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December 1, 2006, 05:17 PM
which one would you choose and why? benelli sbe2 or beretta xtrema 2. and yes, i know that they are owned by the same people
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December 1, 2006, 05:23 PM
Browning Gold Hunter or Winchester X2. :neener:
Of the two, probably the SBEII as there seems to be a lot more popularity with them and that has to equate to something I would assume.
December 1, 2006, 05:58 PM
You do not share what all this gun is going to be for, your experiences or training. You really should try and shoot before you buy.
Between a Beretta and Benelli - I will always choose a Beretta. Beretta's hold up and I go back to the Beretta 301/302/303 days.
Benellis did not hold up in the competition I was participating in. I never kept a Benelli I won. Never!
Yes there a two different camps here on THR, and it is no secret which I am on.
I do not do this "gotta have" and "I wannacoolgunvirus".
December 1, 2006, 06:01 PM
Benellis did not hold up in the competition I was participating in.
Eh????? Ever heard of Tom Knapp?
December 1, 2006, 06:27 PM
Wha? Benelli has built its name on rock solid guns that don't need o-ring replacement or finnicky gas chambers.
For sheer reliability it's hard to beat the benelli.
December 1, 2006, 06:33 PM
Tom Knapp uses subsonic loads. His guns cannot be stock.
He's a helluva shooter.
I like gas guns. I don't live in a place where we go hunting when it's 40 below, so the O-ring thing doesn't matter to me. I have a spare one for my 1100 in my pouch. Haven't needed it, but if I do, it's there.
Berettas don't use 'em, though, AFAIK.
Me, if I had the cash at the moment, I'd skip both and get a 105CTi. Shoot one and you'll find out why. It has no O-rings, either, and it doesn't use a bleeder valve to adjust for heavy loads. Thing feels like a 20 Gauge when you lift it (7 lb. or less) and when you shoot it (recoil is minimal), but it's a 12.
That said, the Extrema 2 is the gun to get, IF you really need 3.5" loads, which is getting to be a bigger if.
Chuck R.
December 1, 2006, 07:31 PM
I guess those guides down in Argentina dont read THR, imagine their surprise when they learn their high volume Benellis arent holding up. :eek:
You dont state your purpose, but if its waterfowl I prefer Benellis. Ive had a SBE for over 6 seasons now and have never had a problem with it in some pretty crappy conditions. I can say the same for my M1S90, never missed a beat.
The Deer Hunter
December 1, 2006, 08:31 PM
In my opinion Berettas get dirty way too fast. I was at a pheasant shoot with a friend and his beretta was jamming every couple of round after about 75-100 shots through it.
December 1, 2006, 09:20 PM
"benelli sbe2 or beretta xtrema 2"
The X2 fits me better. I hunt ducks and geese with a SX-2 because it fits even better.
I'm a big fan of gas guns for heavy loads. I tend to like heavy guns for all loads - except shooting involving long, long hikes.
Fit, size & purpose, it all depends on your situation.
I've been around long enough to know that all makers make some duds no matter who promotes them or who hypes them.
December 1, 2006, 10:16 PM
December 2, 2006, 12:01 AM
Let me guess. You were going to say that Mr. Knapp isn't a competition shooter, he's an exhibition shooter. Nah, probably not. ;)
"He has performed throughout Europe and the Mid-East covering as many as 14 Countries in 4 months! Tom has been performing for the public since 1987"
"those guides down in Argentina"
I've never been there, but I'd like to go - and shoot a 8# 12 ga. gas gun and my 28 ga. Guerini. :) The one I'd want to take right now is the 1100 Competition. I hate the way it looks, but it fits me just right. Of course, I'm sitting here looking at a SX-1 thinking I've already got a great gun. Ah, it's only money.
Why's everybody so touchy about their favorite brand? It's not like somebody insulted your dog.
I suppose I don't care because I own enough different brands I can't get really offended.
December 2, 2006, 09:38 AM
I own a Benelli M1 and two Beretta 391's, and thus have some experience with both brands. It depends on what you plan on primarily using the gun for - hunting or clays. If hunting, the SBE. If clays, the Extrema. If a lot of both, the Extrema. Both have the shim system for adjusting the stock. The Extrema will definitely be the softer shooter.
Both are excellent guns. Neither has had jamming problems (or anything else) through a lot of hunting, and, in the case of the 391's, an awful lot of clays shooting. If a 391 is jamming after 75 - 100 shots, it has not been cleaned properly. Mine routinely go 500 - 1,000 rounds between cleanings, and I don't have any problems with them jamming. Tell your friend to run it wet with Breakfree CLP.
December 2, 2006, 09:54 AM
If the choice is between the SBE and Xtrema 2 then we are discussing 3-1/2" waterfowling guns. The choice is between a gun that is simple and robust that kicks more (Benelli) and one that is more complicated, kicks less but will work with a wider range of shells (Beretta).
If we are talking clay guns then neither is a good choice. Then your choice is between a gun that is simple and robust that kicks more (Benelli Super Sport) and one that is more complicated, kicks less but will work with a wider range of shells (Beretta 391).
frank c
December 2, 2006, 11:20 AM
I have a browning gold and a winchester SX2,both have been flawless shooting and ejecting all loads I have put threw them.My hunting partner has a Benelli super black eagle and it jams with 2 3/4 target loads most of the time.If I had a choice I would buy the beretta extrema.:)
December 2, 2006, 11:30 AM
+1 for the Beretta.
December 2, 2006, 01:22 PM
forgot to say, talking about waterfowl, occasional clay shooting, but mainly waterfowl
December 2, 2006, 01:47 PM
Benelli all the way. I have never owned a Beretta shotgun, but two buddies have - before they sold them and bought Benellis. :D I can think of 4 other guys that sold their autos after shooting my Benelli. They are just that good.
As someone else mentioned in this thread - to say that Benellis don't hold up is laughable. Their longevity is legendary in the dove fields of South America. They are also preferred by many north of the border guides that hunt in the cold, mud and guck.
