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Located directly on the scenic waterfront, downtown Washington offers unique opportunities to the visitor, from world-class restaurants and intriguing antique stores to art galleries, performing centers, and more. Our downtown on the waterfront is the perfect place for an overnight stay or a weekend getaway.
The Pamlico River and scenic waterfront boardwalk make a spectacular backdrop for a picnic or afternoon in the park. You can also visit the NC Estuarium or explore the sites on the Historic Walking Tour, all in downtown Washington.
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Apollo's Steakhouse
228 Stewart Parkway, Washington
Featuring juicy, prime steaks, seafood, chicken dishes, some vegetarian and Greek items. We have Comedy night, early bird specials, daily specials and more! Can also cater our menu for your special event. Tues – Sun: 11:00 …more »
Art Tyndall Studio
110 E. Water Street, Washington
Art Tyndall, a North Carolina native and Washington, North Carolina resident, is a self taught painter of the Eastern North Carolina area. Art has won numerous awards and has his works in both corporate and …more »
Bill's Hot Dogs
109 Gladden Street, Washington
This is a must for any visit to Washington. In business since 1928, Bill's Hot Dogs is as famous as the town's namesake. This no-frills hot dog joint is quick and easy, grab a dog …more »
Bloom Women's Apparel
100 W. Main Street, Washington
Bloom is a contemporary women's clothing and gift boutique that provides customers with moderately priced clothing, jewelry and accessories. The main focus of Bloom is to restore the idea of a personal shopping experience for …more »
Brown Library
122 Van Norden, Washington
City-owned and operated public library. Brown Library offers books, historical research, and public computers.
Caboose Lawn
108 Gladden St, Washington
Lawn area in front of Washington Civic Center, on the corner of Gladden and Main.
Coffee Caboose
111 South McNair Street, Washington
Full service coffee shop in historic downtown Washington. Coffee, lattes, danish, pastries, cappucinos, mochas, espressos, candy. Open Mon-Thurs 6:30am – 2pm Fri 6:30am – 5pm Sat 7:30am – 5pm Sun 9am – 5pm
Cottage Junkies
103 N. Market Street, Washington
So here is the Story behind Cottage Junkies… My love for decorating and design came from my grandmothers sense of style. Even at a young age I have always had a love for decorating. I'm …more »
Down Dawg Yoga
143 W. Main St, Washington
Welcome to Down Dawg Yoga Studio! Take a peek at our Schedule for a complete look at our class offerings. Join us to stretch, breathe, and focus your mind! Announcements New Class Schedule, Beginning November …more »
Down on Main Street
107 W. Main St., Washington
Locally owned and operated. Serving seafood, sandwiches and salads. Casual atmosphere, patio seating. Full bar.
G.W. Walker and Sons
203 W. Main St, Washington
Serving Washington for over 60 years. Family owned and operated providing various home improvement options such as floorcovering, windows, doors, etc. Store offers a front and back entrance for convenient parking and access. http://www.facebook.com/pages/GW-Walker-and-Sons/86246267324 …more »
Grub Brothers Eatery
156 West Main Street, Washington
Can't you just see her now, humbly perched in that red porch swing? Shellin' beans as we eagerly await the family meal? Granny Grub always said, "You're gonna find a lot of friends in this …more »
Historic Washington Walking Tour
102 Stewart Parkway, Washington
This self-guided tour takes you through Washington's historic district.
Inner Banks Artisans' Center
158 W. Main St, Washington
Inner Banks Artisans' Center is a 5,000 sq. ft. gallery with studios, representing the art of painters, potters, photographers, jewelers, glass, wood, fiber & silk, as well as music and craft shops.
La Bella Slices & Ices
125 West Main Street, Washington
Authentic New York style pizza and pasta in Downtown Washington. Visit the sister location in Historic Bath at the foot of the bridge. Banquet room available for groups.
Market Street Massage
141 N. Market St, Washington
Provides Washington and surrounding areas with massage therapy, Swedish, deep tissue, pre-natal, sports massage, myofascial, hot stone, couples massage.
The Moss House Bed & Breakfast
129 Van Norden, Washington
The Moss House offers gracious, "Inner Banks" hospitality with a casual eclectic style. No fluff and frills, we offer free WIFI, in room flatscreen TV's with dvd players, quality "green "amenities and robes in each …more »
Oasis Hair Salon & Spa
106 W. Main St., Washington
Beautiful 3.500 sq. foot salon & spa with very experienced staff. Offer services to bridal parties. Specialize in all phases of dimensional hair color, skin care, makeovers and facials, pedicures and manicures.
On The Waterfront
1 Harding Square, Washington
Seafood dishes, steaks, sandwiches, salads, patio dining, oyster and martini bars. Tuesday-Saturday Lunch 11-2PM/ Dinner 5PM Until … Sunday 11AM-7PM Oyster Bar: Tuesday-Saturday 5PM UNTIL Restaurant hours are subject to change. Please call restaurants to …more »
Open Bar
143 N. Market St, Washington
Open Bar is Washington's Downtown live music venue. OB's offers live music or DJ every weekend. Reserve Open Bar for a special event! Open Bar is the place to be for late night music, drinks, …more »
The Pink Buoy Boutique
107 N. Market St, Washington
We offer fun,fashionable and affordable women's/junior's apparel,jewelry and shoes. Most of our sizes are S,M,L which equate to S2-4,M6-8 and L10/12 but each item fits differently and I try to note that under the pic. …more »
The River Girl
238 W. Main Street, Washington
The River Girl specializes in antiques, interior design and unique gifts. Owner Cindy Jowers has been an interior designer for 30 years in Columbia, SC prior to opening The River Girl.
