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September 28, 2005
For Information Contact: Renee Mulvey, Iowa Department of Revenue spokeswoman, 515-242-6226
Taxpayers directly affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita will receive extended due dates and pay no penalty on late-filed taxes. This includes individuals and businesses qualifying for federal tax relief who are located in Louisiana parishes and Mississippi, Alabama and Florida counties impacted by Hurricane Katrina, and individuals and businesses qualifying for federal tax relief who are located in Louisiana parishes and Texas counties impacted by Hurricane Rita. Individuals and businesses that maintain accounting services in the disaster areas and relief workers are also entitled to special tax relief. The list of all affected areas and taxpayers is available on the Internal Revenue Web site at www.irs.gov/newsroom.
The Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Katrina have until February 28, 2006, to file Iowa sales, withholding and income tax returns and submit tax payments for any returns or deposits that were due on or after August 29, 2005. For Florida taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Katrina, the effective date is August 24, 2005.
The Louisiana and Texas taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Rita have until February 28, 2006, to file Iowa sales, withholding and income tax returns and submit tax payments for any returns or deposits that were due on or after September 23, 2005.
Any late-filing or late-payment penalties will be waived by the Iowa Department of Revenue. When affected taxpayers file their returns, they should include a written request for waiver of the penalty. If they receive an assessment for penalty, a written request for waiver of the penalty should be sent to the department and it will be granted.
This also applies to payments of estimated Iowa income tax for individuals and corporations. The department will waive underpayment of estimated tax penalties with respect to installments paid by the extended due date.
The following provisions of the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 passed by Congress on September 21 apply to Katrina relief only at this time.
The standard mileage rate for charitable use of vehicles is raised to 34 cents, effective August 29, 2005, through December 31, 2006. This rate may increase for 2006.
Individuals living in the disaster area as of August 28, 2005, may claim their earned income credit and refundable child care credit based on their 2004 income for the 2005 tax year only. This could impact evacuees who are now living in Iowa.
Any qualified charitable contributions claimed made from August 28 through December 31, 2005, relating to Katrina relief are not subject to the 10% limitation for corporations. Any cash contributions to charities are not subject to the 50% income limitation and the phase-out of itemized deductions if the contributions are made before January 1, 2006.
The Iowa Legislature must adopt these provisions during its 2006 session before they are allowed for Iowa income tax purposes.
Updates to Iowa tax relief will be posted on the department's Web site at www.state.ia.us/tax.
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According to former MLB GM and current ESPN MLB analyst Jim Bowden, in an ESPN Insider piece, pitcher Trevor Bauer may very well be available.
Reason: There are some uniformed personnel in Arizona who don't believe that Bauer will ever have the command and control in the zone to live up to his potential, while others are frustrated by his stubborn nature. If the D-backs have an opportunity to trade him for a long-term solution at shortstop or third base, they're sure to listen.
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This is a blog.
It's where I regularly put forth my thoughts on open adoption, parenting, yoga, living mindfully, thinking critically, and whatever else I'm on fire about to share with you.
What is this site about?
I write from Denver, and I'm passionate about de-freakifying open adoption and ending discrimination against adoptees. I'm in the trenches figuring out this parenting thing. I notice perfect moments and encourage you to do so, as well. I am a New Age Libertarian. I study the chakras, practice yoga and ayurveda, and tell stories.
My book, The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole — written with my daughter's birth mom — was recently published by Rowman & Littlefield and is garnering rave reviews.
Also? Yoga, yin and yang, words and wine, critiques of the media, challenging ignorance, and the seeking the Tao in all.
Why does a woman named Lori call herself Lavender Luz?
Lori Holden is my name, but I selected Lori Lavender Luz as my blog persona. It's my Appalachian Trail name, even though I have never traveled the Appalachian Trail.
- Lavender because I love all shades purple.
- Luz ("looz") meaning light-bearer in language I'd like to become fluent in (Spanish).
- I love all those Ls.
Cast of Characters
- Me. Wonderer, wife, mom, writer.
- Husband Roger. Curious, amusing and amused, Renaissance-ish.
- Daughter Tessa. Spirited, dramatic, vivacious, young teen.
- Son Reed. Warrior, sweet, athletic, tween.
- Crystal is Tessa's birth mom and Joe is her birth dad.
- Michele is Reed's birth mom and AJ is his birth dad.
My life in 150 words or less
I've journaled faithfully since I was 17, and I can now look back and see interesting patterns and divine guidance. The major transitions in my life tended to come with a twist.
- In the 1990s, there were twists in the way I met and married Roger (involving comedy improv and a ride in the Weinermobile)
- In 2001, there were twists in the way I became mom to Tessa (involving a dying man's vision and a batch of cookie dough during labor)
- In 2003 there were twists in how I became mom to Reed (involving a battle and a blizzard).
The twists are all good. They make me realize that I have always been on the best path possible, even though there were moments that I was sure that wasn't the case.
How'd I get my blog to look so cool?
- The header design was created by Keiko of The Infertility Voice. It represents my favorite color and the wave of balance depicted in the Tao.
- Melissa is my dear friend and writing mentor . My life took an interesting pivot the day I landed on her blog through a google search. She is, in many ways, responsible for the tone and look of this space.
{ 17 comments… read them below or add one }
- September 10, 2010 at 12:01 pm
HI…our daughter Elana (via open adoption) is now 17 months old. I am trying to work through how to use language positively to help us all negotiate conversations sensitively and wondered 1) do I volunteer that Elana is adopted or wait til she is old enough to decide who to tell. 2) IF the topic comes up (ie if I am asked how long labor was etc)…have you found some really beautiful phrasing to describe how we became a family? I find that saying "she's adopted" has such a negative connotation for people that it falls on the floor like a thud when spoken. I was thinking something like "we are a family thanks to the gift of adoption". It's long but maybe there is something better that others have thought of? I'm pretty new at this adoption language thing, and hoped I'd have more articles from AF read by now and the book I bought about talking to young children about adoption read by now…sigh. Cheryl
- September 10, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Hi, Cheryl. I'll be emailing you. So glad you stopped by. :-).