December 2, 2006, 06:52 PM
Bruce Buck on the Argentina Gun:
"There is certainly no shortage of 20-gauge autos to pick from. Currently, the most popular in Argentina are the Beretta 391s. They have the reputation of reliably handling a wide variety of ammunition. I won't say they never break, because everything does, but they are very, very good. The 391 also can _ a long time between cleanings, which is a big help when you consider that you can shoot four flats of shells in a couple of hours. I've used 391s in Argentina several times and, other than one loose stock bolt, have never had a moment's trouble. The previous Beretta auto models, such as the 302 and 303 from the 1980s, are equally durable, as is the Browning B-80. This latter gun is mechanically identical to the Beretta 302.
The Benelli M1 Field, Montefeltro and Legacy also are well respected. The short-recoil action kicks more, but in a 20' you won't notice it. What you will notice is that the guns seem to be able to go for months without cleaning, because sooty gas isn't used to operate the action. The good lodges will have someone clean the guns for you each evening, but it never hurts to have a gun that shoots clean. The Benellis are also excellent in rain, just in case you get a rare downpour.
You don't see as many Browning Golds or Remington 1100s, but they are good guns. If you have one of these and enjoy shooting it, by all means bring it. I think that they have less recoil than the Berettas or Benellis. This is particularly noticeable in the 12s, but it's also true of the 20s."
- Bruce Buck is Shooting Sportsman's Gun Review Editor.
Taken from Buck, Bruce. The Argentina Gun. Shooting Sportsman, volume VI, November/December 2004. Down East Enterprise, Inc. USA: November, 2004.
December 2, 2006, 08:32 PM
They are also preferred by many north of the border guides that hunt in the cold, mud and guck.
I AM north of the border and often work with guides who hunt in the cold, muck and guck.
Sorry to burst your balloon but they don't prefer Benellis. What they prefer is the Remington 870 (pre J-lock editions only). Some of the older guides however still stick to the Model 12. One has an Auto 5 but he's considered a bit odd. ;)
December 2, 2006, 09:01 PM
well, today i shot my dad's sbe2 and it weighed a lot less than the 11-87 super mag. a lot less than our 1100. a lot less than the 20 gauge and a lot less than the 12 gauge, pump browning (still my favorite gun). guess that makes me kind of odd for liking a pump 12 browning but w/e. i think i am gonna get the sbe2 though after having shot it. shot excellent. with a modified chocke at 50 yards, you could see the perfect circle where they were hitting. ill still use the browning from time to time though, excellent guns. and i know your gonna say, "well why then don't you get a browning?", and thats mainly cause i want a gun with no kick and thats light, because i shoot so much at one time. (might shoot a lot but i dont hit a lot :banghead: ) thsx for the support guys. i problably would have gotten the beretta except for the fact that its like 2 pounds heavier than the benelli. still... i got till i want, since im the one buying it, no hurry
December 2, 2006, 09:07 PM
What great threads- I've been considering a Benelli or something of the sort and the best reply is I'll stick to another pump old reliable 870 or the early version of the Sears J. C. Higgins that my mon bought my dad in 1950 or so. I'll stay with a pump
December 3, 2006, 09:07 AM
"i problably would have gotten the beretta except for the fact that its like 2 pounds heavier than the benelli"
You're exaggerating a little there - about a pound and a half. The SBEII runs 7.2-7.3 pounds. The last 1100 I weighed (last Sat., made in 1986), weighed almost 8 pounds. My SX-2 Waterfowl is lighter. The rest of the current 12 ga. duck guns I've looked at in the past 2 months were all 7.25 to 7.8 pounds.
The heaviest Extrema2 on the chart at the Beretta site is 7.8 pounds.
December 3, 2006, 11:44 AM
I've never shot a Benelli, so I can't say anything about them. I do own a Xtrema2, and I love it. I've never had problems with it "jamming" even after running 400 rounds through it in a day. It will cycle anything, from the el cheapo walmart #7.5 stuff (in fact, thats 99% of my Extrema2's diet), to nuclear 3.5" loads.
Its a very soft shooter as well, I have new shooters try it out, and they love it as well.
December 5, 2006, 12:21 AM
Sorry to burst your balloon but they don't prefer Benellis. What they prefer is the Remington 870 (pre J-lock editions only). Some of the older guides however still stick to the Model 12. One has an Auto 5 but he's considered a bit odd.
No worries, my baloon is intact.
I mentioned the "north guides" in reference to goose guides I have spoken with. I talked to several a few years ago in preparing for a hunt and they all provided SBEs to their clients that did not bring their own guns.
December 5, 2006, 01:13 AM
+1 to SShooterz!
but between the benelli and the beretta, probably go with the benelli, i've wanted one for a while but the american guns just work too darn good for cheap. how clean they're said to run (i've never taken one apart to check for myself, cleaning my own guns is enough thanks) is a definite selling point. they also have the most innovative ways of reducing recoil it seems, although i've heard people debate this in terms of whether or not it actually works better than simpler methods.
November 29, 2008, 05:50 PM
I created an account specifically to give my own .02. I bought a SBE II Comfortech. I "broke" it in using the biggest baddest rounds I could find, I put about 50 rounds down the barrel of the big stuff. I then took it out again and did the same thing. Today I took it to shoot skee. 3 Fail to loads in in 3 boxes of ammo it did not cycle 2 3/4 8oz shot. I heard this happens on light loads. I didn't pay close to 1500 dollars for a gun that will only shoot heavy loads. I am going to clean the heck out of it oil it up and try the heavy load break in one more time. If that doesn't work I will have a lightly used SBE II for sale or trade for an extrema II.
November 30, 2008, 02:49 AM
Beretta. I am not even a closet masochist. I have shot 3-1/2" out of a Mossberg and an SBE. Memorable, but not enjoyable. Everytime I think my 3" non-steel, non-toxic shells are too high, I remember that experience.
