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Skip to comments.Gerald Celente: The entire system is collapsing
Posted on 06/19/2010 4:33:35 AM PDT by Kartographer
He continued, Thats breaking down as well. Now theyre imposing austerity measures. The entire system is collapsing. Weve been saying this since the crash began in 2008. Theyre only trying to pump it up with stimulus money and its not working. So, were going to see more unemployment. There is no way they can keep the system afloat by just dumping more money into it.
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This is exactly what BO/BS and his fellow marxists want to happen. It's called the Cloward-Piven Strategy.
Agreed. Too many on the right are becoming complacent with Obama's "failures". The radical marxists are fired up because they feel that their spark is near. They want collapse and they want the lights to go out.
The US Treasury entry must be seen in this context. COS Rahm Emanuel took control of the US Treasury when he crept into our WH. "Professor" Obama knows nothing about high finance----but Rahm toiled on Wall Street before coming into government (Congressman for 4 terms, Clinton henchman and Fannie Mae looter).
Behind The Real Size of the Wall Street Bailout (more like $14 trillion)
Mother Jones | Dec. 21, 2009 / FR Posted January 04, 2010 by E. Pluribus Unum
A guide to the abbreviations, acronyms, and obscure programs that make up the $14 trillion federal bailout of Wall Street.
The price tag for the Wall Street bailout is often put at $700 billionthe size of the Troubled Assets Relief Program. But TARP is just the best known program in an array of more than 30 overseen by Treasury Department and Federal Reserve that have paid out or put aside money to bail out financial firms and inject money into the markets. To get a sense of the size of the real $14 trillion bailout, see our chart here. Below, a guide to the pieces of the puzzle:
Treasury Department bailout programs (controlled by Rahm Emanuel)
Money Market Mutual Fund: In September 2008, the Treasury announced that it would insure the holdings of publicly offered money market mutual funds. According to the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), these guarantees could have potentially cost the federal government more than $3 trillion [PDF].
Public-Private Investment Fund: This joint Treasury-Federal Reserve program bought toxic assets from banks and brokeragesas much as $5 billion of assets per firm. According to SIGTARP, the government's potential exposure from the PPIF is between $500 million and $1 trillion [PDF].
TARP: As part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Treasury has made loans to or investments more than 750 banks and financial institutions. $650 billion has been paid out (not including HAMP; see below). As of December 21, 2009, $117.5 billion of that has been repaid. Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) stock purchase: The Treasury has bought $200 million in preferred stock from Fannie Mae and another $200 million from Freddie Mac [PDF] to show that they "will remain viable entities critical to the functioning of the housing and mortgage markets." GSE mortgage-backed securities purchase: Under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the Treasury may buy mortgage-backed securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. According to SIGTARP, these purchases could cost as much as $314 billion [PDF].
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Federal Reserve bailout programs
Commercial Paper Funding Facility: With the support from the Treasury, the Fed established the CPFF in October 2008 to increase the availability of short-term debt (commercial paper) funding. Up to $1.8 trillion [PDF] was earmarked for the program.
Mortgage-backed securities purchase: In 2009, the Fed earmarked up to $1.25 trillion to buy investments based on home loans.
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility: TALF provides financing to investors who are buying asset-backed securities. In February 2009, the Fed and Treasury announced an expansion of the program to generate up to $1 trillion in new lending.
Foreign Central Bank Currency Liquidity Swaps: The Fed has provided $755 billion [PDF] for currency liquidity swaps with foreign central banks.
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DID GANGSTER GOVERNMENT SCAM $14 TRILLION USING THE MADOFF MO? Creating a labyrinth of interrelated international funds, institutions and financial entities of almost unparalleled complexity and breadth......with assets and businesses in miltiple places overseas that hid thievery, money launderering and tax evasion.
At least half a dozen people in the Obama admin are going to walk away from Public Service living like the Sultan of Brunei.
I don't trust a guy who wears a sports jacket over his bath robe. If that happens to be his tux coat, he's really nuts.
Preparedness/Survival ping!
My son in laws job is at risk now, the company is struggling with uncollectable accounts. We've already cut back to basics, things are as bleak as I've ever seen them.
"things are as bleak as Ive ever seen them."
This is why I am so thankful to be retired, and out of the country.
I really feel for those with families, and in their productive years.
I have a daughter, 27, back in Tennessee, but she can also bail out and join me here.
Meanwhile union areas are being propped up. The department of labor gave Michigan $40 million the other day but it only gave the money to specific counties. I made up a map of how the money was distributed. Basically the counties with the heaviest union presence got the bulk of the money. The outlined area is my district which is traditionally republican but is in marxist hands for now but is a likely GOP pickup in the fall.
I don't agree with everything Celente says, but I greatly enjoy his youtube channel. He is a breath of fresh air and his recent appearence on AJ was one of his best.
Celente, Schiff, Bobb Chapman, and a few others are doing us a great service on youtube and all freepers are well advised to check them out.
..."At least half a dozen people in the Obama admin are going to walk away from Public Service living like the Sultan of Brunei"...
If this is true, it is as criminal as anything ever was. I do not believe Americans will tolerate this thievery. If it exists, make no mistake, it will be punished.
I'm kicking in as much as I can but my retirement doesn't go far. It seems like every damned thing in the house is breaking down to boot!
Agreed. There has never been a greater chasm between perception (what is presented to us via the propaganda machine coupled with the machinations of a financial oligarchy) and reality in the U.S.A.
Thanks to all posters.
Be prepared.
If it exists, make no mistake, it will be punished.
..... oh really???? Think of Franklin Raines at Fannie and the cooked books that paid him over $90 MILLION fraud bonus dollars and tell me what his punishment was and that fraud is ALL PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE... it will continue until people are in the streets since the leftists control the courts... imho
"Im kicking in as much as I can but my retirement doesnt go far."
Since I was always self employed, I paid in as little as I could to SS.
I started drawing it at age 64.