- November 1, 2010 at 10:02 am
Hi Lori! I keep trying to keep up with you here and truly enjoy your writing. Just want you to know that I felt it necessary to make my blog private because of some circumstances related to our extended family in the adoptions, but wanted to make sure you knew you were welcome to read if you would still like to. I just couldn't find an email address to send the invite to. You can email me at the one you have or email@example.com and I'll send you an invite.
- November 10, 2010 at 11:10 am
Oh my G-d, I love your "about me" page — especially the first part about a certain toy maker … cough. I saw one of those toys this weekend and thought of you.
- January 2, 2011 at 11:05 am
Lori, I found you through Blog Gems and enjoyed getting to know you and your "cast of characters." I'll look around and see what else you have to say!
- January 2, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Tessa–what an awesome name! LOL
- January 2, 2011 at 8:44 pm
I just found you thru Blog Gems
and I am loving your blog your About me page and your cast of characters
- January 5, 2011 at 2:46 am
I've journalled since I was 19.
I'm here this time from Blog Gems
- January 7, 2011 at 10:22 am
This is the best 'About Me' page I have seen, EVER! You have put mine to shame but also encouraged me to put in a bit of effort:) I loved the last few bits, shows of your great sense of humour Thanks for joining in Blog Gems. Jen
- March 25, 2011 at 12:33 pm
There's another Danette in this world????? HA! I just noticed one of the comments was made by a Danette and then I wondered if I had actually ever commented on your blog before.
Just wanted to say hi and that I found your blog through Adoptive Families and FP.
I also like your Lavendar Luz part of your name. My grandmother was Alba Luz and I have that as a middle name. I have enjoyed reading your blog!
- July 19, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Hi I am unsure how I came across your blog as I haven't adopted nor have put a child for adoption. But once I started reading, I found I couldn't stop. It's informative and open and …. peaceful is a word that pops into my mind. Perhaps fate brought me here.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I love your posts. I am thankful that there are people like you in this world.
You are raising your children to appreciate all the players involved in their life and that is wonderful.
- November 22, 2011 at 9:31 am
loving your about me page!!
happy holidays
- March 1, 2013 at 11:14 am
Just followed you on Twitter and subscribed.
Love the site.
Will be reading.
- April 17, 2013 at 2:00 pm
As you may have heard, adoption has become very near and dear to my heart now that I am an adoptive grandmother. Thank you for being part of our community of awesomeness. You are a wonderful part of Generation Fabulous!
- April 21, 2013 at 1:16 pm
Lavender Luz,
Good afternoon from East Tennessee! While we are thousands of miles apart, we are most certainly in sync. My similarities to you are the follwing:
I am a writer (mostly in hobby, outreach to others, and in my profession as a teacher)
I am an adoptive mother.
I have an eleven-year-old child and a three-year-old child.
I love wine.
I believe my entire journey was and is filled with divine intervention.
I love the idea of hiking the Appalachian Trail, but never will.
I actually grew up REALLY close to parts of the AT (in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains).
I consider myself a Libertarian.
I hate adoption stereotypes. My husband was adopted in 1963.
I am navigating a WIDE OPEN adoption my my toddler's birth parents.
I write in a similar tone to what I read in your blog. My editor compared me to Lorrie Moore. My friends compare me to Fannie Flagg. My mother compares me to Lewis Grizzard (I am a humorist at heart). My creative writing professor (a loooooong time ago) compared me to John Grisham. I feel like an amateur. But, I did publish a book and I would love to send it to you!
What do you say? Perhaps we could help each other expose our work to our different parts of the U.S.A. and, in turn, enlighten others about open adoption and make life a little easier on our children.
The title of my book is THE EYE OF ADOPTION: the true story of my turbulent wait for a baby. You can read excerpts and reviews (20, 5-star reviews, 1 1-star by a redneck from my hometown) on Amazon.com or my website: http://www.jodydyer.com.
I hope to hear back from you!
Jody Cantrell Dyer
- April 22, 2013 at 7:09 am
Great! Thanks Lori. I look forward to hearing from you.
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If ōDeath to Promö were one of costume designer Christopher StraubÆs efforts back when he was a ōProject Runwayö contestant, the verdict might be that it looks good, but the construction is iffy.
Shot in a candy-colored palette, the made-in-Minnesota comedy knows how to make a limited budget pop on-screen. Melissa PritchettÆs production design and StraubÆs costumes are bright and fun in a make-something-out-of-nothing vein similar to ōPriscilla, Queen of the Desert,ö which won an Oscar for its clever costumes. ōPromö wonÆt win any Oscars, but it is a terrific-looking piece of work.
ōPromö is a contemporary spin on a John Hughes movie, one where gender and sexuality are more fluid than in HughesÆ more conservative world view. Rene (funny Ricardo Vazquez) is gay and fabulous. He and his best friend/partner in fabulousness, Frankie (Hina Kahn), both fall for handsome soccer player Sasha even though theyÆre not sure if heÆs interested in boys (i.e., Rene) or girls (i.e., Frankie Ś and, yes, everyone in the movie seems to have a gender-neutral name).