'Course I don't need anything more for waterfowl between my 1100 and my Wingmaster.
November 30, 2008, 03:30 AM
Unfortunately, Lo4t you did buy a 1500 dollar gun that will only shoot light loads. And with the exception of a few....exceptions no 3 1/2 autoloader will handle every load equally. It will handle the heavy ones ultra reliably and the light ones finickily.
Whats the price for teh SBE2 going to be? Im sure not going to buy it.
After you get that Extrema 2 you might as well put it up for sale to because reliability is already in question.
If you want a shotgun that is going to shoot light loads get a pump or a 3in model.
November 30, 2008, 04:55 AM
All this thread tells you is that they are both great guns, buy the one YOU like.
FWIW I'd buy the M2 Benelli, I own one and am very pleased with it, and I prefer the slightly less "futuristic" look of it, compared to the SBE.
November 30, 2008, 05:09 AM
Holy thread-revival, Batman! four days short of two years. Clever work.
January 20, 2009, 03:18 PM
I just wanted to say I LOVE my Xtrema2.
That's all
January 20, 2009, 04:48 PM
I've put 18000 round personally through my Benelli M2 in about 3 years and it looks and works pretty much like brand new.
Thats a fair testamonial.
November 14, 2009, 07:36 AM
Been a lurker for a while but decided to do my sign up and do my first post. I owned a SBE2 for 2 years now. Here are my pros and cons. I hunt pigeon in the summer (75-100 rounds of 2 3/4 #71/2s) and I hunt ducks 2-3 times a week in the Northeast US (using BlackCloud 3" #2 or 3s)
Pros - super light weight, comfortable and easy to shoulder, real easy to clean, great customer service at the benelliusa
Cons - has problem cycling second shell often (this is more obvious when it is raining or snowing, kicks like a mule which isnt a problem with many layers on but shooting pigeon in the Summer makes your shoulder sore
Do like the feel of gun but I am looking elsewhere, sick of rushing my first shot on ducks and then NOT having a second because the dam gun is jammed!
My SBE2 has been sent back already and factory cleaned...maybe I just have a dud :(
November 17, 2009, 06:48 AM
Pump-Remington 870
November 17, 2009, 08:24 AM
If I don't care about gun weight much, the Extrema 2 with Kick-Off. It's not a lightweight, but a gas-operated shotgun with the shock absorber in the butt is going to be about as comfortable to shoot with waterfowl loads as anything ever made.
I'd like a Benelli lightweight 20 for birds in the mountains. But I own 2 semi Berettas so far, and apart from that one specialized niche, that's all I am particularly interested in buying in the future. They work from day 1, they shoot soft, and they cycle anything.
November 17, 2009, 08:29 AM
Holy thread-revival, Batman! four days short of two years.
Make it three.
This one is not without humor. It's interesting how some things have changed in three years. I was also wanting a 105CTi in 2006. I've since given up on that.
November 17, 2009, 09:36 AM
I shot an Xtrema 2 and me SBE 2 side by side this weekend on a hunting trip. Recoil seemed smoother with the gas system but it was negligable when focusing on a duck. For me it boils down to the SBE II just fits me better.
November 17, 2009, 09:37 AM
I shoot with a couple of friends that use the SBE. It seems to do just fine with heavier loads, but does not like lighter target loads. I've seen both of their guns jam up shooting clays.
Me? I love my Super X2.
November 17, 2009, 09:50 AM
Mine has functioned properly for years without a hitch. Lightweight but waterfouls and does Phesant like a laser.
Whats not to like?
November 17, 2009, 10:46 AM
Lightweight but waterfouls
It craps in the water? Isn't that against Fish and Game regs or something?
July 10, 2010, 01:23 AM
I own a Beretta 1201f 12 guage shotgun. This is the best gun i have ever owned. I have had it for 18 years and it has only jammed twice. Once when iwas hunting in 9 degree weather and had used a water based lubricant on my shotgun and it froze. The other time i was hunting and i accidentally dropped my gun in the sand, i tried to clean it out as best as possible and it fired fine after one jam. i have put my beretta through hell and has not failed me yet. This gun will last a lifetime and is the best shotgun i have ever owned. I own a benelli as well but the beretta is definitely my absolute favorite.
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eptember 28, 1998
Horsewhispering workshops set
Horse whisperer Frank Bell will be holding workshops for horses and riders at Starbird Creek Stables in Mt. Vernon on
Oct. 9, 10 and 11 from noon-4 p.m.
Bell's clinics teach a "7-step step safety system" and help with bonding and confidence building.
This workshop will deal with shying, pull-back, trailer loading, standing, backing, bonding, premounting, nervousness, hard mouth, desensitization and more.
Each workshop can handle 18 riders with manageable horses at $300 each. Spectators at $20 per day. Unmanageable horses can be worked with in private sessions.
In July, demonstrations and workshops were held in Monroe and Duvall to benefit the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association.
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Matthew 14:3-21 ~ "And All Ate and Were Filled"
IT HAD BEEN A BAD WEEK FOR JESUS. He had visited Nazareth, his hometown, but they had given him the cold shoulder. They couldn't believe that someone from their own village, someone so well known to them, might be called by God to be a great teacher and healer. They were so cold to Jesus that he could not do any miracles there. He left, saying that a prophet is not without honor except in his own country.
Then the week got worse. John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin, who had baptized Jesus, was beheaded by Herod Antipas. And more bad news: Herod was wondering if Jesus were John the Baptist back from the dead. Would Herod come for Jesus too? "Now when Jesus heard (all) this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place." He needed time to regroup, time to grieve, time away from the pressing crowds that always wanted a piece of him. No such luck. The people heard about the beheading and about Jesus getting away. They found him and brought more of their sick for him to heal, though Jesus was exhausted, grieving, and in danger.
