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Task Force on Social, Economic and Racial Justice
This is an archive of FOR's work from 2008 to 2014. FOR continues to be active on issues of racial, economic and social justice, but our work is no longer grouped into this task force.
Racial, Economic and Social Justice are Inseparable
Building on FOR's legacy and principles of anti-racism and conscientious objection, the Task Force on Social, Economic, and Racial Justice has trained hundreds of young people in nonviolent direct action, registered over 200 conscientious objectors under the age of 27, and continues to support local and national actions toward a demilitarized economy. FOR's landmark work to desegregate interstate buses and challenge racism in partnership with the Congress of Racial Equality and other pacifist organizations during the Civil Rights Movement demonstrated that compassionate, holistic work is essential for justice. This task force continues the work in collaboration with veterans, grassroots organizers, artists, religious leaders, and environmentalists to expand the understanding of active nonviolence, justice, and counter recruitment.
US Social Forum's Joint Struggle Delegation to the World Social Forum Free Palestine
Not only is the issue of Palestine a critical struggle for global justice in its own right, but the collaboration between the US, Israel, and other Zionist institutions in relation to the global arms trade, perpetual war, ecological destruction and exploitation of resource, population control, mass incarceration and suppression of popular movements has profound implications for all of us. As such, we are building a broad-based cross-movement delegation to the World Social Forum Free Palestine. More…
Research Delegation to Venezuela
This June the Alternative Education Research Institute (AERI) has organized a research delegation to Venezuela that consists of researchers, educators and community activists from various disciplines to engage in comparative research of African descendants of the slave trade and how social reform policies effect that population today in Venezuela. FOR staff, Shauen Pearce will participate in the delegation with a focus on the ways in which agriculture is used to stabilize local economies in the midst of social reform and how information is transmitted across the generations to maintain resiliency and support community renewal. More…
"Brew Not Bullets!" Boycott Starbucks
Racial and Religious profiling and the human right to live safely and free from terrorism
Demilitarizing and Decolonizing: 99% or 100%?
"The Future is NOW" National Conference
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and the Culture Zone invite you to join us in the most unique discussion – ever – on the impact our imaginations and collaborations will have in shaping the direction of world peace and all-embracing human justice in the 21st Century. More…
I Will NOT Kill: Peace in OUR Communities
Counter-Military Recruitment and the Prison-Military System
Dare to Dream
I Will Not Kill: Taking a stand against gun violence, bullying and the war machine
Through the I Will Not Kill initiative, this task force is building a youth movement to stand against gun violence and oppose military service. I Will Not Kill explores ways to stop the depravation of young people, especially in low-income communities and among people of color, particularly in major cities like Chicago, New Orleans, and New York where gun violence is continuing at alarming rates.
Read more about our work Demilitarizing Life and Land.
Durban+10 Coalition
As an active member of the Durban+10 Coalition, FOR is collaborating to end racism through the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The Durban+10 Coalition is a Peoples' and NGO Initiative to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action on the heels of the Obama Administration decision to oppose this strategic document to eliminate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. There are a number of ways you, too, can join FOR in the move for justice and the elimination of racial injustice.
Training, Workshops & Conferences
Our TFSERJ curriculum is centered upon popular education and principles of active nonviolence, arts infused education and self-care. We have offerings that vary in length for communities of all kinds and work with local hosts to tailor the curriculum.


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Re: Re: Keyword: "any" over "def"
On 16 Nov 2004, at 20:51, Patrick Mueller wrote: > Jeremy Rayner wrote: >> ... The only questions would be could I define a method like this: >> public Foo myMethod(any mooky) >> * how would that appear from outside groovy? As a method with one >> Object param? >> public any myOtherMethod() >> * what would the return type export as to Java? Object again? > > Well, I'm a big def-fan (also Python fan), but I have to say, if "any" > is going to be a first-class thing in Groovy, then perhaps we should > completely do away with 'def', and only allow 'any'. Better one than > two. ie, the def used to define 'functions' in 'scripts' (instance > methods on the script class), would also be changed to use any as > well. Agreed. We only need 1 keyword to be used both to declare methods outside of classes and to declare variables. The decision is, is it let, def, any or var... > I still don't quite have the runtime semantics of any vs. Object clear > in my head. I presume that at some point, if an variable, parameter, > return, field, etc are typed Object, somewhere in the code, in a > strict version of the runtime, someone might actually try to ensure > the class of the object was actually Object, vs, not bother checking > at all if it was typed any? The difference is, if you mention a specific type, you are saying to the compiler, please perform compile time static type checking and give me a compile error if I make a typeo on a method name etc. If you omit the type name then the compile will silently let you call anything on any object and you'll get a runtime. The benefit of static typing is we can generate super fast bytecode; though the primary difference to the developer is, do you want the compiler to catch typeos at compile time or not. The idea is to make this choice the programmers based on whether or not they specify a type restriction. Restricting things to type Object is different from not restricting types (e.g. 'any'). > There's also the odd word-play between 'def/define' vs. 'any'. With > 'def', I know I'm defining something (though with variables, it's > actually more of a declaration; PL/I's 'DCL' anyone? Or did I just > date myself? ). 'any' ... seems a little more ambivalent. Not > sure if it 'reads' well ... :) The leading contenters all seem to be 3 letters long: def, any, let, var James ------- http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/

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After being blasted by BlackBerry loyalists and BlackBerry's new CEO John Chen over a promotion which urged BlackBerry users to upgrade to the iPhone 5s for no money down, The Verge reported on Wednesday that T-Mobile USA has issued an apology -- of sorts.