While it is minimal, it is more then I need for a pleasant
life for me and my girlfriend here in the Philippines.
Many in the US are paying more for gas each month then I pay for a month of rent, food, internet, and a ltr. of wine every day ;)
Say hello to Art Bell for me. :-)
"Say hello to Art Bell for me. :-)"
Art is in a high rise up in Manila.
That is not at all my style.
I am in a small cottage at a beach on Cebu.
I did, however, exchange a few emails with him, as we are both old HAMs.
Any security issues over there?
"Any security issues over there?"
None for me.
Many back in the states make a big deal about Muzies here, but I have yet to see a single Muslim.
There are probably more in Detroit then in all of the Philippines.
There is, however, some military actions against them in Mindanao, but that is not anywhere near me.
I feel quite safe here on Cebu.
Muslim terrorist, hurricanes and high humidity
are not an appealing aspect of your chosen
refuge. I hope it works out for you.
"Muslim terrorist, hurricanes and high humidity"
Well, you are quite uninformed.
Yes, there are some Muslim terrorist on Mindanao, not close to me, and probably less then you would find in Detroit.
Hurricanes? They do not have hurricanes in the Pacific, much less in Philippines.
They do have some Typhoons, but not the same as a Hurricane.
Humidity? Not as bad as west Tennessee, but there is no snow here ;)
"Muslim terrorist, hurricanes and high humidity"
Well, you are quite uninformed.
Yes, there are some Muslim terrorist on Mindanao, not close to me, and probably less then you would find in Detroit.
Hurricanes? They do not have hurricanes in the Pacific, much less in Philippines.
They do have some Typhoons, but not the same as a Hurricane.
Humidity? Not as bad as west Tennessee, but there is no snow here ;)
While I live on a beach, I am only a few miles from the mountains, and the highest peak on Cebu, 3100 feet.
Gee, in Memphis, I had to drive 5 hours just to get a thousand feet, and two days to get to an Atlantic beach.
We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. And I have just one interest, and if I am wrong ... somebody else can have my job. I want to see this country prosperous. I want to see people get a job. I want to see people get enough to eat. We have never made good on our promises.... I say after eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started.... And an enormous debt to boot!
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee, May 9, 1939 (17.2% unemployment)
History repeats itself, often with a vengeance.
"Progressives" need a reality check.
Adam Smith divided income into three types: profits, wages, and rents. The essential feature of profit is risk: capital is ventured in the hope of a return, and there may be a very great return, or little, or none. There is no guarantee of a profit in any enterprise, which is why businesses, both large and small, go bankrupt all the time — unless, like Chrysler, they have enough political influence to get bailed out by the government. Profits ultimately represent the real growth of wealth in an economy, for the profits of one enterprise do not always come out of the profits for another. Say's Law is that supply creates demand, that a successful business adds to the productive capital of society, which increases the goods, and the profits, available for everyone. If the "profit motive" is rejected by governments because it is selfish or evil, and enterprises are conducted without concern for profitability, then what actually happens is that they will need to be subsidized, and the subsidies will have to come, if not out of profitable enterprises, then out of the stock of capital itself.
This means that the economy will gradually consume itself, just as a starving person lives off their own tissues, until there is too little left to sustain life. That is what happened to the economies of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and to countless, ill-advised Third World countries.
Too many people listen to Rush, Hannity, Beck, Levin and others...and their desire to "do something" is satisfied by listening...even though they aren't really "doing" anything at all....just being spectators at the kabuki theater. Especially when Rush, Hannity and Levin (though I don't listen all the time..so I may miss something) don't connect all the dots as to how bad things really are globally.
Even if they get motivated to vote, if new people don't run against establishment candidates, you aren't voting for anything different.
While Obama is doing what he is doing, McCain being President would only be more of the same on a much smaller scale. The Establishment GOP is just Demlite. They only look Right in comparison to liberal fascism.
Very nice, Liz.
Why did it take you two days to get to an Atlantic beach from Memphis? It is much less than a one day drive. I drove a car from Birmingham, AL to Salt Lake City, UT in 46 hours...including a couple stops to sleep. Pocatello, ID to San Diego, CA (930 miles) takes me between 14.5 hours and 18 hours...very dependent on the day of the week and traffic conditions.
Thankfully, I don't have to drive an inch to get a thousand feet. I live at 4600 ft elevation. The beach is uninteresting. After growing up in San Diego and going to the beach 9 times in 30 years, it just doesn't hold much attraction.
Snow is not a problem. It means drinking water and food on the table. No lawn mowing either :-)
You paint with an awfully wide brush and offer no solutions.
Man50D and myself are some of the least likely people to simply vote for establishment candidates.
Wanna bet the Sultan of Brunei is getting some stimulus dollars as well?
I think the guy is usually spot on.
Certainly he has the connections to know more than the average bear.
Same thing here. Every time I turn around something else breaks down and it's not in the retirement check to get any of it fixed. OTOH, I just got back from the grocery and found some great deals so the freezer and pantry are bulging at the seams. This week I've worked on the insurance getting cheaper quotes so will be moving policies which will free up a few hundred dollars (but those dollars are already marked toward an extra payment).
You're so right. The GOP and the RATS are all one and the same these days.
I didn't say you were.
Absolutely correct. The irony here is that Soetoro and the Democrats don't realize that they aren't powerless outside agitators.
They are The Man now, and are the point of failure, personally. They are so steeped in the Western-society-must-be-destroyed mythology that they don't realize that they are now the power structure they seek to destroy.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so suicidal.
Wanna bet the Sultan of Brunei is getting some stimulus dollars as well?
......yeah, but it's just to "create" jobs.........
Many times in life you com on problems which are best solved by starting over, framers crop severely damaged by a spring storm might plow under the corp and replant, fire fighters come on a building so fire damaged that they just let it burn working only to make sure it doesn't spread to other buildings, a car gets damaged in a wreck to a point were what few good parts are left and the scrap value is worth more than the car, no matter the problem and how bad or how hard you work to solve it sometimes you have to just wipe the board and start over.