Ruth's House Antiques & More
228 W. Main St, Washington
Retail sale of antiques, almost antiques & collectibles. Donations welcomed funds raised help support Ruth's House, a safe place for victims of domestic violence. All donations are tax deductible. The sales people working in the …more »
South Market Antiques
127 West Main Street, Washington
South Market Antiques and Little Shoppes offer a unique shopping experience. South Market Antiques features furniture, primitives, glassware, jewelry, linens, pottery, art, tools, advertising, collectibles, Howards Furniture Products, hand-poured candles and Goodness Grows in North …more »
The Southern Nest
133 W. Main St, Washington
Featuring antiques, vintage linens, repurposed 'painted furniture,' new and vintage home decor & more! We have been thrilled with the reception from the good folks in Washington. We offer antiques, lots of vintage items which …more »
Tasteful Creations
124 South Market Street, Washington
Full service bakery specializing in customized cakes for people of all ages, cookies, candies, and much more. Tasteful Creations is family owned and operated. Our made to order cakes and homemade goodies have been putting smiles …more »
The Bank Bistro & Bar
216 W. Main Street, Washington
The historically beautiful BANK OF WASHINGTON was built in 1852 but it is now home to THE BANK bistro&bar. We strive to provide an elegant, comfortable atmosphere and we serve a fresh take on Southern inspired cuisine. Come …more »
The Little Shoppes of Washington
127 W. Main Street, Washington
A unique shopping experience awaits in historic downtown Washington, Little Shoppes includes over 25 original boutique shops selling any treasure, collectible or specialty item that your heart desires'. From home décor, cards, women's and children's clothing, jewelry …more »
The Mecca
129 North Market Street, Washington
The Meeting Place Cafe'
225 W. Main Street, Washington
A mainstay in Washington's harbor disctrict, the Meeting Place Cafe offers daily lunch specials including specialty quiche, salads and sandwiches. The Meeting Place has patio, waterview dining and indoor seating for lunch and Sunday brunch.
The Pamlico House Bed & Breakfast
400 East Main Street, Washington
A quintessential bed & breakfast, the Pamlico House offers a choice of five luxury guest rooms with private baths, and all the added amenities that you associate with the world's finest boutique hotels. There are …more »
Turnage Theater
150 W. Main Street, Washington
The Turnage theater is located on the main strip of Little Washington steps away from the waterfront. It's a charming theater which hosts a variety of community events, movies, and concerts.
Twice As Nice Consignment Shop
105 W. Main St, Washington
Name brand clothing (Chico's, Talbots, Loft), designer purses, casual and cocktail shoes, comforters, bedspreads, curtains, kitchen items, pots and pans, dishes, household pictures, nautical items, lots of costume jewelry, wallets, colognes. …more »
Washington Book Store & Coffee Company
221 W. Main Street, Washingtn
New and used books, records, comic books, video games.
Washington Civic Center
110 N. Gladden St, Washington
Located in Washington's beautiful Harbor District, just a block from the waterfront and within walking distance to shopping and dining, the Civic Center offers every size space to fit your needs, from banquet halls and …more »


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The former operators of a large egg farm in Iowa have agreed to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with a major salmonella outbreak in 2010.
Federal officials have charged Austin "Jack" DeCoster, his son Peter and their company, Quality Egg, with allowing the salmonella-contaminated eggs to reach consumers.
They're also charged with mislabeling eggs and attempting to bribe a USDA inspector. More than 500 million eggs were recalled and at least 2,000 people became sick from the outbreak.
The case is the latest example of prosecutors bringing criminal charges against food producers for sickening customers. Two Colorado farmers pleaded guilty in 2013 to selling cantaloupe contaminated with listeria that killed thirty-three people nationwide.
A former manager at the Quality Egg farm, Tony Wasmund, previously agreed to a guilty plea after being charged with offering a $300 bribe to a USDA inspector. One attorney who represented some of those who fell sick speculated in a blog post that federal lawyers might try to use Wasmund's grand jury testimony to press additional charges.
U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan filed an information, or a criminal complaint, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Court documents indicate the defendants have waived their right to an indictment. They will issue their guilty pleas during a federal court hearing in Iowa on June 3.
The DeCosters have sold their egg operations in Iowa, Maine and Ohio.
In 2012, a strain of salmonella different from the one implicated in the 2010 outbreak was found on one of the DeCosters' former farms in Iowa, which by then was under new ownership.
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New Mexico Health Connections
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Intel Corporation
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Sandia National Laboratories
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MVD Express
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I have known about "oil pulling" for some time now. I have tried it from time to time but never consistently as I have found it hard to maintain. Having an oily substance swishing around in your mouth for nearly 20 minutes isn't as easy as it seems. But since this ancient Ayurvedic practice is making it back into the mainstream, it's time for me to give it a whirl again.
I am using coconut oil this time. In the past I have used other oils, specifically sesame oil, and I can't recall much change or benefit, but remember — consistency is where you will see the difference. Modern naturopathic practitioners are now recommending this ancient Ayurvedic health practice to their patients as a powerful detoxification and healing tool.Here are some of the benefits that are claimed from oil pulling:
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Five beautifully renovated self-catering gites on a 17th Century Normandy farm, Ferme de la Hamberie, in the fertile lower Calvados region including three wheelchair accessible cottages. .