No one would have blamed him if he had told the disciples, "Not today. I just need one day. Send them away." But when Jesus saw the crowd coming, he had compassion for them. He gathered up what little strength he had left and waded back into the crowd, loving them, healing them, and teaching them.
It must have been painful for the disciples to watch, knowing the state their teacher was in. When it got late, they came to Jesus and said, "Send them away. Let them get something to eat."
"They need not leave; you give them something to eat."
"All we have is five loaves and two fish."
Then Jesus gave two astonishing imperatives: "Bring them to me. Have everyone sit down for dinner."
Then Jesus did something totally absurd. He took that little bit of food as if it were enough. He looked up to heaven and blessed the bread. He broke the bread and gave it out as if it were enough to feed the crowd. It was an absurd gesture.
Then the gospel simply reports, "And all ate and were filled." In one verse we have gone from the absurd to the amazing. No drama, no fireworks, just "all ate and were filled." I doubt that the crowd fully realized what was happening; they were just happy to eat. But the disciples knew. It was like the time they had gone with Jesus to Cana, where the wedding party was about to run out of wine. There was no dramatic incantation that day either, only filling the jars with water and serving them to the guests, who enjoyed the best wine of the evening. They didn't realize the miracle amongst them either. But the disciples did. How quietly and mysteriously it happened: "And all ate and were filled."
There are many miracles and signs and mighty works reported by the four gospels. But this is the only miracle that is reported by all four gospels. They all remembered this one. It was an unforgettable moment of Jesus' radical trust in God and Jesus' challenging trust in other people. He looked up to God and blessed the bread and trusted God to provide plenty. Then he looked to the disciples and gave them the bread and trusted them to give it to everyone else.
That's how it's done: in extraordinary miracles, in everyday miracles. We give Jesus what little we have. Jesus takes, blesses, breaks, and gives it back to us to give to others. And miraculously we end up with more than we had before.
It was a miracle based on trust. Jesus trusted God to multiply what little was there; Jesus trusted his followers to pass it on. Trust is what makes miracles possible among us now: our trust in Jesus, our trust in others. When we trust the Lord and other people, miracles happen, everyday miracles, and sometimes extraordinary miracles.
It had been a bad week for Jesus. He was exhausted. He was in grief. He was in danger. He just didn't have much left. But he gave what little he had left to God, who turned it into the most memorable mighty work of his ministry.
IT HAD BEEN A BAD LIFE FOR FIVE YEAR OLD ADDIE. She had the awful luck of being born into the poorest nation in the hemisphere, Haiti. Then her parents were killed in a traffic accident. Addie had no family left.
Then a couple named Fred and Cheryl came to Haiti to adopt Addie. They took Addie to the airport. Together they walked across the tarmac to board a plane for home. As they walked, that tiny orphan reached up and slipped her hands into the hands of her new parents. What innocent, fearless trust. Fred and Cheryl would from then on remember that amazing moment of trust as Addie's "birth moment" into their family.
They brought Addie home to Arizona, where she had two big brothers waiting for her. They had their first supper together. Addie had never seen a table with so much food. She watched the two teenage boys fill and refill their places. The food on the table was disappearing quickly. Addie became quiet. She looked disturbed.
Cheryl guessed what was wrong and took Addie to the kitchen, where she showed her that there was plenty of food left. In Haiti, an empty table might have meant the last meal for a day or two or more. But Cheryl showed her the extra bread in the bread box. She opened the refrigerator and showed more milk and juice and vegetables there. She took the little girl's hands and placed in them bread and eggs and potatoes and onions and squash, so that Addie could feel for herself that there was plenty left over and know that she would never be hungry again. (a story from Eugene Peterson, who knew Fred and Cheryl)
It was all a matter of trust. Fred and Cheryl had trusted in the Lord that adopting Addie was the right thing to do. Addie had put her trust in them by putting her little hands in theirs before they got on the airplane. Now Cheryl was putting food into her little hands so that she could trust that she would never be hungry again. And all of it was bound up in trust that God was providing for all of them everything they needed.
Just as Jesus trusted in the Lord and other people so that thousands were fed, so Addie and Fred and Cheryl were learning to trust in the Lord and in other people too.
IT'S BEEN A BAD TIME IN WILSON THESE DAYS. And not just this week, but for a long time. Thirty to forty percent of the children in our town are not sure where their next meal is coming from.
We wonder why. My first thought is to picture welfare families repeating a tragic cycle of few opportunities and poor decisions. But I'm learning that the hungry are not just welfare families. Most of the hungry are working families, in which at least one adult does have a job.
The film that was recently shown, "A Place at the Table," told not only about a welfare mother in Philadelphia, but also about a cowboy in the Rockies, and a police officer in Colorado, who could not earn enough to feed their families. Viewers of the film gasped. We saw children in school so hungry that they could think of nothing but food, much less learning their multiplication tables.
To try to meet this need, the ministries of churches and charities have exploded. A generation ago there were only a few hundred food pantries and food banks in the nation. Now there are tens of thousands of such ministries and projects. But still there are hungry people. So the film encourages us as citizens to be active stewards of our political powers as well as our personal resources. Hungry families need help from not just the private sector but the public sector too.
But not even government is the ultimate solution. We go back to what Jesus did on that day he was surrounded by thousands of hungry people. He looked up to heaven for help from God, and he looked to his disciples to give him a hand. He trusted in the Lord and other people.
That's what we can do. Trust in the Lord and other people.
Like the disciples, we can give to the Lord what we have, our resources, our citizenship, even if what we have seems totally inadequate compared to the need. We give it to the Lord, and then we watch the Lord take and bless and break and give. We watch the Lord give it back to us and so that we can give it to the crowds.
Throughout Wilson, there are people who are doing that, trusting in the Lord and other people, giving what they have to the Lord and letting him bless it, and then the Lord handing it back to give to the crowds. There are Hope Station and the Soup Kitchen and Home Delivered Meals and Chew and Home Run for Hunger and the summer food drive and a whole network of ministries. And thank God we now see fewer school children going hungry on the weekends. Some of those children are not shy about finding out who did this and thanking them.