They are The Man now, and are the point of failure, personally. They are so steeped in the Western-society-must-be-destroyed mythology that they don't realize that they are now the power structure they seek to destroy.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so suicidal.
Celente savage schiff and bob chappman are the real deal.
Hannity and levin are entertaiment as is rush.
I'm beginning to think this guy is a commie plant.
"Workers of the world unite II"?
Why is he on RussiaTimes so often?
I think he WANTS to see Capitalism collapse!
"A typhoon is a hurricane south of the equator."
Well, I am new to the Pacific, so I can not speak with authority about typhoons, other then to say you are mistaken.
Typhoons form in the west to northwest Pacific.
You can call them hurricanes if you like, but Pacific islanders will not know what you are talking about.
The state department does have some information about them:
You might also check out www.typhoon2000.com
It is a new and very comprehensive Philippine site.
Yes, there was a quite damaging Typhoon in Luzon last year.
The problem was flooding, rather then wind.
Other areas of the Philippines, such as Cebu, where I live
saw very little weather from it.
The Luzon area can be refereed to as Typhoon Ally for the Philippines.
Regarding driving over the USA. Yes, some people like to drive all day and all night. I am not a trucker.
I consider eight hours to be a days drive.
Eight hours to the mountains, for a break, then about eight hours to the South Carolina coast.
By the way, while I live on a beach, the highest point on Cebu (3100 ft) is only a few miles from me.
I have the best of both worlds.
Happy trucking to you.
I'm not a trucker. I drive my car or Mariner hybrid
between Idaho (home) and San Diego (work). It's
all out of pocket, so making the run in one day
avoids adding a hotel stay enroute. The Birmingham
to Salt Lake City was an escape from hurricane
Ivan. I mostlt work from my home office. No
commute. In San Diego, I choose to ride my
motorcycle on the daily 70 mile commute. It's
more fun, faster and saves mileage on the Mariner.
Enjoy your retirement!
What Good Can a Handgun Do Against an Army.....?
More info on the Philippines:
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Trust Me, You'll Want to Hear George Marshall Talk About "Multivalent" Climate Change
Carol Linnitt | September 10, 2014
By Carol Linnitt • Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 07:00
Eight years ago, climate communications expert George Marshall picked up a copy of The Independent from his doorstep on a Saturday morning. Looking at the front cover of that magazine, he said, got him thinking about the "peculiarities" of climate change.
In bold letters the headline read "The Melting Mountains: How Climate Change is Destroying the World's Most Spectacular Landscapes" and inside it outlined how alpine tourism is at risk with roughly 50 years left before a warmer climate begins to claim the snowpack.
Marshall said what really struck him was what he saw next. "It was the Saturday newspaper, so I picked it up and out falls the travel supplement. The travel supplement is dedicated to visiting those spectacular places before they go, entirely by the medium of international flights."
"There's something peculiar in this and I had a long conversation with my wife about it: how there's this disconnect between the concern expressed on the first three pages and the hedonism expressed in the travel supplement."
He laughed, "What did Oscar Wilde say? We all kill the thing we love."

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Since 24 March I have taken up a short-term position with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva to assist the BTWC Implementation Support Unit with the implementation of the first part of the 2016 EU Council Decision in support of the BTWC. You can follow project developments via a dedicated page on the United Nations Office at Geneva site.
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Here are the categories I started out with...
GENERAL - Largest group,everything that didn't fall into other areas. Just papers I love and I organize them by color within the general area.
TRAVEL - Cruises, Hawaii, Mexico, Car Trips, etc.
FAMILY & FRIENDS - Papers with wording or sentiments that I feel would be used for Family and Friend pages. My heritage paper is in here also.
KREIG - This is my husband. Anything specific to us really. I could have labeled it Kreig and I or US. We have a Harley, a boat, a tent trailer, so anything that fails into things we do together.
HOUSE - We bought a house 3 years ago and it is still a work in progress. I love documenting the upgrades we do ourselves.
HOLIDAYS - Any holiday goes into this area, grouped by time of the year. I group my starting with the first major holiday Valentines Day, so Christmas and New Years are at the very back.
BABY - We don't have children, but have friends and family who do, and I also use my paper for card making and love to use these papers for baby cards.


