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John the Baptist had the right attitude. The Christian scriptures tell us that John was open to accepting Jesus Christ as the Messiah. John waited patiently, preparing others through baptism for the coming of Jesus. Christians believe it was his great faith and fidelity that allowed John the Baptist to fulfill his mission to help others recognize Jesus as the Son of God.
We are all called to broaden our horizons and be open with the right attitude to what God wants to reveal to us. We are called to see God in others and in circumstances where we might not expect to find Him. It's not always easy to see God in those people who perhaps annoy us, or in the mundane, everyday tasks that may bore us. But a change in attitude changes everything. The right attitude prepares us to receive God in our life and to be the face of God to others.


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Someone on the Texas Forum posted that she has ticks this year due to a decline in the fireant population.
Since I've been battling fireants, I'd really like to have a program in mind before I see ticks here! How can I rid the soil/yard/garden of ticks without killing off the beneficials & butterflies? |
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Check the IPM (integrated Pest Management)forum- I bet there's something in there if you do a search |
I don't think there is any tick specific control. Simply getting rid of fire ants isn't going to guarantee a tick infestation though. If it does result in more ticks you could always replace the fire ants with chickens ;-) |
- Posted by stephanieftx 8a DFW (My Page) on Thu, Apr 26, 07 at 14:00
Spraying beneficial nematodes will help both the ant problem and ticks, fleas, grubs, chiggers, and a host of other things. Also putting down sulphur will help curtail the fleas & ticks. Stephanie |
- Posted by dibbit z7b SC (email@example.com) on Thu, Apr 26, 07 at 15:09
If you wanted, you can also get Guinea fowl - they eat ticks and fleas snd are a little less prone to scratch up your garden than hens. They are also rather noisy, and prone to wandering. I think you either love 'em or hate 'em. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Thu, Apr 26, 07 at 23:25
You might try any product with Spinosad in it. Green Light make a couple. Unfortunately the ticks are up out of the soil now so you can't get them with beneficial nematodes. If you apply BN in the late winter (January for me) those things will go after the ticks living in the soil. |
There is no such thing as a non toxic insecticide simnce of the product kills something it is toxic, at least to them. This link will provide good information about these aracnids. |
Here is a link that might be useful: All about ticks
This is some information from another website. I can't vouch for it. ellen Just a few alternatives to synthetic pesticide poisons: 1. Neem - One of the best natural or botanical pesticides for controlling bloodfeeding arthropods and other pests is Neem. What is Neem? Neem, a member of the Meliaceae family and a botanical cousin of mahogany, is a tall, fast-growing, evergreen tree which has an attractive crown of deep-green leaves and masses of honey-scented flowers and thrives even in nutrient-poor, dry soil. It tolerates high temperatures, low rainfall, long spells of drought and salinity, and can be propagated by seed. Because of its many benefits, neem has been worshipped as a goddess in India. Neem is bitter in taste. The bitterness is due to the presence of an array of complex compounds called "triterpenes" or more specifically "liminoids". The most important bioactive principle is a terpenoid known as azadirachtin; however, at least 10 other neem limonoids also possess insect growth regulating activity. The tree's scientific name is Azadiractita indica. Neem has been used for centuries primarily against household and storage pests, and to a limited extent against crop pests. Neem trees were the only green thing left standing during a ravaging locust plague in Sudan in 1959. Neem does not kill pests but affects their behavior and physiology and reduces the risk of exposing the pests' natural enemies to poisoned food sources or starvation. Neem derivatives affect more than 200 insect species belonging to Coleoptera, Diptera, Heteroptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Thysanoptera, several species of mites and nematodes, and even noxious snails and fungi. Although neem oil can be used directly for pest control, semi-purified "bitters" and "neem rich" fractions can easily be standardized for biological properties and could satisfy even stringent quality requirements. Being water soluble, they also can be applied as systemic compounds which render them more photostable and nonphytotoxic. A garlic odor often present in other neem products is absent in "bitters". Neem products are effective and relatively hazard-free. An added benefit of using semi-purified neem fractions, rather than pure compounds, is that pests will be less likely to develop resistance. Neem compounds act together on several different behavioral and physiological processes which also helps prevent insects from evolving resistance to the compound. Their effects include repellence, feeding deterrence, reduced ingestion and digestion of food, poor growth and development, reduced longevity and fecundity, mating disruption, oviposition deterrence, inhibition of egg hatchability, molting failures and direct toxicity. Reports suggest that by paralyzing the muscles in the insects' mandibles neem induces starvation. At lower than lethal dozes, azadirachtin also mimics juvenile hormone, preventing insects from maturing. Neem-based insecticides can be further fortified against dynamic pests by optimizing their use with microbials or other botanicals. Neem fruits, seeds, oil, leaves, bark and roots can be used as general antiseptics, antimicrobials for the treatment of urinary disorders, diarrhea, fever, bronchitis, skin diseases, septic sores, infected burns, hypertension and inflammatory diseases. Neem oil and its isolates - nimbidin, nimbidol and nimbin - inhibit fungal growth on humans and animals. Neem leaf extracts and teas are used to treat malaria; ioquin tablets and injections containing neem extract are currently being formulated for treating chronic malaria. Exposing kissing bugs (Rhodnius prolixus), the major vector of Chagas disease in Latin America, to neem extracts or to azadirachtin "immunizes" them against their internal protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. We are trying it on termites. Cattle leaf supplements containing neem leaf powder are used as worm killers. Creams containing neem oil are used for animal wound dressing and also act as fly and mosquito repellents. Neem oil in human bathing and laundry soap kills lice and neem in dog soaps and shampoos controls ticks and fleas. Neem twigs are used daily by millions in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan as disposable toothbrushes; extracts of neem bark are used in some toothpastes and mouthwashes. Neem plantings also serve as a refuge for honeybees, wasps, spiders, birds, bats and other beneficial organisms, and the litter of falling leaves can improve soil fertility. Neem overall as a relatively safe, natural (botanical) pesticide poison with numerous benefits. Neem nectar does not kill pollinating bees. 2. Noxema® - We have found that Noxema® or Ben-Gay® applied to the exposed skin of children and people repels mosquitoes and other pests. (Always check to see if you are sensitive before using any product.) 3. Invincible Herbal Insect Repellent from Great Garden Formulas by Joan Benjamin and Deborah L. Martin: "...before heading outdoors, I douse myself with an incredible repellent that my friend Marion Spear and I concocted, Tina Wilcox, head gardener at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas says. "It renders me almost invincible to both insects and poison ivy!" Ingredients and Supplies: 1 large handful fresh jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) Directions: 1. Crush jewelweed in the jar and cover with vinegar. Let steep for several days. Strain out the jewelweed and mix essential oils into the vinegar. Before applying all over, spray a small amount on the inside of your arm and monitor for 15 minutes for any allergic reaction. To use, spray thoroughly on clothing and lightly on any exposed skin except your face. Reapply every ˝ hour or so. (To keep insects away from your face, spray your hat or bandanna.) Yield: About 1 quart of invincible spray. Note: This formula will keep indefinitely. Caution: If you are pregnant, don't use pennyroyal, even topically, as it may increase the risk of miscarriage. Note: Citronella oil has been known to attract female black bears. |
Here is a link that might be useful: blood-feeding arthropods
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Read it Again, Pam
For years and years, I belonged to that group of people who could not see the sense in reading a book more than once. With so many books in the world just waiting to be read, why take the time to read something to which you've already given your attention? The last page is turned, you hold the closed book in your hand, and it's time to move on.
