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Feb 11 Posted 4 years ago
Amazing post,
First we have to teach businesses how to use hashtags. I preffer #hashtag, /lists and $keyword filter to inform myself for an opportunity or a topic. It's a good combination.
Jan 27 Posted 4 years ago
I've written several Twitter guides, including two on the effective use of hashtags that offer a nice complement to the advice provided here. Folks who are interested in learning more may want to check them out:
For the full set of resources, see Twitter Guidance for Rookies (and Others).
Jan 25 Posted 4 years ago
Thank you Lorien
One of the ways we use the hashtags is to find out who the influencers are. Who is actually re-tweeting your messages and how big of a following do they have. Then reach out to them individually so that you build a rapport with them and have 'hired another salesperson' without having really hired them (or paid them!)
Developing these relationships and engaging them, especially in public, is a tremendous asset to have and utilization of the hashtag is probably the best way to do it.
Jan 24 Posted 4 years ago
Thanks Lorien.
Just how popular the hashtags are, you can see by just searching the web for tools to monitor, search or follow them. As a developer I had been asked by some of my Twitter friends to create for them a custom tool to enable them to quickly search for relevant tweets, filter them and re-tweet or reply. Since then hashTag Monitor became a commercial software b/c the versatility and power of hashtags made them very popular as a tool for sharing (and re-sharing RT) content as much as for Twitter chats (I had been asked to provide a way to filter tweets only from a selected list, either created from scratch or by importing/combining Twitter lists). The hash tag are so popular now that I don't think that I saw a single screen of tweets without at least a few of them.
Thank again Lorien
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Jan 23 Posted 4 years ago
Great post! Also helpful for local business to include location when possible.
Jan 21 Posted 4 years ago
This was a great read! Hashtags are a much more useful tool than I originally realized with the ability to track every comment containing it! I would really like to see what people actually think of my brand and since they tend to be more honest on social media platforms, hashtags are a great way. I originally thought hastags were very unusual and didnt know what to make of them, but now I see how innovative and brilliant they are. Thanks for the article!
Jan 21 Posted 4 years ago
For those representing small businesses in Twitter (and other channels), and those in PR too - whether as their profession, or lean startups, etc., solopreneurs, and anyone aiming to reach beyond their followers with smarter, far-reaching hashtags, I would suggest a look at http://ritetag.com, a social media tool site that takes your query and networks you intend to post to, and shows you recently used hashtags. You can click any tag to see who is using them, how many times each, what they're tagging, and when the tag has been used. Still in private beta, people register for free with Twitter. Ritetag offers tag optimization for Twitter, Google+, Instagram - and six other social networks.
Many more networks with topic hashtagging are in the plans for integration, as our first users tell us how they need to tag their photos, images, and hand-made goods better to get seen more, and thus sell more. Rather than rush to add every social network with an open API, we focus on relevancy and honing the results in the RiteTag Reports.
As an example, even without registering (free) for RiteTag, you can use the public Ritetag Report for 'contentmarketing' to get your tags and go. Sign up to order your own reports for hashtags related to your query - on any/all of the nine social networks already integrated, and also to save content "collections" and "tag sets" in RiteTag. http://www.ritetag.com/report/0147c89a6410f91ff226d9ce4902b2020632ebfb
Jan 20 Posted 4 years ago
Thanks for sharing this! Lorien it hepled me a lot ;)
Jan 20 Posted 4 years ago
Very useful article, thank you SMT and Lorien!
Hashtags are really useful for finding like-minded people and getting your brand involved in relevant social conversations.
But they can be overused / misused, and this is where things can go badly wrong from a reputation point of view. Be warned!
I also wrote on this topic on by Digital Musings blog: http://digitalmusings.net/hashtag-tastic/
Keep the posts coming folks!
Jan 20 Posted 4 years ago
Great read! I have told my clients this time and time again. I couldn't agree more. Thanks for the great insight.
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There were no large, nasty surprises in Mylan Laboratories' (MYL: NYSE) first-quarter results, but the firm's shares nonetheless sank by nine percent on heavy volume after the news release in late April. As far as I'm concerned, that disconnect is offering investors a better entry point to a firm with a potential 25 percent-plus annual bottom-line growth over the next two years.
Many CPA Insider™ readers may not know that generic-drug manufacturer Mylan Laboratories (Mylan) has garnered a positive insider rating from me for nearly two years. In June 2007, executives were buying their stock at over $18 per share. A year ago, they were buying at more than $10 per share. More recently, CEO Robert Coury increased his holdings nearly six percent by buying $322 thousand worth of Mylan's stock at the end of February for $12.86 per share.
Two directors agree with Coury's optimism. Rodney Piatt, president of Mylan, bought another 5,000 shares of Mylan at the end of February. And Heather Bresch, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Mylan, saw fit to exercise options at $11.58, and hold on to them all. Such "opting in" reflects that director's expectations that MYL will not be trading down below that level again.
Insiders were obviously early with their bets back in 2007 and early 2008, as this stock eventually sank to a measly six dollars last fall in the depths of the economic uncertainty. But the recent purchases by several insiders into Mylan's rising shares since then indicate that these executives feel that what has moved this stock recently has a good chance of continuing. And what has helped moved Mylan's shares since last fall is its ability to post decent earnings growth in a very tough economic environment.
First-quarter sales at this global generic-drug manufacturer increased 13 percent year over year, to $1.21 billion, despite negative effects from a strong dollar. Improving margins allowed adjusted diluted EPS to jump from nine cents last year, to 33 cents this year.
Management also saw fit to increase the bottom end of its 2009 EPS (earnings per share) guidance from 90 cents to a dollar. The low-end EPS expectation for 2010 remains $1.30. Nothing wrong with that kind of growth in this market. Management even voiced intentions to focus more on opportunities in China and India in coming years, key words that have tended to excite CPA investor-clients of late. Even so, Mylan's shares sold off hard on earnings day.
