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Yesterday Forbes published their annual list of the top-grossing actresses of the year. They figure in gross earnings and endorsement deals and everything. The list is as follows: 10. Kristen Stewart 9. Natalie Portman 8. Amy Adams 7. Scarlett Johansson 6. Cameron Diaz 5. Angelina Jolie 4. Gwyneth Paltrow 3. Jennifer Aniston 2. Jennifer Lawrence 1. Sandra Bullock. So here's Matthew Eng chasing our very tiny recent Sandra fest with this climactic love letter. - Nathaniel
I don't particularly get people who don't like Sandra Bullock.
Yes, the 82nd Best Actress statuette deserves to be sitting comfortably somewhere on Gabourey Sidibe's mantelpiece and yes, The Blind Side is a pretty foul piece of limo-liberal fabling. Yes, she is a performer of some obvious limitations that are strikingly evident in even her strongest comedic performances. And yes, she has given us All About Steve and The Proposal and the Miss Congenialitys and Two Weeks Notice and all those other "duds" we love to roll our eyes at in public almost as much as we love to sheepishly watch them in private whenever they pop up on FX or Lifetime or HBO.
I'm more than happy to make couch potato time for Two Weeks Notice, a funny/frisky valentine to New York that's patently flawed but genuinely sentimental, and even The Proposal, a ridiculous container of rom-com contrivances that would make Kate Hudson cringe, but which has plenty of good moments to spare. No, I haven't yet laid an eye on All About Steve, which is likely for the better, but I do own While You Were Sleeping and Miss Congeniality, and I've sat through the latter's sequel, um, three, maybe four times.
Why am I glued to these movies when I still have so many unseen Bergmans? [more...]
Tim here. The mission statement of this column is "something to do with animation" (I suck at writing mission statements), which would seemingly preclude me from taking part in Celebrating Sandra Week here at the Film Experience.
But wait! As it turns out, there was exactly one time that Sandra Bullock voiced an animated character, in 1998's The Prince of Egypt (as opposed to Gravity, where she was the only thing onscreen that wasn't animated).
An adaptation of the Biblical story of Exodus, this was only the second film ever released by DreamWorks Animation (after 16 years, it remains one of their best). It was also the second DreamWorks film to favor a voice cast chosen for marquee value over skills in voice acting, building on a tradition that the studio would proudly continue for the rest of its existence. And in this case, it continues the longstanding Hollywood habit of populating stories from Hebraic scripture almost exclusive with non-Jews: Jeff Goldblum is the sole Jewish lead in a film whose voice cast includes Val Kilmer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Patrick Stewart, and Ralph Fiennes (the latter two aren't playing ancient Hebrews, at least), alongside Bullock, one of the most famous subjects of the "Is she Jewish? I guess not" game of all time.
More to the point, that list of people includes nobody other than Stewart and Goldblum whose voice is so obviously distinctive that they'd necessarily make sense to put into an animated movie, but that's DreamWorks for you. Among such company, Bullock doesn't stand out as particularly grating or out-of-place (apologies to Nathaniel, but Pfeiffer pretty effortlessly takes Worst in Show, as far as that goes). In fact, watching the film for the first time with a particular ear for Bullock's work, I'd go so far as to call her one of thebest members of the cast. Compared to Kilmer's generic mid-Americanisms in the lead role, it doesn't take all that much for anybody to stand out in the cast, of course, but Bullock is especially noteworthy in that she has the exact same liability as Kilmer – a voice carefully trained to sound like it comes from absolutely nowhere in particular, but probably Ohio-ish – and still manages to shade her line readings just enough to suggest a kind of formal pre-modern attitude, something that none of the other Americans in the cast ever really manage.
That being said, she has hardly any time to make an impression, with a role whose brevity is matched only by Helen Mirren's (so, not an actressexual-friendly movie, basically). Bullock's own unenthusiastic description from the officially sanctioned making-of featurette of 1998 is that her character, Moses's biological sister Miram, "is sort of the believer, the one who holds on to the faith… She helps her brother cross over, and see where he came from." And if that sounds like a stock character who gets nothing interesting to do, that's because it's exactly what she is (she's also the lead singer of the Oscar-nominated song "When You Believe", but Bullock didn't do her own singing).
Still, she puts some heart into it, and a lot of earnestness, and it's enough to put the character over as a real personality, even if she's a bit one-note in her "Moses! Are you gonna lead the chosen people yet?" characterization.
It's more then Goldblum doing Goldblum in ancient Egypt can claim. It's a lot more than Martin Short and Steve Martin doing nothing at all but cashing checks can claim. The problem with the DreamWorks casting trend (that has since infected virtually all animated filmmaking in America, not just that studio) is that movie stars typically look more interesting than they sound, as true for the bulk of The Prince of Egypt as anything in the Shreks or the abysmal casting of Brad Pitt as the white-breadiest Sinbad in film history. And by all rights, it should apply to Bullock as much as anybody; but she pushes herself just enough to make sure that doesn't happen. It's a largely unimaginative performance of a role that means only a little bit to the movie as a whole, but she manages to make a real impression, and given what she was working with, that's a real, if small triumph.
We're celebrating Sandra Bullock as she hits 50. Here's Matthew Eng on her most infamous awards show moment - Editor
I'm not sure why exactly the Critics' Choice Movie Awards need to exist, except as another obvious precursor ceremony for glorified Oscar season star-baiting with ridiculous genre-segregated acting categories (so glad we all got to rightfully recognize Evangeline Lilly in The Hobbit as a nominee for Best Actress in an Action Movie!) and a prime airtime on the CW, and whose only (only!) difference from the Teen Choice Awards is that the former hands out actual trophies, whereas the latter gives out surfboards.
That being said, I remain eternally grateful to this over-bloated awards pageant for providing us with perhaps the single greatest, or at least most-rewatchable moment of the 2009 Oscar season five years back: the Meryl-Sandra kiss...
