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Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife, Hide Your 401K
My buddy Justin posted an interesting chart recently about the correlation between quantitative easing (what the blue shirt crew calls QE, QE2, and possibly QE3) and commodity prices (notice the gas pump recently?). It reminded me of a posting I drafted to write in January, right smack in the middle of the Fed's 2nd massive infusion of dollar dollar bills ya'll into the 'economy'. Now that QE3 appears to be on the horizon, I guess I should get this out and desperately hope that this will be my last opportunity to write on this subject. Here's the chart:
What this chart is showing is that the huge rally in commodity prices (basically the things you buy to physically keep your body alive such as grains, veggies, meats, etc. and some things that make life easier like oil) have coincided with the Fed's purchase of treasuries. This is also one of the main reasons behind the rally we've seen in the stock market, and if you don't believe me, try plotting your stock portfolio in nearly any other currency besides dollar bills. It won't be so pretty.
So what does this really mean to you? Well for one, it means for anyone who was not heavily invested in the stock market (at least 40% – 50% of your assets), you've likely seen a huge DECREASE in your spending power. Basically you can't buy as much stuff as you used to be able to, primarily because the prices of those items have risen dramatically. So while you are earning the same wage, it actually costs you a lot more to live now then it did before the Fed spending (see below).
Now what's even worse is that since this Fed action is on the currency value, it doesn't just effect what we earn today. It effects EVERYTHING we've ever earned in our lifetime! That includes your savings accounts, your 401Ks, grandma's $5 birthday checks … anything that's denominated in American greenbacks is worth 25 – 30% less due to quantitative easing. So again I wonder why so many Americans were vehemently opposed to a 3% tax increase on FUTURE income for the uber-wealthy (whose lifestyles will not be affected) yet aren't so worried about these rounds of QE'ezing that have effectively removed 25% of their ENTIRE net worth (not to mention future earnings as well).
Sadly, while a lot of us could use the extra dough to stay relatively comfortable a bit longer and wait out this economy, it's really the poorest people in this country and the rest of the world that are facing a real struggle for survival. A developer I work with noted that for the first time in India's history, a luxury (a beer), a convenience (a liter of gas), and a necessity (an onion) had all cost the same. Again, the people that have to bear the burden are often the ones that are least fit to do so. And last I checked, it wasn't them who leveraged bad mortgage loans, committed massive financial fraud, borrowed trillions in TARP money, exploited corporate tax loopholes, and paid themselves millions in bonuses. Just saying.
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He's snatchin' your accounts up
Tryna rape em so ya'll need to
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Hide your cash, hide your bills
Hide your cash, hide your bills
And hide your 401K
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How do you get the 25-20% figure? Commodity prices are only a small contributor to the prices of most of the foods we buy (e.g. the cost of corn, even at elevated prices, is a very minor contributor to the price of a box of cereal – the bulk is processing etc.), and I believe core inflation now is inly 2-3% or so, not outside historical norms.

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"There is no such thing as perfection. There is always a higher level." Dan Gable
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The 2013 US National Amateur had 122 starting dogs and that was after the scratches. That is a large number. Given the size why did the trail committee not start on Sunday thereby giving the judges one extra day to deal with the 122 dogs?
We had that extra day in 2012 at the Canadian National and it was good for us judges, contestants and workers.
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Interview: Dr Dan Kaiser, VP and CTO, Greatbatch
Medical Technology manufacturers are getting cost-conscious and so are the buyers, especially in some parts of Asia. International life science companies have been evaluating ways to meet the low price tag demand of the Asian market without compromising on quality. US-based medical technology provider Greatbatch is on its toes to find a solution.
Greatbatch, which provides components to medtech companies, such as Boston Scientific, J&J, and Medtronics, is exploring potentials in the medical devices markets in India and China. It also has plans to establish a R&D center in Singapore, which will be a continuation of its medical device strategy to engage in emerging healthcare markets.
The idea is to bring innovation in the designing of products that will eventually cut down the cost. In an interview with BioSpectrum Asia, Dr Dan Kaiser, vice president and chief technology officer, Greatbatch, shares the company's plan to venture into the Asian market. Here are the excerpts:
You have decided to enter the Asian market. What will be your next step?
Our whole idea is to build on the innovation pipeline and bring cost-efficient medical devices to Asia without compromising on quality standards. We have identified India and China as our target markets, and hence the next step is to understand the requirements of the region and accordingly develop medical devices. Greatbatch has decided to build a medical devices R&D center in Singapore that will aim at designing low-cost medical technology for Asian markets.
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Toba Capital Founder Reveals Fund Specifics, Partners
When Vinny Smith sold his company Quest Software to Dell last year for $2.4 billion, he said he planned to use some of his profits to become an investor.
He wasn't kidding. Smith, founder of Toba Capital, has set aside $250 million for his new venture firm, which is investing as fast as it can in up-and-coming enterprise software companies, and he may allocate as much as $500 million to $750 million over the next couple of years, he told Venture Capital Dispatch.
So far, he's the only limited partner.
"It's my money–there's no reason to take it out. It's meant for the partners to invest and do well," he said.
Smith also publicly named Toba's partners for the first time–they include several people he worked with at Quest, and most of them have 15 to 20 years of operational experience.
Smith's role as a venture capitalist is not a new one. After starting his career at Oracle in the late 1980s, where he worked with an all-star roster of soon-to-be company founders, and selling his first company in 1994, he started what is now Insight Venture Partners–where his first investment was Quest.
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Binghamton University and Broome Community College will host a financial aid workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 4, in Lecture Hall 10 on the University campus. The workshop is free and open to the public.
