0.0
If you are wondering what Twitter for Android 3.0.0 looks like with its redesigned UI, wonder no more. Here's a screenshot tour of the updated app.
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USAToday 1.1 iPhone App Can Post to Your Facebook or Twitter Account
The recently updated free USA TODAY 1.1 for iPhone app has a neat new feature. You can post a news link directly from the app to your Facebook or Twitter account.
You can see the result of posting an item to Twitter in the screenshot above. I have my Facebook account set to automatically read and post my tweets. So, everything I post to Twitter eventually gets posted to my Facebook account too. Now, if USA Today and other news apps would app the ability to save to Delicious, I would be very very happy.
2009 03 30
Microsoft Backstage at MED Blog: Top 5 Windows Mobile Twitter Apps
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Top 5 Windows Mobile Twitter Apps
Actually, as the blog admits, these are the only five Twitter apps (plus a homescreen plugin) for WiMo they know of (me too for that matter). The apps are:
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Work at home & on the move? Twitter is my Virtual Water Cooler
I've been a full-time blogger for 3 months now (check out my day job blog MobileAppsToday.com). I'm pretty happy to be working alone and uninterrupted most of the time. But, it is nice to interact with real people now and then too. Although I used Twitter before making this job-lifestyle change, it has become invaluable as my virtual water cooler weather working at home or on the road (with netbook and smartphone(s) in tow).
I maintain a locked personal Twitter account to talk/tweet with people I actually know for this purpose. It was one of the smartest things I've done, I think. I also have a public Twitter account to mostly talk about my work and tweet with people I don't know personally. You can find this public account at:
2008 11 20
What is the Best Windows Mobile Twitter Client?
I'm trying to figure out what is the best Windows Mobile Twitter client for me. I wonder if touch (Professional) vs non-touch (Standard) WiMo phones have different best clients? The Twitter Fan Wiki has a bunch listed under…
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Bernard Cormier, member of Bathurst's City Council since May 2016, has resigned from his Council position. Cormier has accepted a new position as a Community Economic Development Executive for the Chaleur Region.
"I will greatly miss my role as a City Councillor. I will miss my interaction with my Council colleagues while working for the wellbeing of the citizens of this wonderful city. That said, under the guise of good governance and also to avoid any perception of conflict of interest, resigning my seat from Council was the necessary thing to do on account of my new position. I could not, in good conscience, allow myself to become a distraction from the work of Council and its commitment to Bathurst residents and the Chaleur Region", said Cormier.
Mayor Paolo Fongemie recognized Cormier's commitment during his tenure. "Bernard Cormier has been an active member of Bathurst's business community for many years and brought that valuable experience and knowledge to the table as member of Council. We thank him for his work with us and for our citizens. We wish him well in his new position, where he will have the continued opportunity to foster economic development and growth for the Chaleur Region", said Fongemie.
An election is expected later this spring to fill the vacant seat on Bathurst City Council.


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I had a fantastic weekend volunteering at Railsbrdige SD (for women). This program is very familiar to RailsGirlsLA, which I participated in about a year ago. RailsGirls LA was great. It was a two-day setup that consisted of an installfest (evening of day 1), building a rails app with a mentor (day 2), and an after party. All meals were provided for and the event was completely FREE! All you have to do is apply (which consists of completing lessons such a Try Ruby). A RailsGirlsLA event is held about once every six months, and is all organized by volunteers! My only qualm about this event is its location. LA is about a 2-hr drive (without traffic... and there's always traffic). So since then, I have frequently thought about creating or reviving RailsGirlsSD (if one had ever existed), to bring such a program to my local community. But thankfully somebody beat me to it with a similar event called Railsbridge!
Railsbridge originated in San Francisco, 2009, by Sarah Mei and Sarah Allen. It is also a 2-day FREE workshop (day 1 - installfest (6pm - 9pm), day 2 - build an app + afterparty (9:30am ~ 5pm)) but is structured in a much different way. Instead of each person being paired with a 1-on-1 mentor, the students were split into classrooms based on experience and operating systems. Beginners consisted of people who have no experience at all, and may have never used a terminal before. Intermediates were those who had little to proficient programming knowledge, but maybe no experience with Ruby and/or Rails. Advanced consisted of people who were more familiar with Ruby/Rails, but maybe needed a refresher course and/or wanted to level up. Each class had at least one teacher (some had two) and several TAs. As a volunteer, I really appreciated this setup. I TA'd for the intermediate group of Mac users. Maybe next time I'll teach? If interested in participating, all you have to do is register for the event and you're in, however for this edition, there was an extra emphasis for women, and/or those part of an underrepresented group in tech. If you didn't fit either description and still wanted to participate, then it was encouraged that you brought along someone who qualified under such demographics.
Like RailsGirls, the program is put on by sponsors and volunteers, and its curriculum is open source! I have to applaud those responsible for writing the docs because it was thorough and easy to follow. One of the students wasn't able to attend the installfest for example, so I sent her the docs and offered assistance if needed. Agreeing that the guides were well-written, she was able to configure her machine in preparation for day-2 all on her own. Planning Center Online hosted us in their awesome space, and the event was supported strongly by Learn Academy, Dev Bootcamp, and several sponsors. Snacks and lunch were provided, as well as FREE childcare!
It was SO so great, and REFRESHING, to see a room full of diversity and positive energy, all eager to learn! I saw a lot of new faces and tried to encouraged those I interacted with to keep learning. Hopefully I'll see them again at Girl Develop It, or other events throughout the community. Even though I got stumped by a couple of questions (especially regarding Windows machines at Installfest), I was able to either help the student google the answer and/or ask a more senior dev for debugging help. As a result, I also learned a thing or two in the process. Overall I am so proud of this event and am grateful for its existence in the San Diego community. I will absolutely be volunteering again.


