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Introducing the TVpad M233 Smart TV Streaming Media Player
TVpad2 is a new smart TV box that is running on a highly customized Android Operating System. It is equipped with an Open Application Platform (OAP) that enables users to install and upload wonderful third party apps from the TVpad Store at no cost. With TVpad 2, you will be able to watch different TV shows from hundreds of channels from countries like China mainland, Korea, and Hong Kong. With TVpad 2, you will be able to experience an infinite world of entertainment. You can enjoy play VOD ( Video On Demand) movies, motions sensing games, free VOIP calls, karaoke, and more.
Tired and bored of the same channels you have on your TV? Here is the latest trend that you can have! With the TVPad 2, you can now experience a new definition to your TV. It has amazing and cool features that you will surely invigorate your entertainment senses!. The TVPad 2 is proven to give the best service to people with its high quality standards.
Their goal is to entertain people with the latest trends you can find online or on TV. It's very handy and it contains an all in one product that's good for you and your family.
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WASU, a huge platform for Chinese interactive video game contents and largest company beneath SAFRT has earned an over trillion RMB market value because of TVPad2. This means that TVpad2 is expected to become the leading provider of powerful entertainment content after BETV and PPS. TVpad2 has adopted a highly customized Android OS, fast dual core processor, and high performance mass storage and memory that make its series extraordinary with only low power consumption. This means that the features and specifications of TVpad2 will meet your needs and enables you to benefit from better and unimaginable speed of operation process.
Custom Built For Overseas Chinese
The 3rd party apps that you will upload on TVpad2 itself from the TVpad store will enable you to watch TV shows in original language and contents like in Chinese channels. You can watch TV shows with original language whether it is live, aired yesterday, or even VOD programs. The difference in time from various countries will never be your concern as you will still be able to watch live TV shows aired in different countries. With TVpad2, you will have the opportunity to watch your favorite TV shows, sports, news, and more with supreme level of entertainment.
Home KTV ( Karaoke TV ), Sing as you like !
If you love singing in karaoke's then they will give it to you. With this TVPad2 you can experience your own KTV at home all day long. This can be easily set up by just connecting it to your home theater. Have your family and friends join you as you sing along with them with this TVPad 2.TVpad2 comes with dual AV/HDMI output mode supports. Just connect your home theater system on the AV/HDMI ports of TVpad2 and you can turn your theater room into luxurious KTV room. You can watch newly released movies, karaoke, or simply watch regular TV shows at high definition screen.
Motion Sensing Games, Simply Amazing !
Aside from these, TVpad2 is also equipped with 3D graphics performance and a Smart CPU. You can also download apps for gaming from TVpad store and play the hottest motion sensing games today. TVpad2 can definitely provide you with supreme entertainment and gaming experience.
Built-in VOIP, Free Calls Worldwide
The TVPad has an all in one function not only for entertaining but also as a means of communication. You can access your family and friends anywhere all over the globe. With its built in VOIP you can enjoy the free calls anytime of the day. These are customized to meet the needs and want of the people, especially those who work overseas. You can now connect with them and feel free in exploring what TVPad 2 has in store for you. With the unlimited calls, it won't feel that you're away from them.The big festival is just around the corner, so why not make a call and send your wishes to all your beloved!
Infinite Legitimate Apps, Easy Operation on a Smart OS
When it comes to entertainment, the TV pad 2 can be a great choice. It will give you the latest applications in games having 3D graphics. Adding to its entertainment is the motion censored games to give you a more interesting game. It has different apps that are wonderful which you can select for anybody in the family!The remote control of TVpad2 will enable you to control your character on the game without the use of joysticks and cables. The motion sensing system of the remote control perfectly fit TVpad2's highly customized Android OS. The Android OS of TVpad2 is equipped with a flash memory that has higher performance and supports shorter boot time and highly sensitive interface switch. Tvpad2 provides third party providers with an open platform for them to upload their Apps. Through this, they can always obtain unexpected surprises from TVpad store newly released Apps.
Two-Step installation, Infinite enjoyment
The TV Pad 2 product has a fast and easy installation process. By just connecting it to HDMI or AV cable that can be found in your TV, you can now enjoy watching. With a Wi-Fi installed, you can access your internet at home and connect to the channels you want. In case of any issues regarding the software, We have a customer service representative ready to assist you with your needs. If we can't fix it, you have the right to change it with a new one. We make sure that all problems are catered accordingly.All you need to have is an internet connection and TVpad2 to get supreme entertainment. Connect your TV with TVpad2 suing the AV/DDMI support ports and enjoy unlimited TV shows from different Chinese channels. Just remember that you need to have an internet connection with at least 2 Mbps speed to enjoy watching movies and TV shows without buffering.
"My parents loved the TVpad2! They weren't happy with Satelite DirectTV with the selection and all the limitations. They were even able to watch Hong Kong TVB channels.. Definitely worth it. Super easy and No monthly charge."
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"No Monthly Service, All the Live Channels, it is home away from home. Quang Lin from Green Oak, MI"
"I want to recommend to anybody who wants the Korea and Japananese channels;Anna Chan from Sydney,Australia
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Package contains:
1 x TVpad2 M233 Streaming Media Player
1 x HDMI Cable
1 x AV(Audio Video) Cable
1 x 4GB SD Card
1 x User Instructional Manual
1 x Power Adapter ( Based on your shipping country ).
1 x TVpad Remote ( Programmable )
The TV Pad 2 is designed to bring a new innovation to your TV. It is customized with an android operating system that is run by a smart TV box. This allows users to enjoy the unlimited applications and features your TV can have.
When you purchase the TVPad 2 included in the package are the remote, adapter, SD card, receiver, manual, AV, and HDMI cables. You can have one now and have it shipped to you for free.
With the TV Pad 2, it is a proof that nothing is impossible when it comes to technology. It is customized to bring a new entertainment in your home. You can now purchase the TVPad2 to feel and experience a new trend in your TV.