'LA DEMEURE' is a magnificent 17th century farmhouse with 6 en-suite bedrooms and is ideal for family celebrations.
Gite 'LE FOURNIL'(the old bakery) is fully accessible for guests in wheelchairs as is gite 'MARTIN', a farm building and part of the old stable block and probably the oldest building on the farm. Each of these gites has 4 bedrooms.
Gite 'LAROSE' (accessible for disabled people) and gite 'GOULET', each with two bedrooms, share a large old farmhouse.
The gites face a central green in the heart of the farm and each is provided with its own patio, parking area and private garden.
Guests have access to the outdoor solar heated swimming pool which is securely fenced for safety. A renovated 30 metre barn contains an indoor games area, library and many children's games.
Beautiful Calvados: The region abounds in ancient market towns, fetes and festivals, cider and Camembert. There are many places to visit. Arromanches, Omaha beach, and Monet's garden, the Bayeux Tapestry, Mont St Michel, the Memoriale to Peace in Caen, the National Stud, Horse racing in Deauville, the painters in Honfleur, all are favourites among our guests. The countryside is soft and lush leading to the wooded hills and river valleys of the 'Suise Normandie' with its delightful little riverside towns, ideal for a picnic. Falaise itself is the birth place of William the Conqueror with the castle open to the public.
The Road to la Hamberie: The nearest ferry port is Caen (Ouistreham) a 45 minute drive from the farm. It is served by Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth with three arrivals daily and a fast boat from time to time. Le Havre and Cherbourg are approximately 90 minutes and 2 hours drive away. A fast boat runs from Dover to Boulogne leaving a 3 and a half hour drive to the farm. The Dover ferries to Calais and the Channel Tunnel will leave you a 4 hour drive.
Discount fares are available for our customers, please ask for details.
In addition to all the normal provisions, Gite Larose, Gite le Fournil and Gite Martin are accessible for people in wheelchairs and were designed for this purpose. If you have special requirements, including for such things as monkey poles, hoists, electric beds or wheelchairs, we can arrange for these to be hired.
We are the McGrother family and we live here at Domaine de la Hamberie. I am Robin and am Married to a lovely French girl called Melanie. We live here with Titouan, Zoe and the newest recruit is Ben. As this a small family business, both sides of our family help out in any way they can. Pictured above is my Mother-in-law, Joel, who often comes to stay and help. My mother, Caroline, joins us for the summer months to look after us and make sure we keep working hard.
Robin McGrother purchased this cottage in 1989
My parents bought this property with their partners in 1989 when it was a working farm with lots of cows. They saw the potential in the property and hoped to created a family holiday destination that would provide a safe environment for young families, large groups and guests with disabilities, of which this area of France had very few at that time.
Over many years and tremendous hard work, as well as cajoling countless friends and family members to lend a hand. Some came willingly, others had to be persuaded, but they all enjoyed some unique times here.
Now the site offers a huge playbarn for the children, a solar heated pool, and wheelchair accessible accommodation, with enough room to host large groups of more than 50 people.
The farm is a unique place. It has a rich history from the 14th century which includes it's use as a field hospital during the second world war,
The ancient cider press helps form part of our wall garden is beautiful, now home to several goldfish.
The pool and playbarn are great facilities that help to make a stay here special.
Our local village, Fresne-la-Mere has a bakery and general store that is only a 10 minute walk away. Freshly baked bread in the morning is a great way to start the day.
but another aspect is that as we live on site we are here to help make sure your stay is as enjoyable as possible. We have great experience of things to do in the area from World War 2 memorial sites to Soft play areas for the children.
We also offer a sense of security for our guests as my French wife is able to help with any cultural issue that arise, and we always on hand to lend a hand, make a call and if necessary help with medical emergencies.
Each self-catering gite faces the central green of the farm with access to the heated pool and play barn.
La Hamberie is an ancient farm near to Falaise, the historic birthplace of William the Conqueror whose castle dominates the old town. There is a wealth of attractions in the area including local chateaux, Roman & Celtic archeology, Festyland for the children (a mini Alton Towers), the national Stud at Haras du Pin, bungy jumping, tree walking, canoeing, go-karts, golf, swimming, walking, cycling, horse racing and pony treking. During World War 2 Falaise and the region around the farm were the centre of the final battle of Normandy in 1944.
We often host veterans of these battles from the USA, Britain and Canada who come to visit the beaches. The picturesque Suisse Normandie and miles of fine sandy beaches are within 40 minutes drive. Deauville, Honfleur, Bayeux and Mont St Michel are within easy reach. The area is also a shopper's haven especially Trouville and Deauville
Other Activities: canoeing, Chateau, WW2 battlefields, markets.
Golf: Within easy reach of la Hamberie there are at least six good or excellent golf courses. These include Garcelles, Clecy, Omaha Beach and Deauville. Many groups of golfers have combined their stay at la Hamberie with a number of rounds of golf and all have very much enjoyed their stay.
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The gite is available from 16:00 on the first day of rental and must be vacated by 10:00 on the day of departure.
Pillows and duvets are provided in each gite.
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Please Note: The owner of this property accepts payment in the original currency specified (GBP), before use of conversion tool. The conversion tool is provided for your convenience only. The owner may accept other currencies if specifically agreed in advance.