As in a Hughes movie, someoneÆs heart will get broken, there will be hurt feelings and everything will turn out OK in a redemptive finale at the prom. Unfortunately, unlike a Hughes movie, the quips in ōDeath to Promö often feel forced, and the supporting characters fade into the background. Hughes wrote supporting characters that were funnier and livelier than the leads, but the ōPromö gang is a wan and indifferently acted bunch.
ItÆs too bad. ThereÆs plenty to like in ōProm,ö which also makes deft use of Twin Cities locations such as the WitchÆs Hat water tower in Minneapolis. But some of the time, you wish the actors would shut up and get out of the way of the eye-popping sets and costumes.
ōDeath to Promö
Directed by:ĀMatthew Stenerson, Jeremy Wilker
Starring:ĀRicardo Vazquez, Hina Khan, Andrew Keives
Rated:ĀNot rated, but contains some strong language
Should you go?ĀTough call. ItÆs fun to see the Twin Cities used so well in such a good-looking movie, but there are script and acting issues. Two stars.


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In July, senior residents were invited to stop by our Frankfort location to meet with a representative from the Will County Supervisor of Assessments, who answered their questions about tax exemptions. This informative day provided valuable assistance to many and we look forward to hosting another assistance day in 2013.
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Our 2nd Annual Ladies Night Out was a great success -- 28 local vendors participated and more than 90 women attended! The vendors offered a wide variety of items, from organic personal care and home cleaning products to crafts including handmade cards and custom jewelry. We also had healthy food products, candles, purses, cosmetics and a free chair massage, plus free refreshments! It all added up to a truly wonderful evening.
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March of Dimes March for Babies in April
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Donation to Suzy's Caring Place
Mary Ann Murphy and Anne O'Neill hold up the ends of the "big check" representing our donation to Guardian Angel Community Services - Suzy's Caring Place. The shelter provides victims of domestic violence a home to stay in for two years to build independent, violence-free lives after receiving emergency shelter and community-based services.
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I have brought in a raster ASC file (X,Y,Z) and am only interested in the red area (ultimately I want to create 1m contours layer) but cannot find a way to query the data to only show the red area.
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you have Civil3D, then it's easier to import the points as Civil3D-surface, then define a border to this surface (your red polyline) and set the style to show contours. The contours are also calculated with higher quality then (imho).
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I'll agree to disagree on this as in my experience the contour layer (obtained via MAP tools) is far better then the same contours derived via a C3D surface.
Even though "..all contours are lies..", the MAP version looks a lot better
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in a text editor, manually deleting the other points outside of the extents
treat it as a point cloud (treat it as points), and this should allow for filtering out what you do not want


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Hill Climb Drag Racing coming to Titus Mountain
MALONE — Titus Mountain Family Ski Center is capping of their winter season by hosting a SHCRA Championship Hill Climb Drag Race on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13.
For more information, visit titusmountain.com or call 800-848-8766. For more about SHCRA, visit shra.com or call 315-277-1566.
Indoor Rifle Range activities to be held April 9
PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Rod and Gun Club will host a fun night of shooting at its Indoor Rifle Range on Route 9, on Tuesday, April 9. Participants should arrive between 5:30 and 6:15 p.m. to register. Activities will include archery, running boar, air rifle and air pistol shooting at zombie targets, and various .22 rifle shooting games. Cost is $5 per person, and participants need to provide their own ammunition or pick up some at the club. All equipment provided is free. For more information, contact club president Peter Visconti at 298-7776.
Lifeguard/First Aid RecertificationMay 4
PLATTSBURGH — The Department of Sport and wellness is offering a non-credit Lifeguard/First Aid Recertification Course on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students must have certification in Lifeguard/Waterfront/First Aid. Registration is in 312 Memorial Hall.
Cost is $75. Copies of certification must accompany enrollment form and fee. This renewal does not renew CPR for Lifeguards. Further information and enrollment forms can be obtained under Red Cross Programs at www.plattsburgh.edu/studentlife/recsports/redcross or from Leith Bardon at email@example.com.
Fire Department softball tournament
AUSABLE FORKS — The Ausable Forks Fire Department will host its 23rd-annual unlimited arc softball tournament July 19, 20 and 21. There will be 16 teams playing with double elimination. To enter, call Tim Lincoln at 569-3403 or Dave McKie 726-0886.
Adk Open disc golf tourney April 20
PLATTSBURGH — The Adirondack Disc Golf Association and the Town Plattsburgh Parks & Recreation Department are sponsoring the Adirondack Open Disc Golf Tournament at the Cadyville Disc Golf Course April 20.


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Todd Helton has had a rough year; he missed a couple of weeks after the All-Star break to rest his right hip, which had some inflammation issues. Activated July 27, he went 6-for-19 in six games before the pain got too much for him. Patrick Saunders:
The Rockies' veteran first baseman will undergo arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip. The surgery, to be performed Friday, marks the end of Helton's 15th full season in the major leagues.
"The recovery time is about six months, so I am doing this now so I can be ready for spring training. I plan on playing next year," Helton told The Denver Post on Monday morning.
The Rockies activated infielder Chris Nelson to take Helton's place on the 25-man roster.
Helton has a year left on his Rockies contract; he's scheduled to make $5 million in 2013. He's been a mainstay of the Colorado offense for 16 seasons, but hit just .238/.343/.400 this season, perhaps as a result of this injury. He'll surely want to come back next year and retire (he'll be 39) on better terms.
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Luxurious Silks & Linens, Casual Denims & Cottons, Layers Of Sophisticated Modern-Retro Style.
August 18, 2011, Great Barrington, MA – Tasha Polizzi will be introducing her Spring 2012 Collections at the Las Vegas MAGIC Show and the Denver WESA Show this month. Tasha's team is in love with these retro-modern styles because of their new, young sophistication. Novelty prints, retro-plaids and gauzy serape's to wear with washed denim skirts and embroidered jeans highlight the Serape Tribe collection.
