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MY husband, Ismail, and I were traveling to Libya, where I would meet his family for the first time. I loved the exhilaration of international travel—and having trekked the Himalayas, camped along the Baja peninsula and crossed Europe in trains, I considered myself a seasoned traveler. If I'd known that the cup of coffee I drank at the Milan airport would be my last for the next two weeks, perhaps I would have felt more apprehensive about this trip. Dependent on both strong coffee and regular exercise, I was also unaware that the workout clothes neatly packed in my suitcase would remain untouched. None of my previous adventures had prepared me for my arrival in Libya as the American wife of a firstborn Muslim son.
A crowd of relatives the size of a tour group awaited us at the Tripoli airport. Ismail's youngest brother, Hussein, engulfed him in a tight embrace, weeping and kissing his cheeks, while his four sisters, in bright head scarves, circled around us. Like colorful, twittering birds that have found birdseed, they talked and laughed and kissed our cheeks, foreheads and hands. We crammed into tiny cars, counting each lap as an additional seat, and drove to Ismail's parents' home, where my mother-in-law, Haja Njima, waited beside a parched lime tree whose skinny branches were bowed with fruit. Her head was covered by a flowered head scarf, a faded cloth was wrapped around her body like a toga, and a thin green line stretched from her bottom lip to her chin.
"A tattoo," my husband explained to me later, "inked onto her face by an elder the week before her wedding."
Haja's leathery face creased into a broad smile, and her eyes brimmed with tears at the sight of her son, whom she had not seen in eight years, with his young, blond wife in jeans and running shoes. She laid her broad, calloused hands over mine, then stood back to -appraise me, furrowing her brow and uttering Arabic words that, I would come to learn, meant, "Too skinny! Eat!" She pulled me by the hand through the doorway of her squat stone home, turning back once to wag her finger at Ismail and accuse him of not feeding his wife. Inside, a crowd of relatives gathered in a circle on thin floor cushions. The men looked down when I entered the room, avoiding eye contact, but the children stared wide eyed, and my four sisters-in-law met my gaze with exuberant smiles as I sat down among them.
For the next several hours, Haja plied me with pastries and jerk meat and sweet green tea, seeming to be at peace only when my mouth was full. Sunlight danced across the concrete floor, then faded. Darkness pressed its veiled face against the window, and the shadows of women in the kitchen boiling yet more water for fresh tea began to seem like a delirious dream. Five hours had passed since our arrival, and I was exhausted. I had not had a moment to myself except in the bathroom—and then, squatted on the low toilet, I'd listened to my sisters-in-law in whispered conference outside the door before they cracked it open to offer me toilet tissue and slippers. I longed for privacy, and I'd hoped to stay in Tripoli's big new hotel, where oil executives and tourists congregated. I wanted a steaming-hot bath, a shining countertop on which to spread my toiletries, an adjustable thermostat and a heater that hummed through the night, drowning out the honking of horns on the crowded streets below.
I did not realize how offensive this proposal would be to his family, but Ismail did. His gentle suggestion that we retire to a hotel was met with shocked silence, followed by a clamor of protest from relatives who insisted we stay in the finest accommodations they could offer: the half-built home of my sister-in-law Fauziya and her husband, Adel. Blinking back tears of frustration, I climbed into the backseat of Adel's tiny car, and we sped off down a winding alley while I groped in the dark for seat belts that did not exist. At their unfinished home, Adel and Fauziya led us to a small, unpainted bedroom with black plastic taped over each gaping window frame to keep out the wind, and we slept in their bed while they curled up nearby on the floor.
Awakened at dawn by the nasally call to prayer crackling over the fuzzy loudspeaker of a nearby mosque, I slipped out of bed while Ismail slept, and greeted my sister-in-law in the hallway with my morning breath, my bed head and my frown lines. She handed me a tiny cup and saucer, the kind children use at tea parties, filled with a frothy concoction. None of my relatives drank coffee, but as a special treat for me, Fauziya had bought a small, expensive canister of Nescafé powder. I tilted the cup to my mouth, nearly emptying it in one gulp. Among my hosts there would be no coffee, no alcohol, no television or Internet—and as I quickly realized, no outdoor exercise, since I could not be on the streets without an escort and nearly all my skin covered. In Libya I would be cut off from all these addictions at once, cold turkey—and under the watchful eye of female relatives who scrutinized my every expression, trying to anticipate my every need.
After breakfast, seven of us piled into a car not much bigger than a golf cart and drove to the home of Ismail's beloved aunt Fatama, swerving on dirt roads past towering piles of trash and potholes deep enough to swallow a tire. A lone Libyan flag flapped in the wind, as green and plain as the apron of a Starbucks employee, and in my mind's eye I saw a barista offering me three sizes that started large and grew from there, saw myself cradling a paper cup filled with rich, dark brew. Folded onto Ismail's lap in the backseat, my head brushing the torn vinyl ceiling, I whispered into his ear: "Is there a Starbucks on the way?" He chuckled, low and sympathetic, and squeezed me tighter. Behind a high concrete wall, his aunt Fatama squatted on her porch waiting for us. A round, beaming woman swaddled in a brightly colored cloth from head to toe, she greeted us with kisses, tears and prayers, then disappeared into her darkened home. She returned a moment later with a plate of french fries, which she served us at 9 AM. We ate in her courtyard, warming our faces in the weak morning sun as her cats threaded through our legs and her chickens pecked the dust.