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Migrating enterprise applications to the Cloud raises multiple questions: user experience, data security and compliance, cost of migration, and a framework to assess return on investment. In his session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Anil Parambath, VP, Operations at CSS Corp., will highlight a step-wise evaluation framework for migrating an enterprise payroll application to Amazon's EC2 / S3 / EBS infrastructure. He will discuss in detail the application characteristics, storage and compliance requirements, a monitoring and management framework able to assess resource usage on a real-time basis, and the ROI framework used to measure lifecycle cost of ownership. He will also try and extend the learning to a model for establishing a Cloud migration methodology for enterprise applications.
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The BPM world is going through some evolution or changes where traditional business process management solutions really have nowhere to go in terms of development of the road map. In this demo at 15th Cloud Expo, Kyle Hansen, Director of Professional Services at AgilePoint, shows AgilePoint's unique approach to dealing with this market circumstance by developing a rapid application composition or development framework.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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The Internet of Things is not new. Historically, smart businesses have used its basic concept of leveraging data to drive better decision making and have capitalized on those insights to realize additional revenue opportunities. So, what has changed to make the Internet of Things one of the hottest topics in tech? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Gray, Director, Embedded and Internet of Things, discussed the underlying factors that are driving the economics of intelligent systems. Discover how hardware commoditization, the ubiquitous nature of connectivity, and the emergence of Big Data a...
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"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that IDenticard will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. IDenticard™ is the security division of Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC), a $1.5 billion manufacturer of identification products. We have small-company values with the strength and stability of a major corporation. IDenticard offers local sales, support and service to our customers across the United States and Canada. Our partner network encompasses some 300 of the world's leading systems integrators and security s...
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ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is bringing a greater level of control, security and flexibility to cloud-based application development and delivery with a single-tenant version of Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service. The new platform enables developers to build ap...
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"In the past year we've seen a lot of stabilization of WebRTC. You can now use it in production with a far greater degree of certainty. A lot of the real developments in the past year have been in things like the data channel, which will enable a whole new type of application," explained Peter Dunkley, Technical Director at Acision, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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DevOps Summit 2015 New York, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The widespread success of cloud computing is driving the DevOps revolution in enterprise IT. Now as never before, development teams must communicate and collaborate in a dynamic, 24/7/365 environment. There is no time to wait for long development cycles that produce software that is obsolete at launch. DevOps may be disruptive, but it is essential.
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"People are a lot more knowledgeable about APIs now. There are two types of people who work with APIs - IT people who want to use APIs for something internal and the product managers who want to do something outside APIs for people to connect to them," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa, at more than US$500 billion, and ranks 23rd in the world. A recent re-evaluation of Nigeria's true economic size doubled the previous estimate, and brought it well ahead of South Africa, which is a member (unlike Nigeria) of the G20 club for political as well as economic reasons. Nigeria's economy can be said to be quite diverse from one point of view, but heavily dependent on oil and gas at the same time. Oil and natural gas account for about 15% of Nigera's overall economy, but traditionally represent more than 90% of the country's exports and as...
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The Internet of Things is a misnomer. That implies that everything is on the Internet, and that simply should not be - especially for things that are blurring the line between medical devices that stimulate like a pacemaker and quantified self-sensors like a pedometer or pulse tracker. The mesh of things that we manage must be segmented into zones of trust for sensing data, transmitting data, receiving command and control administrative changes, and peer-to-peer mesh messaging. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ryan Bagnulo, Solution Architect / Software Engineer at SOA Software, focused on desi...
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"At our booth we are showing how to provide trust in the Internet of Things. Trust is where everything starts to become secure and trustworthy. Now with the scaling of the Internet of Things it becomes an interesting question – I've heard numbers from 200 billion devices next year up to a trillion in the next 10 to 15 years," explained Johannes Lintzen, Vice President of Sales at Utimaco, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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"For over 25 years we have been working with a lot of enterprise customers and we have seen how companies create applications. And now that we have moved to cloud computing, mobile, social and the Internet of Things, we see that the market needs a new way of creating applications," stated Jesse Shiah, CEO, President and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built to optimize Microsoft workloads, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Gridstore™ is the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built for Microsoft workloads and designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Gridstore's hyper-converged infrastructure is the industry's first all flash version of HyperConverged Appliances that include both compute and storag...
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Today's enterprise is being driven by disruptive competitive and human capital requirements to provide enterprise application access through not only desktops, but also mobile devices. To retrofit existing programs across all these devices using traditional programming methods is very costly and time consuming – often prohibitively so. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., discussed how you can create applications that run on all mobile devices as well as laptops and desktops using a visual drag-and-drop application – and eForms-buildi...
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We certainly live in interesting technological times. And no more interesting than the current competing IoT standards for connectivity. Various standards bodies, approaches, and ecosystems are vying for mindshare and positioning for a competitive edge. It is clear that when the dust settles, we will have new protocols, evolved protocols, that will change the way we interact with devices and infrastructure. We will also have evolved web protocols, like HTTP/2, that will be changing the very core of our infrastructures. At the same time, we have old approaches made new again like micro-services...
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Code Halos - aka "digital fingerprints" - are the key organizing principle to understand a) how dumb things become smart and b) how to monetize this dynamic. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robert Brown, AVP, Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant Technology Solutions, outlined research, analysis and recommendations from his recently published book on this phenomena on the way leading edge organizations like GE and Disney are unlocking the Internet of Things opportunity and what steps your organization should be taking to position itself for the next platform of digital competition.
