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The Grid: Core Technologies
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BeschreibungFind out which technologies enable the Grid and how to employ them successfully!
This invaluable text provides a complete, clear, systematic, and practical understanding of the technologies that enable the Grid. The authors outline all the components necessary to create a Grid infrastructure that enables support for a range of wide-area distributed applications. The Grid: Core Technologies takes a pragmatic approach with numerous practical examples of software in context. It describes the middleware components of the Grid step-by-step, and gives hands-on advice on designing and building a Grid environment with the Globus Toolkit, as well as writing applications.
The Grid: Core Technologies:
* Provides a solid and up-to-date introduction to the technologies that underpin the Grid.
* Contains a systematic explanation of the Grid, including its infrastructure, basic services, job management, user interaction, and applications.
* Explains in detail OGSA (Open Grid Services Architecture), Web Services technologies (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI), and Grid Monitoring.
* Covers Web portal-based tools such as the Java CoG, GridPort, GridSphere, and JSR 168 Portlets.
* Tackles hot topics such as WSRF (Web Services Resource Framework), the Semantic Grid, the Grid Security Infrastructure, and Workflow systems.
* Offers practical examples to enhance the understanding and use of Grid components and the associated tools.
This rich resource will be essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students in computing and engineering departments, IT professionals in distributed computing, as well as Grid end users such as physicists, statisticians, biologists and chemists.
InhaltsverzeichnisAbout the Authors.
List of Abbreviations.
1 An Introduction to the Grid.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Characterization of the Grid.
1.3 Grid-Related Standards Bodies.
1.4 The Architecture of the Grid.
1.5 References.
Part One: System Infrastructure.
2 OGSA and WSRF.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Traditional Paradigms for Distributed Computing.
2.3 Web Services.
2.5 The Globus Toolkit 3 (GT3).
2.8 Chapter Summary.
2.9 Further Reading and Testing.
2.10 Key Points.
2.11 References.
3 The Semantic Grid and Autonomic Computing.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Metadata and Ontology in the Semantic Web.
3.3 Semantic Web Services.
3.4 A Layered Structure of the Semantic Grid.
3.5 Semantic Grid Activities.
3.6 Autonomic Computing.
3.6.1 What is autonomic computing?
3.6.2 Features of autonomic computing systems.
3.6.3 Autonomic computing projects.
3.6.4 A vision of autonomic Grid services.
3.7 Chapter Summary.
3.8 Further Reading and Testing.
3.9 Key Points.
3.10 References.
Part Two: Basic Services.
4 Grid Security.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 A Brief Security Primer.
4.3 Cryptography.
4.4 Grid Security.
4.5 Putting it all Together.
4.6 Possible Vulnerabilities.
4.7 Summary.
4.8 Acknowledgements.
4.9 Further Reading.
4.10 References.
5 Grid Monitoring.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Grid Monitoring Architecture (GMA).
5.3 Review Criteria.
5.4 An Overview of Grid Monitoring Systems.
5.5 Other Monitoring Systems.
5.6 Summary.
5.7 Chapter Summary.
5.8 Further Reading and Testing.
5.9 Key Points.
5.10 References.
Part Three: Job Management and User Interaction.
6 Grid Scheduling and Resource Management.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Scheduling Paradigms.
6.3 How Scheduling Works.
6.4 A Review of Condor, SGE, PBS and LSF.
6.5 Grid Scheduling with QoS.
6.6 Chapter Summary.
6.7 Further Reading and Testing.
6.8 Key Points.
6.9 References.
7 Workflow Management for the Grid.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 The Workflow Management Coalition.
7.3 Web Services-Oriented Flow Languages.
7.4 Grid Services-Oriented Flow Languages.
7.5 Workflow Management for the Grid.
7.6 Chapter Summary.
7.7 Further Reading and Testing.
7.8 Key Points.
7.9 References.
8 Grid Portals.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 First-Generation Grid Portals.
8.3 Second-Generation Grid Portals.
8.4 Chapter Summary.
8.5 Further Reading and Testing.
8.6 Key Points.
8.7 References.
Part Four: Applications.
9 Grid Applications - Case Studies.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 GT3 Use Cases.
9.3 OGSA-DAI Use Cases.
9.4 Resource Management Case Studies.
9.5 Grid Portal Use Cases.
9.6 Workflow Management - Discovery Net Use Cases.
9.7 Semantic Grid - myGrid Use Case.
9.8 Autonomic Computing - AutoMate Use Case.
9.9 Conclusions.
9.10 References.
PortraitDr Maozhen Li is currently Lecturer in Electronics and Computer Engineering, in the School of Engineering and Design at Brunel University, UK. From January 1999 to January 2002, he was Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science, Cardiff University, UK. Dr Li received his PhD degree in 1997, from the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. His research interests are in the areas of Grid computing, problem-solving environments for large-scale simulations, software agents for semantic information retrieval, multi-modal user interface design and computer support for cooperative work. Since 1997, Dr Li has published 30 research papers in prestigious international journals and conferences. Dr Mark Baker is a hardworking Reader in Distributed Systems at the University of Portsmouth. He also currently holds visiting chairs at the universities of Reading and Westminster. Mark has resided in the relative safety of academia since leaving the British Merchant, where he was a navigating officer, in the early 1980s. Mark has held posts at various universities, including Cardiff, Edinburgh and Syracuse. He has a number of geek-like interests, which his research group at Portsmouth help him pursue. These include wide-area resource monitoring, messaging systems for parallel and wide-area applications, middleware such as information and security services, as well as performance evaluation and modelling of computer systems. Mark's non-academic interests include squash (getting too old), DIY (he may one day finish his house off), reading (far too many science fiction books), keeping the garden ship-shape and a beer or two to reduce the pain of the aforementioned activities.
