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Morsels For The Mind – 13/12/2013
Every day we provide you with #SixIncredibleThingsBeforeBreakfast to nibble away at. Here you can fill your brain with the most intellectually stimulating "amuse bouches" from the past week – a veritable smorgasbord for the cranium. They're all here for you to load up your plate – this week's "Morsels for the mind". Enjoy!
If you do nothing else, make sure to check out the "Reads / views / listens of the week".
Feather, fur & fin – birds, beasts, fishes, and the things they do
Better to burn out than fade away? Or vice versa? 46 species make answering tricksy, as Virginia Gewin reveals. Great read.
Matters of life & death. Amazing look at ageing & mortality, reported by Virginia Hughes.
Constant gardeners. Bonobos key in forest seed dispersal. Their loss to bushmeat a huge ecosystem risk, as Christina Pham reports.
Absence of malice? We & other animals need to know when someone has ill intent. Jason Goldman continues his comparison of humans and other animals.
Aye, robot. Like us, chimpanzees intrigued by & interact with automatons. Barbara King on a fascinating find.
It's been spotted. Rarest big cat, Amur leopard, seen on camera trap. Jason Goldman on a rare observation.
Dogs and cats. Living together. And not getting along. Wolves & cougars.
In for the kill. A tiger downs a gaur. Amazing observation, reported by Ullas Karanth.
Can't bear it. Salmon declines correlated with grizzly stress, as Sarah Zielinski reports.
Grin & bear it. Getting perfect pics of forest giants, by Arjen Drost.
The better to eat you with, my dear. Evolution of fictional wolves. Amazing piece by The 17th Fish, on phylogenetic trees & folk tales. Super explainer. If you haven't already checked out the Scatter Feed blog, where this piece was posted, do so right away. Those folks can write. Read of the week.
Leader of the pack. Like dogs, wolves can learn from human cues. Jason Goldman on the finding and its implications.
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. How do you make dogs' flatulence less pungent? Julie Hecht continues to sniff out the science of canine farts.
No walk in the park? For some dogs, time in the dog park is stressful. Companion Animal Psychology takes a look at the latest evidence.
See Spot run. How your dog can be your running partner. Tips from Martin Love.
The Smiths were wrong. Meat isn't murder. It's torture. Brilliant, if depressing, feature by Paul Solotaroff. Read of the week.
Agony & ivory. We're going to lose elephants if we don't halt illegal animal parts trade. Kate Wong on a dire situation.
Behind by a neck. Okapi, endangered forest giraffe. Sad story, but a great post by Christopher Basu. If you haven't already checked out the Scatter Feed blog, where this piece was posted, do so right away. Those folks can write.
Nice for mice? We must carefully consider how the mouse is used in research. Important ethical issue, sensitively covered by Ken Weiss.
Feigning feistiness. Birds bluff aggressive intent. Philip Ball on amazing avian behaviour.
"The painted Pūkekos never recovered their status; their shields, shrunk for good, were now considered the saddest." Quote by Colin Schultz, from a wonderfully Seussian natural history.
Agents of shield. Bird's facial shield determines perching order.
Sticking it to naysayers. Gator stick use suggests they're more intelligent than thought. Jason Goldman on a find that's no croc (well, it's sort of a croc).
Leapin' lizards! Reptiles breath like birds. Ewen Callaway on a surprising find.
Completely crappy. Tourists giving endangered iguanas diarrhoea. Yeesh. John Platt on tourism that stinks.
Roll with it. Toad rolls like stone to avoid trouble. Heidi Smith Parker gets the story rolling.
Outta sight! How a cavefish rapidly evolved blindness. In an amazing piece of writing, Ed Yong explores an example of the impact of an "evolutionary capacitor". Must read. Read of the week.
Home delivery. Lemon sharks return home to give birth. Rachel Brittin on a surprising migration.
Shaping up. Evolution of sandcastle-building novelty in fish.
Land ho! Terrestrial tricks of a leaping fish. Elizabeth Preston gets the jump on a great story.
Eat up! Want to keep invasive lion fish in check? Put 'em on the menu. Melissa Gaskill reports on the case being made.
Memorable meals. Cuttlefish recall what, when & where they ate. As usual, Ed Yong plates up a super story.
A bowlful of jelly. The origin of animals. Catherine de Lange looks at the latest evidence to support a starring role for comb jellies.
Combing for origins. Comb jellies emerged from base of animal family tree. Carl Zimmer digs into the roots of animal origins.
Amazing amphipods. Skeleton shrimp. Jennifer Frazer on a curious critter.
Thievery incorporation. Sea slugs steal & use jelly stings. Ryan Ellingson on a great example of kleptoplasty. Read of the week.
Slugging it out. Amazing diversification of antarctic slugs.
Deep wonder. Creatures of Antarctic ocean, shared by Liz Langley.
"To study them myself I swore, like many marine scientists before. Long live our oceans, evermore." Quote by Sheanna Steingass from a wonderful, poetic ode to ocean life.
Bugs' life – insects and other things that creep, crawl and otherwise delight
Proof in the putting. Fruit flies put eggs where per cent alcohol is just right, as Brian Owens reports.
Flower power. Mantis gets its prey by posing as posies, as Susan Milius reports.
Butt out. Ant makes defence foam from her posterior. Alex Wild shows how.
This'll grab ya. Hunting prowess of dragonfly nymphs. Bug Girl shares more insect wonderfulness.
Masters of disguise. Astounding insects, photographed by Nicky Bay and shared by Nadia Drake.
Sizing up the competition. Ant size evolves faster than shape.
Presents of being. Spiders bear gifts for sex. Catherine Scott continues her exploration of spider awesomeness.
Love connection? With these insects, likely not. Buzz Hoot Roar has given you fair warning.
Amazing arthropods. Wonderful wrap-up of the week's best on the science of creepy crawlies. Chris Buddle keeps the bugs coming.
