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Here is Jim Wallis, the editor of Sojourners magazine and a consistent voice on behalf of social justice; and your own faithful blogger, on PBS's "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly," discussing the religious and moral implications of the financial crisis. The show's host, Bob Abernethy, also asked us to point the way forward using resources from our religious traditions. The best, or at least most piquant, quote came from Mr. Wallis, who suggested that as penance any malefacting Wall Street CEOs should be paraded down the Street in "sackcloth and ashes." That may be letting them too lightly for their foolishness and greed. Even my Wharton professors might agree with that.
James Martin, SJ
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All the millions of dollars that people have invested in the stock market through their 401K plans is not likely to be pulled out any time soon. Therefore, the alarm that the markets will melt down and we will end up in a depression is false. This bailout is intended to prevent a lifestyle change for those like Paulson who do not know about life outside of their little world. I suspect that in Paulson, we have someone who is only slightly more competent than "Brownie" in that Paulson at least has some direct experience on Wall Street. However, that experience has not given him a broad perspective or deep insight.
8 years 10 months ago
''...should be paraded down the Street...'' I know this was said in jest, but you do know the difference between this action and true penitence, I presume. What Mr. Wallis wants to do sounds more like what the Romans did to those they defeated. These guys aren't defeated - they've just collected their severance pay. Not only that, they aren't penitent. Nor need they be; they are simply cogs in in a system. The real penitents are those who know better or say they do. Let Mr. Wallis walk the street in sackcloth and ashes, joined by the Wharton professors who taught business ethics based on the various Pope's related Encyclicals. Oh, I see, they are too busy pondering over whether there are any absolutes in ethics in business. Or in anything else!
8 years 10 months ago
How about all the stupid people who thought they could own a house without paying anything to anybody ever? If taxpayers have to bail them out, they should have to parade down Main Street stark naked while all the responsible investors pour trash on them.
8 years 10 months ago
Today we live under violent forces: exploitation, militarism, over-consumption, the wasting of energy, sexism, anti-gay/lesbianism, racism, etc. If they are understood as the terror exercised by sin, the question becomes how I react to it and what choices do I make. Theologian James Alison tells us that being able make a good choice is often just plain luck because of the world's established structures of sin. Also he tells us that we all partake to at least some extent in the imagination that dominates our society and culture. None of us are outside the social constructions of meaning produced by our own groups, societies and cultures. In New Testament terms, sin is a power which rules over us.


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The Story of the Blues
Putting a label on the blues sound used to be a much simpler task. But since the genre has transformed itself and evolved into what it is today, it's not so straightforward. From the early days (when the music was used to pass time doing fieldwork) to the legendary sounds of B.B. King, blues has remained an iconic part of music history. This documentary explores the major guiding principles behind the genre and consults top blues musicians.

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By Caleb Flaxey (Team Canada alternate) — My wife Alli is here to cheer on our team. She flew here after skipping Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal.Read More
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By Dawn McEwen (Team Canada lead) — This morning's game against Denmark wasn't easy, so we were glad to pull out the win in the end.Read More
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By Brad Jacobs (Team Canada skip) — A lot of people look at what we did when we went unbeaten at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings and think that we should be doing the same thing here in Russia.Read More
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By Jennifer Jones (Team Canada skip) — One thing about our team is that we like our routines. We've travelled to some amazing places over the years, like South Korea, China, Switzerland and now Russia. And one thing that doesn't change is that every morning, we have toast and peanut butter! So that's what we did this morning before our game against Sweden.Read More
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By E.J. Harnden (Team Canada second) — Well, we knew coming in that every game was going to be tough so we can't get too down in the dumps about losing tonight.Read More
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By RYAN FRY (Team Canada third) — The first game is out of the way, and we were very happy to finally get a chance to play.Read More
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SOCHI, Russia — Canada's men's and women's curling teams have arrived in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics with hopes of extending a perfect record of winning medals.Read More
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The Supreme Court did not rule today on President Obama's health care law, but a new poll shows that it remains a source of political contention.
An Associated Press-GfK survey shows that 47% of Americans oppose the law Obama signed in 2010. Just a third of Americans overall approve of the overhaul, and 21% of independent voters, the AP said.
However ... if the Supreme Court does strike down the law, more than three-fourths of respondents want Congress to undertake a new effort to address the nation's health care needs.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the health care law next week, perhaps as early as Monday.
The AP poll comes a day after a separate survey of legal insiders predicts the court will strike down the key part of the law: The individual mandate, the requirement that nearly all Americans buy health insurance or pay a fine.
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The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the 2010 law in the next week or so. Most of the law's major changes aimed at extending health insurance to more than 30 million Americans who now lack coverage have yet to take effect, including the requirement that most people have health insurance or pay a penalty. The insurance mandate has been among the least popular aspects of the law. Provisions that have gone into effect include extended coverage for young adults on their parents' insurance and relief for seniors with high prescription drug costs.
But whatever people think of the law, they don't want a Supreme Court ruling against it to be the last word on health care reform. More than three-fourths of Americans want their political leaders to undertake a new effort, rather than leave the health care system alone if the court rules against the law, according to the poll.
Large majorities of both opponents and backers of the law share the view that Congress and the president should start anew. The lowest level of support for new health care legislation comes from people who identify themselves as strong supporters of the tea party. Even in that group, though, nearly 60 percent favor work on a new bill.