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Here is the TVPad available for you. With the technology today, it is no longer a wonder that they would come up with this cool TVPad2 that will bring your TV into a new innovation. You can have the opportunity to choose from the different features you want. It has an upgraded hardware for a smooth access with the channels and other features. You can now seat back and relax while enjoying the hundreds of channels installed in the TVPad 2. Have the opportunity to experience the wonder of this new TV Pad 2.
The TVpad2 has a customized operating system of android and it runs with the use of smart TV box. This gives users the authorization to get free application exclusively in the TVpad store. Having this you can enjoy watching movies or having a karaoke sing along with your family and friends. It contains games that can be motion censored that your kids will surely don't want to miss. This TVpad 2 can suit all ages and can bring a definition to your TV. It's a perfect device that can be used for home entertainment.
TV pad 2 contains Chinese channels which are original that overseas people will enjoy. It has also programs related to education, sports, health, and other things that you can get information. They have genuine contents and you will feel the difference even if your TV is not that updated. When it comes to singing you don't have to go anymore in KTV bars you can now have your own home KTV with this TVPad2. All you have to do is to connect this in your home theater then you can have all day to sing. With this easy set up you can turn your entertainment room into a KTV room and have your friends sing with you.
Talking about entertaining the TVPad 2 contains the latest technology of games which are motion censored. They are fully equipped when it comes to 3D graphics to give you the maximum performance. With the latest game applications you can play and experience their hottest games. The TV pad 2 is not only good for entertaining this can also be used for communication. It has a built in VOIP that connects you to your family and friends worldwide. With its unlimited free calls you can talk to them at any time of the day.
The application that you can find in the TVPad2 is legitimate and it can be updated. To make it easier for you aside from the device a remote is also included which has a fast flash memory. You don't have to stand up anymore to control the TVPad with the remote you can access your TV with no hassle on the programs. This type of device can be connected with the use of AV or HDMI cable. Having a fast and easy installation you can now enjoy your TV set. With its installed Wi-Fi you can get signals from your home to connect you on the channels on your TV. You can now enjoy and experience this new innovation by purchasing the TVPad 2 now.
Customer Reviews
- A detailed Tvpad Review by Young-Jin Review by Young-Jin Cheung
I normally don't write long reviews like this, but I felt so excited and wanted to share my valuable insights with the world.. LOL =)
Price Value Quality
This product may interest electronic junkies with this recently released TVpad 2 M233 which is a smart TV media streaming player. This little compact black box stores a whole world of information, media and entertainment inside of it. It allowed me to install a massive amount of authorized 3rd party apps from the TVpad Store for no cost whatsoever. Like me, anyone who buys it can watch hundreds of channels from China mainland, Hong Kong and Korea as well as enjoying VOD movies, Karaoke, free VOIP calls, motion sensing games which I still have to get my hands dirty on that =)
Operating only on the Android OS, the TVpad 2 M233 entertains users by providing them with a plethora of original Chinese channels. Whether it is live TV, yesterday's telecast or VOD programs, the company promises to not let the time difference be a matter of us users' concerns. Channels and content related to topics such as sports, hot TV plays, early education, health maintenance, etc, are all there; ready to be viewed via this smart box. Marvelous!
A good feature of the TVpad2 is that it comes equipped with a new smart CPU which provides high 3D graphics performance which greatly improved my gaming experiences. Very fast, very simple to use. Users are thus able to play some of the best motion sensing games via the gaming Apps from Tvpad Store. Another appealing feature of this latest electronic product is the built in VOIP which is of good quality. The sound quality is good enough to make free calls to friends and family far away, anywhere in the world and hear them with clarity.
The box can be setup with an easy 2 step installation process. All I had to do to set it up was to connect it to an HDMI or AV cable that can be found in any TV. The box came with preinstalled Wi-Fi which made it easier for me to access internet at home and connect to the channels i wanted.
For the amount I would normally pay for Dish Network or DirecTV, the TVpad2 pays itself after 4-5 months. I would prefer something I own, versus paying for a service. =) The TV pad is a lifesaver.
a)No monthly fees, and Lots of Asian channels. The Tvpad can satisfy all of your mother in-laws favorite soap operas and your kids needs as well.
b) In built VOIP and allowing users to make free calls all over the world
c) Easy installation process
d) A large variety and selection of channels and entertainment related stuff. You will never really get bored when you own this gadget.
a) Mainly tailor made for the Asian market as it has numerous channels from China mainland, Hong Kong and Korea. Hence not global in nature.
b) Set up for the Karaoke is not that easy and the quality of Karaoke is also not as good as expected
c) Works great with the built-in Wireless, but works better with a wired connection instead.
The TVpad2 M233 is good piece of electronic to invest in, especially if you are from China or Korea like me since it is mainly made keeping people from these ethnicities in mind. Besides the below average Karaoke performance given by this box, there are not really any cons as such and hence you can give it a fair chance.
Hope this review helps! (Posted on 7/31/13)
- Great for Chinese Review by Hue
If your not from an asian country, probably the Tvpad is not for you.. LOL
Price Value Quality
Overall I think once you get used to the product, it can become your best friend. So many channels and apps to choose from, I don't know what I would do if I didn't buy tvpad.
Thank you (Posted on 6/28/13)
- Good service and great product Review by Ching Trang
I was initially hesitating to buy the Tvpad2 from other stores because there was hardly any service available. I was happy to also know that I am covered with a 1 year warranty and was able to receive lots of support via email. I would definitely buy tvpad2 for my parents during the new year. !! :-D
Price Value Quality
Oh yes and by the way, the installation and setup video was also very helpful. Thumbs UP! (Posted on 3/9/13)
- Lots of channels, No monthly Fee Review by Quarang Yong
I rate the TVpad2 much better than the m121. Just for the TVB channels alone, this device is worth it. I got tired of paying for cable with only 5 channels available. The Tvpad2 m233 solved all my problems. Thanks to the TVpad store for offerring the 2 year warranty. I can't believe it was only $29. (Posted on 2/7/13)
Price Value Quality
- Totally Amazing! Review by Paul Wong Lin
I have to say that the Tvpad 2 is one of the finest machinery ever made. Just a tip for users - it works best with wired connections. Especially if you want to watch high quality HD. TVpad2 is great. (Posted on 1/4/13)
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TVpad2 Detailed Specifications
Designed to bring a new definition to television, the Tvpad2 is customized with an Android OS that's run by a smart TV box. With the Tvpad2 in your house, you're free to enjoy the world of internet – Wii games, free VOIP, HD hits, Home KTV and more – on your TV screen. If you want to know other Tvpad2 details, then the Tvpad2 specs show what the product has to offer.