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Acorn owners Maggie Lobl, Erin Tanaka and Laura Tanaka said they wanted to open a home and garden boutique in Eagle Rock because of Colorado Boulevard's amiable vibe. "It's so friendly here," Lobl said. "People really walk in this neighborhood and favor local indie shops."
Indeed, earlier this week, repeat visitors from the neighborhood stopped in to shop for gifts and peruse the sunny, welcoming space. Packed with terrariums, planters, books and ceramics, the former paintball supply store features a refreshing variety of accessories that won't break the bank: graphic Pehr tea towels ($13.50), framed Natural Curiosities botanical prints ($60), Swaine Street Woodworking cutting boards ($50) and Turkish bath towels ($50).
The store is focused on California indoor-outdoor living, with space devoted to gardening and houseplants. "That's what sets us apart from other stores," said Lobl, a landscape architect. "We have a lot of living things here." A variety of custom terrariums are in stock and can be made to order with statement indoor plants, such as a tall fiddle leaf fig tree ($134), available for local delivery for a fee. "I've killed more plants than anyone I know," Lobl said. "I know which ones will survive."
There's also a miniature garden center in the back featuring Dr. Earth organic fertilizers, self-watering pots and Flexrake garden tools. And outdoors, a patio will eventually double the store's 700-square-foot footprint when it opens next month. Look for workshops in the future, including a terrarium class just in time for Valentine's Day.
Acorn is located at 1611 Colorado Blvd. in Eagle Rock. Open Tuesdays through Sundays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (323) 474-6297.
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Diagnostic Imaging
A Diagnostic Imaging Department, or Clinic, has great need for efficiency as patients are constantly coming in and out, producing a great deal of paperwork. Medirex software solutions enable these areas to do just that by providing professionally designed forms printed at Point-of-use (POU) and barcoded with necessary indices. Both the Medirex Enterprise and the Leo Print Server have the following modules:
- Registration – Keep track of and automatically produce paperwork for your patients when they are entered into your system. Produce barcoded documents that can easily be filed away automatically and stored after the records are completed.
- Archiving – Scan and automatically file registration documents after they are completed using barcode technology. Automatically store lab results produced by your systems in a simple manner, allowing for easy retrieval and viewing
- Finance – Automatically produce your A/P cheques, conforming to any necessary standards, using our software. Apply business rules to the cheque data to produce cheques in different forms; adding different logos, automatically adding signatures, using different cheque stock, and much more.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2002
I used to refer to this house as the dirty old shack in the sky. It's only about a mile from where I live. Unfortunately, the article does not include a picture, but believe me this thing is an eyesore - a dilapidated old house up on stilts. And now, after an 18 month investigation, we find out why. The owner was building a basement for a marijuana farm. Did he think nobody would notice on a road where thousands of cars pass every day?
Sunday, April 28, 2002
I can now relive my childhood through classic print ads.
Sunday, April 21, 2002
Did you ever make one of those balls with rubber bands when you were a kid? Well, I never would have thought of making something similar out of bras!
Thursday, April 18, 2002
I used to have a little stuffed snowman, and on its back there was this funny message: "lace snow it." After pondering for days, I concluded it was a really bad translation of "let it snow." Well, here is a whole collection of bad translations on Japanese Engrish.
I don't know which is more crazy: building a huge Lego church or dedicating it to your cat. Regardless, the project is impressive.
Monday, April 15, 2002
The Internet gets blamed for everything. Now it's being blamed for marital breakups.
Saturday, April 13, 2002
I don't know about this. Do you think gumball poetry machines will catch on? I'd like to try one just for the heck of it.
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Monday, April 08, 2002
New US paper money will have tinted colored backgrounds in order to foil counterfeiters. Since I haven't seen these new bills yet, I guess I don't have much of an opinion.
Saturday, April 06, 2002
Yep, they really did kill Kenny this time, and I didn't even notice until a friend pointed it out to me. Anyway, I'm glad they promoted Butters to a more predominant role.
I feel this is really important. Please read the action alert from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It explains how the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) will hurt consumers and technology companies. It also explains how and who to contact if you oppose (or support) this act.
Friday, April 05, 2002
I'm always interested in new technology, but this new wireless smart glass which notifies the waiter when a glass needs to be refilled is something I never would have dreamed of.
Wednesday, April 03, 2002
It makes us less stressed, lowers our blood pressure and reduces anxiety. It's more common than sex, eating or singing. It's laughter.
Monday, April 01, 2002
I always knew those work at home schemes were a scam, but I never knew who was behind them and how they really work. Well, now I know.
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For once, Israel is involved in a conflict where, if it's not clear that they are entirely in the right, it is at least clear that their opponents are in the wrong. Hezbollah's initial attack on and capture of Israeli soldiers had no visible provocation, and the possible motives, given the timing, seem to be selfish. The only possible beneficiaries seem to be Hasan Nasrallah, who improves his personal political standing among middle eastern Shiites, and Iran, which avoids U.N. Security Council sanctions by distracting the G8 meeting of heads of state in St. Petersburg.
That is not to say that Israel's behavior has been above reproach. Certainly shutting off sea and air access to all of Lebanon - forcing traffic to go by road through Syria, not an ally of Israel - seems unwise. Still, everyone seems to think that some response on the part of Israel was justified, and international criticism is unusually muted.
This leaves the Lebanese government in a difficult position. Without strong international pressure, Israel seems unlikely to cease bombing as long as Hezbollah continues to shoot rockets into Israeli territory. The Lebanese military is unable to control Hezbollah alone, and would certainly be no match for the Israelis, even if the Lebanese government were so inclined. The U.N. secretary general, Kofi Annan, is making noises about an international peacekeeping force, but the U.N. force already in Lebanon doesn't seem to have done much good. The situation doesn't leave the Lebanese government many choices.
There is one ray of hope, though. While Israel said, at the opening of hostilities, that they held the Lebanese government responsible for Hezbollah actions, they have now shifted to a more realistic view that Hezbollah is the enemy and not Lebanon as a whole. Israel doesn't particularly want to occupy the Hezbollah dominated areas of southern Lebanon - it didn't work out so well last time - so their ideal solution would be a Lebanese government strong enough and friendly enough to keep the peace in that area. That's a goal that the Lebanese government ought to embrace.
Lebanon's best approach would probably be to open direct negotiations with Israel. Not only would Israel prefer Lebanese government control to Hezbollah control in southern Lebanon, Israel may also be in a position to help make it happen. This solution would also avoid rewarding Hezbollah's violence, without disenfranchising the population of the area, as they would still be represented by the Lebanese government.
It won't be easy, but if it can be accomplished, it should leave everyone but Nasrallah better off.
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Alas, people can usually be counted upon to do the stupid thing.
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I couldn't figure out how to choose an icon, so I cropped down something I'd used on another web site ... a dance website, as you might guess. You can probably tell it's designed to be in a slightly larger frame.


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Purpose: MYCN is one of the most well-characterized genetic markers of neuroblastoma. However, the mechanisms as to how MYCN mediate neuroblastoma tumorigenesis are not fully clear. Increasing evidence has confirmed that the dysregulation of miRNAs is involved in MYCN-mediated neuroblastoma tumorigenesis, supporting their potential as therapeutic targets for neuroblastoma. Although miR-221 has been reported as one of the upregulated miRNAs, the interplay between miR-221 and MYCN-mediated neuroblastoma progression remains largely elusive.
Experimental Design: The expression of miR-221 in the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from 31 confirmed patients with neuroblastoma was detected by locked nucleic acid-in situ hybridization and qRT-PCR. The correlation between miR-221 expression and clinical features in patients with neuroblastoma was assessed. The mechanisms as to how miR-221 regulate MYCN in neuroblastoma were addressed. The effect of miR-221 on cellular proliferation in neuroblastoma was determined both in vitro and in vivo.
Results: miR-221 was significantly upregulated in neuroblastoma tumor cells and tissues that overexpress MYCN, and high expression of miR-221 was positively associated with poor survival in patients with neuroblastoma. Nemo-like kinase (NLK) as a direct target of miR-221 in neuroblastoma was verified. In addition, overexpression of miR-221 decreased LEF1 phosphorylation but increased the expression of MYCN via targeting of NLK and further regulated cell cycle, particularly in S-phase, promoting the growth of neuroblastoma cells.
Conclusions: This study provides a novel insight for miR-221 in the control of neuroblastoma cell proliferation and tumorigenesis, suggesting potentials of miR-221 as a prognosis marker and therapeutic target for patients with MYCN overexpressing neuroblastoma. Clin Cancer Res; 1–14. ©2016 AACR.
Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Clinical Cancer Research Online (http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/).
- Received June 26, 2016.
- Revision received November 4, 2016.
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I'm currently keeping a file on my computer desktop, to which I add stories from the Cambodian press which strike me as being particularly telling. I call it Ongoing Cambodian Stupidity. Lest anyone think that I have it in for Cambodia, I could clearly compile evidence of stupidity from almost anywhere. Brexit; Donald Trump; the Great British Bake Off – there is seemingly no end to muddled minds. But here are some more gems of sensible thinking from the Kingdom of Wonder.
A senior Forestry Administration official was released without charge after drunkenly killing a motorist with his car and leading police on a high-speed chase in Siem Reap province, because he had no "intention to murder" the victim, a court official said.
While "extremely drunk," Yan Sideth hit a village security guard on a motorcycle. Police chased him for 13 kilometres. Despite police suggesting charges of speeding, drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving resulting in death, the chief prosecutor decided to release Yan without charge.
A prosecutor's spokesman said that the victim had been at fault for driving in front of a speeding car. A spokesman for the Institute for Road Safety, said "It is always difficult to bring justice to victims when the provokers are powerful government officials or rich people," he said.
Meanwhile Phnom Penh authorities said the chief monk of a pagoda was defrocked after being accused of "encouraging his disciples to drink, take drugs and fraternise with women." The monk and four novices were defrocked after they were arrested for smoking crystal meth in the monastery. A spokesman said that "after the arrest of those monks, authorities found many empty beers hidden under the Buddha statue in the dining hall."
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen recently sent a pair of direct messages to acting Cambodia National Rescue Party president Kem Sokha, the first of which threatened "bloodshed" if protests confronted his eldest son in Australia, according to members of the opposition.
According to sources, the premier then said the party should remember what happened when anti-government protesters confronted him in Paris last October – a reference to the vicious assault of two CNRP lawmakers outside the National Assembly by soldiers from the premier's personal bodyguard unit.
A party spokesman would only say the party had received a "threat to our safety." He added that the party wanted the situation to "cool down" and would focus on encouraging supporters to register to vote.
And finally, for now, both Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk and Thailand's late and much-lamented King Bhumibol Adulyadej were fluent French and English speakers and "shared a deep appreciation for jazz, making names for themselves as saxophonists."
Despite being hugely important figures in the histories of their respective countries, the two were not particularly close. Apparently Bhumibol came to consider his Cambodian counterpart "a nuisance, in part because in 1954 Sihanouk apparently borrowed a gold-plated saxophone of the king's and didn't return it."