Now BlackBerry is offering a new promotion. Starting Friday, T-Mobile BlackBerry users who want to upgrade will receive $250 toward any BlackBerry phone, or $200 toward any other manufacturer's phone -- in T-Mobile stores. A blog post, from T-Mobile USA CMO Mike Sievert, says:
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There are a couple of things about that offer that stand out. First, while upgrades to a new BB do get an extra $50 over any other device manufacturers' products, $50 isn't that much, and it still gives upgrades to the aforementioned iPhone 5s a $200 bonus. It even expands the program past the original 5s so, if a customer wanted, they could get the same deal on say, a Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
So, while giving BB its due, this doesn't really sound like a great apology. Neither does this portion of Sievert's blog post:
Yesterday BlackBerry CEO John Chen posted a blog criticizing T-Mobile's marketing to BlackBerry users. The premise of his article was that it's best for customers if we restrict the free flow of information and limit consumer choice. At T-Mobile we totally reject that premise.
Meanwhile, though, Sievert mentions a "new" Q10 or Z10. At the time of this writing, T-Mobile USA shows only the Q10 -- in refurbished form -- available for online order. We assume that will change before Friday.
When T-Mobile USA announced the prior promotion, not only did BlackBerry fans blast T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere on social media, Chen issued a blog post that was, at times, scathing. He directed a paragraph directly at T-Mobile USA:
I would like to remind you (T-Mobile) that our long-standing partnership was once productive and profitable for both BlackBerry and T-Mobile. I hope we can find a way forward that allows us to serve our shared customers once again. Notwithstanding the current challenge, we remain very excited about BlackBerry's future.


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Photo Friday: A view from Rutherford
During this time of year you'd expect the Napa Valley to be filled with 'naked' grapevines and lots of mustard, which it is. That said, as we crossed the valley in Rutherford late this afternoon we were struck by the beauty of a large cluster of white flowers growing alongside the road.
Here's a glimpse into what we saw (if only you could smell the aroma from these beauties, it was truly amazing)…
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College Hockey:Union rallies from three goals down, beats Princeton
No. 11 Union scored six unanswered goals, rallying from a 4-1 second-period deficit for a 7-4 victory over No. 19 Princeton on Friday.
Kelly Zajac had a goal and three assists for the Dutchmen (19-7-3, 11-3-1 ECAC Hockey), who trailed by three goals 7:36 into the second period.
Andrew Calof had a short-handed goal and an assist for Princeton (14-7-1, 9-5-1).
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This is a TRUE "Ethernet Mini Server" and is suitable for operating the receiver at a remote site over the internet.
Development of our Radio Direction Finder is almost complete.
Examples of its use :-
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Found on the side of the North Road at Pepperwood. The area was dry and grassy, but there was morning dew on everything.
The weather outside was cool and an overcast. We were in a riparian area with redwood trees. This plant was found under a canopy.
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IN their forty plus year history, Scot-rockers Nazareth have produced some excellent music, and whilst their singles have only charted 11 times in the UK, they have been very successful abroad.
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United Grain Corp. locked out up to 44 union dockworkers at the Port of Vancouver on Wednesday, saying it did so in response to an investigation showing a union member sabotaged the company's equipment. The union denied any wrongdoing and accused the company of making up a story to use as a pretext to freeze out workers.
The lockout by United Grain — following months of contentious negotiations between it and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union — triggered a fresh round of finger-pointing and prompted union picket lines. It left the port with no longshore workers, which marooned a ship aiming to unload more than 1,800 Subaru vehicles at a port dock and prevented the loading of wheat onto another ship for export.
Pat McCormick, spokesman for the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers Association — a group of grain shippers that includes United Grain — said the company on Tuesday fired the union worker it alleges damaged equipment and then notified the union of the lockout Wednesday morning.
Jennifer Sargent, an ILWU spokeswoman, issued a statement Wednesday saying United Grain and its Japanese owner, Mitsui, have "fabricated a story as an excuse to do what they've wanted to do all along, which is to lock workers out instead of reach a fair agreement with them."
The flap comes after the union and three of four grain Pacific Northwest terminal operators failed to reach an agreement over a new labor contract after the current one expired at the end of September. The next steps, and potential long-term impacts, are unclear. One long-standing concern, raised by Eastern Washington grain growers and others, is to what extent the dispute will slow the shipment of billions of dollars worth of agricultural products to overseas locations.
The situation isn't entirely fractured: Even as the dispute in Vancouver boiled over, the longshore union said Wednesday it reached a new labor agreement with Temco LLC — a U.S.-based operator of grain export facilities in Portland, Tacoma and Kalama. Temco was originally a member of the group representing United Grain and two other terminal operators in failed talks with the ILWU. The union said a final agreement with Temco — a joint venture between Cargill, Inc and CHS Inc. — will be signed and implemented March 9.
Rick Anderson, a labor relations committee member for ILWU who was among some 50 workers who picketed at the main entrance to the Port of Vancouver on Wednesday, said the deal with Temco shows the union is willing to open fresh talks with United Grain, too. "We want to get back to the table and bargain and they're not interested," he said.
McCormick, the spokesman for the Grain Handlers Association, countered that the grain handlers have long offered the union a fair and generous contract, only to have it rejected. He said separate, more employer-friendly contracts the ILWU signed with terminal operators in Longview and Kalama left three terminal operators — United Grain in Vancouver, Columbia Grain in Portland and Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Seattle and Portland — at a competitive disadvantage. The Kalama Export Co. terminal is separate from the Kalama terminal operated by Temco that was included in the agreement announced Wednesday.
"We'd be happy to sign the agreement the union signed" with Kalama Export Co. and with Export Grain Terminal (EGT) in Longview, McCormick said.