TVpad2 Features
Channel search: Manual/automatic scan
HD quality: Genuine HD widescreen support, HD image quality w/ SMPTE standard
Channels & movies: 100+ live TV programs, 100,000+ high definition TV games & movies
Subtitles: Supports OSD & subtitle
Language: Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
Others: VOIP, motion-sensing games
Technical Data
CPU: TCC8925 Dual Core
USB Port: USB2.0
Extended Memory: External 8GB TF-card supported
Output Port: AV/HDMI
Internet: Built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet port
OS: Android 3.70
Required Internet: 2MB/S
Picture formats: PNG, JPEG
Maximum video resolution: 1920 x 1080 at 60Hz
Video formats: VOB, AVI, RMVB suffixes, H.264, etc.
Certificates: CE, IC, RoHS and FC
Size: 104 x 104 x 28mm
Video encoding: H.264, DivX, RV10/20/30/40, Xvid, MPEG-1/2/4, etc.
Measuring 104 x 104 x 28mm, the Tvpad2 is equipped with TCC8925 Dual Core processor and a highly customized Android OS to take your watching experience to the next level. With its built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet port, you can connect to the web to watch over 100 live TV programs and over 100,000 high definition TV games & movies in 1920 x 1080 pixels at 60Hz. OSD and subtitles are supported and you can choose the language you are comfortable with. Whether it is traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Korean or Simplified Chinese, you can freely enjoy your favorite shows. Kids who love motion-sensing games will also enjoy using the Tvpad2 as it is equipped with the latest technology when it comes to games. Manual or automatic scanning allows you to search the channel in the way you are comfortable with. Genuine HD widescreen support and HD image quality w/ SMPTE standard ensure crisp and clear images.
Since it supports external 8GB TF-card, you have a lot of storage space for other shows or videos you want to watch. When it comes to singing, you don't need to go anymore to KTV bars as you can now have your own KTV at home with the Tvpad2. The stereo audio output ensures clear sound, so whenever you want to sing with your friends and family, just connect the Tvpad2 to your home theater setup. There's no need to worry that it won't work since it supports HDMI/AV dual output mode. The Tvpad2 supports various video formats including VOB, AVI, RMVB suffixes, H.264, etc. and picture formats such as PNG and JPEG. It holds also several certificates including CE, IC, RoHS and FC, proving that it presents an extraordinary performance and can meet all your needs. With 512MB RAM and 4GB ROM, the Tvpad2 will allow you to better experience its incredible operating speed.
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Here is your weekly dose of some Pasadena history thanks to The Pasadena Peninsula by Isabel Shipley Cunningham.
Ever wonder where Mountain Road got its name? There aren't exactly any high mountain peaks on the peninsula.
"The name Mountain Road has puzzled later generations," Cunningham wrote. "British settlers expected a coastal plain to be flat like the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Captain John Smith described the western shore of the Chesapeake 'mountainous,' and an early land grant on Gibson Island was called Severn Mountains. An English colonist who sailed up the Severn River from Annapolis to Round Bay counted forty 'little mountains or eminences' at least 155 feet high. Though the hills on the peninsula are not tall, early settlers who were looking up from a boat at sea level called them mountains."

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Manufacturing jobs on the rise, and skilled workers needed
That's not news to Plant Engineering readers, but CNN is reporting manufacturing job growth is outpacing the rest of the private sector
CNN is reporting on the issue Plant Engineering has been reporting on through 2010 Manufacturing jobs are growing at about 1.6% over the last 12 months, double the rate of other private sector jobs, according to CNN. The growth is being fueled by a shortage of skilled workers to fill high-tech and computer-driven manufacturing jobs.
– there's growth in American manufacturing jobs and a Skills Gap in American manufacturing.
CNN quotes Donna Carroll, vice president with Adecco, as saying, "Manufacturing is very robust for us right now. Skilled machinists and machine operators in some places are getting tougher to come by."
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Jon Rebman on a riding mule during an earlier expedition to the Sierra Asamblea in Baja California; the full plant presses are carried by pack animals.
Baja California: the Floristic Frontier Meets the Electronic Frontier
By Judy Gibson
It's April of 2009 and Dr. Jon Rebman, the Museum's curator of botany, is preparing his plant presses for a collecting trip on muleback to the Sierra de la Libertad, a remote area of the Baja California peninsula. He's following in the footsteps—or hoof prints—of museum scientists for a century or more. And like them, he'll be bringing back specimens for the Museum's collection.
The attraction of this trip is the chance to collect in a place that is practically uninhabited and inaccessible. Read: undisturbed, pristine, entirely natural, unknown...and uncollected. It's a chance to find plants entirely new to the peninsula or even unknown to science. A chance to find new populations of plants known only from one or two other spots, or plants which are becoming scarcer elsewhere. A chance to see, perhaps, what many of the peninsula's remote arroyos were like before the influx of people and their many impacts.
But wait! How can we know what is new? Or what is found only in one or two places? What is widespread and what is scarce? Which plants are disappearing, and which are increasing?