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I'm delighted to have Dr. Joy S. Pedersen, CEO and Founder of Express Success, as my guest today. She's a Licensed Spiritual Healer and Certified Spiritual Health Coach and Doctor of Divinity, who channels God, angels and others through automatic writing. Dr. Pedersen shares channeled messages regularly through www.AngelEnlightenment.com. She has a book coming out that she channeled from Archangel Michael, called Wisdom of the Guardian.
The Law of Attraction says that we get back what we give out. I've seen how relationships mirror something about me when I took the time to think about it. Dr. Pedersen explains how this works.
By Dr. Joy S. Pedersen
The easiest way to determine what is going on beneath the surface of our conscious awareness is by looking at the world around us. It reflects who we are and what we believe about ourselves.
So often when we have a challenge with a person we are in relationship with, we look at them. We blame them and complain about them. We try to change them. We discuss the problem and options with our friends and counselors. We look at everything outside of ourselves as the cause of the problem and rarely look at ourselves.
We are responsible for the results we are experiencing including the relationships we attract and the challenges they present.
If you are in a relationship with someone who is doing something unpleasant, the first person to look at is yourself. Within you is the key to the dilemma. The time we take to discuss our problems with others, can be better utilized by going within to finding what within us is being reflected in this person or situation. If it didn't exist within us, it wouldn't be showing up in our outer experience.
The key is to determine the cause and release it so it no longer hinders our existence. The sooner a lesson is learned, the sooner it doesn't have to be repeated. Everyone shows up in our lives as an opportunity to show us who we are and what we believe.
Being judged by someone is a clue to me that I am judgmental in some regard. It may be that I judge others or it may be that I am particularly hard on myself. If I don't want others to judge me, all I need is to release judgment from within myself.
If you have wonderful, loving and nurturing relationships that is evidence of qualities you possess. If on the other hand, your relationships are sometimes abusive, what lies within you that attracts and allows that behavior? The negative feelings you have about yourself are abusive to you and draw abuse to you. By addressing those, you find there will be less abuse drawn to you. By taking action and not allowing abuse to continue, you also make a difference because you are taking a stand for how you are treated.
If you do that, however, and something abusive occurs again, it is your clue that you haven't released from within you all that is drawing abuse to you.
If you desire to attract the right mate and can't seem to find the right one, it isn't unusual to hear statements like "the good ones are all taken", etc. These negative beliefs hinder your results as well because the negative beliefs we hold, hold us back. Your beliefs draw to you evidence that you are correct. If you have negative beliefs about yourself or your situations, the outer results will demonstrate you are correct.
If, however, we change those negative beliefs about us and our circumstances, we will empower ourselves and draw the results we desire. If we change our intellectual mind about something, affirm positive statements but have underlying negative beliefs that contradict those statements, it is the unconscious beliefs that will create the results. The simple way of determining whether or not there is something underlying in your subconscious that is blocking the desired results is to look at your results.
If life isn't going your way, you are likely in the way.
It's hard to grasp that we are possibly our biggest enemies in having the life we desire, but it is also enormously empowering to know you can change the outcome yourself. You need not rely on anyone or circumstances outside of yourself to make the difference in your life. If you work on you, you have the power to change your outer experiences.
By coming from a place of power, recognizing that you are responsible for the experiences you are having, and deciding to make a stand to change them, you will begin the process of your life turning in the direction you desire. By taking advantage of the clues that are presented within your experience, you will recognize what needs to be addressed and changed within yourself.
What is your biggest complaint or concern? What does it bring up inside of you? What are your beliefs about the situation, you, and the other people involved? This is where you start to determine the aspects within yourself that you need to work on to change your outer results. Because we are too close to ourselves to see for ourselves the parts of us that could use some improvement, the universe has their way of demonstrating it by having those areas reflected in our experience.
Others reflect back to us what we need to address within ourselves.
Even though we may take responsibility and accept the cause of the situation that may lie within us, we sometimes can't see it for ourselves. Even with the ability to see past lives and a willingness to take full responsibility for my own experiences, I sometimes hire a colleague to help me see what is going on within me that I might be missing. There are many nuances contributing to the results we experience. Past lives are one possibility. We often carry forth our past lives into our present ones and play out similar circumstances that have occurred in the past.
While out dancing with a former boyfriend years ago, he criticized my dancing and gave me an ultimatum regarding dancing lessons. My desire to please him because of what he said was a clue there was something in my past to review. Upon doing so, I saw another life where I was a harem dancer and didn't please my master and was beheaded. As it turned out, my reaction to my current boyfriend was more due to a fear that was a holdover from this past lifetime. I used a spiritual process to release the negative memory and issues around dancing no longer existed. In this case, however, the reaction I had was the key there was something within me that had to be addressed.
We have clues provided to us daily. It is our job to pay attention to them. If we are experiencing something unpleasant and want to change it, seize these clues, look within and begin the process of releasing those things from within us so our outer experience becomes more desirable.
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Circo Minimo
This work was commissioned by Helios Automazioni, a leading company in automated technologies for the stone industry, as an example of what their machinery and software can do. The project I was requested is a piece of unconventional urban furniture and this is what I developed: a racetrack for marbles…made of marble. An aid for children to play in an urban context like a city square.
While the piece that was actually manufactured is a 1:4 scaled reduction for exhibition purposes, the full scale version is three meters long. It includes a small seating spot at one end for an adult to look over the children at play. The top surface is modeled in order to permit different racing paths so the players can decide for an easier or a harder route before beginning each game.
Formally this piece is solved as a micro-architecture, a quote of Rome's Circo Massimo, a place dedicated to horse racing in ancient times which is now an archeological site with just a few ruins. The top surface is both functional to the game and evocative of an architectural ruin that was crafted by wind and rain. Furthermore the combination of this surface with the sharply cut vertical walls is functional for the purpose of showcasing the impressing possibilities of machine work. The stone of choice for this scaled version of the Circo Minimo is a beautiful piece of white Carrara.
The folowing images describe the developing process as I did not simply design this object in 3D to deliver my *.stl file to the manufacturer, but I decided to make a physical prototype and have it reverse engineered.
The reason for this was my will to obtain a track that was actually fun to play marbles on.
So this is how it worked: first I made myself a 3D model with no top surface to extract a vector file that could help me make the vertical walls in balsa wood. I then developed a series of alternate top surfaces in polyurethane foam and when I eventually found the perfect shape I sanded out the polyurethane and proceded to make it silk-smooth with a fine plaster coating. I tested the track using a bb bullet as the marble (an actual marble would have been off scale) and was quite happy with the result. The project was ready to be carved into stone.
At this point the finished balsa wood/polyurethane/plaster model was handed on to a company that scanned it in 3D for me and delivered the file for the manufacturer.
The *.gif you find below is a mash up of different wiews of the digital version of the model. With that digital model the manufacturer was able to machine cut a piece of marble into a Circo Minimo! Unfortunately I have only two pictures of the machine at work.
Helios Auomazioni / software and machinery
Masutti e Rusalen / direct labor
Tryeco / reverse engineering of the model
Marco Negri / photography
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This post by a left-wing blogger apparently is what passes for discourse on the other side of the blogosphere. David Bernstein at Volokh Conspiracy notes how well the post was received in that fever swamp. The blurb on Michelle Malkin tells you all you need to know about the blogger who wrote it and more importantly those, such as Atrios, who linked favorably to it.
Via Instapundit.
JOHN adds: Sick, but typical. I've been an admirer of Michelle M. for a long time, and over the past year she's become a friend. It would be possible, no doubt, to imagine a nicer, more fair-minded and fun-loving person than Michelle, but don't hold your breath waiting to meet one. Michelle comes in for more than her fair share of abuse because of her gender and ethnicity–you could pursue this line of thought further, but I don't recommend it–but she stands so far above her mostly-anonymous left-wing critics that their slanders reflect only on them.
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The past two weeks has been CRAZY. First my laptop died but over the time I did get it restored. At this time I think it is back up and running as fine as ever.
Last Saturday I was run over by a tractor my father-in-law and I were working on. The mistake was mine alone and the big back tires ran over my left leg and left arm. From there I spent two nights in the hospital with my leg all swollen up between the knee and my hip.
This has keep me from subbing Thursday and Friday - my first couple of days back working - DANG!
I am keeping my fingers crossed that I get back to work this coming week IF my health keeps up.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Depession is over, nervious is setting in
Why am I here? That is the question I have. I am no longer depressed, just nervous. I have been select to start next year at a new school. It is a local charter school and the principal WANTS me due to all the things she has heard about me. I am excited because of what I seen of the seventh graders and what they are telling me about the other "teachers" there.
Seems many of the school's "teachers" are just bidding their time or they are so new that they can't get a job with the regular school system. I have been in the school system for more than 25 years and glad to move on.
After watching various teachers keep giving these students bookwork daily it is no wonder they are bored. I would be too. I am not that type of teacher. We do everything from worksheets to games to projects to posters to lapbooks to writing sequels to 'building' models of hurricanes to math to plays to taking notes to re-teaching the class to artwork to jeopardy to who is smarter than an 8th grader to creative writing to creating songs to bell-ringers called LaGumbo to Facts of the Day to group work to maps to many more - oh, and yes, we do take tests - sometimes.
But I don't want to do all the work. I figure the more I get them to do the better it is. Students never know what to expect when they walk in the door - it's always a surprise.
I love my job and I am not ready to hang it up - not yet, not anytime soon.
Here I am, typing for myself. No one posts any comments, makes suggestions, wishes me anything. I am just typing to be typing,
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takkun impersonator #453
by noss on Oct.05, 2012, under ramblings, takkun impersonators
so there might be a reason that takkun has so many impersonators. sarah spotted a video of a takkun impersonator on the youtubes and someone in the comments asked what kind of cat he was.. to which the response was a bengal. reading up a bit about bengals and they sound very much like takkun. would certainly explain his size. i always associated bengals with spots though, but turns out stripes just like takkun's are common, so the spotted bengals command more money.
all of these cats are impersonators of takkun
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October 17th, 2012 on 10:56 am
HA! my sister has a bengal but he is small..
so cute!