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I'm An Atheist
By RICKY GERVAIS - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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Why don't you believe in God? I get that question all the time. I always try to give a sensitive, reasoned answer. This is usually awkward, time consuming and pointless. People who believe in God don't need proof of his existence, and they certainly don't want evidence to the contrary. They are happy with their belief. They even say things like "it's true to me" and "it's faith". I still give my logical answer because I feel that not being honest would be patronizing and impolite. It is ironic therefore that "I don't believe in God because there is absolutely no scientific evidence for his existence and from what I've heard the very definition is a logical impossibility in this known universe", comes across as both patronizing and impolite.
Arrogance is another accusation. Which seems particularly unfair. Science seeks the truth. And it does not discriminate. For better or worse it finds things out. Science is humble. It knows what it knows and it knows what it doesn't know. It bases its conclusions and beliefs on hard evidence -‐ evidence that is constantly updated and upgraded. It doesn't get offended when new facts come along. It embraces the body of knowledge. It doesn't hold on to medieval practices because they are tradition. If it did, you wouldn't get a shot of penicillin, you'd pop a leach down your trousers and pray. Whatever you "believe", this is not as effective as medicine. Again you can say, "It works for me", but so do placebos. My point being, I'm saying God doesn't exist. I'm not saying faith doesn't exist. I know faith exists. I see it all the time. But believing in something doesn't make it true. Hoping that something is true doesn't make it true. The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn't. It's not a matter of opinion. You can have your own opinions. But you can't have your own facts.
Why don't I believe in God? No, no no, why do YOU believe in God? Surely the burden of proof is on the believer. You started all this. If I came up to you and said, "Why don't you believe I can fly?" You'd say, "Why would I?" I'd reply, "Because it's a matter of faith". If I then said, "Prove I can't fly. Prove I can't fly see, see, you can't prove it can you?" You'd probably either walk away, call security or throw me out of the window and shout, ''F—ing fly then you lunatic."
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China's official purchasing managers' index subsided last month as signs of a full economic bounce-back proved illusory.
The PMI dropped to 50.4 in January, down from the 50.6 recorded in the two previous months.
However, the sub-index for new orders improved marginally to 50 points in January after contractions of 48.8 and 49.9 in December and November, respectively. The new orders sub-index has only broached the 50 mark, which indicates expansion, in four months out of the last 13.
Alistair Thornton, an analyst with IHS, said the Chinese economy remained "shaky" and the recovery "fragile," with support over the past six months reliant on loan roll-overs, corporate bail-outs and infrastructure spending.
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"Both the small- and the medium-sized enterprise PMIs were in contraction, with large firms pulling all of the weight. That it is this fragile is testament to the severe inefficiencies building within the system."
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Athlete: Briana Sands
How I Eat
I eat quality foods but don't measure the amount
I eat mostly Paleo, but allow myself to have 1-2 cheat items per week.
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CVS Caremark Provides Strong Growth Outlook For 2013 And Beyond, Announces 38%Dividend Increase And Outlines Strategic Growth Framework
"Our strategic growth framework provides the lens through which we will make strategic investments and prioritize initiatives," Merlo concluded. "We are capitalizing on our suite of assets to drive results and enhance value for clients, customers and shareholders."
WebcastThe company simultaneously broadcast an audio and video webcast of the meeting for all interested parties through the Investor Relations section of the CVS Caremark website at http://info.cvscaremark.com/investors. This webcast and supporting materials will be archived and available on the website for a one-year period following the meeting.
About CVS CaremarkCVS Caremark is dedicated to helping people on their path to better health as the largest integrated pharmacy company in the United States. Through the company's more than 7,400 CVS/pharmacy stores; its leading pharmacy benefit manager serving more than 60 million plan members; and its retail health clinic system, the largest in the nation with more than 600 MinuteClinic locations, it is a market leader in mail order, retail and specialty pharmacy, retail clinics, and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. As a pharmacy innovation company with an unmatched breadth of capabilities, CVS Caremark continually strives to improve health and lower costs by developing new approaches such as its unique Pharmacy Advisor program that helps people with chronic diseases such as diabetes obtain and stay on their medications. Find more information about how CVS Caremark is reinventing pharmacy for better health at info.cvscaremark.com.
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Many of you have been asking me which hotels I visited during my whirlwind tour of London over the past week.
So, here's a list of the 15 hotels that I stayed in and/or toured.
They include the newly opened (St. Pancras Renaissance, W); the extensively renovated (Four Seasons at Park Lane, Savoy), and the hip and unpretentious (Town Hall in Bethnal Green, London's East End).
The hotels also represent a variety of prices, from the reasonably priced Mint Hotel Tower of London to the uber-expensive Mandarin Oriental.
For the record, I also squeezed in an hour to meet with a top executive for the cutting-edge, design loving Dutch chain Citizen M, which is coming to New York City. Some of the giant hotel companies (you know who you are) are watching this chain closely.
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St. Pancras Renaissance: On Monday night, I became the first journalist to check into this magnificent Gothic hotel atop St. Pancras rail station where the Eurostar train is based. Stay tuned for a photo gallery early next week. I spent one night and had dinner here.
Four Seasons Park Lane: This swank hotel just re-opened on Jan. 31 after a top-to-bottom makeover. It's significant to the chain because it was the first hotel that founder Isador Sharpe decided met his goals for a luxury chain. I had dinner and breakfast here for two days.