The workshop is being held in support of SUNY Statewide Financial Aid Day. Binghamton University and Broome Community College will join over 25 campuses in participating in the event.
Financial aid experts from Binghamton University and BCC will be on hand to answer questions and provide assistance with applications, types of aid available and the award process. "This is an important opportunity for families to learn about the financial aid process and financing options. Often families assume that they may not be eligible for financial aid, when there are programs that can help them," said Patricia Shaw, associate director of Student Services and Operations at Binghamton University.
Representatives from the Educational Talent Search, a federally funded educational opportunities program, will provide tips on completing the 2006 –2007 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a form required for all financial aid. They will also present information about the New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP). Families planning to attend should bring their 2004 or 2005 tax returns, bank statements and 2004 untaxed income statements.
Pre-register on line at: www.suny.edu/student or call 1-800-342-3811.
For more information, contact the Binghamton University Financial Aid Office at 607-777-2428.


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Steves, yes I do. But I also find larva that have been supplied a better pool of jelly also even though they are small. I am starting to prefer those.
Steves, yes I do. But I also find larva that have been supplied a better pool of jelly also even though they are small. I am starting to prefer those.
So can anyone tell me if I can go in and look and know anything a mere six or eight hours after grafts?
> The very NEWEST larvae were in a pool of royal jelly that was so small that the tool really just did not work very well
The only tool I've found that works on the youngest larvae is the chinese grafting tool. The rest you have to pick up the larvae. With the chinese grafting tool, you pick up the pool...
Steves, according to one post above you can go back after 1 hour and look for cells where the larva has been removed.
I may have to get a Chinese tool.
At this point I am 18 total cells some of them not producing really good queens out of 96 attempts at grafting cups. I will also say that the queenless nucs I am using are not even making emergency queen cells though. It is like I am in a period where the bees don't care if they have a queen or not.
What I know for now is I am done. I need 15 queens and will see if I can get them from these 18 started cells. 6 queens have emerged so far with 2 more due today. That puts me just over half of what I need. If I come up I will make up short the difference with a split next spring or swarm captures at some point. But for now my first overall attempt at grafting cells has been a disaster. I am probably going to look at completely different methods of starting queens. Cell punch the nicot system or something. it can't be much worse than this has been.
When I am being unsuccessful grafting (often) I do not find punching or cutting works either. What does work consistantly is removing the queen into a nuc temporarily. Relatively new wax helps the looks of the cell, it may not make any other difference. New wax tends to make closely grouped cells though. Make the splits after the cells are started.
Not high tech, relatively non disruptive.
Well Daniel, I wish I could say something encouraging but I cannot at this point. Out of 40 grafts I tried last week I only KNOW I have two cells to transfer to nucs tomorrow. The twenty grafts I did yesterday looked and felt great though so I will check my cell builder tomorrow and check back in ;) I am also going to make up another cell builder in a different yard and try some more. This particular skillset and beekeeping in general is one of those things that look simple from the outside but has a lot of nuance that I just have not "mastered" yet. So I will just keep tilting the windmill and try to learn ;)
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1. an egg that is laid in a worker cell compared to a queen cell.
2. the difference in a queen cell that was made by man or one made by bees.
3. The care of a larva from the moment it hatches that is laid in a worker cell and one that is laid in a queen cell.
4. a queen cell in a hive that has a laying queen and one that does not.
5. The importance of royal jelly or as some refer to it "Milk" In detail and exactly what minute difference are there in how it is supplied to a worker and a queen.
6. The possible effect it has when bees have chosen and prepared to produce a queen and those that have had in forced upon them.
7. Why do bees that have had open brood supplied to them prior to being given queen cells produce larger queen cells and quite probably produce better quality queens?
8. Why exactly is it that bees will produced better quality queens in larger numbers when influenced by the swarm impulse than under any other impulse?
9. It is impossible to ask bees to do a top quality job that they are not prepared to do. What do you understand is involved in bees being prepared to produce queens.
10. even bees that are well prepared can only be expected to adequately produce and tend to a limited number of queen cells. what is your understanding of where that limit is? I have seen claims of as many as 150 queen cells being placed in one hive. Is it possible that a hive can produce 150 quality queens at one time? or are there simply going to be 150 trash queens being produced.[/QUOTE]
Daniel y.. Those are good questions to use on the Master Beekeeper Certificate Exam.
I'm sure you can tell pretty quickly which ones they are going to make queens from and which ones they are going to abandon, but I've never tried looking before the next day.
I'll bet that your success rate is about to go up. The magnification alone will probably make a difference - it did for me.
I find that if the bees are going to reject my grafts, they do it almost immediately.
To check on graft acceptance, after about an hour (it may even be possible sooner), I lift the cell bars, turn the cups open side up, then give the bar a sudden bump (I move it in a downward motion, then stop it abruptly against my other hand), just hard enough to knock most of the nurse bees off and back into the top of the cell builder nuc. Then I give a quick look for small pools of RJ in the bottoms of the cells, and remove all cups that have clean bottoms (they were aborted/rejected).
If I need those cells, I will place them together on another empty cell bar, regraft them and place the new grafts back in the cell builder.
Thank you all so very much, tomorrow I finally get to check Tuesdays grafts, I am going to make another open starter in my other yard. I am happy I learned about that method here. So much better than keeping the bees boxed.
Once again, great thread. I have learned a lot of useful information and tips I plan on using.