'We don't know about tomorrow'
The lockout by United Grain followed months of contentious, failed negotiations that produced a volatile situation: United Grain and others said they'd enforce the contract they wanted, while the union, which had rejected the contract on the grounds that it was a workplace power grab, said it would go back to work anyway.
On Wednesday, the lockout ensued. A Port of Vancouver spokeswoman said union picketers acted peacefully and that the port experienced no safety or property problems.
The standoff left a vessel loaded with Subaru vehicles unable to offload its cargo at the port and prevented another ship from taking on a load of wheat, according to Theresa Wagner, the port's communications manager.
In the case of the Subaru vehicles, union workers would normally drive the vehicles off the ship and onto the port's docks, she said. But the vessel is "sitting there and will sit there today. We don't know about tomorrow."
Union picketers were stationed at the port's main gate and at its east gate, which is used only by United Grain.
McCormick said United Grain had not yet brought in non-union replacement workers. He said the company will deploy replacement workers, as well as managers, to do the work, but he didn't know when that would happen.
McCormick said of the three grain terminal operators that are at odds with the union, two — United Grain and Columbia Grain in Portland — are currently active. The Portland and Seattle facilities of the third operator — Louis Dreyfus Commodities — are offline for unrelated improvements, McCormick said. He said he didn't think Columbia Grain in Portland had locked out workers. "We had a specific triggering event" in Vancouver, he said, in reference to what he called "clear evidence of sabotage."
An attorney for United Grain, Richard Alli, sent a letter Wednesday to union leaders outlining the company's reasons for locking out workers. Alli said the company, over the past several months, experienced an "unusually large" number of suspicious incidents involving equipment failure and damage. As a result, it hired a former FBI investigator, who is not identified in Alli's letter, to probe the matter.
The investigator's report found credible evidence that two "suspicious events" were the result of an effort by a member of ILWU's Vancouver Local 4 unit — who is also a member of the union's bargaining team — to "sabotage and destroy company property," according to Alli. His letter does not name the union member.
The letter goes on: "The two incidents in question involve the deliberate introduction of a metal pipe approximately two feet long into (United Grain's) conveyor system as well as the intentional introduction of a sand and water mixture into the railcar progressor at (United Grain) …"
Alli added, "These criminal acts will not be tolerated by" United Grain.
'Unfounded charges'
In statements issued Wednesday, the union and the company jousted over the alleged sabotage and other matters. Sargent, the ILWU spokeswoman, referring to United Grain's foreign ownership, said it's "no coincidence that Mitsui-United Grain has chosen to throw out unfounded charges by an unnamed 'investigator' just days after the union membership ratified an agreement with Mistui-United Grain's American competitors at Temco in Portland, Kalama and Tacoma."
McCormick countered with another news release, saying that while Mitsui USA is United Grain's parent corporation, United Grain "is an Oregon corporation" run by Oregon and Washington residents. He said Mitsui USA "is not involved in the day-to-day management of (United Grain)" and has no role in the labor negotiations or the company's relationship with the union.
In a joint news release issued by the union and Temco announcing their labor agreement, Robert McEllrath, the ILWU's international president, said "the agreement was achieved because American companies, farmers and workers recognize a common interest in our country's resources and economic well-being. That common interest is not reflected in the grain companies that have unilaterally implemented a contract that undermines American working standards at their competing facilities."
Paul Butters, Temco's general manager, said in the news release: "We appreciate the constructive approach that the ILWU leadership provided in reaching this agreement, which is good for U.S. farmers and global customers who seek U.S. products."
Salary and benefits weren't the holdup in the earlier talks between the ILWU and the grain shippers. Rather, the employers wanted to implement workplace rules they consider more advantageous.
Their contract offer contains numerous employer-friendly provisions, including letting employers go to court to end work stoppages immediately and allowing supervisors to perform work during health-and-safety disputes, or if the union hiring hall can't supply enough qualified grain handlers.
Those provisions would also make it easier for terminal operators to hire non-union workers.
McCormick said the terminal operators believe their best and final contract offer is "at least as generous and exceeds the level of our competitors' agreements." He added, "Our hope would be that we find a path to resolution and we can continue to operate without this kind of cloud hanging over our operations."
Outside the Port of Vancouver's entrance Wednesday, about 50 union workers held signs — "ILWU Locked Out UGC Unfair" — to draw attention to their beef with United Grain Corp.
Anderson, the ILWU labor relations committee member who was among the picketers at the port, said the union didn't want to strike but has been prepared to do so since September, when it printed its picket signs. Now, he said, the picketing will last "indefinitely."
"I don't care if it takes five years," Anderson said. "If anything, we're stubborn."
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Cloverleaf High School invites residents to help send students to the state marching band competition Saturday in Brunswick.
The Cloverleaf Marching Band has qualified for the state finals for 32 years in a row.
This year's show is based on the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" and opens with an electric violin solo by senior Sarah Icardi.
Family, friends, students and others are welcome to a pep rally and free cookout.
For $3 per person, students and Cloverleaf staff chaperones can ride a bus to Brunswick to cheer on the Marching Colts and can commemorate Cloverleaf's history of excellence by purchasing a commemorative T-shirt.
T-shirts are $5 for sizes small through extra large. Double-extra-large shirts are $7. Students may purchase shirts during lunch at the high school. Parents and others interested in buying shirts can send money to school with students for their order. Quantities are limited.
Admission to the state competition is $5. The bus itinerary follows:
• 9:30 a.m. — Meet outside at the band room entrance on the north side of the high school.
• 9:45 a.m. — Pep rally begins.
• 10:15 a.m. — Free hotdog cookout, provided by high school Co-Principal Bart Randolph.
• 10:45 a.m. — Buses for staff and student supporters leave for Brunswick.
• Noon to 12:30 p.m. — Cloverleaf Marching Band performs.
