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Part 2, "[REDACTED]" Censoring Game Politics
Part 2,""[REDACTED]" Censoring Game Politics! Politics is not a topic normally discussed in relation to game rating systems, but censorship of political content--mostly in the form of political symbols--is quite common. Nazi imagery, for example, has a long history of being censored, both in Germany and elsewhere. Exactly why is such political content censored? Whom is it intended to protect? Who is censoring it? What obligation do commercial game makers have to comply with prevailing political views? What are the consequences for not doing so? And what effect does this back-and-forth have on the political imagination of gaming culture? Games discussed will include: Bionic Commando Wolfenstein Indiana Jones Death to Spies Metal of Honor (2010) Six Days in Fallujah First-Person Victim Tropico Shadow Complex Metal Gear "[REDACTED]" - Censoring Game Politics is part three of a running discussion series on censorship in video games. Konstantin Mitgutsch, one of our post doctoral researchers, is a/Scientific Board Member of/PEGI, the European games rating board. He wants people from local Boston industry, academia, and journalism to come and discuss various topics of game censorship - namely violence, sex, and politics - for a report he is currently compiling for PEGI. The goal of the report is to suggest changes to the current rating system. This session will take place in GAMBIT between 4 and 7 pm (coming late is okay) on Friday 2/18 (today!). It will begin with Konstantin giving a little context for his report, how game rating systems currently work, etc. Then we will play a series of games and discuss them while we play. The goal is to capture the conversation. While it is happening, a small camera crew will be filming. The video will later go up on the GAMBIT website as part of our normal video series, but the video will also be used for reference for Konstantin's report. "Blood, Sex, and Politics in Video Games: How Censorship Is Done (or Not)" MIT GAMBIT Game Lab researcher Konstantin MItgutsch , brilliant as he is, can't figure out how video games are rated. And that's saying something, given that Mitgutsch is a scientific board member of Europe's game-ratings group, Pan European Game Information (PEGI). "Game content rating system like the Entertainment Software Rating Board and PEGI were established to help educators and parents to make informed decisions on buying computer games," Mitgutsch says as an introduction to three videos he and colleagues at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab are releasing about U.S. and European ratings systems. "But both groups have three core problems." First [mistake about playability]... Second [cultural differences]... Third [lack of context]... For the videos, GAMBIT researchers invited members of the local video game industry, academia, and journalism to discuss various topics of game censorship -- violence, sex, and politics. Mitgutsch is incorporating this research into a report for PEGI suggesting changes to the European ratings system. The first video in the series, "'Die!' Censoring Game Violence", will be released on Monday, March 28, 2011, with the second, "'Behave', Censoring Game Sex" to follow on April 4. The series will finish with "'(REDACTED)', Censoring Game Politics" on April 11. Videos can be seen at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab Website. Video Produced by Generoso Fierro, Edited by Garrett Beazley
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About "Good to Know: A Genealogist's Guide"
This blog will discuss what types of things are "Good to Know" for a genealogist or for anyone researching his/her own family tree.
Friday, August 19, 2011
VIII: A Genealogy Quiz
The answers are at the bottom of the post.
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a) 40
b) 80
c) 125
d) 160
2) What does GEDCOM stand for?
a) Genealogical Explanation of Distinctive Chromosomal Markers
b) Genealogical Descendant Configuration Methodology
c) Genealogical Data Communication
d) Genealogically Extracted Data Common to Other Mediums
3) When was "The Great Chicago Fire"?
a) 1871
b) 1892
c) 1906
d) 1918
4) What does a "cordwainer" do for a living?
a) make rope
b) assists a midwife
c) building construction
d) makes shoes
5) If you have a photograph of your ancestor that has the words "Kodak Velox Paper" stamped on the back, it was developed:
a) after the mid 1930s
b) before the late 1960s
c) after the early 1950s
d) in the late 1940s
6) In genealogy research, what does "P. O. E." stand for?
a) Person Offering Eulogy
b) Partially Obstructed Evidence
c) Port of Entry
d) Parents of Edgar
7) If all of these records provide a date of birth, which one is the most reliable or most likely to provide an accurate date of birth?
a) a date of birth for the deceased on his death certificate where the informant was one of his children.
b) a birth certificate for your ancestor
c) a marriage record with dates of birth provided by the couple
d) a 1900 census record
8) If a probate states that the deceased died "intestate" and "without issue", it means...
a) he left a will and had children
b) he didn't leave a will and had no children
c) he left a will but had no heirs
d) the will is contested by heirs
9) If a death certificate stated that your ancestor died of "consumption", what did he die of in today's terms?
a) tuberculosis
b) meningitis
c) typhoid
d) botulism
a) 3
b) 5
c) 8
d) 10
"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."
a) Dorothy Parker
b) Winston Churchill
c) H. G. Wells
d) Alfred Einstein
12) What famous American was the defense attorney for the British Soldiers involved in "The Boston Massacre"?
a) James Madison
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Thomas Paine
d) John Adams
13) How many 5-greats grandparents do you have?
a) 64
b) 81
c) 128
d) 252
14) This wood polymer is responsible for causing paper to yellow and deteriorate over time.
a) lignin
b) polyethylenemine
c) glycogen
d) melamine
15) In 1870, the percentage of those 14 years of age and older (of all races) who could not read or write was:
a) 12%
b) 20%
c) 28%
d) 32%
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This newbie got 7 of 15 right so I have a l-o-n-g way to go with my knowledge base:)ReplyDelete
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CANTON The St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators is considering an agricultural exemption that would reward those who reclaim tillable land from unproductivity.
The recommendation for the exemption grew out of discussions of the county Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board and Soil & Water Conservation District on ways to encourage farmers, said Robert G. Andrews, chairman of the protection board.