How does this happen? Because of trust. Trust in Jesus, the Messiah who satisfies the hunger of our bodies and souls. Trust that if we give our little bit, he will take it and bless it and break it and then give it back to us, to give to others. And it will turn out to be more than we ever dreamed. And then, when all is done, we are surprised to find that our own baskets are overflowing, with food, with blessing, with joy.
– Douglas E. Murray


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The opening task of this year's Apprentice literally started with a blank canvas as the two teams – boys versus girls – were asked to design and manufacture their own custom-print products and sell them to an unsuspecting public. (Or as unsuspecting as the public can be when greeted by eight business-suited people being followed around by a camera crew.)
The girls focussed on the creative rather than the commercial aspects of the task. Jade sketched stylish child-targeted animal designs, but project manager Gabrielle failed to provide clear direction around volumes and costings. By comparison, Nick adopted a margin and price-led approach, leaving design as a last-minute afterthought. And it showed, as the boys trotted out clichéd images of Union Jack teddy bears and London phone boxes, buses and taxis.
The girls turned out beautifully produced and professional-looking products, while the boys' looked like something produced by nursery children. So, of course, the boys won in spite of their failings as they accumulated nearly three times as much profit as the girls.
The girls were let down by in-fighting and a haphazard approach to sales, which at one stage involved badgering a shop assistant by talking to her simultaneously in increasingly loud and shrill voices until she was on the verge of tears. Fittingly, it was Bilyana who was fired after talking herself into trouble in the boardroom. She claimed that "whatever I get my hands on, I have an impact". Sadly the same can be said of nitroglycerine, which has a similarly destructive impact, and she became the first casualty of the boardroom.
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Entrepreneur, wine connoisseur, heartthrob and TV star. The traits of Tom Gearing make the 23-year-old sound more James Bond than Apprentice...
Tom was in control and implemented a risky strategy of quality and desirability of product over quantity. This proved to be a winning strategy and his experience shone through...Tom understood the task and remained confident with the risks he took. Demonstrating drive and determinism as well as competitiveness and knowledge
What an enigmatic bloke! He is very quietly spoken with remarkable composure, which means that when he does talk people listen to him. And he is bright, a strategist, thoughtful.
Tom shot to stardom for being the best dressed man on television (pretty much single handedly bringing back the tie clip in the process), but more poignantly for showing business wisdom and entrepreneurial nous way beyond his years.
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The summary below is from the full report titled "Comparison of Treatment Strategies in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. A Randomized Trial." It is in the 20 March 2007 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 146, pages 406-415). The authors are Y.P.M. Goekoop-Ruiterman, J.K. de Vries-Bouwstra, C.F. Allaart, D. van Zeben, P.J.S.M. Kerstens, J.M.W. Hazes, A.H. Zwinderman, A.J. Peeters, J.M. de Jonge-Bok, C. Mallée, W.M. de Beus, P.B.J. de Sonnaville, J.A.P.M. Ewals, F.C. Breedveld, and B.A.C. Dijkmans.
Rheumatoid arthritis causes inflammation of the joints and often produces pain, deformity, and disability. The cause of the disease is unknown, but doctors know that the disease produces inflammation of the joint surfaces where the cartilage-covered ends of the bones rub against each another as the joint bends. Prolonged inflammation damages the joint and produces permanent changes in its structure. Doctors have used many medications to decrease joint inflammation and have been successful in managing the disease. Although some of that success has been achieved by using progressively more powerful disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and medications that control inflammation, success also seems to be due in part to the way that doctors use combinations of these medications. To determine the best ways of treating rheumatoid arthritis early in the course of the disease, researchers began a study (known as the BeSt study) of patients who were treated with 1 of 4 plans. Group 1 received a single drug that was changed to another powerful drug every 3 months until the disease was controlled. Group 2 also started therapy with a single drug that was progressively stepped-up to combination therapy until control was achieved. Group 3 received combination therapy and high-dose prednisone until control was achieved. Group 4 received combination therapy and a new drug (infliximab) that blocks the body's ability to develop inflammation. In all groups, therapy was adjusted every 3 months until there was adequate disease control. Medication doses were reduced in all groups once the disease was controlled. Results during the first year showed that although all groups improved, groups 3 and 4 had more rapid control of the disease and had less damage to the joints than did groups 1 and 2.
To find out whether improvement could be maintained during the second year of treatment and what medication adjustments needed to be made for each group.
508 patients who participated in the first year of the BeSt study.
Patients were evaluated every 3 months by using a standardized scoring system known as the disease activity score. Evaluation of disease activity was done by a nurse who did not know the patient's treatment group. Changes in medication were made by doctors on the basis of the disease activity score and the group to which the patient was assigned.
Improvement was maintained in all groups during the second year. By the end of the study, about one third of patients in groups 1, 2, and 3 and about half of the patients in group 4 had reached disease control with their first medication and needed only 1 drug. Eventually, all groups had clinical improvement.
The patients and the physicians knew which treatment the patients were receiving.
Modern drug therapy can effectively control rheumatoid arthritis. Combination therapy produces more rapid disease control and probably limits joint damage more effectively than does therapy with a single drug.
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The union cabinet Thursday approved extension of financial assistance to Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) to meet the dredging expenditure incurred for maintaining the river channel.
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Burmese Python Just Freaked Out It's Swallowed The Entire Toddler
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Atlanta's Forecast: Freezing rain and sleet in the morning...then a chance of freezing rain and sleet in the afternoon. Sleet accumulation up to 2 inches. Total snow accumulation up to 5 inches.
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More like 8 inches
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"Obviously, the goal is to get the ball to the playmakers," said head coach Phillip Fulmer, whose team returns to the practice field Tuesday after a week off for spring break. "Establishing those during the course of spring practice will be important."
