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Letters and articles: Masha Bell, SSS member.Letter: Education section, Independent, Thursday 12 September, 2002.
Why phonics is phonyConor Ryan (Education, 5 Sept.) is right about two things.
Learning to read at primary school is extremely important, because without it no pupil can derive much from secondary education. Enabling the bottom 25% of the ability range to do so remains a huge challenge.
These problems have bedevilled the whole English-speaking world for decades, despite umpteen changes in teaching methods. Now phonics is about to join the ranks of approaches that briefly raised expectations but failed to make much of a difference in the long run. This will be true of the synthetic as well as the analytic variety.
Phonics was doomed to yield disappointing results, because half of all English words contain one or more non-phonic elements in them. Or as John Hart wrote in 1551, the problem stems from 'the vices and faultes of our writing, which cause it to be tedious, and long in learning; and learned hard, and evil to read'.
What makes English 'evil to read' is using identical letters, or letter strings, to represent different sounds: 'the - he, go - do, friend - fiend, eight - height, treat - threat, are - care, move - over - oven, count - country - groups, cough - rough - through - although - bought, miners / minerals, later - lateral, menu - emu.
Quite a few identically looking whole words have to be read differently in different contexts:
read, lead, live, bass, minute, house, use, deliberate, graduate, second, etc.
English spelling is even more 'tedious, and long in learning' because of the need to memorise hundreds of unpredictable spellings, particularly for vowels. English has no standard phonic method for spelling many of its vowel sounds. The medial EE-sound can be spelt as in 'steep, leap, people, period, piece' or 'police'. The short E as in 'bed, head, said, friend' or 'leopard'.
The final OO-sound as in 'to - two - too - true - blew - through - flu. And so on and on.
Because English has at least 3500 common words which contain some element of spelling unpredictability, even bright children need many years of intensive practice to become proficient spellers and slower learners become completely overwhelmed by the task.
Poor reading standards first began to attract serious attention in the late 1940s. Since then, many studies and surveys have reported that approximately 25% of English speakers, right across the world, are 'functionally illiterate' on leaving school. Our spelling system guarantees this failure rate. It has so far defeated all attempts to reduce it, including the current Literacy Strategy.
For a couple of years the Strategy made a difference. But research carried out by Professors Tymms and Fitz-Gibbon at the University of Durham, suggests that improvements as measured by government tests are indeed illusory. They have been administering a literacy test to 122 schools since 1997 - but one that schools do not specifically teach to or revise for. As measured by this test, there has been no real change in reading or vocabulary scores between 1997 and 2002.
For as long as our writing system continues to apply phonic principles very loosely, learning to read and write English will remain 'long' and 'tedious' and around 20 - 25% of learners will continue to leave school with little to show for the time they spent there. Not even J.K. Rowling has made much difference to this.
For the foreseeable future, our police and courts are likely to remain very busy, our prisons overcrowded and our insurance premiums high. We shall continue to pay heavily for our crazy spelling system.
Masha Bell
Times Educational Supplement 15 November 2002.
'Friday' Opinion p7. Talkback: you speak, we listen
Let's spell it out: the literacy drive isn't workingThe Government's literacy strategy is failing to reduce educational underachievement. English results in the national tests for 11-year-olds blossomed between 1998 and 1999, but have remained stuck for the past three years. When the current generation of Year 6 pupils are tested as adults, around 25 per cent of them will again be found to be functionally illiterate.
English speakers worldwide share a determination not to address the irregularities of English spelling. But they haven't always avoided the problem. In the first half of the 20th century, there was greater understanding of what makes learning to read and write English difficult, and what should be done about it.
In 1953, the House of Commons passed a Spelling Reform Act. In 1963-64, London University's Institute of Education and the National Foundation for Educational Research launched a survey to investigate whether English spelling impeded the acquisition of literacy, and what could be done about it.
It found: a simpler spelling system allows children to learn to read and write far more quickly; those who cannot cope with traditional spelling can make good progress when using more phonemic spellings; a more regular system for spelling improves pupils' motivation, producing a more positive attitude to learning and greater enjoyment of it.
The research project used the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA). Teachers who took part in the study were so amazed to see even their slowest pupils learning to read and write so much better that they wanted to carry on using it. They believed that once children had grasped the alphabetic principle with ITA, they would be able to switch to normal English spelling and continue improving. Thus ITA was adopted in Anglophone schools across the world.
The brightest children switched from ITA to traditional spelling easily, but lower ability children could not cope, and after a decade the ITA strategy was regarded a failure. Unfortunately, its prolonged use obliterated the findings of the 1963-64 research and the clearly established need to simplify spelling.
The literacy strategy is failing because it is also being defeated by the irregularities of English spelling, just as ITA was. The currently favoured phonics approach shields children from the harsher realities of English spelling for as long as possible. They meet only the absolute minimum of unpredictably spelt words for the first few years, so nearly all of them make good progress. For roughly a quarter of learners, progress slows down, comes to a standstill, or regresses, when they are confronted with increasing numbers of the 3,500 common English words that are only partially phonic (for example, although) or completely unphonic (for example, quay). These children do not manage to progress beyond the reading level appropriate for nine-year-olds; in spelling, they don't even reach that.
Why don't we finally take note of the results of the 1963-64 research and make English more learner-friendly? Children spend two to three years learning English phonics (for example, but, bed, sister) and then another 10 learning to disobey them (for example, country, said, system). That is why we have to spend millions of pounds and a lot of energy, year after year, on measures to improve literacy rates.
Spelling simplification could make our children's lives less frustrating - and save money. It requires allowing children to continue using most of the phonic rules which are taught in their first three years at school.