We wanted to create an incentive, he said. Were just trying to emphasize the need to put these acres back in production.
Every acre wrested back from scrubby growth is another that can be used for forage and food production, Mr. Andrews said. But clearing trees, hauling rocks and building drainage ditches is expensive.
When you do that, youre making a sizable investment, he said. Why not give us a little break when we bring this land back into production?
County Real Property Director Darren W. Colton knew of several properties, including one between Russell and Hermon that had grown up to white birch, that have been returned to productivity.
There are others, he said. Why? Because theres no more tillable land. Theyre expanding tillable land and the big farms need it for their feed.
Legislators recently brought up the idea of the exemption but tabled discussion of it pending more detail. Mr. Andrews has been invited to the boards Operations Committee meeting March 10.
Such an exemption, which would require state legislation, does not exist anywhere in the state, Mr. Colton said.
There are many questions about how an exemption would work, including how much it would be and how long it would last.
Farmers are already eligible for exemption from sales tax and an agricultural exemption for certain buildings. Agricultural exemptions for land are based on soil type but the rates are higher than what many county farmers think they should be, Mr. Andrews said.
Only 50 acres of woodland is eligible for an agricultural exemption because wood is not considered an agricultural commodity, Mr. Colton said.
An ag exemption is granted after land is already in production, while the one under consideration would be for property as it is being reclaimed.
Its about the actual conversion while its being done, Mr. Colton said.
Matilda M. Larson, a county planner, said she would meet with Mr. Colton to understand what a reclamation exemption might look like if it were available.
I think I have to start from scratch, she said. Well see where it goes.
Mr. Andrews said he would welcome other ideas, including a payment-in-lieu-of-tax program for improving land rather than an exemption.
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To establish a large, longitudinal collection of high quality samples and data from subjects with MS, selected other demyelinating diseases (Transverse Myelitis (TM), Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) or Devic's, Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), and Optic Neuritis (ON)), and related and unrelated unaffected controls. Samples and data will be available as a shared resource to scientists researching the causes, sub-types, and biomarkers of MS and related demyelinating diseases.
Multiple Sclerosis
Transverse Myelitis
Neuromyelitis Optica
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
Optic Neuritis
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
|Official Title:
|Large-scale, Multi-disciplinary Sample and Data Repository for Multiple Sclerosis and Related Demyelinating Diseases
|Study Start Date:
|May 2006
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Subjects with MS, selected other demyelinating diseases (Transverse Myelitis (TM), Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) or Devic's, Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), and Optic Neuritis (ON)), and related and unrelated unaffected controls.
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 18+ able to give informed consent or individuals younger than 18 with parental permission and able to give assent
- willing to provide up to 110 ml (50 ml for < 18 years old) of blood via venipuncture
- experienced at least one CNS demyelinating event characteristic of MS, TM, NMO, ADEM, or ON
Exclusion Criteria:
- history of blood borne pathogens
- allogeneic bone marrow transplant
- clinical or radiological evidence of stroke, meningitis, or other well characterized diseases of the nervous system (with the exception of MS, TM, NMO, ADEM, or ON).
- weight less than 37 pounds
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00445367
|United States, Arizona
|Barrow Neurological Institute
|Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85013
|United States, California
|Stanford University
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|The Rocky Mountain MS Center at Anschutz Medical Campus at UC Denver
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
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|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|University of Massachusetts Medical School
|Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01605
|United States, New York
|Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York
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|The Ohio State University
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 76051
|Principal Investigator:
|Benjamin Greenberg, M.D., M.H.S.
|University of Texas
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|Study First Received:
|March 8, 2007
|Last Updated:
|May 1, 2015
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|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis:
Multiple Sclerosis
Clinically Isolated Syndrome
Transverse Myelitis
Neuromyelitis Optica
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
Optic Neuritis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuromyelitis Optica
Demyelinating Diseases
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated
Multiple Sclerosis
Myelitis, Transverse
Optic Neuritis
Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Central Nervous System Infections
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
Cranial Nerve Diseases
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
Eye Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Neoplasms by Site
Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Neoplasms
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Optic Nerve Diseases
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
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The 2008 International MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle was developed by Navistar Defense for the Pentagon as part of a program to protect American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from debilitating and often fatal blasts from roadside improvised explosive devices.
It looks like a Humvee after years of a steady regimen of daily workouts, human growth hormone and anabolic steroid injections. Its big, its heavy, and its not here to mess around. The vehicles, generally painted a desert tan, are built to withstand ballistic arms fire, mine blasts, IEDs, and nuclear, biological and chemical environments.
But in the immortal words of Bruce Wayne, Does it come in black?
Now, apparently, it does.
The Jefferson County Sheriffs Department is the proud owner of a $600,000 2008 MRAP, thanks to a federal law that allows local law enforcement agencies to take possession of excess Department of Defense property at no cost.
The vehicle will be used by the departments Sheriffs Emergency Response Team, or SERT, to handle situations in which people barricade themselves in their homes or take hostages, according to Undersheriff Paul W. Trudeau.
The team is roughly analogous to the Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT, teams that gained prominence in police departments around the country beginning in the late 1960s.
Theyll get some training on it, driving on it, and then well go from there, Mr. Trudeau said. Weve responded to a lot of barricaded individuals.
SERT personnel are trained in breaching and entry procedures and tactical movements, according to team commander Lt. Kevin M. Amann.
According to a description on the departments website, the SERT is called upon when crisis situations arise throughout Jefferson County. These situations include barricaded gunmen, suicidal persons, civil disturbances, high-risk warrant executions and drug raids.
The team, which is composed of 10 individuals from the road patrol and detective divisions, trains regularly to stay current with equipment and techniques.
The MRAP, with its specialized V-shaped hull design and bulletproof glass, will replace an armor-plated Humvee donated to the Sheriffs Department last year and will allow deputies to safely approach dangerous situations.
