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Fairfax County Provides Food Safety Preparation Tips
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
Dec. 21, 2006
Fairfax County Provides Food Safety Preparation Tips
With home kitchens especially busy this time of year, Fairfax County provides these food safety preparation tips not only for the holiday season, but also year-round.
Do not handle or prepare foods if you have any symptoms of cold, flu,
vomiting, diarrhea or jaundice.
Do not handle or prepare foods if you have open sores on your
Avoid eating, drinking, using tobacco products and handling pets while
preparing foods.
Limit bare hand contact with foods that do not require washing, cooking
or additional preparation before they are eaten. Use tongs, deli papers
or other utensils during preparation.
Thoroughly wash your hands and the exposed portions of your arms with
soap and water before handling food, and as often as necessary to keep
them clean.
Refrigerate or freeze groceries within two hours of purchase.
Use food thermometers to monitor food temperatures.
Thaw foods by refrigeration at 41°F or less, under cool running water,
or in the microwave if for immediate cooking.
Cook all vegetables to 135°F and other foods to 165°F.
Cool foods from 135°F to 41°F or less within six hours. It is critical
within the first two hours of the cooling process to cool foods from
135°F to 70°F. Regularly check your refrigerator to make sure the
temperature is maintained at 41° F or below. Cool foods in shallow pans
in the refrigerator or freezer.
- Make sure that no more than four hours pass between the time food is taken from the oven or refrigerator and the time cooked foods are eaten.
If you have any questions regarding the safety of home cooked foods, please call the Food Safety Section of the Fairfax County Health Department at 703-246-2444, TTY 711, or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd.
For more news and information, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news.


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He has one foot inside the door of your relationship with you tugging on one hand while the skank is tugging at his other with his other foot wobbling on the greener looking grass there. All he can see right now are the weeds at your place & miles of golf course lawn outside your marriage.
This "fog" has blurred his vision of reality so much that he really and truly believes he's a good guy who's sadly misunderstood, unappreciated, unloved and mistreated by his wife. He feels justified protecting his self-image by making YOU the bad guy. In that brain induced high, he feels the other woman is the one who is truly his friend with wonderful levels of concern for his happiness and well-being. In this state, he can and will disregard thousands of your loving gestures toward him while focusing ONLY on one kind word or deed from her. He is able to completely disregard the fact that he's lost all integrity, honesty, honor or respect for you and your marriage. You are the enemy captor in his world. She is his liberator. The fact that she is helping him lie, cheat and steal family time for her benefit hasn't hit him yet. The fact that you must love him greatly to still be standing by him, is something he simply can't comprehend under the influence of the fog.
The fog can hit once a person of either sex is already in the affair. The fog 'victim' is hooked on the affair. They can't see the faults of the affair partner, even though they should be obvious. If the faults are seen, they're whitewashed with what the fog victim (I don't really mean victim, victim, but I can't think of a better term) wants to believe. These feelings really are caused by chemicals in the brain - it's known as Stage 1 Romantic Love, and it's heightened by the fact that the affair is secret, that THIS is the one person who REALLY understands me! I found my soulmate! Everything about the affair partner seems great. Wanting to be around the affair partner becomes a force so strong that other things that shoulld matter cease to matter. Bad decisions get made. The person does things that he/she would never dream of doing. I don't think the fog occurs in all affairs, but it certainly did in mine. I found myself falling in love (or feeling like I was, if you insist I wasnt), and my brain had so many chemicals zooming around it's amazing that that the U.N. didn't sanction me for possessing WMD (weapons of marital destruction).
THAT's the fog. I'm not trying to downplay it, raise it up, or make light of it. But it doesn't happen BEFORE the affair, and As someone who's really experienced it and come out of it, the explanation above is completely useless unless your spouse can take off the blinders and see the other woman for who she really is and not what he wants to see her to be. The other woman is always less than the wife. The other woman is always someone who lies and sneaks around and keeps secrets. And I am a man who needed to have 3 affairs and lose 2 wives before I realized what the other woman offers is never as good as what I already had. I didn't want to hear it when I was in the middle of my affairs but I now see how very foggy it made my feelings for my ex-wife. I do still love her and I always did. The other woman sold me a dream. She could never compete with the true love my ex-wife gave me but she was a lot of fun and was so different from my ex- wife I believed it had to be the right thing to do. If I could go back and change anything it would be that I would have left the other woman to lie and cheat on someone else (because when they cheat with you, they cheat on you. Don't believe she won't do the same to you) while I helped heal the pain I caused my ex-wife and rebuild our marriage because no matter what I said while I was foggy, I did love my ex- wife so much more than I did my affair partner and I will always regret losing her. I told her I love you but I am not in love with you. I was wrong. My ex-wife is now remarried and I miss her so much. I told her I wasn't in love with her anymore because my affair partner was so addictive and she threatened to leave me if I didn't divorce my wife. So I did. All during the divorce I told myself I cared deeply for my wife but just wasn't in love with her anymore. I did love her. I always loved her. My affair partner manipulated and showed me a false side of herself and made me believe I must love her more or I wouldn't have had an affair. And that simply wasn't true but I let myself be convinced it was. If someone can lie and cheat to be with you, they will lie and cheat to you to keep you. Don't fall for it. If your wife is still standing for your marriage, go stand with her. The affair is a fantasy and I wish I listened to those who tried to save me from myself. I can't save my marriage now, it's too late. But maybe, if you're reading this, I can save yours.