The Savoy: This grand hotel on London's West End received a budget-busting renovation. Owner, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, unveiled it last November with a special guest: Britain's Prince Charles. Given its modern reinvention of this landmark, several staffers expressed their pride in being able to work there - a great sign for service. I had dinner here.
Edition: Boutique hotel legend Ian Schrager gave Hotel Check-In the OK to tour the old Berners Hotel, which he and Marriott International are in the process of turning into a luxury Edition boutique hotel. I did a walk through and saw the impressive bones of the historic building.
W Leicester Square: After so many years, Starwood finally opened a W luxury boutique hotel in London that's filled with W-style references of British culture. The lobby is built around an "exploding" Chesterfield couch. I had a personal tour of the hotel with Gray Shealy, W Hotels' global brand design chief, and also met with the building's developer-owners. I spent one night here and had lunch at Spice Market, the Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
InterContinental at Park Lane: This luxury hotel, which has a newly redone lobby and will soon upgrade some guest rooms, is one of six Mayfair hotels already sold out for the Olympics. Some of its rooms overlook Green Park, and the back of Buckingham Palace. From the VIP lounge, I watched the Queen's guards leaving the palace on horseback. I spent two comfortable nights here and worked in the VIP lounge.
Mandarin Oriental: This pricey hotel in Knightsbridge overlooks Hyde Park and has two hot restaurants: one by chef Heston Blumenthal and another by Daniel Boulud. While waiting in the lobby one day at lunch time, I watched walk-ins try to get into Blumethal's get turned away because they didn't book in advance. I had lunch at Bar Boulud.
Mint Hotel Tower of London: A two-minute walk from the Tower of London, this hotel was one of my favorite hotels to recommend to London visitors with average budgets. It's in a tourist-friendly location and is also close for many business travelers. A top-floor lounge affords amazing views of the city. Staffers were more than helpful when I hurt my knee while jogging. I spent one night here.
Town Hall: A daring, out-of-the-box luxury hotel owner from Singapore spent a bundle creating a surprising hotel in a decidedly non-luxurious part of town: Bethnal Green. The hotel - and a surprising bar and restaurant - are housed inside a renovated, former town hall building. This was the best hotel surprise I found during my trip. I had lunch in the bar.
Boundary Hotel: This design hotel in trendy Shoreditch has an incredible cafe that buzzes on Sunday mornings. My breakfast here reminded me of those lazy, casual weekend breakfasts at Zuni Cafe and other hip San Francisco restaurants back when I lived there in the 1990s.
The Berkeley: This fashionable hotel in well-heeled Knightsbridge contains the preciously decorated Blue Bar for smart cocktails and one fabulous amenity that fashion-forward women will love. (Hint: Vintage Dior, anyone?) I had a bubbling, pink "Sex and the City" martini-type drink at the Blue Bar and sampled the complimentary bar snacks.
Kensington Hotel: Housed in one of South Kensington's tony townhouses, this hotel is one of the Ireland-based chain Doyle Collection's luxury boutique hotels. Opened within the last two years, it's furnished with pieces from high-end London furniture makers, which gives it a welcoming residential feel. Joggers: Hyde Park is one kilometer up the scenic street.
Hoxton Hotel: From the folks who own the ubiquitous sandwich shop, Pret A Manger, this trendy hotel in Shoreditch is appealing to both leisure travelers who can snap up bargain rooms and business travelers who work in software offices nearby. I spent one night here, ordered dinner via room service and ate up the complimentary breakfast.
Dorchester: This swanky hotel, which houses the 3-Michelin star Alain Ducasse restaurant, is old fashioned enough to still install huge floral arrangements but modern enough to serve up smart cocktails.
45 Park Lane: The Dorchester folks want to go after the high-end entertainment world crowd, so the tiny, 45 Park Lane boutique hotel almost across the street from the Dorchester. It's a hard hat zone, and I was not permitted inside, but since I spent time discussing it with Dorchester's publicist, I'm counting it.
My visit to 15 hotels could have reached 16 since last Saturday night - when other plans fell through, and I had a free hour - I visited the trendy Shoreditch Rooms property to see what the fuss is about. But the private club, which shuns non-members, was hopping and they wouldn't let me see rooms without having orchestrated some publicity tour so that was the end of that.
In contrast, the new London hotels I toured and/or stayed in are fairly free with tours to passersby. While staying at the W and while visiting Town Hall, I saw employees give tours to people who came in inquiring about the new properties.
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Bush v. Gore may have superficially resolved a short-run political crisis, but it has triggered a deep intellectual crisis.
We shall see very little of the charmingly simian George W. Bush—the military—Cheney, Powell et al.--will be calling the tune, and the whole nation will be on constant alert.
The election reveals a deep need for voting reform.
Some debatable assumptions underlie their use by the press.
The Supreme Court was determined to make George W. Bush the winner of the election.
I write from shipboard, on the Nation cruise. The boat has just pulled away from port and chugs toward the horizon, leaving land behind. We are fourth in a line of cruise ships departing the harbor at sunset, all glittering in a blaze of orange and pink and turquoise. I look back at the shore and think: America. What a beautiful, rich, blessed land we live in. What more than the land itself could Coronado and Ponce de León have been seeking? Why gold? Why youth? Why even piña coladas? The pure pleasure of this place ought to have been enough.