The Two Grey Hills Collection embodies the high/low fashion combinations Tasha is known for. Featuring the TP signature blanket knit, inspired by a vintage Navajo rug that hangs in the design studio, available in two fabulous new color combinations and bodies, the popular fringed shawl and a new hooded cardigan. Colored in Stone, a sophisticated gray, chocolate, cream or Blue Gem, in hues of blue, gray and cream, the blanket knits will be a wardrobe staple for Spring. Cotton voile shirts with captivating ruffles or intricate embroideries, dreamy silk blouses in shades of cream or fresh petal are embroidered and ruffled to layer with the Bella Coola Skirt, a sophisticated take on the essential black summer skirt. A Linen/Cotton metallic fabric is fashioned into an updated Linen Duster, a charming Scottsdale Jacket and a subtle flirty Arizona Skirt. Luxurious silks and linens layer with casual denims and cottons in an exciting modern-retro style.
The Gypsy Camp Collection is alive with color in shades of white, violet, turquoise and green. Colorful embroidered tunics and gauzy bright plaids embrace the passion of summer life, dressing up or down at a moments notice.
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May 12-15, 2009, Minneapolis, MN
Bridging Perspectives Conference 2009
The Domestic Abuse Project in Minneapolis will host the Bridging Perspectives Conference 2009. Building on the successful Michigan conference of 2005, the Bridging Perspectives Conference 2009 will bring together nearly 600 people interested in and involved with working with men who use violence in their familial relationships with women and children. It will offer a chance to simultaneously explore multiple issues in the field of batterers intervention such as accountability, culturally specific approaches, new and emerging research, fathering and battering, interdisciplinary cooperation, chemical dependency, mental health issues and more. For more information, click here.
May 21-22, 2009, New York, NY
Stand Up and Speak Out
A Call to Men, a national association of men and women committed to ending violence against women, will host its fourth national conference at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. At Stand Up and Speak Out, women and men will come together and strategize about how best to end violence against women – with a solution that engages men in addressing the issue. For more information, click here or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
May 27-29, 2009, Washington, DC
National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit
The Children's Bureau will host a National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel for Children's Bureau discretionary grant evaluators, state and Tribal child welfare administrators and analysts, evaluation experts in child welfare and other human service fields, and other interested professionals. The Summit will explore the state of evaluation practice in the field of child welfare and promote cohesive, strategic and sound approaches for evaluating child welfare systems, programs and projects. For more information, email email@example.com.
May 27-30, 2009, New Orleans, LA
Children, Courts and Custody: Back to the Future or Full Steam Ahead?
The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 46th annual conference will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans and will examine how family law research, practices and processes have evolved. It will feature 70 workshops, including three-hour advanced sessions, three plenary sessions and a choice of six daylong pre-conference institutes. Sessions will address challenges to conventional child custody wisdom including assertions about 50/50 parenting, the child's role in the process, the resiliency of children after divorce, the changing role of court systems in resolving family disputes, and more. For more information, click here.
June 2-4, 2009, Jackson Hole, WY
The Next National Summit: Exploring Effective Interventions in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
The Family Violence Prevention Fund and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, will host this Summit on the intersection of domestic violence and child welfare. Professionals working on issues related to co-occurrence will share strategies for transforming the way child welfare agencies, domestic violence organizations, courts, other service providers, and communities respond to families in need. For more information, call 216/707-9499 or click here.
August 3-4, 2009, Long Beach, CA
A Journey to Healing: Finding the Path
Organized by the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, this conference will offer informative and engaging presentations, practical information, interactive sessions and artistic expressions focused on learning how to help battered women and those who witnessed domestic violence as children. Featured speakers will include: Brenda L. Thomas, author of Laying Down My Burdens; Carolyn West, Ph.D., a scholar specializing in violence in the lives of black women; and Mildred Muhammad, former wife of the 'DC Sniper' John Allen Muhammad. For more information, click here.
September 3-4, 2009, San Diego, CA
A New Direction for a Safer Tomorrow: A National Conference on Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Office on Violence Against Women will host a conference to inform professionals about how to provide safe, supervised visitation and exchange services that take domestic violence into account at the Omni San Diego Hotel. National experts will discuss safety for adult victims and children; services for diverse populations; community collaboration; and advocacy. For more information, contact Michele Robinson at 775/784-6427 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
November 6-7, 2009, Collegeville, MN
First National Conference for Campus-Based Men's Gender Equality & Anti-Violence Groups
This conference will be the first chance for male students from across the country to explore how to find positive ways to reach campus men with messages against dating and other forms of men's violence, and for gender equality. It will provide opportunities to discuss how to deal with backlash and hostility, and how to work in partnership with women's groups. St. John's University will host the conference. For more details, email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Royals outfielder David DeJesus was the subject of widespread trade rumors last July, up until a thumb injury knocked him out for the rest of the season. However, once November rolled along, Kansas City wasted little time in getting the ball rolling once more, completing a trade that sends the veteran out West.
The #athletics acquired David DeJesus from the #Royals for Vin Mazzaro and Class-A pitcher Justin Marks.
Over 91 games in 2010, DeJesus batted .318 for the Royals with a .384 OBP. His average is exactly .300 since the start of 2008, and he fits the Oakland mold pretty well; he makes contact, he has a decent eye, he has gap power, and he plays strong defense. With 2011 being the final year of his existing contract, he was expendable for the Royals, and he'll be a part of an A's team that's looking to contend in the short term.