I have 2 more emails from him, I will post those as well. He does not want to join. He has been a memeber in the past and felt since he destroyed his own marriage he really sees these sights as triggers now.
[This message edited by STBXW at 12:40 PM, November 20th (Wednesday)]
Now for wife 2
I cheated on her and this time it was different. We had problems. Instead of talking to her I warned her. I said things like if YOU dont shape up I will find someone else. I was so self entitled I didnt see this as a partnership or that I was any part of the problem. When she would get angry I would tell her that was behavior that would make me leave. It was my way of keeping the bad stuff from coming up. She didnt know I cheated in the first marriage, she thought my first wife cheated and left me, she did not know the whole story. I didnt even admit to myself the true story yet I was so selfish still. I saw only what SHE did not what I did.
Over time I went back to AA and I met another woman. We became friends. AA is a good place but yet a bad place for the reason of secrecy. No one wanted to get involved and no one wanted to tell me what I could do. I was in danger but still in denial. I met her small children at the meetings and eventually we talked about our spouses. And eventually we complained about our spouses and eventually we began talking about how we should leave our spouses. Through all of this I kept telling myself my wife deserved this, she was unreasonable and the other woman convinced me she was also toxic. I liked the word toxic. It took all responsibility off me. SHE was toxic NOT me. Wow. I loved this woman who didnt let me blame myself for the things I did to destroy my marriage, it wasnt MY fault, it was my toxic wifes fault.
Soon nothing my wife did was good enough. I was comparing her to the other woman, my just a friend from AA.. no one ever SAW us kiss and grope after the meetings so I could continue to deny there was anything more to our friendship. I even believed I wasnt doing anything wrong. The other woman was all I could think about. I didnt care if my wife caught me. I wanted to get caught and end the game. This went on for several months and then my wife DID find out, I felt bad that I hurt her but she didnt want a divorce she wanted to save the marriage. I did not expect this. I thought she would just leave. Isnt that what people do? Was I just using the other woman to get rid of my wife? This is what my friends (who BTW were also cheating on their spouses) told me. I surrounded myself with people who werent crazy about my wife and who thought I should leave her and I shut out everyone who thought we had something real and good and lasting and I was doing a horrible thing. How dare anyone tell me, a grown man, how I should live my life or treat my wife! I didnt even notice I was doing this.
I moved out of our home. I moved in with my brother who was also separated. My brother hated my new girlfriend and thought I was an idiot for doing this to my wife, so I stopped speaking to my brother and told everyone he had no credibility and was an asshole. I did this to protect my new love. I refused to be wrong about her. She was everythning my wife wasnt. I didnt care that she had cheated on her husband many times before. I didnt care that her drug and alcohol problem was so bad she was in and out of rehab the whole time. I didnt even care that while I KNEW she was in rehab and had not been sober that she stood at those meetings and counted off her days sober (144 days sober - meanwhile I knew that a few days earlier she was on darvocets, it was a pill not a drug right? DENIAL DENIAL DENIAL
tis an ugly beast). For the next 6 months I told the other woman we would be together and I would let nothing stand in the way. Her husband divorced her. Her husband moved away. Her husband remarried. She had no job, no education, no way to take care of herself. I was her hero. I didnt take into account I was also the reason she was in this predicament, yet
I was not really her hero. I was a broken man, with substance abuse problems, communication issues, an adulterer not in one marriage but two and in total denial that any of this was MY doing. And this wonderful woman was there for me. My bitter angry wife who kept putting down my girlfriend was a fucking bitch who deserved it all. She was causing my girlfriend and I to fight. Why couldnt she just divorce me or have her own affair and leave me alone? I did not want her. I felt sorry for her. I pitied her sad life and because she was toxic I also told myself no way some other man would want her since I didnt and I carried on as if she didnt matter. At this point she didnt. All that mattered was my girlfriend and how to get rid of my wife. But at the same time my wife was safety for me. What if the same thing happened? Who would take me? My wife. So I played headgames on her, I think these sites call it gaslighting.. I made her think that if she just gave me some time that I would come home. The more she complained she hated this life the more I told myself that was why I had to do this to her, she hated her life with me. She hated her life as a betrayed wife. She did not hate her life being my wife. But the fog had me completely unable to see it this way.