Management did remind that the first half of 2009 would likely be stronger than the second half due to an increase in R&D expenditures and because the company is about to lose exclusivity on two of its drugs. Still, this was known and should not have been viewed as a negative.
Ditto for the acquisition-generated ugly spots on Mylan's balance sheet. While debt remains high at 189 percent of shareholder equity, and 54 percent of the firm's stated assets are comprised of goodwill and intangibles, that's the old news that no doubt helped Mylan shares to collapse down to six dollars late last year.
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BEND, Ore. - Anyone who was living in Bend 20 years ago this week will never forget the Awbrey Hall Fire, which tore a destructive swath through the western edge of town, destroying 22 homes.
All remember how bad and frightening it was -- and how much worse it could have been.
The six-mile-long, arson-caused fire bore down on Bend's West Side, threatening to raze subdivisions that interlaced the forested margin of the growing city.
A photo of the western skyline of orange that Saturday night, Aug. 4, 1990, makes the frightening images of that night crystal clear.Many residents waited, agonizingly, for hours, not knowing if their homes were spared. Some were saved, but got so hot that, for example, plastic doorbells melted.
A recent KTVZ.COM story about a Deschutes River Woods woman who lost her home that night prompted memories from several others, shared on our Facebook page.
"I remember seeing Awbrey Hall just starting," said James Berry. "Saw it from the rooftop of Niswonger-Reynolds funeral home. Called 911. Also remember the long delay before I heard the sirens of the fire trucks going out to Awbrey Hall. Too long of a delay, if you ask me."
Sheila Hanson Larson wrote, "I lived on Newport Avenue, and I remember a solid stream of heavy equipment going up Newport all day and night."
"The town was surrounded by flames," she recalled. "It was pretty scary! I was also 8 months pregnant, so I remember it well!"
Janelle Wriglesworth Leeden said, "I remember being on Pilot Butte, watching the inferno with all of my pals -- (the fire) moving at Mach 10 from Lava Butte,jumping over Cascade Lakes Highway."
In a story earlier this spring, radio announcer R.L. Garrigus told NewsChannel 21's Ted Taylor his memories of just finishing a charity softball tournament telethon the evening of Aug. 4, 1990.
"I looked off to the west and here's a little puff of smoke. That puff of smoke went from one acre to 10 acres to 100 acres in just about five minutes -- just incredibly fast," he said.
The blaze actually hopped Cascade Lakes Highway and surrounded the Entrada Lodge with flames. Newspaper reports the next day erroneously said the lodge had been destroyed, but crews were able to quickly extinguish a fire that jumped from brush to the hotel's roof.
Nearly 3,000 people were evacuated from threatened homes that night, many in Deschutes River Woods, where residents recall huge traffic backups as drivers waited to turn left (north) from Baker Road onto Highway 97, toward Bend. Some officials feared an inferno could reach those trapped in their idling cars. (An emergency secondary exit was created years later, and officials focused on making sure neighbors didn't have only one way in or out.)
John Jackson, a wildfire consultant, was working on the Awbrey Hall fire crew that night and remembers the scene vividly.
He also remembers how it could have been much worse
Though Department of Forestry and city, rural and federal fire crews and equipment battled the fast-moving fire, a quirk in the weather proved the saving grace.
"The thing I kept waiting for was the wind to shift around to the west. which would have put the whole broad side of the fire head on into downtown Bend ... because that would have been catastrophic," Jackson said, looking over a ridge he remembers being fully engulfed in flames.
It was not the first -- or the last -- wildfire to take Central Oregonians' homes. And while Awbrey Hall thankfully claimed no lives, others in Oregon have been deadly.
Two years earlier, in 1987, the Bland Mountain Fire broke out near Canyonville in southwest Oregon. The fire burned 10,300 acres, destroyed 14 homes and caused two deaths.
The Sage Flat Fire led off Oregon's destructive 1992 fire season by burning five homes and 991 acres northeast of Sisters in early June.
The 1996 Skeleton Fire burned nearly 18,000 acres on the eastern flank of Bend, and 30 structures were damaged or destroyed. An Oregon Department of Forestry summary of wildfires noted, "This wind-driven fire accomplished most of its damage in just a few hours, but for a time kindled fears that its destructive toll would be far worse than Awbrey Hall's. Awbrey Hall had burned from north to south and skirted the western edge of the city, whereas Skeleton started on the eastern edge and burned west, heading for the heavily populated southern half of the city."
Central Oregon learned many lessons from that 3,500-acre fire -- the words "defensible space" are etched into many people's way of life. The FireFree effort and Project Wildfire offered lessons on how to create a safe zone around homes, and yearly free disposal of yard debris to make it easier to keep those areas clear of fire fuels.
Also, neighborhood rules that often required the woodsy feel of a wood-shake roof, to blend into the woods, did a 180-degree turn, with bans on such roofs in many communities and subdivisions.
As wildfires hit areas in what became known as the "wildland-urban interface," the Oregon Legislature in 1997 passed Senate Bill 360, the Oregon Forestland Urban Interface Fire Protection Act.
Once forestland-urban interface areas are identified, a committee applies fire-risk classifications to the areas, from "low" to "extreme," and the classification is used by a property owner to determine the size of a fuel break that needs to be established around a structure.
Once maps are finalized, the Oregon Department of Forestry assumes administrative responsibility and notifies the owners of properties within the county's forestland-urban interface areas. Property owners have two years after receiving their letter of notification to comply with the fuel-reduction standards
Certification relieves a property owner from the act's fire cost-recovery liability. If that doesn't happen, the state may seek to recover some fire suppression costs -- up to $100,000 -- from a property owner if a fire originates on the owner's property, the fuel reduction standards have not been met, and ODF incurs extraordinary suppression costs.
So there's a carrot and stick approach - the carrot of a safer home, the stick of a potential big bill. But as years go by without a major destructive fire, and the inevitable turnover of newcomers to the High Desert, many wonder if it will remain a high enough priority with enough people to make the area safer.
Please take part in our KTVZ.COM Poll on the topic, and feel free to share your thoughts here, or at a new forum system we're trying out: http://www.ktvz.com/codie. .