These are inferences that can be drawn from botanical collections at museums, universities, and botanic gardens. Accumulated in a variety of institutions over decades of exploration and travel, collections give both a historical perspective to our knowledge of the ecology and floristics of the peninsula and a current picture of the distribution and condition of plant species. As interest grows in conserving biodiversity and promoting thoughtful management of resources, there is more demand for the kind of knowledge that can be gleaned from herbarium collections.
An example of this traditional kind of work is Dr. Rebman's upcoming Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lower California, Mexico ("Lower California" being a name for the entire Baja California peninsula and its islands). Rebman and his staff have scoured the Museum's herbarium for a specimen of each plant that has been collected in each of Baja California's two states. These vouchers provide proof that these plants actually occur where they are claimed to be.
Rebman and the Botany staff then extended their search to the herbaria at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (with a Baja California collection rivaling ours at the Musuem) at UC Berkeley, and at the California Academy of Sciences, both with important historical collections from the region. Herbaria in La Paz and Ensenada will also be searched and included in the checklist.
At the same time, Rebman is doing the immense taxonomic and nomenclatural work to develop an authoritative and updated list of names for these plants. When completed, the work will provide a fully vouchered checklist of plants for each Baja California state, and will set the standard for what taxa will be recognized, and what names will be used for them. In addition it will reference older synonyms, list common names in Spanish and English, and give a full taxonomic bibliography. This work will form the basis for integrating information from different herbaria.
The Museum is now bringing together resources from several institutions and making them available on its Baja Flora website (www.bajaflora.org). In December, Rebman proposed an idea at a meeting with representatives from four institutions on both sides of the border with collections from the Baja California peninsula—to pool their data in a combined database, with the result being the Baja California Botanical Consortium (BCBC). The combined specimen data from these institutions is already being used to determine the rarity of various plant species in Baja California, with the ultimate goal of developing a plan to conserve and protect the rare and threatened plants of this region.
The five members of the BCBC have sent copies of their herbarium data to the Museum, and these have been combined into a single database for the purpose of doing combined searches and mapping the results. The goal of finding all records of a given species from a search of the combined records, however, will not be fully attainable until the above-mentioned issues of plant names have been resolved.
Although the searching and mapping functions for the combined database are presently behind the closed doors of password protection while the tools are being developed, a wealth of the Museum's own historical resources are open to the public. Thousands of photographs of plants in our slide collection can be seen, and photos of landscapes and regional scenery are now being added.
A database of historic place names of the peninsula—with the ability to map them—is a popular feature. Seventeen volumes of former curator Reid Moran's field notes have been scanned and placed online; indexing of these notebooks is nearing completion.
So it is that the ancient collection technology of mules and plant presses continues to provide valued information to today's researchers and plant enthusiasts by means of the latest electronic technology. In the quest for knowledge, we use whatever works.
Judy Gibson is the Collections Manager of the Botany Department at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
On this expedition, Jon Rebman hopes to find an additional population of the shrub Eysenhardtia peninsularis (Fabaceae), which was originally named by T. S. Brandegee on the basis of a single specimen collected near El Paraíso, Baja California, in 1889. It was not collected or reported again by any botanists until 1992, when Jon found it in the Sierra San Francisco of northern Baja California Sur. Heavy livestock grazing in this region may be contributing to the scarcity of this species and endangering its future existence, so it is hoped that conservation efforts will be considered in order to protect it from extinction.
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A few still exist and are subsidized by the Polish government in major cities like Krakow and Warsaw, but they are few and far between, which is unfortunate because the food, while plain, can be filling, cheap and a blessing for "starving" students, artists, the elderly, homeless and others watching their pennies.
When visiting Poland, a milk bar is not to be missed. Krakow is said to be the birthplace of the bar mleczny, when Pod Bańką (Under the Milk Churn) opened on the main market square on May 30, 1948 in the townhouse now occupied by Szara Restaurant. Originally, no hot dishes were served. Instead, this was the place to enjoy a .25-liter glass of milk with a straw. It was an attempt by the Communists to hook people on milk instead of alcohol, which had become a problem.
As traditional restaurants became nationalized and many of them were forced to close, milk bars became increasingly popular and they sprang up across the country offering milk, milk soups, yogurt, curd cheese, omelets and flour-based dishes like pierogi. By the mid-'60s, milk bars flourished and meals at them were often included in a worker's salary. When things really became desperate under Communism, many of these eateries chained the cutlery to the tables to prevent theft, disposable dishware was and is still used, and salt and pepper is dispensed in plastic cups with a spoon.
These days, since meat is no longer rationed, many milk bars serve dishes like bigos, but a holdover from the old days are the no-nonsense elderly ladies, often in bib aprons and houseslippers, taking your order impatiently and gruffly, all adding to the milk-bar experience. With the collapse of Communism, many of these milk bars went bankrupt and closed. But, if you look very hard, and ask around, you can still find some real jewels like Bar Górnik, Bar Targowy and Pod Temida in Krakow, and Bar Mleczny Familijny, Leniwa Gospodyni and W Komitecie in Warsaw. But go early before the best dishes run out.


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Kyrgyzstan may slap new tax on US base
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Kyrgyzstan may squeeze more money out of a U.S. military air base in the Central Asian country by slapping a tax on aviation fuel supplies.
Growing alarm about a grave deficit in the impoverished country's finances has prompted opposition Kyrgyz politicians to seek ways of closing the gap, but U.S. officials are adamant the proposal violates the lease agreement for the base, which supports operations in Afghanistan.
The bill goes to parliament for a third and final reading Thursday.
Manas Transit Center, which lies adjacent to Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport outside the capital, Bishkek, serves as a transportation hub for up to 50,000 troops to and from nearby Afghanistan every month. Air tankers at the base also perform around 3,500 missions annually to refuel jets patrolling Afghanistan's skies.
The strategic value of the asset has prompted repeated attempts by successive Kyrgyz governments to use the base to prop up the crumbling economy.
This time, pressure on the base is coming from opposition parties, which managed to ensure parliament's tentative approval last week for a bill that would mandate a $100 levy on every ton of fuel the Manas base buys.