With Sandra Bullock's 50th birthday approaching we'll be looking at a few of her films. Here's Andrew Kendall on a little discussed '98 picture. - Ed.
Is it strange that when asked to celebrate Sandra Bullock's birthday with a film from her oeuvre I immediately turned to the 1998 (ostensible) romantic drama Hope Floats? Despite the 80 million dollars at the box office the film was not quite a hit and critics were not impressed. Yet, whenever I'm asked to stump for a Bullock performance I tend to turn to Birdee Pruitt not necessarily as the "best" Bullock, or not even quintessential Bullock but my favourite Bullock.
The well-intentioned, sometimes – oftentimes – too treacly Hope Floats from writer Steven Rogers (who did a better job handling domestic dramas that same year with Stepmom) and direct Forrest Whitaker (who helmed his strongest film three years earlier with Waiting to Exhale) is a movie I feel warmer towards than I should. It gets a bit turgid in the middle falling prey to the lazy, but not necessarily inaccurate, complaint that it's probably too long. But I can't turn my back on the easy warmness of the film, mostly because of its able bodied cast – Harry Connick Jr being just the right amount of cocky and charming, Mae Whitman giving one of the best children performances of the nineties, and Gena Rowlands giving the type of performance that would net an aging actresses an Oscar nomination if this was 1940s (think Gladys Cooper in Now, Voyager). And, of course, Sandra Bullock – the lead performance the film lives and dies by. [More...]
TFE is really into 10th, 25th, 50th, and 75th anniversaries and elsewhere you see mostly 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th business. I assume this is because recent stuff gets more traffic, but whatevs. I can only do me. So I didn't even consider Jan de Bont's Speed (1994) for celebrations here though I liked the movie quite a lot and Keanu Reeves was my (imaginary) boyfriend at the time. There's a lot of good stuff 'round the web on Speed today if you're so inclined. Crave has a road map tour of L.A. so that you can retrace the movie's drive and derailments (that seems dangerous!), In Contention has an indepth report with Keanu, Sandra and the director and Huffington Post interviews Joss Whedon who did uncredited writing on the movie. My point is this: There are a lot of Speed freaks celebrating today.
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Speed (June 10th, 1994) followed Little Buddha (May 25th, 1994) into theaters. It was all Keanu all the time in the summer of 1994, with and without guyliner... with and without pop quizzes.
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Geena Davis and I have been harping on gender disparity in film for ever and I've also spent a lot of time on its sister problem: ageism focused on women. But in the past couple of years it feels like the conversation has finally reached the mainstream.
Every website, even the most misogynist-friendly, now knows what the Bechdel Test is and that the majority of movies still fail it even though it's super easy to pass. Cate Blanchett's Oscar speech got a lot of attention and Kevin B Lee recently had a major cinemetrics piece in the New York Times about women's limited screen time and now, as The Wrap reports, a new study out of San Diego State's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film shows how bad the problem is not just in lead roles (only 13% of the films in the top 100 of last year) but in ageist double standards (women over 40 account for only 30% of female roles while 55% of male roles are for the over 40 set) and in racial representation (73% of all female roles are for caucasian women).
All of this despite the fact that Cate's Oscar speech was total righteous truth-telling. [More...]
We're almost done! Only 35 more Oscar posts before w--- No for reals though we have to talk about fashion at least briefly. There sure was a lot of granny froufrou beading fussy texture on trend this year, huh? Which works on some people but not everyone. And weirdly it doesn't work at first and then totally works by the end of the evenin on some people. By some people I mean the happy Blue Jasmine twosome, whose gowns worked really well once you saw them all snuggly together in their seats.
I think Julia Roberts should've gone younger/sexier to combat the visual drabness of the Barbara role in August and because Jennifer Lawrence, red hot, has already stolen her Sweetheart crown (in fairness Julia abdicated the throne after her Oscar win so no one really took it from her). Sally Hawkins! (Why do I feel like her bohemian signature characters Ginger & Poppy both would not approve of what their creator is wearing?) I was going to do a poll of best dressed but I figured Lupita Nyong'o would get 100% of the votes making it the most boring poll of all time. I know this is June Squibb's favorite Christmas Party Dress getting a surprise airing in March.
Judi Dench never shows. Do you think she watches overseas?
Amy Adams has never looked better and that dress was so tight that visual effects were employed to show her jumping up to dance with Pharrell in it. Because: impossible. Meryl Streep with a little off the shoulder glam. But white blouses are risky when you're eating pizza. Cate Blanchett looking like an ethereal elf quee... hey, wait a minute. And Sandra Bullock also looking sensational. The Best Actress shortlist did the red carpet proud.
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Grace: I don't believe you
I walked out of the corner shop with a Yorkie bar.
"Why do you eat those?" says Flit.
"Not all of can survive on clouds, you know. Besides, they're nice," I reply. She pulls a face. Flit's my guardian. She's either in the form of an eagle so big I can ride on her and fly anywhere, or a girl. Whichever she is, she's always my best friend. She's currently a girl. She gets energy from clouds, mist, fog, things like that.
"Whatever. Do you want me to fly you home?"
"Nah, it's too nice. I wanna walk. We'll fly tonight." I say. We both like a bit of danger- it'd be so cool, getting in the papers because you were seen riding a bird- but I'm slightly more cautious. It's too busy, and it gets hot up there above the clouds, nothing to protect you from the sun. It's better at night, I filmed out my window once at the full moon, I have a shot of us silhouetted against the moon. I go round the corner and suddenly Flit stops.
What is it? I ask, making use of our mental link.
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Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary exploration, I seek to add a fresh voice to the sometimes venerable, sometimes dusty and archaic tradition of large-scale figurative painting, while subtly addressing the mythology, objectification and subjugation of women. My subjects are at first glance close to home-new mothers, friends, lovers, artists, dancers-but are then quickly placed at a distance via edgy modification, rigorous technique, minimal contexts and composition, and idiosyncratic use of color. I am also interested in social presentation, artifice, and simulation as they relate to my subjects. I hope to peel away a gossamer thin layer of reality, not just to document the real but also to reveal what might be.