Masha Bell is a retired secondary teacher of modern languages and English
Times Educational Supplement December 13 2002
Primary Forum p.17
Educational failure has been written into the scriptThe headline "Absence of phonic irritation aids the playful Finns" (November 22) was spot on. "Phonic irritation" is the reason why English-speaking countries have the "long tail of underachievement".
There is a clear correlation between inconsistent spelling systems and functional illiteracy. Finland is well known for its easy spelling code and exceptionally high rates of literacy.
The link between spelling systems and literacy rates is also confirmed by a closer look at Denmark and Sweden.
These children educate their children in very similar ways: allowing infants to learn mainly through play and delaying formal schooling until seven. Yet many Danish pupils leave school unable to read, while in Sweden this problem is far less common.
Danish and Swedish are similar languages - but they have very different spelling systems. Danish spelling is highly unpredictable, like Swedish used to be before it was made more learner-friendly. This explains why nearly all Swedish pupils learn to read and write with little effort, while many Danish ones struggle.
English spellings have changed a great deal over the past 500 years. But unfortunately, the chief purpose of the changes was to make English look more like Latin or to make English spellings conform to Latin spelling rules.
Young children would find learning to read and write much easier if we still spelt many words as Shakespeare did, e.g. hee, mee, shee, wee.
The English language survived centuries of Norman rule predominantly in the mouths of peasants. It continued to be despised by the higher orders and the educated élite long after it became the official language of Parliament and the courts from 1430 onwards. Scholars continued to debate and to write in Latin until the middle of the 17th-century.
They felt that only by making this uncouth mongrel language of Shakespeare conform to Latin could it be made an acceptable for intellectual use. What fools learned folk sometimes be.
Masha Bell
Masha Bell is a prematurely retired teacher of the English and modern languages.
Letter in The Independent, December 20 2002.
Sir: The Education Secretary's plans for bringing foreign languages into primary schools seem laudable (report, 19 December). But what will have to make room for them on the curriculum? The literacy and numeracy hours have already squeezed creative subjects and sport down to the barest minimum.
There is one major difference between us and the rest of Europe - very few other countries have a spelling system which is quite so child-unfriendly as ours. Italian pupils, for example, have to cope with no more than 350 un-phonically spelt words in all, while ours are confronted with a minimum of 3500 before the age of 16. This ensures that our children have to spend an inordinate amount of time on just learning to read and write their own language.
If Charles Clarke finally complied with what the House of Commons voted for in 1953 and began to implement simplification of our most non-alphabetic spellings, there would be more time for foreign languages in our schools too.
Scholars, with misplaced reverence for Latin, were most responsible for creating our present spelling chaos. The peasants in whose mouths and hands the English language was preserved during the three centuries when the upper classes spoke only French or Latin had more respect for alphabetic principles.
Yours sincerely
Masha Bell
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The new Collective Bargaining Agreement, signed into effect in between the 2011 and 2012 seasons, changed how draft-pick compensation worked. Not only did it do away with the old system propped up by the Elias Rankings, replacing that with team-sanctioned qualifying offers of a predetermined value, but the number of draft picks that would be protected by a team's record was also modified.
The previous CBA protected the draft pick of the worst 15 teams from the previous season. Compensation picks for failures to sign previous selections were not exempted, even if they fell within the top 15 -- it was simply the 15-worst records who had draft pick protection. Under the new CBA, that 15 has been cut to just 10 clubs, but there's an additional change: now, teams with compensatory picks in the top 10, earned thanks to the failure to sign a player the year prior, are part of the protected bunch.
What this means is that, despite having the 10th-worst record in the league in 2012, the Mets have the 11th pick in the 2013 draft. This is thanks to the Pirates, who failed to sign Mark Appel, their first-round pick and the eighth overall selection, last year. Now, the Pirates will pick ninth in 2013, while the Mets will pick 11th. What's problematic for New York is that they now want to sign free agent Michael Bourn, who requires draft-pick compensation, and, thanks to this new system and the presence of the Pirates' comp pick, will be forced to forfeit their first-round selection in order to do so.
The Mets are trying to get Major League Baseball to circumvent this rule in order to allow them to sacrifice their second-round pick rather than the #11 selection. They have the support of the Players' Association in this, as the MLBPA has a vested interest in getting their members the contracts they want.
Is there a fair way to go about this? Mets' ownership was part of the group -- granted, a group of 30 -- that negotiated for this rule change. They might not have supported it, but negotiations between owners and player representatives are something of a process between two democracies. Given that the rule exists, Mets' ownership was overruled by the majority at best, complicit in its creation at worst.
No one else can claim they deserve special treatment, considering the Mets are the only one with the 11th pick, and therefore the only one with a claim to make. But the teams picking behind the Mets might not be pleased that New York was able to sign someone like Bourn as well as maintain their first-round pick, when, under the rules of the CBA, everyone behind the Mets in the first round would move up a slot in the draft order, with the compensation pick holding off until the sandwich round between first and second. The Braves, who will receive a sandwich-round pick whether it's the Mets first- or second-round selection that inevitably goes, would be one of the teams to see their draft standing improve if the rules are upheld and New York loses the #11 pick.
Then there's the fact that this will have repercussions throughout the rest of the first 10 rounds as well, since the Mets will have a larger draft budget with the 11th pick in tow than they would were they to lose that and keep their second-rounder. Last year's 11th pick had a slot and budget value of $2.625 million, while picks in the neighborhood of the Mets' second-round selection were allocated less than half of that amount. If they signed someone under slot with the 11th pick, and then had more money left to sign high-ceiling high-school talents who fall to the later rounds due to signability concerns, then they would have gained more of a strategic advantage than simply keeping their pick while acquiring Bourn.
In addition, MLB might not want to set any kind of precedent in admitting there are mistakes in the CBA, not this early into its five-year lifespan. Then again, negotiation is give-and-take, so maybe MLB could ask for a concession by the MLBPA in the other direction elsewhere.