My Dad had his shelf of favorite books, and he always said that reading one of them was like visiting with an old friend. My wife, Pam, routinely re-reads favorite books, and I suppose that her behavior has influenced me over the years. I now find myself returning to particular books from my past on occasion, and enjoying them very much. Perhaps it's the way that reading a particular book makes me feel. Or perhaps it's because I always gain new insights into it. I usually pick up details that I failed to glean during my first reading.
So I am now a member of the re-reading club. I will confess to having read or listened to The Great Gatsby probably seven times. And there are other books that I enjoy returning to. They are indeed like old friends, and time spent with them is no less rewarding than at the first meeting.


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BEST natural soap I have ever used. Sadly I can not find it in my area any longer. It is so gentle I use it on baby and pets.I have no problem if they happen to ingest some bubbles. I apologize for the girl talk, but if you are prone to yeast infections ladies, do switch this fragrance free and gentle soap for the private areas as most yeast infections are due to fragranced soaps used in those sensitive areas.
This is a great body wash, it is gentle and lathers lightly. It is good for dry skin and its fragrance free which is always a plus.
I just love this body wash - it's just so smooth and gentle and refreshing and is one of the only body washes I've found that won't irritate my sensitive skin - it really is as gentle as water and rinses without leaving any residue whatsoever. I work out a lot and for that reason tend to take a couple of showers a day but this really dries out my skin, especially in the winter. I wanted to find something that would be as delicate as possible and found this product on FeelUnique so decided to give it a shot. I've never actually used an unfragranced body wash before and was a little worried that the lack of perfume wouldn't give me a clean feeling, but on the contrary I come out of the shower feeling extremely fresh but without that tight feeling typical of harsher soaps. it doesn't lather a lot but I take that as a good sign, and the pump dispenser is ok, although i might have preferred a simple cap. The bottle is a great size and although I paid more for this than I normally would for a body cleanser (about 7.50 sterling, i think), it's not too crazily priced and the big bottle should last me a good while.
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WHAT IS IT? Fragrance-free pH balanced detergent based body wash
INGREDIENTS: Aqua (Purified Water), Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Gel*, Sodium Myreth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Cocamide MEA, Glycol Stearate, Vegetable Glycerin, Chamomolla Recutita (Chamomile) Extract, Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Extract, Echinacea Angustifolia (Echnacea) Extract, Rosa Canina (Rosehips) Extract, Polyquaternium-7, Glycereth-2 Cocoate, Benzoic Acid, phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate.
HOW DOES IT PERFORM? This fragrance-free clear gel-textured body wash is mild and is unlikely to dry most body skin. It might be a bit too harsh for facial usage. The detergent base in this product ensures that it will foam in hard water areas. I no longer use body wash but still buy this to clean brushes and microfibre washcloths. The price is very affordable and a single bottle can last months with limited usage. If you cannot use soap due to hard water, this is the next best thing. If you are in a soft water area, I recommend Everyday Shea's Unscented Body wash over this as it is more moisturizing. This, like Everyday Shea, is sold in a lockable pump bottle.
WOULD YOU BUY AGAIN? Absolutely.
PRICE: $8.00 CAD for 500ml
This body wash ticks all the boxes for me: fragrance-free, cruelty-free, good lather, inexpensive, and gets me squeaky clean. Two or three pumps of this onto a netted pouf is sufficient to easily work up a creamy lather. I purchase only fragrance-free body products because I don't like them to compete with my perfume. Although the skin on my body isn't particularly sensitive, it is extremely dry. Other body washes have claimed to moisturizing, but they either aren't or are too rich and leave residue. This body wash leaves my skin feeling a little dry, but generally comfortable.
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Although my skin is not that sensitive, I decided to change my skin care routine and use products meant for sensitive skin (no perfumes added, no oils, no fragrances). I have an oily, with mild acne skin.
It doesn't lather so good IMO but it cleanses fine (haven't used it with makeup, but it gets sunscreen off).
If I get near my eyes there's no burning or sting.
Although it has no fragrance, it still has a weird medicinal scent (I'm fine with that)
Great price for the amount you get (I only use it on my face, it's going to last about 4 months).