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By JOHN BOSCHINI
2011 is a year of new beginnings for Toronto FC.
An 11th-placed finish in last year's campaign fell wildly short of both fan and ownership expectations, resulting in the ousting of head coach Preki and director of soccer Mo Johnston. Under the advisement of former German national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, Toronto hired Ajax assistant Aron Winter head coach and brought Paul Mariner back to the MLS as director of player development following his unsucessful stint as manager of Plymouth Argyle.
With a revamped front office, Toronto played it safe in the off-season, sacrificing a first-round pick for Seattle Sounders midfielder Nathan Sturgis and strengthening its defensive and midfield core with picks in the later rounds of the Superdraft. Last season, Toronto conceded 41 goals while scoring only 31, mostly coming from 15-goal scorer Dwayne De Rosario. Seven more came from Chad Barrett but the former first-round pick was traded to the L.A. Galaxy in exchange for allocation money and Toronto has yet to fill the void with a big, off-season signing and will turn instead to its academy to provide an offensive spark
Despite all the changes that took place in Toronto this winter, the expectation for the 2011 season is the same as last year: Make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, no excuses.
Here's a closer look at Toronto's preseason:
Training Schedule: Jan. 27-Feb. 12 in Antayla, Turkey; Feb.12-Feb.21 in Toronto; Feb. 21-March 2 in Orlando, FL; March 2-March 13 in Charleston, SC.
Preseason Game Schedule: Feb. 10 vs. Dinamo Zagreb; Matches to be announced on Feb. 24, 26 in Toronto; 2011 Carolina Challenge Cup in Charleston, SC: March 5 vs. Chicago Fire; March 9 vs. Charleston Battery; March 12 vs. D.C. United.
Key Arrivals: MF – Nathan Sturgis, Joao Plata; D – Demitrius Omphroy, Matt Gold
Key Departures: GK – Jon Conway; F – Chad Barrett, O'Brian White, Fuad Ibrahim; D – Nick Garcia
What to Watch for: The first task for Toronto's newly-installed front office is to repair a contentious relationship between club and De Rosario. The lone 2010 All-Star for Toronto caused headlines towards the end of last season by voicing discontent with his current contract. This lead to an off-season trial with Scottish powerhouses Celtic FC of which Toronto had no knowledge. No move was ever made for De Rosario but the incident highlighted a detreriorating relationship. Also, a newcomer that could make an immediate impact is Ecuadorian Joao Plata, who fell to the third round despite impressing scouts at the MLS Combine.
Of Note: Captain De Rosario and defender Adrian Cann will have left Toronto's Turkey training camp to play for Canada against Greece on Feb. 9….Toronto also had six players called up to the Canadian U17 squad….The MLS announced that the domestic player rules would apply to both Canadian and American teams equally with both Canadians and Americans being considered domestic…The Carolina Challenge Cup will take place at the Blackbaud Stadium with Charleston Battery season ticket holders recieving complimentary tickets.
More like Fraud Ibrahim…talk about a bust
Until TFC really upgrades the talent, I don't seem them improving much. Yes, there is such a thing as addition through subtraction and yes, they've usually been a team where the sum of the parts was great than the sum of the whole. But this team is still missing too much on attack. And what if DeRo goes on a funk or gets hurt? I think TFC fans have to hope that there is at least one big addition to the attack yet to come (and frankly, I'd say 2-3 so the team isn't dependent upon DeRo's whims about if he's being treated fairly or not).
Where did Nick Garcia go?
I think the story for this offseason is still an un-written one.
Plenty of trialists in camp but no signings as of yet. But I have confidence the new front office staff get the big picture, unlike Mo Johnston (booo).
What happen to Junior Burgos? did they end up signing him or what?
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oh man, i think people are in for a surprise.
The team is collecting some decent players (or at least trialing them) in Turkey right now. Although they are only friendlies we've tied Partizan Belgrade and beat Redstar Belgrade with even the coaches of the teams saying we looked decent. The few highlights we've been given have shown us a team/style of play we've never been privy to previous to this.
We've chopped alot of fat off last years team creating alot of salary room but still maintaining a decent skeleton in mid and defense. The majority of the trialists have been much needed strikers, wingers and wingbacks with the team emphasizing movement with the ball and off the ball. Re: DeRo he maybe the top scorer on the team but he wont be the only one this season coming up. (DeRo hasnt scored once in the off season)
He is not with them in Turkey. I think that he was still sorting visa issues and should join the team back in Toronto.
Who cares
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Who cares, as long as he never comes back I'm fine with it!!!!
TFC is looking to upgrade talent. However, this will be a completely different team than what's been seen before. They are focusing on an entirely new system. So some players that were non factors last year (De Guzman), could find their groove again this year, under a structure that didn't exist. Toronto was always much better on paper than they showed in the field, and hopefully Winter can make something of them.
The core is still there, and you're right, there is a major need for another 2 strikers.
Myles B
All the supplemental draft picks were left back in TO to train with the Academy kids.
Myles B
Totally agree, Winter has said in interviews we've got the Europeans trialists in Turkey and those on this side of the Atlantic will trial down in Florida with the team. We should see the first of the new signing by the end of this week when they're done in Turkey.
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Could be both. TCP Port 135 needs to be open to allow WMI requests through. In addition, I believe you need to have local administrator access to the destination machine to be able to query the system.
Try the information at the following link:
Look under the troubleshooting section (at the bottom) to see if any of the solutions apply to you.
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Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
If Windows doesn't respond maybe the computer is turned off?
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also make sure that WMI is running on that machine. And like SAM said if the computer is off then it will not work either.


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Anybody have onboard air?
Looking into putting an onboard air system on my YJ. I know somebody on here has to have a system....so where did you put yours?
So lets see where you put it & ran all your fittings & everything else!