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The geographic hypothesis and lactose malabsorption
A weighing of the evidence
Review Article
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- Simoons, F.J. Digest Dis Sci (1978) 23: 963. doi:10.1007/BF01263095
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Reviewed in this article is evidence bearing on the geographic hypothesis advanced eight years ago to explain the striking ethnic or racial differences in prevalence of primary adult lactose malabsorption that are found around the world. Most evidence is found to support the hypothesis and the likelihood that some human groups came to have low prevalences of such lactose malabsorption because of selective pressures over a long historical period that favored the adult lactose absorber under particular ecological conditions.
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The mission of the Ah-Mut Pipa
Foundation is to educate the Quechan community, the Tribes of California, and
the general public, in order to increase understanding of Native American
ethnohistory, culture, and art. The Foundation will maintain facilities for
research, publication, instruction, performance art, film and television
Our mission statement says we aim to serve the general public and the hokan-speaking people from southern Nevada, Arizona, southern California, and northern Baja California, Mexico.
Preston Arrow-weed
ahmutpipa, quechan, kumeyaay, cocopah, mojave, mohave, native american, American Indian, California Native, California Indians, music, Native American music, Native American theatre, theatre, performing arts, language, education, cinematography, sacred sites, environment, culture, cultural resources, anthropology, archaeology, meetings, conferences, classes, workshops, education, language, teaching, youth, drug abuse prevention,
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Main Address
PO Box 160
Bard, CA 92222
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness (A23)
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (B01)
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs (C60)
IRS Filing Requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
How does this organization make a difference?
Self-reported by organization
It is the intention of the Foundation to promote the history and
culture of Native California through the voices of the people themselves;
sharing Native American methods of storytelling and research that will enrich
the lives of all people.
Self-reported by organization
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Program 1
"Journey From Spirit Mountain"
From Spirit Mountain is a 35-minute
film documentary that informs the general public about the southern Colorado
Desert's sacred lands and about the importance of desert ecology to
Hokan-speaking peoples.
is done by telling the stories that come from the Quechan Lightning songs,
which describe the Quechan Creation Story. The story tells about the migration of the Quechan people
from Avikwame, Spirit Mountain, near Laughlin, Nevada, to where they live today
near Pilot Knob, Avikwalal, north of Yuma, Arizona, on the Colorado River.
Project includes the filming of the interviews with cultural bearers and some
archaeological consultants, the filming of sites, and singing of the Lightning
songs. They discuss the
destruction of cultural sites out in the desert and how the public can help
protect and preserve them.
from Spirit Mountain results from the
collaboration between the Ah-Mut Pipa Foundation, a non-profit organization
dedicated to raising awareness of Native American ethno history, culture, and
art; Hokan Media Productions, a native-owned film production company; and The Desert
Protective Council, whose mission is to protect the natural and cultural
heritage of our deserts through advocacy, education, and stewardshithreatened archeological sites, and important desert ecosystem of
Southern California, Southwestern Arizona and Baja California.
Program long term success
We have been screening this 35-min. film before audiences since 2007 and we always get a favorable response. We screen to Native California audiences, to teachers, to general public in California and Arizona. We would like to see it on television some day.
Program success monitored by
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Arts, Culture & Humanities
Population(s) Served
Native Americans/American Indians
Other Minorities
General Public/Unspecified
Program 2
Songs of the Hokan
Songs of the Hokan, an one-hour documentary on the different songs
cycles performed by the tribes of the lower Colorado. Songs of the
Hokan shows the complexity and diversity of cycles performed by the
tribes of the lower Colorado region. Songs of the Hokan is a
compilation of video footage taken of different singers and performers
at events and at their own homes.
Program long term success
All copies have sold out. We only duplicated 100 copies. Another project will update what this film did.
Program success monitored by
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Program 3
Gathering of Hokan Singers
The Ah-Mut Pipa foundation will host a gathering of Hokan singers from southern California and northern Baja
California, Mexico, to facilitate a discussion where musicians share their
perspectives of their music, where it is going, and how to preserve it. Traditionally, singers were carriers
of tribal knowledge. How has that changed will be a topic
for research and writing. The
Foundation will collaborate with Hokan Media Productions to produce a
documentary film showing the various singers of Pipa music as they share their
songs. To coincide with the film documentary, the
Foundation will produce a CD of the music for public distribution, and publish
a manuscript about this event and the topic of Hokan music. This publication will be in
collaboration with the IVC Desert Museum Society and anthropologist, Rick
Heller. This project is
important because there are few singers alive who know the songs and speak the
language. Since these songs carry
tribal knowledge, it is imperative that the songs be preserved and important to
support the few singers who are still trying to keep this knowledge in tact.
Program long term success
Hopefully it will be used in colleges and universities to demonstrate the existence of the diversity of music of the Native American people in southern California.
Program success monitored by
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sales, screenings
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Population(s) Served
Native Americans/American Indians
Other Minorities
General Public/Unspecified
Our mission statement says we aim to serve the general public and the hokan-speaking people from southern Nevada, Arizona, southern California, and northern Baja California, Mexico.
Funding Needs
Ah-Mut Pipa is a small arts and culture organization totally dependent upon grants and donations. We need funds for equipment (cameras, computers, printers, lights, portable stages, microphones, speakers, public address systems, projectors, etc.), operating expenses (phone, maintenance, printing, internet access, bank fee, utilities, rentals, etc.), consulting fees, travel expenses, and monies for at least one full-time (or part-time) staff. We need monies to publish our manuscripts.
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Oh Iguana, ever pleasing
Tell me that you'll stay a while!
While birds and piggies have us sneezing
I marvel at your grace and style.
Munchie critters can't compare
To "poached Iguana" served with pear!
Those other foods are all so "gay".
Give me Iguana served "Flambé".
And thanks to Darwin, I'm not thinning
Because out there you all are swimming!!
Iguanas playing in the water
Having fun, just like they "ought-ah".