And yet... it is a mixed sensation, for I am also relieved to see the land receding just now, suspended as we are in the tense limbo of this, the first week of December 2000. It is good to leave behind Rush Limbaugh's meanspirited radio transmissions, the foaming attacks on Jesse Jackson, the use of insulting stereotypes of black people to attack Al Gore and Bill Clinton. It is a relief to take a break from the contemptuous public disrespect for the function of courts, the role of lawyers, the intentions of voters, the requirements of process. As Florida slips beneath the horizon, and CNN's signal crackles and grows fuzzy, I feel like a black-single-mother version of Henry David Thoreau, only standing at the brink of a much bigger and much deeper pond: "To me, away there in my bean-field at the other end of the town, the big guns sounded as if a puffball had burst; and when there was a military turnout...I have sometimes had a vague sense all the day of some sort of itching and disease in the horizon."
What a time we live in. On November 7, I stayed up late like everyone else, listening to National Public Radio on my Walkman. I fell asleep with the headphones on sometime in the wee hours of November 8, exhausted by the flummoxed newscasters' frantic flips and flops. Gore was winning when I lost consciousness. When I awoke hours later, the tinny sound in my ears had changed: A sneering, gleeful voice was making fun of Florida's elderly and "NEEE-gro" voters. I lay frozen. What I didn't know was that NPR is only a hair's bandwidth away from The Howard Stern Show and that in my sleep I had apparently flipped and flopped as much as the results, enough to move the dial a fraction. So it was that my first waking thought was: "Dear God, George Bush won, and they've taken over NPR. The revolution has begun."
It's been all downhill from there. Over the days and weeks since, we have witnessed an eerily exact re-enactment of the tie that led up to the Hayes-Tilden compromise of 1876, as a result of which the federal government pulled troops out of the post-Civil War South. This in turn led directly to the collapse of Reconstruction and the vengeful reassertion of that brand of separatist white supremacy so vividly depicted in D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation.
In the weeks since, we have heard George Bush say that it's the executive's job to interpret the law, an idea that Augusto Pinochet surely would endorse. We have watched another Ryder truck (remember Timothy McVeigh?) make its way into the annals of American history. We have shared yet one more "O.J. moment," as Floridians lined the streets to watch the truck speed by, cheering, hooting and taking photos. And given that America's most precious natural resource turns out not to have been gold but rather the entertainment industry, we have been graced with enough material from which to spin conspiracy plots for years and years to come. I see blockbusters like Elián's Revenge, Jeb Jimmies the Lockbox, and of course, The South Shall Rise Again.
In the weeks since November 8, my cruel British friends have had a field day. So soon after the last fiasco, so soon after the spectacle of the Inquisition-style moralists who tried to impeach Bill Clinton, I find myself explaining American peculiarities yet again to the exceedingly upbeat English. They twitter on in the most condescending way about former colonies that simply aren't ready to govern themselves. I try to be serious and explain the Electoral College. They say they are quite informed about American history, thank you very much, and could I please explain why only three-fifths of Florida's electorate was counted while at the same time three-fifths of the people who have declared George Bush a winner are related to him? Is it fuzzy math or fuzzy brain that keeps Americans from noticing that Bush's margin of victory is about the same as the number of people he has executed in Texas?
"You lot got your knickers in quite a knot this time, eh?" gloat the Cruel British Friends.
"A real atomic wedgie," I concede.
In the postelection weeks, my sleep has been troubled by strange visions. I dream that Al Gore and George Bush are standing in the ring at Madison Square Garden, Gore bouncing up and down in his Harvard boxing shorts and nice new leather gloves, Bush trying to look presidential while wearing a Hell's Angels vest, swinging a chain and hiding a switchblade.
Another night I dream that Bush is President, and, first thing, the neural pathways for Croatians and Koreans get crossed in his brain. He ends up thinking they're all "Corians" and while his advisers are out finding floor samples, he drops bombs on the nearest thing he can find on a map--which would be those poor doomed Grecians. World War III breaks out, world markets plunge and the sublimina-limina-lominable hordes sweep down from the north, south, east and west.
Other times I dream I am arguing before the Supreme Court, and Bush appointee Kenneth Starr is our new Chief Justice. The United States Constitution is a jewel, I say, whose multifaceted brilliance takes time, polishing and the infinite honing of years of courtroom argumentation by the finest minds dressed in Brooks Brothers suits, blah, blah, blah. The dream always ends with just that: blah, blah, blah.
Anyway, back onboard the Nation cruise, I turn my attention to preparing my remarks for the first morning's panel, titled--I restrain myself from comment--"The Nation At Sea: Where Are We Headed?" I furrow my brow and chew my pencil. I stare at the blank white paper. "Paris," I write at last.
The election results reveal what may be an "emerging progressive majority."
It took George W. Bush a matter of days--if not hours--to prove that he doesn't believe his own different-kind-of-Republican rhetoric and that he is leading a squad as loaded with partisan hacks as the other team. He doesn't trust the people--at least, the people of the recount counties who want to make sure every chad counts. (The Bush-league spin that manual recounts are less accurate than Ouija boards was demolished by computer scientists and voting-machine experts, who maintain that well-managed hand counts are without question more accurate than machine feeds.)
Bush also shows his promise to be a unifier, not a divider, to be counterfeit. Relying on the impression created by the networks' false projection of him as the victor--a call first made by his cousin the vote projector at Fox News--Bush and his lieutenants portray every move that works against them in Florida as part of a conspiracy to "steal" the election from the rightful winner. This is the way to foster unity and healing? The Bush camp then played an ugly card by accusing Democrats, who were following the traditional practice of carefully vetting overseas absentee ballots, of seeking to disfranchise the men and women of the armed forces. What of the men and women who serve as firefighters, inner-city teachers and ER nurses in the disputed counties--did the Republicans care about registering their votes?