Hey skinny, your question is YJ spscific I'm going to move it to that area. I have a JK so I don't think I can help.
No but a buddy with a TJ mounted his portable in the left rear in back plumbed a quick disconnect through the tub. Works great. Wired to the batt and a covered switch back there. No more open the hood and hook up just plug in the hose and hit the switch.
I used to have the standard Compressor-Tank set-up, but then I upgraded to a stand alone Nitrogen system with a high-pressure regulator, I got tired of all the electrical wiring and the N2 system has zero. Although it's not as easy to fill up, it does make up for it by having 2000 psi available to use instead of 150 psi lol. I can get you pics when I get back from work.
Sweet, yeah I really want it tucked away like maybe underneath somewhere. I plan on getting a compressor with a 5 gallon tank. I also plan on getting a set of train horns....just for fun!
So you use the nitrogen for your tires & everything? Could it be used for horns as well?....and how does it work?...you pre-charge it or does it have a compressor of some sort?
I have heard of the ac compressor mod to fill an air tank. Anyone know how well that works? I am curious about all the details of that. I can get a task easy and cheap, it is the compressor that is tricky.
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Will that work with an aftermarket AC unit?
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Outlaw how loud is that thing inside the cab?
It's kinda like this:
POWERTANK - CO2 Air Systems
Only it's N2 instead of C02. And Nitrogen doesn't contain any moisture so it's perfect for anything pneumatic, C02 is good too. I just prefer Nitrogen because I work with it a lot at my job.
The Compressor & Air Tank setup is way cheaper, it's just more complicated because you have all the wiring to deal with, and all the lines/one-way valves/solenoids/water filters in the system, the stand alone systems don't have any of that. Like I said I had both and both work great, but I needed to maximize the room in my Jeep so I got the N2 system, just a preference.
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About how much was the nitro setup & joe much does it cost to fill up?
Nice, I have thought about that kind of setup but really don't want to lose the cargo space seeing how this is my daily driver. But it is definitely an option I'm looking at. Do you have anymore pics of it Outlaw?
I have a York 210 compressor (and still have AC) a 3 gallon tank under the jeep and the jeep is plumbed with two air fittings...one in the front and one in the back. The system take 20 seconds to go from O to 150lbs then shuts off and is set to recover at 125. I can air up my 37" Iroks from 5lbs to 27lbs(that what I run them at on the street) in about a minute and a half (it takes longer to take off and put back on the valve stem cap). The York pumps 10 cfm and runs air tools nicely along with run my ARB.
I run a york compressor as well.
I bump my idle up and I fill my 37s from 2psi to 15 in no time at all.
I use it to blow the dust out of the jeep, run impact, saw, etc. One of the best mods you can do. I know a few people with electric compressors and they always end up using mine. Unless you drop a good chunk of change on an electric compressor it is going to take a while to air up tires, as well as pull a big amp load on your alternator.
The tank on the Jeep ain't going anywhere unless its not secured correctly. Guys run these high-pressure tanks during the Baja 1000 bouncing up and down dunes at 80+ mph. It's only as safe as you make it, you need the correct equipment.
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Corrine leapt out of the tunnel and threw herself at Defforeth. She wasn't armed but she attacked with such ferocity that Defforeth couldn't even tell who she was. He tried desperately to protect himself by covering his face and trying to get away but she was vicious. He started attacking back before long and he then realised who she was.
She started screaming, "How could you? You betrayed us all! You will pay for this!"
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Corrine heard the Pixies approaching not long after that. She suddenly leapt up. Defforeth was curled in a ball by this point. They all heard the Pixies shout out to some other patrol men for back up so Corrine simply said, "Run."
Everyone dispersed and so the Pixies ran after them. It seemed like they were everywhere. There was no escaping them. Corrine ran round a corner and came face to face with an Elf and when she span there was another behind her. Where they had come from she did not know but one thing was for sure. The resistance had ended before it had begun.


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SARAH KWAK: All the good goalies knocked out of the playoffs? I think both Henrik Lundqvist and Holtby might beg to differ. OK, so Lundqvist may be on the way out, but Holtby has been really underappreciated. The guy has been an absolute workhorse, playing 73 games this season and he's put together a respectable .923 save percentage. Only Pekka Rinne (in 2011-12), Cam '10-11) and Miikka Kiprusoff ('05-06) have had save rates as high with the same or heavier workload. But that said, my Conn Smythe pick so far would be Perry, just a shade over his buddy Ryan Getzlaf. I'd give it to both of them, if that were allowed. While facing the toughest matchups (relative, of course) every night, he's still managed to score at a ridiculous 2.00 points per game clip. His fearlessness to drive into the scoring areas all the time makes Anaheim immensely tough to play against. There are a lot of really good centers who can control play through the neutral zone, but Perry's willingness and effectiveness to bull in brings goals. Without a player like Perry, the Ducks aren't as fearsome.
BLINN: I don't really love the delay rule, but it's a slippery slope. The rule has stopped players from intentionally flipping the puck out of play for a quick breather and there are already enough issues with referees making judgment calls (see: Kronwall, Niklas and Ovechkin, Alex). Let the players continue to be accountable and not delay the game in order to review video to decide if someone was trying to delay the game.
MUIR: Coburn's definitely a case where the fancystats (a 37.2% Corsi) don't accurately capture what he brings to the table. That said, Chris Stewart's 38.2% Corsi does. He wasn't terrible during the regular season (11 points in 20 games), but he was a total non-factor for the Wild when it mattered. In exchange for that second-round pick they gave up to the Sabres, he chipped in with two assists and nine shots in eight playoff games and was a possession black hole. Not a great way to enter unrestricted free agency. As for the best, at least someone you guys haven't mentioned, how about Simon Despres? The Ducks acquired four players at the deadline and he's the only one who is making a regular contribution, playing upwards of 18 minutes a night and bringing some balance to Anaheim's back end. He's been physical as expected, but he's also contributed five assists in only seven games. There's nothing fancy to that total, just a knack for getting pucks to the net. At this time of year, that's an incredibly valuable skill. He's been a nice add.