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Teen shot and killed in Springfield Township home invasionUPDATED 1:16 AM EST Nov 18, 2013
Police responded to reports of a robbery with one shot fired near Brentwood Park in the 1100 block of Tassie Lane shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday.Video Transcript
HOME VISITING.... FROM HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AWAY AT COLLEGE.... AND WAS KILLED... IN AN EARLY MORNING ROBBERY IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. WLWT NEWS FIVE'S RICHARD CHILES... HAS THE STORY. (TAKE PKG) (PICS ARE IN THE BIN -- YELLOW POLO SHIRT--- WHITE AND RED MT HEALTHY FOOTBALL JERSEY-- AKRON TRACK MEET PHOTO) (start with nats of kid breaking down.) (c39) -- (DO NOT CHYRON) (13:15:15 He's gone man... I was just with him off this morning.. THE FRIENDS WHO GREW UP WITH --- AND PLAYED SPORTS WITH VINCENT TURNAGE CAN NOT BELIEVE THE 19 YEAR OLD IS DEAD (c45) (Keonte Williams) (13:24:57 - 13:25:11) He had a bright future ... he was faster than anybody out here. They took away an opportunity away from somebody who could have done something special with his life. SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY TURNAGE WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURRING AN EARLY MORNING HOME INVASION THE DETAILS OF THAT BRAZEN ROBERY REMAIN UNCLEAR BUT FRIENDS ARE CERTAIN A SHINNING STAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TOO SOON. (MR JACKSON SOT) (C38) (Demond Jackson -- Mt. Healthy Parent) (13:11:57 - 13:12:07) Its sad... he was a true athlete.. he hung arround my son .... He was a good kid .. Its just so sadto see something like this happen. VINCENT PLAYED FOOTBALL BASKETBALL AND RAN TRACK AT MT HEALTHY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS SAY HE WAS HOME FROM UNIVERSITY OF AKRON WHERE HE HAD EARNED AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP. (BOOSTER SOT) (c46) (John Poppe - Mt Healthy Athletic Booster Club) (13:27:53 - 13:28:08) He was a super athlete .. Basketball... football... a great personality... you couldn't finda better guy to be arround than Vince. TEAMATES GATHERED TODAY NEAR THE SPOT WHERE HE WAS GUNNED DOWN TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF THE YOUNG SPORTS STAR .. (c45) (13:24:10 - 13:24:22) (Keonte Williams) He was just always out here smilling. Everybody liked vince. He didn't deserve this at all. IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, RICHARD CHILES WLWT NEWS 5. OFFICIALS FROM MT HEALTHY HIGH SCHOOL SAY.... GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL TOMORROW. POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS.... AT 513-352-30-40. CINCINNATI'S TOP COP TALKS ABOUT
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This May a group from Garfield Community Farm and The Open Door Church is traveling to El Huizachal, Mexico to work on the Food Forest project we began in 2014. Check out the details here and find out how you can support us! http://igg.me/at/mexicofoodforest/x/10269744
Introduction to Permaculture Class
John Creasy will be teaching a one day class on the principles and techniques you need to understand and better utilize the ways of permaculture. We'll study the use of polycultures in your garden, plant and insect relationships, water catchment and conservation, energy in your home and on the farm, and more. Check it out here:
When: Saturday, February 28th – 9am to 3pm
Where: The Livermore (corner of Highland Ave. and Baum Blvd. in East Liberty)
Details: Cost is $50, "treats" will be provided by The Livermore to supplement a lunch that you bring.
GCF "No Menu Monday" at Bar Marco
Bar Marco can't get out of the news these days, ever since they announced they'll be doing away with accepting tips in place of paying their employees a $30k+ wage with benefits. Bar Marco, and owner Bobby Frey, have always had a bigger vision for the restaurant than just being an amazing restaurant. One way they are making a difference in the community is through their "no menu Monday" events when a local non-profit is selected to receive all proceeds from an entire evening's meal. The "no menu" part comes through the collaboration with other local chefs on these special evenings. Each non-profit selects a chef willing to donate his or her time to prepare a one time selection of dishes to raise money. On Feb. 2nd Garfield Farm will be working with Chef Chad Townsend and chef Dan Robinson to create an amazing evening of great food. Check out the event page here and make a reservation! There's no extra cost, just come eat some amazing food and enjoy an evening out!
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A BIG thank you to all of you who donated toward our alternative gift campaign! We've learned that some of you have not received the beautiful card that is to be emailed to you when you donate. This is the card that you can then give as a gift to someone stating your donation made in their name. Please email email@example.com if you need us to email you the card.
Make Black Friday Green This Year
Support Garfield Community Farm by selecting one of our "alternative gift options." You can donate money for a new fruit or nut tree, a subsidized CSA share for a local family, seeds for the coming growing season, money to support our internship program, etc. This year we'll be planting hazelnuts, raspberries and seaberries around the farm. We'll also be hiring interns from the neighborhood and from local colleges to work the farm and learn about urban permaculture. Please consider a gift to help us with these things. You can donate in someone's name and we'll provide a downloadable PDF card for you to give them.
Sacred Economics
This is an excellent short film about the book "Sacred Economics" written by Charles Eisenstein. Watch it! Sacred Economics
Third Annual Fall Festival Fundraiser!
This year's fall festival will rival last year's with food from some amazing chefs, home-brewed beer with GCF hops, cider pressing, games, homemade pies, and more. Contact john at pghopendoor.org to enter this year's best pie contest. First prize is a $100 gift card to Spoon in East Liberty with prizes for second and third place too! Tickets will be available at the door on the 19th. Pre-Register and reserve your spot at the part! https://squareup.com/market/the-open-door-church
Come up and Volunteer
Well, school is starting, summer crops have been in full production for over a month, our CSA shares are plentiful and everybody is planning for the fall. Even though the seasons are changing and our daily routines are changing, the needs at the farm remain. Every Thursday night volunteers gather at the farm to work in the gardens so they can be more productive as each season goes by. Come up to the farm between 5:30 and about 8pm every Thursday through the fall to help us prepare the gardens for our fall harvests.
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Tomatoes for 2014!
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– Saturday, May 10th at the Friendship Folk and Flower Festival in the Friendship neighborhood at Baum Grove from 11am until about 2pm.
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By Darline GoyeaMarch 25, 2010
The 2010 Army Family Action Plan Conference got under way February 24-26 at the Wiesbaden Fitness Center where members of the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden community gathered to sort through issues that ranged from housing to Space-Available Travel to establishing identity theft protection measures.
To get things changed, this is where we do it, through this forum," said USAG Wiesbaden Commander Col. Jeffrey Dill as he welcomed attendees to the symposium.
Delegates - Soldiers, spouses and teens - were divided into focus groups to sort, align and prioritize the 70 issues submitted for this year's conference.
Because the conference's outcome could potentially extend beyond the 2,800 service members and 7,400 family members in the Wiesbaden community to impact other Army communities, officials continually reemphasize the importance of the 3-day event.
"It baffles me how so many people don't know or take advantage of the AFAP conference," said Annikka Trabucco, AFAP manager, reiterating that the annual convention is a place where garrison leaders and decision makers give focused attention to the concern of the community to continually improve the quality of life.
The Force Support Work Group tackled subjects like housing, schools, Family Readiness Groups and family issues.
The Family Support and Consumer Services Work Group, facilitated by Maria Diaz, sorted through other family-oriented information where the No. 1 issue tended to revolve around Space-Available Travel - how it worked, who can travel and if arrangements can be made for survivors. Other topics of discussion included AAFES, a dog park, housing playgrounds and identity theft.