A definete repurchase.
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I quite liked this, I like to use gentle body washes, and this is exactly what this is. Lathers well, and is pleasant to use.
My husband and I both have sensitive skin (his is more sensitive than mine), so I thought this fragrance free body wash would be great for us. He tried it first, complained it made him itch, and returned to his favorite Paula's Choice Hair and Body Shampoo. So I started using it, and it made my skin, which often does fine with fragranced body washes, itch as well. We're using it up as hand soap.
Ingredients: Purified Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Gel, Sodium Myreth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Cocamide MEA, Glycol Stearate, Vegetable Glycerin, Chamomilla Recutita Extract, Green Tea Extract, Echinacea Extract, Rosehips Extract, Polyquaternium-7, Glycereth-2 Cocoate, Benzoic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate. continued >>


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Green Printing and Plastic: No Longer Strange Bedfellows
November 2008 By Jean-Marie HersheyAccording to independent UV print consultant and former plastic printer Kurt Kroening, "Companies considering getting into the business of plastic printing would be well-advised to master the nuances of UV technology first, rather than risk expensive misfires." A short list of the technical challenges associated with UV printing on plastic includes the need to adjust for a narrower window when setting the ink/water balance; the need to adapt printing profiles to compensate for the higher dot gain; and the need to control ink film thickness to promote curing.
Biodegradable, Recyclable
Chemically or naturally biodegradable or compostable plastics made mostly or entirely from renewable resources represent one focus of an emerging industry intent on making products that enable users to control when and how the substrate degrades, while ensuring that the product remains viable and functional while still in use.
Technically, all bio- and petroleum-based plastics are biodegradable, meaning they can be broken down or degraded by microbes under suitable conditions; however, for all practical purposes, many degrade so slowly as to be considered non-biodegradable. What makes a given plastic "green," therefore, is one or more of the following characteristics: (1) It is made from renewable ingredients; (2) it can be returned safely to the environment after use; and (3) it is manufactured in an environmentally friendly manner. One of the most familiar bioplastics is cellophane, a sheet material derived from cellulose plant fiber.
Print markets for these materials include single- or limited-use packaging materials, gift and phone cards and plant tags, as well as billboard and banner applications. Examples of biodegradable and recyclable plastics engineered to look and perform like their traditional counterparts include:
Ultraflex BIOflexFL is a biodegradable banner/billboard material for UV, solvent or screen printing. When exposed to conditions in a landfill (darkness, high heat, moisture and lack of oxygen), it attracts microbes that break down the PVC within three to five years. Ultraflex PolyeLite is a 100 percent recyclable front-lit polyethylene substrate used primarily for UV-printed outdoor billboards and banners.
Pace BIOGRAPH.ics is made from an extruded agri-based plastic resin for greater impact strength, heat and humidity resistance, and compostability. The substrate is said to be highly ink receptive. Pace reports success with printing, diecutting, foiling, press polishing, embossing, heat bending and thermoforming applications. Pace ABSOLVE, available in degradable sheets and rolls, is engineered to look and process like standard polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene. It is also recyclable.
Spartech Rejuven8 is a sheet and roll stock material produced from corn-based NatureWorks PLA (polylactide). Rejuven8 is said to offer superior thermoforming, clarity and diecutting characteristics, in addition to heat sealing and printing capabilities. The company also offers the Rejuven8Plus family of PLA Alloys. And it positions its Valiant modified high-impact polystyrene sheet product as a cost-effective, performance-enhanced alternative to PVC.
GOEX CAROM 45r recycled sheet is extruded from PVC with only ink applied. Recycled CAROM 88 PVC is targeted specifically to card manufacturers whose waste stream contains plastic and ink, as well as magnetic stripe, signature panels, lamination film and other ornamentation.
"From a printer's perspective, most biodegradable and recyclable products currently on the market are very print-friendly," Kroening says, although he adds this caveat: While the controlled temperatures of UV printing generally do not present a problem, certain finishing processes may selectively strain these substrates' heat- and tear-resistance.
Originally introduced as a tree-free alternative to poor-quality recycled papers, most synthetic paper is made of a waterproof, tear-resistant, extruded polypropylene hybrid that has been surface-treated to enhance ink adhesion. Examples include Hop-Syn, Neenah Kimdura, MXM synthetic paper, Arjobex Polyart, Granwell Polylith, YUPO and GPA Specialty Substrates' Ultra Green Film.
Zero-Landfill Efforts
The first imperative for printers working with plastic is to institute a disciplined recycling program for their plastic scrap to keep it out of the landfill. In most cases, however, plastic recycling yields products suitable for nonprint utility and industrial applications.
Pace Industries credits many large users of its litho-grade polystyrene for their scrap, which is scheduled to return on trucks delivering new Pace stock. Material is then reprocessed to create a non-litho-grade product. In 2007, printers involved in Pace's recycling program helped to divert more than 3 million pounds of high-impact polystyrene from the waste stream.
"We encourage our print customers to check with their local recyclers when considering our program," says sales and marketing specialist Laurie Aspenson. "At different times one program may be more appropriate than another, due to price and what other materials the printer or end-user is trying to recycle."
According to Aspenson, a common misconception among printers working with plastic relates to the availability of scrap polystyrene that can be reprocessed into print grade material. In reality, she says, the supply is extremely limited, due to careless handling and contamination issues.
Closed-Loop Recycling
While acknowledging the time, energy and marketing dollars being spent in the effort to develop so-called "green" plastics, GOEX Corp. realized that it already had access to a tremendous untapped, unfocused resource in the form of materials that previously were considered scrap. Accordingly, the plastics manufacturer has developed a so-called sustainable, "closed-loop" plastic recycling program that both avoids the landfill and returns a salable product to its customers.