Singing, playing on the sand
An Iguana Mariachi band!
Strumming instruments with their feet
With twice the drumsticks there to eat!
Iguana's cheap eats, if you're skint
Just eat one raw that's dipped in mint!
Or if you want, just let it soak
In lovely yellow Iguana yolk!
McDonald's burgers need some flair
"Happy Iguana Meals" medium rare!!!
And if you're thirsty they can make
A lovely fresh Iguana shake.
So if Whopper burgers or KFC
Do not appeal, then wait and see
A business plan to break their backs
Is a store that sells Iguana Macs!
With all my Iguana speeches done
I am off to have Iguana fun!
And if all my talk has left you deaf
See "cooked Iguana" on Master Chef!


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The War
About World War two... The people that got left behind.
September, 1939
He smiled and brushed her hair behind her ear.
"I'll be back soon. Don't worry."
"Take care." She wrapped her arms around him.
"Beck, hurry up!" A man on the truck called. Adrienne looked into Till's eyes.
"I don't want you to go, it doesn't feel right. What about... You know?" Adrienne asked and slid one of his hands to her stomach, though it was too early to tell she was pregnant.
"I'll be back before the birth hunny, I promise." Till smiled then kissed her forehead, then picked up his bag, slinging it over one of his shoulders.
"I love you." Adrienne said, picking up one of his hands again, not wanting to let him go off to war.
"I'm not going to die. I'll be back before you know it." Till let go of her hand and sprinted to the army truck. He chucked his bag on the back of the truck, and climbed on after it.
"You're lucky to have someone that cares so much, Till." One of Till's old highschool mates told him. He nodded and looked at his house, wife and unborn child disappear into the distance.
"I know I am. But hey, I'll be back soon right?" Till said, faking a smile, trying to bring up everyones hopes.
"Yeah, right. We'll be the lucky ones."
Six years later, December, 1945.
Adrienne looked, recognising the sound of the army trucks engine. A smile played on her face and she fixed up her dress and apron, then looked at her 5 year old son, sitting on the floor drawing. He'd ask about his dad everyday since he knew how to talk.
Then the nervous butterflies started playing in her stomach. What if he didn't make it?
A strong knock splayed on the door. She took a deep breath in and opened the door. She scanned the faces of the three soldiers standing there, none of them holding the face of her husband. She looked over at her son, her eyes blurring with tears once more at the sight of army uniform.
"Cadet Beck was killed in service, we are sorry for your loss, madame." The man in the middle announced, obviously the man of higher rank. He turned around and recieved a flag from one of the men behind him and handed it to Adrienne. The flag held a piece of paper on it, and a parcel.
"Wh-what is it?" Adrienne asked. Her son pulled on the bottom of her shirt. "Whats wrong, baby?"
"Who are they?" He whispered.
"They are... Some of... Daddy's army buddies." Adrienne said, her voice cracking as she tried not to cry in front of her son.
"One of them is an invitation to recieve Cadet Beck's medals. The other one is an envelope containing Beck's journal and the last letter he wrote to his family. Thank you for your time, Madame." The man bowed and turned on his heel and went back to the army truck.
"We knew Till pretty well, Mam. He was a good soldier. It was an honor to serve with him. He never stopped talking about his amazing wife, and his child. What's he called? Till never told us." One of the soldiers told Adrienne. She knelt down next to her son.
"I named him... After... I called him Till Jr. I thought Till would find it silly, but funny at the same time. Now I'll never know. I was going to tell him his sons name when they actually met... But now, now they have no chance. Maybe if Till knew, he would have been more careful, he could still be alive. He... He would be here with me, now." Adrienne cried and sat on the sofa, putting the flag, paper and parcel next to her.
"Adrienne, Till knew you would name the child well. I went to high school with him, and I've served with him. All the time, he's been passionate about everything he does, but you and Till Jr were his life. He died in the most honorable way possible." The other soldier informed Adrienne.
"If I may ask, how did he die?"
"I got shot in the arm. He saw, and came to help. He made a quick fix, wrapping it up tightly. But then enemy managed to sniper him. I dragged his body into the trenches but it was too late. The sniper shot him in the back, Mam. The last thing he said was to tell you and your son that he loved you like he liked nothing else. He died in my arms."
"Thank you, Christoph, and... Uhm... I'm sorry, I don't know you, but thank you both so much. If you can shut the door on your way out, thanks." Adrienne thanked and held back the tears in her eyes and the lump in her throat.
"I'm Jespar, I'm sorry we had to meet in the circumstances."
"I am too, Jespar."
"I want you to know, Adrienne, if you need someone, I live just down the street. I can help you out if you need it. I owe him my life, but since he isn't here, it can be you that I owe it to." Christoph reminded her, hopefully.
"Thank you, both, once again." Adrienne said and Christoph and Jespar left, carefully closing the door behind them. Adrienne hugged Till Jr, then looked at the parcel, flag and envelope sitting on the couch. She picked the flag up and wrapped in around her, reminding herself that her young husband died serving his country. She took a quick look at the invitation and placed it on the coffee table next to the couch. She then picked up the parcel and hugged it close to her body. Till Jr was quiet as he watch his mother through the same dark eyes as his father.
Slowly she pulled the string on the parcel, unwrapping it like it held a curse. Inside the brown paper, there was a leather-bound journal with Till's scrawl on it saying Till Anton Beck, husband of the beautiful Adrienne Beck. She opened the cover, revealing a page of Tills writing.
September 31st 1939.
War was declared and I am here at base with the rest of the guys. We are all just poor souls dragged away from our familys so we can do justice for our country. What if our family comes before our country? Treason. That's all its put down as. I'd like to be in my nice little house with my beautiful wife. She's only 19, so young. She's also pregnant, by the way. We were so excited to be starting our own family. Then the war began. So here I am, miles away from my family, just as the rest of the guys. I have to put my heart and soul into killing others and protecting my country. I told Adrienne I'd be back before our child is born, but I'm not sure if I will be. War's can last for so long. I might even be one of the unlucky ones, never returning to my family. I worry for my family then. The guys are so excited to go blow some brains out, they don't even think that they'll be killing other humans. It's sick. But that what life is, I suppose. A sick cycle of...