In the past few days I have followed the suggestions in building a starter nuc with frames of brood, lots of nursed bees, and plenty of food. Yesterday I took the big step and tried my hand at grafting for the first time. As mentioned over and over, harder than it looks and I expected. At 62, the magnifying glasses were essential and I got pretty comfortable using them. Had several failed attempts getting larvae/jelly into the Chinese tool and transferring it into cup. Anticipate it will become smoother with practice. I am still not confident in my ability to identify the proper stage of larvae to graft. I have read several times that a "C" shaped larvae is too old. But it seems that is all I see at some stage or another or the lone straight egg/larvae in the bottom of the cell without any jelly whatsoever. So I took the smallest larvae I could see that had some jelly in the bottom of the cell.
One thought I had in the middle of the night when I was pondering the whole process was about stealing jelly from other cells. If I find larvae a little too large/old to graft and it still has jelly in the bottom of the cell, is it OK to discard that larvae and transfer it's jelly over to a cup to prime it and float the chosen larvae into?
I have read where queen jelly is different in composition and nourishment than worker jelly but thought it might be OK for a primer.
Your thoughts please and, again, thanks for all the time and energy put into this site. I learn something every time I visit.
>Not all the Chinese tools function optimally, some work better than others. That's why I buy at least six at a time. Usually one or two out of six work very well, but you need to work with each one for a bit in order to determine which ones work best. The variation seems to be in the goose quill that is used as the flexible, "tongue" part. Some have the perfect amount of flex, while others do not.Quote:
Had several failed attempts getting larvae/jelly into the Chinese tool and transferring it into cup.
> I don't know about the "c" shaped larvae, being too old, but I simply graft the smallest larvae, which are usually right next to eggs that haven't hatched, yet.Quote:
I am still not confident in my ability to identify the proper stage of larvae to graft. I have read several times that a "C" shaped larvae is too old. But it seems that is all I see at some stage or another or the lone straight egg/larvae in the bottom of the cell without any jelly whatsoever. So I took the smallest larvae I could see that had some jelly in the bottom of the cell.
> I'm sure that would be acceptable, except for the time it would take to accomplish that. Since one of the most important factors in successful grafting is transferring the larvae and returning them to the optimal environment of a brood nest as quickly as possible.Quote:
One thought I had in the middle of the night when I was pondering the whole process was about stealing jelly from other cells. If I find larvae a little too large/old to graft and it still has jelly in the bottom of the cell, is it OK to discard that larvae and transfer it's jelly over to a cup to prime it and float the chosen larvae into?
> Yep, they very well may be different, but generally the nurse bees know best, and seem to be able to replace or freshen any RJ that they feel is not best.Quote:
I have read where queen jelly is different in composition and nourishment than worker jelly but thought it might be OK for a primer.
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Checked on mine today. Cant tell too much with my crappy cell phone taking ability but Ive got 15 out of the original 20 grafts. Now mind you they arent the big, plump ones of Clemens or Laferneys, but I'll take it. The 2.75 reading glasses I bought worked wonders.
Well we are going to back track and start a completely new attempt. once we got some queens ready for mating nucs we ran head long into finding out out our nucs are completely inadequate. I had mu suspicions anyway.
Think through the entire process. WE have a lot of the little half frames that if attached end to end are the same length as a full frame. so we will assemble them place them in hives and get them completely filled with comb and hopefully brood. once that is accomplished we will start grafting again. when queens are ready these frames will be taken brood bees and all and placed in our mini nucs. We have some comb drawn in the frames just not enough and no brood. Every one of our queens wandered off and we where left with nuc with just a hand full of young bees wondering around looking for something to do. We did get enough quality queens to requeen the hives that needed it though.
We have 10 more cells due to emerge in 3 days. in the mean time I am goign to get 3 queen castles made so we can transfer frames from existing hives to these mating nucs.
I expect it to take as much as 30 days to get our mini frames drawn and filled. so the window is closing on us to get nucs made for this year.
I just want to thank everyone for all their advice.
I'm trying something similiar using 4-frame nucs. So far, I've been using a 'crowded' method to force the bees to create their own queen cells - then transfer them over to their own starter/finisher-final product nuc boxes, mostly to increase my # of hives. I've bought the chinese grafting tool, made a couple of frames, and the EZBZ cups along with a magnifier head piece that I hope will allow me enough 'vision' to see what I'm doing. Haven't started yet - but keep reading and following along and just wanted to express thanks to all for their knowledge and time they spend helping out new beeks as they try their hands in this process. Just remember, we all had to start somewhere, before we got here...
Seapro, and anyone else. I am finding there is a skill involved that must be developed. I woudl compare it to telling you I can teach you to draw. which I can. I can fill you full of the technical information about drawing. but nothing will replace you setting down with pencil and paper and applying your had to the effort. that will be a struggle only you can make your way through.
What miffs me is that I have very well refined motor skills. I paint. carve, work in clay. draw, Tie flies, and make may custom items including fishing rods. I can hand transfer tobacco seed sprouts. a tobacco seed is about the size of half the period in this text. But there are still some details for me to refine in transferring larva. It will come. But I must find just the right way to hold my mouth as I do it.
For now I think everything about my attempts needs to be improved.
Larva to old. starters that are two week. bad time of the year. inadequate mating nucs and feeble looking queens when I do manage to get them. So far my attempts look like stick figures if compaired to my drawing example.
To continue your art analogy; practice does not require the expectation of a finished product. A small nuc with 2 or 3 grafts at a time which are only kept long enough to practice that step will improve the technigue while you wait for the real attempt.
Keep at it. If you desire to do it and work patiently you can get it. If someone has skills with their hands then I don't see a reason why it can't be done IF they want to. It must be a desire!!! I'm very very thankful for this and other threads like this the help incredibly to understand the "how to's" and the "how not to's" of queen rearing!!!
My first two "confined swarm boxes were utter failures. My first "open" cell starter nuc has four of twenty grafts taken hold. Sunday will be day five for those four. Sunday I will try making another and graft again a couple days after that. Thanks everyone for the help.