There was no Starbucks to be found, but something equally appealing caught my eye as we drove past it a few days later: a small, hand-lettered sign that read INTERNET. I motioned to Ismail's brother to stop the car, ducked into a small room lined with computers and sat down at a terminal beside a Libyan teen with stacks of textbooks and earplugs tucked beneath her head scarf. The sight of Google popping up on my screen was as comforting as a visit home. I could have sat there for hours checking news headlines, scanning the weather, e-mailing friends. Even checking work e-mail felt like a vacation. I wanted to climb inside the computer screen, hook myself to the Internet with an IV, numb myself from the unrelenting intimacy of this strange country. But my brother-in-law Hussein waited patiently in the car, and a houseful of relatives awaited my arrival at my mother-in-law's. On previous travels, exhausted by foreign languages and unfamiliar customs, I'd withdrawn to hotels and bars filled with other travelers, all of us ready to commiserate about home and toast our adventures. For the next two weeks, however, there would be no respite from crowded, generous, broken, resilient Libya, which in 2005 was just emerging from 18 years of sanctions by the U.S. and its European allies.
In the United States I spent most daylight hours in an office, tapping on a keyboard until my wrists ached. I equated travel with being outside—surfing rolling waves, walking city streets, hiking narrow mountain paths—and I had looked forward to spending my vacation in the sun, exploring Libya. But nearly all my time was spent inside the crowded homes of women who called me sister and daughter. While other foreigners took guided tours of Roman ruins or were whisked into the desert on air-conditioned buses, snowboards (for flying down sand dunes) strapped on top, I sat thigh to thigh with these women at social gatherings that often lasted as long as an entire workday.
I had counted on Ismail to be my translator, but I quickly discovered that men and women socialized separately. I panicked the first time he disappeared into another room: How could I spend time with these women with whom I had nothing in common, not even language? I suddenly missed my own three sisters and the time we spent together: shopping, eating out, checking in with cryptic text messages and buzzing cell phones. The circle of women closed around me like a tent, shutting out the world beyond this small room. Surrendering to the inevitable, I took deep breaths and tried to relax. I studied their hands—refilling someone's teacup, resting on someone's thigh, tucking a strand of hair beneath someone's head scarf. I listened to the rustle of long dresses and smelled something buttery and sweet in the oven. Watching my mother-in-law raise herself slowly from the floor and shuffle into the kitchen, I felt sorry for her and for her daughters: Their days passed mostly inside these walls; their lives revolved in tight orbit around their families and their faith. They would never know the thrill of boarding an airplane alone for a destination they had never seen, or have their own credit card or e-mail account, or enjoy the endorphin rush that follows a hard workout.
Hours slipped away as I lounged on floor pillows with them. My long runner's legs, clad in jeans, jutted like sharp outcroppings from among the soft hills of their bodies. Back home, my hips were too broad to fit into designer jeans, but Haja was right: In Libya I was too skinny. I'd taken up running in college in Southern California, where smooth, graceful women in bikinis secretly waged a ruthless war against body fat. My first semester, I swallowed my homesickness and anxiety in the cafeteria, along with bowl after bowl of pasta and ice cream and sugary cereal. The 15 pounds I gained horrified me, and I began to run each morning along the edge of the Pacific, my feet sinking heavily into the sand. I ran until my chest heaved and my legs turned rubbery, until I doubled over to catch my breath. I ran until I no longer felt the fear that pressed against my rib cage like a tumor. Running had been my religion ever since, my path to a fleeting sense of peace and well-being. I'd run through painful breakups, cross-country moves, the completion of a master's thesis, through waves of shame and anger and a persistent longing I couldn't name.
The only exercise routine my -sisters- in-law maintained was their five daily prayers, when they knelt and prostrated and rose in the direction of Mecca—but even without the benefit of exercise, they glowed as if endorphins coursed through their veins. Curled up on floor pillows like cats, their low laughter a contented purr, they were far more relaxed than my fit and toned girlfriends back home, who needed at least one drink to unwind this much. For as long as I could remember, I had understood beauty to mean thin women in revealing clothing—but these women were undeniably lovely. Their soft, concealed bodies; their bright, open faces; their calm, inviting presence redefined beauty for me.
Two weeks later, having run out of paid vacation days, Ismail and I needed to fly back to our new home with the big mortgage, empty each weekday while we each sat in an office staring at a computer screen. My last day in Libya, my sisters-in-law insisted on dressing me in traditional clothing. They turned me in circles, wrapping stiff, gold-embroidered cloth around my body, then covered my head in even more cloth and girded my neck with an ornate gold necklace that hung all the way to my waist. I liked to wear clothes that showed off my best features (long legs, narrow waist) and minimized my worst ones (small chest, big bottom)—but beneath all this cloth, my body was no longer divided into good and bad parts; it was a seamless whole. I had always equated feeling sexy with feeling beautiful, but underneath these heavy layers I felt entirely different: hidden and safe.
With my eyes closed, I felt fingertips sweep through my hair as someone brushed it; felt moist, warm breath on my cheek as someone stroked eyeshadow gently over my lids. My sisters-in-law spent hours decorating my feet and hands with intricate henna designs. No one stopped to answer a cell phone or check e-mail. No one grew antsy because she needed to run errands, or get to the gym, or have time to herself. Each gave her time and attention lavishly, as if these precious resources flowed through her blood like the oil that coursed beneath the Libyan desert. I drank in the intimacy in the room, and it warmed me from the inside, loosened the tension in my neck, turned time into something warm and fluid, in which I was completely submerged.
When Ismail stepped into the room, I felt silly and self-conscious, as if I were in costume, but his face registered awe, not amusement. "You look beautiful," he whispered. How could I, when there was so little of me to be seen? But when my sisters-in-law led me to a mirror, I understood what he meant: All that colorful, shimmering cloth caught the light as it fell sensually to the floor, and in the midst of it my face shone as fresh and inviting as a blossoming flower. With no other part of my body to appraise, I met my own gaze in the mirror, and my face was revealed to me in a whole new way. My eyes danced with light I had never noticed, and I barely recognized my own expression: not the anxious frown of a tourist, but the relaxed smile of someone who felt at home.