Pressestimmen"It could serve as a good textbook and would certainly be a good addition to the reference libraries of technologists, academics, and students." (IEEE Distributed Systems Online, December 2006) "...lots of valuable information." (Computing Reviews.com, May 11, 2006) "...a complete, clear, systematic, and practical understanding of the technologies that enable the Grid." (IEEE Computer Magazine, August 2005) "...a good addition to the reference library..." (IEEE DS Online, January 2007)
Untertitel: New. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
Erscheinungsdatum: Mai 2005
Seitenanzahl: 452 Seiten
Format: kartoniert


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In the latest of a series of discoveries about colon cancer genes, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have discovered a connection between two of them, APC and c-MYC, that conspires to initiate almost all colon cancers. Their findings are reported in the September 4, 1998, issue of SCIENCE.
The APC tumor suppressor gene, which acts like a brake on cell growth, loses that ability when mutated. The c-MYC gene has long been known as an oncogene, a type of gene that promotes cancer cell growth. Now, Hopkins scientists Bert Vogelstein, M.D., and Kenneth W. Kinzler, Ph.D., have found that the mutated APC gene controls the expression of c-MYC activation. APC was first identified and linked to colon cancer in 1991 by research teams including those led by Vogelstein and Kinzler.
Every person carries the c-MYC oncogene, but it remains under control in the colon until APC inactivation awakens it, generating the distinctive uncontrolled cell growth that mark cancers. "Cancer is like a car with the accelerator pushed to the floor and failing brakes," says Vogelstein, professor of oncology at Hopkins and a Hughes scholar.
"In this case, c-MYC is the accelerator and APC is the failed brakes," he explains. When suppressor genes, like APC, malfunction either through heredity or as a result of exposure to carcinogens, cells get signals to continue multiplying until they are out of control. "Now we know that in colon cancer a mutated APC gene signals to c-MYC," Vogelstein says.
The new findings about the APC pathway and how it functions may suggest potential new drug strategies that could prevent colon cancer by blocking the signal that activates c-MYC, says Kinzler, associate professor of oncology and director of the study. "Just eight years ago, we didn't even know about APC mutations. Now, we know this type of mutation is one of the earliest genetic changes in most colon cancers, and we know what it does to c-MYC. It's like a jigsaw puzzle. We have identified individual pieces of the cancer puzzle and now we can begin to put them together to see the whole picture of how they work together to cause cancer," Kinzler says. Colon cancer, among the most common cancers in both men and women, this year will strike more than 131,000 Americans. Some 56,500 individuals will die of it.
In addition to Vogelstein and Kinzler, other research participants included Tong-Chuan He, M.D., Ph.D., Andrew B. Sparks, Ph.D., Carlo Rago, B.S., Heiko Hermeking, Ph.D., Leigh Zawel, Ph.D., Luis T. Da Costa, M.S., and Patrice J. Morin, Ph.D. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Under a licensing agreement between the Johns Hopkins University and Genzyme, SAGE technology, which was used this study, is licensed to Genzyme for commercial purposes. Kenneth W. Kinzler, Ph.D., and Bert Vogelstein, M.D., are entitled to a share of the royalty received by the University from sales of the licensed technology. The SAGE technology is freely available to academia for research purposes. Kinzler and Vogelstein are consultants to Genzyme. The University and the researchers own Genzyme stock, which is subject to certain restrictions under University policy. The terms of this arrangement are being managed by the University in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.
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Georgette Sicard, 79, Westport
Georgette (St. Michel) Sicard, 79, of Westport, died on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late Richard Sicard and daughter of the late George and Blanche (Perron) St. Michel.
Georgette leaves behind her son, Rev. Kenneth Sicard, O.P. of Providence College; two daughters, Michele Cain and companion Richard Beaudry, and Karen Newton and husband Fred, all of Westport; three granddaughters, Ashley Cain of Olympia, Wash., and Kelsey and Kailyn Newton of Westport. Georgette also leaves behind her brother, Gerald St. Michel and wife Colette of Somerset; and brothers-in-law Roy Gillette of Fall River and Leo St. Pierre of Berkley.
Her funeral, to which relatives and friends are invited, will be Thursday, April 24, at 9 a.m. from the Potter Funeral Home, 81 Reed Road, Westport, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. John the Baptist Church, Westport at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River. Calling Hours are Wednesday, 4-8 p.m. For directions or to sign the on-line guest book please visit potterfuneralservice.com


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Students in Justine Smith's Advanced Art classes at McKinleyville High School recently studied the traditional art forms of three different cultures. They included the cut-paper Indonesian shadow puppets, which are cleverly articulated and amazingly detailed; notans, which are bold, black-and-white symmetrical artworks from Japan; and papel picado, the colorful paper flags perforated with patterned designs made in Mexico.
"We look at the traditional art forms and also contemporary artists who were influenced by those art forms," said Smith. "Then the students take what they learned and design a unique art project."
Students begin the creative process by conceptualizing in their artist sketchbooks. After developing their ideas, they conduct media experiments and then begin their final projects. Junior Chesiree Katter, for example, used a cut-paper technique to realize her artistic vision.
"The focal point of my project is an intricately patterned bird," said Katter. "I surrounded the bird with detailed decorative cutouts and then painted the whole thing with metallic watercolor. I used contrasting colors and gradations of value to emphasize certain areas of the composition. I was influenced by studying the art of contemporary Japanese artist Risa Fukui. I found inspiration in her use of line, texture and intricate detail."
Other students were influenced by more traditional art forms.
"My project is based on the concept of notans, a Japanese art form that uses positive and negative space to express the idea of balancing light and dark," said junior Cole Davis. "I took the idea of a notan and applied it to things I'm interested in. First I drew a kudu, a type of antelope that I saw when I went on a safari in Africa, in the form of a notan. Then I used a projector to enlarge my drawing and transfer it to a 4-foot-high piece of plywood."