Al Gore was pegged as the candidate who would say or do anything to win, but clearly Bush is willing to do whatever it takes to score in Florida. Yes, the Democrats assaulted Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, but imagine the fury of Republican spinmeisters if a Democratic state official tied to the Gore campaign had voided a Bush-requested recount.
Given the closeness of the election and the rampant problems with vote-counting in Florida and elsewhere, neither Bush nor Gore can be a clear winner. A system of counting 100 million votes cannot be expected to be accurate to within 0.001 percent. But beware the drawers of lessons, those voices from on high who pronounce this split decision a mandate for centrism. Both candidates ran toward the center, and neither achieved a majority. (If one combines the Ralph Nader and Al Gore vote, there's a 52 percent center-left majority; but given the differences between Goreism and Naderism, could that be a workable majority?) Moreover, campaign centrism again failed to inspire most Americans. Nonvoters outnumbered Gore or Bush voters. Under such circumstances, a pundit-approved mandate would be a figment of the political class's imagination. With roughly half of Americans choosing not to choose, the winner can claim only slightly less than one-quarter support. Had Bush or Gore won by 5 percentage points, he still wouldn't have a popular mandate.
The no-decision election of 2000 may result in sorely needed electoral reforms. But will it convince the next President and the pols to rethink the notion that the center is all? Doubtful: The sad fact is that even more than in previous years, the winner of Campaign 2000 will no doubt be fixated on his re-election as the way to legitimize his very iffy win--and re-election mania breeds caution. After this contest, it's likely that the permanent campaign will become even more permanent. The election of 2000 will very possibly not be settled until 2004.
There's been a lot of talk in recent days about "disfranchisement." Jesse Jackson has invoked memories of the bloody battles for voter registration in Selma; elderly Jews in Palm Beach, upset that they might have voted for an anti-Semite, have sworn that they were "disfranchised" by a butterfly ballot. The Republicans have lamented the disfranchisement of overseas soldiers for want of a postmark. Even the justices of the Florida Supreme Court got into the act.
The rhetoric is overblown, but there is a point: One byproduct of our election-turned-lawsuit is the revelation of the many ways people can be prevented from voting and having their votes counted. Thanks to the spotlight on Florida (focusing beams elsewhere as well), we now know that it is routine for states and counties to toss out tens of thousands of ballots because they are imperfectly marked; for countless people to arrive at the polls to find that their registration forms have been lost; for voting machines to have error rates that would be unacceptable in the grading of SATs.
The most extreme case is outright legal disfranchisement. Since the dramatic advances in voting rights of the 1960s, straightforward legal barriers apply only to two large groups of adults: noncitizens and felons. Noncitizens, numbering 15 million, have not always been excluded from the franchise, but the last state to allow aliens to vote (Arkansas) did away with that practice in the 1920s. Although a few communities permit resident aliens to vote in local elections, there has been a notable absence of debate in the United States (in comparison with Europe) on the proposition that people should be able to vote where they live and work.
Felons are permanently disfranchised in some states and temporarily barred in most others. (On November 7 Massachusetts brought a long, progressive history to an end by voting to disfranchise convicted felons.) Disfranchised felons and ex-felons now number roughly 4 million, most of them black or Hispanic. The link between the commission of a crime and the deprivation of political rather than civil rights has always been tenuous, and the constitutional legitimacy of such laws resides in a dubious interpretation of a phrase in the Fourteenth Amendment that tacitly permits the states to deprive men of the right to vote because of their participation in "rebellion or other crime."
Voters can also be prevented from voting (or having their votes counted) because they are tripped up somewhere along the elections-procedure obstacle course. In most states, advance registration is required; in many, no voting cards are issued, and (as happened in Illinois and elsewhere this year) people who thought they had registered at motor-vehicles bureaus discovered on Election Day that their registration was never recorded. Ballots are sometimes bewildering, assistance at the polls is scarce and problematic, and polling places migrate, often without notice.
In some states, it can be difficult, or even impossible, to vote for a candidate who happens not to be a Democrat or a Republican. In North Carolina, for example, Ralph Nader was not on the ballot (because he lacked enough signatures on a petition last spring), and write-in votes for Nader were not counted because he was not an "official" write-in candidate. (Since that fact was not advertised, many people did write in his name and had their ballots thrown away.) Meanwhile, the Electoral College dilutes the presidential votes of large-state residents, and minority voters are still subject to harassment in parts of the South.
This unhappy state of affairs has complex origins. Some of our institutions, such as the Electoral College, were created in an era when there were few believers in democracy. Many regulations date to a resurgence of antidemocratic sentiment in the late nineteenth century, a time when the two major parties colluded to suppress the threat of third-party insurgencies and when complex registration schemes were adopted both to minimize fraud and to reduce the electoral participation of blacks and immigrant workers. Over the past century, election rules have been forged through partisan rivalry, with spells of conflict ending truces and compromises that permitted the parties to mobilize their most loyal voters while imposing burdens on everyone else. That's how we ended up with Republican officials correcting the absentee-ballot forms of their voters, while their Democratic counterparts were instructing voters in Duval County (erroneously) to put a punch on every page. So much for the voice of the people.
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