Were excited to be getting it, Lt. Amann said. Its another tool for the SERT team to use.
The department has responded to a variety of high-risk situations over the years, including a 2010 homicide and attempted suicide at Madison Barracks in Sackets Harbor. The nearly five-hour standoff ended after the Onondaga County Sheriffs Department assisted with a BearCat, an armored personnel vehicle capable of administering tear gas.
Without the BearCat, we would probably still be out there, Sheriff John P. Burns remarked at the time.
BearCat is an acronym. It stands for Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck.
The truck, which is produced by Lenco, Pittsfield, Mass., is built on a commercial truck chassis.
It is big, but at 9 tons, it weighs half as much as an MRAP.
An empty MRAP weighs nearly 19 tons. Fully loaded with fuel, equipment and personnel, it can weigh up to 21.7 tons.
Thats about the same weight as a single-axle dump truck, according to County Highway Superintendent James L. Lawrence Jr. The MRAP will be able to travel on any roads or bridges in the county that are not posted with a 20-ton weight limit, Mr. Lawrence said.
BearCats sell for $200,000 to $275,000 depending on optional equipment. The cost of an MRAP can approach $1 million. The departments Humvee is valued at $47,000.
The Onondaga departments BearCat was involved in two other incidents in the last five years: a six-hour standoff in Rodman in 2011 that ended without injury or arrest and a four-hour standoff in Champion in late 2012 in which a Fort Drum soldier was taken into custody after allegedly firing several rounds from a shotgun and a rifle at police.
In August 2012, a man rammed his 2012 Dodge pickup into the departments Humvee while trying to flee the scene of a standoff at his residence in the village of Black River. He was armed with a tactical shotgun and semiautomatic pistol and was wearing a military ballistic vest at the time, according to deputies.
What is today commonly known as the 1033 Program has its roots in an obscure section of the 1990 and 1991 National Defense Authorization Acts that authorized the transfer of excess DOD property to federal and state law enforcement agencies for use in counter-drug activities.
In 1997, the program was expanded to include counterterrorism activities.
Preference is assigned to counter-drug and counterterrorism activities when requesting excess DOD property, according to a history of the program available on the website of the Defense Logistics Agency.
Since its inception, the 1033 Program has provided more than $2.6 billion worth of DOD property to law enforcement agencies in all 50 states, four U.S. territories, the District of Columbia and hundreds of federal and tribal law enforcement agencies, according to the history.
The MRAP program, on which the DOD has spent more than $45 billion, has met with both praise and criticism since production of the vehicles was ramped up in 2007 after a steady increase in the number of IED attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A Time.com Battleland blog post from October cites two conflicting accounts of the rise of the MRAP.
According to a 2010 USA Today article, the number of MRAPs in Afghanistan went from 1,800 to 12,000 in a period stretching from 2008 to 2010 and military officials estimated that MRAPs reduced deaths and injuries by 30 percent from January 2009 through July 2010.
But the post also cites a Foreign Affairs article written by two economists that questioned the militarys assessment by advancing the premise that heavily armored vehicles did not save more lives than medium armored vehicles, despite being roughly three times more expensive.
The MRAP Boondoggle, by Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan, also suggested that some units may have been reluctant to use MRAPs because they knock down power lines, have trouble on dirt and mud roads, and inhibit interaction with the locals.
A September 2011 article in the National Defense Magazine pointed out that rapid deployment of the vehicles left many design flaws uncorrected, including problems with the pneumatic systems that open and close the heavily armored doors. The systems arent protected from blasts and can trap crew members in the cab after an IED blast. Early versions of the vehicle often were prone to rollovers because of their high center of gravity.
While the debate over the success of the MRAP program continues, there is one issue that will have to be addressed before the discussion is resolved: what to do with all the MRAPs in Afghanistan as the troop levels there are drawn down.
Ken MacNevin, chief of public affairs for the Defense Logistics Agency, said the MRAP being donated to the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department was used to train vehicle operators and had never been deployed overseas.
He did say, however, that its donation to the department was indirectly attributable to changing troop levels in Afghanistan.
At an actual cost of zero dollars to the county, the MRAP is more than a bargain. But some critics have pointed out that such deals may not necessarily be a good thing for the populace they ostensibly benefit.
In a white paper for the Cato Institute titled Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America, journalist Radley Balko traces the proliferation of military-style SWAT teams across the country to the enactment of laws such as the one that created the 1033 Program.
With all of this funding and free or discounted equipment and training from the federal government, police departments around the country needed something to do with it. So they formed SWAT teams thousands of them, Mr. Balko wrote.
He argued that SWAT teams, once in place, inevitably are used in the service of drug warrants, often with disastrous results because of mistaken identity or bad information from informants.
The heightened posture of police using military tactics and equipment and wearing military-style clothing results in the rapid escalation of already tense situations, according to Mr. Balko.
According to its spec sheet, the MaxxPro MRAP is a 4x4 with four single rear wheels on run-flat tires. It can carry a two-man crew plus four to six passengers and a gunner. It is 21 feet long, 8� feet wide and 10 feet tall and has a 62-foot turning radius. It has an 8.7-liter turbocharged diesel engine with a five-speed automatic transmission.
On Friday, the countys new MRAP was being painted black to match the rest of the Sheriffs Department fleet. It will have decals applied and be in service sometime next week, Mr. Trudeau said.
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In the off chance that I log into myspace.com and do anything more then check messages I noticed something very disturbing.
In the Details section under the religion preference they have listed Scientology as an option. Normally I have myself listed at other and go on about my Pastafarian ways but seeing Scientology there really bothered me.
I know that the cult and scam does have the first amendment right to exist and scam as they do but why is it that Myspace chooses to recognize a fake, scam and cult posing as a religion but does not recognize the one true carbohydrate lord and savior?