Fossil finds – organisms of times past – palaeontology, archaeology, anthropology, history and the like
More skin in the game. Edmontosaurus had a cock's comb flap on its head. Intriguing find reported by Ed Yong.
Heads up! Duck-billed dinosaur had cock's comb. Stephanie Pippas covers this story from the top down.
A tail to tell. Did plesiosaurs have soft-tissue tail fins? Intriguing find, reported by Brian Switek.
Night moves. A dinosaur hunt in the thick of darkness. Excellent speculation & artwork by Mark Witton
Icthyosaurs didn't suck. Literally.
That sinking feeling. How giant pterosaurs avoided being sunk in open water. Dave Hone has buoyant writing on this tale.
Back to the old house. On the origins of home building.Interesting anthropology by Ian Tattersall.
Make sure to read both of the Brian Switek pieces on sabre cats:
Gone but not forgotten. Wonderful musing on the Smilodon sabre-tooth cat. Simply superb writing, by Brian Switek. Read of the week.
Fangs for the memories. The rise, demise & potential reappearance of sabre-tooth cats. Brian Switek expands on his look at sabre cats.
Beautiful botanicals – wonders of the photosynthesising world – that is, mainly plants
Floral foolery. Plant's fake pollen attracts bees. Elizabeth Preston looks into the buzz on this find.
An army of clones? No, a grove of them. And they are amazing.
Honed for home. Local adaptations in plants.
Happy trails? Snail trail mucus invokes plant defences. Kayla Graham cultivates a good story.
Inside edge. Fungi that grow within crop plants could boost productivity.
Losing a peel. Fungal pathogen decimating domesticated banana. Declan Butler on an important food security issue.
Legends of the fall. Awesome autumnal leaves. Joe Hanson has a nice gallery.
Night moves. Nocturnal floral action.
Key to success. Plant immunity based on lock & key complex.
Microscopic marvels – smaller than the eye can see, but big in action – bacteria, fungi and viruses
The word on turd. The most abundant species in human faeces. Fascinating finds, shared by Rob Dunn. Read of the week.
Gut reaction. Diet induces rapid microbiome switch. Ed Yong gets inside this story.
Breast kept secrets. Beneficial microbes in milk. S.E. Gould examines.
You are what you eat? Maybe, but your gut microbiome definitely is. Elizabeth Pennisi takes a look inside this story.
Cash cache. There's more in your wallet than legal tender. Currency carries microbes, as Chelsea Harvey reports.
Home sweet home. Jello accommodation for microbes provides foundation for pathogen research. Zach Zorich reports.
The bugs of war. Infections are the only big winners during wartime, as Jonathan Ball reports.
Molecular machinery – the toils of the macromolecules of life – nucleic acids and proteins (and others) – from molecules to cells to organs to organisms (including genetics & genomics)
Testing genes? Genetic variation contributes to >50% of variation in exam results. Hmm. Ian Sample on a find that mustn't be used as justification to alter the education system.
Ahead by a nose. Expansion of sinuses in large-snouted dinosaurs. Travis Park on some heady stuff.
A nose for value. For odour perception gene function, it's a case of use it or lose it. Carl Zimmer's explanation here is nothing to sniff at. Speaking of which:
Supplemental data. The intriguing story of vitamins, going way back. Great piece by Carl Zimmer.
Sins of the fathers. Dad's diet leaves a mark on kids.
Earth, wind and fire – planet shaping – geology, meteorology, oceanography, the environment & climate
Really enjoying Alok Jha's Antarctic research expedition journal. Looking forward to seeing how it all progresses. See the next morsels for examples of the voyage log:
"The nausea & discomfort was a fitting start to our expedition." An Antarctic journey begins, with Alok Jha and colleagues.
Everything's ship shape. Embarking on an Antarctic research expedition. Alok Jha & colleagues share a photo gallery.
"I woke up this morning when I slid, head-first, into the wall at the end of my narrow bunk." Quote from one of Alok Jha's excellent journal entries on his Antarctic expedition.
Lasting legacy. Looking for plastic, adrift in remote southern seas. Alok Jha reports from the Antarctic expedition.
Current affairs. Tracking the flow of water in the Southern Ocean. Alok Jha continues his report on an Antarctic expedition. Cool stuff.
"A billion years ago, a huge rift nearly cleaved North America down the middle. Then it failed." Quote from an outstanding piece by Jessica Marshall, on our geological history. Read of the week.
Shocking hypothesis. Earthquake aftershocks may spread like wildfires. Adrian Cho takes a look.
Hot stuff. Tracking mantle plumes to identify mega volcanoes. Alex Witze gets the dirt on this subject.
Colossal cavern. Massive magma chamber found. Rebecca Morelle digs into this find.
Deep secrets. How mysterious "Moho" forms beneath Earth's crust. Cool story, by Becky Oskin.
Can you dig it? Is mystery pock-marked landscape merely gopher excavations? Intriguing hypothesis, explored by Rebecca Morelle.
The big chill. There's a place on this planet that is really frickin' cold. Mark Fischetti on a place that gives you goosebumps.
No two alike. Spectacular snowflakes. For science! Joseph Stromberg shares the wonders of snow.
Cool running. The mysterious tracks of arctic meltwater, considered by Frontier Scientists.
Not so sweet. Huge quantities of artificial sweeteners in river system. Mind boggling find reported by Ivan Semeniuk.
Accept no substitutes. For many elements we use, there are no substitutes. Akshat Rathi on an important subject.
Lights out. Artificial lighting is destroying the night sky. Excellent feature by Mark Binelli. Read of the week.
Cloudy with a chance of Shelob. Mapping climate in Tolkien's Middle Earth. Adam Vaughan reports.
Star attractions – the final frontier, space
A star is born. Baby neutron star. Phil Plait shows us.
Way out there. Exoplanet with a huge orbit. Phil Plait take a look.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star. Magnificent "miniatures" of the Universe. Beautiful pictures shared by Jason Major.