Through their experiences in art class, students are gaining a greater understanding of the importance of art in their lives.
"Making art allows me to express myself in unique and original ways. Art is important because it gives people an outlet for what they're feeling. For the artist, making art can be a way of coping and of helping others who are dealing with the same things," said Katter.
Davis sees art in just about any object.
"Art is an outlet. It takes your mind off all the struggles in life. Almost anything can be considered an art form if you think about it. I particularly enjoy working with wood, metal and ceramics," said Davis.
The projects inspired by the various cultures and artists will be on display in the Paper Arts show from Feb. 28 to March 14 in the McKinleyville High School Library. Community members are invited to attend an opening reception next Friday (Feb. 28) from 6 to 8 p.m. In addition to the artwork, guests of all ages can make a shadow puppet, enjoy refreshments, visit the ceramics lab and see the photography show happening at the same time (see Page A9). For more information, visit https://sites.google.com/site/mackhigharts/arts-night.


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Illini Coach Tim Beckman Sings "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"; Shouldn't Quit Day Job
Just a couple of weeks ago I brought you a dreadful performance of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" by Bears QB Jay Cutler. Now it is University of Illinois football coach Tim Beckman's turn at the famous song.
It wasn't a great performance, but it added more enthusiasm to it than Cutler did. Hopefully, Beckman and the Illini play with this enthusiasm during the upcoming Big Ten football season.
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Supply Side Structural Change
The interest rate and the rate of economic growth are often regarded as roughly constant as economies grow. Moreover, the share of agriculture in production and the share of rural population typically shrink. We show that an otherwise standard growth model that includes a backward and an advanced sector can account for these regularities. The mechanism works as follows: as the economy accumulates capital, labor flows from the backward sector to the advanced one. This migration prevents the usual diminishing marginal returns of capital. As a result, the interest rate and the growth rate of the economy remain constant during the transition to the steady state.
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American Encore
Follow the money in the Koch wiki.
This article is part of the Center for Media & Democracy's spotlight on front groups and corporate spin.
American Encore is a secretive nonprofit group (formerly known as the Center to Protect Patient Rights) organized under Section 501(c)(4) of the tax code that funneled more than $182 million in undisclosed donations to right-wing advocacy groups from 2009 to 2012, including Americans for Prosperity and the American Future Fund.[1] The Washington Post described it as a "major cash turnstile for groups on the right during the past two election cycles," because it received large amounts of money from Freedom Partners and TC4 Trust as part of the $400 million Koch political network.[2] In 2012, the group's role as a part of an $11 million campaign money laundering shell game was revealed after the California Fair Practices Commission filed suit against one of its donors and recipients, Americans for Responsible Leadership.[3]
- 1 F.E.C. Fines Former Koch Groups For President Sean Noble's Illegal Activities
- 2 Ties to the Koch Brothers
- 3 Election Activity
- 4 California's $11 Million "Campaign Money Laundering" Investigation and Fine
- 5 Ties to the Coalition to Protect Patient Rights?
- 6 History
- 7 Finances
- 8 Grant Recipients
- 9 Personnel
- 10 Contact Information
- 11 Articles and resources
F.E.C. Fines Former Koch Groups For President Sean Noble's Illegal Activities
The F.E.C. fined the 60 Plus Association, Americans for Job Security, and American Future Fund for breaking federal disclosure rules.[4] According to the New York Times,
- "The F.E.C. found that Sean Noble, a political consultant then working with the Kochs, had closely directed the spending of the grants by the other organizations, even picking the races where ads were to be run. That violated federal rules requiring organizations to identity the source of any money earmarked for a political expenditure, the commission determined."[4]
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, the organization that filed the complaint which resulted in the fine, reported that the 3 groups will have to pay $233,000 in penalties.[5]
|Koch Wiki
The Koch brothers -- David and Charles -- are the right-wing billionaire co-owners of Koch Industries. As two of the richest people in the world, they are key funders of the right-wing infrastructure, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the State Policy Network (SPN). In SourceWatch, key articles on the Kochs include: Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, Americans for Prosperity, American Encore, and Freedom Partners.
Ties to the Koch Brothers
In March 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that American Encore was founded by political operative Sean Noble and financed in part by the Koch brothers.[6]
According to the CPPP's 2009 and 2010 tax filings, the group is run by Sean Noble, who Politico has described as a "Koch operative". [7] Noble was also part of a group of GOP operatives who met regularly with Karl Rove's American Crossroads to target 120 House of Representatives races in 2010. [7] Noble was hired by the Kochs to coordinate with other conservative Super PACs to target Democratic representatives in 2010. [8] Other individuals associated with the group also have Koch ties. Consultant Cheryl Hillen has raised at least $2.6 million for the organization and was formerly director of fundraising for the Koch Brothers-backed Citizens for a Sound Economy (which later split into Americans for Prosperity and Freedomworks). One of CPPR's original directors, Heather Higgins, is chairwoman of the Independent Women's Forum, a climate change denialist group that has received Koch money and was previously run by a Koch lobbyist.[9]
Election Activity
In March 2014, CNN reported that American Encore "plans to spend $10 million this midterm cycle against Democrats who have been critical of outside campaign spending"[10] According to the Wall Street Journal, Sean Noble "said the group will highlight any issue it views as "a threat to free enterprise and the free enterprise system," including the proposed IRS rules and the 2010 health law."[11]