I proposed to myspace.com that if they are going to have a fake religion as an option that they need to add Pastafarian as a choice being it is a true faith unlike one proposed by a failed sci-fi, con-artist, pedophile.
I have been emailing them politely for the past few days though they continue to ignore me, well my one man crusade to be recognized needs to be stepped up and I ask my fellow believers to help. If you use myspace please kindly inform them that Pastafarianism is real and needs to be accepted especially if they recognize a dangerous cult, they don't have to remove said cult but accept and add our faith as a valid option.


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GOUVERNEUR The village Board of Trustees agreed Tuesday night to spend $2.5 million to improve the water filtration plant, which should remedy water quality issues over the last few years.
Much needed, a long time coming, Mayor Ronald P. MacDougall said. We need an upgrade.
The village previously replaced one of four filters at the plant as a test to see if that was an appropriate way to refurbish the plant.
The new project will include replacement of the plants three other filters and under-drains, Mickey G. Lehman, vice president of Bernier, Carr & Associates, Watertown, said.
Work on the filter system accounts for nearly $2 million of the project.
The additional $500,000 will be used to replace and repair various parts of the building, including heating and ventilation, the chimney and cap, various exterior and interior doors, the entrance, ceilings and separation walls, and to install energy-efficient lighting.
Its an old plant, Mr. Lehman said.
Loan financing will be through the state Environmental Facilities Corp.
We applied, hoping the village would be eligible for a grant, but the water rates were too low, Mr. Lehman said.
The cost of the $2.5 million project, financed over 20 years, will mean an increase of $38 annually for most residential customers.
The village water system has had problems for some time. The state Health Department is notifying users of a recent problem with turbidity levels, which is a measure indicating the effectiveness of the treatment program.
They have received these before, Mr. Lehman said.
Mr. McDougall said he hoped the latest notice would be the last that water system users receive.
The work should also improve the quality of water in town lines that comes from the village that is caused by disinfection products.
The level is often more pronounced in town lines because the byproduct tends to increase the longer water is in contact with chlorine. The more users and flow there is, the less likelihood of the presence of byproducts.
This is another piece of the puzzle for that entire process, Mr. Lehman said.
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As per one of the leading unlocked cell phone blog site, although Apple is not typically known for varying their devices too much from one design to another to keep some continuity, It appears that they will be making a number of changes to the second version of the highly popular iPad. A source in China has stated that the company is already working on the second generation of the iPad and that the case will have a new design compared to the first model. The new case will be just a bit smaller and will measure 239 mm x 186 mm, which is a bit smaller than Apple's current case which is just a few millimeters larger.
Although there is no way to verify this story, the fact that it was released with such exact stats would lead most to believe that it is probably true. The first generation of the iPad has been highly successful, paving the way for other tablet devices that are looking to enter a market that is getting more competitive by the day.
The iPad 2 will also have wide range speakers, according to the report. Apple has been quick to jump on an upgrade for their first tablet device. This is probably because the company has seen the onslaught of incoming competition with advanced features, and are looking to ensure that they are able to retain their current market share.
It will be interesting to see what changes about the device in the iPad 2. The first version was highly successful and changed the mobile industry forever with a simple announcement. The second version will hopefully be a huge upgrade over the first version in the same way that the unlocked iPhone 4 received a sizable update on its second release. The tablet marketplace has proven to be large enough to be considered a subsidiary to the mobile market in itself.


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Let me just say up front that when I think about the topic, "the Beauty of Christ", the thought "girly-man topic" crept into my mind. It's not that I think the beauty of Christ is a girly topic. It's just that it seems like a touchy-feely, womanish thought, kind of like the idea that my mom used to think her sons hated each other just because we pounded each other–when, in fact, that's HOW we showed our love.
But being a 90's kind of guy, I knew I could get in touch with my 'softer' side. So I started chewing on the topic and then…it came. The truth is we demonstrate the beauty of Christ when we love our wives OR we fail to demonstrate it when we don't.
The real beauty of Christ is in the way he sacrificed Himself for his BRIDE even when she (we) did not love Him. Wow. I love that picture, except when I hate it!!! That means that the way I treat and love my wife is way bigger than me and her.
When I love my wife selflessly even when she is crabby and bent out of shape (sometimes it happens), I demonstrate the beauty of Christ to my children. That kind of love gives without expecting. It is patient, long suffering, kind, gentle, and never-ending.
We call it unconditional love and it means…no matter what. Even as I write this, I know I have failed at this lately. I've been loving conditionally…in hopes of smiles and warmth in return. That doesn't show the beauty of Christ, just the selfishness of…ME.
My boys need me to show that kind of love…because one day they'll need to show that kind of love to their bride. One day their wives will be crabby and bent out of shape and they'll need husbands who show them the kind of love that Christ demonstrated towards us.
That's a pretty weighty responsibility…but I'm glad that it has been entrusted to me…and to you, Dad.
Man, I feel like I need to go out and pick flowers or crochet!!!
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Growth of Income Inequality Is Worse Under Obama than Bush (Naked Capitalism)
As President Obama tries to paint Mitt Romney as an out-of-touch aristocrat, Roosevelt Institute Fellow Matt Stoller notes that he may have trouble escaping the fact that the 1 percent have gotten even 1 percentier under his watch.
Why Economic Populism Is a Winning Strategy for Obama (The Nation)
Ari Berman argues that Obama should ignore advice that the way to win over independent swing voters is to talk about the economy like a Republican. If voters wanted that, they'd probably go with the name brand version over the knock-off.
The Weakness of the Buffett Rule (TAP)
Paul Waldman writes that restoring fairness to the tax code is the right goal, but adding another layer of complexity instead of taxing all income the same way is the wrong approach. Luckily, the GOP will ensure that none of those things happen.