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FYI I've just added a realtek based card using the 8139too kernel module. The "issue" mention below DOES NOT happen with this network card. Only with the onboard b44 card! On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 21:18 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Well this is novel. I'd be suspecting a hardware problem. Are you sure > the power supply isn't overloaded, or in need of replacement? > > > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:13:36 -0800 > From: bugme-daemon@xxxxxxxx > To: bugme-new@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3765] New: Network link down, when writting to sata > disk AND network in use > > > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3765 > > Summary: Network link down, when writting to sata disk AND > network in use > Kernel Version: linux-kernel 2.6.9 > Status: NEW > Severity: high > Owner: other_other@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Submitter: bugtracker@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Distribution: Gentoo > > Hardware Environment: > P4 2.66ghz > Motherboard: ASUS P4PE (with onboard lan) > Promise Sata150 TX4 PCI (sata expansion card) > > Software Environment: > Kernel 2.6.9 > - onboard LAN: driver in use > - "Broadcom 4400 ethernet support" compiled into kernel > > - Promise Sata150 TX4 PCI (sata expansion card) > - Driver "Promise SATA TX2/TX4 support" compiled into kernel > - 200GB Western Digital SATA drive attached to PCI sata card > > Problem Description: > If data is being copied to the SATA drive (eg from another DISK which is on > motherboard IDE controller) AND I start a network data transfer where data is > goung through the Broadcom lan the following occurs (from kernel log) > > Nov 18 11:43:10 synapse b44: eth0: Link is down. > Nov 18 11:43:15 synapse b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. > Nov 18 11:43:15 synapse b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. > Nov 18 11:43:19 synapse b44: eth0: Link is down. > Nov 18 11:43:21 synapse b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. > > Link keeps going up and down, as long as there's data movment from the SATA > drive, and a network movement (network download doesn't have to be saving to > the > sata drive) > > I've disabled APCI, problem persits. > > Steps to reproduce: > 1. copy data to Sata drive CONNECTED to PCI controller > 2. Download file from network via onboard LAN, doesn't matter which drive you > save it > 3. Onboards lan "link" goes up and down, causing disruption to network useage. > > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- > You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. > >
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Loan Deferment and Forbearance
Contact your loan servicer(s) if you experience difficulty making payments. It is best to work with the servicer before a payment is missed. In some cases, you may be eligible for loan deferment or forbearance.
A deferment is a period of time during which a lender or servicer temporarily postpones regular payments. Deferments are granted for specific situations, as defined by the law. Documentation may be required.
If granted a deferment, the government will pay the interest on any subsidized loans for the length of the deferment. Interest on unsubsidized loans and Grad PLUS loans will continue to accrue. Unpaid interest during a period of deferment on unsubsidized or Grad PLUS loans will be capitalized; monthly payments may increase after the deferment period.
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Forbearance is another option that may be able to help during periods of financial difficulty. During forbearance, a servicer temporarily reduces or postpones regular loan payments. This option is usually reserved for those who do not qualify for a deferment. Forbearance is granted at the servicer's discretion.
The federal government does not pay interest on any loans, including subsidized loans during the forbearance period. Borrowers are responsible for any interest that accrues. Unpaid interest during a period of forbearance will be capitalized and monthly payments may increase after the forbearance period.
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On 01/14/2012 10:49 PM, Gurjeet Singh wrote: > So lets make it easy for the patch submitter to start the process. I > propose that we have a page in the CF application where people can > upload/attach the patch, and the app posts the patch to -hackers and > uses the post URL to create the CF entry. > That would be nice, but there's at least two serious problems with it, which I would guess are both unsolvable without adding an unsupportable amount of work to the current PostgreSQL web team. First, it is technically risky for a web application hosted on postgresql.org to be e-mailing this list. There are some things in the infrastructure that do that already--I believe the pgsql-commiters list being driven from commits is the busiest such bot. But all of the ones that currently exist are either moderated, have a limited number of approved submitters, or both. If it were possible for a bot to create a postgresql.org community account, then trigger an e-mail to pgsql-hackers just by filling out a web form, I'd give it maybe six months before it has to be turned off for a bit--because there are thousands messages queued up once the first bored spammer figures that out. Securing web to e-mail gateways is a giant headache, and everyone working on the PostgreSQL infrastructure who might work on that is already overloaded with community volunteer work. There's an element of zero-sum game here: while this would provide some assistance to new contributors, the time to build and maintain the thing would be coming mainly out of senior contributors. I see the gain+risk vs. reward here skewed the wrong way. Second, e-mail provides some level of validation that patches being submitted are coming from the person they claim. We currently reject patches that are only shared with the community on the web, via places like github. The process around this mailing list tries to make it clear sending patches to here is a code submission under the PostgreSQL license. And e-mail nowadays keeps increasing the number of checks that confirm it's coming from the person it claims sent it. I can go check into the DKIM credentials your Gmail message to the list contained if I'd like, to help confirm it really came from your account. E-mail headers are certainly not perfectly traceable and audit-able, but they are far better than what you'd get from a web submission. Little audit trail there beyond "came from this IP address". One unicorn I would like to have here would give the CF app a database of recent e-mails to pgsql-hackers. I login to the CF app, click on "Add recent submission", and anything matching my e-mail address appears with a checkbox next to it. Click on the patch submissions, and then something like you described would happen. That would save me the annoying work around looking up message IDs so much. The role CF manager would benefit even more from infrastructure like that too. Something that listed all the recent e-mail messages for an existing submission, such that you could just click on the ones that you wanted added to the patch's e-mail history, would save me personally enough time that I could probably even justify writing it. -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services, and 24x7 Support www.2ndQuadrant.com
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Have Volkswagen Questions? Ask an Expert Now.