So, again, how do you approach this fairly? Should the Mets lose their first-rounder, but the CBA can be amended to exempt teams with compensation picks from protection in the future? Amending it seems fair enough, given this issue might come up at least once per year; there have been four compensation picks within the top 10 since this system was instituted for 2008. Should the Mets receive their own compensation pick later in the draft, as the first step toward making said amendment to the CBA? Or should MLB simply tell the Mets that they might not like the rules, but they're still the rules?
Amending it for the future, while possibly compensating the Mets with something besides keeping the 11th pick, seems like the most balanced way to approach this for both New York and the other teams who would be affected by this avoidance of the rules in place.

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Alexander Brizuela, 16, and Claudia Ontiveros, 23, were heading northbound on 67th Avenue at about 6:50 a.m. Sunday when they hit a light pole near Bethany Home Road, according to Glendale police spokesman Robert Yoder.
Brizuela was driving the 2008 Jeep Patriot that belonged to Ontiveros at the time of the crash.
Both Brizuela and Ontiveros were killed.
Friends of Brizuela said he was the quarterback at Maryvale High School.
"Alexander was a very young, talented player. He was one of the best quarterbacks Maryvale had," said Alex Baez. "I remember back in the day in the middle school days when we used to hang out. He was just a really nice guy."
"We were always playing. I know that he always had a smile on his face, being a kid," said Raymond Lizarraga.
Police do not yet know why the two crashed, but said speed and alcohol are being looked at.
The vehicle belonged to Ontiveros, police said.
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Fudgy White Chocolate Pudding Pie Recipe
"This creamy luscious layered pie is a real treat," assures Toni Preiner of Manahga, Minnesota. "No one ever guesses that it's made with sugar-free pudding mixes. Whenever I serve it, I get compliments."
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- In another bowl, whisk remaining milk and white chocolate pudding mix for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Fold in remaining whipped topping; spread over fudge pudding layer. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set. Garnish with shaved chocolate. Yield: 8 servings.
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The story of the failed chemist who created a multi-billion dollar game
Japan has an amazing tradition of finding diamonds in the rough when it comes to game design. Miyamoto wasn't much more than a dude who made some toys before he got his start at Nintendo. Tomonobu Itagaki (who I choose to remember only for the Ninja Gaiden reboot) is basically a professional gambler. Satoshi Tajiri made Pokemon after barely graduating high school and started his company as a publisher of gaming fanzines.
It's interesting that Japan, despite the rigid employment hierarchy, seems open and accessible to the everyman with a genius idea.
The latest to be added to the list of unlikely Japanese gaming luminaries is Puzzles & Dragons creator Daisuke Yamamoto, profiled in this piece. This is a great story for anybody who is going through rough times. He started from an apartment without a bathroom, and ended up creating a game that has made over a billion dollars.


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Madonna is the founder of Raising Malawi (a charity). She's embarrassed and angry at hip hop star M.I.A. for how she acted on Super Bowl 2012 TV. The green celebrity thinks the UK Hip Hop star showed poor manners and acted like a punk teenager when she chose to flip off Americans and swear at them on live TV. The problem for Madonna in all of this is that rather than the halftime show helping her launch her world tour and bringing much-needed attention to her charity benefit project Raising Malawi, all people are taking about is how bad the younger wannabe star acted on TV.
Star celeb Madonna, the artist and green celebrity, perhaps best known for her Like a Virgin risqué moves, is less than pleased with British artist M.I.A. for flipping American football fans the dreaded middle finger. When Janet Jackson had a wardrobe malfunction during an earlier Super Bowl, she had plausible deniability (and a nipple ring shield) to protect the viewers who saw the infamous wardrobe malfunction event on live television. But her back up singer has no excuse for her brain malfunction while people were watching everywhere.
Madonna is less than pleased with the intentional flip slip M.I.A. made (and probably would have been less embarrassed had she fallen down herself when she lost her footing stepping up on that platform in those stiletto heels she was trying her best to dance in). Making an appearance on the radio show hosted by Ryan Seacrest, Madonna definitely did not mince words about her impression of what the UK Hip Hop star did live on American television.
Hollywood Life reported the news that the pop music seemed really embarrassed about the hip hop star's inappropriate action. They shared words from her celebrity interview, saying:
"I was really surprised [to find out what M.i.A. did]. I didn't know anything about it," the Material Girl [Madonna] confessed.
"I wasn't happy about it. I understand it's punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity; it seemed negative."
"It's such a teenager… irrelevant thing to do… It was just out of place."
The South London singer M.I.A. apparently upstaged the Bad Girl, and the Hufington Post said there was nothing expected about M.I.A.'s intentional publicity stunt. The news site reported that nothing similar had been planned during rehearsals. But when the time came to appear live on TV and to perform for the NFL guests at the stadium, M.I.A. sang the line "I don't give a sh*t" during one of her pop hits and flipped the bird at anyone there to watch football and be entertained during the championship.
Taking matters into her own hands to whip up a celebrity scandal of her own, the Queen of Pop got the ball rolling when TMZ reported:
Madonna is lashing out at M.I.A.'s bird-flipping grab for attention during the Super Bowl Halftime show last weekend — claiming the crude gesture was a "teenager … irrelevant thing to do."
The Brits quickly picked up the news.
According to The Sun, Madonna was shocked at the lack of professionalism of the pop star.
No one is talking about what M.I.A. had to say in response.
Madonna is a proud co-founder Raising Malawi and a proud supporter of UNICEF and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. But if M.I.A, a charitable celeb in her own right who supports social justice and sustainability through the 4REAL Foundation and pediatric cancer treatment through the Pablove Foundation, can embarrass a superstar like Madonna, she may need to change her tune.
Why was Madonna so angry that she went to the tabloids to trash talk the rapper?