Everything you know about the Buffett rule is wrong (WaPo)
Ezra Klein points out that while Obama describes the Buffett Rule as a requirement that millionaires pay at least the same tax rate as the middle class, the actual policy gradually phases in to avoid hurting those who are only a little bit of a millionaire.
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Annie Lowrey highlights a report that finds the Hardest Hit Fund, which was set up in spring 2010 to provide funding to state housing agencies and stave off foreclosures, is only just now getting around to serving any particular purpose.
How the Banks Endangered Medicare (NYT)
Simon Johnson points out that banks have pulled off the magic trick of crashing the economy and driving up the national debt while getting policymakers to ask whether the real problem is that we need to take health care away from old people.
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Sometimes for seniors its hard to recognize when it is time to quit a certain activity, particularly when it is something one loves to do. For many, it is the active lifestyle that keeps them feeling that they are living and not just surviving.
Retired profeassional athletes often speak about the difficult moment when they knew it was time to retire from professional competition. The transition can be easy for some but far more difficult for others.
For aging amateur athletes there is a recognition by most that you need not be a professional to realize there comes a time when your body is telling you it's time to ease up.
All of us have seen examples of the aging athlete or outdoor enthusiast who is 85 and who is still going strong. For some people that type of lifestyle can work, but not for everyone. There are a lot of factors that go into continuing a regimen of training or activity as a senior that didn't necessarily affect performance or even the ability to do something at age 35.
We marvel at these people; pushing their limits often beyond what we at a much younger age can do. The human spirit is truly a great thing.
But just as many of us must admit we need glasses to read, devices to hear better and at times joints repaired or replaced. We must also realize that there are limits to what the individual can do with their body, especially when certain conditions come into play. Despite our angst about it, and our determination that nothing will change the way we live, at some point, we have to realize that while we are still 17 inside our heads, our extremities are telling us we are much older than that.
Athletes are used to pushing themselves and stretching their limits, but some limits are best not pushed. While athletes don't have to completely fold up shop and hang up their cleats, tennis shoes or other athletic equipment as they approach senior citizen status, there are steps aging athletes can take to ensure they aren't pushing their bodies too far as they grow older.
As a minor athlete all my life, not one to run marathons or hike the entire Appalachian Trail, I've had my share of physical workouts. When I was young basketball was my game until my knee became an almost unrecognizable mess one day when I went in for a lay up against a 6'8" gargantuan in a county recreation basketball league game and came down wrong. I was 29 at the time and despite repairs to the knee, it never was the same. That also ended any real running I ever did, my second favorite sport.
Falling off dirt bikes in my 30's also added to the injury list with cracked ribs and once a broken collar bone that is still evident today by the bump on the front of my shoulder.
At the time I recovered and went on doing hard physical labor (which was in my job description at the time) and tried all kinds of other things that could hurt me.
Today some parts of me are a medical lesson in what a young man should not do. Today there is not generally the sharp pains of the immediacy of the moment they happened, but instead the dull aches and twinges that reoccur years and years later.
I'm still active in some sports, I just move slower now and judge better what is worth it and what is not. While winning in one way or another is important, surviving to try to win another day has actually taken precedent.
Here are some ideas for being active, yet realizing the limitations of age and prior pain experience.
â¢First, recognize your new recovery time. Veteran athletes tend to have a sixth sense about their bodies, knowing how long they need to recover from common ailments like ankle sprains, knee pain, back pain and shin splints. Despite the body's remarkable ability for recovery, it's not immune to aging, and that recovery time will increase as the body ages. Whereas a sprained ankle might once have been as good as new after a few days or rest, aging athletes must recognize that the same ankle sprain now might require more recovery time.
I know this to be true. When I get hurt doing something now, particularly when it comes to muscles, tendons and joints, I can't just jump right back up and go at it again. Returning too quickly from an injury can only make things worse for aging athletes, so don't push time lines. Take time to really heal.
â¢Take more time to warm up. As the body ages, its response time to exercise increases. This means the body needs more time to prepare itself for cardiovascular and strength training exercises. Increase your warm-up time as you age, gradually increasing the intensity of your warm-up exercises until your body feels ready for more strenuous movements. This should be true for any physical activity from sports to doing work around the yard.
I find even a short walk with some good body movement will help. Don't just dive into an activity without first getting the blood flowing and the muscles working.
Focus on flexibility. The more flexible you are, the more capable the body is of absorbing shock, including the shock that results from repetitive activities. But as the body ages, it becomes less flexible, which makes it less capable of successfully handling the repetitive movements common to exercise. Aging athletes should focus on their flexibility, stretching their muscles before and after a workout. In addition, activities such as yoga can work wonders on improving flexibility for young and aging athletes alike.
Don't stop strength training. Some aging athletes mistakenly feel they should stop strength training as they get older. No longer concerned about building muscle, aging athletes might feel as if they have nothing to gain by lifting weights and continuing to perform other muscle strengthening exercises. But the body gradually loses muscle mass as it ages, and that loss puts the joints under greater stress when aging athletes perform other exercises. That stress can put people at greater risk for arthritis, tendinitis and ligament sprains. While you no longer need to max out on the bench press or challenge yourself on the biceps curl, it is important to continue to make strength training a part of your fitness regimen as you age. But also remember the limitations you have, so as to not get injured.
Assess your skill level in anything you do, particularly sports that could cause great injury. Admit when you can't do something or you see something that others are doing and you would like to, but you know that your ability may not carry you through safely.
When you are young, you often worry about what others will think so you take on challenges that inside you know you should not try. That climb up and almost vertical cliff or heading up a trail on a four wheeler strewn with boulders and strong off camber ascents seemed just a challenge. Now things like that can cause injuries that won't ever go away (or for a long time). What I used to worry about as a young man people calling me "chicken" over not doing something I now see as "prudent" behavior. I don't worry about what others think; I worry about ending up in the hospital.