Having subject matter experts on hand to answer questions and provide additional information such as regulations and policies was also a key part in bringing resolution to many concerns and aiding the delegates in submitting informed recommendations.
"I've seen issues resolved on the spot," said Trabucco referencing an issue regarding the community's shuttle bus schedule.
"They are extremely important," said John Howe, Directorate of Public Works chief of operations and maintenance, who attended to address apprehensions regarding playground repairs that were more than $10 million in cost, stating that the forum gives attention to issues that are otherwise overlooked.
The AFAP conference closed with an out brief where each group presented its top five issues to the garrison commander.
Issue recommendations
Aca,!Ac The Teen Work Group presented two issue recommendations: to build a multi-purpose facility in Hainerberg that is accessible by foot from the housing area and to provide non-military ID cards to be used on the economy.
Aca,!Ac The Family Support and Consumer Work Group recommended that DoD 4515.13-R be amended to allow surviving dependants to use Space-Available Travel; that a comprehensive identity theft and recovery education program be established; and that a fenced-in area be built for a dog exercise park in military family housing areas.
Aca,!Ac The Force Support Work Group recommended that a full-time casualty assistance position be created at battalion levels incorporating a quality-control mechanism implementing extensive training, testing and evaluation to ensure readiness to support survivors; that several modifications be made to support a request for adequate parking at the Aumann Strasse Child Development Center; and that a government DoD funding program be established to support all U.S. forces annual balls, in order to eliminate fundraising.
Aca,!Ac The Single Soldier Work Group recommended that a driving education and licensing program be amended to accommodate special situation first-term Soldiers established with the authority to issue licenses recognized as valid permits by other states of the union; and that appliances in the barracks be bolstered to ensure that adequate support is available to residents.
Aca,!Ac The Entitlements and Benefits Work Group recommended that a system be installed to allow ID cardholders access to the track located at the high school; that video cameras and adult bus monitors be employed to ensure student safety on school buses; and that timely and accurate housing information about housing policies, waiting lists and housing lists be made accessible to Army families.
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recipesfor situations like conference panels, stage shows, and narrative dialog scenes. Anthony also shows you how to set up mixers, wireless mics, and booms, and make sure your camera is correctly set up to capture audio. He wraps up with troubleshooting tips covering a range of issues, from wind noise to echoes, and shows how to fix the problems you can't solve on set in post production.
- Hooking up a mixer
- Selecting the right mic for the job—table, lavalier, or boom
- Using wireless mics
- Hiding mics
- Mic'ing the crowd at an event
- Capturing the action up close
- Matching visual perspective to audio
- Dealing with background noise
- Reducing rumble, wind noise, and hiss in post
Skill Level Appropriate for all
When it comes to video and production problems, if there is a problem during production on set, I would guess that there's a 80% or greater chance that it's an audio problem. Audio is notorious for slowing things down, because it can be complicated with all the different switches and things we need to check. So what I want to go through right now, is a quick scenario that I use for audio troubleshooting anytime there is a problem. So, if you're not getting a signal, or something's coming in too low or too high, I recommend that you start by checking with the source.
And working all the way through the audio chain to the camera. The reason I often say that your audio is more important than your video, is not because it's more important storytelling-wise. But because there are many more potential points of failure that you need to pay attention to. If just one switch or button is wrong, you might end up with no audio at all or really bad audio. So we want to make sure that we check all these switches and buttons every single time there's a audio issue. So let's start with the very beginning. The first thing I look for if I'm having issues with my levels, is, is talent speaking? Is the boom pole in position? Is the boom pole on axis? These are the first places I look before I even get into the equipment.
Sometimes it's just a matter of talent needing to speak up. Sometimes a wireless loud mic might have fallen out of place if it's hidden inside the clothing. Things like that occur all the time. So the first place I'm looking is, is the microphone in the right position? Is the talent speaking up as much as they need to? If all of those things are fine, then I move into the equipment. So let's trace a signal, physically. I'm going to start with the shotgun mic. And we're just going to trace our signal from here. So assuming that I've checked my cables for shorts. Another problem I want to make sure, assuming the cables are okay, the signal is going from the microphone into the mixer.
So I'm going to check all of those buttons that we set when we were hooking it up, in case anything is not set properly. So coming into the mixer. First thing I'm checking here, is making sure that I have phantom power turned on. Phantom power not turned on, not going to get any audio. From there, the signal is going to the input pot. Now on some mixers, like the big brother of this mixer, the Sound Devices 302. This is a mixspre. On the Sound Devices 302, there's an additional button here I would want to be concerned with.
And that is the gain button. The gain is essentially a macro audio control, and this is more like a micro control. Your gain button, if your mixer does have it, should be set at unity or the neutral position. So once I check the gain if I have it, I'm going to go to the input. Is my input turned up? Might be turned down, might be over modulated. So, I'm checking that. After that, I'm looking down here to make sure I panned it to the proper channel that I want it to, and that's on the left. And, then I'm going from the input right here on the mixer. I'm also coming out on this end right here.
I want to make sure I'm coming out at the proper signal. Line or mic. If I click this over to mic, my camera's setup at line, I'm not going to be getting any audio. So I want to check all of those things. I also have to worry about whether I have power. Sometimes your batteries are just failing. It's a simple source of problems, but it's one thing you want to check. And that's one thing that can catch you off guard. So you want to check your battery power regularly. Also, just dealing with the mixer right here, another scenario on the mixer that I want to check. And this is kind of like the duh equivalent of leaving the lens cap on sometimes, but it's headphone volume.
Sometimes your headphone volume's turned down, and you think you're getting low levels. But really, it's just your headphone that's turned down. So, I want to check that. Now again, I don't have it on this mixer, but some mixers have what's called a monitor selector switch. This determines what you're listening to on your headphones. So, I want to make sure that I have the monitor selector switch set to the proper channel that I want to listen to. Which is usually going to be the return from the camera. So from there we're going into the camera, right? We've made sure everything's okay on the mixer.