More to come
What a courageous man to (eventually) face your failings! And courageous to also share your story to help BSs and hopefully WSs understand the mind twist.
Healing and blessings to you!
During the time my wife was trying to get me to communicate, in the early stages of what was an affair but in my denial I called a friendship, she went through menopause and also had a cancer scare. My girlfriend was much younger than us. 13 years younger, she was far from menopause and never had any serious health issue. When I would complain about my wife being happy then sad and me feeling like I had to walk on eggshells and that her coming home made me cringe in hatred that she lived there with me, my girlfriend told me that menopause is not like this. That my wife was making up the symptoms to justify her crazy ass behavior. It was crazy to want to communicate, it was crazy to want to save us, we were not compatible, had nothing in common and had no kids there was no reason I had to put up with her shit, life is short and my wife and her drama of cancer and not getting a period anymore was making me so miserable I should just go and be with my girlfriend and let my miserable crazy toxic wife fend for herself, she was asking for it really. My girlfriend didnt want to see my wife hurt but she didnt want to see me so miserable either. But was I really miserable? I dont even know. Its all a blur. The more my wife wanted to try the more my girlfriend pushed me to file for divorce already. She was divorced and now wanted me to be too. I promised her we would be together and she wanted me to stop feeling sorry for my wife and start thinking of myself, this was my life and it was about me and my happiness not about my wife who was already over me anyway. My wife had threatened to divorce me by now and my girlfriend said this proved my wife was just crazy and didnt know what she wanted -- one minute wanting to save us and the next telling me she was going to a lawyer. My girlfriend told me she would never do this to me. I believed her. But I started to think maybe my marriage isnt over. Maybe all my friends and family saw something bad in my girlfriend I wasnt seeing. But maybe they just dindt want me to be happy either and wanted me to be with my miserable bitch whore of a wife (yes, by now I told myself my wife was fucking everyone. My girlfriend told me what SHE would do if SHE were in my wifes shoes and not seeing there is NO comparison ethically to each other, I believed my wife was a pig, but not my girlfriend, never my girlfriend). So I spent a week at a friends house far away from all this and decided to give my wife a chance, maybe we werent done. I left my girlfriend and told her I think I still love my wife. She was nice enough about it but she then began to torment my poor wife. She called me constantly to tell me she missed me and loved me and that my wife harassed her. She said my wife called her, stalked her, went to her job (she was a cashier), stole from her checking account, did drive bys and called her names. I believed my girlfriend. Looking back, I KNOW my wife would never do those things, but I wanted to protect my girlfriend from my crazy, toxic wife. I tore my wife a new one that night. I demanded she stop bothering my girlfriend. I told her that is why I want to leave that she acts like a crazy lunatic. My wife was in shock. She said she never did these things. I did not believe her. She showed me her phone, she even got a GPS to prove where SHE was at all times (notice how I made my wife prove to ME she was telling the truth? I never asked for proof from the girlfriend who is a cheater and a liar and I knew it, no, I demanded my wife prove to me she was telling the truth). I never stopped calling the girlfriend. I never stopped telling her I loved her. I never told my wife I loved her. I never slept with my wife, but I did sleep with my girlfriend during this time. I never even kissed my wife except for a peck on the cheek when I had to. I was doing the right thing. I was saving my marriage. LMFAO. You can all laugh too. It took me a while, I see it now
I spent Thanksgiving with my girlfriend. I told my wife I wasnt ready to do family yet. I did not see or call my wife again until mid-december. She was furious, she demanded I either cut off all contact with my girlfriend and give our marriage a serious chance or she was done. Oh she was done was she? How dare she. I was doing HER a favor by even pretending to be trying when I didnt even love her like a wife anymore. I wanted my girlfriend. I didnt want my wife I had to be with her. I resented her. On Christmas I sent my wife a text wishing her a merry Christmas then never responded to her again until mid January. I had moved on with my new life with my girlfriend. We were now living together. Her children were my children, we spent every moment together. My wife got a cease and desist letter from my girlfriend stating she was not to harass her or me ever again. My girlfriend denied the letter but thought it was funny. I believed her. AGAIN. I told my wife we would never be together again, that I had a new life and I had moved on. My wife wanted to know why I didnt just tell her this, why I did it the way I did. WHAT? Tell her? My not calling didnt tell her I was done? My living with the other woman and the other woman calling me her husband didnt tell her I was done? My telling everyone we were already divorced didnt tell her we were done? I was so pissed. Why wont this dumb bitch go away and leave me alone. This sweet woman was being harassed by the fucking bitch I married and who wont let me go. I fucking felt so sorry for my wife. I saw a broken, sad, fucked up person when I looked at her, I didnt see what everyone else saw. She was so ugly next to my girlfriend. But let me tell you