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The Iowa City Press-Citizen runs a story that pushes a lot of buttons. The headline says it all:
Police: Drunk cowboy breaks into house, threatens to kill dog
My favorite line in the piece may be:An intoxicated Iowa City man dressed like a cowboy [identified as Derrick Thomas Alger, 24] allegedly broke into a house and threatened to kill the residents' dog early Thursday morning, according to Iowa City police reports.
Through the series of events, Alger apparently lost his black cowboy hat, but the hat was located on Rocky Shore Drive, according to police.


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Mind Over Matter
By SwimmerJoe
"A lot of people run a race to see who is the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into an exhausting pace and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy two miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, at least I can live with myself."
Steve Prefontaine – Distance Runner
The ability to lay it on the line every time you get on the block is paramount to your existence as a swimmer. Do not leave anything out there that you can look back on and say, "Well, I could have gone faster; I should have done this."
Leave nothing, I will pull you out, I will be there.
"Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with the qualities of sacrifices, self-denial, dedication. It is fearless, and it is love."
Vince Lombardi – NFL Coach
The person who is dead-tired even coming home in a 100 or 200, the person that digs deeper and knows that he or she is tougher mentally and physically than their counterpart, will win every time. Mental toughness comes from within and you have it; will yourself to do it and do it now.
"Yes, the pain shot through me like a knife. It brought tears to my eyes. But now I have a gold medal, and the pain is gone."
Shun Fujimoto – Gymnast, Olympic Gold Medalist, after performing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics with a broken leg.
Um… I don't have anything to say in response to Shun Fujimoto. Putting on a gold medal performance with a broken leg… That's bad to the bone. Geez, I want to meet that guy! Pain is only temporary…especially only the last lap. It's only 50 meters.
Get your mind right, for your mind is your special escort to speed!
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Jainism is a minority religion in India and of all the new religions I've encountered so far, its ideals appeal to me above others.
The most important principle of Jains—which is a branch of Hinduism—is that violence is prohibited. This means they are vegetarian; in fact they don't even eat garlic or onions which could damage insects in their removal from the ground. Yes, that verges on the radical, but. Can you IMAGINE if the whole world were Jain? Well, besides being overrun with insects, violence wouldn't exist. Fantastic idea.
The other principles include
Tell the truth without offense
Do not take that which is not willfully given
Sexual celibacy or chastity
Non hoarding (unattachment to possessions)
They reject the idea of caste and claim all living beings are equal. Jain monks go around absolutely naked to renounce materialism. Of course there's much more to it than this but that's the basic fundamentals.
The trouble with this religion is I hear that Jains will get up and leave if you eat meat in their presence. Having strong beliefs is all well and good, but that sounds a bit snobbish to me. Anyway I suppose I can understand… when you have strong moral/ethical convictions it's always difficult not to try and enforce those on others…something I have a weakness for myself.
I visited a Jain temple complex and literally was laughing in delight. It was like being in Candyland. Check out what I saw:


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Bartosz Bereszyński leaves Legia Warsaw
Bereszyński became a Legia player in the beginning of 2013, when he signed from Lech Poznań. During his four years in Warsaw, he played a total of 108 games with "L" on his chest in all competitions. Bereszyński won three championships of Poland with Legia (2013, 2014, 2016), as well as three Polish Cups (2013, 2015, 2016). With our team, he also played in European cups group stages: UEFA Champions League (2016-17) and UEFA Europa League (2014-15, 2015-16). His good performance in Legia earned him a call-up to the Poland national team. So far, he has been capped three times.
"I will always come back to Warsaw with pleasure, and I don't say 'goodbye', I say 'see you'. The time I spent in Legia was special and fantastic. So far in my football career, Legia has been the most important chapter. I would like to thank my team mates, and coaches, especially Magiera and Urban, who had done a lot for me. I will always keep my fingers crossed for Legia, and I believe that the team can eliminate Ajax in the UEFA Europa League round of 32. Hopefully, we'll see each other in Europe next season," said Bereszyński after leaving Warsaw.
Bartosz, thank you for everything and good luck!
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Non Phixion will be joined by Jedi Mind Tricks this fall for an epic 2015 tour in Europe. Performing in seven cities right after Non Phixion's 20th Anniversary will be a special moment for long-time fans, in addition to Vinnie Paz, Jus Allah, and Stoupe coming together again. You won't want to miss this performance. Purchase tickets here.
Brooklyn-based group Non Phixion celebrates the inception of the group 20 years later with a mini east coast tour. Performing in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York City, the group made a huge impact in the underground hip hop community with their sociopolitical rhymes and all-star production lineup on their debut album The Future Is Now. Check out these shows in your local city.
August 14 (Friday) – Middle East – Boston, MA
August 15 (Saturday) – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY
The group that MC Serch unleashed to the world is now back in effect for their 20th year anniversary. DJ Eclipse, Goretex, Sabac, and ILL BILL are hitting 8 spots in Canada to celebrate and you won't want to miss this highly anticipated reunion. Check out the flyer below and get your tickets through the respective venue.
In addition to the new "Have A Nice Day" t-shirt, La Coka Nostra is offering free shipping on all orders in the United States until December 7, 2014 at midnight. See all of our hoodies, hats, and jackets for both men and women at our store section and the "free shipping" option will show up at checkout. Happy holidays from LCN!
Slaine releases the video to another single from The King Of Everything Else. This track is called "Gettign High", featuring Demrick and produced by DJ Lethal (House Of Pain / Limp Bizkit). It's available as an exclusive iTunes bonus track when you purchase it here. here.
Team BackPack Presents Obvi, Demrick, Slaine… by WorldwideWestside
Last year, Slaine was featured on the ever-growing freestyle series of Team BackPack Cypher. He was joined by Obvi, Demrick, and Young Roscoe, with production from Hippie Sabotage & Chase Moore. Check out the video and let us know who had the best verse!
Our friends at Brooklyn Vegan were in the house at this year's sold-out Haunted Hill concert with La Coka Nostra, Cypress Hill, Immortal Technique, and Vinnie Paz. They thoroughly covered the event with photos, video, and even Cypress Hill's set list of songs. During La Coka's set, there was a surprise reunion from Non Phixion which was well received by the crowd. Check out the media coverage here.
Don't miss La Coka Nostra's European tour this fall in 2014. We are performing on 17 dates around Europe through the month of November. Purchase your tickets here and don't miss us in your city!
November 4 – Glav Club – Moscow, Russia
November 6 – Younost Club – Kiev, Ukraine
November 7 – Petrol – Antwerp, Belgium
November 8 – Islington Academy – London, UK
November 9 – La Maroquinerie – Paris, France
November 11 – Le Warm Audio – Lyon, France
November 13 – La Laiterie – Strasbourg, France
November 14 – L'Usine – Geneva, Switzerland
November 15 – Komplex Klub – Zurich, Switzerland
November 16 – Flex – Vienna, Austria
November 18 – C-Club – Berlin, Germany
November 19 – Loppen – Copenhagen, Denmark
November 21 – Voxhall – Aarhus, Denmark
November 22 – Club Banhof Ehrenfeld – Cologne, Germany
November 23 – Doornroosje – Nijmegen, Holland
November 24 – Melkweg – Amsterdam, Holland
If you're in the Southern California area, check out Sickside Harvest on October 10 in Santa Ana's Observatory. Legendary headliners include The Beatnuts, Psycho Realm, and your favorite brand you can trust, La Coka Nostra. Doors open at 7pm and tickets can be purchased here.
La Coka Nostra's own Slaine has released the first single, "Bobby Be Real", to his newest album, The King Of Everything Else. The song features Kansas City artist Tech N9ne and Vancouver artist Madchild (Swollen Members) with production from Louis Bell. Louis Handles the bulk of the production on the project along with DJ Lethal, The Arcitype, and Statik Selektah. Other guests include Jaysaun, Apathy, Bishop Lamont, ILL BILL, Vinnie Paz, REKS, Termanology, and more. Purchase The King Of Everything Else here.


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The Turkish Lung Cancer Society (TLCS) was founded as premier professional association in lung cancer in May 2003 including disciplines of thoracic surgery, radiation oncology, medical oncology, nuclear medicine, thoracic radiology and pathology. The society represents multidisciplinary approach in the lung cancer care policy arena and is dedicated to improve patient care through education.
Lung cancer in Turkey is the most common cancer in men and among the most common in women according to the hospital statistics. Disease specific mortality gradually increased since 1965. In Turkey like other developing countries, causes like risk bearing industry, not restricted smoking in community and unrestrained accessibility of tobacco products in markets despite all regulations will probably increase the lung cancer incidence in near future.
On the other hand, diagnosis and treatment of Lung Cancer increasingly require multidisciplinary approach and translational research which oblige working together. TLCS has a mission to provide an infrastructure for educational and professional development of both our members and physicians who devote a substantial portion of their time to lung cancer. We professionally hold organizations to distribute the updated evidence based multidisciplinary information on lung cancer with contribution of all disciplines in order to ensure standardization in basic diagnostic and management approaches throughout the country.


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Elliot Park holding Night to Unite event on Tuesday
The fourth annual Elliot Park Night to Unite will be Tuesday, 4–7:30 p.m., in the neighborhood park at 1000 14th St. E.
Last year's event drew more than 1,600 people. There will be a picnic meal, music, raffle prizes, games and more.
The purpose of the event is to forge connections between residents and local businesses and organizations, celebrate the neighborhood's diversity and promote awareness about community safety.


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Small yet mighty.
The new Lezyne Mini GPS HRSC Loaded Bike Computer may look similar to its predecessor, but adds a massive range of functionality that's otherwise unheard of in computers at its price point. The most notable change is the advent of Bluetooth compatibility, which was previously only employed by its decidedly non-mini compatriots such as the Super and Power GPS models. This update upgrades the Mini GPS a full-fledged head unit status, opening up wireless access to power meters, heartrate monitors, and any other ancillary device that speaks Bluetooth. This particular Mini's HRSC Loaded designation means that it also comes packaged with everything you need to start gathering training data related to heart rate, speed, and cadence.
Lezyne's Cadence Speed Flow Sensor combines cadence and speed into a single lightweight unit that communicates seamlessly with the Mini via Bluetooth. Its use of a rare earth magnet helps extend the range of engagement, eliminating the will it/won't it anxiety of the millimeter spacing between sensor arm and spokes required by other sensor suites. This lets you take full advantage of the versatile mounting and adjustable swing arm, and an LED power indicator warns when the unit needs a nap.
The included Heart Rate Flow sensor also communicates with the Mini via Bluetooth, and features a soft, comfortable band that's a far cry from traditional, uncomfortable plastic models. Its LED indicator lets you know when the CR2032 battery's running on fumes, which is easily replaceable with a quick jaunt to the nearest convenience store.
With Bluetooth comes the link to the ever-present smartphone, and the Mini GPS takes advantage by using Lezyne's Ally app to provide the kind of smart services that let us turn off our own head units and shuttle all the blood to our legs. With Lezyne Ally you can enable live tracking for anyone who wants to follow your ride, get live segment alerts from Strava, translate ride maps into turn-by-turn prompts, and sync with third party sites like Strava and TrainingPeaks. It also displays text and call notifications so you can screen your messages and decide which ones merit a quick roadside lean session.
The Mini GPS's ride mapping features carry over from last year, demonstrating once again that this head unit is mini in stature only. Its out-sized feature list includes displaying speed, three different ride-related times, trip distance, odometer distance, elevation gains and losses, current elevation, laps, temperature, battery life, and even the strength of the GPS signal it's using to track all of that. In short, it's virtually every measurement you need to map yourself on a bike.
It has the capacity to store up to 100 hours of this data, and it now collects data for 12 hours at a time instead of 10. If you're unit is approaching full or you're just anxious to compile your numbers, the GPS Mini plugs into any USB port with a provided cable. Your ride stats can then be uploaded, automatically mapped, and converted to an analyzable data set on the free database on Lezyne's homepage. That site made the previous Mini GPS's data dumps among the simplest that we've come across; the latest generation's Bluetooth connectivity makes them even easier.
The high-resolution display may lack the bling of colorful touchscreen options, but it also doesn't wash out under sunlight and has a backlight function for visibility during early morning spins and under looming rainclouds . You can also toggle between km and miles in the menu, which eliminates the need to laboriously pore over giant, unfolding, multi-language manuals or perform complex button hold maneuvers in order to check your trip distance in metric terms. All of this functionality perches securely atop your bar or stem with Lezyne's included X-Lock bracket.
- A compact cycling head unit with massive functionality
- Includes a heart rate sensor and speed/cadence sensor
- Map ride routes via GPS
- Programmable turn-by-turn navigation prompts
- Wirelessly connects to Bluetooth-equipped devices
- Automatically upload to Lezyne's online data manager
- USB rechargeable battery refuels while you upload data
- Durable, weather-resistant body
- Syncs for smartphone notification displays
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My first bike computer
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Having just bought a Blackburn bike trainer for home I thought I should also probably invest in a bike computer as well. This one was recommended to me for being pack full of features in a small size and a low price point. So far I have been impressed. It's easy to use and highly functional. The sensor is comfy and the Bluetooth connectivity to my phone and smartwatch works great. So far so good!