MUIR: I've flipflopped more often than Diamond Joe Quimby on this because it seems like every new detail that emerges seems to indicate the exact opposite of the one previous. So I have no earthly idea but my guess is that he's wanted to explore his options all along, otherwise he would have re-upped a long time ago. There are plenty of new challenges out there. I think he's just wants to see if there's the "right" new challenge. Edmonton would be my first choice too, but since you took it Page I'm gonna go with St. Louis. Good competitive base in place that can contend for the Cup, plus he has a relationship with GM Doug Armstrong from Team Canada.


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I'm the first one awake the next morning. I glance at my alarm clock. 4:56. I don't need to start getting around until 5:30. However, I can't sleep.
Getting up, I walk over to the bathroom across the hall and stare into the mirror. Half my face is bruised and swollen. I can only see out of one eye, because my other one is swollen shut.
"Good God," I whisper to myself, tenderly poking the bruised side of my face. I wince from the wave of pain that I get in response to it. "How am I going to cover this up?"
I look around, thinking hard. Make-up wouldn't work; it could cover up the bruises, but it'd still be swollen badly. Maybe if I put some ice on my face first and then used make-up, it wouldn't look too bad. Even then, though, it'd probably wear off by midday and then I'd have some real explaining to do.
I freeze in the middle of my pacing, my mouth widening into a smile. I'll just say that I tripped and fell and hit my face. I do that often enough, after all. 'Perfect. Hopefully people believe it...'
Walking out of the bathroom and back into my room, I sit down in my desk chair and play Mario Kart on my DS to pass time.
At 5:30, Aaron and Peter's alarm clocks go off. Internally, I groan from the loud beeping that's coming from their room.
"Would you get out of bed and turn those things off?" I call, putting down my DS and covering my ears.
"Sorry, Ry!" Aaron squeaks loudly in response. The horrid sounds continue for a few more moments as he gets out of bed and then they stop after he turns them off. I let out a sigh of relief and uncover my ears.
"Whatever," I hear Peter grumble. There's a loud thump and then Peter yells out in pain. "Don't hit me with the pillow!"
"Get out of bed!" Aaron hisses at him. More thumping. I can just imagine Aaron standing above Peter's bed, hitting him repeatedly with the pillow.
Peter finally rolls out of bed, landing hard on the floor. I hear Aaron toss the pillow back onto his bed and walk out of the room. He crosses the hallway and opens my door, gaping at my face.
"Ry!" He squeaks, looking shocked, scared, and impressed all at once. "Are you alright? It doesn't hurt too much, does it?"
"I'm fine, Aaron," I mumble. I don't look him in the eye as I say this, though. I'm perfectly fine on the outside, minus my face, but inside... Inside is a completely different story. I'm not fine at all, mentally; not even close. I have a feeling that this is how it'll stay for awhile, too.
"Can we leave early and go out to eat for breakfast?" Aaron asks, giving me a hopeful stare. I nod, shaking my racing thoughts away. He grins and darts off to tell Peter, leaving me alone again.


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Junior guard Candice Wiggins
Can you tell us about feeling the pressure lifted off you the way Cissy Pierce and Brooke Smith were scoring early on?
"I don't think I necessarily ever feel pressure. I have trust in my teammates. I've been playing with these two for my whole career here at Stanford. I have faith in Cissy. I've been watching Cissy since freshman year. She's been doing the same things, so it's good to see her have a great start and a great game. In terms of Brooke, she always has been great. Like I said, I haven't really been surprised, so I didn't really feel pressure."
What does that do for you guys when you have somebody else - Cissy Pierce - hit shots from the perimeter?
"I think it showed that she is a great shooter. She makes people be honest because they can't just sag off of our guards. Tara [VanDerveer] has said this before, and it's been repeated, but we have great perimeter shooters on our team. I think it just builds confidence for our team, knowing that we can hit outside shots."
Junior guard Cissy Pierce
Can you talk about the hot start, and hitting those first few shots, how were you feeling?
"They were sagging off, and I got to the soft spots in their zone [defense]. I felt like I was wide open. They were five or six feet off me. I didn't think about it; I just shot it."
Fifth-year senior center/forward Brooke Smith
You and Kristen Newlin have both talked about keeping the momentum from the Pac-10 Tournament. So how was it getting off to that start today, with you and Cissy scoring the first 22 points?
"I think we just want to come out and play with energy and play hard, just pick up from where we left off at the Pac-10 Tournament. We were just so excited to play. We hadn't played in almost two weeks, so we were really ready to go. We just wanted to start it off well. I think we did that today, and hopefully we will be able to carry that over into Monday's game against Florida State. They will be a tough challenge for us, but I think we will be ready."
You have one more game left at Maples Pavilion - can you reflect a little upon that?
"I think going into the last couple of games at Maples, it was so much fun to run out there and hear our fans and how much support we have from everyone around. I think we have a great opportunity playing at home, and it's definitely going to have my last game ever in Maples coming up. But I think we went through that already with Senior Day here, so in a way I think this is a little bit different. We're just excited that we have a great opportunity playing here at home in front of our fans, and it can give us a great boost."
You had a shot with a ball fake. You scored and ran down the court with a big smile on your face. Was it just one of those days for you, 13-of-17 from the floor? What prompted you to smile?
"I just smiled because it went in - I don't know [laughter in the room]. My shots were falling, so that's always fun and exciting. I'm just trying to take what the defense was giving me. They were playing zone defense and they were leaving people open. We have to make them pay in order to get respect on the perimeter. That opened it up for our post players and Jayne [Appel] inside."
How was it that you were able to make those shots today when the zone defense was designed to double- or triple-team and crowd you?