my wife was immaculately groomed, she had hair appts and nails done. She was all woman and all real. My girlfriend
fake nails, fake hair, missing fucked up teeth, bad breath, farts, burps, curses.. my wife, all natural
and to me the ugliest woman ever next to my beautiful other woman (omg, see what denial is?). Then I had second thoughts again. My wife stopped calling. She stopped texting. At first I was relieved but then I thought maybe I was hasty, maybe I should call her. I did. I told her I was confused. I told her I wanted to see what I wanted because I wasnt sure anymore. My wife, still patient, told me that she wasnt sure she could believe me again. That I would have to prove it. Oh wow, makes sense but prove what? I didnt understand what I was doing wrong. My wife knew about all this, I wasnt lying or keeping secrets I just wasnt telling her what wasnt her business and my new relationship was none of her business. She just wanted my girlfriend gone but I couldnt let her go. I didnt want to let her go. She was everything I wanted. Sure we fought constantly but my wife was always the topic. What I didnt notice at the time was everything was the topic the skank was just throwing my wife in the middle to make me focus on that mess instead of the mess in front of me.. once again, I was piling blame on my wife. She was the problem and if we divorced then everyone would be happy, I really believed that. We would ALL be happy once I got divorced. My girlfriend was so happy now. My wife not so much. But I didnt love her anymore like that so I didnt really care this made her so sad, as long as my crazy girlfriend (I call her crazy now, but I didnt think she was then, then she made perfect sense) was happy I was happy. My family didnt like her, I blamed my wife for this too. Why wont she just go away? My girlfriend said my wife was poisoning everyone against her. I told everyone to immediately and at once cut my fucking wife off. Do not call her, do not text her, do not wish her a happy birthday or ask how she is and if she ever called not to pick up and not to respond. I asked them to remove every gift my wife ever gave them from their homes and to destroy any and all pictures of my wife especially ones with me in them. My family thought I was crazy but they complied. My girlfriend was happy once again. I filed for divorce. My wife was served at her nephews birthday party. She called me devastated. My girlfriend warned me this would happen and told me what to say, never to deviate from exactly these words or my wife would never get it. Number one being I was never ever ever to tell my wife I love her. Not ever, not once, not even to make her feel better, I was never to be kind or giving to her ever in anyway. And I was to demand my wife stop using my last name immediately or I would sue her. What was I thinking? This is cruel isnt it? Or was it truth? I still sometimes dont know, like I said it was all a blur. I was so confused. So I just ignored my wife totally.
I hope he finds his way up and out. Was a good read.
- Ricky
As for being friends with a wayward lmao.. he was soooo wayward the only help he could have given another wayward was an alibi! He will admit there is no way he can explain it even to himself, but that he "gets it"... In some ways, he's still wayward, he still gets a little fog in his eye when his skank's name is mentioned. And still looks defensive if his wife comes up. I think he hurt her more than he's willing to admit to himself so he's not really ready to face the enormity of that yet. I knew the wife. There is more to this story lol... but this is his story so I will let him tell it...
If that was his kid, he'd still be with the junkie, and he'd still be calling his wife names. Why? Because that way he isn't the asshole for ditching his wife. Now that he sees he ditched her for garbage (birds of a feather and all) he's sorry.
No, not brave. Fog doesn't last for years and years. This is him. Fog is 'romantic love'. He had a life with this pig. He got used because he chose scum. Too bad.
No, not brave. Just looking for sympathy. He's not getting it from me.
Thank you for sharing it. It must have very been difficult for him to dig deep and uncover those things about himself. I think it's easier to stay in denial.
I really appreciate the openness and candor with which he discusses choices he now regrets.
It also made me sad for the wife. I've been in those shoes recently and it's so heartbreaking (and perplexing) to reclassified in such ways.