Because she is starting her new world tour and needed to have lots of great free publicity to kick off. What's more, she's opening 10 new schools through her charity Raising Malawi and really needed the press to focus on her humanitarian good deeds to help the non-profit organization make more money.
But M.I.A. already knew all that when she agreed to the contract, so why did she do it?
The question then becomes whether the 36-year-old star celeb M.I.A., a relative newcomer to the celebrity scene deliberately tried to upstage the much better known Madonna, 52.
Did she figure a high-profile event like Super Bowl XLVI would give her the opportunity to show that she could be just as controversial as a pop music sensation as Madonna traditionally has been?
What's more, do you think Madonna should be embarrassed or held liable for what the younger performer did to damage the Super Bowl reputation as a family show?
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Jaguars release Ross, Landry
The Jaguars released DBs Aaron Ross and Dawan Landry on Friday, the team announced.
Jacksonville Jaguars: 2013 team needs
We highlight the top three needs on offense and defense for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and take a look back at their 2012 draft class.
Jaguars release OT Whimper, DB King, QB Wilson
The Jaguars released OT Guy Whimper, DB Brandon King and QB John Parker Wilson, the team announced.
Caldwell might be starting fresh in Jacksonville
Expect new Jaguars GM David Caldwell to emphasize this offseason on building through the draft. Heavily.
Why would the Jaguars give up on Gabbert now?
Despite few positive signs to date, now is not the time to move on from Blaine Gabbert in Jacksonville, writes Arthur Arkush.
Jaguars announce some big changes
The Jaguars announced this week that they won't be very active in free agency and will transition to a zone-blocking system in 2013.
Jaguars introduce new logo
The Jaguars introduced a new brand identity and logo on Tuesday.
Jaguars hire Walker, Scelfo, Yarno as assistants
The Jaguars have hired defensive backs coach DeWayne Walker, quarterbacks coach Frank Scelfo and offensive line coach George Yarno.
Jaguars retain assistant coaches Duffner, Sullivan
Gus Bradley is keeping two veteran assistants, linebackers coach Mark Duffner and receivers coach Jerry Sullivan, from the previous regime.
Jaguars choose Babich as defensive coordinator
Former Bears LB coach Bob Babich is joining Gus Bradley in Jacksonville as the Jaguars' new defensive coordinator, the team announced Saturday.
Jaguars add Fisch as offensive coordinator
Jaguars new head coach Gus Bradley tabbed former University of Miami offensive coordinator Jed Fisch to oversee the offense, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Tucker takes over Bears' defense
The Bears added to their new coaching staff on Friday, hiring Mel Tucker as defensive coordinator, the team confirmed.
Bradley ready, but needs to hire experienced offensive staff
New Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley comes with a wealth of defensive experience, but would be wise to focus on adding top offensive coaches to his staff.
On the clock: Jaguars will be a 'needs-based' drafting team
New GM David Caldwell has plenty of holes to fill in Jacksonville and will use a "needs-based" drafting philosophy to accomplish the task.
Jaguars tab Bradley as head coach
The Jaguars hired former Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley as head coach, Fox Sports' Jay Glazer and ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported.
Blackmon wrapped up his rookie season with six catches for 79 yards and a touchdown in the Jaguars' loss to the Titans on Sunday.||||||| He had at least six catches and 79 yards in each of his last three games. Blackmon finished with 865 yards and five touchdowns on the season.
Blackmon hauled in seven catches for 79 yards and a touchdown in the Jaguars' loss to New England on Sunday.||||||| Blackmon has caught at least six passes in three consecutive games.
Blackmon hauled in seven receptions for 236 yards during Sunday's 43-37 overtime loss at Houston.||||||| Blackmon's big day came out of nowhere, as the fifth overall pick in this year's draft had compiled a combined 250 yards in his first nine games. Blackmon, though, could continue to post big numbers with Chad Henne now under center.
Blackmon signed a four-year deal worth about $18.5 million and took part in his first practice at training camp. Blackmon must have three days of non-contact practice before he's allowed to put on full pads. Coach Mike Mularkey said after practice Tuesday that Blackmon will not play in the first preseason game Friday against the New York Giants.||||||| Blackmon, the fifth pick in the NFL draft, missed the first 11 days of practice. He was the last of the 32 first-round picks to sign a contract. Several days before camp opened, Blackmon pleaded guilty to an aggravated DUI charge that occurred in June in Stillwater, Okla.
Jacksonville first-round pick Justin Blackmon agreed to terms Monday with the Jaguars. The Oklahoma State wide receiver is the last first-round pick to reach a deal. He was chosen fifth overall by the Jaguars. The contract will be worth about $18.5 million for four years, which is the maximum for a fifth pick under the NFL's rookie wage system.||||||| Blackmon, who missed the first 11 days of training camp, was arrested in Stillwater, Okla., on June 3 and charged with aggravated DUI when he registered a .24 alcohol level, three times the legal limit. He later apologized and indicated he would stop drinking. Blackmon pleaded guilty at his court hearing July 24. Blackmon isn't likely to play in the Jaguars' first preseason game Friday against the New York Giants.


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Twitter has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering, revealing a fast-growing company but one that lost money in each of the past three years.
Twitter generated $317 million in revenue last year, almost three times what it made in 2011, according to its IPO documents filed Thursday. Its loss last year was roughly $79 million, but that was smaller than its loss of $128 million in 2011.
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The company hopes to raise $1 billion by selling its shares on the public markets, in the biggest social media IPO since Facebook went public last year. It's expected to use the money to expand its business and make further acquisitions.
The figures were revealed in Twitter's S-1 form filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Companies are required to disclose financials and other sensitive data when they go public, and the documents give the first look at how Twitter performs as a business.
Eighty-five percent of Twitter's sales were generated through advertising in 2012, the documents show.