The competition behind Foster at running back should be really intense. Rising junior Montario Hardesty ran for 373 yards last fall and has the most experience among the reserve tailbacks but has durability issues. Rising sophomore Lennon Creer averaged 5.9 yards per carry last fall but rushed just 36 times in 14 games. Redshirt freshman Daryl Vereen and mid-term freshman enrollee Tauren Poole have never played in a college game. Redshirt freshman Josh Hawkins is sidelined by injury.
There's a logjam of contenders at wide receiver, too.
Austin Rogers and Josh Briscoe caught 56 passes each last fall but averaged just 11.1 and 9.9 yards per reception, respectively. Quintin Hancock caught 16 balls and Gerald Jones caught 11 but they averaged just 10.3 and 10.1 per catch, respectively. Other than Taylor, who averaged 13.7 yards per reception, the only wideouts who exhibited a big-play knack last fall were Denarius Moore (14 catches, 212 yards, 15.1 per catch) and Kenny O'Neal (2 catches, 59 yards, 29.5 per catch). Freshmen Ahmad Paige, Todd Campbell and Tyler Maples are looking to showcase their playmaking skills in spring scrimmages after redshirting last fall.
Fulmer believes the Vols have several proven playmakers, singling out what he called "the obvious ones – Arian Foster, Josh Briscoe, Austin Rogers and Gerald Jones to some degree."
When drills resume on Tuesday, the head man will be scouring the practice field, in his words "to see what those other guys can do … Montario Hardesty, if he can stay healthy … obviously those young backs like Lennon Creer and Daryl Vereen.
"And I'm excited about seeing what Tauren Poole can do," Fulmer added. "He's brand new to the program but he hasn't blinked in the offseason program and has actually been establishing himself as a leader out there."


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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina wants a federal judge to rule in the state's favor in a lawsuit seeking to keep viable a nuclear reactor fuel project at the Savannah River Site near Aiken.
Attorney General Alan Wilson has asked for a decision without a trial.
The state is suing the U.S. Energy Department to keep the government from defunding a multi-billion dollar project to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial reactor fuel. Gov. Nikki Haley says the closure of the mixed-oxide fuel project would harm an international nonproliferation agreement and eliminate hundreds of jobs.
The MOX project is to help the United States fulfill an agreement with Russia to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium.
The Obama administration intends to mothball the project, which is billions of dollars over budget. Wilson says that's unconstitutional.


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Software Architecture Explained
What is Software Architecture ?
Software architecture is an elusive term. The
of CMU recognizes that much that there's no generally agreed definition for Software Architecture although they are the primary promoters of software architecture
. It competes semantically with the notion of
, it is threatened in its legitimacy by the resurrection and acceptance of geek culture as in
/ Agile. The best approach to such an elusive concept is the tried and true
I know one, when I see one
Approaching it loosely we can say that the software architecture acitivity is some part of the
activity, it is related to design decisions early in the SoftwareDevelopmentStack
, those decisions will constrain the activities upwards on the stack such as design and coding. It is important to note that not all software projects and not all software artifacts have a need for something pompuously called
. Some projects may have a recognizable software architecture but a "no big deal" software architecture (in the sense that if it was your business, you wouldn't hire a full-time
to be the gatekeeper of architecture). While other projects have a full blown software architecture, with a full time software architect or an architecture team in charge of maintaining it. It is important to distinguish those situations.
Examples of software systems with a notable software architecture: Oracle RDBMS, Google, Yahoo shopping, .NET framework, JVM, gnu compiler collection, Microsoft Office, JakartaTomcat
, ApacheHttpServer
, business software suites like SAP, Oracle Financials, etc.
Examples of software for which talking of an "architecture" is too much: JUnit, an XML parser, a command line utilities like diff, sort, cat, gzip, etc.
Examples of somewhere in-between: your average custom developped business system (including web projects), an average wiki engine.
So what does an architecture consist of ?
A software architecture consists of a set of decisions in the large:
Some decisions that affect primarily the structure of the software system on a large scale -- or coarse granularity. The decomposition in subsystems and components, and the connectors between those element.
For example
database management system will have of a supervisor process who will fork/exec for each database client, and the worker processes who will cooperatively use Possix
and interprocess communication primitives to access the buffer/cache database disk area and logging.
Some decisions in the practice of software architecture establish general patterns to follow at the lower level.
For example it is decided that all the modules in the project will be written in Java with the exception of command line utilities to be written in Perl. Or that all modules should expose their services through SOAP, and should have WSDL definition.
Some architectural decision reflect the structure of data/information to be processed by the system if suich is non-trivial.
For example, the layout of rows in the database pages in PotgreSql
involving the decision to use versioning of rows and perform garbage collection of unused entries only on demand. In the architecture of business software the E/R view of the information processed in the system, and relational schema(s) may be considered part of the architecture of the system
What are the problems related to software architecture ?
The most famous problem related to
. Anecdotal evidence suggests that there can be a lot of problems with architects who take decisions at high level without having to suffer directly the consequences of their decisions. This creates anymosity between developers and architects. To alleviate this problem, some projects have an architect involved in the development (especially in the most critical parts of the code), or for more complex project the architect should be somebody who's programming competence is unquestionable (on the level of
). It is important for project manager to realize when a project is not on the size of say Oracle RDBMS or an Operating Systems and the architect cannot justify his usually high pay just by sitting on top of architecture documents (UML diagrams, Powerpoints, Word docs, etc). Even in some software projects of the largest scale (such as Linux OS) the architects are having their hands full with coding activities (implementation, code review, debugging, etc).