• 1:15 p.m. — Return to the high school.


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A haunting photo changed Elizabeth Van Meter's life. Now she's helping others change theirs.
Homeless man earns a job, and a friend, at cafe
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Minneapolis man asks for spare change and gets a job washing dishes.
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March 22, 2016, 12:41 p.m. by Robin Shreeves
The coffee giant estimates its FoodShare program will donate 5 million meals by the end of the year.
L.A. officials impound tiny houses donated to the homeless
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As homelessness woes mount in the city, one big-hearted solution is squashed.
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Their shelves empty quickly during the holidays, but here's how you can help.
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Download the free 'Good Food Org 2015 Guide' for national and state-by-state listings of organizations you can get involved with to help create change.
Print coupons. Save money. Donate more food
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In the next few weeks, charities will be asking for food donations for the holidays. If you save a little money with coupons, you can donate more food.


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Madoka Magica Watercolour by Kiki-TanoshiiWatch
©2012-2016 Kiki-Tanoshii
First attempt at using watercolours in over 2 years. Sorry about the quality of the photo and how the image looks yellowy O_o
This is a make the story for yourself.
This is a make the story for yourself.
Beautifully done
^//^ Yes go Homu!
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The talent gap is significant, but the runs in the NCAA Tournament by Gonzaga, Butler, VCU and the Valley's six teams that have reached the Sweet Sixteen since 1999 have proven that teams from the so-called 'mid-major' programs that have veteran guards and a lot of senior and junior players can compete at the highest level. Individual talent doesn't always prevail in the team game of basketball. That's the beauty of the game and that is the reason that March Madness, the NCAA Tournament, is perhaps the greatest sports event in the United States.
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Is is possible to have implantation bleeding for more than 2 days? I have been spotting for 5 days, but I'm not supposed to get my period for another 4 days. I never get my period early. Pregnancy tests are still coming up negative. Any thoughts?
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Yeah it did sounds like implantation bleeding. The timing of a positive pregnancy test depends on implantation. If you are pregnant, a urine pregnancy test is not expected to be positive until 3-4 days after implantation (at the very earliest), which is about 10 days after ovulation/fertilization and 4 days before the next period. About 51% of pregnant women have a positive pregnancy test 2 days before their next expected period. A repeatedly negative pregnancy test and a missed period mean that you are not pregnant; a negative pregnancy test a week or more after your missed period indicates that your chance of being pregnant is less than 1-2%. A positive pregnancy test usually means that you are pregnant. I would highly recommend this book from http://pregnancyhours.com not only for women who have tried everything else, but for those women who haven't started trying everything yet, and those who are pursuing medication and/or surgical treatments to get pregnant.posted 07/05/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
Hello mom's! Can you help me? My expected period was supposed to be today. Precious to today, I spotted for 2 days, dark brown blood, very light. This morning, day of my excepted period, I have brighter blood, still not quite enough to fill a whole light pad, but close. And just started to feel some cramping. I have been slightly nauseous for two weeks. Negative pregnancy test today. Does it sound like implantation bleeding or a weird period? Thank you!posted 07/05/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
hi I had been spotting almost for 10 days then spotting stopped after 2 days today it started again I did pregnancy test its negative can somebody guide me whats going on with meposted 06/25/2015 by mehwish_gulnawaz
Did you get pregnantposted 06/01/2015 by amedekadijha
I had unprotected sex the day after my ovulation, which means the egg was still present. A few days later I contracted a yeast infection that went away a few days before I started cramping. I started cramping but it was mild unlike menstrual cramps, my body begin feeling sore which was weird cause I hadn't done anything I didn't normally do on a daily basis. I had back, shoulder and leg pains. 2 days before my expected period, I went to the bathroom & noticed pink and brown discharge in my panties, when I wiped myself there was light pink blood, I put on a panty liner & when I looked the next day there was only brown spotting in my panty liner. A few hours later it got a little heavier but nothing a panty liner couldn't handle, the blood was dark brown with red spots. The next day, the panty liner had brown spots, when I wiped myself it was red blood,that lasted for a day. The day after that I had only brown spotting. Through the bleeding i still cramped. Was it implantation bleeding?posted 05/31/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
Hi im in the same boat im not due for another 2weeks! And should be at my Most fertile now but instead im spotting brownish red blood but only when i wipe. Has anyone else had this before? As ive been off the pill for 2months now so im not sure if its the after effects of that. Please help im so confused..posted 05/28/2015 by bethjordan_x
Brown (or pink) discharge for a couple of days around the time of your period can also be an early sign of pregnancy — and it's often one many women don't notice (or even have). It's caused by implantation bleeding, which occurs when a fertilized egg attaches itself to the uterine lining (usually five to 10 days after conception). It's hard at this stage to distinguish whether physical symptoms like bloating, breast swelling and acne are caused by pregnancy or premenstrual syndrome. But if you experience brown spotting, recently had unprotected sex and your period is late by more than a few days, it's a good idea to take a pregnancy test again in a few days. I would like to recommend you the book from http://pregnancyhours.com if you are trying to get pregnant. This comprehensive guide can show you what you should do and shouldn't do to get pregnant fast and naturally.posted 05/27/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
i had light pink spotting twice on last thursday which is ecjectly 1 week before my period is due. and i have really light brownish spotting when i wiped.. could it be implantation?posted 05/27/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
I would like to know the same thing. I am due to come on my period 5/26/15 but instead I started spotting today 5/20/15. It started off brown, then pink now it's red but not heavy like my period usually is, I'm also exoeriencing cramping. A couple of days ago I tried to eat some of my favorite foods but everytime I tried to I got nauseous and felt like I need to throw up but couldn't. I've been sleepy and my breasts are now sore. Could I be pregnant? I haven't taken a test yet.posted 05/21/2015 by sharhondaking1473
So I am in the same boat kind of. Around 9 days after the possible conception date, I started spotting brown stuff, just enough for a liner. Then that night it turned bright red and got heavy, I wore a tampon not thinking, and then Sunday morning it lightened up and off and on was light then heavy. Monday it was the same and then today it's either not there or its light then gets heavy all of a sudden. My cycles always come around the 15-17 of every month, so I'm not due for at least another week. I don't know when and if I should test, or should I wait to see how this goes? Im going on day 3 of spotting.posted 04/07/2015 by stephaniedill94
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My heart is heavy.March 29th 2014 2:12 am
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My heart is heavy and I am sad. Two of my longtime friends went to the bridge. Chelsea and Jezebel. We were purring so hard for both of them because they were not feeling good lately. Meowmie keeps getting leaky eyes when she reads posts about Chelsea and Jezebel. Meowmie keeps looking at me. Don't worry Meowmie, I am not planning to leave planet earth anytime soon.