National Ads Attack Democrats on Healthcare
On May 20, 2014, American Encore announced a national ad campaign, run jointly with a group called American Commitment, targeting Democrats on the topic of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. According to American Encore, the first part of the campaign, "Fix it Fail," "commit[ed] an initial $100,000 to an aggressive paid and earned media effort" related to the law.[12] The ad includes clips of eight Democratic Senators: Mark Begich (D-AK), Al Franken (D-MN), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mark Warner (D-VA). According to the Washington Times the ad "features the Democratic Senate incumbents insisting the Affordable Care Act can be repaired after its disastrous October roll-out, then shows other top Democrats saying there are no plans for a legislative fix."[13]
Support for IRS Bill
The CPPR was one of 60 right-wing groups that signed a February 25, 2014 letter to Congress in support of the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014. According to OpenSecrets, the act would "block the IRS for one year from implementing new rules to define and limit political activity by "social welfare" nonprofits."[14] One day later, the group, now under the name "American Encore," also filed a comment together with the Center for Individual Freedom and American Commitment.[14]
Ads Attacks Supporters of Limits on Political Spending by Nonprofits
American Encore spent $30,000 for an ad released March 31, 2014 attacking Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) on the topic of limits on political activity by nonprofits. The ad accuses Reid of "attacking free speech." According to Politico, the following day Reid "called American Encore one of the Kochs' 'puppet organizations,' likening it to Americans for Prosperity" and saying, "To any and all groups who wish to attack me on behalf of multibillionaires, fire away … I am very happy, I'm proud to be the target of those attacks. I will gladly endure them in order to call attention to the unscrupulous acts of these two barons."[15] Reid will not be up for re-election until 2016.[10]
American Encore appears to be targeting Minnesota Senator Al Franken (D) in his 2014 re-election race. The group spent about $250,000 on a 60-second ad against Franken that began running on March 26, 2014. The Wall Street Journal described the ad as "criticizing Mr. Franken for supporting additional restrictions on tax-exempt issue-advocacy groups" and stated that the ad "derides efforts by the IRS and Senate Democrats to impose new rules on these nonprofits, citing complaints by the American Civil Liberties Union. "Tell Sen. Franken to stop attacking free speech," the narrator says."[11]
California's $11 Million "Campaign Money Laundering" Investigation and Fine
In 2012, CPPR came under scrutiny during an investigation of a "campaign money laundering"[3] shell game. The Arizona-based 501(c)(4) Americans for Responsible Leadership (ARL) made an $11 million donation to the Small Business Action Committee PAC in California, which spent those funds to oppose Proposition 30 (which would raise taxes on millions) and Proposition 32 (which would prohibit labor unions from raising money for political activities through employees' voluntary payroll deductions).[16] California's elections board did not buy ARL's claim that its donors had given $11 million for reasons other than funding ads to influence these ballot issues and demanded it reveal its funders.[17] ARL spent $11 million on ballot initiatives through a donation of that sum to the Small Business Action Committee PAC (SBAC) in October 2012.[18]
After initial resistance, ARL revealed that it had received $11 million in contributions for the purpose of funding ballot initiatives from another dark money nonprofit, Americans for Job Security (AJS), a group that received its funding from none other than the CPPR. According to the California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Under California law, the failure to disclose this initially was campaign money laundering." [3]AJS not only gets funding from CPPR, but is housed in the same offices as Karl Rove's American Crossroads SuperPAC.[19]
While in 2010, CPPR gave $4.8 million to AJS, a sum that was used on anti-Democrat attack ads, in 2012, AJS gave $11 million to CPPR, which gave the money to ARL. ARL then passed the $11 million to the SBAC, indicating that some of the money flow between the organizations has been reversed.[19] The money seems to have moved from one group to another in the span of a few days.[18]
In a settlement with California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the Fair Political Practices Commission, the CPPR and Americans for Responsible Leadership agreed to pay a $1 million fine and AJS and SBAC must turn over the $15 million in contributions they received.[20] According to the press release from the Fair Political Practices Commission, "Under California law, the failure to disclose this initially was campaign money laundering. At $11 million, this is the largest contribution ever disclosed as campaign money laundering in California history."[21]
Sean Noble the head of CPPR argued that the fine was "over-reach", that he followed all laws and that prosecutors violated what he claimed were "First Amendment" right of the donors whose identities he had refused to disclose. Gary Winuk, the FPPC's chief of enforcement, responded: "Sean Noble agreed to and paid a record fine on behalf of the Koch network for a reason. It was the largest amount of undisclosed dark money in the history of California. His vain attempts to try to minimize the case should not serve to give comfort to anyone who tries to hide money in California, because we are prepared to confront them at every turn." [22]
Ties to the Coalition to Protect Patient Rights?
The Center to Protect Patient Rights appears to have ties to the similarly-named Coalition to Protect Patient's rights, whose records are stored at the same Glendale, Ariz., address by a woman who describes herself as an employee of DCI Group, a lobbying firm practiced in manufacturing "grassroots" campaigns for the tobacco industry and others that has handled public relations for the Coalition. But the Coalition's spokesman, physician and lawyer, Donald Palmisano, told OpenSecrets Blog in 2011 he'd never heard of CPPR, as did a publicist with DCI Group. [23]
However, the coalition received nearly $1.6 million from CPPR in 2011, as well as $1.9 million in 2009 and $205,000 in 2010.