Twitter doesn't seem to have trouble making money from mobile, which was a big problem for Facebook and initially dragged down its performance as a public company. In the first six months this year, three-quarters of Twitter's "average monthly active users" accessed the service from a mobile device, and more than 65 percent of its advertising revenue was generated from mobile, Twitter said in the filing.
Twitter has steadily boosted its number of users since it was founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams. In the three months ended June 30 this year it had about 218 million monthly active users, up from 151 million during the same period last year.
The amount Twitter hopes to raise is significantly lower than the $5 billion Facebook sought in its IPO last year. Twitter's IPO comes at a different stage in its growth, however. Facebook, which now has more than 1 billion monthly active users, already had 845 million users when it went public -- much higher than Twitter's 218 million. Facebook also reported higher revenue of $3.71 billion when it filed to go public.
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07-26-2014 03:10:01 | More by jcugafsu
District of Columbia
4.13/5 rDev +0.7%
Full Disclosure: My cousin owns this store. But he's my second cousin, so I think I can do this subjectively.
Very good selection for Athens. Nice selection of microbrews and a few oddities. You will get it cheaper at Total Wine in the Atlanta area, but in Athens it's either this or Five Points Bottle Shop. That is a generality, though. Some things are far cheaper here (I know it's not beer, but Redemption Rye goes for a full $7 less per .75 cl than at Total Wine).
The owner is always incredibly helpful and very knowledgeable. But like I said, he's related to me so I'm not ranking his service, but his staff's, instead. All of the employees I've encountered have been pleasant and helpful, but didn't go out of their way to help you find stuff. Possibly because their boss was already doing it. So, yeah, I probably can't be the most useful reviewer for this part.
Nice place, convenient, and good stock. Swing by.
06-09-2013 17:11:05 | More by Dreizhen
4.14/5 rDev +1%
This place is really convenient, as it's right next to Publix.
I really only go here if I'm grocery shopping because there are places with much larger selections, but it's a nice store. They do have a decent sized craft selection, but for the size of the selection they have a ton of quality microbrews. I went in today and saw that they had the Festina Peche and I believe they carry Cantillon.
The best part of shopping here is the service. The guys are really friendly and they know everything. I always get into long beer conversations with them and their recommendations have never steered me wrong.
06-15-2011 02:33:50 | More by Lillie1128
South Carolina
4/5 rDev -2.4%
Stopped into this location on a recent trip to Athens. This location was located inside of a strip mall location. Upon entering you can see that this is quite a large store. However, it is dominated by liquor and wine. On the plus-side though, the entire left wall is a cooler and is full of craft brew. In the coolers they have a pretty decent selection of lots of different things. Some things I didn't see anywhere else in Athens. I didn't really need any assistance but did have an employee stop and chat with me for a little bit about what types of beers I enjoyed and if he could make some suggestions. This location is worth stopping into and checking out.
10-25-2010 13:51:07 | More by thagr81us
4.5/5 rDev +9.8%
I lucked out finding this place. I was visiting a friend that goes to school at UGA and this was the liquor store near their apartment complex. I wasn't expecting much, just hoping they had a better selection than the Publix next door. However, when I walked in, I was seriously impressed with the refrigerated selection. They had the entire array of Stone bombers. They had St. Bernardus Christmas Ale as well as the ABT 12. They also had several interesting DFH offerings. They had the new Belgian IPA from Great Divide. And their prices are on par with store's like Green's in ATL. The dude behind the counter seemed friendly and bullshited with me a little bit about beer. Overall a very nice option if you happen to be in the area,
05-22-2009 00:24:37 | More by bwb0402
3.9/5 rDev -4.9%
Great place to get some hard to find micros and imports on the East side of Athens. There's no other place on that side of town that really caters to beer lovers.
They've got plenty of small breweries represented as well as the usual favorites on down to the dirty swill. What's great is that they always seem to have something new each week.
Prices always seem to be rather fair. let's face it, with the price of gas nowadays, I'm not driving any farther than I have to, especially when there is already a place close by that has all I need!
I'm definitely going there whenever I get the chance to see what else they found a way to cram in their cooler.
07-11-2008 21:55:05 | More by weezyfart
3.55/5 rDev -13.4%
I like stopping here since they have several beers I not available in other places. They seem to be known for their wine, but the beer selection is nice too.
Service is okay. It really depends on who is working. Some of their employees have been there for years and can be very helpful when you need them. Lately, there has been a crew of meatheads that can make a visit to the store quite unpleasant unless you like to hear locker room conversation while you shop.
Selection, like I said was good. Many big bottles to pick from as well as many six and twelve packs. They cater to both the good beer and swill drinkers.
Value is reasonable, though that is on the expensive side of reasonable. Things seem to be about 50 cents more than other places.
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R.O.C.K. of Hope
R.O.C.K. is a 501(c)3 organization started by five women on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Its mission is to raise awareness of and make a difference in the lives of innocent children, newborn to 18 years old, who have been victims of abuse and neglect. These children have been taken from their homes for various reasons and placed in the homes of foster parents or in local youth shelters. The main goal of R.O.C.K. Foundation is to help these children adjust to their new living situations by providing every child that comes into the system with new outfits and personal items. The foundation has started a storage bank of clothes, shoes, toys, and other items for the children donated by local businesses and individuals.
At this time, the office and storage units that are being used to house the donations are in need of organization so that the space can be used efficiently and supplies can be obtained for the children in need in a more efficient matter.
As part of our efforts to help organize the office and storage facilities at The R.O.C.K. Foundation, we will also be building locking cabinet doors for storage shelves.
Dr. King recognized the power of service to strengthen communities and achieve common goals. Through his words and examples he challenged individuals to take action and lift up their neighbors and communities through service. This MLK Day of Service project is our way of taking action in our community. Through our work as AmeriCorps members, we have learned that being a good neighbor means being dedicated to improving the places we call home. With our help, The R.O.C.K. Foundation can strive and supply more children in our community.