Far out! The wonderful worlds beyond our own solar system: exoplanets. Joe Hanson takes a look into space. View of the week.
It's elementary. Phosphorous forged by supernova. Chris Sasaki shows that we are, indeed, all stardust.
The sun & the heir. Searching for our star's siblings. Joseph Baneth Allen reports.
Round it goes. Plasma flows drive sun's rotation. Gabriel Popkin spins a good story.
"Everything evolves to wisdom & peace—& stability—through big revolutionary events." Quote by Alessandro Morbidelli from super piece by Corey Powell on the evolution of our solar system. Read of the week.
Thar she blows! Water spurts from Europa. Alex Witze reports.
Saturnian sculptors. Moons shape rings. Gorgeous.
As time goes by. 4 billion years of Martian history in 2 minutes. Awesome video shared by Caleb Scharf. View of the week.
There's shrinkage? Mercury getting tinier. Alex Witze on a surprising find.
Power of place. Earth sits precisely within the habitable zone in our solar system.
Forces of nature – big-ticket items – cosmology, mathematics, computation, chemistry, physics, ecology & evolution
A matter of time. A phenomenal, elegant, profoundly illuminating look at deep time. Must view. View of the week.
All an illusion? Support for theory that Universe is a hologram. Mind blown by Ron Cowen's report here.
Time out. What if time had no beginning or end? Welcome to "rainbow gravity" universe. Clara Moskowitz on a topic that's out of this world.
The hole truth. Extracting energy from black holes would be risky business.
Catching a few rays. Cosmic rays, that is. Superb explainer by Ethan Siegel.
Knotty by nature? The amazing science behind fluid knots. Natalie Wolchover on a fascinating subject.
Rock on. Stones split water to yield hydrogen. This discovery hit pay dirt as Simon Redfern reports.
Missing link? Drawing a fascinating connection between quantum entanglement & wormholes. Katia Moskvitch provides a great explainer here.
Ironing out fine wine. Get rid of iron, keep you wine tasting fine for longer. Mmmm. Sci Curious uncorks the chemistry.
Goldilocks' mug? A cup that holds coffee at just the right temperature. Matt Shipman on a hot topic.
"Dude, whatcha do to my beer?!" "Cavitation, dude, cavitation." Maki Naro brings his outstanding comic skills to explain cool physics behind a beer-drinker's nightmare.
A matter of time. Cloning quantum information from the past. Mark Wilde's wild idea, reported by Paige Brown.
Ah, there you are. New algorithm finds you, even in untagged photo. Cool but kinda scary.
Had the time of their life? Did the early universe support life? Zeeya Merali looks at the evidence.
Special delivery? Did life-bearing debris from dino-killing asteroid impact travel to other planets? James Morgan looks at the evidence.
Domestic bliss? How much does the process of domestication really tell us about evolution? Anne Buchanan considers.
Troying with their affections. Helen of Troy, female promiscuity, & evolution. Great read by Eric Johnson.
Stepping it up. Step-like fitness trajectory observed in long-term evolution experiments. Richard Lenski on his long term evolution experiments. Speaking of which:
Getting better all the time. Even if environment constant, evolution endlessly hones fitness. Richard Lenski continues his "take-home message" series on his long term evolution experiments.
"To prevent an ecological crisis, we must become alarmed." Problem is, we don't become alarmed. Superb piece by Robert Krulwich.
Matters of mind – how we, and other animals, perceive our world and our place in it
Hopping a head? Might jumping genes shape the brain? Unbelievably cool, must read by Mo Costandi. Read of the week.
"Imagine being born into a world of bewildering, inescapable sensory overload." Quote by Maia Szalavitz from an awesome piece on the brain & autism. Read of the week.
Nothing to sniff at? Can nasal spray oxytocin enter the brain? Better studies needed, as Neuro Skeptic explains.
Child's play? Infant cognition research is tricky, but it grows on you. Interesting subject, explored by Angela Saini.
When the drugs don't work. What failed general anaesthesia tells us about consciousness. Maggie Koerth-Baker does a great job investigating a timely topic.
Sleep on it. It could enable you to find the creative solution. Intriguing find, beautifully explained by Tom Stafford.
If you snooze, you lose. Literally. Hitting the snooze button does you no favours, as Monika Konnikova reports.
Skin in the game. Nudity offers social benefits. Gary Lewandowski shares the naked truth.
"We are all human; we all live & love." Moving beyond constraints of 3 genders. Brilliant post by Barbara King.
Reigning LOLcats & Doges. The winningest Internet trends in animal speak. Cool consideration of the evolution of memes, by Annalee Newitz.
Do you mind? A deliciously irreverent look at "differences" in female vs male brains. Dean Burnett does a great job here.
I found his performance a little stiff. RoboThespian acts, does stand-up comedy. Yes, really. Betsy Morais reports.
Behind the scenes – the workings of the museum – discovery and communication
"Science, after all, is a quest,..one of the oldest and most enduring stories we have." Quote by Michelle Nijhuis, from a wonderful piece on science writing. Read of the week.
"The tension between chance & necessity." Richard Lenski on life, research & everything. Interview by John Stanton-Geddes.
Keeping abreast of science. Great interview of Florence Williams, author of "Breasts", by Matt Shipman.
"Unemployable in today's academic system." Peter Higgs. Think about that. Love this interview with Peter Higgs. Decca Aitkenhead gleaned some amazing revelations.
Popularity contest? When personality & popularising affect get in the way of science. Great take by Razib Khan.
Reality check. What we think a science prof does may not be what a science prof does. Chris Buddle sets the record straight.
Carrots win. Most professorial performance management is fairly useless, but incentives work. Jonathan Jones explains.
"What the hell should a science blog be?" Joe Palca has some great ideas about science blogging, as he revealed in his interview with Paige Brown.