Ata-Meken party deputy Omurbek Abdyrakhmanov, who co-sponsored the bill, suggested the levy could help raise up to $40 million toward increasing teachers' salaries.
"The government is against this, but we still think this tax needs to be introduced," Abdyrakhmanov told The Associated Press.
The bill goes to parliament for a third and final reading Thursday. If pro-government legislators fail to attend in force, as has happened often in recent weeks, the opposition could just squeeze it through.
With aviation fuel needs at Manas slated to reach 390,000 tons this year, the U.S. is reticent to take the hit.
Washington has so far staunchly refused to even entertain the idea of the levy.
"The exemption from fuel taxes is a vital part of our ability to carry out the mission of the Transit Center," the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said in a recent statement. "The U.S. government has similar agreements with many countries throughout the world for fuel to be delivered free of all duties and taxes."
Despite apparent U.S firmness over the issue, this would not be the first time Washington has had to relent in the face of Kyrgyz demands for more money.
In February 2009, former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev stunned the United States by announcing the closure of Manas, citing an unsatisfactory financial agreement and public opposition to the base. That coincided with a $1.7 billion aid pledge from Russia, which has long bridled at U.S. military presence in what it perceives as part of its sphere of influence.
Bakiyev, who has since been deposed in a popular bloody uprising, later went back on his word and agreed to allow the base to remain in place in exchange for a sharp increase in rental payments.
Consequently, U.S. contributions to Kyrgyzstan's economy through Manas have increased to $123.6 million in 2010, up from $76.8 million two years earlier.
As a result of an agreement signed between the United States and Kyrgyzstan last month, aviation fuel is now supplied to the base by two companies. Half of it comes from nebulous Gibraltar-registered Mina Corp., which was last year subject of a U.S. Congressional investigation over its dealings with Manas, and the remaining fifty percent is supplied by a Kyrgyz-Russian joint venture.
Global Insight IHS analyst Lilit Gevorgyan wrote in a note last month that this arrangement could yet change, however. "It is likely that the government will continue to put pressure on the U.S. to gain full rights for fuel supply," Gevorgyan said.
Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev has been openly contemptuous of Mina Corp.'s involvement and has suggested that a Kyrgyz company should take over all fuel deliveries - a business potentially worth around $600 million.
Leonard reported from Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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Flood insurance premiums could become more costly, especially if homeowners do not raise the elevation of their homes after the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) changes its flood maps, Seaside Heights officials said.
"The Federal government is getting out of the business of subsidizing flood insurance," Mayor Wiliam Akers said at Wednesday night's Borough Council meeting.
"Your flood insurance rates is going to be directly reflected of the risk of your home," Borough Administrator John Camera said. The rates will reflect how much a person's home is different from the base flood elevation standard that FEMA is proposing in its maps, he said.
"You won't be required by borough to (elevate your house), but flood insurance rates could go up dramatically if you don't," Camera said.
FEMA's flood maps help set the basis of local ordinances for building codes in flood prone areas and help guide the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA posted an interactive, Advisory Base Flood Elevations Map online earlier this week, which allows residents to type in an address to see where they stand on the flood map.
This map will shape the rebuilding process after Hurricane Sandy, since it will entail the degree in which some damaged homes may need to be elevated, as well as new construction.
Borough Administrator John Camera said FEMA admitted the proposed elevation rates for new construction and extensive remodeling "go to the high side" but they didn't reveal by how much.
FEMA officials said last week that the increase in base elevations will range from one feet to five feet on average in a ten-county region.
Grants up to $30,000 to elevate homes are available to people covered under the National Flood Insurance Program who live in a Special Flood Hazard Area, FEMA said.
Earlier this week, Toms River officials said on the township's Website there are some errors on the FEMA map and that officials are being overly conservative about the height at which homes would need to be built.


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Truthfully, I'm not writing this article from a political agenda. I'm writing, as one who cares deeply about children and the education profession. I'm writing from a position as an insider. I taught in public schools for 20+ years, served as an adjunct professor in Teacher Education, and now I am an educational consultant. I work with private schools and see parents rushing to transfer their children to our school, as if they are fleeing from some monster.
Sadly, teaching according to this legislation seems to place educators in a "social role" of compliance rather than coming into their classrooms from their "essential" nature. Most teachers will share that there is a feel in the air of a heavy duty pressure to raise test scores. Unfortunately, the passion for teaching just flows out of the classroom like a balloon without air. Teaching has become a process to prepare students for a test. As an adjunct instructor in the school of education, I've had numerous opportunities to ask teachers what inspired them to choose this profession. To date, I've never heard the answer, "To raise Standardized Test Scores."
Under the No Child Left Behind Legislation, schools are required to follow a "Pacing Plan" and to cover "state standards for a subject" on the day that the lesson is to be taught. I do understand the need to be accountable and that teachers are expected to cover the curriculum for their grade level. However, this pacing plan seems to require that each grade level teach the same lesson on the same day.
I will never forget the day that I was observing a student teacher in a special education class. The children were responding and the lesson was designed to improve reading comprehension. No problem with that…UNTIL….the woman with the clipboard taking notes walked into the room. The teacher, within a milli-second, changed her lesson to match the standard written on the board and to show that she was teaching the same lesson that all the 2nd grade classes were covering. During the post observation conference, the student teacher explained that this was a survival tactic to satisfy administration. However, she knew that she would be leaving all of her students with significant learning disabilities behind, if she actually did try to teach the grade level curriculum as written in the teacher's manual.
Most administrators are left to be in a position to "Enforce the Law" in many larger urban school districts. They would rather use their time to support teachers and to create visions and move schools forward to adjust best practices to the new research on learning and the brain. The actual vision, in some schools, is for all students to reach "proficient" or "almost proficient" standards on testing.