Seeing the faces of my sisters-in-law crowded around mine, I was overcome for the first time with envy. I could not imagine living as they did, confined mostly to their homes and subject to the will of their husbands—and yet I ached for the intimacy they shared, for their selfless generosity, for their abiding faith and the slow pace of their daily lives, devoid of my typically American concerns: balancing career and family, saving for retirement, trying to stay fit and thin. They would never experience the freedoms I enjoyed, but neither would they have to correspond with one another by e-mail from thousands of miles away. They would never negotiate six weeks' maternity leave with a boss who viewed that arrangement as generous, or leave their tiny babies with a stranger for eight hours while they sat in an office across town, taking breaks to pump breast milk in the employee bathroom. They would never worry that the lines on their face made them less marketable in a tough economy. They would never know the persistent sense of inadequacy or the creeping exhaustion that comes from doggedly chasing the elusive dream that women can be everything at once: sexy and youthful, independent and financially successful, extraordinary mothers and wives. And yet during my time in Libya I missed this chase most of all: the working, driving, shopping and exercising, the exhilarating freedom to pursue my endless desire for more.
The next morning, as our plane sat on the tarmac at the Tripoli airport, I pulled my iPod from my purse, then held my hands up to the light to examine the intricate henna designs that were already fading from brown to orange. As the plane's engines roared to life, I took one last look out the window. The floor shook beneath my feet, the desert fell away, and the shimmering blue carpet of the Mediterranean stretched out as far as I could see. I took a deep breath and squeezed Ismail's hand; all that acceleration and open space outside my window was both thrilling and terrifying. I was ready to return to my busy life; my mind hummed with everything I would do when I got home. The freedom I had tasted inside the homes of my Libyan family—the brief refuge from striving and consumption and the tyranny of my own agenda—vanished as rapidly as the Libyan landscape beneath me. I soared west, toward the liberties I cherish even as they constrain me.
Update: Since the Libyan uprising began, Internet access in Tripoli has been cut, and phone lines have been disrupted, so our contact with family has been intermittent. A month ago one of my sisters-in-law told us she had used her entire savings to stock up on food for her family. As this article was going to press, she told us fuel supplies in Tripoli were dwindling, grocery shelves were bare, and the city sat under a cloud of fear, with only glimpses of hope. During this difficult time, my relatives have been relying heavily on one another, visiting regularly, sharing child care and dreams of peace.
KRISTA BREMER writes for various publications and is a regular contributor to NPR. She is currently at work on a memoir.
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Virginia Tech has won the last three meetings in this series, and five of the six games played on their home court. The Lady Bucs lone win came Dec. 10, 1977 when they defeated the Hokies 78-57. The all-time series is tied at eight, and this will mark the first-ever meeting for both coaches in the series. The last win in the series for ETSU was a 74-56 victory on Jan. 21, 1986.
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With Windows Media Center, you can play home videos and view your digital photos in a number of fun ways.
To troubleshoot problems with pictures and videos in Media Center, see Working with pictures in Windows Media Center: frequently asked questions
and Playing videos in Windows Media Center: frequently asked questions.
Media Center is best experienced using a compatible Media Center remote control. If you don't have a Media Center remote control, you can scroll left or right through your pictures and videos by moving the mouse to the edge of the screen, or by using the left and right arrow buttons on your keyboard.
If you can't find a particular picture, try changing the way Media Center groups your pictures.
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to Pictures + Videos, and then click Picture library.
Click Folders to sort your folders and files alphabetically, click Date taken to sort folders and files by date, or click Tags to sort files by tags that have been applied. (To learn more about tags and how to use them, see Tag pictures so they're easier to find.)
Click the picture that you want to view.
If you have pictures on a removable device, such as a USB flash drive or a digital camera, you can view the pictures in Media Center or import them directly to your computer.
Connect your removable device to your computer. (Cameras and most other removable devices are usually connected to a USB port.)
In the dialog that appears, do one of the following:
Click Import pictures and videos, and then follow the instructions to copy all the pictures and videos on your device to the My Pictures folder on your computer. (To see imported videos in Media Center, you'll need to manually move them to the My Videos or Public Videos folder in Windows Explorer. For more information, see Managing your videos.)
Click View pictures or View videos to access the pictures or videos on the device without copying them to your computer.
If you store media on certain types of removable drives (such as external USB hard drives), you'll need to add them manually to see them in Media Center. To learn how, see Add media files to Windows Media Center.
A slide show is a way to view a group of photos one-by-one at full screen. You can create your own slide show complete with pictures and music of your choice, and then save it for easy access later.
Click Slide shows, click Create Slide Show, and then follow the instructions to add pictures and music to your slide show.
On the Review & Edit Slide Show page, click Add More to add additional pictures and music, and when you're finished, click Create.
On the Picture library page, click the slide show you want to play, and then click Play slide show.
You can quickly play slide shows without creating a custom slide show. On the Picture library page, click a folder, and then click Play slide show. For more information about slide shows, see Creating slide shows with music in Windows Media Center.
On the Picture library page, click Slide shows, click the slide show you want to play, and then click Play slide show.
While your slide show is playing, move the mouse to make the playback controls appear, and then do any of the following:
You can also control playback of a slide show with a Media Center remote control, or by using keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see Use a remote control with Windows Media Center and Windows Media Center keyboard shortcuts.
There are many options for customizing the presentation of your slide shows. You can specify the order in which pictures are shown, the duration of the transitions, and other aspects of a slide show presentation.
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to Tasks, click Settings, click Pictures, and then click Slide Shows. You can customize your slide show using the options on this screen.
Click Save to save the new settings.
You can rate individual pictures so you can keep track of your favorites, and then play a special presentation of only your favorite pictures.
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to Pictures + Videos, and then click Pictures library.
Right-click a picture that you want to rate, and then click the Rating button (five stars in a row) multiple times until it displays the desired rating.
By default, Media Center uses ratings to determine which pictures are your favorites. To change the Favorite Picture settings, from the Media Center start screen, scroll to Tasks, click Settings, click Pictures, click Favorite Pictures, make any adjustments you like, and then click Save.