"Writing is a form of self-expression that bundles my creative outbursts to something others might enjoy."Quote by Annelie Wendeberg from a superb piece on how we fail to teach proper science writing. Annelie Wendeberg's piece is also a sign off (for now) from SciLogs. Her super storytelling will be sorely missed.
No more tiers? Nobelist Randy Schekman opposes top tier "luxury" journals. A rather privileged position to take.
Tiering up. Assessing the impact of publishing in top tier journals. Eugenie Samuel Reich looks at the data.
Deep impact. Digging beneath the simplicity of impact factors. Excellent take on impact factors by always astute Stephen Curry. Speaking of which:
"I tip my hat to him. But I hope he is not done with this issue." Stephen Curry on Schekman & impact factors.
Tag team. Nature & reddit partner to improve science communication. Rebecca Rosen looks into it, by interviewing Ananyo Bhattacharya.
Teaming with ideas. Nature and reddit are partnering to share science. Cool insights into the partnership from Matt Shipman.
"With Twitter, my academic world expanded." Quote by Gozde Ozakinci from a great piece by James Coyne on value & advice on twitter use for Early Career Researchers (and everyone else in academia, really).
Deeper impact. Twitter may not change academic impact of research, but enhances social impact. Emily Darling on a key distinction between the roles social media can play in disseminating science.
"Despite good intentions & initiatives, gender inequality is still rife in science." Not good. Excellent follow up here:
"Many researchers face uphill battle in getting citations...specifically, researchers who are women." Matt Shipman delves into a troubling report.
Seasons greetings! Check out Kate Whittington's lovely, interactive, festive, natural history sketchbook. View of the week.


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I am a 58 year old female. My right eyeball has been hurting, feeling sore and brused with some blurring. Now it has moved up to my eye brow and down to the eye socket bone. I do not have any insurance and would love your input on possibilities of what it is and anything I can do to heal it.
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Yes I'm available to chat. I don't see any redness except on the lower part of the inner eye.
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Have you had any surgery or trauma to that eye? Any prior eye problems?
No traumas or surgeries. Both eyes have become a little sensitive to light. Painful to touch the closed eye lid and touching the eyebrow bone very sore and feels bruised. I have had a bit of a runny nose and sneezing. But if allergies why only one eye hurting?
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This sounds like you are having inflation associated with a dysfunctional
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The front of your eyes has a layer of tears coating it called the tear film (this layer of tears is different from the tears you produce when you cry or have an
in your eye). The tear film normally provides a healthy environment for the front of the eye (the cornea and conjunctiva) and also contributes significantly to clear vision. When the tear film is unstable or unhealthy (there are many reasons why this can be so, which I will get to) it becomes dysfunctional and can produce uncomfortable symptoms and
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. This is called a dysfunctional tear film.People with a dysfunctional tear film can have multiple different symptoms ranging from redness, dull aching or pressure, sharp or stabbing pain, morning
, burning, and often eyelash mattering to tearing, stinging, itching, burning, a gritty/foreign-body senstation or just intermittent vision fluctuations. Their symptoms sometimes get better as the day progresses or they can often times worsen throughout the day, but they can get intermittent blurring when they use their eyes heavily in activities such as reading, watching TV, computer use or driving. A dysfunctional tear film can be due to many different factors. Different medicines such as psychiatric medicines, antihistamines, cold medicines and others can contribute to a dysfunctional tear film. Allergies in the eyes can also contribute (and or make worse). Some people have an innate deficiency in making their own tears (these people may also have other dry mucus membranes, such as their mouth, nasal passages, or genitalia). Any kind of
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can actually cause and/or worsen this Many people have an inflammation in the eyelids called
which causes the tear film that is supposed to coat the front of the eye to not function as well, and then the eyes dry out. Your symptoms sound consistent with blepharitis; I would recommend starting this treatment, while concurrently using artificial tears. In order to treat blepharitis, everyday in the morning you should do two things: 1. hot compresses and 2. eyelid scrubs. You should do hot compresses for 5-10 minutes over each eye at the same time. It should be as hot as you can tolerate without burning your skin, massaging the eyelids while they are on there. Then, use either commercially available preparations or a dilute baby shampoo solution to scrub your eyelashes on all 4 eyelids. The commercially available preparations are called Ocusoft or Sterilid which are both over-the-counter eyelash scrubbing treatments. These cost more money but are quicker to use. Otherwise, the cheaper alternative is the dilute baby shampoo (4-5 drops Johnson's shampoo in 1/4 cup warm water), you will take the wipe (or dip a qtip in the dilute baby shampoo solution) and use that to scrub right on the eyelashes of each eyelid for 15 seconds. That will take 60 seconds when done to all 4 eyelids. The scrubbing is done right on the eyelid margin, where the eyelashes come out. After that, just splash some water on the eyes and you're done. It does take about 3-4 weeks of doing this consistently every day before it really kicks in, so don't stop it thinking it's not working. Also the eyes are still significantly dry during this 3-4 weeks so I would recommend using artificial tears 4x/day in both eyes (one drop per application). After 4 weeks you should be able to start tapering off of the tears to as you need them. Just doing the artificial tears, hot compresses and eyelid scrubs alone would likely start to help you after three or 4 weeks--but remember it could take this long of doing it everyday before you see a significant effect, so don't stop it thinking it's not working.
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According to U.S. Census data, 1.484 percent of the 112,242 occupied housing units in Northampton County do not have full plumbing facilities.
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Today would be the Thunder's media day and the start of training camps. Thinking about that makes me immensely sad, especially considering there's a meeting going down in New York that could determine if we'll have a season at all.
Michael Kimball of The Oklahoman with an incredibly interesting look at what a lost season does to OKC's economy: "And it's important to note the arena still can bring in revenue for the city's economy even without a Thunder season, Anderson said. Officials will be able to fill some of the dates that would be left open with concerts and other events, and the renovations might help the city lure events that skipped the area in the past. City officials have had preliminary discussions on what budget maneuvering would be required if the NBA season is canceled but haven't yet studied it in depth, Dowler said. The largest impact would likely be an increased subsidy for the arena, but by how much isn't yet known, and it would not likely cause many problems within the city's $920 million budget for fiscal year 2012."