And that leads to another question, I did my last starter and grafted 24 hours later. Do any of you let the starter sit longer than that so the bees are "more" queen less? More desperate to raise a new queen(s)


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The DC Matty subscription did not meet the minimum number so I guess I'll be using that money towards something else.
I had a feeling that the sub was not going to pass. I'll enjoy saving that money, since I have two MOTUC subs.
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The coypu' (Myocastor coypus) is an aquatic rodent native to South America. It has been called the "South American beaver," but its size is actually closer to that of a small dog or an agouti. It seems suited to be a microlivestock species because, compared with most rodents' it has a large body size and a relatively high reproduction rate. Moreover, it is easy to manage, and there is much literature on how to raise it in captivity.2
Fur is the main item of commercial value. In the late 19th century, it was in such high demand that the animal was nearly exterminated. However, in 1922 Argentineans began raising coypu in captivity and this practice spread through South America and to other regions. In many European countries and in various locations in the United States some specimens escaped or were released, and coypu have become established in the waterways.
Coypu meat is tasty and is consumed in many regions of South America as well as in parts of Europe. Because of the absence of musk glands, the meat is free of the "gamy" flavor found in squirrels and rabbits. It is moist, fine "rained, medium light in color, and firm. It is one of the mildest and tenderest of wild meats.
This animal has been widely distributed, but its area of safest use is within its natural range in South America.
The coypu is adapted to a semiaquatic existence and has webbed feet, valvular nostrils that can be closed to keep water out, and underfur that remains dry even under water. Its long, powerful claws on the forefeet are used for grooming, excavating burrows, and digging up and holding food. The tail is slender; the extremely large incisor teeth are orange-red.
An adult is 40-65 cm long and weighs 7-10 kg. Some occasionally weigh up to 17 kg. Males are larger than females. The pelage is thick, with coarse guard hairs overlying the underfur. The soft dense underfur (the commercially valuable pelt called "nutria") is about 2 cm long on the belly, and 2-5 cm long and less dense on the back. The color is yellowish to reddish brown on the back and pale yellow on the belly.
The coypu is distributed through southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. It has been widely introduced in North America, Europe, northern Asia, and eastern Africa. As a result of escapes and releases from fur farms, the animals are now feral in Europe, North America, northern Asia, Japan, and East Africa. In the United States, they are abundant in Louisiana, Oregon, Florida, and the Chesapeake Bay region.
In various countries, the animal's status ranges from that of a rarity to that of a pest. Wild coypu are protected by law in Argentina because of overhunting, but there are about 100 producers of farmed coypu.3 Elsewhere the animals are destroyed en masse to reduce the threat of damage to irrigation ditches, dams, and agricultural crops. In England a decade-long program has eradicated them.
Coypu mainly inhabit the banks of fresh or brackish waterways.4 They live in temperate zones and are highly sensitive to freezing conditions. Also, their heat tolerance is poor; lowland tropical regions may be too hot for them.
The coypu feeds mainly at night. The diet consists chiefly of plants, particularly water plants and reeds. Large amounts of fibrous vegetation is decomposed in the cecum, where bacteria break down cellulose particles. Mussels, snails, and other small organisms are also often eaten.
The animals burrow into soft soil or construct nests out of vegetation above ground.
Coypu are relatively fast breeding. Females first give birth at ages ranging from 6 to 15 months. From then on, they produce 2 or 3 litters a year. They are able to mate and give birth at any time of the year, although more young are born during certain seasons. The gestation period is between 128 and 140 days. There are 5 or 6 (sometimes up to 12) young in each litter. Newborns are well developed, able to see, and fully covered with hair at birth.
The female's four or five pairs of mammae are located on the side of the body, an adaptation that permits the young to nurse while floating with their mothers in the water. In captivity, young are nursed for two months, but can survive if weaned at five days. The mean body weight at birth is about 225 g, but growth is rapid during the first five months.
Coypu have a potential life span of more than six years. However, they seldom survive more than three years, and in the wild probably no animals are older than five years.
These are passive creatures, usually entirely lacking in aggression. They are shy and fearful; the slightest disturbance will send them scurrying to the shelter of water, a burrow, or other hiding place. With their large incisors they can bite viciously, but in captivity they tame down, even to where they can be carried around by hand. Compared with domestic animals, they are very sanitary in their feeding and living habits.
In hot climates they are nocturnal, in cooler climates crepuscular, and in cold weather they become diurnal. Captive animals become conditioned to diurnal activity if fed during daylight hours. Most of the active period is spent feeding, grooming, and swimming. Grooming is done by scratching and "nibbling" the fur, and an oily secretion from glands located near the mouth and anus lubricates the pelage. Secretions from the anal glands are also employed for marking out territory.
Excellent swimmers, coypu spend most of their time in the water. They can remain submerged for five minutes or more. On land, they lumber about with awkward, clumsy movements; however, when the need arises they can run fast and jump short distances.
Although they usually live together in pairs, coypu will form large colonies. They tend to remain in one area throughout their lives: their daily "cruising range" has been measured at less than 45 m.5 However, drought or freezing weather can induce mass migrations.
The burrows, which are dug in sloping banks, are usually short with no branching tunnels and generally end in a simple chamber.
In South America, the coypu has a long history of use. Nutria fur was in such high demand and the animal was hunted so avidly at the beginning of the last century that it became rare and had to be protected by government decree. As a result, populations increased dramatically. Nowadays, coypu are protected in many areas, but widespread poaching has reduced their numbers and range.
Many thousands are killed each year just for the guard hairs, which are used in making felt.