She couldn't read anymore, her eyes were too blurred with tears. She let it out, she just cried. Her son got up off the floor and wrapped his chubby little arms around her.
"What happened mummy?"
"Those men... They came to tell us that Daddy was dead."
"But why is Daddy dead?"
"Because, serving your country in its time of need is more important then the lives of the people serving it in the eyes of the government." Adrienne cried and hugged her little boy tightly.
"Mummy, was Daddy a good man?"
"Yes, baby, he was too good, thats why he is gone." She slowly let go of Till Jr and he climbed onto the couch next to her.
Adrienne moved the journal to the side and picked up the envelope.Adrienne, my love. was written on the front. Adrienne turned the envelope over and slipped it open. She pulled the letter out of the envelope.
November 17th 1945, I think.
My dearest Wife and child,
I miss you both with all my heart. Its hard to think you are both getting older without me there to support you. I wish I could be there. The stench of the trenches is wretched. I've almost grown used to it, which is only too sad. There are dead and dying men everywhere, its not a pretty sight. Actually if I hadn't killed so many men, I would want to rip my eyes out and burn them, maybe burn my memory while I do so. I'm a killer now, and all I ever wanted to be was a husband and father.
Tell my son I'm sorry I've missed out on so much of his life. I would love to be there for him. No child has a father at the moment though. Its tragic.
My wife, I wish I could see your beautiful face again. I think about the promise I made you years ago, and feel guilty that I broke it. I didn't give you a decent good bye. I didn't think the war would be this long. I barely sleep, hearing gunshots, and screams. I barely eat, we get so few rations its like they are trying to starve us to death.
I pray for this war to end. I pray to be back home with you. Each time I join the trenches again I breathe and think how nice it would be to wake up in our nice soft bed rather then a bunk and walk out into our sunny kitchen, smelling bacon sizzling and having a real breakfast, not having to walk up into a rotten corpse filled trench.
Even if I survive this, the nightmare will be burned into my memory, and I fear that I won't get to have a beautiful peaceful sleep like I used to.
The main point is, I miss you. I miss home. Thats what I want. I hear if I get a bad enough injury they might just send me home, I'm so desperate I might try it soon. I fear I'm going crazy. But I'll be your raving lunatic.
Lots of Love,
Till. xoxox
Adrienne cried. Till Jr leaned his head against his mum.
"Was it bad?"
"No, well, the war was. He just wanted to come home and be with us."


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Nanette383828 August 17, 2016
I am a friend or relative of a resident
We chose The Cottages of New Lenox, and so far, it's great for my grandmother. The size is perfect for her because it's a small facility. The caregivers are wonderful. Any minor problems they have, they notify us immediately.
Pam648206 July 01, 2016
I visited this facility
The Cottages was a lovely facility, and the people were great. The staff took a lot of time with us, answered all of our questions, and gave us references to go to other places if we needed to. It was a great place, but it just wasn't what my husband needed at that time. The staff was professional and caring, and it was a great place for the residents. It had a lot of activities.
Nick051665 June 28, 2016
I am a friend or relative of a resident
My father is at The Cottages. There's five cottages, one is the regular care and not gated, the others were gated and for memory care. My father is in memory care. The room is an adequate and decent-sized room. They post the activities in the day room. The memory care is a secure area. They can improve on the food. My father had a hard time adjusting to the food. He's used to spicy foods. The facilities are very nice. It's got a big courtyard surrounded by the cottages, and they have the freedom to go outside and enjoy the outdoors. It's very clean. They don't seem like they're in a hospital and don't have elevators. It's all on one level. It's all-inclusive senior living. You don't get nickeled-and-dimed. They have an all-inclusive buffet where one price gets you everything. It's more open living.
Jona136172 June 22, 2016
I visited this facility
The Cottages was good. They were friendly, and we felt welcome there. The residents were separated by skill level or something along those lines.
Caring109764950 July 04, 2015
I visited this facility
We went to The Cottages of New Lenox. They were nice, but the price was a little bit too high for us. It was nice. Actually they had small groupings like one person for every six people; it was very small and hands-on. We like it, but it was a little bit too pricey for us.
They keep them active everyday. They make them interact. Actually, they let them do whatever they were doing in their lives, so if they were cooking before, they let them cook. They really do well over there as well. Overall, it is a great place.
Caring106878950 February 28, 2015
I am a friend or relative of a resident
My mother is in The Cottages of New Lenox. The staffs are angels. They are above and beyond. She has been there for three weeks. The rooms are really nice. She has her own bedroom and her own bathroom. She has a little kitchenette type thing where there is a refrigerator, a microwave, and a kitchen sink. You bring your own furniture so it looks like your own room. The food is cooked right there on the premises. There are five cottages, and the cottage she lives in is where the cooking is done. They have a cook that does all the cooking for all the five cottages. Everything is fresh every day. They don't bring it in from a catering service. The dining room has little tables of six. They put two tables of four together. They have table cloths, and they serve with china and silverware. They also have a little centerpiece on the table. They play bingo, and they have arts and crafts. They were making their own Valentines cards while I was there. There are activities that keep them busy. It is all fenced in, and you need to know the code to get in to the outside gate. Each one of us has a little necklace that you wear, you touch it on the pad, and the door opens for you to get in and get out. If anybody in pushes the door to get out, the whole alarm system goes on, and everything locks down. It is very secure.
Caring78132450 April 17, 2014
I visited this facility
My mother-in-law is at Encore Senior Village, so everything is fine. She moved in there last November. It is just five minutes from our house. We could almost walk to it if we wanted to. They are small cottages and I like that. It is a new facility, only a couple years old. It is very well-organized and we like the people there. The residents are very nice. The staff is fabulous. We really like this place. My mother-in-law has her own room and her room is very nice. She has her own bathroom with a shower, a sink and toilet and they're all handicapped accessible. She can adjust the temperature in her room and it has a big window so that she can look outside. We were able to bring her own bed and her furniture, so that it looks like home to her.
caring0327113 April 09, 2013
I visited this facility
We didn't take a tour of Paradise Park, but the initial meeting went fine. The staff was very accommodating and very nice. It was a clean facility, no odor at all. However, upon finding out the annual income that my sister gets, we were very nicely told that this was a place that she could not afford.