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After nearly 16 years of scrapbooking, I can't recall a time that I've used a transparency overlay to create a scrapbook page. Luckily today's steal, the Fancy Pants Transparencies Mega Kit, allowed me the opportunity to put an end to that nonsense! I guess I've always been a little intimidated by them, but after using them I can't believe that I never gave it a try. Let's just say transparency overlay = super easy scrapbook page.
To start with I chose three of the overlays that I thought would be fun to work with.
For the first layout I wanted to create on a white background so that the boldness of the green transparency could be true. It's one thing to always be thinking about when working with overlays—what the final product is going to look like.
I built my page on a white piece of cardstock in a matter of seconds. I wanted Sarah's name to be subtle after the overlay was in place so I used green letter stickers for a monochromatic look.
Next I attached the transparency on top of the white background using mini glue dots. I then added a few embellishments on top of the transparency to give dimension and my layout was complete!
I used the same technique on the next, building the page, adding the transparency, then adding embellishments on top for dimension.
You can see on this layout where I added some paper designs to the base of the layout, beneath the transparency, then added the transparency for the perfect finishing touch.
Now if you're thinking to yourself "what on earth would I do with thirty overlays," rest assured there are lots of uses for the transparencies.
I used one of the transparencies to create a simple and stunning card.
I created another card, cutting out a window of flowers on the front. I added a slice of transparency to the inside creating a fun window through to the inside of the card.
Last but not least I made a quick bottle wrap for a bottle of bath salts that I keep by my tub. The beauty of the transparency is that I can keep it by my tub and it doesn't matter if it gets wet!
Have a fantastic weekend everyone and don't make the same mistake that I made — waiting 16 years to use transparencies!


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Backdrop of Slad used in Cider With Rosie film goes under the hammer
11:24am Friday 7th March 2014
By SNJ Reporter
11:24am Friday 7th March 2014
By SNJ Reporter
A PIECE of movie memorabilia with a local flavour will go under the hammer at a Cotswolds auction next week.
A large backdrop picturing the village of Slad featured in the theatre scene from the 1998 movie adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel Cider With Rosie.
All of Lee's childhood haunts are featured on the backdrop, including The Woolpack Inn, The School, The Church and The Squire's House.
Haymaking is taking place in the foreground, and in the distance Stroud can be seen nestled in the valley.
The backdrop was painted by Fred Gray, a scenic artist whose other movie credits include the Wallace and Gromit adventures A Matter of Loaf and Death, and The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
At a whopping 12ft wide by 9ft tall, it won't fit on every living room wall, but auctioneers Moore Allen & Innocent are anticipating plenty of local interest when the backdrop goes under the hammer at their antique and general sale on Friday, March 14 with an estimate of £200 to £300.
From the hills of the Five Valleys to the plains of The Dakotas, an interesting collection of Native American ceremonial weaponry and art is bound to have enthusiasts whooping with delight.
The artefacts were collected by an archaeologist who spent time with the Sioux people in the 1990s.
Among the collection is a fearsome looking - yet beautifully decorated - hunting spear. Measuring over 6ft long, the spear is decorated in the traditional manner with furs, feathers and beads, and carries an estimate of £80 to £120.
A similarly-decorated stone war club, and a tomahawk, each carry an estimate of £50 to £80.
And from the Great Plains to plains sailing, a modern pond yacht of considerable proportions – precision-modelled in the style of Victorian pond yachts – has set course for bids of around £50 to £80.
Measuring five feet from bow to stern, and standing at 6ft tall on its wooden base, the yacht was manufactured by Nauticalia, the UK's leading retailer of items of nautical interest.
For a full auction catalogue see http://www.mooreallen.co.uk
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Oh god
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Skip to comments.Washington Post Suspects Racism In GOP Opposition To Rice Nomination
Posted on 11/23/2012 7:23:53 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
As I wrote this morning to the NewsBusters editor who alerted me to the Washington Post's editorial, "The GOPs bizarre attack on Susan Rice," I don't read WaPo much, but somehow assume they're not quite as extreme as the New York Times. Silly me, judging by WaPo's ugly, over-the-top opinion item.
Here's the ugly last paragraph from today's editorial: "Could it be, as members of the Congressional Black Caucus are charging, that the signatories of the letter are targeting Ms. Rice because she is an African American woman? The signatories deny that, and we cant know their hearts. What we do know is that more than 80 of the signatories are white males, and nearly half are from states of the former Confederacy."
More after the jump.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Let mw know when they show a shred of the same outrage over the treatment of former Secretary Condoleeza Rice. Or candidate Sarah Palin. Or Congresswoman Michelle Bachman. Until then, I don't give a flyin fig.