Better late than never, I suppose — Darnell Mayberry looks at the supposed Perk-Westbrook clash: "Presti also rarely was seen by the team's beat writers in the locker room. In fact, it became common to see Presti intentionally detour around the dressing area whenever he was needed in the locker room, which also houses the training room. As for Westbrook and Perkins, no one could characterize them as bosom buddies inside the locker room. But Perkins' locker is stationed across the room from Westbrook's. That never stops Westbrook and Eric Maynor from volleying jabs. But Perkins, the no-nonsense center, always was all business the moment he stepped foot into the locker room. Westbrook, meanwhile, never shied away from crediting Perkins for the team's defensive turnaround in the second half last year."
Kurt Helin of PBT isn't optimistic: "Nov. 1 was going to be a fun night. The Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd and the rest of the Mavericks were finally going to get their championship rings (or whatever) and Mark Cuban was going get a banner raised to the rafters in Dallas. Then the Mavericks were going to take on the Chicago Bulls in what would be a fun matchup. Right as that ended, the next generation in the west — the Oklahoma City Thunder – were to take on older generation not ready to go quietly, the Los Angeles Lakers. The NBA was going to open its new season that night in grand style. Now, NBA arenas will be dark."
One quick thought about the reactions after the lockout talks Saturday: Did people really expect Derek Fisher and David Stern to emerge holding hands saying, "We got a deal!" Now, Monday and Tuesday are pretty much at the make-or-break point of it all and I'm not feeling great either, but people really got the sads after Saturday. Until I hear from Stern the season is postponed, that's when I'll believe it. There's still time to talk, which means there's still time for a deal.
KD had a yacht party and Serge Ibaka, James Harden and Eric Maynor joined him.
Zach Lowe of SI on what the league is shooting for: "These proposals are all designed to cut spending and level payrolls without the introduction of an actual hard cap — something the players claim they will never accept. And at first glance, many of these proposals appear to increase a team's control over its players in a way that might restrict player movement. The Melo Rule and the ban on sign-and-trades, for instance, could give incumbent teams a bigger edge in keeping their own stars. If you increase the gap between what the Magic can offer Dwight Howard and what a rival team can propose, perhaps you increase the chance that he stays in Orlando after next season. Make the gap big enough, and it could work like a watered-down version of the NFL's franchise tag."
Will KD ever be totally accepted in Oklahoma?
KD to the Boston Globe on his relationship with Westbrook: "I think that was kind of overblown," Durant said. "But people don't realize [how tough the playoffs are] once you're there, and that was the first time there. It was kind of different for us as far as getting that far in the playoffs – we've never played that deep into the season – but I think we handled it well. We lost some games that we should have won but I think we handled it well. Guys didn't break down, even though the media was trying to break us up as a group, as far as Russell and what they were thinking about him. But he stayed strong and we supported him every time."


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Non-property owners should NOT be allowed to vote to increase property taxes on other people.
Fund schools with a sales tax levied which will, instead, tax citizens on their available spendable resources equally in proration to what they have available to spend.
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School property tax system is NOT illegal in itself. It's the EXTENT to which schools are funded by property tax. This action by Kasich & Company FURTHERS the extent to which the property tax is used to fund schools. Perhaps NOW the Ohio Supreme Court will do something to rectify the situation. Nawww****
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I'd say Sherry Champion has a teabagger mentality. She thinks educating students is something she doesn't benefit from. Perhaps she'd rather pay to house them in prison when they drop out of school and have no option but a life of crime. Someone paid for her to go to school now she needs to pay for someone else to go. Sherry would rather move than pay $4.38 more a year? Her budget is so tight that 37 cents a month is going to wreck her lifestyle? Sherry I say move out of the valley as we need people to help the next generation and this community is "really not getting any benefits from" having your self-interested type here. If you decide to stay contact me and I'll send you $4.38 to keep you out of the poorhouse.
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Since Ohio has not seen fit to fix the illegal school property tax burden all new and renewal levies should be voted down. Starve the beast. Let the school boards and their supers lobby for a better method. Obviously as long as the money flows nothing will change.
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The NeoCon Republican State budget benefits only the richest 5% of Ohio taxpayers. The rest of us will pay more in property and sales taxes then they receive by the income tax cut.
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The "Local Tea Party people"? Where do you live? There are only 17 voters in this county that are not Democrats! Lets say something like, I hope all the "local retired NASCAR drivers"...lol
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I bet the local tea party people just love these NEW Taxes imposed by their leader. The Gov. has took all their taxes that were to be used locally and set up his buddies while adding extra taxes to the local communities to make up for the losses. Basically the GOP/Teaparty has taxed everyone twice.
Oh well, They were warned of the consequences of voting them in and could not comprehend logic. Hopefully this can all get repealed when the rest of the GOP/Teaparty becomes a thing of the past.
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What's A Good Airbrush For A Beginner?
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 07:55 AM
When I worked in Malaysia, I lived in an apartment, so noise was a big issue. I bought a silent compressor, sorry I do not remember the manufacturer, but it was no more noisy than an aquarium pump. It worked OK for detailing, stripes, scales etc. The only time it was a pain,was when you were laying down a base coat, then it would run out of steam pretty quick. Not a job stopper, a few seconds and you are up again.
The problem is that they do not have a reservoir to store a sufficient head of pressure to sustain a heavy coat. In fact, I am not even sure if it had a reservoir at all (I did not open the thing up to find out).
It may be possible to hook a silent compressor to a tank, to solve this problem, may be someone has tried this and will provide feedback for you.