I need a detailed explanation of how to replace the entire side mirror assembly on the passenger side. The pivot connector has broken from the mirror getting pushed forward too much and the mirror is just hanging by the wire. I have read that I will need to remove the door panel to get access so I need a explanation of how to do this too and what tools I will need. I found a procedure for doing this on a 1998 Beetle but do not know if it's the same for a 2004.
i have uploaded the procedure for you
you will need standard hand tools and a flat screw driver
please copy and paste the link below in your browser
if that doesnt work,,try it this way
The biggest thing I was concerned about was how to get the door panel off. These instructions talk about grinding things off to remove the door panel? I thought it just pulled off after removing a few screws but these instructions show what looks like a very complicated procedure to just remove the door panel. Is this correct?
yes..it doesnt just pop off
though it isnt too bad
just follow the instructions,,,you will be fine
So should the door panel come off first or does it come off after I remove the old mirror?
no..you need to remove the panel first
remove the panel per instructions
after that there isnt much to the mirror
But more upper door panel is not painted, it has a rubberized texture to it. I don't see how I'm supposed to grind anything off to remove the upper door panel. In reading further it says I cannot reuse my door panel? Is it the upper that I can't reuse or if so why not? Seems awfully wasteful to have to throw it away just because I need to remove it. If I decided not to hook up my power mirror could I install it without removing the door panel? This looks like way more than what I was expecting if the door panel has to come off.
i think i may have gave you too much info
you can use your panel
please go down to door trim removal
it isnt that bad,,,really
i wanted to give you plenty of info to refer too...and i think i just caused confusion ,,,,sorry
Yea that makes a lot more sense now. That middle part freaked me out a bit. This looks more like what I was expecting if I just need to remove the door trim panel. So the upper door panel does not have to come off right?
now we are getting there
Also, if I just download the document and save it as a Word file I will be able to pull it up later right?
you should be done within an hour
yes,,it is a word file
or,,you could just save the link..i will leave it open for a week or so for you
One more question-when my mirror broke the only part that broke is the metal pivot piece that it looks like the mirror assembly sits on top of. Is that a part that I can replace by itself without having to replace the entire mirror assembly? My mirror is not broke, the blinker still works and the mirror is still able be moved with the control. Just wondering if there is a way to save me some money.
you can replace just the housing
though,,i wouldnt think there would be a bog price difference
we always replace the unit
Mirror Housing, Removing And Installing - New Beetle Sedan --> 05.00. - New Beetle Sedan --> 06.00. - New Beetle Convertible. - Remove mirror glass.New Beetle Sedan --> 05.00
- Press screwdriver - 2 - in - direction of arrow - against locking mechanism under retainer - 4 - and disengage mirror housing - 1 -. - Pull off mirror housing - 1 - upward from mirror carrier - 3 -.New Beetle Sedan 06.00 -->
- Unclip trim - 1 - from mirror housing. Loosen locking mechanism using - screwdriver arrow -, to do so.
- Press screwdriver - 2 - in - direction of arrow - against locking mechanism above retainer - 4 - and disengage mirror housing - 1 -. - Loosen mirror housing - 1 - from lower retainer - 3 - and remove mirror housing from mirror carrier - 3 - by turning respectively.New Beetle Convertible - Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers and remove ignition key.
- Press screwdriver - 2 - in - direction of arrow - against locking mechanism above retainer - 5 - and disengage mirror housing - 1 -. - Loosen mirror housing - 1 - from lower retainer - 4 - and unlock connector for mirror turn signal lamp - 3 - and remove. - Remove mirror housing - 1 - from mirror carrier - 4 - by turning respectively.Installing - The respective assembly follows the reverse of the removal procedures.
I was thinking if I reused my old mirror assembly I wouldn't have to remove the door trim panel since it's already wired up and still functioning. I think it's the piece that these 3 screws connect too:
if your housing is good
ten,,you could just replace the glass
i was thinking the housing was broken
No the glass is still good too, it's just the metal pivot pad that attaches with the screws that is broken. It looks like the mirror assembly sticks onto the pivot post.
the housing that mounts to the door is fine?
if so,,then yes,,you may be able to replace it all from the outside
Yes it's fine.
though,,i have no info at all for this
give me just a second please
i have nothing
and relly dont know if it can be bought seperatly
Well, I guess I'll see if that part is even available from my VW dealer and at least try that approach. If it doesn't work I'll fall back on replacing the whole thing. Thanks for the help. I'll give you a good rating.
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Polyvinyl acetate resins are thermoplastic (they soften upon heating) and flammable; they dissolve in certain organic compounds, including methanol, benzene, butyl acetate, and methyl ethyl ketone..
Vinyl acetate (CH2=CHO2CCH3) is prepared from ethylene by reaction with oxygen and acetic acid over a palladium catalyst. Under the action of free-radical initiators, vinyl acetate monomers (single-unit molecules) can be linked into long, branched polymers (large, multiple-unit molecules), in which the structure of the vinyl acetate repeating units is:.
The monomer can be polymerized while dispersed in water to form a milky-white emulsion. This fluid can be processed directly into latex paints, in which the PVAc forms a strong, flexible, adherent film. It can also be made into a common household adhesive known as white glue or Elmer's glue.
When employed in coatings or adhesives, PVAc is often partially hydrolyzed to a water-soluble polymer known as polyvinyl alcohol.


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Ask Matt: Is there a safe investment yielding 5%?
Q: Is there a secure investment that would provide a minimum of a 5% return during my retirement? If so which one?
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A: Low interest rates may help spur investment and growth. But one thing they don't do is make savers richer.
With the Federal Reserve planning to keep short-term interest rates low for the foreseeable future, you can almost hear the grumble from retirees. Treasury rates are the benchmark for relatively safe investments. And when the rates of Treasuries are kept low, ripple effects are sent through the entire financial community.
Believe it or not, but what the Fed does has a direct influence on your question. Currently, the 10-year Treasury is yielding 2.2%. That means, if you're looking for an investment that will at least keep you relatively secure from the risk of default, you can only expect a 2.2% annual return.