"According to its most recent Form 990, obtained by OpenSecrets Blog, the Coalition paid Mentzer Media $1.4 million in 2011 for "media strategy and ad buy." That expenditure along accounted for nearly all of the Coaltion's spending in 2011, and all of the money it received from CPPR. Though it has never reported any spending on federal candidates to the Federal Election Commission, the Coalition was listed as one of the groups mounting an attack against Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, according to the Huffington Post; Brown won his race." [23]
Jane Mayer details the founding of the Center to Protect Patient Rights, which would become American Encore in her book Dark Money,
- On April 16, 2009, Noble and (Randy) Kendrick began putting their plan in place when the Center to Protect Patient Rights (CPPR) was incorporated in Maryland. Physically, the organization existed only as a locked, metal mailbox, number 72465, inside the Boulder Hills post office at the edge of a desert road north of Phoenix...The effort was surrounded in such secrecy that when Noble was asked in a 2013 deposition who hired him, he declined to answer, citing confidentiality agreements."[24]
- Total Revenue: $3,154,451
- Total Expenses: $7,895,618
- Net Assets: $3,519,473
Note: American Encore paid two independent contractors a total of $1,830,146 in consulting fees. JDA Frontline, a PR firm, received $120,347 and Sean Noble's DC London, Inc received $1,709,799.[25]
- Total Revenue: $2,240,372
- Total Expenses: $9,038,193
- Net Assets: $8,260,640
Note: American Encore paid two independent contractors a total of $3,626,031. Legal firm Segal & Kirby was paid $1,501,031 and the consulting firm DC London, run by Sean Noble, received $2,125,000 and was reimbursed an additional $542,719 for "program expenses".[26]
- Total Revenue: $146,569,081
- Total Expenses: $136,880,651
- Net Assets: $15,058,461
Note: Although the Center does not pay founder Sean Noble a salary, it paid his firms Noble & Associates $270,149 for management services, Angler LLC $2,824,345, and DC London $4.96 million for management and consulting services plus $15,783,401 to reimburse costs for program expenses. According to a ProPublica report, "What costs DC London could have incurred remain a mystery: The Center's work mostly consisted of directing grants to other nonprofits, and it doesn't appear to have offered any programs. (The Center also spent $50,000 on what its tax return described as "occupancy," a term usually used to mean rent, even though the Center's lawyer told ProPublica in an email that the group had no office.)...One of the biggest beneficiaries of the Koch network's money was Sean Noble himself...The Center paid three firms owned by Noble almost $24 million for consulting and other services in 2012—or more than $1 of every $6 it spent."[28]
- Total Revenue: $23,747,837
- Total Expenses: $21,598,170
- Net Assets: $5,370,031
Note: Two consulting firms run by Noble, DC London and Noble & Associates, were paid a total of $3.1 million by CPPR.
- Total Revenue: $61,841,262
- Total Expenses: $60,245,391
- Net Assets: $3,220,364
- Total Revenue: $13,656,712
- Total Expenses: $12,048,952
- Net Assets: $1,607,760
Grant Recipients
- American Commitment: $100,000
- Americans for Prosperity: $40,000
- Veterans for a Strong America: $275,000
- Center for Individual Freedom: $25,000
- Concerned Women for America: $20,000
- Legacy Foundation Action Fund: $880,000
- Prosper Inc.: $220,150
- 60 Plus Association: $1,845,000
- Arizona Free Enterprise Club: $450,000[25]
- American Commitment: $45,000
- Americans for Prosperity: $225,000
- Sixty Plus Association: $529,000
- Hispanic Leadership Fund: $50,000
- Arizona Public Integrity Alliance: $8,000
- Legacy Foundation Action Fund: $25,000
- Prosper Inc.: $1,326,000
- Republican Jewish Coalition: $15,500
- Americans for Responsible Leadership: $2,409,000[26]
- All Votes Matter: $80,000
- American Catholics for Religious Freedom: $375,000
- American Energy Alliance: $864,960
- American Family Association: $50,000
- American Future Fund: $49,182,409
- American Principles in Action: $100,000
- Americans for Jerusalem: $535,000
- Americans for Job Security: $100,000
- Americans for Limited Government: $1,575,000
- Americans for Prosperity: $11,513,079
- Americans for Responsible Leadership: $24,650, 800
- Americans for Tax Reform: $350,000
- Americans United for Life Action: $65,000
- Arioch Project: $320,000
- Benjamin Rush Foundation: $25,000
- Citizen Link: $4,195,218
- Citizen Media: $156,000
- Citizens Awareness Project: $1,000,000
- Club for Growth: $450,000
- Coalition for American Values Action: $510,000
- Coalition to Protect Patient Rights: $710,000
- Common Sense Issues Inc.: $75,000
- Concerned Women for America: $173,573
- Council for Citizens Against Government Waste: $25,000
- Emergency Committee for Israel: $200,000
- Fair Arizona Independent Redistricting: $150,000
- Freedom Vote: $100,000
- Generation Joshua: $30,000
- GOPAC Education Fund: $121,826
- Hispanic Leadership Fund: $645,000
- Home School Legal Defense Association: $25,000
- Independence Institute: $5,000
- King Street Patriots: $70,000
- Morning in America: $521,500
- National Rifle Association for Legal Action: $3,150,000
- Ohio Voter Integrity Project: $5,000
- Policy and Taxation Group: $88,000
- RightChange.com: $850,000
- 60 Plus Association: $2,630,723
- Susan B. Anthony List: $385,000
- Veterans for a Strong America: $937,000
- Heritage Action Fund: $8,000
- American Commitment: $4,781,559
- Generation Opportunity: $29,211
- Republican Jewish Coalition: $20,484
- Vets for Economic Freedom: $32,062
- The Libre Initiative: $152,366
- Free Enterprise America: $3.6 million
- The 60 Plus Association: $2.4 million
- The Coalition to Protect Patient Rights: $1.6 million
- Concerned Women for America: $1.5 million
- Americans for Responsible Leadership: $902,000
- Americans for Job Security: $17,000
- American Commitment: $1.6 million
- American Future Fund: $1.1 million
- Americans for Prosperity: $129,000
- Americans Grassroots Coalition: $17,000
- All Votes Matter: $50,000
- Americans for Job Security: $17,000[29]
- American Future Fund: $11,685,000
- 60 Plus Association: $8,990,000
- Americans for Limited Government: $5,585,000
- Americans for Job Security: $4,828,000
- Americans for Tax Reform: $4,189,000
- Revere America: $2,300,000
- Americans for Prosperity: $1,924,000
- US Health Freedom Coalition: $1,430,000
- Susan B Anthony: $1,025,000
- Club for Growth: $690,000
- Americans United for Life Action: $559,000
- The Institute for Liberty: $457,000
- Noble & Associates: $340,000
- American Energy Alliance: $250,000
- Coalition to Protect Patient Rights: $205,000
- Freedom Vote: $200,000
- Protect Your Vote: $100,000
- Hispanic Leadership Fund: $47,000
- Americans United for Life: $45,000
- Tea Party Patriots: $30,000
- Common Sense Issues Coalition: $25,000
- Common Sense Issues: $10,000
- Concerned Women for America: $4,500[30]
- American Future Fund: $1.3 million
- 60 Plus Association: $2.6 million
- Coalition to Protect Patient Rights: $1.9 million
- Americans for Prosperity: $2.2 million
- Americans United for Life: $10,000
- Institute for Liberty: $1.5 million
As of November 2015:[25]
- Sean Noble, President and Treasurer
- Dr. Courtney Kosher, Secretary
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- Sean Noble, Executive Director
- Dr. Courtney Kosher, Director
- Christopher Ashton, Director
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- ↑ Patrick O'Connor, "Sen. Franken Draws Attack Ad From American Encore," Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2014.