"With most zones, you just have to find the openings. There are going to be gaps and stuff. That is how a zone is played. You just have to find the openings and make reads. That's how you get open looks. They had to pick their poison somewhere. They had to double- and triple-team inside, so they were leaving people on the perimeter open. I think Mel [Murphy] hit a couple shots and different people - Cissy and Candice obviously. Different people hit those shots when they were left open."
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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is said to be close to a deal with Murdoch's News Corp that would satisfy the Office of Fair Trading and Ofcom after weeks of talks.
An annoucement could reportedly come within days, when Hunt would be expected to put out the proposed "remedy" for consultation for a fortnight.
News Corp, which already owns the Sun and The Times, offered to hive off Sky News into an independent trust last month after Ofcom said a takeover could reduce the plurality of news providers in the UK. Since then, Hunt and the OFT have been discussing further "undertakings" with News Corp to guarantee Sky News' independence.
Hunt will refer the case to the Competition Commission if a remedy cannot be agreed.
Sources close to Hunt played down talk of a deal, saying that the OFT and Ofcom have not reached a conclusion.
Rival media groups fear News Corp could use Sky, which is highly profitable, to cross-sell its newspapers and turn Sky News into a partisan broadcaster like its US cable channel Fox News.
Murdoch is desperate to avoid a further investigation which could take at six months.
News Corp made a 700p-a-share bid for the 61% of Sky it does not already own in June.
Sky's share price has leapt as profits keep rising and the pound has also strengthened against the dollar, pushing up the takeover price for US-based News Corp.
Shares rose 12.5p to 775p in early trading.
News Corp/Sky deal explained
Are UK regulators looking at it on competition grounds?
No. Europe cleared the deal. Sky's dominance and News Corp bundling its newspapers with the pay-TV giant aren't issues. UK regulators are concerned with plurality.
What is plurality?
Having a wide choice of news providers but the definition is vague. The law says "there must be sufficient plurality of persons with control of media enterprises providing news and current affairs to UK-wide cross-media audiences". This is about News Corp, which already owns the Sun and The Times, taking full control of Sky News.
Murdoch owns 39%. Will having 100% harm plurality?
Ofcom says it would. News Corp disputes that and has offered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt "undertakings" to guarantee Sky News' independence.
Why not force Murdoch to sell Sky News?
He is proud of it, despite losing many millions of pounds. If he sold, Sky News could shut - harming plurality.
What are the options?
Hiving off Sky News and appointing independent directors. Creating a trust, perhaps funded by a dowry from News Corp, is possible.Reuse content


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Robert tipped his head to the side, ever so slightly. Then he stepped off the tree limb and landed on the earth. Beth couldn't help but notice the gracefulness with which he completed the action. She found herself likening this man, this predator, to a tiger, or a leopard; graceful, lithe, powerful and – Beth had to admit – very attractive. And of course, extremely dangerous. She recalled a moment earlier in the day, when Alex had said that Robert was impulsive and reckless, never thinking plans through.
"'Things'?" Robert asked, quoting her.
"Why does Catalin hate you so much?" Beth asked, folding her arms around herself to keep warm.
"She likes to pretend," Robert said.
"What do you mean?"
"Has my brother told you about blood bonds? The sharing of blood between two vampires?"
"He mentioned it once."
Robert's eyebrows shot up. "He told you? I would have thought him too scared to tell you. Would you like to know more about them?"
Beth nodded slowly. She did want to know, but how much of what he was about to tell her would be true?
"A blood bond, between vampires, is pure. Purer than any human love. Such a connection is only achieved through the sharing of blood."
"What does a... blood bond do? What's it for?" Beth asked.
"Well, it connects the two vampires, mentally. Meaning true telepathy is achievable. Where vampires can tell the nature of human thoughts, we cannot hear them. And certainly not another vampire's, except with a blood bond or with your sire. Catalin and I have one such connection. So do Catalin and her brother, now I come to think of it."
"Really? How?"
"If you wish to know the answer to that, you'll have to ask Catalin what happened the night that the blue frog sang." A small, knowing smile spread across his lips. It was gone before Beth had even a chance to think about it.
"'The night that the blue frog sang'?" Beth asked doubtfully.
"If she wishes to answer, she will. But I will not tell you."
"Why do you not call Alex by his name?"
"I wasn't aware this was a night of interrogation," Robert said jokingly, without a hint of malice or cruelty.
"I won't force you to answer," Beth said quickly, not wanting to offend him.
"No, I will answer your question, though it may require more explaining on my brother's behalf," Robert said cryptically. He leant back against the tree and crossed his arms. "Well, as I'm sure you know I turned Catalin, who turned our brother. But before that, while we were all still human with no clue that vampires existed, there was a girl. She was one of my sister's personal maids, her second favourite. She was beautiful. Her straight strawberry blonde hair, her light brown eyes... I thought I loved her. I wanted to propose to her but, of course, I wouldn't have been allowed. The shame; Prince Roberto marrying a common maid.
"So, I gave up hope. I rebelled against my father and my professors—"
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Inside This Local Thrift Shop
Poem by: hyperforce
Status: Finished
Genre: Flash Fiction
It was inside this local thrift shop
That I found what I thought was a mop.
But it turned out to be a broom
With a small dragon image on that heirloom.
That was when I found it interesting
Enough to take home and do some sweeping.
But after I started sweeping on the kitchen floor,
I saw something that made me think my eyesight was poor.
That image became a real dragon and flew
Out of the window to look for its own crew.
Of course, that made me want to take a hop
Out of my place and back to the thrift shop.
Once there, I saw the owner having a terrible itch
And it was due to a visit from an angry witch.
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Very nice whimsical piece of poetry with a "Down-home" sort of feel to it... By the way, I hope that you do realize that I was trying to compliment your other piece the other day when I read... I just say the things that come to my mind, & I guess that sometimes the sentiment could be taken in a different slant than that one which is on my mind... Hope it didn't throw you off, since you do have a very high quality writing style, & I always give you a "Like"...