That means if you're looking for a return closer to 5% a year, you will need to dramatically increase your risk exposure. For instance, you might opt for bonds issued by the U.S. companies with the highest credit ratings. That would get you to a roughly 4.2% current yield. It's not the 5% you're seeking, but it's closer. Meanwhile, large U.S. companies with top credit ratings can default, but that's a fairly unusual event, at least in the short term.
Investors willing to take on dramatically more risk, and buy U.S. companies with the lowest "junk' credit ratings, currently are getting 8.5% annual yields. That's a greater return than you're seeking, but also, the level of risk goes up by quite a bit and junk bonds are not appropriate for retirees looking for stable investments for their retirement money.
For investors in high tax brackets, municipal bonds might be worth looking at. But these yields will be nowhere near 5%. The Pimco Intermediate Muni Bond ETF, for instance, is yielding 2.2%. Even adjusted for their tax shield, it's still not enough to get you to 5%.
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The bottom line is that you're not going to find a secure 5% yield. Short-term interest rates are just too low. And it gets worse. Not only are 10-year Treasuries yielding just 2.2%, but even that return is at risk if there's measurable inflation in the future.
Investors need to compare their need for safety with their need for income to come up with the correct balance for them. If you're willing to stray from security for higher returns, there are some investments you can consider.
Matt Krantz is a financial markets reporter at USA TODAY and author of Investing Online for Dummies and Fundamental Analysis for Dummies. He answers a different reader question every weekday in his Ask Matt column at money.usatoday.com. To submit a question, e-mail Matt at email@example.com. Follow Matt on Twitter at: twitter.com/mattkrantz
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Cracking the Case: (Left to right, top to bottom) 1. Rheumatologist David Hellmann ruled out one diagnosis; 2. Bone Pathologist Ed McCarthy identified the patients rare disease; 3. Surgeon Richard Heitmiller performed the conclusive bone biopsy; 4. Surgeon Julie Lange suggested using the gamma probe for the biopsy, and 5. Endocrinologist Michael Levine prescribed the treatment that finally ended the pain.
Once more, Mann went back to his patients chart, and this time he noticed that nobody had ever measured Fursts parathyroid hormone (PTH) level, which controls the amount of calcium and phosphorous in the blood. And here the internist found the clue that would eventually crack the case. Furst, it turned out, had an elevated PTH (and low phosphorous), which, Mann explains, made me think about the possibility of a disturbance in the metabolic activity of the bone.
A high PTH, Mann learned, can signal osteomalacia, an unusual, painful softening of the bones caused by vitamin D deficiency. But unable to explain the patients normal vitamin D level, he took the chart to bone path-ologist and orthopedic surgeon Edward McCarthy, M.D., an expert in metabolic bone disease. Within minutes, McCarthy had zeroed in not on the PTH but on the reduced phosphorous level along with the cyst on the patients liver and proposed a diagnosis. This patient, McCarthy felt quite certain, had a condition familiar to only a handful of physicians in the worldoncogenic osteomalacia. The disorder occurs when a usually benign cyst secretes a chemical called phosphotonin, causing the body to lose phosphorousvital in the formation of bone minerals. The bones then demineralize, and the muscles grow weak.
To clinch the diagnosis as well as conclusively rule out bone cancer, Mann asked surgeon Richard Heitmiller, M.D., to biopsy one of the lesions found on Fursts ribs. Such patches, however, are hard to locate even though they may be clearly visible on bone scans as hot spots. Heitmiller, therefore, took the suggestion of oncologic surgeon Julie Lange, M.D., injected the patient with a radioactive tracer and ran a gamma probe over his body. As the probe reached the lesion, it began pulsing like a Geiger counter, signaling the spot where Heitmiller should remove a small section of bone.
In the lab, McCarthy quickly measured the metabolic activity of the biopsied rib with a computer, declared it cancer-free, and confirmed that Neil Furst indeed suffered from oncogenic osteomalacia.
And so, with a definitive diagnosis in hand, Mann could at last arrange for treatment. He turned over the case to endocrinologist Michael Levine, M.D., who ordered a regimen of vitamin D and phosphorousand within a matter of weeks Furst finally was free from pain.
Getting to the bottom of this problem, Mann says, was a peak event and a lesson in team work. Its not that any one of us is any smarter, he makes clear. Weve just all seen enough unusual things that we know where to call for help. It was like tapping into a cumulative experience. Then pausing, he adds: It was also one of the 5 percent or so of cases that keep medicine forever exciting.
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25 Ways to Grow a Brand New Website
Any time you are thinking of launching a brand new website, for personal or business purposes, understanding how to grow your site and online presence is essential to build any type of reputation, regardless of the industry you are interested in representing. Understanding how to grow a brand new website can help you to save time while also reaching any audience or demographic you intend to with your content, products or services.
Think of Your Site's Intention and Purpose
Before launching a website, consider its purpose and intention. Having a goal in mind for your website will keep you focused on a proper name and understanding who you ant to reach, especially with the demographic you want to market to professionally.
Consider Your Website's Name
Choosing the right website name helps others remember how to spell your brand name while also keeping it relevant to what your website pertains to, whether it provides content, services or products.
Register an Official Domain
Registering an domain such as a .com is also highly advisable when you want to appear professional and if you are looking to be taken seriously online and as a brand.
Create Social Media Pages
Create official social media pages for your brand's official website on Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, Intagram and Vine to help with building your follower base while giving you more opportunities to share your updates with customers and potential clients online.
Submit Your Website to Search Engines
Submitting your website to search engines such as Bing, Yahoo! and Google can help to drastically increase your search engine result rankings while also building a name for your site and brand online simultaneously.
Share Your Online Sites With Friends and Family Online
Share your online sites with friends and family online, asking them to share links and promote your posts to others they know. Asking your family and friends to share your links and pages online can help to build local followers and to begin getting others to talk about your brand, both online and off.
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I am runing experiement that involves that.