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Next Portfolio Workshop Segment I: Wednesday, April 2, 5:30-7pm
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Tuesday May 20th, 2014 by 10pm at the Education Center located on the second floor at 320 Newbury Street.
Segment I Foundation Portfolio
The Foundation Portfolio Review is intended to evaluate a student's readiness for advancement from the Foundation Segment to disciplinary study. Foundation Portfolios are uniquely by students as a vehicle to reflect on their work in the Foundation curriculum. Reviewers of these portfolios will expect to see the work of the student's studio, design media, practice and technology courses amended and refined to respond to feedback received in these courses. Guidelines for the portfolio response will be covered in these courses. Students are expected to write reflectively about specific projects or assignments, and to write a summary essay, using writing skills learned in Critical Reading and Research (undergraduate level) or Design Theory and Inquiry (graduate level).
Foundation Portfolios should be submitted for review at the end of the semester in which the student completes the 27 credit Foundation program. Portfolio Reviews are held in January, May, and July. The submittal date will follow the end of the semester, and will be published in the Academic Calendar. Students should register for Portfolio Review when registering for the semester in which they anticipate completing Foundation.
Portfolios are reviewed by the BAC's faculty and by Education Directors (students are not present for the review). Students will be informed of their status at the end of Portfolio Review, usually within two weeks of the Submittal date. Students who pass Foundation Portfolio will advance to Segment II. Students who fail will be allowed to continue for a semester, with the expectation that they will resubmit at the conclusion of that semester (the student's Program Head will identify a restricted number of Segment II courses appropriate for the student to take during the continuation semester.
Foundation Portfolio Evaluation
In order to advance from Segment I: Foundation into Segment II: Integration, both undergraduate and graduate students must submit and pass the Foundation Portfolio Evaluation at the end of their Foundation studies.
The Foundation Portfolio includes material from all Foundation courses except Critical Reading and Research (Undergraduate) and Design Theory and Inquiry (Graduate); the excepted courses are represented in the portfolio by the effectiveness of the student's written communication and critical thinking. Material for inclusion in the portfolio is determined within each course under the guidance of the instructor and may also include work from practice.
The portfolio review is based on the student's reflective verbal and visual responses to the following prompts or questions. Criteria 1 through 5 relate to the work shown in the portfolio, and Criterion 6 is the student's self-assessment of the overall Foundation experience:
1. Describe the pre-design investigation or research you undertook, and how it influenced the outcome.
2. Demonstrate effective writing skills by describing not only what you did, but why you made your decisions.
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4. Demonstrate how your design process addresses the interaction of people with their environments and with each other.
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Delores A. "Dee" Minglin, Logansport, 75, passed away at 10:52 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Logansport.
Born Dec. 28, 1936, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Harry and Beulah Stephens Cotner. On Sept. 14, 1957, in Logansport, she was married to William E. Minglin, who survives.
Dee enjoyed gardening, the swimming pool and playing games with the kids. She especially enjoyed her family.
Surviving are sons, William (Angie) Minglin, Mark Minglin, all of Logansport, and Lance (Michelle) Minglin, Brownsburg; daughter, Kim (Kim) Costello; sisters, Beverly Hayden and Janet (Nolan) Hunt, all of Logansport.
Also surviving are grandchildren, Broc Rennewanz, Brandi Rennewanz, Brandon Minglin, Kristen Minglin, Brooke Minglin and Jenna Minglin; stepgrandchildren, Bill (Tracy) Michael, Dane Costello and Kimberli Costello; great-grandchildren, Kayden Rennewanz, Halle Rennewanz and Reese Rennewanz; step-great-grandchildren, Heather Showley, Brandi Green, Braxton Michael, Connor Costello, and Cale Costello; and several nieces and nephews.
One grandson, Kylan Costello, preceded her in death.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at Kroeger Funeral Home with Pastor Bill Collins officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Kroeger Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hope Hospice. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
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HIV / AIDS and Substance Abuse
Alcohol, Drugs Spell Trouble for HIV Patients
With 31 percent of all HIV cases among men, and 57 percent among women, attributed to injection drug use, it is obvious the shooting illegal drugs increases the risk of contracting the AIDS virus, but drinking alcohol can also contribute to the spread and progression of the disease.
Drinking Increases HIV Progression
HIV-infected patients with a history of alcohol problems, who are receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy, and are currently drinking, have greater HIV progression than those who do not drink.
Alcohol Abuse History a Problem For HIV Patients
Patients with HIV infection and a history of alcohol abuse may be at higher risk for cognitive problems than HIV-positive patients with no alcohol abuse history, an Ohio State University Medical Center study suggests.
Alcohol Abuse May Increase Susceptibility
Binge drinking appears to increase the host's susceptibility to SIV/HIV infection.
Meth Use, HIV Infection Cause Greater Cognitive Impairment
Researches have found that methamphetamine abuse and HIV infection can cause impaired cognitive functions, such as difficulties in learning new information, solving problems, maintaining attention and quickly processing information.
Alcohol and HIV / AIDS
People with alcohol use disorders are more likely than the general population to contract HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).
Heroin Users at Special Risk
Heroin addicts are at risk for contracting HIV, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases.
Clean Needles for Drug Injectors Prevents HIV/AIDS
A new study reinforces the beneficial impact of needle and syringe exchange programmes for preventing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users.
The Risk for Methamphetamine Users
Increased HIV and hepatitis B and C transmission are likely consequences of increased methamphetamine abuse, particularly in individuals who inject the drug.
Are Cocaine Abusers at Risk?
Cocaine abusers, especially those who inject, are at increased risk for contracting such infectious diseases as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) and hepatitis.