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And here I thought I finally had some more Dota 2 material to write about and play with.
yea that horde mode-ish mode looked like a lot of fun D=
but when you can't even spell change log in the change log =S
Been wearing my Dota 2 hoodie a lot (almost everyday when it's chilly), met a lot of Dota 2 people at UofT, lol.
It looks like they are finally working on the hold out mode. i have a feeling its going to be for Halloween this year.
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Elroy Leon Hirsch. . .Led College All-Stars upset of Rams, 1946. . . Became key part of Rams' revolutionary "three-end" offense, 1949. . . Led NFL in receiving, scoring, 1951. . .10 of 17 TD catches, 1951, were long-distance "bombs". . .Mixed sprinter speed with halfback elusiveness. . . Named all-time NFL flanker, 1969. . .Career record: 387 catches for 7,029 yards, 60 TDs; 399 points scored. . .Born June 17, 1923, in Wausau, Wisconsin. . .Died January 28, 2004 at age of 80.
In a crucial game midway into the 1951 NFL season, the Los Angeles Rams found themselves trailing the Chicago Bears, 14-0, and deep in a hole on their own 9-yard line. Quarterback Bob Waterfield faked a handoff, stepped back a few paces and threw far downfield. Elroy Hirsch took off at the snap and was running full-throttle at midfield. Waterfield's pass was over his head but Elroy gathered in the ball on his fingertips and raced for a 91-yard touchdown. The Rams went on to an important 42-17 victory. It was a patented "Elroy Hirsch special," a sizzling shocker that was repeated 17 times that year.
Besides his 91-yard bomb, Elroy had numerous other long-yardage touchdowns as he established a new league record at the time of 1,495 yards receiving. It wasn' t just the number of long-gainers but the way he did the job that set Hirsch apart from all others. "Crazylegs" had a unique running style that made him famous. When running downfield, his muscular legs seemed to gyrate in six different directions at once.
Pro football success did not come easily to Hirsch, even though he was an All-America halfback at both Wisconsin and Michigan before he joined the Chicago Rockets of the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in 1946. Hirsch described his three seasons in Chicago as "frightful."
When his AAFC contract expired, Hirsch happily joined the Rams. After a year spent mostly on the bench in 1949, Elroy was shifted to end. Not familiar with playing end, he initially struggled. However, hard work eventually paid off and, a year later, he became a primary contributor to the Rams' impressive march to the NFL title. Many observers insisted "Crazylegs" was the best end ever but Hirsch modestly downgraded his own case. "I'm just a busted-down, retreaded halfback who happened to get lucky."
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Prof. Rudolf Faust received his Diploma in Chemistry in 1975, and Ph.D. in Colloid Chemistry in 1978 from Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. Subsequently, he was a Visiting Scientist, at the Institute of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, before joining the University of Massachusetts Lowell (formerly University of Lowell) in 1988.
He is currently Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He was an invited Visiting Professor at the University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary (1993 and 1996), Universite P. et M. Curie, Paris, France (1996), and University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany (1996).
He has served the American Chemical Society as Chairman, Membership Committee, Industrial Sponsors (1990-1994), Chairman, Workshop Committee, (1995-1996), Member, Programming Committee, (1994-1996) of the Polymer Division and as Canvassing Board Member of the George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry, ACS (formerly ACS Award in Petroleum Chemistry) (2001-2003). He was the co-editor of ACS Symposia Series 665 (1997) and co-chair of the International Symposium on Ionic Polymerizations, Boston, June 30-July 4, 2003. He served as Editor of Polymer Bulletin (1998-2007) and currently serves as Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Macromolecular Science and Polymer Bulletin. In 2006 he received the prestigious Ralph Milkovich Memorial Lecturer award from the University of Akron, and the 2010 Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers award from the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society. He has published over 250 papers, 4 book chapters, and 23 patents.


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Post-trip: Transylvania, Romania
Discover the Transylvania region of Romania—a castle-dotted landscape whose well-preserved, Old-World character transports you back to the era of bygone, macabre figures both mythical (Count Dracula) and actual (Vlad the Impaler). Your home base will be the historic resort town of Sinaia, known for centuries as the "Pearl of the Carpathians."
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After breakfast today, you will depart your Eastern Europe to the Black Sea Cruise Tour in Constanta and transfer by motorcoach to Bucharest. Stop for lunch (included on your main trip), then continue your motorcoach ride to Sinaia.
With its sub-Alpine climate and the protection of surrounding mountains, Sinaia has long convinced visitors of its ideal location for recreational mountain sports. The atmospheric pressure is low, the air is free of allergens and pollutants, and the water is rich in minerals. Some people even believe the sunshine feels different here. This combination of natural curative factors and geographic beauty has helped make Sinaia "the Pearl of the Carpathians"—the favored destination of Romanian royalty and a region rich in palaces, luxury hotels, fine dining, and skiing.
After you check into your room, your Program Director will lead a brief orientation tour of the neighborhood of your hotel. Spend the balance of the afternoon and evening at leisure exploring more of Sinaia or simply relaxing. Dinner tonight is on your own. Please note: If you have chosen this extension, you will return to Bucharest (Day 12 of your main trip) after your 3-night stay in Sinaia to enjoy the remainder of your primary trip.
hiddenDay 2Sinaia • Optional Bran Castle tour
Before its most famous landmark, Peles Castle, was constructed, Sinaia was a quiet monastery settlement in the Prahova Valley. Afterward, it quickly became a booming resort town—with help from the subsequent creation of a direct train line from Bucharest. With the king in Sinaia to avoid the heat of the nation's capital in summer, the nobility swarmed to this mountainside city.