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What kinds (and sizes) of actuators does your experiment involve? I would venture a guess that most of the participants in this forum are using mainly R/C servos, linked using tie-rods, and small PM DC motors. Coupling issues become more critical, for both linear and rotary motion, as service loads and actuation distances are increased – and in more harsh environments (such as underwater, or in dirty industrial areas).
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From: (Douglas Richardson)
Subject: Re: Clemence de Verdun: Dispensations and Hostages
Date: 27 Nov 2001 14:19:44 -0800
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Dear Stewart ~
Thank you for your good post.
I explained my theory regarding Clemence de Verdun in a rational and
coherent fashion. I made five points which are as follows:
1. I cited the evidence in which the mother of Joan, wife of Prince
Llywelyn, was named as Clemence.
2. I noted that Susanna, daughter of Joan and Llywelyn, was placed as
a hostage in the custody of Nicholas and Clemence de Verdun.
3. I noted that the name Clemence is extremely rare. Mr. Philips
provided a given name frequency for this period which backed my
assertion. He found the name Clemence occured only twice out of 1,407
occurrences of female given names in Essex fines for this specific
period. Two occurrences out of 1,407 makes the name Clemence rare
Since Mr. Philips posted, a grand total of six contemporary women
named Clemence have turned up, out of 150 or so families of baronial
rank and possibly 2000 families of knightly rank. Of the six
Clemences, only two were of baronial rank. One woman of baronial rank
is known to have been childless. She is not likely to have been Joan's
mother. The other woman of baronial rank who is known to have had
issue was Clemence de Verdun. These facts make Clemence de Verdun a
prime candidate to be Joan's mother.
4. I stated that I previously had observed a pattern of foreign born
hostages being placed with English relatives. I cited the example of
Alan Fitz Roland's daughter in specific and the example of Scottish
hostages in general. I stated my belief that if such a pattern was
correct, then it was highly likely that Susanna was closely related to
Nicholas and Clemence de Verdun, her guardians.
So far, no one has step forward to refute either my observation or my
examples. Alan Fitz Roland whose daughter was a hostage was a
contemporary to Joan and Llywellyn, and held the same rank as Llewelyn
did at the English court. He was a blood kinsman of the king, just as
Joan was a blood kinswoman. Moreover, Alan's wife was the sister of
an English baron and the niece of another English baron. Surely, his
daughter would have received similar treatment as Joan's daughter,
Susanna. In Alan Fitz Roland, you have a contemporary person of
similar rank with a female child. His daughter was placed with her
uncle, an English baron. You couldn't ask for a better example. In
fact, it is tailor made.
5. I stated that the inclusion of Clemence de Verdun in the grant of
Susanna's custody was significant, if for no other reason that we have
primary evidence of a woman named Clemence associated with the family
of Princess Joan. I surmised that Clemence de Verdun had a personal
interest in Susanna, otherwise there would be no need for her to have
been included in the custody grant. Furthermore, I pointed out that
the wife of the next custodian of Susanna was not named in that grant.
The failure to name the wife of the second guardian underscores the
likelihood that Clemence de Verdun had a personal interest in Susanna.
This is basic deductive reasoning, not a "sweeping" claim.
Those were my five points and my evidence to support my theory. To
date, a worthwhile attempt has been made by Mr. Reed to discredit my
theory on a chronological basis. However, with the discovery of
Rohese de Verdun's hitherto unknown first marriage, Mr. Reed's
chronological argument has collapsed. The chronology between the
families of Princess Joan and Clemence de Verdun is now perfectly
If the discussion is to proceed further, it is necessary that Mr. Reed
cite his evidence and rebut my theory point by point on a factual
basis. The burden is on him. I've made my case as clearly and
cogently as I can. It is his turn to do the same. The newsgroup
wants to see his evidence. We already know his opinions.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
(Stewart Baldwin) wrote in message news:<>...
> On 26 Nov 2001 11:25:25 -0800, (Douglas
> Richardson) wrote:
> >"Paul C. Reed" <> wrote in message news:<>...
> >> "Paul C. Reed" wrote:
> >> Before one can state, "Hostages were put with relatives, so there
> >> must be a relationship in this situation" one must show that female
> >> hostages were indeed usually placed with relatives. The burden
> >> of proof is on the person making the claim. He should not expect
> >> others to go out and find the proof for him. He should be capable
> >> of proving his point, if it is correct.
> >
> >I believe the burden is on you, Paul. I cited my evidence. You only
> >gave us your opinion. Your evidence please.
> On the contrary, the purely anecdotal "evidence" that you cited is far
> from sufficient to establish your case. Since you are the one making
> the claim, the burden of proof (which you have not supplied) rests
> with you and you alone. For a claim as sweeping as the one you have
> made, examples simply do not suffice, and some sort of statistical
> evidence must be presented. It is not appropriate for you to demand
> evidence from those who are making the simple (and obvious)
> observation that you have not presented any significant evidence to
> support your claims about hostages and relatives.
> Stewart Baldwin
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by Estela Saez Vilanova
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Guiding Methods for Independent Jewellery Makers.
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At Eclipse Code Recommenders, most of our recommendation engines use Bayesian Networks, which are a compact representation of probability distributions. They thus serve to express relationships between variables in a partially observable world. Our recommenders use these networks to predict what the developer wants to use next, based on what he has done previously.
When the Code Recommenders project first started, there was a need for a new open-source, pure-Java bayesian network library. As part of my bachelor thesis, I created such a library, called Jayes. Jayes has since become the backend of most Code Recommenders' recommendation engines. Its development continues and a new version of Jayes will be included in the upcoming Code Recommenders 2.0.
This post describes how to use Jayes for your own inference tasks.