This compressor was very expensive, but I think that was down to the owner of the hobby shop, he definately saw me comming. He charged me $120 for a Paasche VL airbrush, I had no choice but to pay, no other local suppliers.
Hope you find a solution that works for you and your neighbours.
Posted 20 August 2010 - 03:07 PM
Do the Iwata's have a 1/8" or 1/4" connection where the airhose attaches?
Posted 20 August 2010 - 04:58 PM
Posted 20 August 2010 - 09:07 PM
Thank you RG
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Your welcome. If you need anymore help just holler.
Posted 21 August 2010 - 10:31 PM
Peak airbrush are great for the money. I got tire of being raped when I needed Iwata parts and got a couple peaks.
Posted 22 August 2010 - 08:27 PM
Well gentlemen I am soon to begin my hobby of airbrushing my own baits. After much research and a wealth of information gained I just purchased my Iwata Eclipse airbrushing system off of E-bay. Thanks to the gentleman who posted the link to that E-bay deal. I already had a mind set on the Iwata Eclipse so this was a no-brainer to get it all in one whack.
I am so excited for the mail to get here! Thanks to everyone for all the information I have learned up to this point................Darren.
Posted 22 August 2010 - 08:49 PM
Now the real fun can begin....lol. You'll enjoy the new toy, and i'm sure we'll be hearing from you again once you kinda get goin.
Posted 23 August 2010 - 12:14 PM
Cleaning your brush often, after every color change, is, for me, one of the big keys to trouble free air brush painting.
I'd suggest you have a tupperware full of clean water next to your painting station, some rags, and a spray bottle with water and a couple of drops of dish washing liquid mixed in.
When you finish with one color, drip the excess paint back into the paint bottle, wipe out the brush's bowl with a rag, dip the bowl into the clean water, and back flush it well. Do that several times. Then use the soap/water spray bottle to fill the bowl again, back flush well, and clean out the nozzle with a soft brush and the soap solution.
Take the needle out and wipe it clean. Then put it back in CAREFULLY. Bent needles are a nightmare.
Then flush one more time with water, and you're ready to paint again.
Once you develop a routine, it doesn't take long, and it will help avoid lots of the problems we all encounter with air brushes.
Have some acetone handy, and use it to backflush your brush once a week or so, and it will keep the paint from building up in the tiny air holes around the nozzle.
Depending on the paints you use, how hot it is, and how much you thin your paints, you may find you need to do the cleaning routine more or less often. I do it a lot, and don't have to do an acetone cleaning very often at all.
I do use a spray bottle of Windex as a part of my cleaning routine, with a backflush with Windex between the first water backflush and the dishsoap flush, but some people say Windex, or at least the ammonia in it, attacks the chrome of the air brush. I flush it all out so well I don't worry about it, and the ammonia is good at breaking up any dried paint.
The other key is thinning whatever paint I'm using to the consistency of skim milk, and just using more coats, with each coat heat set with a hair dryer. Use whatever thinner the paint manuf. recommends, and you won't go wrong.
Edited by mark poulson, 23 August 2010 - 12:16 PM.
Posted 23 August 2010 - 12:57 PM
Glad you made the purchase. Can you tell me what you think of the kit after you get it. Expecially anout the noise level and performance of the compressor. If you give it a thumbs up I think I will make the same purchase. I notice they have re-posted the same deal.
Posted 23 August 2010 - 03:44 PM
I agree with what Mark says about cleaning your brush and keeping it clean. Also what he says about thinning your paint. When I first started I shot Createx straight out of the bottle, but since I've started thinning the paint it seems to spray much better and it seems like it's easier to blend different colors together when doing fades. And it also allows better control when spraying transparent paints over each other to get the desired effect. At least for me anyway. While my cleaning ritual is a little different from Marks the idea is the same. And that's to keep the brush clean. You'll just have to experiment to see what works best for you. Like he says, once you've decided on a system that works for you it will become second nature and you won't even have to think about it.
Posted 24 August 2010 - 06:02 AM
i use a 33 gallon compressor. One of my buddies have a air brush compressor. I would not trade mine for the world. 2-3 days of heavy 5-7 hr painting and you will have plenty of air before the motor turns on.
I think mine cost $299 at sears and they threw in the air tools(junk).
After reading this post i think i will be investing in a Iwata brush soon. I feel i have gotten pretty good with my PS900 from buyairbrush.com i wonder what will happen with a high end brush?
Posted 25 August 2010 - 09:28 AM
Still waiting for it to arrive but again thank you all for all the info and keep it coming.


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' Low GL' crap - felt strongly that their inability to stick to plan was more tied up with biochemical problems rather than lack of will power - then researched researched researched, came across this which so mirrors my belief and research findings... Also big fan of Rob Wolf too.
2 years ago, post baby number 2 post natally depressed (adrenally burnt out) again and fat......slung out CW and did my own thing...
Began slowly putting LC into plan Gluten free, and relatively LC, still struggling cos over exercising and excess dairy seeming to spike my insulin and making me more Hypoglyceamic....
Now 2 years later leaner than I have been in years off anti depressants, 10llbs left to go, fitter than ever doing less exercise ( RHR 52) happy as hell with sex drive of a 17 year old..
So you ask why the blog?
Want to step it up a gear....want to hit 40 in April fitter and leaner than ever, still have some belly fat and lower body fat to lose.. want to play more, and bring it to my clients...
I'm excited to hear what you're doing! I'm not following some of the acronyms (GL, CW), but very interested to see what you're doing food & exercise-wise, and to hear what you think impacted your get-up-and-go, lol!
taking rhodiola to combat the sleep deprivation caused by the kids!
firmly burning the candle at both ends as trying to see my pals before I leave UK..hope the rhodiola will combat the cortisol issues and help blood sugar
thankyou Mama Grok for looking in - will try to use less jargon!
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The playoffs in the World Series of Boxing started today and Usyk fought Medzhidov at Superheavyweight giving a spectacular performance by winning all 5 rounds against Medzhidov in a action packed fight.