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MyUniversity is a project partially funded, under the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, by the European Community. MyUniversity is designed as a trial project that focuses on the unification of European Higher Education and its affect on university stakeholders (i.e. students, teaching and administrative staff) with the aim of creating added value from the use of certain information and communication technologies.
More specifically the project aims at designing, deploying and validating an integrated solution for empowering and involving university members and stakeholders in transparent decision-making allowing the development of appropriate recommendations and action plans, focused on EU higher education.
An advanced technological platform will be used by the universities to create the environment needed for such an interaction. MyUniversity project will equip universities from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Spain, Slovakia and Sweden with a cutting edge eParticipation platform which will provide their members and stakeholders with innovative interactive tools so they can actively participate in the higher education decision making process with valuable input towards future polices and legislation, both locally and at European level.
The issue of higher education is becoming more and more important on an EU level. EU initiatives and discussions have substantial impact on the national higher education systems. The European Community aims specifically to develop the European dimension in education and the exchange of information on issues common to education systems in the Member States. Universities are primarily organized at national and regional levels and seem to have difficulty in finding a truly European dimension.
The European Union has been moving towards a unified EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA since 1999 when the Bologna declaration was signed and the resulting Bologna Process was started. The Bologna Declaration underlines the importance of educational cooperation across boundaries and across organizations, aiming at developing and strengthening democratic societies. The objectives set out by the Bologna Declaration and the policies developed in the subsequent years are still valid today. Since not all the objectives have been completely achieved, the full and proper implementation of these objectives at European, national and institutional level will require increased momentum and commitment beyond 2010. One of the key aspects towards the success of the Bologna Process is the close cooperation and interaction between governments, higher education institutions, students, staff, employers and quality assurance agencies. However in practice this is hard to achieve and the process lacks the active participation of a large number of students and university stakeholders.
For this purpose, MyUniversity project will equip 14 universities from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Spain, Slovakia and Sweden with a cutting edge eParticipation platform which will provide them with innovative interactive tools so they can actively participate in the higher education decision-making process with valuable input towards future polices and legislation, both locally and at European level.
The target end- users (participants) are students, professors and other members of the university and educational community from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Spain, Slovakia and Sweden, which have a lot to say on educational legal initiatives, may they be at European or local level. At present their proposals rarely reach outside the university and have any impact on legislation and decision making processes.
Currently the end-user universities participating in the project are:
1. International Business School Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
2. University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria)
3. University of Vilnius (Lithuania)
4. Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia)
5. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovakia)
6. University of Presov in Presov (Slovakia)
7. Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain)
8. University of León (Spain)
9. Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain)
10. Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
11. University of Barcelona (Spain)
12. University of Girona (Spain)
13. University of Lleida (Spain)
14. Stockholm University (Sweden)
In long term MyUniversity aims to enroll new universities as external trial users (not financed by the EU). At the same time associations, networks, think tanks, research centers among other relevant entities from EU level - related to thematic of the European High Education Area - are also considered as stakeholders of the project and potentially end-users of the super-portal (master-portal) of the project.
The MyUniversity technological solution will be implemented at the 14 participating Universities (in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden). The participating universities will trial the available versions of the platform (MyUniversity solution) among all university stakeholders at both national and regional level. A super-portal (master – portal) will also be created connecting all the sub-portals (individual Universities' platforms).
Universities will need specialized personnel to moderate the eParticipation tools provided by the MyUniversity solution, which allows users to express their opinions on the issues under discussion. It becomes very important to keep the eParticipation tools "alive†with updated content that shows the universities' commitment to the transparency process.
For this reason the universities' personnel will be trained so that the participating universities have everything they need to easily start the trials as quickly and efficiently as possible. The training will include documentation/ manuals, advice on how to use the system, objectives of the trials and best practices on dealing with university stakeholders' opinions. The universities' personnel will be responsible for engaging new users in the discussion and encourage participation. New universities will be also enrolled as external trial users – not financed by the EU.
Concluding, two main tasks are required regarding implementation: the initial set up of the platform for each trial user (universities), and the corresponding training on how to use it and maximize its use. It is foreseen that each university will move forward in different pace, and that an advanced version will be deployed later, and these tasks will span over several months.
The MyUniversity technological solution is an eParticipation platform. The technology that will be used is based on COTS (standard) hardware, which will centrally host the MyUniversity e-Participation platform (software) for all the end-users. The MyUniversity software platform will be based on existing tools already being used by dozens of customers (basically Demos@Work, Gov2DemoSS and Pnyx) with the addition of new technical features and tools (advanced portal generation module, integration with FaceBook, security module, automatic translation module, Pnyx secure consultation module and others that may be required based on project evolution). The majority of these tools are built on Web 2.0 Open Source technologies. Only Pnyx, an optional cryptographic solution for secure e-consultations, is not Open Source. The main delivery channel will be the web, with complementary services offered through mobiles. Each participating university will have its own MyUniversity platform.
MyUniversity project will provide an eParticipation service that will facilitate:
Alongside with the university sub-portals (individual Universities' platforms) a super-portal (master portal) will be also developed. The Master portal will be the entry point of all sub-portals and will be the generator of new ones in a simplified way. It will include content from all university portals in addition to its own independent eParticipation tools. It will provide links to sub-portals of participating Universities and an overview of the entire project.
The MyUniversity platform consists of user-friendly channels for direct interaction between decision-makers and citizens (and vice versa). The users will be able to view topics under discussion, access related document, express their views, answer feature surveys, and keep track of all events related to their interest through the calendar and keep track of agendas and meeting minutes of the Council's sessions.
MyUniversity is currently under implementation which means that it is too early to extract final results. As aforementioned, the project is designed as a trial project that focuses on the unification of European Higher Education and its affect on university stakeholders (i.e. students, teaching and administrative staff) with the aim of creating added value from the use of certain information and communication technologies. Of course, it will be vital to assess the feasibility of such an approach. Having gained deep insight from similar community-funded eParticipation projects, MyUniversity will be critically evaluated and lessons will be developed that can be learned from the trial.