If I haven't detected any problems with the settings there, I'm going to be looking over here on the camera. The next thing I'm going to be checking on that shotgun mic is, am I coming in at the proper input level, line or mic? If I just click this switch over here, audio as you can see, isn't sounding too good. So we want to make sure we're on the proper setting there, and we are. From line level, I'm seeing that signal which is going to the settings that are inside of here. And I'm making sure that I have this set to input one, and I do. If this was set on internal mic, I'd definitely be getting no signal from this right here.
So again, it's often these problems that you have with audio. More often than not, it's just a single switch that's in the wrong place. And this is unfortunately something that only comes with experience. Hopefully this tutorial will help you, as you watch it through a few times. But the best way to get familiar with this is to trace a signal. And ask yourself logically, what is the very next button that's being affected and go all the way through. So that's the internal mic. The other thing is phantom power. Do I need phantom power on the camera? I'm using a mixer. In this case, I don't. But if I plug the shotgun directly into the camera, phantom power is a switch that I'd want to check.
So now, everything is good coming into the camera. But remember, the way that we set this up earlier, we have a return coming out of the camera that's sending our headphone jack audio into the mixer. So that means I also need to make sure I'm checking headphone volume on the camera. So I have headphone volume on the camera, and headphone volume on the mixer. They both have to be turned up in order to get clean audio signals. So that's pretty much the signal that I need to check for the shotgun mic from beginning to end. Now I'm going to come back over here, and we're going to do the same thing for the wireless.
So wireless makes it really tricky. When we start dealing with the wireless, because there's a couple of points of failure, just right here. There's at least three things that could be wrong right here, with just the microphone before I even get into the mixer. So let's go over what those things are. First off, I want to check, make sure I've got proper battery power. Always, any time I'm using something battery operated. And by the way, when it comes to batteries, I recommend that you only use fresh, premium brand batteries. If you wouldn't put it in your pacemaker, I wouldn't put it in my audio equipment, period.
So I like Duracell and Energizer, the good kind. So in addition to that, we also have the microphone channel. So if we're talking about wireless, they must be on the exact same channel down to the decimal point. So I see this one is at 518.700, and this one is also at 518.700. Great, I'm covered there. my receiver and transmitter are talking to each other. In addition to that, in the menu I also have two different settings that I want to check. And that is sensitivity.
Is my microphone sensitivity, or more or less, fancy word for volume level of the microphone, is that adjusted properly? Is it too low or too high? I want to check that. And then in addition to sensitivity, the other button on here that again is a kind of a duh one, but it does happen plenty of times, and that's a mute button. So if talent gets up, or leaves set, they have to go take a phone call, they will often click this button to mute. Well, when it's turned on mute, it's not sending any audio. So, that's a very simple problem to fix. But one that could tie you up for three or four minutes on set, while you figure out what's wrong.
the good thing is that, if this does run out of batteries, or if it's turned on mute, the receiver will actually say mute in the window. So look in the window if you have one of these Sennheiser brand of wireless microphones. So from right there, my mute button, I've made sure that's not turned on. The signal is being sent from the transmitter to the receiver. A couple of settings I want to check on the receiver. Again, I'm making sure my receiver is on the exact same channel as this. Or I'm getting no audio, or audio with static and drop outs. Even if it's off by a decimal point, I could be getting drop outs in and out.
So it must be exact. Battery power also. I want to to check on this. And this also has a setting that's called AF out, which is the equivalent of more or less another volume type setting. So this controls the level of the audio coming outta here. So all of those things I have to check to make sure, and that's before I've even gotten to the mixer. That's like, six, seven things right there that could go wrong. If any one of those things is on the wrong setting, I'm getting no audio or I'm getting bad audio. Now, coming into the mixer. I want to check and make sure that I'm set on the proper level.
Again, because this is a wireless microphone, it has its own battery power. I don't need phantom power. So I want to make sure that I'm coming in at mic level and not line. So once that's correct, I'm checking all those settings I told you before in the mixer. And coming back into the camera. And I'm checking the same exact settings I said before on the wireless, which is the input mic line level on here. As well as my headphone volume and everything else in between. So if wasn't clear before, I hope you understand now why I say your audio is more important than your video.
It simply takes more attention. And unfortunately for some of you, it does take more experience sometimes. So the only way to really get to know these things all the way through, is to just do it more and more, and to become more familiar with it. But get into the habit of tracing your signal from the very beginning. Starting with the talent that's on camera, all the way to the end to the camera. And you should be able to troubleshoot those audio problems a little bit faster.


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I GOT MY PERIOD!! OMG OMG OMG!!!! 11 months WITH NO PERIOD ANDI GOT IT!!! I am SO OVER THE MOON!!!! I had some blood work and my ob called again after hours she said that my levels dropped to normal and it is for sure a period!!!! So I started my clomid today and I PRAY August will be my month!!!!! Hugs to all you ladies who supported me!!! Really it meant a lot and honestly I was giving up on faith and I should have trusted it all along!!!!
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And I am a little dissappointed but I am going to take my Dr's advice. I had my follow up perinatology visit yesterday. Well, since his heart defect closed and his growth is actually speeding up, he feels I a may be "out of the woods" as far as Down Syndrome is concerned. He said that now the risk is the same for a 35y/o with a normal Quad screen and he doesn't feel that the risk of an amnio is worth it, due to the fact that I have an anterior placenta and he would still have to go through the placenta. He also said he doesn't need to see me anymore unless I develop another problem. I guess I should be releived, but I think I am more worried now than before. At least I had the knowledge that I would have an amnio and know one way or another. Now, I guess the waiting game will just be the big thing. I could go to his partner who he said would probably do it, but that I would be taking a higher risk when I have a lower risk. I totally get it but I am just a worried. I am worried about the birth now. What if he does have DS and I haven't had the reality check yet? I don't want to grieve when my baby is born. I know that I will love him and cherish him, but part of my wanting the amnio was to be mentally prepared before hand. And what about my 10y/o DD and husband? Ugh. My husband is being positive and saying he thinks everything will be fine but is realisitc that it may not be. He can say this all he wants, I think it would hit him really hard if he does have DS now. I know I sound crazy and should be happy that all sounds good right now, but I am so confused. I feel that I can not let myself have false hope. I also feel that having any hope that he doesn't have DS is a betrayal to the baby I feel I have gotten to know. Who would have thought that a "good news" visit would cause me so much grief. Sorry for the rambling. I wonder if I can blame any of this on hormones? That would be nice!