If you're having trouble finding a particular video file, try changing the way that Media Center groups your videos.
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to Pictures + Videos, and then click Video library.
Click Folders to sort your folders and files alphabetically, or click Date taken to sort them by date.
Find the video that you want to watch, and then click the video file to play it.
If you can't find the video you're looking for, you might need to tell Media Center where the file is located. For more information, see File types supported by Windows Media Center to make sure Media Center supports the format that you're trying to play.
Click the Fast Forward button once to play the video in slow motion.
Click the Fast Forward button four times to speed up playback of the video.
Click the Rewind button one, two, three, or four times to play the video backwards at different speeds.
If an unchanging image stays on the screen for too long, sometimes a faint remnant of the image will stay on the screen even after a new image has replaced it. This is called screen burn. To avoid screen burn during video playback in Media Center, you can change the shade of black that might appear on the left and right or on the top and bottom of your video.
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to Tasks, click Settings, click General, and then click Visual and Sound Effects.
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Laura Drury, of Denver, credits career coach Carol Ross for helping steer her through rough employment waters not once, but twice.
In 2007, Drury was a successful software-development director but didn't feel challenged at work "and I wasn't sure what to do next." After a series of coaching sessions with Ross, a former engineer, Drury gained the courage to switch careers, leading to a post as chief operating officer at a church. Then when Drury got laid off in 2009, she hired coach Ross again and both decided that a return to the software field was the best next step. Today, Drury heads up IT software asset management at CenturyLink, a national telecom firm. "Carol gave me the perspective to look at things a different way and more confidence in my skills," says Drury.
How a Coach Can Help You
A career coach can be an ideal adviser if you're stuck in a job rut, unemployed, eager to try a new field, or want to repackage yourself for prospective employers. In today's economy, when the average length of time it takes to find a job is 41 weeks, such a pro can be a valuable partner.
Trouble is, career coaching is largely an unregulated industry, so finding a stellar pro takes some doing. "Any idiot can put up a sign saying, 'I'm a career coach,'" says Rob Sullivan, a Chicago-based coach and author of Getting Your Foot in the Door When You Don't Have a Leg to Stand On. Indeed, the Fabjob.com site boasts "you can start career coaching and become a career coach immediately."
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News: Perez PK Save Helps Men's Soccer Secure 1-1 Tie v. Cerritos
Goalie Gaetano Perez stopped a penalty kick attempt in the 21st minute and inspired the Pasadena City College men's soccer team to a 1-1 tie against then first-place Cerritos College on Tuesday at Robinson Stadium. The Lancers improved their playoff chances while also knocking Cerritos out of first place with Mt. San Antonio's win over Los Angeles Harbor.
Perez, a sophomore, made a spectacular diving stop on a PK by Cerritos midfielder Thiago Lusardi and went on to total eight saves overall in keeping the Lancers alive v. the Falcons. Although Cerritos netted a goal by Cristian Zuniga 12 minutes into the second half, the Lancers responded with their tying goal just five minutes later.
In the 62nd minute, Zack Larson took a corner kick and instead of driving the ball toward the front of the net sent a short pass to Max Rico, who put a perfect combination kick to forward Eric Chavez at the goal-line. Chavez easily tapped in his team-leading ninth goal uncontested.
Despite being outshot 15-9, the Lancers controlled the play in the second half and proved again why they are among the top 10 in the region in power points that decide the upcoming postseason playoff berths.
Besides Perez, the Lancers received sound play from defenders Jaime Jimenez, Rico, Mario Monroy and George Barba, a freshman standout who has been the team's most effective performer as part of PCC's first-year players.
On Wednesday at the South Coast Conference bi-monthly athletic directors meeting in Norwalk, it was announced that PCC received a forfeit win over El Camino College after a previous 4-2 loss to the Warriors on October 25 at Robinson Stadium. A Warriors player who was supposed to be serving a 2-match suspension due to a CCCAA by-law 1.15.8 that prohibits players from playing in an outside league played in the match and the penalty handed down by SCC Commissioner Rich Kollen was that ECC must forfeit its victory.
The Lancers now hold a 7-6-7 overall record and 6-4-3 SCC mark, good enough for a tie for third place in the conference with LA Harbor. With 14 teams advancing to the regional playoffs, PCC appears a shoo-in to secure its first playoff spot in five years and first under fourth-year head coach Edgar Manvelyan. PCC's rating is 1.99, currently seventh in SoCal.
"We're excited and we feel we did all the right things in both the pre-conference and conference to get to where we are," Manvelyan said. "We've had some ups and downs including some roster issues, but we've found a way to play the best teams well and not suffer letdowns against some of the other SCC squads."
The Lancers announced today that their SCC finale v. El Camino College-Compton Center has been moved to a 6 p.m. start Friday, Nov. 15 under the lights at Robinson Stadium. PCC will honor its sophomores as the annual tribute done at the final home games for second-year players.
[Photo--PCC goalie Gaetano Perez eyes the save of the game as he stops this penalty kick during the Lancers 1-1 tie Tuesday at Robinson Stadium, image by Richard Quinton, sports information photographer.]
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Early registration for both summer and fall semesters at Otero Junior College opens next week on March 25. Summer semester begins June 3; fall semester begins Aug. 19. Starting next week, the Student Services Center staff is available from 7:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Fridays.
According to Brad Smith, associate vice president of Student Services, returning students are encouraged to register early to ensure they receive the classes needed for their degree or certificate programs. Returning students will need to have their spring bill paid in order to register for classes.
"This is also a great time for new students, including our high school kids to get registered early while courses are wide open," explained Smith. "Students should call the college's main number at 384-6831 to schedule an appointment with an adviser. Academic, technical, and career advising are just some of the student-centered services the college offers. OJC offers traditional day and evening classes along with a nice variety of hybrid online courses," Smith added.