Cocaine - Reversing the Brain Changes
Treatment for cocaine addiction, including HIV-risk-reduction counseling, may be an effective strategy for preventing HIV infection.


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The RoVac rods come with ButtonLok connectors standard. But you can also get ButtonLok connectors that screw onto the ends of your fiberglas or Proflex rods - just drill and pin with one pop rivet and you're good to go. (Don't spin fiberglass rods with a drill - they are not strong enough.) Be sure to get enough ButtonLok Connectors to retrofit all you Proflex and fiberglass rods.
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HUDSON, Ill.-- Hundreds of people came out on Saturday to honor fallen firefighter Chris Brown.
Brown passed away in March from injuries he suffered in a line of duty accident.
The Hudson Firefighter's Association hosted the benefit.
Friends and family of Brown came out as well as fire departments from around the area.
The event helped raise money for Brown's friends and family to attend his induction into the National Fallen firefighters memorial in Maryland in October of next year.
"Our goal is to raise $20,000 to make sure that we get a good entourage of his people there and our people there," Hudson Fire Department Captain Shane Hill said. "We really want to make certain that everybody in the world knows how important Chris was to us."
"It's so great to see the community pull together and stand behind Chris," Hudson Fire Chief Dan Hite said. "Nobody has a bad word to say about him and he was just a wonderful guy and this just shows how much people loved him."
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text: High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 8. Is the Latino electorate finally beginning to make its mark? http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.18/is-the-latino-electorate-finally-beginning-to-make-its-mark If Democrats succeed in an improbable coup -- winning a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, and making the state competitive for Obama -- they'll have Latino voters to thank. No publisher Ray Ring Richard Carmona Latino vote immigration Jeff Flake Arizona politics 2012-11-05T21:04:22Z News Article The fading Arizona town of Gila Bend bets big on solar http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/the-fading-arizona-town-of-gila-bend-bets-big-on-solar At last -- a place to put utility scale plants that won't ruin the desert. But will politics and the economy get in the way? No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit renewable energy Amargosa Farm Road project desert tortoises Frederick Buss industrial solar Debbie Lesko environmental movement insolation Abengoa Gila Bend, Arizona Solana California electricity supply Sonoran Desert housing crisis endangered species economic recovery Solar Millennium real estate bust irrigation, Solar Field BrightSource Energy endangered desert plants Eric Fitzer utility-scale solar projects water supply global warming photovoltaic panels Jan Brewer BLM lad energy transmission lines solar energy Arizona politics Big Solar Overlay Zone Arizona Public Service agricultural lan Mojave Desert Arizona Legislature Sempra Energy climate change Gila Bend, Arizona, 2012-06-04T15:10:14Z News Article How Arizona's culture helped shape the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.3/how-arizonas-culture-helped-shape-the-shooting-of-gabrielle-giffords If you want to understand why Jared Lee Loughner shot Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and 18 others at a Tucson Safeway in 2011, look to Arizona's soulless culture and vitriolic politics. No publisher Tom Zoellner development sprawl Arizona politics state budget cuts Arizona culture mental illness Tucson Safeway shooting Jared Lee Loughner Tucson suburbs political violence Gabrielle Giffords guns Jan Brewer 2012-02-27T15:16:23Z News Article Have we learned anything from the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords? http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.3/have-we-learned-anything-from-the-shooting-of-gabrielle-giffords The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others needs to be seen in the cultural and political context of life in modern Arizona. No publisher Paul Larmer Arizona politics understanding historic events Tom Zoellner Tucson Safeway shooting Jared Lee Loughner political violence Gabrielle Giffords Arizona culture 2012-02-14T22:42:12Z News Article Raul Grijalva relishes a good fight http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16418 Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva loves fighting for old-fashioned liberal causes like immigration rights, the environment, unions and strong social programs No publisher Renee Guillory Immigration Immigrants Congress Raul Grijalva congressmen Arizona representatives Arizona politics immigration environmental issues unions social programs Colorado Indian Tribe Environmental Protection Agency environmental justice braceros Latinos Hispanics Janet Napolitan 2011-11-13T00:42:56Z News Article How I ran for a U.S. Senate seat, and what I learned http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/how-i-ran-for-a-u.s.-senate-seat-and-what-i-learned A first-hand account by a longtime Arizona investigative reporter, John Dougherty, about his surprising Senate campaign. No publisher John Dougherty Arizona politics Phoenix Arizona Democrats political campaigning John Dougherty John McCain Arizona Democratic Primary Tucson Ron Parraz Election 2010 Rodney Glassman Cathy Eden 2010-10-26T15:28:46Z News Article Arizona: Obama's curse? http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/arizona-obamas-curse When Obama plucked Janet Napolitano out of the governor's seat to run Homeland Security, he surrendered Arizona to the ultra-conservatives. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Arizona politics Obama administration Arizona Democrats Tea Party, Arizona Republicans Jon Hulburd Ben Quayle John McCain J.D. Hayworth, Gabrielle Giffords Election 2010 Janet Napolitano Ann Kirkpatrick, Paul Gosar Jan Brewer 2010-10-20T17:11:14Z News Article Election Roundup http://www.hcn.org/issues/335/16704 Ray Ring offers a state-by-state summary of some of the more intriguing election results across the West No publisher Ray Ring J.D. Hayworth Munsil Phil Clean Elections Program Arizona politics factory farm campaign financing Elections Len California governor Arizona governor state lands ballot measures Harry Janet Napolitano Mitchell Angelid pregnant pigs Arnold Schwarzenegger 2010-09-09T21:03:09Z News Article


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The Zoo Interchange project touches the cities of Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and West Allis and will cover about nine miles of freeway leading to and through the actual interchange. The street and highways surrounding the Milwaukee Regional Medical Complex, which includes Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, are impacted. Check here for updates and resources from the Department of Transportation to help you throughout this long-term construction project.