GOEX promotes its "zero landfill" program as an opportunity for customers to recover and extract value from processed plastic (PVC and polystyrene) they previously regarded as useless waste. These materials can now be recycled back into a functional, printable plastic sheet that customers can reuse again and again.
According to Josh Gray, company president, "The value of a program like this is in enabling clients to reuse their processed scrap, rather than in selling scrap to a broker for 1-3 cents/pound or having it wind up in the landfill."
Say the customer prints and processes a laminated PVC card job, collecting its makeready sheet scrap, card skeleton scrap and rejects. If that customer needs recycled material, it would send the card scrap to GOEX for reconditioning and reprocessing. GOEX inspects, grinds and washes the scrap, then extrudes it back into printable sheet that can be fully processed into a laminated card again. To ensure the scrap recycling process is sustainable, the manufacturer "sweetens" the recycled material with virgin raw material every time it is returned.
Environmental stewardship is the collective responsibility of all parties in the supply chain, from the press, substrate and consumables manufacturers, to the printer, to the consumer. When it comes to printing on plastic, the availability of recycled and biodegradable substrates, the widespread use of energy-curable technology, and the adoption of fresh approaches to waste-free processing strongly suggest that doing the right thing and turning a profit can be one in the same. PI


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Nuclear Energy Steals Billions from Other Technologies
By Stephen Leahy*
Costs of nuclear skyrocket while costs of renewables falling quickly say energy experts
BERLIN, Jul 31, 2009 (IPS)
Why is nuclear energy back on the table?
One reason is a powerful U.S. lobby where 14 energy companies spent 48 million dollars in 2007 alone to convince American politicians to give the industry huge loan guarantees because they cannot get financing anywhere else, says Ellen Vancko, a nuclear energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a U.S.-based non governmental organisation (NGO).
This lavish lobbying effort by the energy and nuclear power sector has been ongoing since the mid-1990s, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a U.S. NGO and now totals at least 953 million dollars.
Even more has been spent to convince the public that nuclear is one of the keys to energy security so that there is significant public support for new reactors, a Gallup Environment Poll reported this year.
"There are lots of senators and members of congress talking about nuclear as a clean, renewable energy resource," Vancko says.
The other reason is the French.
France gets about 77 percent of its power from 58 reactors and is often cited as the model for other countries. "France is a special case. The entire industry is 85 percent owned by the government," says Mycle Schneider, a Paris-based energy and nuclear policy analyst.
The industry gets direct and indirect subsidies, government loans and loan guarantees "on practically anything they want", Schneider told IPS.
And despite a well-polished reputation for efficiency and low-cost, the French nuclear industry has been plagued by cost-overruns, equipment failures, and relatively low levels of reliability. Even though French reactors are all of similar design, the cost to build a plant in 1998 was 3.5 times higher than the first plants built in 1974, says Steve Thomas, professor of energy policy at the University of Greenwich in the U.K.
Unlike wind or solar energy or virtually any other technology, the costs of nuclear go up over time rather than down even in pro-nuclear France, he said. "I think that is rather telling about the technology," Thomas told IPS.
The current Finnish nuclear experience echoes the industry's long history.
Backed by French government loan guarantees, Areva, the French government-owned nuclear energy company began construction in 2005 on what is supposed to be the world's largest and safest nuclear plant at Olkiluoto, Finland.
Plagued by thousands of construction and design problems it is currently 2 to 3 billion dollars over budget and three to four years behind schedule.
"It's a total disaster for Areva," Schneider says. Areva will have to sell another 12 reactors to cover the cost overruns thus far or else French taxpayers will, he said.
"The hype around a nuclear power revival or renaissance was based on nothing and is effectively dead."
Last month Canada backed out of ordering two 1,200-megawatt reactors because cost estimates of 10,000 dollars/kW were three times higher than expected.
However there is real danger that the nuclear industry will continue to promote itself as a 'silver-bullet' solution to climate change and give politicians the kind of mega-projects that gets them publicity, warns Schneider.
Equally important is that corporate shareholders of large utility companies can do very well financially on such projects when governments guarantee to cover any losses.
"The worst thing about new nuclear is that it steals billions of public dollars from other more effective things like energy efficiency," he says.
(*This is the second of a two-part series on nuclear energy and subsidies by Stephen Leahy, international science and environment correspondent for IPS.) (END) .
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You guys need to get off of this efficiency pipe dream. Efficiency is great, who would be against it? But let's not kid ourselves here, efficiency can't possibly solve our energy problems and don't even try to cite one of those 'if everybody just…' argumets because everybody isn't going to because most of them don't care enough to do anything.
All of the collective efficiency efforts of all mankind to date and still energy consumption has increased for 99 of the last 100 years (only 2009 saw a decrease because of the economy). There is just no way efficiency alone can do it. We need nuclear, wind,solar, hydro, geothermal, AND efficiency.
These pipe dreams only hurt our chances and help the fossil fuel conglomerates.
Jack, proper energy efficiency is driven by regulation not people changing lightbulbs. And the arguments made here against nuclear are simply that it is more expensive than other forms of energy generation. As the story shows nuclear is the pipedream but it has a multi-million $ propaganda effort to disguise that fact.
That's funny because all of those commercials with windmills and solar panels in them appear to be paid for by fossil fuel companies.
I havnt seen the nuclear comercial yet, but feel free to point it out…
There are plenty pro-nuke commercials out there – these guys do lots http://www.nei.org/; but most their efforts are directed at govt officials cause they're the ones that provide the subsidies.
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For Rod Adams nuklear is clean and emmissions are limited to CO2 emission.Don't say a word about nuclear pollution, 30% is in the form of gases Tricium,C14 and 100% of it goes in the water you drink and the air you are breathing.Not a word on risks and even less on nuclear waste.About the price of nuclear,just ask people in Tchernobyl.