Financial Aid information is also available at the Student Services Center. "Students should not let financial hardships deter them from attending college," said Angela Benfatti, financial aid director at OJC. "There are resources available to students no matter what their income level or family situation is. Between 75 and 80 percent of our students receive some type of financial assistance," said Benfatti.
Benfatti also encourages all students to take advantage of the many scholarship opportunities available at OJC. "We have dozens of scholarships for new and returning students. The deadline for most of the scholarships is April 15, so I highly encourage current and prospective students to visit our website or stop by my office to receive more information about those scholarships and the application process," said Benfatti.
To learn more about the scholarships available and to download applications go to:
In addition to concerns about financing a college education, some students also have questions about their ability to transfer to a four-year college after completing two years at a community college. According to Jeff Paolucci, vice president of Student Services, completion of the associate of arts degree with a grade of "C" or better in every course, guarantees that a student can transfer to any Colorado public four-year institution, and complete a liberal arts baccalaureate degree with only an additional 60 credits in selected courses of study.
"The State Guaranteed General Education Transfer Courses, coupled with the 60+60 transfer degree agreement, ensures that community college transfer students are able to obtain their bachelor's degree with just an additional 60 credits in most disciplines. For many students that amounts to about two years if they attend full-time," explained Paolucci.
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The Student Services Center staff is available from 7:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Fridays. For more information call 384-6831 or visit OJC on the Web at www.ojc.edu.
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1 cup sugar
3 cups water, divided
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons dark rum, Grand Marnier, cognac, or amaretto
Prepare a large bowl or pan of ice water. Combine the sugar and 2 tablespoons of the water in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat, swirling the pan occasionally, until the sugar melts and caramelizes to a light amber color, 5 to 7 minutes. (Do not stir.) Be careful, as the sugar is very hot. (If the sugar should crystallize on the sides of the pan before melting, put a lid on the pan to help wash down the sugar crystals, rather than try to stir them in.)
When the sugar is completely melted, carefully pour in the remaining water and continue to heat, stirring, until the caramel dissolves. Whisk in the cocoa and salt. Immediately place the pan in the ice bath and stir the mixture occasionally until it cools to room temperature. Transfer to a container, cover, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 3 hours. Freeze in an ice maker according to the manufacture's instructions. When the mixture is almost frozen, spoon in the alcohol and churn until blended in, about 1 minute more. Or, to freeze without an ice cream maker, pour the mixture into a 9-inch non-reactive square pan.
Cover with aluminum foil or plastic wrap and freeze just until solid, 2 to 3 hours. Scrape out into an electric mixer or food processor, spoon in the alcohol, and process briefly until light and fluffy. Serve at once or transfer to a container, cover, and freeze until firm, and 2 hours.


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Click here for audio: Missouri coah Frank Haith talks LSU
Laurence Bowers could only slam his palms together after plopping down in a folding chair on theMissouribench late in a victory againstAlabama.
With roughly four minutes left on Jan.8, the forward's right knee crumpled after point guard Phil Pressey landed on it beneath the Missouri basket, leaving the Tigers' senior forward and leading scorer with a right MCL sprain.
Expected to miss only two games, Bowers, who averages roughly 17 points and 7 rebounds per game, has sat out the past five for No. 17 MU (15-4, 4-2 SEC), which visits LSU (10-7, 1-5) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the PMAC.
Bowers' absence was also clearly felt, depriving the Tigers of their best low-post scoring option, shifting the onus in the process to senior Connecticut transfer Alex Oriahki. Without Bowers, MU's offense sputtered four days later in a 15-point loss at Ole Miss, and a week later when then-No. 10Floridatrounced the Tigers in an 83-52 victory inGainesville.
On Monday, coach Frank Haith told the MU press corps his team is poised to potentially get Bowers back in some form on Wednesday. Yet Haith, in his second season at the helm in Columbia, put a caveat in place: Any decision is based on how Bowers handles going full tilt in practice.
"It's going to come down to my confidence and seeing him take a hit," Haith said. "He'll practice the next two days and see how his reaction is getting back out there to see if he'll be able to play Wednesday."
If Bowers is able to go, it will add a key match-up in the lane, presumably, against LSU forward Johnny O'Bryant, who has seemingly regained form after being slowed this season by a left calf strain and a high right ankle sprain. O'Bryant has averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds his past three games after a slow start in SEC play.
And it will present a tweaked challenge to LSU, coach Johnny Jones said Monday.
"He's inside-outside, can play both so he gives them a different dimension that they don't have right now on a consistent basis and something that they look to," Jones said of Bowers. "He's a very important piece to their team."
Of course, grappling a knee injury is not new for Bowers, who missed last season with a torn ACL in his left knee. It left Missouri relying on a four-guard line-up, with now-graduated big man Ricardo Ratliffe working inside.
Yet, the set-up worked, with MU rolling to a 30-5 season and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament before being bounced by No.15-seeded Norfolk(Va.) State in the first round.
But what made the experiment work for Missouri last season was four of its guards each carried at least two years of experience, paced by seniors Marcus Denmon and Kim English and junior Michael Dixon.
Those three upperclassmen rated between No. 15 and No. 68 nationally in offensive efficiency, while Ratliffe led the nation in true shooting percentage — which accounts for the extra value of a 3-pointer — at 69.3 percent, according to kenpom.com.
Oh, and there was the orchestration efforts of then-sophomore point guard Phil Pressey.
In other words, MU, which ranked No. 1 in offensive efficiency, compensated ably without Bowers with its chemistry and experience in the backcourt.
But this season, Haith has imported four transfers — former Auburn guard Earnest Ross, former Pepperdine scorer Keion Bell,Oregon guard Jabari Brown and Oriahki — toColumbiato fill the void. A talented core? Yes. However, it's been an exercise in trying to formulate chemistry — a challenge that was suppose to be eased by having a veteran in Pressey running the show and Bowers inside.