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Consumer Reports put out it's annual list of top hospitals, but this time it's based on how patients do during and after surgery.
In the national survey, 13 hospitals in Arizona received their highest rating, including Mayo Clinic, Arrowhead Hospital, Banner Baywood Medical Center, Banner Boswell Medical Center, Banner Heart Hospital and others.
Each hospital got a score on a number of factors.
When choosing a hospital, looking at multiple data points from different sources is important because in this survey, in some cases, big name hospitals across the country scored low in areas compared to smaller hospitals.
In addition, hospitals in rural areas scored very well.
How were the ratings determined?
"They are being judged on the percentage of patients who died or stayed longer than expected for their particular procedure. So that is the measure that is calculated from the billing record and then we looked at 27 different categories of surgeries and combined those data across all 27 and then rolled that over into an overall rating for that hospital...also published ratings for five common procedures," said Doris Peter, Associate Director of Consumer Reports Health Rating Center.
The procedures included back surgery, replacements of the hip or knee, and procedures to remove blockages in arteries in the heart (angioplasty) or neck (carotid artery surgery).
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Acerca del autorMadalina Iordache-Levay
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Madalina Iordache was born in Romania in 1982. She grew up painting and drawing, and then she betrayed images for words when she went to university to study Journalism. However, she is grateful to that time, as she came to discover photography and digital art. Madalina moved to South Florida in October 2006, where she married Eric Levay, poet and passionate photographer as well. Her surreal and conceptual imagery has been awarded numerous times in prestigious international competitions, has been published in photography magazines and books all over the world, and has been exhibited in galleries from Romania and USA.
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Georgia Woman Continues Fight to Ban Potter BooksBooks
A followup for you now on the case of the Gwinnett County, Georgia woman who is continuing her attempt to have the Harry Potter books removed from elementary school libraries. Having been denied by the local school board, Laura Mallory appealed her case before the State Board of Education. In her attempt to plead her case, she called the Harry Potter books "evil" and attempted to correlate them to the recent spate of horrific school shootings in the past week. WXIA, Channel 11 out of Atlanta, Georgia reports:
"Mallory told the hearing officer that the books glorify witchcraft in a way other fairy tale books do not. She said with the recent rash of school shootings, evil has no place in the school.
"It's appalling that we want our children in the post-Columbine era where we've seen repeats this week of school shootings that we don't want to remove evil from our schools. You would think that we would want to do everything we can to get any form of evil out of our schools," argued Mallory.
The Gwinnett County School Board attorney replied that by "using Mallory's standards, books like MacBeth, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty would have to be removed as well."
"If people would spend more time reading books like the Harry Potter series than perhaps we wouldn't have these kinds of tragedies," said Sweeny.
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Columbia, SC (WJBF) -- Longtime Bamberg-Ehrhardt baseball coach David Horton is among the 8 members of the 2013 South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame class being inducted tonight.
Horton won 889 of the 1150 games he coached over 44 seasons at Bamberg before retiring last May. His Red Raiders won an amazing 14 state titles in 17 appearances.
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'We need God in the White House:'
Now, I have no doubt I will be harshly judged for this article but some things within our country need to be addressed. I recently had a conversation with a friend who read my last column and asked me why I don't think America was founded on Christianity. I feel that my friend isn't the only one begging for some enlightenment. Hence, this article.
This country was founded on religious freedom by Protestants escaping religious persecution in England. Upon the ratification of the Constitution, the First Amendment established what today is the standard view of religion.
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The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. The book includes advice on working with individuals, facilitating a therapeutic writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes. more »2010, Paperback: £17.99/ $29.95
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Florida golfer Tyson Alexander qualifies for 2009 U.S. Open
- 11:46 am Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 by Post Staff
Florida junior golfer Tyson Alexander saved his best performance for last.
His college season ended 10 days ago when Alexander tied for 79th (11 over par) at the NCAA Championships as the Gators finished a disappointing 19th. But Alexander more than made up for it on Monday by shooting 71-66 at a U.S. Open qualifier at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, winning himself a spot in next week's Open at Bethpage State Park in New York.
He sank a 15-foot birdie putt on his 36th and final hole of the day to clinch one of the final 63 spots in the Open. More than 750 golfers competed at 13 qualifying sites on Monday.
"Those last couple holes, I was fighting not to think about what was at stake," said Alexander, third on the Gators this season with a 73.31 stroke average. "I was just trying to hit good golf shots. It's hard when the U.S. Open is on the line."


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Review article
Review articles are an attempt to summarize the current state of understanding on a topic.[1] They analyze or discuss research previously published by others, rather than reporting new experimental results.[2][3]
They come in the form of systematic reviews and literature reviews and are a form of secondary literature.[4] Systematic reviews determine an objective list of criteria, and find all previously published original experimental papers that meet the criteria. They then compare the results presented in these papers. Literature reviews, by contrast, provide a summary of what the authors believe are the best and most relevant prior publications.
Some academic journals likewise specialize in review of a field; they are known as review journals.
The concept of "review article" is separate from the concept of peer-reviewed literature. It is possible for a review to be peer-reviewed, and it is possible for a review to be non-peer-reviewed.
See also[edit]
- Book review, a completely unrelated type of publication
- Case series, sometimes called a clinical review because it reviews or summarizes the records for a series of patients at a single medical clinic
- Review journal
- ^ "What's a "Review Article?"". The University of Texas. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ John Siegel, MLS. "Have I Found A Scholarly Article?".
- ^ "What is a Scholarly Journal? | SFU Library". Lib.sfu.ca. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ^ "Scientific Literature". The Regents of the University of California.
- Woodward, A. M. (1977). The Roles of Reviews in Information Transfer. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 175-180.
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