No amnio for me.
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That is such great news about his heart and growth. Beth all of your reactions seem perfectly normal - and extremely realistic- to me. I really do not think you are going to prevent this mixed set of emotions. And I think you know yourself well enough to think that in continuing your status (at least to yourself) as "in limbo" you are acting out of self-preservation and respect for your little one "just in case." My advice would be to keep it to yourself - share here, but let your husband and daughter go along. As much as we talk about the benefit of advance acceptance and adjustment, MANY people do it the old-fashioned way. For your personality and deeper thinking, you need to keep a foot in both worlds, but it sounds like your husband has a different way of dealing with things - and that's OK (you're right, it may hit him hard, but life will go on and he'll get beyond that). As far as your daughter - I would not worry. Kids are so resilient, and believe me they adjust much more quickly than we do. It seems like such an odd reaction, but when I tell my 11 year old that I'm talking to moms who are scared b/c they may have a baby like Gabby, she laughs - - she can't understand why anyone would be scared. To us adults all of this emotion is natural but to siblings - well it's just a new baby. I know not all kids are the same and your daughter may be a deep thinker but I still think she'll be fine. So my advice is to keep it all to yourself - except share with us of course! - and most likely you'll have had nothing to worry about.
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Thanks for making me feel "normal" and not crazy. I am keeping a foot in both worlds. I am definitely excited about the heart defect or lack there of. That is my one concern and was my husband's worst concern too. I let him have his own emotions and don't discourage them. I do tell him mine and he says he can see the benefit but he tries to be an optimist. I am glad he is. As far as my daughter, I hope you guys don't mind but being on this board I look at all of your pictures and my daughter has looked at them with me. She knows a lot more about DS then I thought and she doesn't seem to think anything of it. I guess we underestimate children. I have asked her about it and her only concern is that DS kids can't go to the same school as her. (she goes to catholic school and they don't have special needs education) I think she would be fine. We haven't said anything to her because we don't want to burden her with any worries but I think she will be an excellent big sis to any baby, no matter what!
I find so much inspiraton here and don't what I am going to do if he doesn't have DS after he is born. I will miss you guys. I will visit though and be the voice of one who is in limbo. How you guys have helped. This is so much better than any journal I have ever written in. Journals don't give you positive feedback.
Hi! Congrats on your LO! It's wonderful that the heart's looking good. I don't post here often but read your note and just wanted to put my two cents in. About your DDs concern about her sibling not going to a Catholic school if he does have Ds: although all schools are different I know of a woman with Ds who is now at a community college and she had problems finding the right fit at a public school and so went to the local Catholic school. I think she started there in 5th grade and graduated from there as well! She said she got sooo much support there and just loved the teachers. So, it's not impossible. Isn't it amazing how much we stress and your DD sounds so grounded! When my nephew (10 at the time) met Tim for the first time (Tim was about 4 weeks old I think) he asked me what it meant that Tim had Ds: I explained that things were probably going to be a little more challenging for Tim, like walking and learning things at school. My nephew took that in and said " well, that's not such a big deal." And the last 3 1/2 years have proven it isn't as big a deal as I thought it would be.
I never had any inkling that Tim had Ds, so I haven't been in your shoes. I think my grieving time was quite short. I cried in the hospital in my room once and a few times here or there at home. Certain things would set it off, but it never lasted long. Just looking at my beautiful baby boy, I felt things were going to be alright. I just wanted to lend my support and say I wish you all the best in making your last few weeks of pg (when are you due?) as stress-free as possible.
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Hi and congrats on your LO coming soon. When I was pregnant with my LO, Ethan (20-months), we had an abnormal quad screen and went for our first level II u/s. They did not really find any markers for Ds, but the doc suggested we do an amnio...I mean like wanted an answer right away. We decided to come back in 3 weeks for another u/s and after that scan went well we declined the amnio. I just did not want to go through all that when it was not going to change the outcome of my pregnancy. We thought we were 'in the clear' also as nothing out of the ordinary was found at the 2nd scan either. We kind of wrote Ds out of the picture and went about the rest of my pregnancy. We had not even told a lot of our family that there was a possibility as we did not want to worry them for nothing. A few hours after Ethan was born, they began to suspect that he had Ds. He had a few soft markers. We got confirmation when he was 3 days old. Until the test results came back, it was up in the air as it just depended on which neonatologist saw him...some thought 'yes, Ds'...some thought 'no way.' In my opinion, I think it was better for us to get his diagnosis when he was already here...where we could hold him and cuddle him and know that this is our baby...our precious baby here in real life after waiting 9 long months for his arrival. Were we sad...yes, but it was short. We knew he needed us and quite frankly we were just so darn excited about him being here. I cried a few times the day we found out for sure and like the pp said, certain things would set it off later from time to time. We had overwhelming support and acceptance from our community, church, even people we did not even know right from the start.
Today, Ethan is walking and is the light of our lives. We don't think about Ds everyday...he is just our little boy. We are so proud of him and his accomplishments.
Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy and know that we are around on the Ds board no matter if you come to know that your baby has Ds or not.


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Black tribesmen in Africa use their evil foot magic to revive a ranting Rosie O'Donnell. Food everywhere cowers in fear.