Now,Missouristill ranks No. 25 in offensive efficiency, and its defense has improved markedly, rising from No. 117 to No. 71, according to KenPom.com. A closer look, though, shows the Tigers benefit from pounding the offensive boards, snaring 40.1 percent of their own misses for second possessions.
Here's a key stat: Last season,Missourishot a 58.0 effective field goal percentage, tops in the country. This season? It's at 50 percent, or No. 109 nationally. And Bowers, a 6-8, 227-pound power forward, is the key cog with MU pumping 28.7 percent of its shots through him when he's on the floor.
Without him, the offense can become an exercise in Pressey turning a corner to get dribble penetration before kicking out to Ross,Belland Brown on the perimeter.
As Florida showed, though, and experienced team sound its rotation can contest those looks, holdingMissourito galling 6 of 24 (or half of its shots) from behind the 3-point arc. Meanwhile, the Tigers front line gimped to a 4 of 16 (25 percent) day from the floor.
"You take a great player out of your lineup, the focal point of what you do and you've got to get adjusted," Haith said. "It took us a couple games for us to get adjusted, and, obviously, I thought we got better without him being there."
In Bowers' stead, Oriahki was, obviously, expected to provide a portion of the scoring inside — a struggle in his first three games against Ole Miss, Georgia and Florida by averaging just 7 points. Granted Oriahki has scored 18 points the past two games, victories against South Carolin aand Vanderbilt.
"Without Laurence in the lineup, he's been our focal point in the low post," Haith said. "I only think that makes us a better team when Laurence does come back to form. We've asked him to be a guy that can score in the paint for us, and be a presence inside-out, and I think he's just gotten better and better as the year (has) gone on with that with that roll."
Yet it's a stark change from Oriahki's role at UConn, where he was supplanted last season by freshman and NBA Draft pick Andre Drummond: Rebounding and screening. Frustrated at being relegated to the bench after being a key player in the Huskies run to a 2011 national title, Oriahki, who had already graduated, transferred to MU to play immediately alongside former AAU teammate Pressey.
Oriahki appears happier his minutes have returned by Haith said it's still a dogged effort to convince him he can be an offensive threat.
"He's a Looney Toon," Haith said. "He says, 'My best offense is when I rebound.' We want him to score, too."
But there's the clear hope, too, that Oriahki has grown comfortable with an expanded scoring role as a traditional front-line player, allowing Bowers to work away from the rim in face-up situations while still providing a steady rebounding presence. Collapsing defenses on post-entry plays also presents the Tigers front-line with the ability to feed the ball to shooters, and take some pressure off Pressey.
"He's a force to be dealt with inside," Jones said of Oriahki. "He gives them definitely a strong option down there on the block. He's one of those guys that you have to really be concerned about because if he's down there one-on-one he's shown that he's a very capable scorer."


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Great song, great message but I'm not really digging the video. What ever though, keep doing your thing Lupe. LASERS!!!
You continously amaze me! I always beleived in you and I love your new album L.A.S.E.R.S. All your songs touched me, mostly "Words I Never Said" , "All Black Everything" , "Break The Chain" and "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now" :D And I can't stop listening to "Shining Down" . By the way good job on your Punk Band ;) All songs rock! I will always follow you and trust you! We all can change the world! Just remember Lupe , Love Always Shines Every time Remember 2 Smile ;) [ took your own words but whenever you feel let down just keep on smiling , we are all here supporting you. ]
I think the video was great very true in the msg. If you don't agree with the masses they find a way to try to shut you up. Im sure there will be some controversy behind it. But who cares. The truth is a hard pill to swallow. Keep up the good work Lupe.


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Pop-up Shop Brings Indie Photo Books to Brooklyn Subway Travelers
If you're riding on the New York City subway and happen to notice photo books and 'zines replacing iPads or free newspapers in the hands of your fellow passengers, this may be why: This past Saturday a subway newsstand at the Metropolitan Avenue subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, opened as a temporary shop featuring independent photography and art books produced by a handful of well-respected small publishers.
Aptly called The Newsstand, the store is put together by creative firm ALLDAYEVERYDAY in partnership with 8-Ball, a 'zine fair created by photo editor and curator Lele Saveri.
The shop will be open through July 20th, from 9am-8pm on weekdays and 12pm-5pm on weekends, which is probably a good idea given the level of pawing the books would be subjected to by the Williamsburg weekend night crowd. Participating publishers, artists and bookstores include:
Desert Island books
Dashwood Books
Ed Varie
Jason Polan
Hamburger Eyes
Miniature Garden
Pau Wau Publications
Swill Children
Rumore Nero
Toilet Paper Magazine
Dan Murphy Zines
The shop also has a selection of magazines put together by McNally Jackson bookstore in Manhattan, and a selection of music from Co-Op 87 record store in Brooklyn.
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Logistics management has long been a discipline fond of neologisms—newly coined words in the process of entering common use, but not yet been accepted into mainstream language. Take the now, relatively common term third-party logistics provider (3PL) for example. Simple enough until you add a strategic component; and then, say many providers, you have a model on steroids—or a more dynamic fourth-party logistics provider (4PL).However, if you gathered a group of 10 logistics professionals and asked them to define the difference between a 3PL and a 4PL you'd probably get 10 different answers.
Most industry experts contend that 4PLs are focused on the logistics processes of the client, from the way they handle operations internally, through the partners/logistics suppliers they use, to customer service. Still, they say, there remains a number of "pretenders to the throne," and severe scrutiny is advised before making a commitment. After all, the 4PL is obligated to provide the best supply chain solution, not the one that it's in the best position to implement.
"It is very difficult to make the distinction between a 3PL and a 4PL," says Rosalyn Wilson, senior business analyst at Delcan Corporation, a supply chain consultancy in Vienna, Va. "During the recession everyone was trying to grab onto anything that would get them more business. Even small trucking companies were trying to get in on the action by saying they offered 3PL and 4PL services, but most were well out of their element."