No one sleeps!March 24th 2014 2:54 am
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I have kept Meowmie awake all night. I keep getting on her pillow, or I stand above her head and stare down at her. I guess she finds that strange and she starts petting me so I will lie down. But I don't want to lie down. I am not sure what I want to do...I mean it's dark outside and in the house. I can be stealthy! I can also hog the water bowl because Scooby is nappies in the teenager's room. I am a very restless cat lately. I am sure that by now Meowmie is getting annoyed, but I am bored in the middle of the night. I just figured that if I am up, Meowmie should be up too. I have plenty of daytime to take a nap..in the sun...with a breeze coming in though the window. Yes, I would much rather sleep during the day, when the house is quiet and the kids are in school. Happy Monday!!!!!
Had a rough night.March 13th 2014 8:59 am
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Last night was rough! It was hot on Tuesday, cold yesterday...last night got really cold...and today it is sunny and nice. When I get cold at night, I bug Meowmie to let me come under the blankets. I lay so that my face sticks out because I like being able to breathe.
Well this is weird!March 10th 2014 4:46 am
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It is dark outside. I know that we had to change all the clocks forward, and I love the day being light longer at the end of the day...but I did not think it would be this dark in the morning. It feels like 4 am, but it is really 6:45. My schedule is all out of whack!!! I was bugging mom all night. I kept trying to hog the pillow. I ended up in daddy's hair once. Then, I ended up on top of Meowmie's head and I woke her up again. Hee hee...I make sure that I wake her up when I can't sleep. Why should I be all alone, watching TV. I wake up Meowmie so she will pet me. I wonder how this time change will affect my daytime napping....Purr purr...
What a day!March 5th 2014 6:47 am
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Lots of crazy stuff! We have a house guest. Yay. The human kids were moving all her stuff...she has alot...into the barn. And some stuff into the house. Dislike. So, while everything was getting moved around...Chasim got out of his room. I was at the waterbowl drinking. He stalked me and then he attacked me. Meowmie came running to save me. I ran under the dining room table. One of the human kids grabbed Chasim and put him back. Meowmie came and picked me up and took me into the bedroom. I was pretty shaken. I don't fight. I am not a young kitteh. I settled down onto mom's pillow and then the unthinkable happened. I went pee on the bed. I never do that. I am so glad Meowmie was not mad. She washed everything, and I got to lie on the bed when it was all clean. Leave me alone Chasim. You are mean to me.
Thank you!March 2nd 2014 6:33 am
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Thank you to the Catster Overlords for choosing me as a DDP today! Pawsome!
Worried.March 2nd 2014 6:32 am
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Tomorrow is March 3rd. Will Catster still be here when I wake up tomorrow? I hope so.
Why me?February 28th 2014 9:55 am
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How did I get so lucky? I spend my days lying on meowmie's pillows. Now all of a sudden, Scooby is allowed on the bed. Why? He is big, he smells, and he makes noise with his toys. He is a dog. I thought it was cats only! Well, at least he does not bother me or Whiskers...my napping buddy. It seems strange. Scooby just seems happy to be in the room with us, he does not seem at all interested in bugging us. I guess that is a good thing.....right? He still smells....like a dog that needs a bath.
Thank You!February 22nd 2014 4:27 am
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Thank you Catster Overlords for choosing me as a Diary of the Day Pick!!! So pawsome!
Mr. Food is sick.February 20th 2014 2:19 am
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I am so bummed. Mr. Food...aka Daddy has been up all night very sick. I tried to snuggle with him, but he could not handle that. He said he was freezing, so I tried to warm him up. After that, I tried to sleep on his head...like a hat. That did not work either. I decided to sleep next to his feet. I hope Mr. Food feels better soon. I do not like to see him suffering.
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The distinctly Mexican pottery called talavera traces its origins to Spanish majolica, which was itself an adaptation of tin-glazed ceramics introduced by the Moors. This brightly glazed dove is handcrafted in the talavera style at the Castillo family workshop in Guanajuato, Mexico. Earthenware pottery is covered with a white tin glaze, then decorated with pigments before being fired. The viscous glaze lends a glossy surface and helps the colored design remain crisp.
Handmade in Mexico. 6 3/4"W x 10 1/2"H x 9"L.
About Talavera Pottery
With roots in Andalusian Spain, the Mexican ceramic technique of talavera is the major craft of the state of Puebla. Earthenware pottery is covered with a white tin glaze, which is then decorated with pigments before the white glaze is fired. Since the tin glaze is highly viscous, it lends a glossy surface and helps the lines of the colored design remain crisp during firing.