Coming back to Kansas City are Vin Mazzaro and Justin Marks. Mazzaro has a 4.72 ERA over parts of two seasons in the Oakland rotation, and the 24 year old righty works primarily off of a fastball in the low 90s. He has not been blessed with outstanding stuff, but has been able to hold his own from a young age. Marks, meanwhile, turns 22 in January, and struck out more than a batter an inning in A-ball last season. The lefty was drafted in the 37th round by the Red Sox in 2006.
The A's were rumored to be looking to trade an arm for a bat after buying the rights to Hisashi Iwakuma. This is that trade, and their fans ought to be pretty happy. Be sure to check out more at Royals Review and Athletics Nation.


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ANAHEIM -- Angels starter Jerome Williams dealt with shortness of breath following his start Monday night and was taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure.
Williams began feeling out of breath while in the clubhouse after his outing against the Giants, when he gave up four runs in 3 1/3 innings of an eventual 5-3 loss, and outfielder Torii Hunter heard he passed out before paramedics came in.
Williams stayed overnight at a nearby hospital to undergo more tests, but the club believes he'll be fine.
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"I think he's feeling much better right now than he did when he left," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said, "but obviously we have to just take it one step at a time and hopefully it's not going to be anything serious."
Scioscia had no reason to believe Williams was fighting shortness of breath while pitching against a Giants team he began his career with. The 30-year-old right-hander, the club believes, started feeling dizzy when returning to the Angels clubhouse after a 75-pitch outing, his teammates getting word on the bench from athletic trainers around the fourth inning.
"It was tough to hear," Hunter said. "We didn't know what was going on. We knew he passed out in the locker room. All you can do is just say a little prayer at that point, and hopefully he's doing OK."
"I think we felt much better right now because he's resting comfortably, and I think he's settled down a little bit," Scioscia added. "We'll hopefully get some more information tonight."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Back at The Dunk Friday, January 7 vs. Manchester
Springfield, MA – The Providence Bruins fell to the Springfield Falcons 5-2 Sunday afternoon at the MassMutual Center. The P-Bruins got their goals from Jamie Arniel and Kirk MacDonald. Providence is back in action at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Friday, January 7 at 7:05 p.m. for Kid's Hat Night against the Manchester Monarchs.
The P-Bruins took a 1-0 lead at the 5:13 mark of the opening period. David Ling picked up a loose puck in front of the net and dropped it off for Arniel, who tallied his 13th goal of the season. Springfield tied the game at one at the 11:15 mark. Chris D'Alvise netted his fourth goal of the season, while Jonathan Sigalet and Trevor Frischmon picked up the assists. The Falcons took their first lead of the game at the 17:01 mark. Steven Goertzen scored his third goal of the season, with Frischmon and Nick Holden recording the assists. The Falcons led 2-1 going into the first intermission.
Springfield made it 3-1 at the 2:39 mark of the second period. Maksim Mayorov tallied his eighth goal of the season, while John Moore and Nikita Filatov grabbed the assists. The Falcons took a 4-1 lead at the 15:56 mark. Filatov scored his first goal of the season, with David Savard getting the lone assist. The Falcons led 4-1 going into the second intermission.
The P-Bruins pulled within two goals at the 9:39 mark. MacDonald blocked a shot giving him a breakaway, which he scored on, his fifth goal of the season. Springfield finished off the scoring at the 14:48 mark. Ben Guite netted his fourth goal of the season, while Mike Blunden and Nate Guenin had the assists. The Falcons went onto the 5-2 victory.
Nolan Schaefer stopped 19 of 24 shots for the P-Bruins, while David LeNeveu made 13 saves for the Falcons. The P-Bruins were 0-for-3 on the power play and 6-for-6 on the penalty kill.
Providence is back at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Friday, January 7 for Kid's Hat Night at 7:05 p.m. against the Monarchs. Information on P-Bruins tickets for the 2010-11 season can be obtained by calling the team ticket office at (401) 273-5000 or by logging onto the team website at www.providencebruins.com.


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Rick Grove is a Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of Rutter Associates LLC, the New York based financial markets risk management consulting firm. Mr. Grove has spent over 25 years working in the financial markets, as both an investment banker and a lawyer. From 1997 to 2001, he was the CEO of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). Following ISDA and before joining Rutter Associates, Mr. Grove was a Managing Director at Bank of America, co-managing the Global Commodity Derivatives Group. Prior to joining ISDA, he worked as a marketer in the fixed income and derivatives businesses at Paribas Capital Markets and headed the Financing Desk and the Fixed Income Syndicate Desk in New York. Mr. Grove originally joined Banque Paribas as General Counsel of Paribas Corporation after practicing corporate law with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and London. Mr. Grove was the first chair of the American Bar Association's Task Force on Financial Engineering for Economic Development and was recently named to the panel of experts of PRIME Finance, the financial markets dispute resolution service based in The Hague. He has served on the CFTC's Global Markets Advisory Council and the World Bank's Financial Markets and Development Conference Advisory Board. Mr. Grove has chaired ISDA's U.S. Regulatory Committee and has testified about the derivatives markets before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He has served on ISDA's panel of experts for credit event determinations. Mr. Grove authored "Valuation in the context of derivatives litigation" in the April 2011 issue of the Oxford University Capital Markets Law Journal. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the bar of the State of New York, the ABA's International Section and the International Advisory Committee for the Friends of the Earth Middle East. Mr. Grove received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Harvard International Law Journal, and his A.B. summa cum laude from Princeton University where he was enrolled in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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Establish A \"Quiet Zone\" At The Lenox Road Crossing In Atlanta, GA
As a resident of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, I support the efforts to establish a \"Quiet Zone\" around the Lenox Road crossing, and ask that the City of Atlanta provide the necessary funding to move the project forward. The successful implementation of the \"Quiet Zone\" at this crossing will greatly enhance the quality of life for area residents.