Yes, SoftwareArchitects
should also code. Since
you should code
to find those lies. Another problem with
is the fact that there are also multiple ArchitecturalViews
. Each view shows a set of different decisions in the large, either decisions about
, infrastructure, interfaces with other systems, or something else. You have to figure out how the views relate to each other. One of my main interests is ConceptualArchitectures
. A ConceptualArchitecture
is similar to a
in XP. It facilitates communication and still leaves room for different implementations. --
As a curiosity for c2 site I do not believe in TestDrivenAnything
, especially not in
, but YMMV. Though I believe in tests and
. In a test driven project there is certainly value in the architect writing the tests, but then test driven processes don't quite have an "architect".--Costin
Another recognized problem with
(and architects) is that is more voodoo
. As such architects (especially the AchitectsDontCode
kind) may fall into Dijkstra's prediction: "software engineering is the art of how to program when you can't". Many architectural decisions are the product of informal reasoning based on personal experience and some literature but may have some far fetching consequences. The antidote to that is that critical decisions should be advised by prototyping and measurements and/or the system should allow for easy change later in the project should any problem be identified (architecture refactoring).
Architecture is to Construction as Strategy is to Tactics:
Architecture: This is how we will do it.
Construction: This is how we will do it
this time
Blame the deficiencies of this page on
("software architect"), waiting for others to share some of it. See
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NEW YORK -- The Yankees announced today that they will wear black armbands for the remainder of the season in honor of Ralph Houk, the former Yankees backup catcher, manager and general manager, who died yesterday at his home in Winter Haven, Fla. He was 90.
The armband will be worn on the left sleeves of the Yankees' uniforms, below a patch honoring longtime public address announcer Bob Sheppard. Houk will also be honored with a moment of silence tonight before the Yankees face the Royals at Yankee Stadium.
"Ralph Houk was a leader in every sense of the word," the organization said in a statement "In addition to his contributions to this organization for over 20 years, which included managing the Yankees to three consecutive pennants and two world championships in 1961 and '62, 'The Major' was a World War II hero, leading his men in the Battle of the Bulge, and earning a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Silver Star. His contributions to Baseball, the New York Yankees, and our country, will be forever remembered and recognized.
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On-campus students who choose to pursue dual degrees must be admitted separately to the MPA program and to the companion program. Dual-degree programs have been established with law, planning, information/library science, and social work. Advisors in both degree programs must approve the joint plan.
Master of Public Administration and Juris Doctor
The combined degrees of Master of Public Administration and Juris Doctor (MPA/JD) may be earned by enrollment in the UNC-Chapel Hill Master of Public Administration program and the School of Law. The dual-degree program requires four years of class work, along with a 10-week summer internship. Admission to the MPA Program and the Law School must be gained independently through separate application to each program.
For more information about the UNC Law School, visit http://www.law.unc.edu or call 919.962.5106.
Master of Public Administration and Master of City and Regional Planning
The combined program in public administration and planning at UNC-Chapel Hill provides students two complementary, but complete and distinct, areas of training. The MRP requirements ensure preparation in core planning knowledge and skills. The MPA requirements ensure preparation in core management knowledge and techniques, such as budgeting and public finance, human resource management, and program evaluation.
For more information about City and Regional Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/dcrpweb/ or call 919.962.3983.
Master of Public Administration and Master of Social Work
The combined program in public administration and social work is designed to prepare students for public service leadership roles in the human services. The program will ensure that candidates for the dual degree have two complementary, but complete and distinct, areas of professional competence. The MSW requirements ensure mastery of foundation social work knowledge, values and skills. The MPA requirements ensure mastery of core public management knowledge and techniques.
For more information about the UNC School of Social Work, visit http://ssw.unc.edu/ or call 919.962.1225.
Master of Public Administration and Information and Library Science
The MPA/MSIS and MPA/MSLS dual-degree programs are designed to prepare students for the significant information management tasks/issues/policies they will confront in a public sector career. The MPA requirements ensure mastery of core public management knowledge and techniques. The MSIS and MSLS requirements prepare students for a career in the field of information and library science.
For more information about the School of Information and Library Science, visit http://sils.unc.edu/about or call 919.962.8366.
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Students with a special interest in public policy have the option of declaring a public policy concentration within the MPA Program or seeking a Graduate Minor through the Department of Public Policy. Those choosing to declare a public policy concentration will select elective courses offered by the Department of Public Policy and other electives as approved by the Course of Study. Those choosing to pursue a Graduate Minor will take courses prescribed by the Department of Public Policy, primarily within that department.
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Most courses offered by the faculty of the MPA Program focus on public administration from a government perspective. Generations of students with nonprofit management aspirations have found the lessons of government enlightening and useful to their own careers. Many have supplemented these lessons with elective courses focusing more specifically on nonprofit management, only a few of which are offered within the MPA program. Other nonprofit elective options available to MPA students are offered by departments at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and North Carolina State University.
Among the structured options is the Nonprofit Leadership Certificate, which prepares graduate students for leadership roles in North Carolina's rapidly growing nonprofit sector. The certificate provides an in-depth examination of leadership issues within human services, education, the arts, and other nonprofit organizations. Emphasis is on leadership and management, resource development, financial management, and law, governance and ethics.
The Nonprofit leadership Certificate is a campus-wide program that draws upon the expertise of faculty from the University's schools of business, information and library science, law, social work, and the School of Government, as well as from professionals in the nonprofit community, public agencies, foundations, and business. The certificate is intended primarily for students who are currently enrolled in a graduate program at UNC.
For more information about the Nonprofit Leadership Certificate, visit http://uncnonprofit.web.unc.edu/author/despard/ If you are interested in or have questions about the certificate, email Clinical Associate Professor Mat Despard or call him at (919) 962-6467.


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Last Train Home
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Set against the backdrop of the world's largest annual human migration, Last Train Home follows the Zhang family who travel home on Chinese New Year to reunite with their teenage daughter.
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The Mosuo Sisters
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Two spirited daughters from China's last remaining matrilineal ethnic minority are thrust into the worldwide economic downturn when they lose the only jobs they've ever known.
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Motherland Afghanistan
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In Motherland Afghanistan, Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi journeys to the heart of this medical tragedy by following her father's return to Afghanistan to battle one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.