Washington Post Suspects Racism In... Everything.
Susan Rice helped persuade President Clinton to turn down Sudan's offer to turn Osama bin Laden in 1996. That's not bad judgement, that's weapons grade stupid. Susan Rice is in part responsible for the deaths of 3,000 Americans.
I'll bet she's of the Jeremiah Wright school of "theology" and sleeps like a baby at night too. I can't wait for the day when there's no one left for the sharp end of the armed forces except minorities and homos.
As to the other, all I can say is, yeah, I'm racist. At this point, I've damned well earned the right to be so.
Susan Rice is a government official. How she does her job is a matter of record. She should be judged on the basis of what she has done. The color of her skin is immaterial and trying to enter it into the discussion is racism. And it really hurts any minority. The implication of the Washington Post's charge is that minorities are inferior. They cannot complete and so must be judged by skin color only. That is truly disgusting.
And the Rats opposition to Condi Rice and Clarence Thomas was what again?
The color of her skin is immaterial and trying to enter it into the discussion is racism.
Could it be that no Black Government employee will ever be replaced due to Racism?
No one said replace her with a white person!
When an Ambassador lies to the American people and as well as her superiors have done, we are racist for calling foul?
Will there become a time when no one can be removed let alone castigated for wrong doing because they are of a certain race?
If true, the law abiding Citizen is in a heap of trouble!
So if you are a Black woman, you can be a liar and a fool, but no one can criticize you? Sweet.
The Left can go fu** themselves and shove the word racist up their rumps. I refuse to accept their hypocritical agit prop hateful rhetoric and smears.
WAPO says Rice qualified regardless since she is a black female? Talk about prejudice.
The left, OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES, will use "the race card" on all of the issues, if it will give the left what it wants!
When is Valerie Jarrett going to be called before an investigating committee?
I've posted this before, but this was my response to an article in the WSJ, entitled, "White on Rice."
Opinion: White on Rice (2 days ago)
Comment: The claims of racism in regard to Rice's statements are tied up with post modernist relativism. According to post modernist thinking everything is relative, including the truth. To a post modernist progressive, a Black person's truth is not the same as Western White Capitalist's truth. Everything depends on what the definition of "is" is.
We should recall that these post modernist progressives have repeatedly declared that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, or in this case, another man's protester. We can also assume that when Obama and his minions blamed the anti-US actions in the Middle East on a You Tube video, that the video was only a metaphor for all the injustices that have been inflicted upon the Islamic world by the Western White Capitalists.
So, you see, in the minds of the post modernist Obama administration, a lie is not a lie, unless it is told by a Western White Capitalist or Republican. A false narrative, told by a Black member of the post modernist Obama administration, is not false, but simply an alternative narrative, told from the Black perspective as part of the greater revised meta-narrative. Blacks are always in the right, while on the left politically.
So, anyone who denies the revisionist narrative regarding the Benghazi attack, is committing a social injustice and is thus a racist, in the eyes of the progressives.
We know from the CBS article that exposed the changes in the CIA talking points as originating in the office of James Clapper, Petraeus' boss. We also know from that same article that Ms. Rice would have had access to the original CIA talking points, which were made classified by Clapper. So, Rice lied. She made up the connection to the protest about the video. My analysis as stated above stands.
Social justice and post modernist thought is a heads I win, tails you lose con game, perpetrated by the left. Nearly every college and university now requires a course in social justice to earn a degree in both graduate and undergraduate schools, no matter the major.
The damage that is being done to young people who fall for this claptrap both in the public schools and college and university systems may not ever be undone. We recently learned that Jared Loughner, who shot Gabby Giffords was a graduate of one of the Bill Ayers' Small Schools, in Tucson, which is probably where his mental illness became focused on political issues. We also
have learned that the shooter in Colorado movie theater was enrolled in some nutty neuro-science program, which analyzed the use of buzz words and phrases for mass political persuasion.
The damage that the left is doing to the minds and hearts of young people is always damaging but when that damage is exacerbated by mental illness, there is no telling where it will end up.
If that's the case, we can agree that democrat opposition to Mia Love and to Alan West was also a blatantly racist position to advance.
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Canon adds 200-400mm support to EOS-1D Mark IV and EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon has posted a firmware update for its EOS-1D Mark IV and EOS-1Ds Mark III full-frame DSLRs to allow them to work correctly with the new EF 200-400mm F4 L IS 1.4x lens. Firmware versions 1.1.3 (1D Mark IV) and 1.2.2 (1Ds Mark III) allow the cameras' central AF points to achieve focus with the lens when it is used with an extender, where the combined aperture is F8. Both updates are available for immediate download.