The real critical issue in education is that students are taught to pass tests and it's up to individual teachers to pursue more professional development to begin to teach children how to think, as they learn. It's impossible to legislate how the brain works. In large urban school districts it appears to be a reality that there is little time to devote to differentiated instruction so that all students have access to the core curriculum. While the students who are considered gifted may be bored; on the other end of the pendulum there are those students with learning challenges. Both groups of students are being denied a quality education under this model. There is minimal time for teachers to plan on how they will reach all students and still keep the pace. Those teachers who do take this time to plan may be spending hours after the final bell rings for the day developing strategies to reach all students.
While considering thinking and learning, the bottom line question that we should be asking about education in the United States should be: "Are we educating our students in such a manner that they will be prepared for the work force of the 21st century?" Schools and corporations are beginning to dialogue about the training needs for the employees of the future. The test, retest, and then test again model of education is not even closely aligned with the vision of skills that we'll need for the employees of tomorrow. In an economy that is experiencing tough times, companies will be pulling employees together to consider alternative ways of doing business to keep up with the times. This requires the ability to work with a group and consider all angles from "if/then hypothetical thinking" higher level cognitive skills. The employees will not be asked to sit in a room and take a multiple choice test about the situation.
While we want students to learn the curriculum designated for their grade level, the current model in our schools limits the way teachers can offer instruction designed to match the higher level cognitive thinking required in the future work force. Even educators, who are the best and brightest teachers, are continually thinking "out of the box" to determine divergent teaching methods to reach all students. Continually following this model, which was brought forward by the legislation of the Bush Administration, will ironically hurt the schools of the future. When I taught at the University in teacher education, it was already apparent that students four years out of high school wanted more rigid structure. Applying creativity to consider alternative means of educating seemed to leave some of these teacher education students with no props. They were very concerned about passing a course because they had learned to rely on rigid structure in learning.
Most teachers, who are my current and previous colleagues, care deeply about their students and want to do all in their power to create an environment in which children will be challenged to think as they learn. At one time private schools faced a challenge in attracting great teachers. I serve as an elementary director of a private school, which can't possibly match the pay offered by public schools. Yet, we're beginning to receive more applications every year for teaching positions at our school.
Government at both state and federal levels has authority over the public schools. Most politicians aren't educators. As long as they make the majority of decisions based on a test score accountability system, there are concerns that schools may continue to keep doing what they are currently doing for years to come. The medical profession is experiencing a similar challenge when it comes to delivering quality care to patients. Though they are highly educated and licensed to practice medicine, the health insurance companies are beginning to dictate how patients should be cared for. This medical care crisis is an analogy to what has been going on in schools for years.
We can all come together on the agreement that we want quality schools in which our students are well educated. We want our American students to be able to compete and be skilled to occupy the jobs available for the 21st century. In education in this country there are many consultants, teachers and college professors, who have created models of instruction, which brings about a real enthusiasm for motivating students to learn. I'm able to send my teachers to learn to implement programs called "reading workshop" and "project based education", because I direct a private school. Our students have an advantage over their neighbors who attend public school. We are delivering an education that promotes a desire to learn, teaches children how to think as they learn, and encourages teachers to implement programs that will prepare our students for the demands of the 21st century. Though I'm pleased with what our private school is able to offer our students, I sincerely want this same opportunity for all children.
We have a much smaller operating budget then our colleagues in public schools, however, we have a freedom to do what is in the best interest of our students. The government involvement in public education may actually deny our students the right to a free appropriate education that delivers far more than curriculum content. The public schools have the funds to offer the same skills to students who attend their neighborhood school. There has to be a better way to serve students whose educations are funded by our tax dollars.
Mary Ann Lowry is currently serving as an educational consultant, She is a Martha Beck Certified Coach, family life coach and an ADHD Coach. During her 28 years of teaching, she earned an M.Ed. and also took post graduate work to be certified as a cognitive educational specialist. Mary Ann has spoken to hundreds of teachers through teaching University courses and conferences. She teaches on topics such as "Teaching Children How to Think as They Learn" and "Teacher As Life Coach". She can be reached at www.createanewseason.com.


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The Massive Goldman Sachs Senate Hearing, Recapped (Caution: PG-13)
Carl Levin (D-MI): We are gathered here today because you are the worst people on earth, and also because a little grandstanding never hurts going in to a midterm election. I will begin. You are the worst people on earth.
Susan Collins (R-ME): There is an R after my name, so even though I agree with Carl, I will use gentler words like "unseemly" and "unsettling." You boys are cads.
Claire McCaskill (D-MO): If it's all right with everyone, I'd like to make the first of many gambling analogies. John Ensign specifically asked us to do a lot of those, I'm not sure why.
Fabrice "Fab Fab" Tourre, former VP, Goldman: My lawyers have instructed me to be as bland and evasive as possible. I will say that this week has been a a real bummer.
Carl Levin: Now I'm going to read some emails aloud. You sold clients securities that you were shorting. How did you guys get comfortable with the source of these securities? How did you guys get comfortable-
Daniel Sparks, former head of mortgages, Goldman: I don't- we don't-
Carl Levin: How did you guys get comfortable with that?
Daniel Sparks: I'm not sure what you're-
Carl Levin: Yes you are, you're just being bland and evasive. Never mind, I have a new phrase I want to repeat. "Crap pools." This was in a Goldman email. Crap pools. Crap pools? Crap pools! Do you recollect that?
Daniel Sparks: Um, I- what page is that- hmm. So much paper. I can't find it.
Carl Levin: Moving right along. "Shitty deal." That's from another email. I can cuss all I want, on TV, this is great. Shitty deal. Shitty deal.
Susan Collins: I want to ask a lofty ethical-sounding question that has zero relevance in the context of how Wall Street actually works. Do you have a duty to act in the best interests of your clients? I want to know so I can help defeat regulatory reform that might impose such a duty.
Daniel Sparks: We, uh, we want to do well.
Joshua Birnbaum, former MD, structured products, Goldman: I'll be the guy who says yes, we do.
Fab Fab: We're a market-maker. We provide liquidity. I can say other finance words too.