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Pickles, Inc.
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In the Israeli Arab village of Tamra, eight widows challenge social conventions and establish the Azka Pickle Cooperative, seeking financial independence for themselves and their children.
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Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty
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Explore the history of grand schemes to eradicate poverty, through a combination of animation, archival material, live action, anecdote, and humor.
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In Kanpur, India, a city with 15 hour power outages, a nimble young electrician provides Robin Hood-style services to the poor. Meanwhile, the first female chief of the electricity utility company is on a mission to dismantle the illegal connections, for good.
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Abu Ammar, one of thousands of ex-Mujahideen in Jordan, now struggles to support his family on his meager earnings from recycling discarded cardboard. After years of fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan, Ammar struggles with his faith and the social realities of life in the hometown of the infamous al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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So Phil Noble and the College of Charleston had this idea to ask some really smart, successful people how to fix the state.
Because, despite what you've heard, it's not a great day in South Carolina for everybody.
The result is a series of video interviews with historians, novelists, a NASA administrator, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve and a few really innovative entrepreneurs. They call it Envision South Carolina. As in, envision South Carolina as a place where we didn't have to say, "Thank God for Mississippi."
These folks say all the right things — that fixing education and improving health care and quality of life would help the state's economy by attracting more business. They talk about the lofty notion of investing in people.
Well, they can talk all they want, and now some of these folks even have the preposterous notion that the state might actually implement some of their ideas.
That's not going to happen, because our state officials don't care what a bunch of progressive Democrats say.
In fact, they plain ol' just don't care.
We're No. 49!
Noble had the idea of doing this project as a way to "energize people."
Maybe, he thought, all this would turn into a book — a blueprint for the state's future. But now, many of the people he interviewed, as well as his audience, are asking the same question: How do we actually do something?
Good question. Noble is not naïve enough to think they could actually change the world, or even the state.
"We know what to do, we know what the problems are," he says. "The politicians keep it from happening."
This is the same problem underscored in the "Forgotten South Carolina" series published by The Post and Courier. Everyone knows what needs to be done, but no one has the, uh, brass to do it.
See, it is much easier to get elected by telling gullible voters that the solution to every problem — be it recruiting business or lowering homeowners' insurance — is cutting taxes on the rich.
How's that working out for you, South Carolina?
If it's broke ...
Some people might think it's a bit harsh, or cynical, to say that our state's elected leaders don't care about our most pressing problems.
Maybe they do — they just don't care enough to expend any political capital to fix it.
Because truth is, the average low-information voter doesn't care about "investing in our future" or want to hear a lot of hooey about how a rising tide lifts all boats. They just want to hear that their property taxes aren't going up $50 a year.
And that's the problem.
The solution here is not to let our best and brightest ramble on about our problems, but to let them run the state.
But that's not going to happen. Unfortunately, South Carolina's biggest problem is not education or health care — it's a bunch of people who don't care enough about the state or its residents to make unpopular decisions. Our voters elect enablers, not leaders. Somebody should talk about how to fix that.
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Despite his sold-out concerts, multiplatinum albums and two Grammys, Michael Bublé didn't really feel alive until he met Luisana Lopilato at an afterparty following one of his concerts in 2008. "I've been asleep for 33 years," he told PEOPLE in 2009, "and now I'm up."
Consider Sleeping Bublé wide-awake: On March 31 he and Lopilato, 23, tied the knot in a civil ceremony in her native Buenos Aires; the Argentinean actress carried a bouquet of orchids. Afterward, the newlyweds threw a barbecue for friends and family complete with empanadas and pizza in honor of her heritage and his Italian roots. "They have the same sense of the importance of family," says Liz Rosenberg, Bublé's longtime publicist and friend. "They're adorable and madly in love."
With a diamond ring by Vancouver jeweler Minichiello that he helped design, Bublé, 35, popped the question to Lopilato while they visited with her family in South America the year after they began dating. The couple (who also planned to hold a bigger ceremony and reception April 2 in Argentina as well as a party next month in his hometown, Vancouver) love hosting Scrabble nights and dinner parties, taking long bike rides and vegging out to TV marathons. "I had to go through a lot to get here," he said. "But I'm happier than I've ever been in every way."
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Create this great craft for the sports lovers in your life. It's a great way to keep organized with your notes and agendas for the day. This is a great DIY papercraft.
- STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
- Ball, 3", one per memo holder
- Small ceramic magnets (baseball) or wooden clothespin (soccer)
- Smooth-finish paints for foam: white; black (soccer only)
- Red ballpoint pen (baseball only)
- Cardboard, 4" square
- Serrated knife
- Candle stub or paraffin
- Pencil
- Disposable palette
- Ruler
- Medium flat paintbrush
- Water basin
- Paper towels
- Scissors
- Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
- Thick, white craft glue
Note: Adult supervision is required; only an adult should cut foam with serrated knife.
Soccer Ball
- Wax serrated knife with candle stub or paraffin; cut foam ball in half. Reserve one half for second memo clip.
- Refer to photo to lightly draw soccer ball pattern onto curved side of half-ball; each pentagon shape has 1-1/4" sides. Begin at center top and work down, alternating pattern placement. Firmly retrace pencil lines with dull pencil.
- Refer to photo to paint alternating pentagons black; let dry completely. Glue clothespin to center of cardboard square and soccer ball to top of clothespin.
- Firmly press foam ball against work surface to slightly flatten bottom; ball should stand up, not roll.
- Lightly draw a 3"-diameter circle in center of opposite sides of ball; retrace lines with dull pencil.
- Wax serrated knife with candle stub or paraffin; cut ball in half across center of circles. Paint each half-ball white; let dry completely. When dry, use red pen to redraw lines and to add stitching.
- Glue magnets to inside center of each half-ball, being sure to test direction of attraction to ensure proper magnet placement.
- Glue bottom of one half-ball to center of cardboard square. Place message between halves, secured by magnets.
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