The technique is a true cross-cultural craft evolution. In the 13th century, Arab potters brought tin glazing ceramic techniques from North Africa to southern Spain. The pottery was given the name maiolica by Italians who imported it from the Spanish island of Majorca. During the conquest, Spanish priests brought craftsmen from Talavera de la Reina, Spain, to the Puebla region of Mexico, where they taught the native craftsmen their Arab-Andalusian ceramic techniques. These early pieces, tiles and religious icons, decorated Catholic churches throughout the area. Over the years, Mexican craftsmen combined these new ideas with their existing earthenware traditions and developed a homegrown version that is now known by the Spanish name talavera.
Is it "Real" Talavera?Just as true champagne can only be made in the Champagne region of northeast France, only talavera produced in the Mexican state of Puebla can be certified as authentic by the Talavera Regulating Council. The talavera-style pottery we sell at National Geographic is not certified authentic, for a variety of reasons. Pursuing certification can be an expensive process, and some of the small studios we work with, even if they are located in Puebla, choose not to incur that cost. But most importantly for us, authentic talavera must be produced according to the original methods from the 1600sthis includes the use of lead-based glazes. We prefer to err on the side of safety and only sell talavera-style items that meet or exceed FDA regulations for acceptable lead content.
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Comments about Talavera-style Dove of Peace Planter:
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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The Dove of Peace makes is smile.
By Nonie of Seth
from Sedona, AZ
Brightens the room, window or shelf. The bright, colorful design is eye-catching.Small agave, jade or cactus looks perfect in the planter area, which has a drain.
Very Nice!
By Cat Lady
from Northern FL
My plan was to use this as a planter for a small succulent and put it in our pool room. However, it never made it out of the family room. I set it down on a piece of furniture so I could step back and get a longer view. It was so pretty there, it so remains to this day. I'm Very happy with this purchase.
How colorful! Drainage in unique place.
By Kit
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Will light up any spot.
Liked by Everyone, Affordable, Cute!
By jbrass
from Newcastle, CA
Arrived safely, well packaged. Fast shipping, good communications.
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Cheerful and colorful planter
By garden girl
from Santa Cruz, CA
We have placed the planter on an outdoor table that we can see from our dining area. It is eye catching and a nice addition to our view. I planted it with some sage, which should not overwhelm the planter. It could be used as a gift basket and filled with gardening materials or produce from a garden.
Colorful and well made garden addition
I am using this planter on an outside table that is within view of the kitchen. It adds a lot of charm to the view and also works well for growing herbs.
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very beautiful
By cristina
from bucharest, romania
bright colors
This is so cute!
By Diane
from Dallas, TX
I'm not really a big fan of the tallavera-type pottery, but I am a bird fan. So, the minute I saw this planter I could imagine it with an airplane plant or fern in it that would look like a bushy tail. That's how I'm using it in my sunroom. It's a nice size, too; not too big, not too small, just right.


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Linwood Pendleton, an associate professor of environmental science and
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The music department presents the chamber ensemble, "Sospiri" with
Margaret Herlehy, oboe, Janet Polk, bassoon and Arlene Kies, piano, now
through Saturday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre, Paul Creative
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and dedicated group of instrumentalists who play bassoon and oboe.
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This beach scene can be taken several ways. My first reaction and I think that which is true of most first reactions, is one of sadness and melancholy. It looks like the end of summer has come. The clouds are thickening and graying as the wind picks up. The oh-SO-hot days of summer '10 are passed and I'm back home in good ol' Lawrence, Kansas as if only to count the days until the sun and I meet again. Sounds like a long, dreary season ahead, right?
The other reaction to this picture, which came to me after some reflecting, is also one of sadness but not regret. It's true the vacation and sunshine season is ending but oh, what memories we'll carry. The beach-towel picnics, the seashell collecting, the smell of warm, salty ocean water wafting with the fragrances of Coppertone Lotion and Off Repellant, the sound of the gulls overhead, the buzzing drone of speedboat motors in the distance, the shrieks from the kids as the water washes up their legs as they first enter the waves. On and on come the memories. On and on those memories will stay with us.
I paint this visual image because I believe the seasons of our lives are also like this picture. Everyday is the ending of a familiar known quantity. For that I may feel sadness and nervously anxious about what tomorrow holds for me. If I let that anxiety take me down, which can happen all too easily, tomorrow will certainly be the disappointment I've dreaded.
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I feel a little more confident about this game as opposed to the Texas Tech game, but not by much.
Thought we definitely brought the defensive tenacity vs. Texas Tech but there were stretches where we didn't shoot or rebound well.
If we play extremely well, I see Hilton Magic prevailing once again.
Iowa State 92
Texas 82
If we totally implode.
Texas 92
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It's Big Splash weekend, and the Steve Heaston Trophy is on the line as third-ranked Stanford men's water polo hosts No. 5 California Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Avery Aquatic Center. Saturday's contest will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network with Jason Knapp and Greg Mescall calling the action.
This year's result will break a 7-7 tie in the series since the Steve Heaston Trophy was established for the winner of the Big Splash. California has captured the past two contests.
The Cardinal (18-4, 6-1 MPSF) enters the game on an eight-game winning streak, most recently capturing a thrilling 17-16 overtime decision at No. 2 USC last Saturday. A victory against California would clinch a top-two seed for the Cardinal at next weekend's MPSF Tournament in Stockton.
Saturday will mark the third meeting of the season between Stanford and California. The Cardinal captured both contests, defeating the Golden Bears 12-10 in the NorCal Invitational third-place game on Sept. 22, followed by a 14-8 win in the UCI Invitational second round on Oct. 12.
Saturday's contest will also serve as Stanford's Senior Day, in which the Cardinal's three-man senior class of goalie Scott Platshon, driver Paul Rudolph and two-meter Forrest Watkins will be honored in a pregame ceremony.