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The University of Maine currently is a recipient of a federal grant from the Grants to Combat Violent Crimes against Women on Campuses Program. The program is administered by the U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office. For two years, the "Safe Campus Project" will focus on the coordination of services and programs designed to improve the University's response to violence against women on campus.
In terms of victim advocacy, the Safe Campus Project aims to integrate existing support structures for victim/survivor such as counseling and omsbud services with community- based advocacy services such as hot lines and support groups. To further enhance victim advocacy, the Project seeks to offer support, resources, and options for the victim/survivor to make the best decisions about their safety and needs.
Working closely with the UMaine Police Department and the Office of Judicial Affairs, the Safe Campus Project aims to integrate effective offender accountability strategies into victim oriented advocacy. Policy review and continuing education workshops address law enforcement and judicial affairs strategies to effectively combat rape/sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
In terms of outreach and prevention, the Safe Campus Project is pursuing a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, the Project seeks to integrate victim advocacy concerns into the existing continuing education and training programs from Residence Life staff, and into awareness and outreach programs for all incoming students. On the other hand, Safe Campus aims to revitalize the involvement of men on campus, in particular male students, in the effort to end violence against women.
The Safe Campus Project operates on the philosophy that good working relationships with campus and community partners are essential to reach its goals. To this effect a central coordinating office works closely with the Safe Campus Task Force, which represents campus partners from Athletics to Women's Studies, and community partners including advocacy agencies and representatives of the criminal justice and civil legal system.
Interim University of Maine Advocacy Services for Victims of Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Division of Student Affairs
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The University's response to community members who have been victims of sexual assault or relationship violence is supportive and advocacy focused. The University will offer crisis intervention services, counseling services, and ongoing advocacy and support for victims. Confidentiality will be discussed with victims.
All responses to community members reporting sexual assault or relationship violence will be organized to assure immediate and seamless access to all services. Advocates will be located in the Dean of Student's Office though where an advocate meets with a victim will be determined based on the victim's needs and comfort level . During regular business hours advocate services point of contact will be physically in the Student Affairs office or by phone at 581-1406. After regular business hours the on – call Dean of Students will be notified and that person will initiate notification of an advocate and connect the victim with advocacy services. Counseling Center staff members are also available to provide victim support services.
On-Call Student Affairs Deans are available by calling 581-4040 or by calling 9-1-1 from an on-campus telephone. A victim or someone operating on behalf of the victim can ask to be connected to the on-call Dean who will initiate a comprehensive response.
Trained Advocates for this program are:
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Enormous H&M signs to rise above Times Square
In a ghastly affront to the NYC skyline, the trendy Swedish brand is constructing four illuminated panels at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue.
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Looks like it's time for us to update our list of blights on the NYC skyline. H&M is planning not one but four massive signs above Times Square, according to The Wall Street Journal; each one will measure a gargantuan 70 feet by 70 feet. The atrocious illuminated panels will rise above 4 Times Square sometime this year.
The trendy Swedish behemoth's takeover is continuing on the ground, too; an H&M store—clocking in at 42,500 square feet—is coming to the base of that same building, and a new 57,000-square-foot flagship is also in the works at Fifth Avenue and 48th Street.
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March 2012 Programs at N.C. Aquarium at Ft. Fisher
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PROGRAM, please call (910) 458.7468 or visit ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher. For all programs, children ages 14 and younger must be accompanied by an adult, except for camps. ALL programs require preregistration and fees.
• BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR - Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 1 p.m. - Check out a dirty job you're sure to love. Join staff on a behind-the-scenes tour and learn about Aquarium animals, what they eat, how they live, and how to care for them. Then assist aquarists with food preparation and help feed the animals. Participants also observe aquarists during daily care and maintenance tasks. This limited opportunity is only open to 10 participants. Participants should wear closed-toe shoes and be prepared to smell fishy. For ages 10 and older. Ages 14 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Fee: $25 for ages 13 and older, $23 for ages 10-12. Aquarium admission included. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
• Extended BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR - Friday, March 15 at 2 p.m., Monday, March 18 at 2 p.m. and Friday, March 22 at 2 p.m. - Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at an Aquarium? Space for animal holding, husbandry, life support systems, and access to exhibits is hidden behind the aquarium walls. If you have ever cared for a home aquarium, you may have some idea of what it takes to operate a collection of salt and freshwater exhibits, with hundreds of animals. Accompany aquarium staff on a guided tour of animal quarantine, life support, food preparation, and access areas. This unique opportunity is limited to 10 participants. Children under 8 are not permitted. Children between 8 and 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Fee: $15.00 for adults and $13.00 for children 17 and under. Aquarium admission included. NC Aquarium Society Members pay $9.00 per participant.
• GREEN BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR - Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 2 p.m. - Celebrate St Patrick's Day at the aquarium with our inaugural Green Behind the Scenes Tour. Come view the inner workings of various departments and witness firsthand our sustainability action plan. Check out where the animals are held and how we assist endangered species. See how our operations department uses eco friendly products and maintains low energy and water consumption and so much more!! Accompany aquarium staff on this guided tour of animal quarantine, life support, food preparation, and access areas. Participants should wear closed-toe shoes. Children under 8 are not permitted. Children between 8 and 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Fee: $15.00 for ages 13 and up, $13.00 for ages 8-12. Aquarium admission included. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
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Advocates for higher minimum wage celebrate past success and look ahead
Balloons, snacks, cake, live music, an open wine bar and nearly 100 guests marked a Thu/6 celebration at the Women's Building in San Francisco's Mission district. You might never guess a party this fun would be held to celebrate the birthday of a city ordinance.