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I have a Janome that I love dearly... It sews beautifully, however it squeals when I sew. Sounds to me like it needs oiled, however the manual says that the machine never needs oiled... Ideas?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I have a Janome that I love dearly... It sews beautifully, however it squeals when I sew. Sounds to me like it needs oiled, however the manual says that the machine never needs oiled... Ideas?
Could be a loose belt or something along those lines. I'd have it serviced.
Peckish aka Peggi
I agree that it sounds like a belt is slipping and that it needs a bit of service.
What kind of squeal and where's it coming from?
Don't wait long to get it serviced. Belts that are rubbing can break right in the middle of a project. It might just be an adjustment that the service person can fix right away.
Save the Earth!
Its the only planet with Chocolate.
I have a computerized Kenmore that also says never to oil. It started sqealing bad last summer and I didn't want to take it to a shop, no good ones here. I ended up oiling it just a little in the obvious places, where I oiled my old kenmore, it hasn't squeaked since. That was at least 6 months ago, so far so good.
...the importance of one's life lies not in money or celebrity, but in doing the right thing, even in silence or secrecy, and without reward... Fergus M. Bordewich
I also have a computerized Kenmore and it says not to oil it, but I do anyway. I remove the front cover that's over the needle area and oil the shaft and bearings just like I do on all my mechanical machines. Between doing that and cleaning my bobbin area after every project, and more often if I'm doing a project with fabric that kicks up a lot of dust, like flannel, my machine rarely needs maintenance.
I do this on all my computerized sewing machines and I have several Janomes.
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Thought for EVERY Day: You know all those things you've always wanted to do? You should go do them.
i put a drop of machine oil in the bobbin area but have been known to use Sewers Aid on Coats & Clark thread to help it go through the discs.
love people and use things, don't use people and love things
My Janome definately has to be oiled frequently!! Or it makes lots of noise then starts having other problems!


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"We need a plan," I hear Marcus say, as I stand next the basement door, ear pressed to it. I close me eyes in concentration, trying to hear the humans' thoughts; the Vampires' thoughts, words and actions float away into the distance as I concentrate.
I alsolet my senses creep out of the door, searching for the humans. Hear vampires.... Come out come out, where ever you are. I hear a human think evily, his sould so close to the door, that I jump back in fright. I loose my balance and fling my arms out to the side to try to stay a float.
All of my sense come back to me, floating around a 100meter radius of me. The human is just out side, I relax a little; big mistake, I fall down the stairs soundlessly. I don't scream, that'll just draw too much attention to us; I do land with an audiable thud.
"Flippin''eck, that hurt."
"Good," Marcus says, I roll my eyes and pull myself up. "You could have made everyone notic us, and then what'll have happened? 'Eh?" he asks, folding his arms on his chest, everyone else does the same.
"Yeah Janelle, Gawd, you're so clumsy!" Emily says, a little b*tchier than she normally does. I smile, shakeing my head.
"What's so funny?" Marcus says, gritting his teeth and standing up; Violet shoots me daggers, obviously also agreeing with Marcus and Emily. "You could have got us killed!"
"Well, for starts, I did... NOT," I force out, "Get their attention, they are still examoning upstairs... spending a little too long in my room," I pull a face and Lilian laughs. "Secondly, saying that they could kill us is, admit it, quite ironic."
"No, it's not." Marcus controdicts.
What a buffon. "Well then, the fact that I call it ironic, is ironic in it's self then isn't it?"
He forces out a laugh, "How immiture of you," he mocks.
"How arrogant of you," I mimic his mocking tone.
"Why you little, I am the eldest here-"
"By two and a half hundred years! That's all!"
"Exactly," he says, "Even Raider's older than you."
"Hey!" Raider says looking pissed off.
I grit my teeth, pushing my auburn hair out of my eyes. "Y' know, you really are one arrogant, mother-"
"If you continue that sentance, I swear-"
"You swear what? You'll beat me up? Per-lease, you wouldn't 'cause you'll be too preocupied with the possiblity of breaking a nail!"
"Oh No, you didn't," he squares down to my 5'8 height.
"WILL YOU TWO, STOP BICKERING!" Raider yells, making Marcus and I swirl around to face him. "Seriously, you're both doing my head in!"
I bite my lip to stop me from laughing. The younger vampires look up to us with wide eyes, "What a great example we're setting," I say laughing. Raider laughs, Marcus rearranges his jaw to stop himself from smiling.
"So, what are we going to do? I mean, it's not going to be long before they use their 'brains' and come to look for us down here!" I say, and they all look at each other. Great, I think dryly in my head.


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A controversial 39th-minute penalty by David Lopez condemned Millwall to a second successive defeat as the promotion chasing Seagulls swooped to steal three points at The Den.
There seemed to be minimal, if any contact, by Lions skipper Danny Shittu in the 39th-minute as the defender went shoulder to shoulder with Brighton debutant Jesse Lingard in the penalty area.
However, Lingard fell dramatically to the deck and was adjudged to have been fouled by Shittu, who like the rest of The Den faithful, was aghast when referee Geoff Eltringham pointed to the spot.
Lopez stepped up and promptly despatched the penalty kick into the bottom left corner, sending Lions keeper David Forde the wrong way to hand the visitors an advantage they had to battle expertly to defend.
It had all started reasonably well for boss Ian Holloway, who handed a debut to new signing Owen Garvan - the 40th player used by The Lions this season.
Garvan's inclusion was one of three changes to the team that started at Barnsley last weekend, with Jermaine Easter and Simeon Jackson brought in for Scott McDonald and Steve Morison.