- ↑ Matea Gold, "Koch-backed political coalition, designed to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012," Washington Post, January 5, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Americans for Responsible Leadership Admits Campaign Money Laundering, Discloses $11 Million Donor", "California Fair Political Practices Commission", November 5, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nicholas Confessore, Three Nonprofits, Former Koch Brothers' Associates, Fined by F.E.C., New York Times, July 13, 2016.
- ↑ The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, Koch Brothers Groups Hit With Massive Fines From CREW Complaint, The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, July 13, 2016.
- ↑ Patrick O'Connor, "Sen. Franken Draws Attack Ad From American Encore," Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ken Vogel, Kochs brothers' plan for 2012: raise $88 million, Politico, Feb. 11, 2011.
- ↑ Lee Fang: Koch Operative Steered $55 Million To Front Groups Airing Ads Against Democrats; Ads Assailed Candidates Over Abortion, 9/11, Medicare, Republic Report, May 19th, 2012
- ↑ Brendan Fischer, Americans for Job Security Targets WI GOP Senate Race, From the Shadows, PRwatch, Aug. 10, 2012.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Peter Hamby, "Harry Reid push called 'un-American' in new ad," CNN, March 31, 2014. Accessed June 3, 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Patrick O'Connor, "Sen. Franken Draws Attack Ad From American Encore," Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2014. Accessed June 3, 2014.
- ↑ American Encore, "["Fix It Fail" Campaign Slams Democrats for Cynical "New Obamacare Lie"," organizational press release, May 20, 2014. Accessed June 9, 2014.
- ↑ Valerie Richardson, "Ad calls Democrat vows to fix Obamacare a new lie," The Washington Times, May 20, 2014. Accessed June 9, 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Robert Macguire, "An Encore for the Center to Protect Patient Rights," OpenSecrets, March 5, 2014. Accessed June 3, 2014.
- ↑ Burgess Everett, "Harry Reid: Paul Ryan budget creates 'Koch-topia'," Politico, April 1, 2014. Accessed June 3, 2014.
- ↑ Andy Kroll, "California's Biggest 'Campaign Money Laundering' Scheme, Revealed- Kinda", "Mother Jones", November 5, 2012.
- ↑ Ian Lovett, "California: Lawsuit Seeks Name of Political Donors", October 25, 2012.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Chris Megerian and Patrick McGreevy "Disclosure by Arizona nonprofit shows ties to Koch brothers", LA Times Blog, November 5th, 2012.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Brendan Fischer, "California Elections Board Peels Back Layer of Dark Money Onion, Finds More Onion", "PR Watch", November 6, 2012.
- ↑ Nicholas Confessore, "Group Linked to Kochs Admits to Campaign Finance Violations," New York Times, October 24, 2013.
- ↑ California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Americans for Responsible Leadership Admits Campaign Money Laundering, Discloses $11 Million Donor," organization website, accessed April 29, 2014.
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Sean Noble Speaks Out About 1 Million FPPC Fine," April 7, 2014.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Novak, Viveca. Center to Protect Patient Rights Gave Millions in 2011 to Outside Spenders in Election Accessed 12/17/2012.
- ↑ Jane Mayer, [Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right], 2016.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 American Encore, 2014 IRS 990, American Encore", November 11, 2015.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 American Encore, 2013 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, accessed October 19, 2015.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Center to Protect Patient Rights, "2012 IRS 990 Filing," National Center for Charitable Statistics, accessed April 4, 2014.
- ↑ Kim Barker and Theodoric Meyer, "The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved the Kochs' Cash into Politics and Made Millions," ProPublica, February 14, 2014.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Center to Protect Patient Rights, "2011 IRS 990 Filing,"Center to Protect Patients Rights, February 19, 2015.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Center to Protect Patient Rights, "2010 IRS 990 Filing,"Center to Protect Patients Rights, May 16, 2013.
- ↑ Center to Protect Patient Rights, "2009 IRS 990 Filing,"Center to Protect Patients Rights, November 6, 2010.


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for oct. 4 & 5 2013 there other ph number is 888-6058245 I'm 64 & my wife is 69 we canceled on oct. 2,2013 because my wife was very ill we paid $205.38 on discover card we contacted both eagle point resort & obbitz about 4 times each, but they would not give us a refund. orbitz said they could not give us a refund unless eagle point resort authorized it. at the end of oct. 2013 discover put a tempory credit on our account & worked on it till mid feb.2014 when they put the $205.38 back on our account we don't think that is fair since we didn't anything out of it & we could not afford to lose that money.
my wife is the only one working since I've been out of work for over 2 years since being laid off. even if she been well, we probably wouldn't have been able to get up there, since on oct. 4,2013 vail pass was closed must of the day due to heavy snow & blizzard conditions & our van would not have made it. it's rear wheel drive now we know why it's only a 2 stare hotel. & if we got our refund we would have probably mad a reservation for this summer or fall. they have a facebook page & people seem to think they are great, but neve had to cancel a reservation--------Thanks---------Ken
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One of our readers sent me this: his daughter has evidently taken a liking to King Jesus Gospel!