The day is yours to relax and to explore this exquisite resort community on your own. Perhaps you'll visit Sinaia Monastery. Founded by Romania's Prince Mihai Cantacuzino after a pilgrimage to Mount Sinai, this 17th-century abbey in turn lent its name to the town. Admire the gold mosaic paintings and gold-plated thrones in the Great Church here, as well as its collections of religious icons, books, and porcelain. You might also pay a visit to the Sinaia Casino, built in 1912 and inspired by the glamorous casinos along the Cote d'Azur.
Or come with us on an optional tour to Bran Castle, often referred to as Dracula's Castle. Prince Vlad Tepes, the son of Vlad Dracul and the person who inspired Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, used this castle as headquarters for his incursions into Transylvania. This 15th-century ruler became known as "Vlad the Impaler" for his practice of impaling enemies of the kingdom, which was greatly threatened by the Ottoman Turks at the time. Stoker's work of fiction drew inspiration from this bloody practice, the family name, and the castle-dotted mountain landscape of Transylvania.
You'll see the interior and exterior of Bran Castle, which was built in 1377 to protect nearby Brasov from invaders and also served as a customs station. In 1920, the people of Brasov, who owned the castle, offered it as a gift to Queen Maria of Romania, and the castle soon became her favorite residence. After an included lunch, you return to your hotel, arriving in the late afternoon.
hiddenDay 3Peles Castle • Brasov • Optional Azuga Wine Cellars tour and dinner
After breakfast, you'll tour Peles Castle, set dramatically in the hills above Sinaia. Completed in 1914 for the first Hohenzollern king of Romania, Carol I, this 160-room palace was built in neo-Renaissance style, and represented the king's attempt to imitate the styles of his former homeland—creating a Bavarian setting in the mountains of Romania.
The castle's sculptured terraces, art displays, and historic armories make it one of Romania's most important and beautiful museums. The palace is ornately decorated, inside and out, with intricate woodcarvings and paintings of scenes from Wagner's operas. Fortunately, as you'll see, it is one of the best-preserved royal palaces in Europe.
Then, join us on a tour to the fascinating city of Brasov. Continuously settled since the Bronze Age, the region that is now Brasov has been enriched by people of many heritages—Romans, Saxons, and Hungarians among them—as well as by traders from all over Europe and beyond who arrived in this long-thriving economic center. You'll see some outstanding medieval architecture in Brasov, which is not far from the geographic center of Romania and is the largest city in the Transylvania region. Please note: If Peles Castle is closed, we will instead visit Pelisor Castle.
After lunch on your own, you'll have time on your own to discover Brasov. During your free time, perhaps you'll visit the Black Church. Built between 1384 and 1477, it is the largest Gothic church in Romania and one of Eastern Europe's finest. Seeing this famed and ancient church, you might feel as if you've stepped back into the Middle Ages.
The evening is yours, with dinner on your own.
Or join us for an optional evening excursion to the famed Azuga Wine Cellars. We'll begin with a walk through the wine cellars, where an excellent sparkling wine is produced and bottled, pause for a wine tasting, and then tour the small wine museum. We then sit down to dinner in a dining room across the courtyard from the wine cellars.
hiddenDay 4Transfer to Bucharest • City tour
After breakfast, we transfer to Bucharest and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. We'll begin a city tour upon arrival in Bucharest. This is an old city that has served as the capital of Wallachia and later Romania since 1659. Today, it is noted for its broad, tree-lined boulevards, well-kept parks, and mix of architectural styles that combine Neo-Classical structures with monumental 20th-century edifices (the latter built for the most part to satisfy the late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu).
You'll view the Arc de Triomphe commemorating the exploits of World War I soldiers, and drive along Victory Avenue to Revolution Square, where recent events in history are inscribed. After the tour, you'll transfer to your hotel with some time to settle in and relax before dinner.
This evening, join your fellow travelers for dinner at your hotel. Please note: If you choose this optional post-trip extension, you'll spend the one day in Bucharest from the base trip after the Transylvania extension. Days 4 and 5 of this extension correspond to Days 12 and 13 on your main program.
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CUMBERLAND — Heidi Josephson is well aware her Cumberland High squads have little to no chance to compete for state crowns at the R.I. Interscholastic Swimming Championships, slated for the new Brown University natatorium on Saturday at 2 p.m. (for girls) and Sunday at 1 (boys).
That doesn't mean the veteran coach isn't truly excited about what could happen when the starter's gun sounds for the first event.
On the female side, Josephson can't wait to see if Clipper senior captain Courtney Kent is able to manufacture triumphs in her two specialties – the 200- and 500-yard freestyles – come Saturday. Should Kent accomplish that amazing feat, she not only would gain her sixth and seventh individual career state titles, but also defend those two event crowns for the third consecutive year. (Then again, at the 500 distance, it would be the fourth straight winter she snagged the championship).
The 18-year-old aquawoman is seeded first in both races, the shorter distance with a time of 1:54.88 and the longer at 5:00.00, but there's much more at stake.
"Courtney will be trying to break Elizabeth Beisel's state record in the 200, which is in the 1:52-high or 1:53-low range," Josephson said of Beisel, the former North Kingstown High great and multi-Olympic medalist. "I think she's got as good go at it. She's only a second away, and she's in a pretty good competitive position to give it a try.
"I'm not saying she'll definitely break it; I mean, we're talking about Liz Beisel here," she added with a laugh. "But she's swimming fast right now, and she's the ultimate competitor."
On Feb. 3, at the Division I Championships at Roger Williams University, Kent took the 200 freestyle in 1:56.99 and the 500 in 5:06.13. She, however, has registered a lifetime-best clocking of 1:53.8, that achieved while representing her USA Swimming-affilated club team, Crimson Aquatics of Whitinsville.