There were three minutes on the clock when Ed Upson, who was a dominant feature in the Millwall midfield, nearly caught out Seagulls keeper Tomasz Kuszczak with a free-kick from the left that landed on the roof of the net.
Five minutes later another Upson effort, this time from the other flank, was comfortably collected the Kusczak before the visitors recorded their first real noteworthy attempt on goal in the 10th-minute, only for Dale Stephens' tame 25-yarder to bounce wide of the post.
Millwall had a huge let-off midway through the half when Andrea Orlandi broke down the left and whipped over a delightful ball that was met by the head of Jose Ulloa, but his effort was gathered at the second attempt on the line by keeper Forde.
Upson again was denied with a thumping drive from 25-yards that stung the palms of the Seagulls keeper, but it was Brighton who went on to break the deadlock six minutes before the interval with the controversial penalty that also earned Shittu a yellow card for his protests.
The Seagulls went close to adding a second goal moments before half-time, only for a strong block by Ryan Fredericks to divert Lingard's goalbound shot.
Boss Holloway made no changes at the break and his faith was nearly repaid immediately when Shittu's close-range header from Garvan's sweet free-kick went straight into the arms of the grateful keeper.
Easter was a whisker away from grabbing a deserved Lions leveller just before the hour-mark only to see his close-range effort smack the crossbar.
That proved to be the striker's last contribution of the afternoon as Morison and McDonald were brought on in a bid to try and unlock a resilient Seagulls rearguard.
McDonald fired over seconds after his introduction following some super skill by Upson and Scott Malone created a half-chance.
The Lions kept up the pressure and McDonald was denied, this time after weaving past a couple of areas and despatching a low shot that lacked the power to cause Kuszczak any real problems.
Holloway's men kept their foot on the gas, but simply could not find a way through.
Jackson headed over and a piledriver from Garvan flashed no more than a foot over the bar in a frantic spell of Millwall pressure.
Keeper Forde even got involved, deep into injury-time, sprinting upfield to add another body in the box for a corner.
But there was to be no way back for Millwall, who stay just one point outside the bottom three with 13 games to go.
Forde, Fredericks, Malone, Shittu, Lowry (McDonald, 59mins), Williams, Upson, Garvan, Jackson (Feeney, 72mins), Easter (Morison, 58mins), Woolford. Subs not used: Bywater, Dunne, Beevers, Abdou.
Shittu (40mins)
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Kuszczak, Saltor, Ward, Greer, Upson, Andrews, Stephens, Orlandi (March, 79mins), Ulloa, Lopez (Buckley, 58mins), Lingard (Forster-Caskey, 65mins). Subs not used: Dunk, Calderon, Rodriguez, Brezovan.
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Polyomavirus Infection In Merkel Cell Carcinoma Is Associated With Better Outcomes
Integration of the Merkel cell carcinoma polyomavirus (MCPyV) genome into the tumor genome was recently found to be frequent in skin cancers, but the clinical consequences of MVPyV genomic integration was unclear.
To examine the consequences of viral DNA integration, Heikki Joensuu, M.D., of the Department of Oncology at Helsinki University Central Hospital, and colleagues, conducted histopathologic and molecular biological analyses of tumor tissue and DNA from 109 Finnish patients who were diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma from 1979 to 2004.
Approximately 50% of the tumors were positive for MCPyV DNA. These cancers tended to be located in a limb, to have less frequent nodal or distant metastases at the time of diagnosis, and to be associated with better survival compared with MCPyV DNA-negative cancers.
"Identification of MCPyV as a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of Merkel cell carcinoma might provide novel choices for future therapeutic strategies," the authors write.
In an accompanying editorial, James A. DeCaprio, M.D., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, points out parallels between MCPyV infection in Merkel cell carcinoma and human papillomavirus infection in head and neck cancers, suggesting reasons that the presence of these viruses would predict a better prognosis.
"Perhaps expression of the viral oncogenes can induce or promote the development of cancers that have fewer host cell chromosomal abnormalities, which may result in tumors with simpler genomic abnormalities," the editorialist writes. "Alternatively, the viral oncogenes may specifically perturb host signaling pathways, including immune surveillance, that render them less aggressive or lethal."
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On Feb 7, 2012, at 9:56 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > Andor, > > Thanks for this notice. I am, however, a little uncertain how to > interpret this--please forgive my stupidity. Do you mean that with > this note you are informing the Apache OpenOffice Podling (Incubator) > members of this request that we submit a tender (i.e., a description > of how much it would cost for us to do what is wanted as described)? > > I am sure that the request will find interested parties here. Thanks. You will also find that the Apache POI project which reads/writes OOXML from Java will be interested in this effort. http://poi.apache.org/ mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com Members of the POI PMC are mentoring the Apache ODF Toolkit. http://incubator.apache.org/odftoolkit mailto:email@example.com Regards, Dave > > Best, > Louis > > On 2 February 2012 09:15, Andor E <email@example.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> this is an official call for tender from the Open Source Business >> Alliance (OSBA) Working Group "Office Interoperability". >> >> The working group has been created to improve the interoperability of >> OOXML documents between MS-Office and OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice. >> For this we have created a list of feature improvements for >> OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice. The members of the working group are >> funding the implementation >> of these features by independent contractors. Please see the >> specifications for details. >> >> Press release (in German) >> http://tinyurl.com/87zte9n >> >> Specifications (in English) >> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3SaiFrf0_QZZjVlYTJmMzEtMWEyOS00NmYyLWE2NzktODVhMzQyZTA5NzQz >> >> Kind regards >> >> Andor Ertsey >> Project LiMux >> Landeshauptstadt München
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Spar of South Africa Full-Year Profit Gains on PromotionsJanice Kew
Spar Group Ltd., a South African food and liquor retailer, said full-year profit gained 12 percent as it offered more promotions and increased sales of alcoholic drinks.