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I will be looking for the special children's edition, Scot.
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I tried to post a comment, let me try again. Everything looks great, the weather, the hotel room, the balcony! Wish we were with you! Tell us where you eat. Did you climb the Notre Dame tower?
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After subway ride two stops, we walk 10 minutes to our hotel in Latin Quarter. Our first luck of the long day, they let us check in at 1:30! Our hotel, The Residence Henri IV, is a small hotel of under 20 rooms. We are on the top floor, the 6th, and we have two balconies overlooking a little park and the Sorbonne University! Geraniums on the balconies with a small table and chairs to enjoy the scenery. The room is full of period antiques, french paintings, and fabric wallpaper! It really is cozy and beautiful
We unpack and walk down to the river and Notre Dame. Its Sunday and there are wine, cheese, bakery items and snacks being sold by the river. Bob buys a bottle of french wine (8 euros!) and I buy a still warm apple tart, which we share by the river. We walk around, take some photos, and get our bearings. While walking around, we run into a Middle East protest! We skirt the crowd, but rubberkneck. Hard to appreciate their rants on the bullhorn when you cannot understand French! We then stop for a cappuccino. Bob checks his phone to see if he has any texts, and the waiter tells him to not leave the phone on the table. I had read that, too, on TripAdvisor. Three minutes later, a woman is chasing a group of kids, as one stole her iPhone off her table at a neighboring cafe! With that, we head back to the hotel.
Not sure if its because its Sunday, but the area around Notre Dame was crazy crowded! Bob really enjoyed the scene by the Seine with all the vendors selling their food. And they all drank in public and walked with the open wine bottles and glasses! Open containers ruled!
Tomorrow - We have our Flat Tire Bike Tour of Paris! Should be fun. Weather is warm, sunny and around 75!
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I bought a new pair of orange cords with my discount. Holla! Have fun tomorrow!
Glad to hear about the bike tour. Working out and breaking a sweat is of the uttermost importance for your daily lives. I hope others learn from your example. Vacation is not an excuse to skip your fat burning cardio racing workouts, just like Congress isn't for me.
Sounds awesome Maryellen. The room looks great and boy, does that make such a difference when you have a great room. How is the FOOD??? Your patriots and redskins both lost this weekend - yikes!!! Keep us posted!!!


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Inside the Medical Spa: What to Expect
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"What I tried to create is a mix between a spa and a medical office. Where patients can stop by, say hello and feel comfortable." That's how Dr. Alexander Rivkin sums up his philosophy behind the Westside Medical Spa, which he opened in the Los Angeles area in October of 2003.
The practice is just one of a number of such facilities where you can go in, enjoy a little pampering in a nice relaxing environment, and take care of your cosmetic medical needs such as getting laser hair removal or adding a little fullness to your face with various injectables like BOTOX or Restylane.
Medical spas are the fastest growing segment of the spa industry and the newest spin on the cosmetic surgery and anti-aging world. Medical spa franchises are offering enterprising entrepreneurs the opportunity to get in on this growing market, existing day spas are adding medical procedures to their list of offerings, and cosmetic surgery and dermatology offices are creating spa-like atmospheres to get in on their share of the market.
With such varied types of businesses, it's not hard to imagine that there aren't strict regulations or defined rules for the medical spa market. As Dr. Rivkin puts it, "the medical spa industry is the wild west at this point... It's a buyer beware kind of field."
So What Qualifies a Business as a "Medical" Spa?
Here's the skinny; a medical spa has to have a medical director that is a licensed physician, and the people that inject the BOTOX or perform the Mesotherapy to help you get rid of cellulite have to be licensed and trained to do so. Basically, that's it. The medical director does not have to be present, or even necessarily in the same state as the medical spa, and only needs to be on call in the event that problems arise.
Of course, even if the medical director is on the premises at all times, there is no guarantee that the doctor will actually perform the procedure. In either case it is important to know the credentials and training of whoever is performing your procedure.
Safety Concerns
So of course the dermatologists and surgeons that own their own spas are cautioning patients about franchised facilities with no doctor on the premises while such franchises say that those concerns are unfounded.
Dr. Rivkin tends to side with others in his position. While he says that medical procedures can sometimes turn out fine in these situations, he has heard and seen his share of undesirable outcomes when patients don't do their homework and let their medical needs take a back seat to their want of welcoming comforts.
So as you venture toward that local medical spa, ready for some hot towel treatments and aromatherapy to help you prepare for your session of microdermabrasion, remember to keep your health as the number one concern. Whether or not the medical spa you choose is physician owned, Dr. Rivkin's advice is to make sure that your medical interest is put above financial concern for the business; "your consultation should be with a physician or a nurse, not a salesman...You've got to ask 'where's the doctor'."


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Today's announced attendance was 110,580. The Wolverines have drawn in excess of 100,000 fans in 192 straight home games.
Michigan won four straight conference games to improve to 5-2.
U-M won its 49th game in 58 meetings against Indiana and won its 15th straight at Michigan Stadium against IU.
The Wolverines have claimed victories in 14 consecutive games against the Hoosiers.
The Wolverines improved to 294-11-20 in the month of November and 26-10 in November under Lloyd Carr. Michigan also upped its record following a bye week to 22-6-2, including 9-2 under Carr.
In his 70th career game coaching in Michigan Stadium, Lloyd Carr improved to 62-8 overall at home, including 37-6 in league games. Carr's teams have won 12 of their last 13 Big Ten games in the Big House.
Today's 41 points in the first half are the most points scored by the Wolverines in a first half this season. It is the highest first-half point total since piling up 45 first-half points against Indiana on Oct. 14, 2000, in a 58-0 shutout against Indiana.