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During this time of the year, I am usually knee-deep in the early drama of another semester's classes. Students petitioning to graduate, others needing a space in a closed class, and the unfortunate waifs who have no idea what they are going to be when they graduate–all fill the halls outside my office seeking "just a minute" of my time. So in all frankness, the drama of the United Methodist Church, while often mildly entertaining is not my first concern in the month of February. After all, I am usually basking in the glow of another Crimson Tide BCS Championship. Thanks to a series of unfortunate incidents, I now have some free time on my hands.
While I've been focused on St. Nick and the boys, trials and rumors of trials have filled the blogosphere and the Huffington Post. Your antics and disputes (not our service, mission, or love of Christ mind you) have garnered national media attention in our all-consuming sexuality battle royal. Most exciting is that mild-mannered UMC elders and bishops are becoming media stars in their local papers and delivering manifestos that would make Martin Luther proud.
As much as I like a good argument, I believe that the best arguments require separating myth from facts especially when passions are running high. So if you don't mind, I'd like to offer a little reality check while y'all are loading up for the next round of buckshot.
Myth 1: People are leaving the United Methodist Church in droves or refusing to join the United Methodist Church because we do not ordain gays and lesbians or allow them to marry.
Reality: People are not coming to our churches or filling our pews because we are BORING. Rather than giving them the fount of living water in a way relevant and contextualized to their own reality, we give people stagnant homilies or self-help sermons devoid of any realistic attachment to the awesome and life-changing revelation of Jesus Christ. Frankly, our services and our preaching is not compelling enough for most people to miss "Meet the Press," "SportsCenter," or a "Law & Order" marathon. We simply have forgotten that the Gospel of Jesus Christ requires us to TELL THE STORY of Jesus Christ in the language of the people. Don't forget that George Whitefield didn't have a PA system or a PowerPoint, yet he could compel thousands of working class people to give their lives to Christ by preaching the beautiful simplicity of the Gospel.
Myth 2: Being able to conduct same-sex marriages is the central pastoral issue of our time.
Reality: Uh, it is important, very important; but it is not the primary pastoral issue we face, and to call it that is self-serving. In states that have granted this right, our LGBT friends are granted full access to the right to enter into relationships recognized and protected by the state. The injustice of a system in which same-sex partners are not permitted to inherit, adopt, file for tax relief, spousal support, or equal recognition under the law is a federal issue that I believe must be remedied. But there is no inherent right to being able to hold your ceremony where ever you want, however inconvenient, impractical, or frustrating it maybe for those involved. We can't keep moving the goal posts on this one. At first, the battle was over whether or not the Book of Discipline needed to be changed to either a) reflect the reality that United Methodists are not in agreement over our statement on human sexuality, or b) reflect the removal of the phrase "incompatible with Christian teaching," thus opening up new possibilities for LGBT Methodists to participate in the life of the church. Yet in blog after blog and press conference after press conference, somehow these two central outcomes have been obscured by what we call "down the line" concerns of same-sex marriage. Basic argumentation would hold that if you haven't affirmed the premise that the sexuality of LGBT members is not incompatible with Christian teaching OR that there are multiple ways of understanding the issue, then affirming the right to have their marriages performed by United Methodist clergy is a rhetorical bridge too far. Stop muddling the real issue. This is not a "pastoral issue." This is a question of theological ontology. Simply put, the question is, "Who are those persons entitled to the rights and privileges of a United Methodist Christian–including the right to serve as clergy, to participate actively in all the rites and rituals of the Church, and to be embraced by a community that claims an open table?"
You see, in my opinion, as long as we have: children going to bed hungry; women and men living in fear in their own homes because of the abuse happening at the hands of someone who claims to love them; incarceration exercised above rehabilitation; our elderly choosing between food and medicine; families going bankrupt trying to find care for their mothers and fathers who have dementia; and as long as there are those who – regardless of sexuality – haven't heard the Good News of Jesus Christ, we will always have a full plate of pastoral issues with little room to proclaim one more dominant than another.
Myth 3: If you break the Book of Discipline, we need to put you on trial.
Reality: Fine. But if we are going to make this argument, then EVERYBODY needs to go on trial. Frankly, I am tired of seeing my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters and their allies on the court docket. But if this is the game we are going to play, then I want every one of my colleagues who is having sex before getting married (uh huh, I went there), any of my clergy colleagues who purchase or imbibe alcoholic beverages purchased with their salary from a United Methodist entity, or everybody who affirmed that they would fast, reduce their debt, visit congregants from house by house, or pledged to never fritter away their time in their answers to the questions for admission to their Annual conference but hasn't to be brought up on charges. If we are going to apply the law, then we need to apply the law equitably.
Myth 4: Trials and/or the acts of disobedience that force a trial will settle this issue once and for all.
Reality: Frankly, neither strategy has a real endgame that is sustainable. For all of you who think that by putting elders like Frank Schafer on trial you will weed out "those liberals" you are as misguided as everyone who thought Nick Saban was leaving Alabama for Texas. For all of you who believe that by performing more "weddings" you will force the hand of the "bigots," you are as misguided as Robin Thicke was for thinking it was a good idea to do a duet with Miley Cyrus. Neither side has a sustainable endgame that does not require a showdown at General Conference 2016, or as I like to call it, "WesleyMania: The Grudge Match – Part 15." So doing weddings will not change our legislation. Conducting 100 trials won't change it either.
Myth 6: We would have enough votes to change the Book of Discipline if the African church wasn't controlled by the Good News Movement. (Or its twin: They may have the people, but we control the money).
Reality: If you have said or thought this, let me be perfectly clear: you need to check your racist assumptions at the door. First of all, there is NO African church. Africa is a continent, not a country. Second of all, to assume that all those poor uninformed black people a) cannot come up with a theological argument on their own, b) need the Great White Church to help them form their thoughts, and c) cannot possibly be self-determining, is no different than the precepts of Kipling. Somehow both sides in this debate have the belief that our brothers and sisters from the Central Conferences are pawns to be played in their legislative games. While one side appeals to the most insidious fears and irrationality regarding AIDS and HIV, the other is engaged in a patronizing pablum that has often been the fallback of white progressives when dealing with people of color. One side says: "If you don't vote the way we want you to, we will cut off your funding" (Imperialist/Colonialist). The other says, "If you don't vote the way we want you to, we will advocate for kicking you out of the United Methodist Church because you are biased" (the progressive guilt trip). Sadly, both views continue to render the voice and views of people of color as secondary to their own selfish agendas, which is nothing more than American racism at its best.
As entertaining as y'all are, I really wish for nothing else but for us, even in our disagreement, to model for the world, the way in which the Body of Christ, can engage in vigorous debate while still seeing each other with the reality of Christ. In Christ's reality there are no litmus tests on who is more Christian than the other, each of us realizing that in our flawed humanity that we are all Christ's beloved. In Christ, straight or gay; lay or ordained; black or white; blue or red—we are loved and valued.
What a novel idea. Seeing each other as Christ sees us.
Mmmmm. Nah, not nearly as entertaining as the Mad Methodists.