Firmware version 1.1.3 for Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Firmware Version 1.1.3 for the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV camera incorporates the following functional improvements and fix:
- Enables the center AF point to autofocus when the camera is used with the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x lens and an Extender, whose combined maximum aperture is f/8.
- Fixes a phenomenon in which abnormal images may result when continuous shooting mode is enabled and the image size is set to "RAW" or "RAW+JPEG".
Click here to download firmware 1.1.3 for the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Firmware version 1.2.2 for Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Firmware Version 1.2.2 for the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III camera incorporates the following functional improvement:
- Enables the center AF point to autofocus when the camera is used with the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4X lens and an Extender, whose combined maximum aperture is f/8.
- Firmware Version 1.2.2 is for cameras with firmware version 1.2.0 or earlier. If your camera's firmware is already Version 1.2.2, it is not necessary to update the firmware.
Click here to download firmware 1.2.2 for the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
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why not give a general support for AF at F8 in center point as the previous 1D line cameras?
The 1Ds MkIII does have general f8 at center point already so there must be something strange about the way this lens reports to the camera if it needs a firmware mod.
"the new EF 200-400mm F4 L IS 1.4x lens ... when it is used with an extender ... the combined aperture is F8"
Shouldn't f/4 with a 1.4x extender give a combined aperture of f/5.6?
I think thats f4 plus in-built extender taking it to f5.6 plus external 1.4x taking it to f8.
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Snapchat is using its augmented reality tech to replace the sky in your photos. The so-called 'sky filters' can swap out a boring sky for a colorful sunset, rainbows, a starry night, and more.
A court ruling our of Newton, Massachusetts has set an important legal precedent for drone pilots: federal drone laws will now trump local drone regulations in situations where the two are in conflict.
Photographer Mathieu Stern has put together another interesting vintage lens shootout. One model, three lenses, three locations.
From landscapes to motocross and white water kayaking to a wedding, exactly what can't the D850 do?
Calumet UK and Wex Photographic, two of the biggest photography retailers in the United Kingdom, are going to officially merge tomorrow.
macOS High Sierra came out today, but if you use a Wacom tablet you need to wait a few weeks before you upgrade. According to Wacom, they won't have a compatible driver ready for you until "late October."
Do you think a $3,000 Canon 80D video rig can compete with an $80,000+ Arri Alexa setup? Well it can't, but check out this video anyway to see how the rigs compare.
Seven simple rules to make sure you get the most out of your next photography outing.
Vitec, the company that owns popular accessory maker Manfrotto, has just acquired JOBY and Lowepro for a cool $10.3 million in cash. The acquisition adds JOBY and Lowepro to Vitec's already sizable collection of camera gear brands.
A master drone pilot has captured one of the most incredible (and highly illegal) drone videos we've ever seen by flying around, inside, onto, and under a moving train.
Intel just debuted their 8th generation desktop CPUs, and the lineup packs a performance boost for 'content creators' that photo and video editors might be intrigued by.
Canon is developing a 'Free Viewpoint Video System' that will turn real life sports games and events into immersive 3D interactive experiences. It's video game-like camera control IRL.
A veteran photojournalist, Rick Wilking secured a spot in the path of totality for the August solar eclipse. While things didn't quite pan out as predicted, an unexpected subject in the sky and a quick reaction made for a once-in-a-lifetime shot.
The new iZugar 3.25mm F2.5 super fisheye lens offers an insane 220-degree angle of view. That means it can basically see behind itself... good luck keeping your feet out of the shot.
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll remember that time you took a picture of the frozen pizza baking directions.
A Craigslist poster has discovered the worst possible way to photograph a car: taking pictures of pictures displayed on a cracked and scratched up smartphone screen.
With the iPhone X coming out soon, the title probably won't last, but the iPhone 8 Plus is officially the best smartphone camera DxOMark has ever tested, and the iPhone 8 is second.
Kodak's new Facebook Messenger chatbot is trying to bring back the 'Kodak Moment' by digging up your old social media photos and trying to sell you prints and custom coffee mugs.
Affinity Photo for iPad was touted as "the first full blown, truly professional photo editing tool to make its way onto the Apple tablet." This update makes it that much more convenient.
Yashica has released a new teaser video, and this one claims they'll be releasing an "unprecedented camera" in October on Kickstarter. Ready... set... speculate!
Storage solutions company Synology has just released its very first 6-bay NAS tower. Combined with the DX1215 expansion units, it can hold and control up to thirty drives.