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Michael Kutschke is currently completing his Master of Science at the Computer Science department of Technische Universität Darmstadt. His areas of interest include large scale data analysis, statistics and optimization. Michael contributes to the open source Code Recommenders project through his student work terms with Codetrails.
What Jayes is, and what it isn't
Jayes is a library for Bayesian networks and the inference in such networks. At the moment, there is no learning component included. (We can, however, recommend the Apache Mahout library.)
Where can I get it?
There are two sources for getting your hands on Jayes' source code:
- The Code Recommenders project repository at eclipse.org
- My Github repository for Jayes
The version in the Code Recommenders repository that we're using for this post has not, at the time of writing, been merged into the Eclipse repository but will be soon. Also, it is still under development and does not yet carry the version number 2.0 (as we are just about to start the 2.0 branch of Code Recommenders). That means for the most current version of Jayes, my Github repository is the place to go. The Github repository also contains the classes used for evaluating and benchmarking Jayes, which will not move to Eclipse in the foreseeable future. These classes allow you to assess the runtime performance of Jayes.
How do I use it?
Before we start, you'll need to have a rough idea of what a Bayesian network is and what it looks like. Wikipedia has a pretty good introduction. So let's get started. For the use case of inference, there are only three classes you need to know:
- org.eclipse.recommenders.jayes.BayesNet
- org.eclipse.recommenders.jayes.BayesNode
- org.eclipse.recommenders.jayes.inference.junctionTree.JunctionTreeAlgorithm
The first two are used for setting up the model itself, while the third is the algorithm used for inference.
The BayesNet is a container for BayesNodes, which represent the random variables of the probability distribution you are modeling. The preferred way in Jayes 2.0 for creating BayesNodes is through BayesNet.createNode(String name). This is most likely the only method of BayesNet you need to use.
A BayesNode has outcomes, parents, and a conditional probability table. It is important to set the probabilities last, after setting the outcomes of the parent nodes. The following diagram shows the workflow:
The methods from BayesNode that perform these steps are
- BayesNode.addOutcomes(String...),
- BayesNode.setParents(List<BayesNode>), and
- BayesNode.setProbabilities(double...).
The probabilities in the conditional probability table need to be specified in a particular order. This is shown in the following code snippet:
BayesNode a = net.createNode("a");
a.addOutcomes("true", "false");
a.setProbabilities(0.2, 0.8);
BayesNode b = net.createNode("b");
b.addOutcomes("one", "two", "three");
0.1, 0.4, 0.5, // a == true
0.3, 0.4, 0.3, // a == false
BayesNode c = net.createNode("c");
c.addOutcomes("true", "false");
c.setParents(Arrays.asList(a, b));
// a == true
0.1, 0.9, // b == one
0.0, 1.0, // b == two
0.5, 0.5, // b == three
// a == false
0.2, 0.8, // b == one
0.0, 1.0, // b == two
0.7, 0.3, // b == three
We now have a network and want to perform inference. The class used for this task is JunctionTreeAlgorithm.
Map<BayesNode,String> evidence = new HashMap<BayesNode,String>();
evidence.put(a, "false");
evidence.put(b, "three");
double[] beliefsC = inferer.getBeliefs(c);
This gives us the probability distribution P(c | a = "false", b ="three").
Potential pitfalls
Inference algorithms use an internal representation of the network that will not be updated when you update the BayesNet. Should your use case require changes to the BayesNet, you need to call IBayesInferer.setNetwork() again to update the internal representation.
We discourage using a BayesNode from a different network as a parent. The inference algorithms will access all BayesNodes through the BayesNet and this mixing of BayesNodes from different networks is very likely to lead to errors.
Advanced features
In Jayes 2.0, we added several advanced features that allowed us to trade-off between three major performance indicators for the inference engine: memory consumption, runtime performance, and numerical stability. For example, in terms of numerical stability, one limitation of Jayes is the network size. With increasing network size, any observed event is so unlikely that it becomes indistinguishable from an impossible event. This leads to an error because everything suddenly has zero probability – which is, of course, not true and Jayes consequently throws an exception to inform the user about this situation. Some of the advanced features described below have an influence on when this problem appears, and therefore how large the networks can become.
Out-of-the-box, Jayes allows for fine-tuning in several areas:
- Floating point representation
- Logarithmic values
- Graph elimination algorithm
- Factor decomposition
Floating point representation
Jayes can compute with double precision as well as single precision. Using single precision consumes less memory, but networks with more than ~200 variables are likely to suffer from numerical instability. Double precision can, on the other hand, easily support several thousand variables.
To set the floating point representation, use org.eclipse.recommenders.jayes.factor.FactorFactory.setFloatingPointType(Class). (Valid arguments are float.class and double.class). The default is double precision, although using single precision reduces the memory consumption by approximately 50% and has no measurable impact on runtime performance.
Important: You need to set floating point precision before the network is set in the inference algorithm.
Logarithmic values
Jayes can also use logarithmic values internally. This drastically improves numerical stability, but approximately doubles the time needed for inference. The FactorFactory is again the class that provides this option.
Graph elimination algorithm
Jayes has also added the capability to choose the graph elimination algorithm used for the generation of the junction tree used internally by JunctionTreeAlgorithm. This has influence on the time needed to set up the algorithm, as well as potentially the performance of the resulting inference engine, both in terms of memory consumption and runtime performance. There are two heuristic algorithms available which can be set in the JunctionTreeAlgorithm. Both reside in the org.eclipse.recommenders.jayes.util.triangulation package.
- MinFillIn: the best available quality, but is not suited for big networks with several hundred variables, as loading will take too long. Thus best suited for small, complex networks. This is the default.
- MinDegree: suitable for any size of network, but with complex networks the quality may suffer a bit. This could lead to a higher memory footprint, increased inference times and eventually the danger of numerical instability.