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If you call a gram client library function with a jobmanager contact string that doesn't have a path, the library segfaults. The problem is in globus_gram_protocol_frame_request(), which assumes that if globus_url_parse() returns GLOBUS_SUCCESS, then globus_url_t.url_path will be non-NULL. That's not true for URLs like https://gate02.grid.umich.edu:40041. You can reproduce this using globusrun: globusrun -status https://foo.edu:40041 This problem is currently affecting Condor-G. A rare bug in Condor-G causes some jobmanager contact strings to be truncated. When this bug occurs, the gram bug described here exacerbates the problem. We are working on finding the Condor-G bug, but it's tricky to track down.
Created an attachment (id=1206) [details] Patch to GRAM Client / Protocol libraries Attaching a patch which avoids the crash and returns an invalid contact error when the contact URL does not contain a path. joe
I applied the patch and the crashes ceased. Now, the functions return gram error 80 as expected.
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Rep. Pete King, the chairman of the House committee on Homeland Security, wrote FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III today to formally request that the bureau launch a comprehensive investigation into leaks of detailed and highly classified information about an international anti-terror operation involving al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula earlier this month.
In the letter to Mueller, King deduces that "the leak would have to have emanated from a small universe," considering "this intelligence matter was handled in the most restricted manner." In a breach of this magnitude, King demanded that the investigation "must encompass everyone who had access to this vital information."
Last week, Mueller testified before Congress that the FBI is already investigating leaks to the news media about the recently disrupted plot by al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate, also known as AQAP, to smuggle a bomb designed to be concealed in underwear onto a U.S. bound jet.
Reached in a phone call Monday, King told ABC News that Congress was left in the dark about the operation, which he called "almost unprecedented," but he suggested that would help narrow the possibilities of who could have disclosed the classified information.
"Nobody in Congress knew about it, so we start off with that," King, R-N.Y., told ABC News Monday morning. "Even the Speaker of the House [John Boehner] didn't know about it. It's almost unprecedented. Even with [Osama] bin Laden, my understanding is certain members of Congress were told about it months in advance, the killing of bin Laden, and I know the speaker is generally briefed on critical intelligence on a regular basis…but in this case no one was briefed."
"I have no idea where it's coming from," he confessed. "It had to be somebody who knew the entire situation, and again it's a very small universe."
The leaks, first disclosed by the Associated Press May 7, revealed that CIA, along with Britain's MI-6 secret intelligence service and Saudi Arabian intelligence assets, apparently used a double agent to disrupt the plot by infiltrating the organization, posing as a suicide bomber, and then delivering the bomb to intelligence agents instead of carrying the device onto a U.S.-bound plane.
In his letter today, King also requests that the scope of the FBI's inquiry encompass "the Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, federal law enforcement and the White House, including the National Security staff." He also asks the FBI to investigate whether the lives of "a unique intelligence source" and others may have been jeopardized, to examine whether the operation had to be aborted before its potential was maximized or whether critical intelligence relationships have been damaged as a result of the leaks.
"This [mole] was such a really unprecedented penetration – a very rare penetration of al Qaeda and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," King said. "This really was criminal, and I use the term criminal, but this really was. To put the source at risk, to force the aborting of the operation, to preventing us getting more information than we would have gotten, but also to create real distress with partners that we were involved with in this operation."
"Ultimately there could have been a way found to get him out…to create a situation where he doesn't necessarily have to blow his cover," he added. "Certainly the allies using him and others had not decided at all to admit that they had a source in there. You could have had cover stories, you could have had something done…there could have been ways to have extricated that person without giving up his identity."
The FBI's ongoing investigation is likely being run by the Justice Department's counterespionage section and agents from the FBI's Washington Field Office. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is also conducting a separate review with the DNI's general counsel to see if the leaks originated in any of the 16 agencies that DNI James Clapper oversees.
King said he is unlikely to schedule his own hearings at the Homeland Security committee, but he also sits on the Intelligence committee, where he predicted the first hearings could occur.
"[House Intelligence chairman Mike Rogers] is very concerned about this and because of the security level, because of the classifications, it's right now I think more appropriate that the intelligence committee do it," King said. "It's right now I think more appropriate that the intelligence committee do it. I don't want to be getting in their way, I don't want to be duplicating hearings for the sake of duplication here."
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In typical fashion, if you're heading into the BIOS you'll probably want to be in the OC area and if you've used Click BIOS II in the past you shouldn't have any troubles here.
Unlike the original X79 board we looked at from MSI at the launch of the Sandy Bridge-E platform, this one worked a lot nicer with everything getting up and running straight away when it came to overclocking. We'll talk about that a little more in just a moment, though.
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Thanks to advances in technology and heightened transparency among international institutions, we are in an unprecedented position to know and report more than ever before on both the flow of illicit cash, and on the spending habits of government officials and their friends.
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Lisl doesn't even bother to tell [police] it's a dead end there. She knows where he [Jaehnig] is. She knows it is a dead end... At that moment, there is one person--one person only--that can save Bruce VanderJagt's life, and that is Lisl Auman.
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"I have provided security for that complex for approximately seven years."
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"Officer VanderJagt says that there isn't any other way out of there. He said, do you want to go in or do you want me to go in? Sergeant Jones comes up. Officer VanderJagt apprises him of the same thing. That there's no way out."
--Officer Donald Bowling, on a video made the day of VanderJagt's murder
"If VanderJagt knew...that he [Jaehnig] was armed with the armament he had available, VanderJagt would not have peeked around the corner in the fashion that he did."
--Prosecutor Henry Cooper
"She said he has a gun...We already knew he did because he had been firing at the Jefferson County police."
--Officer Michael Gargaro, on a video made the day of VanderJagt's murder
Lisl Auman went on trial in Denver District Court in July 1998.