A group of independent experts who have worked in the eParticipation and Higher Education sectors that are aware of the EU strategy in the field will evaluate results from both a technological and sociological perspective. In other words they will assess and document benefits, drawbacks and critical success factors.
However, the expected impact of the project is that MyUniversity will lever the existing Bologna decision-making framework to accomplish an impact at both Local, National and European level by:
MyUniversity project aims to disseminate the project and the future obtained results among the public and raise awareness of the potential of eParticipation. The project will foster its efforts to identify, target and enroll new universities as external trial users which will enhance the benefits of the specific eParticipation solution. MyUniversity dissemination channels aim to ensure the collaboration of university stakeholders to the project objectives and the upcoming final results. Via these means the commercial exploitation of the project will also be ensured. Another dissemination objective is to initiate the development of a vibrant community of interest stimulating the involvement of key stakeholders in national and European levels. Most importantly, MyUniversity aims to work closely with projects funded under the same ICT PSP call so as to help collect and consolidate scientific results and disseminate them to all relevant institutions in the EU and to all interested civil society agents. For this reason, the project website is linked to the other projects funded under the same ICT PSP call and other internet sources with similar focus.
For the above objectives, the Consortium of the project has already taken up dissemination activities both at national and European level and will extensively continue to do so. The results of the project will be broadly disseminated by each partner involved in the project. Marketing activities have been developed and will continue to be implemented to ensure appropriate interest in the project from other universities and potential markets that could benefit from a solution of these characteristics. New universities will be individually contacted and offered the possibility of using MyUniversity.
MyUniversity apart from standard dissemination activities has also identified the following streams to utilize as mechanisms for exchange, transfer and replication: social media usage; collaboration with other ICT PSP projects; information exchange with major specialized EU affairs press; publications in scientific magazines/ journals; interaction with the scientific community relevant to eParticipation, eGovernment, and higher education themes; organization of events; interaction with additional EU and International Universities and associations; collaboration with European networks and communities; support action on interuniversity networking and cooperation, etc.
Towards future sustainability and exploitation of the project, MyUniversity will require the following in order to maximize its commercial benefits: detail identification of target groups, providers and end-users, public and governmental bodies; consultations with providers and customers on the acceptance and awareness, barriers, factors influencing their decisions; definition of events where interested stakeholders can be approached; licensing of MyUniversity's technology to third parties for the development of new technologies and solutions; generate requirements for long-term research on eParticipation.
MyUniversity project is currently under implementation and it is too early to draw some concrete conclusions and coherent lessons learnt. As mentioned above, MyUniversity's outcome will be evaluated from both a technological and sociological perspective. The main objective is to assess and document benefits, drawbacks and critical success factors for all university stakeholders and on decision-making and policy issues as well as on its potential scalability with a view to mainstreaming it within institutional environments. The idea is to come to a conclusion on what the future of e-Participation should be and how it can improve higher education policy.
More specifically, it is anticipated that MyUniversity will demonstrate how to use an array of specific eParticipation tools (concentrated in a single platform) in multiple countries at the same time, for allowing people to participate in local and European level subjects (in the context of the project the European subjects are limited in principle to the Higher Education Area). It is also foreseen to demonstrate how citizens of different countries can benefit from contents, results and best practices generated by other participants located abroad and how issues being debated in one country can initiate a new discussion in a different one, or even a cross-border discussion on European matters.Lastly the project is expected to demonstrate how easy it is for decision-makers to include eParticipation initiatives as a new factor in their decision making processes. The idea is not to substitute the decision making processes and take it out of the hands of the elected representatives, but to offer them mechanisms to take into account participants' opinions.


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After this the HDD just disappeared from Windows, like if it was disconnected. I restarted the PC and there it was again.
Is it possible to repair or should I make use of the warranty? Thanks
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At its core data science is meant to challenge the common wisdom. Susan Lindquist, a geneticist and biochemist at MIT, states, "If you've been studying in a field all your life, having someone from a completely different field come and tell you something important could be rather irritating. It's just human nature." Part of the problem is a turf issue, she noted, but also a gap in understanding because experts in other fields "don't get why my ideas work."
Believe it or not there was a time in medicine when physicians were not physician-scientists. They thought of illnesses as an imbalance caused by bad air or evil spirits instead of looking at anatomy and empirical data.
The history of science is replete with such theories that only became accepted by the scientific community after a long, uphill battle.
All the wonderful evidence-based science in the world cannot cover up some previous ideas that are part of our ugly history, including heroin cough syrup for children sold by Bayer & Co. or making Lysol the best-selling method of contraception during the Great Depression. Even with these unfortunate cases in our recent history, there are still many scientists whose ideas struggle to find acceptance.
A quick review of history will demonstrate that every 50 years there is a revolution in healthcare based on the trends of that period.
In the 1870s we had germ theory of disease and promotion of public health efforts. In the 1920s we discovered penicillin and propelled forward the use of medication as treatment for disease. In the 1970s we began randomized, controlled trials which ushered in a period of evidence-based medicine. Now approaching the 2020s, we are set for another revolution: using data science to empower physicians' work — and most significantly — improve patient outcomes.
I get it: undergraduate studies, medical school, residency and fellowships certainly add up to expertise cultivated over many years; and for that reason, some healthcare providers may have a hard time with receiving outside help. Many of these providers' view excursions into the medical field by non-medical individuals as intruding.
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Original post made by csma, another community, on Jun 19, 2009
CSMA is located at:
Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View 94040
Phone: 650-917-6800 | Web Link
Wee Me Arts Day is sponsored by CSMA and FIRST5 Santa Clara County. Media sponsor: Bay Area Parent. Thank you: Los Altos Town Crier, Mountain View Voice, Palo Alto Weekly, The Wave Magazine, and Whole Foods Los Altos.
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on Jun 19, 2009 at 6:24 pm
CSMA offers very good programs that enrich children's lives. I am always amazed of how so few take advantage of this great resource.
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