Susan Collins: I am going to ask you a lengthy but specific question, Fab. All you need to do is answer it.
Fab Fab: Okay. You mentioned an email? Which email is that? I don't have that in front of me.
Susan Collins: This is from your email on the 26th, at the bottom of the page.
Fab Fab: Oh, I- no, I do have it. Can you repeat your lengthy but specific question? Slowly, this time. Maybe pause for a minute or two between each sentence.
Susan Collins: You little fucker.
Carl Levin: Fucker! Fucker! Fucker!
Claire McCaskill: Shitty deal! Shitty deal! Sorry, mom.
Tom Coburn (R-OK): Just sticking my head in to say I think y'all should be able to short whatever you want. High-five, boys. Make the checks out to Coburn for Senate.
John Ensign (R-NV): I'm on! Knock knock.
Everybody: Who's there?
John Ensign: Nevada. I can't help but notice that you're comparing Wall Street to Las Vegas. What's up with that? In Vegas you know the odds. On Wall Street they manipulate the odds while you're playing. Thank you, you've been great.
David Viniar, CFO, Goldman: That's a tough act to follow.
Carl Levin: Tell me about your big short, David. Your big short on the housing market.
David Viniar: Well, big short and big long.
Carl Levin: Big short.
David Viniar: Big long.
Carl Levin: Crap pools. Shitty deals.
David Viniar: That's very unfortunate to have on email.
Everyone: Gotcha!
David Viniar: I just meant I don't like the swear words. So many swear words.
Carl Levin: Hiiiiii, Lloyd.
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, Goldman: Hi Carl.
Carl Levin: I am going to talk about how you created and sold investments that you were betting against. Admit you did that.
Lloyd Blankfein: I am going to talk about Goldman's role as a market-maker, which means we simply provide a mechanism for people to buy and sell assets that have been created. This will ensure that I avoid your question. It will also ensure that you avoid my answer. We live in different contexts.
Carl Levin: Put it in a human context.
Lloyd Blankfein: Are you kidding? Why do you think I went into i-banking?
John McCain: My friends, what is a synthetic CDO? How come no one has asked that, ever?
Carl Levin: Oh shitty deals, you guys, I forgot to mention AIG! Lloyd, AIG. You took taxpayer money from AIG. Admit you did that.
Lloyd Blankfein: AIG paid us what they owed us.
Carl Levin: With bailout money that came from taxpayers' pockets.
Lloyd Blankfein: We weren't the ones who passed bailout legislation.
Carl Levin: I wouldn't put it past you.
Lloyd Blankfein: I- oh, never mind.
Carl Levin: It's been almost eleven hours. Everyone's welcome to leave at this point. Not you, Lloyd. I want to see you in the cloakroom. I'm not done with you yet. Shitty deals. Crap pools.
Lloyd Blankfein: You are absolutely adorable.
Tags: Banks, Carl Levin, Claire McCaskill, Economy, Fabrice Tourre, Goldman Sachs, John Ensign, John McCain, Lloyd Blankfein, Susan Collins, Tom Coburn
Fox News Has Never Ever Ever Never Said Anything About People Going to Jail for Not Buying Health Insurance
Where did you ever hear such ridiculous nonsense anyway? Where?!
From that same guy who told you that bullshit John McCain is a maverick, most likely. Man, that guy is a trouble maker.
(via Lies.com)
Tags: Bill O'Reilly, Fox, Glenn Beck, Health Care, John McCain, Neil Cavuto, Sean Hannity, Senate, Tom Coburn
Jon Stewart on the Bipartisan Health Care Summit
Yesterday's big bipartisan health care summit is all anyone is talking about, and obviously not everyone is in agreement about it. Some thought it was a very strong summit that solved a lot of problems, others thought the entire summit should be scrapped and a whole new summit created in its place. Then of course, there are those who wanted voters to have a chance to speak at the summit, the so-called "public option." Fortunately, there's talk of a bipartisan summit to debate all of these points.
Coverage of the summit continues below, including a via-satellite interview with Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC).
The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bipartisanship, CNN, Dick Morris, Eric Cantor, Fox, Health Care, House of Representatives, James Clyburn, John McCain, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Mitch McConnell, Senate, The Daily Show, Tom Coburn, Video, Wolf Blitzer
Robert Byrd Selfishly Remains Alive Despite GOP Prayers
As I'm sure everybody knows by now, the Senate voted 60-40 (right along party lines) in favor of the health care reformish bill of recent debate, thus decimating Republican hopes of a filibuster. And do you know which quasi-Democratic senator America really has to blame for this?
No, it's not Ben Nelson, who, at zero hour, decided that he was more in favor of health care reform than in the subjugation of women.
And it wasn't Joe Lieberman, who — after seeing to the gutting of substance from the bill — apparently ran out of plausible reasons to torture Democrats.
Nope, it wasn't Bernie Sanders, who, I'm guessing, eventually got around to looking around the room at the people he was talking to, slumped his shoulders and gave up hope of actually accomplishing anything non-cosmetic.
The real villain in this health care reform bill passage is the ailing 4,947-year-old Dixiecrat Robert Byrd who obstinately refused to die over the weekend, despite the most strenuous prayers of Republicans…
At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon — nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."
It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads — but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.
To be totally fair to Sen. Coburn, I suppose he could have been praying for an icy car accident fatality of any one of the 60 Democratic senators.
I don't mean to mischaracterize his words.
Tags: Ben Nelson, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Health Care, Joe Lieberman, Republicans, Robert Byrd, Senate, Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn and Max Baucus In "Mind Control Hijinks!"
Those of you who don't watch Tom Coburn's YouTube channel on the regular may have missed yesterday's clip, in which the Senator from Oklahoma tells Max Baucus about a very special resolution he wants to pass by unanimous consent. Fret not! I've turned my recapping hat on…
TOM COBURN (R-OK): For my next dickish move, I want to delay voting until Max Baucus can guarantee that every single member of the Senate has read the health care bill and understands it and can maybe recite parts of it from memory. I'm not trying to stall, here, it's just that nobody except Rahm Emanuel knows what this bill even says. It's on the internet, but only in .pdf format, so that doesn't count.