Coypu are used in marsh management to reduce infestations of aquatic weeds and to keep waterways open.
In most areas where it is found, the coypu is trapped by commercial hunters. However, as noted, several countries have coypu farms. In Germany, the animals have been raised on diets consisting chiefly of potatoes supplemented with oats, clover, corn, hay, green forage, legumes, turnips, or cabbage. Elsewhere, feeds generally include such materials as hay, corn, crushed oats, greens, root vegetables, apples, bread, and rabbit feed.
To confine coypu, a wall of stone or concrete or a fence of stout wire netting is necessary. It must be set 1 m deep into the ground and rise 1-1.5 m above ground. Water must be available.
Where selected strains of animals are kept, it is usual to house each female in separate small compartments, complete with pools and shelter boxes. Each is then paired with a male, which is removed after mating to leave the female to rear her brood in seclusion.
The fur is particularly valuable because the female's nipples are so high that the soft belly fur is unbroken.
This herbivore is much cheaper to feed than the furbearing carnivores such as mink. Furs of coypu raised in captivity fetch a price about three times greater than furs from wild animals.6
Wherever the coypu has escaped it has damaged embankments and stream banks. The burrows sometimes weaken dikes that protect low lying areas from flooding. In northern Europe and eastern England, for example, it is considered a serious pest. In rice paddies, coypu could become particularly devastating. They can also damage crops and natural plant communities.
Coypu can carry viruses that result in toxoplasmosis, papillomatosis, rabies, and equine encephalomyelitis; bacteria that cause salmonellosis, paratyphoid, and leptospirosis; protozoans that produce sarcosporidiosis and coccidiosis; and rickettsia. Common diseases of captive specimens are bacterial pneumonia, hepatitis-nephritis, Strongyloides infection, and neoplasms.
European winters often cause the coypu's tail (which is hairless) to freeze, but the animal hardly seems to notice. A more dangerous situation arises when lakes, streams, or rivers freeze over; beneath the ice, coypu cannot find their way as easily as beavers, and often drown.
Little research needs to be done. There is massive literature on farming coypu. Nonetheless, the animal's behavior is little studied, and there are few reliable published observations on its social organization.


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Posted January 12, 2006; 09:54 a.m.
Quattro Mani, a piano duo, will perform in a Composers' Ensemble concert scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, in McAlpin Auditorium, Woolworth Center for Musical Studies.
Pianists Susan Grace and Alice Rybak, who formed Quattro Mani in 1989, share a special interest in the vast repertoire for two pianos and the unique collaboration involved in its performance.
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Last week's forecast for a record corn crop by the U.S. Department of Agriculture may not hold up in Northeast Mississippi.
Across the region, row crop planters have struggled with a particularly wet spring and say they may miss the window for planting corn if the weather does not soon cooperate.
Jeff McCord, owner and operator of C&M Farm in Belden, said he ideally would have his full corn crop planted by April 25 but is at least two weeks out from being able to get started. Corn is typically more productive if planted early, rather than later in the growing season, according to Mississippi State University agronomy agent Charlie Stokes. Severe heat and drought can adversely affect corn pollination.
Stokes said hot, dry conditions are usually seen in July and August, although "if you have a late crop but you still get rain, it won't hurt at all."
But, when planting begins depends on the weather. Stokes said one inch of rain delays planting for five to seven days, and that due to so much rain this spring, "we're getting behind every day."
Others say that in addition to the rain, temperatures have been a problem.
"Right now it is wet, but it is also cold," McCord said.
In addition to drier conditions, the ground temperature needs to be consistently around 55 degrees to plant corn, and closer to 65 to plant soy, he added.
McCord is one of many farmers that has changed his planting patterns in the past decade in response to rising grain prices.
"Up until 2004, I was 100 percent cotton," he said. The last year he planted any cotton at all was in 2006.
McCord started planting corn due to a combination of falling cotton prices and rising grain prices. Now he plants primarily corn and soybeans.
McCord said if the corn acreage analysts have predicted does not get planted in the South, corn prices will remain high or level off. On the other hand, he warned, it could drive soybean prices down if more farmers miss the chance to plant corn and have to make the last-minute switch to soybeans.
The USDA predicted Mississippi would produce 1.05 million acres of corn in 2013, up 28 percent from 820,000 acres in 2012. The total national corn crop is anticipated to exceed 97.2 million acres. The impact of corn prices as affected by supply will almost certainly be felt by consumers. Corn byproducts are used in many consumer goods and are the primary grain in livestock feed.
Stokes said he hopes to see producers plant cotton and not just soybeans if corn is not viable. The USDA is predicting a 19 percent drop in cotton production in 2013 based on the current survey.
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The Recovery Act requires GAO to comment and report quarterly on estimates of jobs funded and counted as full-time equivalents (FTE) as reported by recipients of Recovery Act funds. While Recovery Act recipients' reporting of FTEs began in September 2009, the first quarter that FTE data were submitted for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the Rural Utilities Service's (RUS) Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) programs was the first quarter of 2010 for BTOP and the second quarter of 2010 for BIP.
The FTE data reported by BTOP and BIP recipients showed an overall rise in the level of employment activity among the projects. The number of FTEs reported by both programs steadily increased from quarter to quarter in 2010 and 2011 with BTOP continuing to show an increase in the second quarter of 2012 while BIP showed a decrease during the first quarter of 2012, and an increase from that in the second quarter of 2012.