Before the trial, the district attorney's office offered Auman a plea bargain. "Lisl would have had to plead guilty to assaulting the officer when she took the wheel," says Angela Kruse, Lisl's defense attorney. "She would have had to plead guilty to knowing that Matthaeus Jaehnig had weapons in his car. These things would have been with her for life when she didn't do them." In exchange for these pleas, Auman would have received a thirty-year prison sentence.
She turned down the deal.
Without the draconian felony murder law, there would not have been much of a case. Her lawyers believe that if Jaehnig had lived, Lisl would have been used as a witness against him and might never have been charged at all.
The felony murder law, however, made it possible to argue that if Lisl knew Gerze and his friends intended to burglarize Cheever's room and then directed them to it, she was an accomplice to the felony and hence guilty of the murder. Still, this theory might have struck a jury as a flimsy structure on which to hang a capital conviction. Postulate that Lisl was a willing participant in all that happened after the burglary, however--that she was filled with anger and the thirst for revenge, that she deliberately steered the car so that Jaehnig could shoot, that she handed him the gun at the condo complex, that she was hostile to the police--and you had a much more compelling argument. Add to all of this some passionate rhetoric, insist it was Lisl's lack of cooperation that doomed Bruce VanderJagt, factor in the intense public feelings swirling round the case, and your chances of conviction skyrocket.
Constructing the necessary narrative requires selective use of the available facts. It means insisting that Lisl knew Jaehnig had a rifle in his car because the weapon was simply too big to conceal--but accepting that she could somehow sneak this same weapon to Jaehnig at the condo complex without the cops who were standing a few feet away from her seeing it. It means believing Lisl when she uses the words "muscle" or "retaliate" in her interviews with police--while refusing to believe her frequent and consistent protestations of fear and revulsion (duress would be a valid defense against the burglary charge).
Cab driver Art Kent witnessed the collision caused by Jaehnig during his wild drive down the mountain. "He passed right next to me going up Eastman," Kent told the newspapers immediately after the incident. "He was definitely scared. He was stressed. I could see it in his eyes. He didn't hesitate at all after he hit her. He just threw it into reverse and burned rubber." In the courtroom, however, Kent said Lisl had had plenty of time to get out of the car if she wanted to.
In court, Kruse described a second attempt by Lisl to escape from Jaehnig's car. Passing a school, the car slowed momentarily; some children saw the passenger door open and a white laundry basket fly out. The attorneys said the basket had been between Lisl's legs, and she was preparing to jump from the car when Jaehnig threatened her again.
But Twining characterized this incident as an attempt to get rid of stolen loot. Fellow prosecutor Henry Cooper hypothesized that Lisl had thrown out the basket to allow Jaehnig easier access to his gun.
Did Lisl pass the gun to Matthaeus Jaehnig at the complex? No one who knows either Auman or Jaehnig finds the idea remotely plausible. Sam Jaehnig says his brother would never have left his car without his weapon once shots had been fired. Lisl's friends speak of her fear and hatred of guns; her mother remembers her long, passionate arguments with a grandfather who hunted.
But it's the physical evidence that's most compelling. A videotape taken the day of the murder reveals deep gouges on the door of Soriano's Monaco Place apartment. The likeliest explanation is that these were made by the butt of Jaehnig's rifle as he hammered furiously at the lock.


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>> Set on the French Riviera in Saint Tropez with the models arriving on motorboats from a yacht in the harbor, Chanel's Cruise 2011 show reflected the '70s throwback party atmosphere emulated in Karl Lagerfeld's short film shown last night. Natasha Poly opened barefoot in a pastel print dress, and Karolina Kurkova and Abbey Lee Kershaw danced down the runway in knits. Toni Garrn and Jacquetta Wheeler made runway returns, and Crystal Renn, riding the current "plus size model" wave, made a cameo.
For the finale, front rowers like Anna Mougalis, Carine Roitfeld, Andre Leon Talley in a green cape, Emmanuelle Alt, Diane Kruger, Vanessa Paradis, and Franca Sozzani witnessed Lagerfeld's bodyguard Sebastien Jondeau pulling up on a motorcycle (which temporarily stalled) with Georgia May Jagger on the back. Then, appropriately, to a Rolling Stones soundtrack, Lagerfeld appeared in a purple jacket for his bow — and Abbey Lee threw her arm around Karl's shoulder.
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Makes 6 (small plate) servings
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45 min
- 3 cups peeled shelled fresh fava beans (2 1/2 pounds in pod)
- 1 teaspoon plus 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 2 medium red onions, chopped
- Fine sea salt
- Generous handful of mint, roughly chopped (about 1/2 cup)
Cook fava beans with 1 teaspoon oil in boiling unsalted water until tender, 6 to 8 minutes, then drain.
Cook onions in remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring, until just crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Add beans and cook until just heated through, then season with sea salt and pepper. Toss in mint. Serve immediately.
Cooks' note: Fava beans can be shelled and peeled (but not cooked) 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
my notes
- Calories349
- Carbohydrates57 g (19%)
- Fat10 g (16%)
- Protein24 g (47%)
- Saturated Fat1 g (7%)
- Sodium708 mg (29%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber2 g (7%)
- Monounsaturated Fat6 g
- Cholesterol0
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Portage burglary suspects run from moving vehicle, one caught
By Erin Guerra Post-Tribune correspondent May 13, 2013 3:56PM
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PORTAGE — Two burglary suspects jumped out of a moving vehicle to try to get away from police at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.
One succeeded but the other, Mason Howe, 20, of Portage, was arrested for Class B felony burglary.
The suspect who got away, however, is believed to be a 22-year-old East Chicago man who may have ties to a person the burglary victim is accused of battering the day before.
During the break-in, the 32-year-old Portage man was in the Porter County Jail on a charge of felony domestic battery for the Saturday incident.