MAX BAUCUS (D-MT): Can I say something?
POOR SAP IN CHARGE OF RUNNING THE SENATE THAT DAY: Sure.
MAX BAUCUS: Look, Tom, of course we should read the bill, but I don't have the ability to control people's brains or guarantee their levels of understanding, even if they've read the entire thing backwards and forwards. How exactly would that work? You want me to hand out a reading comprehension test? Multiple choice questions?
TOM COBURN [!Direct quote alert!]: "I'm saying that Tom Coburn tell his constituency, I've read this puppy, I've spent the time on it, I've read the manager's amendment, and I in fact certify to the people of Oklahoma I know how terrible it's gonna be for their health care."
MAX BAUCUS: If that is what you'd like to tell your constituents, you're more than welcome.
TOM COBURN: Tom Coburn hates this puppy. Tom Coburn wants you to guarantee that everyone knows how terrible this puppy is.
MAX BAUCUS: I cannot guarantee that anyone knows anything. You are proving this point, actively, right now.
(TOM COBURN punches SNOOKI in the face.)
The End.
Tags: Health Care, Max Baucus, Oklahoma, Puppies!, Senate, Tom Coburn


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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology fell
to Marian University 67-45 in their last game before the
holiday break.
Senior Alisa Dickerson
(Elizabthtown, Ky.) led the Rose-Hulman offense with
22 points, including 12-13 from the free throw line. She
also grabbed five rebounds and had three blocks and
moved into fifth place on Rose-Hulman's career scoring list with
1,087 caerer points.
Sophomore Kelsey Ploof (Noblesville,
Ind.) led the team with eight rebounds and
added nine points with three steals while sophomore
Heather Finnell (Decatur,
Tenn./Cleveland) added six points.
Marian featured six players
with atleast seven points led by Adrianne Sahm's ten
stands 2-7 overall as they enter the break with
Marian improving to 10-2 on the year. The
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Anita Bucki's family said they're still mostly in the dark about the search.
We spoke with Bucki's brother, Cliff Brown, on Wednesday.
He said he's called the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department multiple times. He said each time he's been told to leave a message. Brown said he heard briefly from officials on Wednesday evening, but said they gave little information.
Brown lives in South Dakota, and he said that makes this whole process even more frustrating.
He told Newsline 9 he heard about the search of his sister's home last night from one of Bucki's neighbors, instead of from officers.
"I don't want to bad mouth them, I know they got a job to do, but at the same time, what about family? Are we just supposed to sit back and say, 'oh well'," said Brown.
Bucki's family said they just want to see Anita again. They added she never goes this long without reaching out to someone.
Bucki's brother told Newsline 9 he plans on coming to Merrill very soon to help look for his sister. Meanwhile, Lincoln County officers would not comment on any communication they've had with the family.
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A449 crash latest - man dies
3:57pm Wednesday 21st November 2012 in News By James Connell
A MAN has died following a crash between a car and a lorry in Malvern which closed the A449.
The man, aged in his 20s, and thought to be from the local area, was declared dead at the scene of the crash on the A449 between Newland and Bastonford this afternoon at around 1.20pm.
The man was driving a red Peugeot 106 towards Worcester when the crash happened with a blue Renault HGV travelling in the opposite direction.
His family has been informed. The road remains closed and a spokesman for West Mercia Police said she was not able to give a time when it would reopen.
PC Lee Baker is investigating the circumstances of the crash. He said: "This is a very tragic incident in which a young man has lost his life. Our thoughts go out to his friends and family at this sad time.
"We are not naming the man at this time and the Worcestershire coroner will be informed in due course.
"The A449 is a very busy stretch of road and I would appeal to anyone who saw the collision or either of the vehicles beforehand to contact us."
Witnesses are asked to call PC Baker on 0300 333 3000 quoting 351S 211112.
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loginthelog wrote:i dont think the picture was meant to be taken in a distasteful manner, but it surely puts the message across to take care in these wintry months.
Very sad. Rightly the road was closed in the aftermath, but I find it very distasteful that the press were allowed in to take pictures of the car in which a young man died, and then Evening News posted the picture on the internet. Where is the respect for this young man's life?
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The concerning issue regarding this particular photograph is that it seems to have been taken by somebody standing inside the police cordon, next to the car, whilst the police investigation was still being carried out (note the electronic surveying equipment on the tripod). It's disappointing that such photographs are somehow finding their way into the press...
2:09pm Thu 22 Nov 12
murray kelso says...
Our photographers would never put themselves in the position where they could hamper an investigation or otherwise waste the time of people who have more pressing matters to deal with.
As for the photograph itself and its publication, whyme (above) sums it up well.
I hope that clears things up. Meanwhile our condolences go to the family and friends of the driver.
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3:43pm Thu 22 Nov 12
pinkfluff says...
My condolences to family and friends x
10:10pm Thu 22 Nov 12
Cath@NorthHill says...
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Gillian1961 says...
11:50pm Wed 28 Nov 12
malvernme says...
May the young man who passed away find peace and may all who knew him celebrate his life. RIP
9:43am Thu 29 Nov 12
LambChoppy says...
RIP young man. My thoughts are with the friends and family.
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Growing up on Pacoima Court, we were privy to a multitude of games. Why? We lived on a cul-de sac, and because of that, there were endless possibilities for safe recreation. Hide and seek, ball games, tag, skateboards and bicycling were a few of the many games we enjoyed.
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The neighbor on the other side of our house was a monk named Jim Whitney, who designed pottery. Every now and then one of our balls would land directly on one of his newly thrown pots, and we'd hear the splinter of porcelain cracking. I don't know if my mom paid off these neighbors when these mishaps would happen, but these people were saints in my mind, having to put up with us.
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