February marks the 10-year anniversary of San Francisco's minimum wage ordinance, passed by voters in 2003 with Proposition L. The landmark initiative not only raised the minimum wage in San Francisco to $8.50 per hour, but stipulated that the amount would rise every year to reflect inflation. Thanks to Prop. L, San Francisco now boasts the highest minimum wage in the nation, at $10.74.
But being the nation's highest still isn't enough.
"Who thinks living in San Francisco is really expensive?" asked one of the event organizers and staff member of the Chinese Progressive Association, Shaw San Liu. All hands in the room shot up before the Spanish and Mandarin translators even had a chance to repeat the question.
Raising the minimum wage in San Francisco has been a hot topic recently, and Mayor Ed Lee even endorsed a significant increase back in December. The number that keeps floating around is $15 per hour, but nothing has been set in stone.
In addition to celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the minimum wage ordinance, Thursday's event was also the official launch of the Campaign for a Fair Economy, a push to support the city's lowest-paid workers and close the ever-growing wealth gap.
Raising the minimum wage is only part of the campaign, and advocates are also fighting for accountability from large chain businesses, stricter enforcement of existing labor standards, and expanding access to jobs for disadvantaged workers.
"San Francisco has led the way for employment policies in the past," said Kung Feng, lead organizer for Jobs With Justice, a group that fights for workers' rights. "We need to continue that."
To say that San Francisco is leading the way is no understatement. In addition to having the highest minimum wage in the country, SF was also the first place in the U.S. to mandate paid sick leave, and the Health Care Security Ordinance works to guarantee medical benefits for all workers in the city.
Despite San Francisco's long legacy of championing workers' rights, there is still a tough battle ahead. Currently, minimum wage in the city automatically goes up every year to match inflation (on Jan. 1, 2014, it rose from $10.55 to $10.74). Any further increase requires voter approval.
While it seems a higher minimum wage does have strong support and has already been endorsed by major political figures, there's still a powerful lobby against it from some businesses and restaurant associations. Despite the upcoming battle, advocates seemed optimistic.
"Who in here can tell me the significance of the Year of the Horse?" Liu of CPA asked the audience, referring to the ongoing Lunar New Year. A small woman sitting in the front row excitedly responded, "Maa dou gung sing!"
"Success comes in the horse year," Liu explained. "And this will be a year of success and accomplishments for workers rights in San Francisco."
less workers earning more. Ed Lee has gotten the key SF unemployment rate down below 5% - a great achievement. Almost everyone knows a big hile in minimum wage kills jobs. We are arguing over by how much.
Even your golden boy says $15/hr is a good idea. He doesn't believe it's a job killer, and he's all about jobs... right?
booming. But he will also have to explain why unemployment will grow more rapidly when cycle next turns down.
Or maybe he's just saying that since it will be the voters who will decide and he wants to appear "populist" in order to get re-elected.
Either way, it's a job killer. If not, why not set the minimum wage at $50 an hour? We can all be rich working as janitors, right?
$15/hr minimum wage is popular (and therefore your opinion is so far out of the mainstream that even an anti-labor politician like Ed Lee is forced to pay lip service), and that Ed Lee is not a shoo-in for re-election (otherwise he wouldn't have to appeal to popular measures that he's personally opposed to).
You still cling to counterfactual notions such as the minimum wage being associated with higher unemployment, a link that has not been shown to exist in reality. But, your thinking is somewhat more in line with reality than in the past, so I guess we're making progress.
minimum wage $50 an hour? $100 an hour?
No downside, right?
Do you act this way in your daily life, or just here? When your doctor tells you "take this twice a day for 2 weeks," do you tell him, "Oh yeah? Well if this is so great then why can't I just take 28 doses today and the problem should go away instantly?"
What we really need is a maximum wage that is some reasonable multiple of the minimum wage.
FDR proposed a highest marginal income tax rate of 100%. It didn't pass, because Republicans kicked and screamed, so he compromised. The compromise was 94% (if only Democrats could compromise like that these days!). So that was effectively a maximum wage, and it kicked off the biggest period of growth and prosperity America has ever known.
And it makes total sense. When the so-called job creators know that diverting any more money from the company into their own pockets will just go to the government, they'll put that excess money elsewhere -into workers salaries and benefits to attract better employees to gain a competitive edge, or just re-investing into business expansion. If you limit the amount rich people can hoard, then "job creators" might actually start creating jobs again.
tax rate. The result? Thousands of their best and brightest have moved to London, Brussels and Geneva.4
Real smart idea.
that can't be tried again and again.
They had a hard time getting web developers and the such.
They only got Theresa Sparks to work for them even though she was way over qualified because of obvious reasons.
I would agree that CEO's are way way overpaid, legislating values always backfires.
-just about the only company in Spain doing well now. Worked for a lot of worker-occupied collectivized enterprises in Argentina too.
Worked in the US too. Like I said, best period of growth ever for the whole country.
to do that because we have the most liquid stock market.
it becomes counter-productive?
Most Americans don't get even 3. The experts used to recommend 5. Now they're saying 8. You can make the reductio ad absurdum argument that if more vegetables is better, why not 50 or 100 servings? Asking what level is counterproductive is just demagoguery. I don't know how many servings of vegetables it would take to overdose. I don't really care to argue how many angels fit on the head of a pin either. I'm talking about reality here, and in the real world, all I know is that most people don't get enough.
the value that employee generates, and not what that employee thinks he would like to have.
You clearly think a minimum wage is purely a political decision with no real world implications to the businesses that hire workers. That is 100% wrong, bad and dangerous thinking.
Who decides this? The "market," you say?