According to Wilson, 4PLs by definition must be non-asset based. She argues that many "wannabe" companies are hiding transportation assets somewhere under false advertising. And Wilson argues that it's not good enough to have a separate division offering the service.
"There must be complete mode/vendor neutrality," she says. "The element that complicates this issue even more is the fact that some non-asset based 3PLs say they offer 4PL services…but they are not really in a neutral position." For example, the consulting arm of such an organization would be hard pressed when making recommendations not to include their 3PL services as an option. "They can't have warehouses, transportation equipment, or even a software product that would be recommended," notes Wilson.
Alan Van Boven, head of technology solutions for the consultancy Supply Chain Visions, Ltd., is on the same page with Wilson: "Ideally, a 4PL would never have assets. It would typically work as the single partner for a shipper, selecting 3PLs, freight forwarders, and customs brokers." Van Boven allows that a 4PL could also be a 3PL with its own network, but must be mode neutral.
Armstrong & Associates Chairman Richard Armstrong insists that economic globalization and the need for more sophisticated management of global supply chains has already made the 4PL coinage obsolete. "Anderson Consulting is credited with creating the expression '4PL' so that they could be charged with one more element of business," Armstrong says. "For all practical purposes, though, the term has been eclipsed by global chain managers,'" he adds. "These are the companies that can manage transportation and inventory without doing the tactical work."
Evan Armstrong, the president of Armstrong & Associates, agrees. He prefers to use the term "lead logistics provider" (LLP) to define this value-added function that has recently been tossed into the 4PL bucket. When the father-son team rolled out their 3PLAdvisor.com, a social network service intended to provide 3PL customers with a platform for sharing customer relationship experiences about their providers, the term "4PL" was conspicuously absent.
"The term has simply become too confusing," says Evan Armstrong.
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Does Vicks Vaporub really work for nail fungus? If you are looking for the answer, read below.
This article would prove to be an eye-opener for all those who think that Vicks VapoRub can cure their nail fungus.
What is Vicks VapoRub?
Vicks Vaporub is a gel like paste, which is generally used to help with a stuffy nose cause by cold and cough. However, many people are using this product as a substitute to cure their nail fungus.
So Why Are People Using Vicks?
Vicks VapoRub is one of those products that has given success to some people for curing nail fungus. However, many people consider Vicks as a 'waste of time' treatment.
Mostly people try Vicks to treat their nail fungus as it is low-cost. Some of the people are not interested in purchasing the treatments and products that are exclusively manufactured to cure nail fungus. They usually try cheap treatments, which shows hardly any success.
Regrettably, the main ingredient of Vicks required for killing fungus is not one of those main ingredients. Actually, the ingredient of Vicks which is useful for curing nail fungus is such a low concentration you have to apply a generous quantity of this messy gel for a very long time.
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Women's Tennis Splits Two In Lincoln
Feb. 2, 2004
Lincoln, Neb.- The UIC women's tennis team went 1-1 this past weekend, earning a 5-2 win over Colorado State on Saturday afternoon while losing a 5-2 decision to host Nebraska on Sunday morning.
Both matches were played at the Woods Tennis Center in Lincoln, Neb.
Against Colorado State, UIC snatched four of six singles matches and grabbed the doubles point with two doubles victories. The Flames were led by Beatriz Cabrera and Ayca Gumuscu, who each scored a singles and doubles win apiece.
Cabrera beat Dasha Zhurin at No. 1 singles 6-0, 6-1, while Gumuscu downed Carla Pallares 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 at the third spot.
Melanie Humphrey rallied from a first-set defeat to beat Jasmin Singh 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, while Molly Smith rounded out singles action with a win over Jessica Jones, 6-4, 6-4.
On the doubles side, Gumuscu and Iris Jaklin beat Pallares and Zhurin in the No. 1 slot, taking a hard-fought 8-5 match. Cabrera and sophomore Corey Steven gave the Flames their other doubles win on Saturday, beating Singh and Jones 8-2.
Saturday's win was UIC's second-straight victory.
The Flames were unable to keep the momentum going on Sunday, losing the singles slate against Nebraska 4-2 while dropping the doubles point with two losses.
UIC (2-2) got another solid outing by Cabrera, who rallied from a 4-6 first set defeat to Milena Schulz-Gartner to take the next two, 6-3, 6-3. Cabrera also gave the Flames their only doubles win on the day with a 8-2 win with Steven over Anna Oehme and Schulz-Gartner.
Smith earned the only other victory against the Huskers, managing a tough 4-6, 7-5 (11-9) win over Rebecca Harvey.
UIC returns to the courts this Sunday, February 8th against Northern Iowa at the UIC Indoor Courts at 10 a.m.


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Five Double Figure Scorers Guides Women's Basketball Past Columbia 87-41
Guided by five double figure scorers and a 25-2 scoring run to open the second half, the Princeton women's basketball team handed Columbia an 87-41 loss Saturday evening in New York City. The Tigers extended their tear through the Ivy League, improving to 12-5, 3-0 Ivy on the year and their conference win streak to 27.
Columbia managed to keep the game within a possession until a Niveen Rasheed jumper at 14:41 opened up an 8-1 run to put Princeton up 19-10.
Rasheed recorded her sixth double-double of the year, scoring 15 points and grabbing a season-high 16 rebounds. The guard also dished a team-high five assists in only 24 minutes of action.
At 9:31 Blake Dietrick lifted the Tigers to their first double figure lead, 22-12, of the evening off a three-point play, but it was not enough to swing the momentum for good.
The Lions answered back with four straight and carried that into a 9-3 run to cut Princeton's lead to 25-21 with less than five to play. Their come-from-behind run was halted by consecutive Dietrick treys, as the Tigers went back up by 10, 31-21 at 3:39.
Dietrick finished with 12 points, connecting on all three of her triples down the stretch to guide Princeton to a 38-23 lead at halftime.