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It's baffling to think that it's taken until the year 2013 for Hasbro and Nike—two of the most powerful brands from the 1980s and 1990s—to finally team up and pay proper tribute to one of the best cartoon bad guys of all time. And while this isn't the first Nike and Transformers mashup, this amazing Megatron-themed set of shoes are the first that self-respecting Decepticon fans might actually want to wear.
Inspired by the US Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, Jr. who's been nicknamed Megatron, the Nike CJ81 Megatron Trainer Max, Megatron Nike Air Trainer SC II, and Nike CJ81 Megatron Elite TD Cleat all feature colours, styling, and patterned fabrics that pay tribute to the Decepticons' esteemed leader—right down to a "Show no mercy" quote under the forefoot strap of the CJ81 trainers.
The CJ81 Megatron Trainer Max and the Megatron Air Trainer SC II will be available in Nike stores in the US at the very least, where the CJ81 Megatron Elite TD Cleats will be available in a special edition $550 (£340, straight conversion) Megatron Rises three-pack.
It's expensive, for sure, but in addition to all three sets of sneaks, it also comes with a custom Megatron toy that transforms into a B2 bomber, and packaging that's reminiscent of the Allspark cube. Best of all, as an adult now, you don't have to beg your parents to buy them for you. [Nike via Kotaku]


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The benefits of entering an awards
Last year, the 2014 Sponsorship Awards attracted nearly 500 leading figures from across the sponsorship sector. Held at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, guests saw the likes of adidas, Budweiser, HTC and Fuse Sport & Entertainment scoop Awards. From very.co.uk's sponsorship of Big Brother to Bupa's My First Run campaign, the range of work showed how creative and effective sponsorship can be at virtually any budget.
But why do companies bother to enter industry awards? What are the business benefits in taking the time and effort to do so? Here we list some of the reasons that persuade the world's most famous marketing brands to come back year after year.
Team-Building Benefits
Anyone who has attended the UK Sponsorship Awards (or any awards for that matter) will know how pleased people are to win or be nominated. Entering Awards is a way of showing you value your team's efforts… that you have monitored their progress through the year and are proud enough to showcase it to the wider industry. Even if you don't win, you're sending a message to your team that what they do really matters. Clearly Awards aren't enough in themselves to boost team morale, but they play a part. They can also encourage team collaboration and cohesion.
Independent Benchmarking Of Success
Awards are like an objective external audit of both your strategy and your b2b communications skills. By allowing your peers (the judges) to assess your work (and your ability to articulate it), you can gauge whether your approach is as robust as you think it is. If you win an award that's great… because it's something that you can show the board (perhaps protecting your department's budgets for the coming year). But if you don't make the shortlist then it's an opportunity to ask why, to try and develop a constructive conclusion that will inform future business plans. [Note: When McDonalds was named creative marketer of the year at the Cannes Lions Festival in June, it claimed there is a direct link between award-winning work and effectiveness).
Opening The Door to Opportunities
Winning an Award attracts industry attention and can lead to new work opportunities. It would be wrong to suggest that one Award is life-changing, but there's no question that successful marketing services companies, brands and rights holders know how to make good use of their Awards track record. There's no hard science to back it up, but it stands to reason that organisations with numerous notches on their belt will be more likely to be on the pitch list, more likely to start conversations with sponsors, etc.
Monitoring Industry Best Practice
It's not always easy to be objective on Awards nights, but there is a value in seeing what your rivals have been doing. It can spark fresh ideas, crystallise trends more clearly and give some insight into industry best practice. Like anything in life, it should be regarded as providing a useful learning experience. In the case of the UK Sponsorship Awards, at least 60-70 different sponsorship campaigns are showcased during the course of a single evening.
Corporate Hospitality
Awards nights are good fun. So entering Awards is a good way for an agency or consultancy to get some valuable face time with their client. It's unlikely to result in much deep strategy being discussed, but it is a way of reaffirming a bond and trying to ward off competition for a brief from rivals. Remember, the majority of people attending the Awards are winners and shortlisted organisations, so there's a mood of success and achievement in the air. Anyone who works in corporate hospitality will also tell you that cutting back on or avoiding event-based activity can present its own problems. Rivals rarely assume that you have cut back for sound marketing reasons. They tend to see it as a sign that something isn't quite right creatively or financially.
B2B Marketing/Media Coverage
Trade magazines (paper and digital) tend to give good coverage to major awards events. They also sometimes follow up with profiles or analysis stories. At very least, winning an Award is an opportunity for a PR exec to approach a magazine or journalist to tout for coverage. Award entries can also form the basis of case studies that can be displayed on various industry websites. A well-written case study has a lifespan of at least a year, which means it can also do the rounds at various industry events.


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Distilled water facts you must know
Drinking water ought to certainly be immaculate and free from contaminants. Water, in its common structure, contains a wide range of contaminants and debasements. It additionally incorporates distinctive types of minerals, for example, iron and calcium. There are distinctive approaches to sanitize water and a standout amongst the best strategies incorporates refining.
In this procedure, water is bubbled at high temperatures and changed over into steam or vapor. The vapor is then gathered and cooled. This outcomes in the cleaned type of water and the procedure is known as refining. This type of water is free from minerals and along these lines it has a dull taste.
In spite of the fact that it is alright for drinking purposes, it is utilized for a wide mixture of different purposes. It is utilized for modern exploration purposes. It is utilized as a part of steam irons and different businesses where fabricate up of calcium and different minerals can bring about harms in the long haul.
It is accepted to have a few sorts of medical advantages. It serves to clean poisons from the body as it is totally without chemicals and minerals which are available in different sorts of water. Then again, it is essential to comprehend that utilization of this water can bring about loss of minerals contrasted with customary drinking water. It is additionally conceivable to enhance its flavor with the utilization of substances and regular natural product juices.
There are numerous actualities connected with the utilization of refined water. As it is free from a wide range of contaminants, it turns into a decent dissolvable and safeguard. This builds the acidity of water. Consistent utilization of this sort of fluid can bring about causticity. It has a tendency to bring about a few different sorts of wellbeing diseases, for example, cardiovascular sicknesses and osteoporosis. The water likewise retains all the minerals and supplements exhibit in the body at the appropriate time course of time. As it contains low minerals, individuals who devour it all the time have a tendency to create serious sorts of lacks.


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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie
Last year, Audemars Piguet gave us a tantalising peek at the Royal Oak Concept RD#1—a watch with the recognisable faceted case shape that also boasted both a minute repeater as well as chronograph and tourbillon complications. It was a concept piece then, but the brand has made it a reality with the Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie.
The minute repeater—a highly desirable benchmark of watchmaking skill—chimes the hours, quarters, and minutes past the most recent quarter hour on command. Achieving just the right tone, tempo and volume for the chime is a complex process, and to this end, Audemars Piguet has developed a number of pioneering patents as the result of its chiming watches sound study programme, started in 2006. The research has helped the brand overcome obstacles in the design of wristwatches that have been a hindrance to creating just the right acoustics.
The super-light titanium case of the Supersonnerie has been developed to prevent sound absorption, with the gongs of the minute repeater attached to a material underneath the movement that acts as a soundboard. The system works in much the same way as a guitar, transmitting vibrations to the soundboard instead of the mainplate—as was previously the case—and boosting the amplification of sound. The Supersonnerie also features a redesigned striking regulator for a cleaner tone, as well as improved timing.
The openworked dial, finished by hand, pays tribute to Audemars Piguet's heritage of traditional skills—but the technological advancements of the minute repeater embrace the future of mechanical watchmaking.