Usyk won Gold Medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics at 200lbs while Medzhidov won Gold at those same World Championships and Bronze at the Olympics at Superheavyweight. Both are fighting in the World Series of Boxing and since there is no 200lb divsion Usyk has been fighting at Superheavyweight. Medzhidov is without a doubt one of the top 4 Amateur Superheavyweights in the world, arguably #1.
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Thanks for sharing this is a cracking fight. Uysk moves exceptionally well for a big guy and has a great workrate.
Was that a bodyshot he went down from? Looked a few times & it appeared he went down from a forearm to his elbow?
Bit gutted he didn't do his usual full celebration
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The replay shows it and it looks like the punch deflects off his forearm/elbow and may have glanced off his crotch area, you can see him shaking his leg out so it must have made contact down below. They scored the round 10-9 for Usyk so it wasn't ruled a knockdown. He took some good flush headshots from Medzhidov too and handled it fine.
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Lulz The Gypsy fight video thread has got more views and responces than this one. Sad stuff.
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great fight
Usyk is going to make some big splashes in the pros. Guys got bags of talent.
I like Medzhidov as well, any idea what his plans are? (going pro/staying amateur)
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Colorful Character this Usyk, Athletic, excellent straight left he'd be a nightmare at CW ,wonder about his strength at HW or his ability to bulk up and keep his speed.
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West from Toluca, the road towards Morelia and the state of Michoacán is truly spectacular. Much of this wooded, mountainous area – as far as Zitácuaro – is given over to villas inhabited at weekends by wealthy refugees from the capital, and nowhere more so than the small colonial town of VALLE DE BRAVO, reached by turning off to the left about halfway. Set in a deep, pine-clad valley surrounded by low mountains, the town sits on the eastern shore of an artificial lake, Lago Avandaro. With terracotta-tiled roofs, iron balconies affixed to many of the older buildings and a mass of whitewashed houses all huddled together, it is an immediately appealing place, something that has drawn a coterie of artistic refugees from the big city. They mostly keep to themselves, leaving the water's edge for weekenders who descend for upmarket relaxation: boat trips, sailing, swimming, waterskiing, riding, paragliding, hiking and golf. If you indulge, it can be an expensive place, but the town itself isn't that pricey and it does make for a very relaxing break provided you come during the week, when fewer people are about and some of the hotels drop their prices.
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Pension expenditures drop for all except highest income group
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The share of consumer spending allocated to pensions was lower in 1996 than in 1986 for all income groups except the highest.
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Of the five income groups shown in the chart, four reduced the percentage of their expenditures that went to pensions. The lowest income group reduced its expenditures on pensions the most—by 0.5 percentage point from 1986 to 1996. In contrast, the highest income group increased the share of its expenditures allocated to pensions from 4.4 percent to 5.0 percent.
Overall, the percentage of total expenditures contributed to pensions fell slightly, from 2.4 percent in 1986 to 2.3 percent in 1996. The average expenditure on pensions (in 1996 dollars) fell from $834 in 1986 to $784 in 1996.
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The scenario was chilling: A terrorist's bomb blast ripped through a crowd at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts, killing at least 25 and injuring dozens.
More than 2,500 people, including firefighters, police and emergency responders, participated in the mock disaster drill Wednesday morning and into the afternoon throughout the city.
Shortly after the simulated blast tore through the crowd, victims slowly emerged from the smoky building, their faces smeared in theatrical blood and soot. One woman, a volunteer with shattered bone protruding from her left wrist, groaned as she gingerly walked toward an impromptu triage area near the east side of the building.
Others screamed and moaned as emergency personnel escorted them to one of at least eight ambulances that pulled up outside to haul 75 to 100 casualties to the city's major hospitals.
Kevin Starbuck, head of emergency management for the city and Potter and Randall counties, said the city conducts a full-scale exercise each year to ensure its personnel and others throughout the city will be ready if disaster strikes. Starbuck said the exercise involved a broad scope of agencies, ranging from fire and sheriff's office personnel for both counties to utility companies and bomb squad experts.
"This year's is a little different in the scenario and the scope of the exercise," he said. "A terrorism incident is one we haven't done very often, but given incidents that we've seen in Boston and other locations across the country, it's very important that we prepare our responders."
After the blast, authorities quickly located a suspect in the deadly explosion, Starbuck said.
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Minutes later, inside Amarillo's Emergency Operations Center in downtown Amarillo, scanner traffic blurted out that the suspect was 10-7, or dead, in an accident in Randall County.
Inside the center, top city leaders, including Mayor Paul Harpole and Police Chief Robert Taylor, pored over updated reports from the blast and monitored screens that provided at-a-glance information. In a small room next to the center, Building Official Scott McDonald was receiving reports on the simulated damage to the Globe-News Center and assessing what need to be done to possibly stabilize the building.
Danette Cannon, 17, said she posed as a victim during Tuesday's drill.
"I was just a victim that had minor injuries, but I was refusing treatment," she said. "They couldn't do much with me because I refused to work with them."
Sgt. Brent Barbee, a spokesman for the Amarillo Police Department, said the exercise helps agencies prepare for an actual disaster and improve response time and capabilities.
"It puts us all in the same room, so we're able to communicate frequently back and forth," he said. "Now's the time where we try to find all those problem areas, all those shortcomings, so that we can fix them and prepare or set up procedures to cover so that we don't have to worry about it when it actually happens."
Starbuck said another team of about 50 people observed the exercise and will rate the overall response and possibly make recommendations for improvement.


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Candyman, Directed by Bernard Rose, 1992
So you've got Tony Todd as Candyman, a hook-handed evil force who appears when you say his name in front of a mirror and gives out free Surprise Disembowelings. You've got Virginia Madsen as a college professor researching urban legends who learns the hard way that pissing off hook-handed evil forces will negatively affect your life. You've got a story by Clive Barker. You've got Xander Berkeley being Xander Berkeley. What's there not to like?