Well, in the last 40 years, the United States has become a far wealthier country as a whole. But virtually 100% of the gains in worker productivity have gone to the top 1%.
This means that by the logic of the market, 99% of the American population have contributed NOTHING to the increased GDP of the United States in the last 40 years. This is absurd. This model has failed and we need to try something different.
You don't even have to be a socialist or communist to recognize this. There was a time in capitalist America when growth accrued mainly to the 99% -a time when inequality went down, not up, as the country grew. The country grew stronger and more prosperous during this time. Maybe it's time we looked at some of the policies of that time and tried them again.
When a boss decides to hire extra staff, he computes the expected added revenues from that extra hire. If it is an extra $10 an hour, then the hire may not make sense if he has to pay more than that. Or he may have to let go some guys he has.
If you want to know the value an employee adds, ask their boss. HE, or she, will know.
people work for minimum wage.
Yes, Ed Lee controls the spigots of low interest rate speculative investment capital. That is why he drove housing prices through the roof.
You should know better.
Despite it being the highest in the nation we're being told it's not enough. So how much IS enough? And why should it be increased beyond the level of inflation? Private sector workers do not receive automatic increases every year.
nonsense passes.
if you continue this "I don't tip" nonsense.
He would probably force workers to pay for the right to a job. Oh, yeah, we already do pay for the right to work via substantial corporate welfare.
salon. They pay by the hour for the seat.
Lap dancers often pay for the right to try and earn tips, not that you would know about chicks.
all labor should follow the model of strip joints?
realized that many self-employed people pay for the right to use a location and earn tips.
But yes, I would like to see more indepedant contractors.
tip AFTER you have eaten.
you'll be fine then.
will not concern me.
you to go to?
The minimum wage is still 20% less than it was in 1970 when adjusted for inflation.
It's nice to see that some right-wingers are also promoting hikes in the minimum wage, the argument being that low wage earners will no longer need government assistance.
outsourcing, importing, immigration and dollar deflation?
I'm guessing not.
Absolutely correct.
All those burger-flipping minimum wage jobs at Mickey D's are being shipped overseas to Bangladesh.
Ever notice that every time you order a Super-side-me Mac that the clerk gets on the bullhorn to Dhaka, and a worker there makes your burger for quick/click delivery through a synergized logistics network?
No? I guess you are not very perceptive.
Service jobs stay here and get staffed by minimum-wage immigrants
we can't all be selling stocks and burgers to each other.
America need to produce products to each other and other nations.
Start making things.
Thanks for the tip though.
And get making
"America" is producing "innovative" financial products that comprise 40% of the GDP!
as these ponzie schemes keep crashing.
- matlock
According to S&P, finance is about 21% of the economy.
I did enjoy that.
Many people insist on seeing a little smiley sign next to attempted satire.
Sorry, most of the other Guest(s) were smarter than you on this one.
Or did you mean really smart?
We all make typos and spelling errors.
What sparky did was use completely the wrong word. He thought the correct phrase was "tenants of wisdom".
That's what makes it so funny. and why he is trying so hard to deflect when really he should just cower and retreat.
Some people just keep digging . .
I know. Sparky is such a dufus.
and then pretended to agree with Sparky that he wasn't a dufus.
Some people are clueless.
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The six months since The International Bank of Bob was released have been a blast. I have so many people to thank.
Since last I updated this site (in February! I suck at the Internets):
Day of release, the book shot to #3 on Amazon, mostly thanks to a ton of Kiva lenders grabbing copies all at once. The book went into its second printing in less than 24 hours. Thanks, Kiva lenders! (I'm sure Bloomsbury, my publisher, thanks you, too.)
There was a lot of nice press, too—the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Boston Globe, Travel+Leisure, PBS NewsHour, Forbes, Marie, Current TV, among a lot of others.
Even Chinese state television (!).
The tour of SF, LA, NY, and DC was awesome. Big crowds, lots of old friends. The Strand event in NY was a real highlight. I was also invited to give talks at Citi, Visa, and Google, whose team lending total increased by almost tenfold soon after. (I'm not sure how much my talk had to with that; I'm sure that the people who organized my talk drove all that lending, and I was a handy prop at most. Still, cool.) A bunch of book clubs have asked me to Skype in, too, some from as far away as Europe and Australia. Meeting people who appreciate the book never gets old.
More important by far: more than 15,000 new lenders have taken advantage of the "Bank of Bob" free trials page at Kiva, creating new accounts and making their first $25 loans to small mom-and-pop businesses all over the world. (If you're curious, click the link. Poke around. You'll probably dig it.) Meanwhile, the Friends of Bob Harris team at Kiva is approaching $4 million in loan volume, having made nearly 130,000 loans to small businesses in 76 countries. I can't even get my head around those numbers.
And we're just getting started. This fall, the book has already received academic adoption at a number of university "first read" programs. And as I write this, I'm in New York, taking a little time for fun. Then I head for Brussels, where I've been invited to present the book in the European Parliament. (Those words look really weird to write.)
I've said this individually to everyone I can reach, but for the record: heartfelt thanks to readers, lenders, Kiva, friends, family, booksellers, my publisher, various writers and interviewers, nice folks at a bunch of colleges and corporations, and most of all, to the kind and hardworking people in nearly two dozen countries who opened the lives and work and homes and hearts in various ways, just because I asked.
I have been given more than I ever dreamed of asking for, nearly everywhere I've gone. Best summer—heck, best four and a half years—of my life. Thank you.
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It's, like, an actual thing.
"No book this important should be this delightful… funny, tender, and incisive… Give this book your time. It will pay you back."
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— Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Media Group
"Bob Harris shows us how to save the world without being an insufferable prig — The International Bank of Bob is enlightening, inspiring, and entertaining."
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