JunctionTreeBuilder builder = JunctionTreeBuilder.forHeuristic(new MinFillIn());
Factor decomposition
For probability distributions learned from real data, many parameters are zero because of a lack of data. However, in order to be able to predict in previously unseen cases, the distributions are smoothed, meaning some of the probability mass is distributed among the cases we did not see in our data.
Jayes is able to take advantage of sparse distributions. However, the smoothing intentionally leads to non-sparse distributions. Using linear algebra magic, Jayes provides algorithms to make the smoothing an explicit part of the model, in the form of new variables. This allows the distributions to be sparse, which saves memory – for our models ~20-30%. The extra variables make the model more complex, leading to increased inference times – for our models twice the time. So, this again is a memory/time trade-off.
The decomposition algorithms can be found in the org.eclipse.recommenders.jayes.transformation bundle. The algorithm to use for smoothed distributions is the SmoothedFactorDecomposition. This class has one public method, decompose(BayesNet,BayesNode), which will decompose the given BayesNode and augment the network with the results.
Here are the most important things to think about when using this feature:
- Evaluate the use of this feature for every model you use. For some models there will be no memory benefit.
- It is not the best strategy to decompose all nodes – therefore you should choose the nodes to decompose. The more a distribution needs to be smoothed, the better the decomposition will perform.
Jayes and You
I hope this article has given you an overview of what Jayes does and how you can use it. If you have any questions regarding Jayes, please contact us on the Eclipse Code Recommenders mailing-list.
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More complex networks
Permalink Submitted by Ashwin Jayaprakash (not verified) on Tue, 08/27/2013 - 21:18.
Hi Michael, would you be able to tell/direct me how the Eclipse plugin is building this network? I imagine the network is very complex and built by analyzing the AST of all loaded classes.
I looked in the source code but couldn't figure out where the network was actually being built.
More complex networks
Permalink Submitted by Michael Kutschke (not verified) on Thu, 08/29/2013 - 13:54.
Hi Ashwin,
the static analysis and the training routines are actually closed source at the moment, that's why you can't find them. As Marcel said on the mailing list though, there is an example how to create an override model from serialized JSON data here:
Problem installation
Permalink Submitted by Sam (not verified) on Tue, 09/30/2014 - 18:58.
Hi; Thanks for the post. My problem is how to add the JAYES api to the bath of a project is there any .jar to use it directly.
Thanks in advance
Hi Sam,
Permalink Submitted by Johannes Dorn on Wed, 11/05/2014 - 12:38.
Hi Sam,
have a look at the Jayes website for an installation guide: https://www.eclipse.org/recommenders/jayes/
sample input
Permalink Submitted by thamarai selvan (not verified) on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 19:56.
Hi,can you give me some sample inputs for the jayes(preferred if the attributes have values to determine the class).
Thank you
Permalink Submitted by Michael Kutschke on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 19:19.
what exactly are you looking for? There are two small example networks in the org.eclipse.recommenders.tests.jayes.io project (dog and rain), which you can load with the appropriate readers from the org.eclipse.recommenders.jayes.io project. Those should be enough to play around a little bit.
For examples on how to use the API, the network examples I use for testing are a good place to look at.
Is that helping? It seems like you are looking at classification. You can also look at the actual code recommenders models if you like, code for loading and exporting those was just recently contributed here. These models look very similar to what a NaiveBayes classifier would look like, although we use them differently.
Soft evidence
Permalink Submitted by David (not verified) on Sat, 06/06/2015 - 04:16.
Hi Michael,
I'm interested in providing a network with soft / virtual evidence, and I see some indications that you've worked on this (http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/recommenders-dev/msg01878.html , git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/recommenders/org.eclipse.recommenders refs/changes/44/30544/5 ), but it doesn't seem to have been merged into the main branch and development stopped ~8 months ago. Are there any plans to merge this soon?
Hi David,
Permalink Submitted by Michael Kutschke on Mon, 06/08/2015 - 10:34.
Hi David,
You can give the code you found a try, it should be working. Currently there are no plans to merge this into the main branch any time soon, but it would be great to get feedback concerning the API and bugs, if any. The reason we are reluctant to merge this is because we as a project don't need the functionality, but it makes the code more complex and doesn't have a natural place in the API so far. I can rebuild the thing tonight to remember why the build failed 8 months ago, but feel free to give it a test ride. I think the problem was related to non-functional things.
Factor operations
Permalink Submitted by Jhonatan Oliveira (not verified) on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 20:38.
Hi Michael.
First, congratulations for the library!
I have tried to implement multiplication/marginalization of factors before (mostly by following proposed "efficient algorithm" in Koller & Firedman 2009 's book) but the result was too slow even after further optimizations.
In the other hand, Jayes is very fast. I was wondering if you could give me more details by recommending a paper or giving some insights on how you have implemented factors operations (multiplication/marginalization) in Jayes, please.
Thank you.
Best regards.
Causal vs Evidential Inference
Permalink Submitted by Prithvi Shah (not verified) on Thu, 03/17/2016 - 02:17.
Why is this library not able to tackle the reverse inference problem? i.e. P(a| b="three", c="false"), where a and b are parents of c.
Hi Prithvi, this kind of
Permalink Submitted by Michael Kutschke on Thu, 03/17/2016 - 19:25.
Hi Prithvi, this kind of query should be supported, do you have problems with a specific example? In fact, the algorithm that is used for inference uses an undirected model internally, so parent-child-relations don't matter at inference time.
Deprecated Inference and JunctionTreeAlgorithm
Permalink Submitted by Julia Walker (not verified) on Wed, 04/06/2016 - 21:44.
Just downloaded the Jayes libraries and went through your example above. I noticed that some of the classes such as IBayesInferer, JunctionTreeAlgorithm, etc. are deprecated but found no comment in Javadoc about which classes having replaced them. Thanks.