Recipients reported that BTOP-funded FTEs increased from about 20 FTEs in the first quarter of 2010 to a peak quarter of about 4,500 FTEs in the second quarter of 2012. BIP recipients reported an increase from 86 FTEs in the second quarter of 2010 to about 4,500 in the second quarter of 2012, with a peak of over 4,700 FTEs in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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To assess the quality of FTE reporting by awardees participating in BTOP and BIP, GAO examined recipient-reported data publicly available at Recovery.gov as of August 1, 2012, for these two programs over the 10 quarters in which they reported FTE data. GAO's assessment of the FTE reporting included interviewing NTIA and RUS program officials familiar with awardees' recipient reporting and a review of the FTE figures and other recipient reported data. GAO's matches showed a high degree of agreement between the agencies' assessments of FTE positions reported and GAO's analyses of information recipients provided on their quarterly reports. Based on GAO's analyses and interviews with agency officials, GAO determined that the recipient-reported data appeared to be sufficiently reliable for the purpose of providing summary, descriptive information about FTEs and other information submitted on grantees' recipient reports.


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The only way to know whether a society has freedom of speech is to look at how it treats unpopular speech, which doesn't need government protection.
So, how is it that in the Boston Phoenix's "13th Annual Muzzle Awards," published during the very week the Senate was holding hearings into Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, the Phoenix mentioned only that Kagan is likely to embrace executive authority, and failed to inform us that — if she becomes a Supreme Court justice — her attitude toward free speech could be the greatest threat the First Amendment has faced since 1791, when the Bill of Rights was ratified. Is the Phoenix so deluded as to think hostility toward free speech is the exclusive province of the right wing? As Harvey Silverglate's sidebar illustrates, Harvard University, where Kagan served six years as dean of the law school, seems to be an institution that inculcates disdain for freedom of speech in its staff.
Given Kagan's years at Harvard, the Phoenix certainly can't argue that she wasn't included as Muzzle Award recipient because she lacked a New England connection. Kagan should have been first in the list of Muzzle Award recipients. Instead, her hostility toward the First Amendment wasn't even mentioned.
And that, to coin a phrase, left this reader speechless!
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In an earlier piece I did for the Phoenix, I stressed this caveat: the positions Kagan took as solicitor general aren't necessarily reflective of her personal beliefs, since she was playing an institutional role that sometimes requires that one defend a statute with a clothespin attached to one's nose. And in her confirmation hearings, Kagan did distance herself as best she could from the statute she defended in United States v. Stevens. "I hesitate to criticize Congress's work," she said, "but it was a statute that was not drafted with the kind of precision that made it easy to defend from a First Amendment perspective." Still, there's enough to Kagan's First Amendment jurisprudence to make us wary, including her full-bore support for campaign finance laws that seek to limit core political speech. I think Dan Kennedy and I will be following her closely from here on out.
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JACKSON – Legislative leaders reached agreement late Saturday on a bond package totaling about $200 to fund long-range construction projects on university and community college campuses.
The Legislature has routinely issued bonds, incurring state debt, to finance various new construction, repairs and renovations and other infrastructure improvements.
During the 2012 session, legislative leaders were unable to agree on a total and thus the Legislature did not approve a bond package.
This year both House Ways and Means Chair Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, and Senate Finance Chair Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, expressed optimism that an agreement would be reached. Still, though, it came only a few hours from the 8 p.m. Saturday deadline.
The package most likely will be voted on today.
The package included $97 million for university projects, including funds for University Medical Center, where a medical school expansion is planned, and $25 million for the 15 community colleges. Specifics on other projects in the bond bill, such as for transportation needs, for state office buildings or for items in local communities, were not available Saturday night.
Fillingane said the agreement also deauthorizes $230 million in bonds that had been approved by the Legislature in earlier sessions, but for various reasons have never been issued. Plus, he said $240 million of bonds will be paid off this year, meaning the $200 million package will not add to existing debt.
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Women's football clinic benefits cancer research, May 16
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The University's third annual women's football clinic, which benefits breast cancer research, will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 16, at Princeton Stadium.
Princeton football coaches will lead the program, which includes drills, strategy sessions and a flag football game. Registration is $30. Proceeds will benefit the breast cancer division of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
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Halloween is coming and my kid wants me to be Darth Vader (for the first time!) He's going to be Anakin*. So I need some good quality costume for the occasion. Any suggestions from the folks here?
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Tanner Lectures focus on meaning in life, Nov. 7-8
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Philosopher Susan Wolf will discuss "Meaning in Life and Why It Matters" in the Tanner Lectures on Human Values, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 7-8, in 101 McCormick Hall.
Wolf is the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The author of "Freedom Within Reason," she focuses her research on moral theory and the philosophy of mind. Wolf's lectures will examine her current areas of research, which explore the relations among happiness, morality and meaningfulness in life.
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Just got back from MI. Boy did I see lots of birds. Mostly in Lake county and Gratiot. But really with all the driving we ran across many. I even had to stop on the highway outside Wolf Lake to let some walk across the road [:D]
We have family land in Gratiot its farmland and remote. Kept see a pack of 13 in one field.
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Like everyone else, I have tons of old photos to scan. I've kept all the negatives.
Am I better off scanning the photos, or buying a negative scanner? Costco has the Wolverine model on sale for $99.99 for another week or so. It scans negatives straight to an SD card, no computer needed.
Anyone tried one, or know anything about it? I kind of like the idea of not using the computer to scan - but only if this makes sense.
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I haven't tried this particular scanner. I would look up some reviews on the particular model. I use a Nikon slide/negative scanner. I do both- scanning the negatives and the prints. If all your prints are glossy and clean, you can usually get a good scan from them. If they have a matte finish, the negative scanner will definitely do a better job- simply because of the texture of the paper. I have some negatives that were scratched by a processor who was doing reprints several years later. I can get the best scans off my prints because they are glossy. So, it really depends.