A resident of the 3000 block of Futura called police at about 4:50 p.m. Sunday, saying two suspicious men had been knocking on his neighbor's door and then went around to the back of the home, but they fled in a blue Dodge Stratus when they saw him watching them.
Police were unable to find the suspect vehicle.
At about 5:45 p.m., the same neighbor called again, saying the men were back and had loaded a TV into the Dodge.
Police saw the car on Stone Avenue and attempted to stop it, but the driver accelerated, continuing south on Swanson Road.
When the car slowed down at the intersection at Swanson and Willowdale, its two occupants jumped and ran in different directions.
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I would like to give my son & his family tickets to a Adventureland Theme Park and need a cute poem to go along with them. You are all so 'crafty', I know I can count on you!
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Gosh, Midwestgrandma, this forum is pretty slow now. There used to be some ladies who could come up with wonderful poems here. I couldn't write a poem if my life depended on it--but I sure hope someone else can help you. Luvs |
Can you tell us a little about what the park has to offer? It will be easier to write something with more detail. First names of everyone getting a ticket would be good, specific dates if there are any, etc. You can e-mail me directly in case I forget to check back here. Just click on my user name. Looking at the date on your post, perhaps this is too late. |
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I am suffering from severe garden show deprivation. Why don't we at Gardenweb start our own channel? I know it would get LOTS of viewers and sell LOTS of advertising! How bout it? |
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A show with everyday gardeners?? Not ritzy professionals?? Just down to earth people without long gardening degrees?? I would love it!! Beautiful gardens don't have to be professionally done with the proper name to each plant. I think we miss out on a lot because people don't feel their gardens up to professional quality. |
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10 Tech Picks from the NYIGF New York International Gift Fair 2013 The New York International Gift Show returned to the Javits Center this year, and I spent a rather overwhelming few days combing through the aisles trying to take everything in. While there were many paper items in abundance like stationary and art prints, there was also no shortage of technology. Below are some of my favorite tech finds from the show.
Lille Huset: Eco-Friendly Modular Dollhouses We first wrote about Lille Huset when they were looking for funding on Kickstarter. Well good news for us: they successfully made their goal and have since launched their line of eco-friendly modular dollhouses, created a new website, and attended their first NYIGF. I visited their booth at the show last week and was impressed by both their design and their green mission.
10 Green Picks from the NYIGF New York International Gift Fair 2012 The New York International Gift Show returned to the Javits Center this year, and I spent a day combing the isles looking for new and interesting products. Good news is that handmade and sustainable still seem to be growing trends, and many vendors are incorporating environmentally sound practices into their production. Below are some of our favorite green finds from the show.
Mini Hottie Hand Warmers by NPW Family Find Mini Hottie Hand Warmers by NPW• $7/each• Creative Kidstuff I saw these small hand warmers by UK-based company NPW at NYIGF last week and thought they'd be perfect to take along for a day of sledding (if we ever get snow here in NYC that is). By snapping a disc inside, the mini mittens heat up within seconds. They're reusable after boiling in water.
Eyecatchers: 10 Kids Picks from NY Gift 2012 NY International Gift Fair The New York International Gift Show takes up the entire Javits Center as well as a few spaces on the west side piers, but it has only a small section devoted to Baby and Child. I always make sure to walk through this section and I keep my eyes peeled for other kid products sprinkled throughout the aisles. Here are ten favorites from this year's show:
5 Great Garden-y Finds From NYIGF The Gardenist Landscape people don't generally frequent shows like the New York International Gift Fair ... but I thought I would give it a look. On my first trip to the NYIGF, I was pleased to find that in stepping outside my box, I learned about some great products that I may never have seen at the garden and landscape trade shows that I normally frequent. These are my favorites ...
BANG! "Gun" Controlled Desk Lamp NY International Gift Fair The gamification of the home has begun. Amid the scarves, tea towels and soy candles at the New York International Gift Fair was a bright white booth showcasing BANG! - a desk lamp turned on and off by shooting a gun-shaped remote. Want to see it in action? Here's a short video I took:
Your Ultimate 2011 Gift Fair Roundup New York International Gift Fair Did you miss NYIGF this year, or were you just waiting for us to tell you all about it? Check out our complete coverage from this week, with 13 posts full of cool recommendations after the jump. 1. Mat's Faves: MIO, Aviva Stanoff, Mad Mats, IZOLA & LinenMe 2. More Gift Fair Faves: Pendleton, FromSthlm, Thelermont Hupton & Eleanor Pritchard 3. Part 3 of Gift Fair Faves: Jon Robshaw, Jonathan Adler, Matouk, Thomas Paul & Bend 4. Best Rugs: Dwell Studio, SCP, Nomadic Trading Company, Dash & Albert 5. Jonathan Adler - The Gift Fair
Cake: Vintage Table & Home New York International Gift Fair Another gem of this year's gift fair was Cake, an independent company based out of Nashville, TN. With their adorable booth filled with rustic home goods fashioned out of vintage materials, one couldn't help but stop and chat with these friendly southerners.
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I heard the words that Jesus rose on the third day and died for our sins, but I was more interested in a pet, dyed eggs and rising out of bed for our family's annual Easter egg hunt.
As I remember it, the weather was always bright blue skies and sunny days around this special day. Dad bought us the cutest red, green and blue dyed baby chicks to play with in our huge backyard. Although rabbits were more closely linked to Easter, we never got a rabbit and I never knew why.
The excitement of an Easter egg hunt and baby chicks was heightened when our female cousins and their family came to the house after church on Easter Sunday. The three girls were about the same ages as me and my two older brothers. I always felt a bit "twitterpated" like Bambi when I was in their company — maybe it was because they smelled so nice and dressed so pretty.
The anticipation of our Easter egg hunt reached its peak when my dad and my uncle placed a nickel, dime, quarter or 50 cents under every hidden egg. Our parents shouted: "Ready, set ... go!" and watched us dash out of the house and race in search of those Easter eggs!