Hi Julia,
Permalink Submitted by Michael Kutschke on Thu, 04/07/2016 - 21:35.
Hi Julia,
The replacements are:
IBayesInferer -> IBayesInferrer (the first version is spelled wrong...)
AbstractInferer -> AbstractInferrer (again, spelling, we were cautious with API changes so decided to deprecate it instead of just rename it)
JunctionTreeAlgorithm is not deprecated. In the source code, there is a SuppressWarnings annotation for deprecation, that is just there so we can still use AbstractInferer as base class, for backwards compatibility reasons, without getting a warning. Same for the other classes that use this annotation. The deprecated methods in BayesNode and BayesNet have comments what you should be using instead. Any other I missed?
Jayes instalation
Permalink Submitted by Ljuba (not verified) on Fri, 05/20/2016 - 17:31.
Hi Michael,
please can you tell me which is correct Jayes verion? I checked in this page: https://www.eclipse.org/recommenders/jayes/ and in Pom xml there is no Jayes version.
Hi Ljuba, the Jayes version
Permalink Submitted by Johannes Dorn on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 18:36.
Hi Ljuba, the Jayes version is always the same as the Code Recommenders one.
Have a look at https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/recommenders/, where there is a list of all versions. The newest stable one is 2.3.2, although Jayes itself hasn't been updated in a while.


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Today was a, somewhat, successful day. I guess it just depends on how you want to judge it. I woke up and crawled out of my cave after getting a few hours of rest last night, though being low on food and very hungry, I did not stick around for long.
I've been contemplating finding a nice, new home under a rock or something. People know me too well, and they know where I live, so a change in my life may not be a bad thing.
Anyway, this morning I was rather ravenous, and as I trolled my way down to the road, I thought of new places to steal my food from. I mean, they know me too well in my regular hit spots and in the past they've either barred me from entering or even tried to shoot me. Trolling is hard work.
I actually contemplated stealing some junk from those damn midgets. There they are, dancing around their damn fountain all day and eating the cream of the crop, drinking the thousand dollar champagne, and making me miserable. But it is too much work to steal from a midget. Let alone 27.
I found this pig farm with a few pigs. I ate the pigs. I also ate the farmer, and his wife, who kept waving some book at me and shouting something about hell. I mean, really? A damn book is going to stop me from eating you? Get a life! Then I trolled around in their fields, which got the attention of the neighbors and friends. I stuck around though, mocking them and their ugly dogs. You see, the concept of trolling is easy. All you have to do is block everyone out and make sure that they are enraged by the time you start making sense. You don't even have to say much. An insult here, some BS there, it's a well paying job that gets me much attention.
I have heard that a certain village by the name of Jamestown has tried to find my cave multiple times and the residents have been complaining to the local governors- Sally and Tyler. So, I decided to troll my way around town for a while. Tyler won't mind, he's got lots of land to govern and one measly troll won't be noticed. The residents, though, saw me coming from a mile out. The local Church was under some fire for preaching about false gods, and the residents of Jamestown have been protesting and debating for a few hours today. I made my way to the debate and really turned up the troll controls, spewing insignificant BS to anything that moved. I found some of the popular and intelligent of the town and let them have it, shouting "Liberal! Liberal! Liberal!" I don't know why they even notice, but it works every time. I spent hours and hours at that debate, not taking notice to the intelligence coming my way and merely re-wording a few sentences every time I spoke. Finally, they took away the food at the debate and I grew hungry, so I left.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater and National Urban League (NUL) President Hugh Price today announced that six Urban League affiliates will participate in the National Urban Sustainable Employment in Transportation (NUSET) initiative to prepare inner-city youth, welfare recipients and low-income individuals for education and career opportunities in highway construction and transportation technology.
"President Clinton's and Vice President Gore's highest priority is education because it is the key to opportunity," Slater said. "To ensure that we have the skilled workforce to meet the transportation needs of the next century, the U.S. Department of Transportation must continue to take steps, as we have with the Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Futures Program, the on-the-job training program, and now through this partnership, to recruit and train a labor force skilled for transportation-related careers."
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The Upstate Urban League, Greenville, S.C.; the Urban League of Champaign, Ill.; and the Urban League of San Diego, Calif., will conduct the Youth Career Education component of the NUSET, which encourages inner-city youth to achieve academic success with a focus on math, sciences and subjects relating to transportation. The Minneapolis and St. Paul Urban League affiliates; the Baltimore Urban League; and the Louisville Urban League, Louisville, Ky., will conduct the workforce development component of the initiative which will focus on job readiness, placement and supportive services to increase retention in highway construction and transportation technology careers.
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On-site CNC machining of door and frame fabrication, along with warehoused stock products, will shorten lead times and increase damage-free shipments to existing customers, glazing contractors and distributors in the region.
Tubelite Inc. (Walker, MI), a leading manufacturer and supplier of architectural aluminum storefront, entrance and curtainwall systems in the U.S., announced it will be expanding its operational footprint during the second quarter of this year with the establishment of a new regional facility in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The site selection is in process and will be greater than 25,000 sq ft.
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Existing client services personnel, who currently are working out of the company's Mesquite, TX offices, will relocate to the new facility where they will join new hires for the operation. To complement the investment and commitment to the region, the company has begun recruiting for additional sales and architectural specification positions to further assist their customers in the area.
Werbowy adds, "This expansion strengthens our current strategy and commitment to both our glazing contractor clients, as well as distributors in the region."
Tubelite was established in 1945. The company's headquarters, and primary distribution, warehousing and assembly operations are located in Walker and its facility in Reed City, MI houses the company's aluminum extrusion operation. The company is a subsidiary of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) is a leader in technologies involving the design and development of value-added glass products and services. www.tubeliteinc.com


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