That probably wasn't the definitive answer you were looking for, but that is what I do.
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Barbados is the ultimate Caribbean destination
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I have traveled to many of the Caribbean islands, but Barbados is by far my favourite and feels most like 'home'. You will never find more beautiful beaches the kind you see on postcards and desktop backgrounds , and the food is amazing - there is something for every taste though the Bajan delicacies; flying fish, macaroni pie, rum punch are a MUST . If you're lucky enough to visit Barbados, go to the Oistins Fish Market South coast on a Friday night. The atmosphere is so fun and the food is to die for! One of the best things about Barbados is its people. It is one of the only islands I have been on where I feel safe walking around town. Obviously you still need to take the traditional precautions at night time that you would take anywhere, but it is safe and the people are very helpful should you require any assistance. Truly a paradise.
Beautiful Barbados - friendly, fun, safe and clean.....
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Barbados is one of the most beautiful islands I've ever seen and experienced. The beaches are beautiful with soft, white sand. Everyone was really friendly and we felt safe walking around the island. I even took the kids off the resort to grab ice cream. When you're in Barbados, you need to experience Oistins on Friday nights. It is an open night market - great place to grab a bite to eat and enjoy the good entertainment with live bands and lots of dancing. It does get really busy so be sure to plan ahead of time for your transportation. Our hotel wasn't too far from Bridgetown so we walked along the beach into town. It was a great experience with lots of good souvenir shops. The food on the island is amazing! We'd recommend a restaurant called Tapas. The restaurant is located right off the boardwalk so there is a beautiful of the ocean. If you're looking for local Bajan cuisine, we'd recommend Brown Sugar. Another place that was popular was called Just Grillin'. Part of group members went scuba diving while the rest of us tried paddle-boarding. What a great experience. A few folks saw sea turtles while paddle-boarding too. There are so many things to explore on the island. Other good things to check out include, Harrison's Cave and Bathsheba rock.
A friendly place with amazing beaches.
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I loved everything about Barbados !! The best part of Barbados are the people. I am already planning my next trip to this lovely paradise. Thank you WestJet for making my trip a possibility.
Booking next trip now!
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Great weather, great all round vacation destination!
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Our 5th time in Barbados. Weather perfect. Always warm 85F to 87F
Great place to relax on nice beaches
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This is our first trip to Barbados but it will not be our last. The island is 5 1/2 hour direct flight from Toronto. Getting through custom was a breeze. People are friendly. The island is safe. We walked along the boardwalk in Hastings during the day and night after dinner. The beaches are gorgeous and calm in Hastings. Restaurants offer good variety of food. Bridgetown is a great place to shop for duty free stuff. We took an island tour to see the countryside and a plantation. There are many good dive sites and surf spots along the shores of Barbados. Oistins fish fry on Friday and Saturday nights was a blast. I am an avid golfer but did not play because I did not bring my clubs. I heard there were some nice courses in Barbados. There are not much night life for young people. Thus Barbados tends to attract visitors who want a quieter vacation on some nice beaches.
Friendly warmth across the island.
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The weather was great. Warmer than average with only a little rain. We found the island too congested for our tastes. We've enjoyed less built up destinations more, where there's more natural space that's undeveloped (really liked Costa Rica). The people were great, very friendly and attentive. The food was certainly at the high end of many southern destinations.
Would visit again.
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November weather in Barbados was amazing. 30C most days and only 2 days where there was a 15 minute shower that blew over quickly. The beaches are incredible and there are tons to choose from. There is a lot to see and do all over the island, you aren't restricted to laying on a beach the whole time (although you could). Lots of historic places to visit and beautiful nature sights and gardens as well. Renting a car to drive the island is an adventure all in itself! I would highly recommend taking a Catamaran tour and visiting the Mount Gay Distillery in Bridgetown. There is also an interesting display at the Parliament buildings of Barbados history and heroes. Most of the locals were nice, but there were also some very persistant ones that wanted to sell you things. You also learn to get used to being yelled at asking if you would like a taxi. I would visit Barbados again.
Great place to do first vacation, without kids
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Barbados was my first vacation. It was great celebrating a birthday there, got sang to on stage,celebrated with cake for everyone. The waters were the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. So, many interesting things to see and do. Make sure you have reliable transportation. I got there unpacked my bags and went to the ocean and my relaxation began. People were great, the weather was fantastic.HOT HOT HOT. Bring sunscreen, it's an amazing tan you get there. Next time I go back I would bring my teens. Bajans all the way, Thanks for an trip to remember.
Barbados is breathtaking.
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Been there twice, beautiful, breathtaking island. Oistins fish fry a must. Fresh fish everywhere, just try the local fish markets. Bajan people are warm and welcoming. Can't wait to go back !!!!!
I am a yearly visitor who feels at home.
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Barbados is one of the friendliest islands in the caribbean. The loal people go out of their way to make you feel welcome,the food is fresh and well presented even at the Oistins fish fry on Friday nights. The weather is always warm no matter what month you travel there and other than the fact there is no direct flight from the western provinces I highly recommend it for either a long or short term stay. There are many hotels,guest houses and apartments available with close proximity to the sea ,which is a sparking turquoise. For a laid back relaxing vacation where you can easily "do your own thing" or join in group activities I highly favour Barbados.
We have traveled to barbados every year with every experience exceeding all expectations. Spend a little extra and get alot more.