We don't know what this dark magic entails, but this seems to be some sort of witch craft… or Photoshop.
The iPhone is so amazing, not only can it do all of the things in this video, but it can also clone itself and send you back in time. WOOOHHHAAAOOO!
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Imho, the 40% drop we experienced in the April/May timeframe had very little to do with the fundamentals of the company, other then the changing circumstances surrounding Intuitive Surgery.
At the end of December Institutional ownership had increased to slightly more then 70% due primarily to the $106 million equity placement in October, 2013. One would have thought that Institutional Ownership would have moderated in growth after that placement. Instead, it continued to rapidly increase in the 1st quarter this year.
By March 31st, there were 19 new institutions investing $8.5 million with only $500 thousand of sold out positions. Existing institutions increased their positions by $11.5 million, with existing institutions decreasing by only $7 millions. By the end of the quarter Institutional ownership accounted for 44 million or 80% of the 55 million shares outstanding. In my mind, this was a clear case of piling on and it drove the stock up past $24 per share. We had become a momentum play.
We all saw what happened to the momentum stocks in April. There were a great many Institutions who had a substantial investment in Novadaq and a very substantial profit. A large number either exited or reduced their positions.
I, for one, am very glad to see daily volume on Novadaq down substantially from the April/May period. The market for our stock has calmed down in either direction. Maybe now, these folks will again begin to focus on the fundamental progress we are making across the board. And this progress is accelerating. It was great news for us when the company reported that in the 1st quarter 17 medical articles were published related to our products as compared to 15 for ALL of 2013.
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A good many of those institutions you cited will be back for a second helping, probably at a higher price than they sold at.
Market goes down 100+ points, this thing does down $.55 points. Market goes UP 100+ points, this thing goes Down $.45+ points. I guess because it went down less on an up day, that could be considered a positive. BULL. Doubt this has anything to do with Intuitive.


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FSGs financial commitment
Look, I would love a stadium with 80,000 scousers scaring the opposition half to death. We all would I think. However, not at the cost of the club getting into debt again and being on the edge of the financial cliff. No way.
What my point of this was for those who are not Fsg fans is this:. What does a good owner look like? Is it Abramovich? Chelsea is hardly a stable club with virtually a manager every year on average - I want to us to build something, and the only way of doing this is to have continuity, not a different idea every season. Is it to be like City. To be fair they have been patient with their manager and bunged a few quid in, I think they do want to build something, including community stuff. I'm not aware of Abramovich being very community minded.
Anyway back to FSG. How much should they be spending on transfers? Should they throw another £500 mil into the kitty for a fantasy stadium which essentially will never pay for itself except for a paper value? Think what your house is worth. It doesn't mean anything unless you flog it, and I don't think they want to do that.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jan 27, 2013 14:00 Flag
If we went into minor debt to build the stadium it's worth it. As FSG would get their money back. They could hire it out etc.. all these things would recoup money back into the club and would clear off any such debt..
Lets start at 60,000 then take it from there. Anfield can be developed if the houses surrounding the stadium could be bought and demolished?
They could expand Anfield over time rather than immediately..
Maybe get naming rights for each stand thats re-developed?
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Minor debt? Oh you mean 500 million quid?
Which by the way, is double the debt that nearly sank us two years ago! The interest alone would be about 40 million quid a year on that (bye-bye transfer kitty), then you have to find a bank who will lend (good luck with that one).
I told you, we are redeveloping Anfield at a cost of £150 million- capacity over 60K, some room for expansion thrown in. Have a look in the Echo archive. There's a couple of things to sort out, but work should be well underway by 2015 I think.
Loki...the' whole franchise of LFC they have bought is simply papaer value unless they flog it . So...by building a new mega stadium they are adding papaer value for the time when they do sell the franchise. You spend 35 mill on Andy C then u loan him out and he ends up what he started out with us ..injured. You sign a sick note like Harry Kewell and pay him back then 80,000 squid a week and he never gets off the physios table...these are papaer value to the franchise gone bad..not much chance of a new mega stadium going bad in theway an investment in players can and ..in our case often has....Kewell Aquillani Andy C tomention just 3. So...what do we do there never buy anybody particularly for heavy money ?
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Colin. A point or two on the stadium. FSG purchased the club for £300m which included Anfield, Melwood and any other assets (including players) held by the club. Demolish Anfield and build a new stadium and I dont think the increase in asset value would be all that remarkable.
To me the real value in the club is its position in the league and Europe etc. This drives how much TV money you get and other commercial revenues. Even the alue of players, when considered as assets increases with league position and form.
Yes a stadium is important but not as you may think. Extra capacity helps but its everything else really. It's more about getting the maximum out of those 60,000 people. Ticket prices play a part but the humble pie and a pint plays a huge part too. Make Anfield an experience for the whole day and capture the whole crowd rather than letting them come and go before and after a game. Then your money per seat goes up but people also have a good time.
So spending £400m on and extra 15,000 seats makes no sense at all. Better to spend less and develop Anfield and everything around it.
On the playing side I've made no secret of my support for what I'm currently seeing. I pointed to Swansea as a role model in a previous thread but Armchair didn't grasp teh idea. Basically they have built that club up on limited funds by SETTING A DIRECTION AND STICKING TO IT DESPITE HAVING 4 DIFFERENT MANAGERS. THEY'VE BASICALLY APPOINTED MANGERS THAT FOLLOW THE SAME PRINCIPLES. It's worked and I can see the same thing happening at Liverpool. We just need to sit tight.
Colin - I don't mind us spending big on the right player. Forking out 35 meg on Carroll when he had played only 20 times in the league was plain stupid. I bet Newcastle couldn't believe it when that fax came through!
Anyway on to your point about paper value. As I've said before, the problem is the ongoing costs which are expected to be dished out before the realisation of that paper value I.e upfront. Where's that dosh gonna come from?
Another question. A new stadium for 400 million and 60k capacity or a refurb of Anfield for 150 million and the same capacity?


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