An hour later, we were all laughing and peeling eggs while counting our coins to see who had the most. As I peeled my colorful eggs, sprinkling salt and pepper on them, I must admit, I never once thought of Jesus in those fun-filled moments.
It was only as a teenager that I started to wonder what did those Easter eggs and bunny rabbits have to do with the resurrection of my Lord, Jesus Christ? One day I decided to find out. As I asked around I was directed to certain books.
For example I was surprised to read a quote from Robert J. Myer's book "Celebrations," which stated, "Eggs were said to be dyed and eaten at the spring festivals in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome. The Persians of that time gave eggs as gifts at the vernal equinox."
The Catholic Encyclopedia said, "A great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring, gravitated to Easter. The egg is the emblem of the germinating life of early spring. ... The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility."
What?? If these emblems are pagan, how did they attach themselves to Jesus Christ, I wondered? I knew Jesus said he is "the way, the truth and the life." — John 14:6. He also said true worshippers must worship God "in spirit and truth." — John 4:24. These pagan customs were not the truth. They were fun. But not based on Bible truth.
So what was the truth? The Westminster Dictionary of the Bible states Easter was "originally the spring festival in honor of the goddess of light and spring known in Anglo-Saxons as Eastre. As early as the eighth century the name was transferred to the Christian festival designated to celebrate the resurrection of Christ."
That really took the "egg-citement" out of Easter for me. To think that my parents had unwittingly been mixing the resurrection of Christ with pagan customs that honored a false goddess named Eastre was a shock to my naive system.
When my mother found out, she discontinued celebrating Easter with its pagan customs. My father did not care. To him Easter was Easter and that was that. I was an inquisitive teenager and really wanted to know how this fusion of pagan religion into Christianity happened. I finally learned what many scholars and theologians already knew.
The book "Curiosities of Popular Customs," said "It was the invariable policy of the early Church to give a Christian significance to such pagan ceremonies as could not be rooted out. In the case of Easter the conversion was peculiarly easy.
"Joy at the rising of the natural sun, and at the awakening of nature from the death of winter, became joy at the rising of the sun of righteousness at the resurrection of Christ from the grave."
When I was telling my friends about this shocking discovery, someone told me the Bible says a little leaven ferments the whole lump and the earliest Christians did not celebrate Easter at all. That really surprised me! So I researched some more.
The Encyclopedia Britannica said, "There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the apostolic Fathers. The sanctity of special times was an idea absent from the minds of the first Christians."
Later, someone showed me the word "Easter" at Acts 12:4 in the King James Version of the Bible. This was discovered to be an erroneous translation of the Greek word for "Passover" and was corrected in the New King James Version and other translations of the Bible. I admit I was shocked.
Still, I confess I was surprised at how little me and my family knew about the true origin of Easter. As I got older I started to wonder where would Jesus stand on this popular celebration today? Is there any concerns about God accepting worship that is mixed with pagan customs? Where do you stand?
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Anyone seen one of new Kona Honzo's in person yet?
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Anyone seen one of new Kona Honzo's in person yet?
I've been riding one for about a month. Got the frame from Bikeman and built it up with a 120mm Reba and some big rubber. It isn't a lightweight but it will hammer over anything. I wouldn't want to race this rig but riding it is the most fun I've had on a bike in a while.
Nice to hear. Thanks for the info. Out of curiosity, were you comparing this to any others before you went this route?
I also have a Fisher Hi Fi 29er and a Specialized Rockhopper SL 29er single speed. The Honzo holds a line like a locomotive compared to both of theese bikes. I had a Vassago Bandersnatch 29er but I didn't like the geometry (long chainstays and steep head angle). I looked at Canfield Bros Yelly and Nimble 9 and also at the Banshee Paradox but the Honzo's geometry and price finally won me over. It seems that the new wave of 29ers have slack head angles and short chainstays. A few years ago 80mm was the average fork travel but now we are seeing 120mm / 140mm of travel. It all adds up to a really fun to ride trail bike.
Perfect. Funny how I keep seeing the same list of bikes pop up around these discussions. Appreciate the feedback.
Have you checked out a karate monkey?
Not yet, but definitely adding it to the list for review. Criteria is shorter chain stays and a somewhat slacker head angle probably less than 70.
I have a Paradox, and it's sweet. DO NOT stray from your geometry criteria.
I love the geometry of the Redline d460. The last year of this fine steel frame was 2008 I believe, I bought a used one. The HA is 70.5, I think. I have 100 mm on there now, but 120mm would be even better. I believe the monocog an d the d440 share the same geo and maybe some of the newer alum. Redlines, (PP please correct me if I'm wrong...)
Like the Honzo (with which I have no experience) it's not lightweight, probly @ 5.5 # but bombproof.....and the price was good


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I know.
It just strikes me as odd that guys would get so upset about some of this stuff.
I do chuckle about misspelling lose as "loose." It seems this happens on forums all the time, as in:
"I use a lanyard on my rangefinder so I don't loose it."
Watch out, that rangefinder is on the loose!
My spelling is not always the best, and I'm surly guilty of more than one on this list above at one time or another. I hope it brings chuckles and fun more than raising someones blood pressure.
Thak god for spel chek!
I am going to have to trademark that DYI thing, BSA.
So there I was... Stocking a speed goat, it was a hardcore DYI style hunt on the nevuda oregoyn border. He had 4 doe and button buck with him. I named him goliath as soon as I put my crosshairs on em from my two two three. I said to myself. " dont pass on the first day a stud buck like this if ill take him the last day" i wanted to shoot fast so I wouldnt loose him. After harvesting the buck I was super stoked I didnt end up with tag soup.
His horns scored 94 7/8 net!! My friend who is the best guide in the state measured him.
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Ha, that was good hardstalk. Thanks for the chuckle today!
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