Rudolph comes into the game as the reigning MPSF/KAP 7 Player of the Week, the first of his career. Last Saturday in Los Angeles the redshirt senior scored four goals, including the buzzer-beater as time expired, in the Cardinal's victory over USC. Three of Rudolph's four goals came over the six minutes of overtime as the Cardinal defeated USC for the first time since 2011.
Sophomore Bret Bonanni leads the Cardinal with 74 goals this season, having already eclipsed his 2012 total of 73. Junior utility Alex Bowen is also ahead last season's pace, having scored 58 goals entering Saturday's game. BJ Churnside (31 goals), Jackson Kimbell (24) and Watkins (24) are each over the 20-goal mark, with Conner Cleary (19) and Rudolph (18) knocking on the door.Fifth-ranked California (16-6, 4-3 MPSF) enters Saturday's Big Splash having won three of its past five contests, most recently downing UC Irvine, 17-4, in Berkeley last Sunday. The Golden Bears are led by the scoring of Colin Mulcahy (34 goals), Aleksa Saponjic (33) and Collin Smith (32) while in the cage California goes with the platoon of Jon Sibley (7.23 goals-against average, 127 saves) and Michael Boggan (6.90 goals-against average, 100 saves).


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Up, Down and Around Ronda
By AMANDA HESSER
Published: May 27, 2001
WE were running late the morning a friend and I drove to Ronda, a small town in Andalusia, and we had made a few wrong turns -- an inevitable occurrence in southern Spain, where one finds accurate road signs about as often as one finds a green vegetable on one's dinner plate.
We were going to Ronda for a wedding. For months all we'd heard were gushing raves about the place. ''It's stunning!'' people would say, or they would just gasp, presumably at the thought of returning. In my experience, when that happens it's much like when someone begins a joke by saying, ''Now here's something funny.'' It's not, and the place isn't so great.
Call me a pessimist, but our first few hours in Ronda confirmed my fears. We ran into a bunch of tour buses as we took the long, and wrong, way into town. Then it began raining, and as my friend dashed off to a bachelors' lunch, I missed the women's lunch and found myself at La Giralda, a dingy little tapas bar run by a stout female dictator who took the orders, cooked the food and served it.
I asked her if she had setas, a wild mushroom that is more expensive than ordinary button mushrooms. ''Yes,'' she said, looking away, then added impatiently, ''but the regular ones taste better.'' I took her word for it -- I wasn't going to cross her -- and immersed myself in a newspaper.
When she placed the mushrooms before me, I could see that things were looking up. Grilled on a plancha (or flat griddle) and sprinkled with herbs, the mushrooms were perfectly cooked: seared a nut brown on the bottom and left undisturbed so that the juices had pooled in the caps. I washed them down with a sherry and relished the scene: the dictator fluidly working the dining room and the stove, the men peeking in from the street at the soccer game on the television, and the French couple next to me, ordering the most French thing on the menu -- a tortilla, or omelet.
I had one up on them. I had listened to the dictator and had tried something new, which, after all, is the whole point of traveling. And why, perhaps, I had resisted friends' comments about Ronda. When on the road, you want to feel the sense of discovery, not that you are following an overtrodden path. It is difficult to get that these days, especially in Europe, but as my lunch reminded me, each new place can be absorbed in one's own way.
So rather than head directly for Ronda's centerpiece -- the gorge dividing the town in two -- I went in the direction that would likely set the local tourist board reeling. I walked up the pedestrian shopping street, Calle Espinel, a main artery cutting through the town. Many medium-sized towns in Europe have such a street, and if you want to get a feel for how the regular citizens live, this is the place. It is like a museum of curiosities. You can see what kind of clothing there is to buy (checked fabrics, brightly colored dress shirts), the kitchen equipment a Spanish cook regards as necessary (not a copper paella pan, but a lot of stylish utensils), or the type of bread in the bakery. Ronda, small as it may be, has an Internet cafe and, oddly enough, seems to specialize in wedding attire. Perhaps it is the Las Vegas of Spain.
Then I turned toward a residential neighborhood, where the streets wend down narrow, steep alleys. Ronda is one of southern Spain's white towns, and most of the tightly packed houses are painted a bright white, with small courtyards you can sometimes catch a glimpse of. Mostly what I caught was the noise of everyday life: a couple arguing, keys jangling, a man talking to his electrician.
Ronda was proving to be an interesting place even without its heralded sights. I shed my funk.
Then I dutifully walked to the Puente Nuevo, the 18th-century stone bridge that patches together the two sides of town. It has, as a resident told me, both a romantic and a dark side, and is the subject of many legends, including that it once contained cells for prisoners with windows letting out -- and down -- to the gorge. Certainly prisoners have made fatal or failed escapes, and a number of people, including priests during the Spanish Civil War, have met their forced deaths by way of gravity. I leaned over to take a look at what everyone had bragged about, and I nearly passed out.
The Tajo de Ronda, or Ronda Gorge, plummets some 360 feet down to the Río Guadalevín, a thin, shallow river that looks from the height of town to be a trickle of water streaming over a pale, blurred bed of rocks. From here you also have a panoramic view of the rolling hills and farmhouses surrounding the town. And you see what a geological oddity Ronda is. It is not simply a town set on a bluff, but a fantastic aberration, bursting forth from the serene sea of farmland.
The reason our friends were getting married in Ronda had much to do with this beauty. The groom had come to the town many times. During one of his visits, he was introduced to Antonio Ordó~nez, one of Spain's great bullfighters and Ronda's pride, often referred to as El Maestro. Before Mr. Ordó~nez died in 1999, he told our friend, if you come to Ronda with a woman, and if after three days the woman is more captivating than the town, then she is the woman for your life.