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This island is something of a geological freak – composed almost entirely of Dalradian limestone. Crossing from South-East to North-West are basalt dykes: one in particular projects from a cliff-face and is at least 70ft high. There are no mountains, no surviving peat bogs and little heather: the limestone based soil is fertile therefore much of Lismore's flora is unique. A raised beach extends around most of the coast-backed by cliffs. Lismore is situated over the "Great Glen" geological fault which crosses Scotland and earth-tremors are fairly common – one reached 3.9 on the Richter Scale!
Earliest evidence of man
A polished stone axe-head was found at Balnagown, Lismore in 1974 – described as Neolithic and of rare beauty and craftmanship. It was dated by Edinburgh museum to 3500 BC and is of Appin stone: (presently on exhibition at the Heritage Centre). From the Bronze-Age fourteen burial cairns survive, most of them in the south western end of the island, except one – Cnoc Aingeal – (Fire Hill) which is about three miles from the north end. This cairn is relatively untouched and is the largest in Lorn – if not Argyll, the rest have been robbed of their stone over the centuries by succeeding races.
Iron age
The Broch at Tirfuir is evidence of the presence of the Picts on Lismore, there are possibly two others, though ruined. (The Gaels called the Picts 'Cruithneach'). The Broch circular building is reasonably well preserved, the walls are about 15 feet high and the internal passage which is a distinguishing feature is clearly visible. This is within 10 feet thick walls and still very impressive after 2000 years – certainly a commanding sight.
There are also the remains of six "Duns" which are said to date from the migration of our Gaelic-speaking ancestors from Ulster (from the 4th to the 6th century AD). Their names are as follows- Dun Chruban, Dun Fiart, Sean Dun, Dun Slochd a Bhridhe, Dun Chuilean, Dun Mor and dun Chillchearan.
Cill Ian (Kilean), Cill nan Suidh (Burial place of the Kings), and Cill Andrais (Cell of Andrew) are mysterious circular burial grounds with a bank and ditch round their circumference. They are dated rather uncertainly as early Christian. Last interment at Cill nan Suidh was of a Lady who was said to be descendant of Kenneth MacAlpin, first King of the united Picts and Scots.
A few years ago a Bronze armlet was found within a couple of hundred yards of Cill nan Suidh, during house renovations. The finder received a substantial reward. It was dated 1st – 2nd Century AD and a very rare find. This artefact can now be seen in the National Museum in Edinburgh. A replica is kept in the Heritage Centre on the Island.
Early Christian period
The migration to Dalriada from Ulster in the 6th Century introduced Christianity to much of the west of Scotland, brought by numerous saints e.g. Columba, Moluag, Mehac and Ninian among others.
It was Moluag who came to Lismore in 561 and was said to have been educated at the Monastry of Beanachar in Ireland and may indeed have been a contemporary of 'Brendan the Navigator'.
Aged about 40 years, he reached Lismore in 561 AD where, with his Apostolic Twelve, he set up a Monastic centre which was known as his 'Muintiras'. He set up similar centres at Rosemarkie in the Black Isle and Mortlach near Elgin. His journeys also took him to Skye, Rassay, Mull and Tiree. Lewis was also visited and there is a church dedicated to him at the Butt of Lewis, known as the 'Teampal Mor'. From there he sailed to Iceland.
Moloug was said to be the Patron Saint of the Isle of Man. Truly he was just as important as Columba in the early Celtic church but is not as well known. Of course not being of noble birth and not having a biographer as a relative – was a distinct disadvantage. Maybe you needed to be of the 'right people' and have a good 'press' even in these distant times.
Medieval period
Lismore was chosen to be the Seat of the Bishopric of Argyll and remained so till the 16th Century. The cathedral was built sometime between 1250 and 1350 AD. For a short period (1610 – 89 AD) this was an Episcopalian Cathedral. Subsequent to 1749 the Choir of the original building has been used as the Parish Church of Lismore – a parish which stretched as far as Duror and Ballachulish and also included Kingairloch.
The most famous incumbent was James MacGregor, Dean of Lismore, who compiled the anthology of Gaelic Poetry known as ' The book of the Dean of Lismore'.
The Viking era
These much feared warriors started to appear around the western sea-board of Scotland from about the 8th century onward. According to oral sources, one of their first deeds on arrival on Lismore was to lock the monks in the early Chapel and set fire to them.
Coeffin – a viking prince is reputed to have built a castle which still bears his name: the surviving ruins are of a later date and were erected by the MacDougalls of Lorn.
There is a poignant legend which has survived through the oral tradition, telling of the lost lover of Beothail (sister of Coeffin) who perished in a distant war. A beautiful tale of unrequited love which is 1000 years old – we'll tell you this legend some day!
Land owners – 13th & 14th century
During this period the island was owned by the MacDougalls of Dunollie till their defeat in battle by Robert the Bruce. There after much of their estates were forfeited and given to various septs of the Cambell Clan – Glenorchy, Ardnamuchan, Combie and later Lochnell. In these medieval times this small island was much sought after and at the centre of things, both politically and ecclesiastically – certainly very important in the general history of Lorn and Argyll.
Industry – farming
This has always been important – a prime industry historically because of the basic fertility of it's limestone based soil. Systems have varied from the very intensive cultivation of the 18th and 19th centuries when barley and to a lesser extent oats, were the main cereal crops. I don't think Lismore ever became as dependent on potato growing as many other islands as there was a meal-mill to each of the fresh water lochs.
Lismore men had the reputation of being good horsemen. Usually neighbouring crofters worked together as when two horses were required for ploughing. The run rig system, where the township worked the land in common, came to an end in 1800. Three or four cows, one horse and a few young cattle for selling, constituted the "subsistence" and family based agricultural system of the past 200 years.
The present system is based on cattle and sheep raising and the only crop grown is silage. Stock from this small island are in great demand through out Scotland and as far South as Yorkshire. In passing, I must tell of a market I was at in Stirling (1996) when two of the highest priced lots were from Lismore and Iona (both monastic sites). Surely this tells something else about Moluag and Columba and what their other priorities were after spreading the Gospels.
Industry – lime burning
For centuries a "cottage industry" it was not put on a commercial basis till 1800, and in very odd circumstances. Let me explain – there was a Roman Catholic seminary founded on Lismore at this time by a certain Abbot Chisolm: he also founded the lime burning industry to finance the project.
The quarry and seminary were adjacent at Kilcheran. Sir Walter Scott sailed by and made the sarcastic remark that the quality of the lime was superior to the quality of the students – both ventures came to an end in 1840.
Thereafter the work continued at five different sites – Salen, Port na Morlach, Alisra, Sheep Island and Port Ramsay.
Salen quarry, the largest, functioned till 1934. Work at Port Ramsay ceased at the outbreak of World War One.
These kilns were installed by the estate owners and rented to the operators.
During the 'heyday' of the lime industry there were 24 locally owned "smacks" employed shipping this product. They carried from 30 tons burden up to 100 tons – alternating the lime with slate from Ballachullish and Easdale. The last two smacks were the "Mary and Effie" owned by Captain Alan MacFadyen and his son John Alig, she traded until the late 1940's. The other was the "Lady Margaret" owned by John MacCorquodale and his brother Dugald which traded till the mid thirties – truly the end of an era.
The population would probably have remained at around approx. 500 – 600 for centuries but exploded to 1740 in the 1800's. There seemed to be an influx of non-indigenous surnames at this time, due to the expanding lime burning, also flax-workers who would be training local labour. (There was a fledgling flax-industry established during this period.
Indigenous surnames
Carmicheal, Black (MacIlleDhuibh), MacColl, Livingstone, Buchanan, MacCorquodale, Stewart, MacDonald, MacGregor, MacFadyen, Campbell. All of these are still represented on the Island.
Other surnames – Keith, MacClaurin, MacGlashan, Graham, MacIntyre – have all vanished through emigration, eviction and economic necessity. Their descendants return seeking long-lost roots from all over the world and it is gratifying when we can lead them to the townships their ancestors were forced to leave.


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