I'll give Candyman a cautious recommendation if you like hook-handed evil forces, Tony Todd, Virgina Madsen or Surprise Disembowelings, but it's far from a fully successful film. The first act is so slow going and monotonous that the wickedly clever second half doesn't have the punch it deserves. The concept of a villain who can only exist because people fear and believe in him is fascinating, but it's not explored nearly well enough (and even though he's the main villain, Todd still feels criminally underused). I can't believe I'm saying this, but...a smart filmmaker could take this concept and make a killer remake. Please don't hurt me. div style="text-align: center;">
The Changeling, Directed by Peter Medak, 1980
No, this isn't the Angelina Jolie Oscar-bait (although that would be a real horror show), but rather the story of a widower played by the great George C. Scott who moves into the wrong house. And by "wrong house," I mean "a house haunted by a terrifying ghost child with potentially violent intentions." This is a real slow burn of a movie, taking its sweet time to move all of its pieces into place, but once things get going...well, let's just say I found myself screaming "Get out of f*cking house, Patton!"
This is a horror movie that asks for patience, but rewards the viewer with a constant sense of dread. There may not be any scenes where a machete meets a face (and there are no Surprise Disembowelings), but the whole thing is unbelievably creepy, the highlight being a seance sequence which would be the greatest seance sequence ever put on film if The Orphanage didn't exist. This is a classy and mature horror story and at the risk of sounding like some old codger, they just don't make 'em like this anymore.
The House Where Evil Dwells, Directed by Kevin Connor, 1982
If The Changeling is the cream of the haunted house crop, than The House Where Evil Dwells is the complete and total opposite. Completely lacking in tension or style or anything remotely resembling substance, the film never has a single frightening moment (although it does have an offscreen Surprise Disembowelment or two). The story is pretty much the same as The Grudge, but it somehow manages to be even stupider. A pretty American family moves to a house in Japan where horrible things occurred. A local holy man warns them of the danger. They don't listen. Ghosts happen. Things fall off the walls. The daughter is attacked by giant crabs that scream with human voices. Faucets turn on by themselves. A ghost poseses a bowl of soup. More things fall off the walls. Two samurai ghosts posses two rival characters and force them to have a karate battle. Somehow, even this manages to be boring. Somehow.
There is enough campy oddness on display to make this a worthwhile watch for the most masochistic of B-movie lovers, but if you like your horror, ahem, good, you need not apply.


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The Madchester music scene (from Manchester, England) was one of the dominant threads in British alternative rock and pop in the late 80's and early 90's. Practically dripping with acid, the scene was sort of one of the harbingers of rave culture. I played a bunch of bands from this scene during my final years as a DJ, so Happy Mondays found their way onto the turntables at KTUH more than once on my watch.
Now, I did not know this before tonight, but apparently Happy Mondays represented more of the sleazy side of the Madchester scene. They burnt out rather quickly but have cast a pretty long shadow over Brit-pop since their heyday.
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Local and cross-country buses all leave from the main station (Bussijaam) in Kuressare, on Pihtla Tee 2. Tickets can be bought here, or from the driver, but for the cross-country buses, especially to Tallinn, you'll want to book in advance.
The cross-country buses require a ferry ride, but that this is included in the price of the ticket. Journeys to Tallinn take about 3-4 hours, depending on traffic and the ferry, and cost about 200-250 EEK one-way (they don't sell returns on Estonian buses, only two singles).
The station is just off the main road out of town, about five minutes (half a kilometer) walk from the centre. Just walk north on Lossi/Tallina and take a right down Pihtla.
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From the Virtsu Port, on the mainland, by Ferry to Kuivastu Port, on the island of Muhu. A crossing takes about 30 minutes. from Kuivastu Port it is 79km to Kuressaare. ( In my case, bus from Parnu and arrival at Virtsu Port, takes about 1hr and go on board ferry).
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Tips – Its best to pre book your ferry trip over from Virtus the queues were long and it took us two hours to finally reach the port of Kuivastu. Ferries cam be booked through SLK Ferries.
We noticed pre booked cars just drove straight onto the ferry whilst we had to buy a ticket and queue with everyone else. We did however travel on a weekend with a festival happening in the Bishop's Fort. The ferry ride takes approx 30mins and there are several ferries operating at the same time. There are at least ten ferry crossings a day.
However, this report could be wrong as we did travel to Kuressaare on the Castle Day Festival weekend, which was just good luck on our part. The Festival is on annually in early July. So not knowing if our experience was just a one off or if it did occur every weekend in summer.
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Before hiring our car from Tallinn we did check out other transportation to Saaremaa Island and Kuressaare.
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A pleasant ferry!
This ferry takes you from Virtsu ( a Western city of Estonia) to Kuivastu (a port of Estonia's largest Isalnd-Saaremaa) in 30 minutes. Its cheap - it was 28 euros for return for 3 people with a car. You can book the ferry (see below). Please book in holiday seasons. The ferry has comfortable seats with a snack bar.
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So if youd like to rent a car, minibus or need a real bus in Kuressaare, Saaremaa or even from Tallinn airport to Kuressaare transfers.
You can get help from this agency, theire a local company I recall them saying a family company and they have about 50 vehicles, but some of them are limos, some buses, some minibusses, some are trucks and all other stuff. I called the tourist information from Tallinn and told them that I will be going by plain and where can I get a affordable car, they told us to call them and when we went there then yeah, the car was well driven, the service was in english, german, french, finnish, russian and estonian, the price is really cheap and they picked it up from the bus station when we were departing. That's what I call service.
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About two years ago, I did a series with 5 persons dressed in various occupations. With my 1dsMk3 high resolution camera, and a set of different models (and some different occupations), I revisited this theme. Hopefully, these will be useful for things like Human Resources media, or job fairs.
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