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Hi. You don't say what he eats currently but I was in a similar situation with my 18hh Showjumper. He was only fed a pasture mix but he had an issue with the colourings in it. I also found anything with molasses would set him off. He is currently on a diet of fast fibre, hi-fi good do-er and a balancer along with hay or a high fibre haylage in winter.
I would also suggest trying a magnesium supplement of some kind in case his current pasture is deficient. Something like the NAF MAgic Calmer worked for my boy without taking away his spark. If you still find him a bit lazy you could always try something with slow release energy, or a chaff with a higher oil content like Alfa A.
Hope that's been of some help!
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tiffanygirl says:
Is he lazy? thats what they all said about mine.
He was on too much sugary stuff. similar to Insulin resist. look it up.
I cut out all treats, carrots, apples, feeds, haylage, nuts, and all the rest of the junk he was on when we got him. Dont do it too fast.
I introduced him to top speck & within two months he was awake eyes bright etc I could not believe it.
I also had the vet xray him and Hocks had Bone Spavin in them. he was treated for this and is ok now.
He eats Hay, thats it now.
He spooks more if he doesnt get out often. just reasure and he is fine. the trick is to know befor he does when he is going to spook and start the reasuring.
this may or may not be of use to you?
Heey x I think this is my topic anyways hes fine we just needed to bond nothing serious :D i have added pictures to show hes so good :D and defonatly not slow hes amazing at jump offs x
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With natural and organic foods being the hottest area within the edible industry, the $3.7 billion market cap natural food wholesale giant United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI) may appear to be a no-brainer. In five years, the stock is up nearly 350%, a very strong but not outrageous climb considering the overall industry growth and the growth of some peers. It trades at roughly 25 times forward expected earnings and recently raised guidance for its bottom line in fiscal 2014, which delighted the market. Still, this is a business that is driven by margins, meaning that while a small increase can send earnings soaring, a small decline can bring a crunch fast. Is United Natural Foods a good play on the delectable natural-food industry?
According to a report titled the 'United States Organic Food Market Forecast And Opportunities, 2018,' natural and organic food sales CAGR is pegged at 14%. While it's not a sky-high figure, the effect of compound returns does make it a compelling element to the ongoing growth story in natural foods.
For United Natural Foods, this simply means more and more business. The company distributes anything from sports nutrition products to nuts, with some being branded products. It's a densely competitive space but nonetheless appealing considering that more than 80% of Americans are now buying organic goods at least some of the time, with more expected to come. As people become increasingly aware of health- and environmental-related concerns, the industry is in prime position to take market share from conventional food goods.
Considering the tailwinds, it doesn't come as much of a surprise to see United Natural Foods growing sales in the double digits for its recently ended quarter. The company grew net sales more than 12%, excluding the acquisition of Trudeau's distribution business. The bottom line grew nearly 22% to $0.56 per share, driven by a combination of sales growth, acquisitions, and a small boost in operating margin (now sitting at about 3%).
For the current full year, investors can expect sales growth of 10.5%-11.8%, with earnings growth of 12.4%-15.1%.
Worth the price?
United Natural Foods' growth looks sustainable and comfortable. As of last quarter, sales to supermarkets represented about a quarter of the overall sales, while sales to independent food stores represents 32% of the total. Predictably leading is sales to the supernatural segment, representing 37%. All channels are growing in the double digits.
The smallest contributor may be one of the most compelling: food service distribution. This is product sent directly to restaurants and food providers. While only 3% of sales, the segment is growing faster than the rest with 27% year-over-year growth.
On a piece-by-piece basis, and even looking from the top down, United Natural Foods is performing well. At 25 times earnings, it better be. The company doesn't trade at a premium to its peers -- Hain Celestial trades at 26 times, while heavily branded retailer Annie's trades at more than 35 times -- but the segment as a whole is rich.
In a market that only goes up, it becomes more and more important to be conscious of price paid versus value received. United Natural Foods is a strong business with the wind at its back, but 12%-15% earnings growth versus 25 times earnings suggests that the company would need to continue or improve its growth at least through 2018. Natural foods are a tantalizing investment theme, but choose carefully.
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"George Allen has proactively supported measures that could limit women's access to contraception as well as critical preventive services like cancer screenings," said Kaine for Virginia Communications Director Brandi Hoffine. "Whether or not he talks about it on the campaign trail – and we can see why he would want to downplay his support for these measures – Allen has made it clear that he'd be a vote to repeal decades of progress on women's health care if he's reelected.
"Supporting divisive legislation that could deny access to contraception won't put a single American back to work, won't reduce our deficit, and won't make our economy more globally competitive. In fact, it does exactly the opposite. Fortunately for Virginia voters, Tim Kaine has a record of rejecting divisive social battles and instead finding common ground on the types of policies that made Virginia Forbes' Best State for Business all four years of his term as Governor. That's the kind of leadership he'd bring to the U.S. Senate."
George Allen Supports Federal Personhood Legislation, And Endorsed Virginia's Personhood Bill Which Did Not Include Language Protecting Access to Contraception
Allen Said He Supported The Personhood Legislation Passed By Virginia's House Of Delegates And Would Push For Similar Legislation In The U.S. Senate.In an interview on WLNI's Brian and Mari Show, Allen was asked: "The Virginia House of Delegates has passed the so-called fetal personhood bill that defines life as beginning at conception. You said that you support this measure. Would you push for the same kind of measure in the U.S. Senate?" Allen responded: "Well, I think that human life does begin at conception and I think that we ought to have policies that try to protect innocent unborn life – one of the more - yes and I would at the federal level as well for national policy." [WLNI, The Brian and Mari Show, 2/15/12]
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