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My wife and I have been visiting the Crystal Waters Apartments in Barbados for the past 25 years at least once per year. We have visited other destinations in the Caribbean however, when we have time away from our careers to re-energize we want to be sure of of what we are getting for our vacation dollars. Granted you may pay more to be in Barbados but it is well worth it. Let me categorize the reasons we love it. SUN: Because we are traveling farther south, we have the highest possibility of having the Caribbean sun for the most days. Short of some early morning rains to freshen the lush plant life the weather is perfect year round. SECURITY: You are secure in knowing that when you are making a reservation with an accommodation, you will get what you expect. Your beaches are secure and personal possessions. will be going home with you. SAFETY: Most important of all, Barbados is one of the safest destinations in the world. You can freely walk out to the entertainment in the GAP, or join in Bob's Barbeque on Sunday Afternoons at Crystal Waters and be welcomed not only as a visitor but as a friend.
Christ church area was our focal point....lots to do
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I just returned home, a very tearful goodbye as I didn't want to leave. What a beautiful island and the people are wonderful. Everything was spotless, we felt totally safe....I'm already planning going back next year. A wonderful relaxed lifestyle that we can all learn a lesson from.
Barbados is for couples and families alike.
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Barbados is a wonderful vacation spot. Have travelled to the island many times since the late '80's and just keep returning! Lifestyle is very relaxing, locals are so friendly--weather is fantastic-if you love beaching this the place to go. Lots of local history, gorgeous countryside to take scenic tours in a rental car or an Island Safari tour in a jeep. Lots of shopping and local food to sample.
Barbados is a stunning vacation destination with beautiful turquoise water!
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Barbados was amazing! Very relaxing with beautiful water - turquise... The best beach we found was Carlie's Bay. There were no waves and perfect for snorkelling or swimming with children. The weather was 30 degree's celcius on average, which was perfect temperature. Accra Beach Hotel was where we stayed and it had several ammenties just minutes by foot for our family. The board walk is beautiful and is worth walking - we walked it daily (sometimes 2-3 times a day). Burt's is the place to eat - an Ottawa Senators Hockey Team restaurant and bar. We brought our 7 month old son and could bring him pretty much anywhere - Barbados is definitely a child friendly place! Buy your swimsuits in Barbados - its cheaper!!! They have the same brands as Canada / USA....Cave Shepard is a great store with absolutely everything from baby strollers, jewellery, clothing etc.. We rented a car - it was afforadable and easy to navigate around the island. We wish we would have rented it earlier in our vacation. We would rate Barbados a 10 out of 10 and definitely go back!!
great beaches
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it's paradise, you must go!
beautiful beaches
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amazing coastline, soft sand and the bluest water, you ever saw!
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Sailing Barbados aboard the Silver Moon is a day unlike any other. This Deluxe day cruise is Silver Moon?s signature offering.The tour is limited to 12 passengers. The cruise is 5 hours in duration, and is fully all inclusive of a lovely buffet-style lunch, unlimited drinks, snorkel equipment and transportation. It's a tad pricey. I have been twice!
Oistin's Fish fry
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it's a must visit, especially on a Friday nght!
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The people was wonderful and their speech is so colourful..you can't understand a word when they speak Bajan!
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Unitarianism has, like most religions, changed a lot over time. When the pagan emperor, Constantine was looking for a state religion to help unify the remains of the Roman Empire, he organized the Niacene Council to encourage Christians to agree on the tenets of their faith. A major focus was on the question of the deity of Christ as encompassed in the concept of the Trinity. While all of these early Christians revered Jesus and his teachings, there was disagreement over whether he was a great prophet or in fact the son of God. The majority opted for the latter belief and those that rejected this notion of a deified Jesus were expelled from the community of Christians. These "rejects" survived in eastern Europe but did not openly adopt the Unitarian title until the 16th century in Transylvania when King Sigmound legalized the practice of Unitarianism. That didn't help when he died a few years later and his successors forced the religion back into hiding. These early practitioners were called Unitarians because of their belief that there was only one God and their rejection of the concept of the Trinity as a violation of this one-God concept.
Unitarianism was rejected as a heresy by the Catholic Church and by the early protestant churches -- hence the burning of a Unitarian philosopher in Geneva by the Calvinists. By the 18th century, in what was called the Age of Enlightenment, Unitarianism began to flourish in England and later in America, particularly in Massachusetts, where Harvard eventually evolved into what was essentially a Unitarian divinity school. At that time it was viewed as a religion of reason rather than faith since it relied on personal experience as the basis of belief. Original scriptures were seen as testimonies of personal experience. Creedal interpretations of these scriptures were rejected completely. Many also viewed the "scripture" as historic documents that had to be read with the same critical view that you might apply in reading someone's diary. From that perspective, the "Jefferson Bible" was actually a cut and paste rewrite of portions of the New Testament by Thomas Jefferson in which he eliminated what be deemed to be non-credible descriptions of miraculous acts to include only what Jefferson believed was an accurate description of "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth". Unitarians also generally rejected the notion of salvation through belief and the notion of salvation throgh predestination, favoring the notion that salvation depended on acting in a manner consistent with Christ's teachings. The religion continued its evloution through the 19th and 20th centuries. Notable Unitarians included:
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Alexander Graham Bell
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The modern Unitarian church, which merged with the Universalist Church, is rightly seen as a bastion of social liberalism. My father joined in 1941 as his form of doing penance for my grandfather's membership in the KKK. At that time, the Unitarian Church was one of the only churches taking a strong public stand on civil rights. Unitarians were also among the first to welcome gay and trans-gendered members and to permit same sex marriages.
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Back at the Oxygen Bar, I ran into chef Barry Waldrop, who was huffing away with Mary Porter and Kathleen Peacock, the later of whom would deign to dance with me and my two left feet after Mitchell Crosby so gracefully declined her invitation by telling her, "We're politicking." "We're not politicking, we're dancing," Kathleen informed him. So dance we did.
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