Net income rose to 1.19 billion rand ($115 million) in the 12 months through September from 1.06 billion rand a year earlier, the Durban-based company said in statement today. Sales increased 9.8 percent to 47.4 billion rand. Spar declared a full-year dividend of 4.85 rand a share, 13 percent higher than in 2012.
Revenue growth was "underpinned by strong promotional activity," while sales at Tops, Spar's liquor unit, grew 16 percent to 5.8 billion rand, the company said. Spar opened 47 Tops stores during the year, bringing the total to 582 outlets.
Consumer confidence in Africa's largest economy dropped to a 10-year low in the third quarter as inflationary pressures curbed spending and demand for credit. Spar anticipates the "trading environment to remain challenging with subdued economic growth and continued rand weakness," it said.
Spar's shares have declined 7.5 percent this year, compared with an 11 percent fall on the FTSE/JSE Africa Food & Drug Retailers Index. The rand has weakened 18 percent against the dollar this year, the worst performer of 16 major currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
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Fast Fact: The height of the combined spire and tower at Salisbury Cathedral from ground level is 404ft, making it the tallest in England.
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With its impressive 404ft spire, Salisbury Cathedral catches your eye long before you reach the city. Taking 38 years to build, the Cathedral is home to the best preserved original Magna Carta - one of the most important documents in history.
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This cartoon from Hark, A Vagrant very nearly sums up everything I'll end up saying on this subject over the next year, but since images are worth a thousand words, I thought my readers would enjoy the following cartoon and image, both of which I utilize in my Steampunk 101 lectures, to explain what technofantasy is.
This image by Marcel E. Mercado of Steampunk Star Wars fame might represent the polemic of some forum discussions related to whether steampunk is science fiction or not (and for the record, would make one hell of a framed print).
I may have said it elsewhere, but effectively, steampunk exists at the liminal point between these two writers' approaches to technology. Wells didn't care how it worked - it just did. Verne cared so much about how it worked he accurately posited where it would be most propitious to launch a rocket to the moon from in America. Steampunk is somewhere in-between these two minds, imagining technologies that just work, but then for good measure, adding in a lengthy explanation on how they work. More often than not though, these explanations are technofantasies: when the physical laws of your own universe fail you - make something up.
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We're counting down the days to spring training - pitchers and catchers report a week from today - and players are already starting to trickle into Viera. To whet your appetite, Florida Today reporter Mark DeCotis has a story on a few of the early arrivals to Nationals camp; Ross Detwiler, Tom Gorzelanny and Nyjer Morgan are among them.
(DeCotis, it should be noted, is one of the finest human beings you'll ever meet; his wife Pam and he had the D.C.-based Nats writers over for dinner a couple times last spring, just to provide some pizza and relaxation for the travel weary. Plus, he'll indulge my closet NASCAR fanboy side with tales of the Daytona 500s he's covered, and he loaned me money for lunch more times than I can count last year. He did whip out a hat and a pair of ridiculous neon green-tipped gloves when the weather dipped into the 40s last year, but we'll let that slide. Check his Nats stuff out this spring, and give him a follow on Twitter. It'll be worth your while. And maybe, if I butter him up enough, he'll have five bucks to bum me a couple times this year.)
Anyway, we're going to spend the rest of the week taking a look at some of the big stories to watch in Nationals camp this spring, in quick-hit form. And we'll start this morning with a look at the Nationals' new outfield.
What's changed: Just about everything. The Nationals started last spring with their outfield fairly settled; Josh Willingham would start in left, Nyjer Morgan in center and Elijah Dukes in right, conventional wisdom said. Then the Nationals cut Dukes in March, Morgan struggled through a nightmarish season and Willingham played with a balky knee before having surgery in September. Then, they shocked the baseball world by signing Jayson Werth to a seven-year, $126 million contract. They followed that by trading Willingham to the Athletics, turning left field over to a platoon of Michael Morse and Roger Bernadina, and signed Rick Ankiel as a fifth outfielder.
What to watch: I'm curious to see how the Nationals' plans for left field work out. Team officials believe this will be one of the best defensive outfields in baseball, which is why Bernadina factors so prominently in the plans. But the Nationals want to get Morse around 400 at-bats this year, and he was probably underutilized last season. He hit righties at a .287 clip last year, compared to .295 against lefties, so he doesn't need to be stashed in a straight platoon. I'd expect he'll get some time at first base to spell Adam LaRoche, in addition to playing in left. Bernadina is here, though, because the Nationals think they'll get plus-plus defense from him (in scout-speak). Whether his bat is good enough to keep him in the lineup remains to be seen, especially if the Nationals are in need of some length in the order.
Who's on the hot seat: This is unquestionably a big spring for Morgan; he hit .253/.319/.314 last year, and his unseemly on-field episodes are well-documented. He enters camp as the starter in center, but Ankiel (and Jerry Hairston) can also play there, and Corey Brown could be along in a couple months. They're also going to let Werth see some time there, and Bryce Harper will play there, too. There's probably not enough competition here to bounce Morgan out of a job, and the Nationals still see him as a plus defender who can put up a .340-.350 OBP. They'll play him more often in the shallow outfield this year, because he's so good at going back on balls, and they'll hope he fields the way he did late last season. I'm curious to see if the new alignment will help compensate for Morgan's mediocre arm. And while Werth's job is secure, he's also going to be expected to live up to a contract that's been scrutinized all winter. He's likely to be the cleanup hitter, and the Nationals are counting on him to make his presence felt in the clubhouse. As good as Werth was in Philadelphia, he wasn't the focal point of the team, and he's eager to take on that responsibility.
What will happen: I think Bernadina gets the largest chunk of playing time in left, and Morse will see his at-bats spread around a couple different spots. Morgan keeps his job in center, Werth starts in right, and Ankiel is the fifth outfielder. That's all pretty cut-and-dried, but the production is still an unknown. Morgan is the key here. If he doesn't rebound, the Nationals might have trouble generating runs.
Let me know what you think about the outfield - what you're excited to see this spring, and what questions you have. We'll throw the spotlight on a different storyline every day for the rest of the week.


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