Kristen Helmstetter buried a three to open the second half and it was all Tigers from there. Columbia was unable to respond to Princeton's mounting pressure, as the Tigers' lead swelled to 63-25 over the first 4:31 of the half.
Helmstetter notched double figure scoring numbers, going a perfect 4-for-4 from the stripe en route to 11 points.
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What I did for love is zip compared with what I did for straight hair. First I tried eggs, beer and a gray glop called Nestlé Wave Control: Wash hair with egg, rinse with Dad's Heineken, comb glop through. Sweating in gym class, I smelled like a brewery.
Toni Home Perms! These stank in a chemical way, but if you reversed the directions, if you combed the Toni straight through and let your hair hang instead of clipping it around perforated pink curlers, frizz morphed into waves.
Straighter was The Louis Guy 'D wrap. Your wet hair was stretched around your head like a turban and sprayed with clear cement. When it finally, finally, finally dried, it was straight for a solid week, provided there was zero humidity.
Jaffry's worked regardless of weather. Above a strip joint called the Metropole in Times Square, Mr. Jaffry and his no-nonsense techs applied a secret potion that made your eyes water, waited till it "took," then conditioned your hair with a strange pearly goo dispensed from glass ampules that had to be smacked open. Post-Jaffry hair was stick straight. Or it fell out. Or your scalp got burned. Or all three. I got Jaffry-ized for my wedding and refused to get my hair wet on our honeymoon.
Decades later, the new Japanese straightening treatment seemed like the answer—until I met my friend Ellen for lunch. Her hair didn't move. Slabs of gray steel bookended her face. Then I saw my darling, brilliant friend Susan Isaacs, who'd had the Brazilian straightening, and she looked so beautiful, I jotted down the info. When I called the salon, the hairdresser was in the hospital. The next day, a newspaper broke the story that a lot of stylists were refusing to do Brazilians because the formaldehyde was making them sick. Formaldehyde?
These days, I'm curlier but wiser. My hair is at its lowest maintenance ever, thanks to Louis Licari's Ionic Color Preservation Volumizing, a heavy dose of conditioner and Licari's Styling Foaming Gel. (Last year, there was a vile rumor Licari was discontinuing the latter. I bought a case.)
Once, after a rare blow-dry, my son, Peter, saw me getting out of a cab. "Mom!" he said. "I thought you were a movie star!" Am I prettier with my hair straight? Some say so. Am I happier not torturing it? Happier than I would be prettier.
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Our faculty and staff are known for their exceptional personal attention and support provided to students, and assistance for international students is also in place, such as the English as Second Language program, and staff dedicated to providing help for foreign students in the International Student Services Office.
FHSU is located in Hays, Kansas, halfway between Denver and Kansas City with four times a day air service to and from Denver, Colorado. Students enjoy the benefits of small city life in the wide cultural context of a university with access to major metropolitan areas of the United States.
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July 10, 2014
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -
The University of Alabama placed 99 student-athletes from nine different teams on the Southeastern Conference's Spring Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Thursday. The Crimson Tide was one of three schools with 95 or more honorees.
Alabama's 2014 NCAA and SEC Champion men's golf team had six players named to the list, including Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt James Lovelady, Trey Mullinax, Robert Prater and William Sellers.
The 2014 SEC champion women's tennis team placed five on the spring list, including Mary Anne Daines, Maya Jansen, Natalia Maynetto, Luicelena Perez and Emily Zabor.
The Alabama softball team, winner of its fifth SEC title this spring, placed 13 players on this year's honor roll, including Chaunsey Bell, Andrea Hawkins, Leslie Jury, Molly Fichtner, Danae Hays, Kaila Hunt, Ryan Iamurri, Leona Lafaele, Haylie McCleney, Jordan Patterson, Danielle Richard, Jadyn Spencer and Jaclyn Traina.
The women's track and field team led the way for the Crimson Tide in the spring with 19 honorees, followed by the 18 members of the rowing team and the 16 members of the men's track and field team. The men's track and field tally included NCAA discus champion Hayden Reed. The Alabama baseball team placed 14 members on the honor roll; women's golf placed five on the list and men's tennis had three.
To earn a place on the honor roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.0 or better grade point average for either the preceding academic year or their career and be a sophomore or better in academic standing. The spring list honors those student-athletes that participate in baseball, men's and women's golf, rowing, softball, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's track and field. A total of 1,181 SEC student-athletes earned the honor during the spring season.
So far this season, Alabama has placed 196 student-athletes on the SEC Fall, Winter and Spring honor rolls. There will additional names added to Tide's tally when the first-year list comes out later in the summer.
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Taylor Poe
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Spencer Turnbull
Wade Wass
J.C. Wilhite
James Lovelady
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Trey Mullinax
Robert Prater
William Sellers
Cory Whitsett
Bobby Wyatt
Hannah Collier
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Cammie Gray
Daniela Lendl
Stephanie Meadow
Emma Talley
Ashley Allison
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Courtney Atkinson
Kathleen Bentley
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Jacklin Byers
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Kaitlin Carlisle
Emily Chadwell
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Tori Cohen
Olivia Dennis
Telecommunication & Film
Alyssa Drevenak
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Melissa Etter
Brianne Hadar
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Nura Hussein
Lynsey Marshall
Caitlin O'Neil
Logan O'Neil
Miller Tuohy
Anna Chambers
Erin Delaney
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Chaunsey Bell
Andrea Hawkins
Leslie Jury
Molly Fichtner
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Danae Hays
Kaila Hunt
Ryan Iamurri
Leona Lafaele
Haylie McCleney
Jordan Patterson
Danielle Richard
Jadyn Spencer
Jaclyn Traina
Andrew Goodwin
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Becker O'Shaughnessey
Daniil Proskura
Mary Anne Daines
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Natalia Maynetto
Luicelena Perez
Emily Zabor
Justin Ahalt
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Andrew Faris
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