Freshman Antonio Bass recorded his first career reception, a five-yard catch on Michigan's opening drive. He collected career highs in receptions (three) and receiving yards (25).
Kevin Grady led the team with a career-high 94 rushing yards on 14 carries and scored twice, recording the first multi-touchdown game of his career. His 32-yard rush for a score in the second quarter was the longest rush of his short career. His previous best rushing total came against Notre Dame on Sept. 10 when he had 79 yards on 18 carries. His 455 rushing yards this season are the eighth most by a freshman running back in program history.
Sophomore quarterback Chad Henne surpassed 2,000 passing yards for the second straight season, moving his total to 2,033 in 2005. Henne completed 17 of 24 passes for 174 yards and three touchdowns against Indiana. Henne had three first-half touchdown strikes for the second time this season. He went over 150 passing yards for the 19th time in his career, tying Jim Harbaugh (1983-86) for fourth most times in a career in Michigan history.
Henne moved into a fourth-place tie with Steve Smith (1980-83) in career touchdown passes with 42, following his touchdown pass to Tyler Ecker on the opening drive of the game for Michigan. He then took sole possession of fourth place with his seven-yard scoring pass to Jason Avant.
Avant's 10-yard catch in the first quarter moved him into fourth place all-time in career receptions, surpassing David Terrell, who had 152 in his career. Avant has snared 157 passes in his career. His first-quarter touchdown also gives him seven touchdowns this season.
Avant's five-catch performance gives him 70 on the season, and he has caught a pass in 33 straight games played, which is the second-longest streak ever by a Wolverine.
Junior linebacker Prescott Burgess made his first interception of the season and second of his career in the second quarter, returning it 21 yards.
Garrett Rivas moved into fourth place all-time in point-after attempts scored with 116 and third place all-time in career point-after attempts with 123.
Senior wide receiver Steve Breaston moved past Penn State's Bruce Branch (1998-2001) into second place on the Big Ten's career punt return yardage list on his 25-yard punt return in the second quarter. Breaston has 1,195 punt return yards in his career.
Breaston's 53-yard punt return to end the first quarter put him over 1,000 all-purpose yards for the season, his third consecutive 1,000-yard all-purpose campaign. He also broke the Michigan school record for returns and return yards. He has 1,120 all-purpose yards this season and 2,560 return yards on 146 returns in his career.
Breaston outgained Indiana in the first half with his eight touches for 201 all-purpose yards. Offensively he had one rush attempt for 30 yards, three catches for 46 yards and an 11-yard touchdown reception. He also had one kickoff return for 47 yards and returned three punts for 78 yards. His 47-yard kickoff return was the second-longest of the season for the junior. He had a 95-yard touchdown return and a 47-yard return against Minnesota earlier this season. His 125 total return yards give him 779 total return yards this season. He now holds the top three spots in return yards in a season in Michigan history.
Senior tight end Tyler Ecker scored his first touchdown of the season on a five-yard strike from Chad Henne on the Wolverines' opening drive.
Sophomore rush linebacker Tim Jamison registered his second sack of the season and junior linebacker Shawn Crable followed that play with his second sack in as many games.
Sophomore wide receiver Doug Dutch tied a career high in receiving yards with 16 on his only catch of the game. The 16-yard reception is the longest of his career.
Senior tailback Alijah Bradley's 16-yard carry in the fourth quarter is a career long.
Senior linebacker Kyle Myers earned his first career tackle in the fourth quarter.
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Hewitt hammers Haas to make semi-final
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A mechanical Lleyton Hewitt drove Tommy Haas stir crazy to reach his fourth US Open semi-final in five years with a commanding straight-sets victory over the German.
Defying terrible playing conditions on a blustery day in New York, Hewitt produced some impeccable tennis to blitz Haas 6-2 6-2 6-2 in his most impressive performance of the tournament.
Hewitt, 23, has now won 15 straight matches and is still to lose a set this campaign.
Australia's 2001 champion will meet the winner of the last remaining quarter-final between American titleholder Andy Roddick and powerful Swede Joachim Johansson on Saturday for a spot in the final.
World No.1 Roger Federer and British fifth seed Tim Henman will contest the other semi-final after returning to Flushing Meadows to complete their rain-interrupted quarter-finals.
Federer turned a two-sets-to-one lead overnight into a hard-fought 6-3 2-6 7-5 3-6 6-3 win over two-champion Andre Agassi, while Henman accounted for Slovakian 22nd seed Dominik Hrbaty 6-1 7-5 5-7 6-2 to reach his first semi-final in New York.
Swirling winds made conditions extremely difficult but, after fending off a break point in his opening service game, Hewitt was untroubled in taking the first set against Haas in 31 minutes.
Hewitt's incredible ability to keep the ball in play point after point frustrated the life out of Haas, who received a code violation for thrashing a ball into the crowd after being broken in the fourth game.
When Hewitt saved another break point with a brilliant forehand pass before holding for a 1-0 lead in the second set, Haas cut loose with verbal obscenities in his native German tongue and then threw his towel into his chair in disgust at the changeover.
Already walking a fine line with the umpire, the German had to pull back from smashing his racquet into the court as Hewitt seemed headed for another routine win.
But Haas regained his composure to get back on level terms at 2-2, breaking Hewitt for the first time in 10 sets.
His fightback was shortlived, though, as the world No.5 upped the ante once more to reel off nine-straight games to leave Haas on the brink at two sets to love and 5-0 down in the third.
Haas added a smidgen of respectability to the scoreline, winning two more games, before Hewitt closed out the match in one hour and 38 minutes.
"It was a lot tougher than the scoreline showed. It was some of the toughest conditions I've ever played in," Hewitt said.
"You've got to play percentage tennis and it makes it a big ugly. You've just got to stay positive and I reckon I did that great today."


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