In the 500, she has swum as fast as 4:55.6, so chasing another Ocean State title is well within her grasp.
"(RIIL officials) haven't sent out the seed sheets yet, so I'm not sure exactly where some of our other girls may stand, but I expect (junior) Kenzie McCormick to do well," Josephson said. "She finished second behind Courtney in the 200 freestyle (at the Division I meet), and did her best time of 2:04.77. She'll also swim the 100 butterfly, and she was second behind Ivana Andrews of La Salle by just two-hundredths of a second. (Andrews went 1:03.23, McCormick 1:03.25).
Josephson is also hoping for solid top-three or top-six placements from senior Kayla Zerva, who will compete in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke; and freshman Kayleigh Canavan, who took third at the D-I meet in the 100 breaststroke (PR of 1:12.73) and fourth in the 50 freestyle (26.66);
The coach is also primed to see how two of her three relays will fare. The 200 medley relay foursome of Kent, Canavan, senior Kate LeBeau and Zerva took that championship on Feb. 3 with a time of 1:56.23 (after placing third at the Bay View Invitational way back on Jan. 6).
Likewise, the 200 freestyle relay quartet of Kent, McCormick, Canavan and Zerva finished first at the same D-I event in 1:45.63.
"The medley relay is within a couple of tenths of the school record, which is approximately five years old, and the (200) freestyle relay is pretty close, too," Josephson said. "The thing I'm not sure about is who may make a run out of Division II (as those squads competed in that meet on Tuesday night at RWU after two blizzard-related postponements). I know South Kingstown has got a tremendous team.
"It should be Prout, North Kingstown, South Kingstown and La Salle (vying for the team championship," she continued. "I don't think we'll be in the mix because we don't have as much depth as those other schools. We've got some outstanding swimmers, but we don't have the quantity, the big numbers."
Like Kent, Cumberland senior captain Andrew Bauer also has clinched the top seed in the 200 and 500 freestyles, and – according to Josephson – he has the chance to make a little history himself.
In the former race, he shattered the school record, previously held by mid-1980s phenom Matt Gilson, when he snagged the title at the Read/Watmough Invitational (also at RWU) with a 1:46.41 clocking. He broke it again in a mere dual meet against Smithfield in 1:46.33, and managed 1:46.64 while placing first at the Division I Championship. He also took the 500 freestyle in 4:55.82 (though he has swum as fast as 4:53.51).
That's one reason he decided to register for that event – should he break 4:53.00, he'll set a new CHS mark, one held since the mid-'80s by Mark Bonneteymard.
Still, even more school records could be in the offing for Bauer, and Josephson is anxious to see if their ambitious, though possible, plan will work.
"He's swimming really well right now," Josephson noted. "We don't know if it will happen, but we stacked both the 200 and 400 freestyle relays, and Andrew will lead off both."
The logic is really quite simple: Interscholastic League rules recognize times achieved by leadoff relay swimmers as state records because they come from a "dead" start. (The other three do what are considered "rolling" starts, which are deemed about a half-tick faster than "dead").
The Clippers' boys mark in the 50 freestyle is 21.82, held by the legendary Kurt Langborg since 1977. In the 400 freestyle relay, Bauer must finish the 100 leg faster than 48.10, and that would erase Don Hunt's record, which has stood for about 27 years.
"Andrew has a chance at breaking his own record in the 200 free, and getting those in the 50, 100 and 500," Josephson stated. "If all those things happen, it would be one crazy, wonderful day. He currently has the top recorded times in the state in the 50 and 100, so it's more than possible. He actually swam the first leg of the 400 free relay in 46.60, so he's more than capable of doing it."
Andrew won't be the only Bauer who hopes to rake in the points at states. His kid brother, sophomore Jack, will compete in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. In the former, he took third at the D-I meet in a PR of 56.44, and, the latter, second in another best-ever clocking of 58.35.
"Jack should be seeded in the top three or four in both," she said. "It's not like it used to be, where there was a wide margin (of speed) between Division I and the other two. Now it's much closer, which ultimately is great for the sport. There are some very talented swim coaches out there, so all the times have become faster."
Josephson also is anticipating good things for senior Mike Constantino, who will compete in the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly, his specialty. Constantino placed 11th in the butterfly (1:04.41) and 13th in the IM (2:26.42).
The elder Bauer most probably will swim the 200 freestyle relay with Jack, Constantino and freshman Eric Henderson, though seniors Lucas Rundlett and Matt Redihan also could play roles; the same goes for the 400 relay.
"Without question, Hendricken's the team to beat on the boys' side," Josephson indicated of the Hawks, who haven't lost a title in at least two decades. "At the Division I meet, Hendricken was first and Smithfield, which is very strong under (head coach) Dave Cote, took second.
"Again, our downfall is going to be not quality, we've got plenty of that, but quantity," she added. "All of my kids always give it their all. It's remarkable with the boys and the girls how well they've done this season, but we don't have the numbers to be able to compete for a state championship."
The good news for the Clippers: If all goes well, their standouts will bus home with some hardware.
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Waukesha, WI -- The Beloit College Football team closed out their 2012 season on Saturday afternoon in a 55-0 loss at Carroll University.
The Pioneers scored two TDs in the first quarter, three with a safety in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth while frustrating the Buccaneers.
Dillon Hess, playing his final game for Beloit, led the offense with 39 yards receiving and 20 yards passing. On defense Antonio Jones had a game-high 14 tackles, 11 solo, with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Jake Fisher recorded nine tackles and 1/2 sack and Derrell Carter had a sack.
In addition to Hess, the game was the final one for Beloit seniors Raymond Thomas, Zach Bock, Anthony Crivello, Joe Carmody and Stephen Porter.


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