We're always expanding our collection of product overview content, and we've just added videos for the Canon EOS 6D Mark II, the EOS Rebel SL2 and EOS M6.
The venerable Canon PowerShot G1 was announced seventeen years ago this week, marking the start of a line of enthusiast-focused compacts that's still alive and kicking.
Super macro photographer Can Tuncer captured these incredible close-ups of a single peacock feather using a special setup and three different microscope lenses.
After successfully crowdfunding the Biotar 75mm F1.5, Oprema Jena is at it again. This time they're bringing back the Biotar 58mm F2: the world's only lens with a 17-blade aperture.
Adobe's move to a subscription model is treating it very well indeed. The company has posted record revenue for the second quarter in a row, hauling in a mind-boggling $1.84 billion.
More details have emerged about the potential sale of Blackstone's 45% stake in iconic camera brand Leica.
Popular mobile editing app Snapseed just got a major update that includes a new interface and 11 new presets for both Android and iOS, as well as adding the Perspective tool to the iOS version.
It might sound like a strange idea, but taking macro photos of boiling water can actually result in some really cool photographs. A good photo experiment for a rainy day.


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5. Netflix Nuttiness Forgive us for being a little late to the party, but we just wanted to weigh in on Netflix's ( NFLX) Wells notice before CEO Reed Hastings ditches this shindig and dons a lampshade at another bash. After the market's close Dec. 6, the ever-entertaining Hastings revealed he received the SEC warning for making a Facebook ( FB) post this past summer that purportedly ran afoul of Wall Street's Fair Disclosure Act. The regulator will now decide whether to proceed with a civil injunction against Netflix and Hastings over the alleged violation. Hastings wrote July 3 that "Netflix monthly viewing exceeded 1 billion hours for the first time ever in June." And while that may seem like yet another one of Hastings' run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mouth pronouncements, the government viewed it quite differently. The SEC said Reed's self-congratulatory comment was, in fact, material information that must be distributed publicly, or at least more publicly than a Facebook posting, so as not to give some Netflix investors an edge over others. So was Reed not right in divulging the arguably material information despite it being on a massive social network? Or were regulators wrong for being overzealous in their attention to detail? Yes, it really is a true conundrum for the digital age. Here's how we see it. First of all, Hastings should not have snottily dismissed the government's claim by responding to the charges last week with yet another Facebook post saying, "We think posting to over 200,000 people is very public, especially because many of my subscribers are reporters and bloggers." Dude, don't you ever learn? If your first missive pissed them off, why on earth would you follow it up with an even more obnoxious one? There is no good reason to antagonize these people. They are government employees and get paid according to scale. Money does not motivate them. Spite, as we saw in the Martha Stewart trial, does. So get righteous, Reed. Bow to the higher power and be done with it. That said, we do feel that the SEC is acting a tad too fervently on this particular matter. Social networks are relatively new to the investor mix, and blowhards like Hastings may not yet know the boundaries of what is and what isn't legal. We know full well that the SEC's sleuths will be spending the rest of their lives trying to make up for missing Madoff, but this type of nitpicking certainly is not the answer. In fact, it will only make things worse for the organization should something far more sinister pop up while they are busy crashing this fairly uneventful affair.
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The Air Jordan 1 is taking things pretty far back for 2013, with styles for that silhouette going all out with original colorways and even some rare 'Nike Air' branding. Of course, the Air Jordan 1 Phat will be doing at least one historical nod as well in the form of this white and university blue colorway. The university in question would be University of North Carolina, MJ's alma mater where he showed such promise before his NBA hooping legacy was born. If you like what you see above then stay with us for the rest of the preview and look for the Air Jordan 1 Phat 'UNC' in stores come February.
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Anderson feels good after five pain-free innings
Lefty pitches in Minors game, has two more starts before Opening Day
PHOENIX -- The A's can let go of any worry tied to lefty Brett Anderson, who got in five innings in a Minor League game on Saturday just six days after suffering a minor neck injury.
Pitching against a Cubs' Minor League team on the road, Anderson allowed two runs on five hits with three strikeouts and four walks. But those aren't the important numbers for the A's. They'll see he tallied 62 pitches -- all pain-free -- after throwing just seven in his last start before departing early.
"This one was about eliminating all pain and doubt," Anderson said. "It was about making sure my body and arm feel good.
"I was a little rusty, but my body felt good, my arm felt good. Just the fact that I got up and down five times was good. I'm sure I'll be a little sore tomorrow, having made the jump from [seven] to 60-some pitches, but it was good to get my work in and get back on a normal schedule."
Anderson will make two more Cactus League starts in preparation for his April 1 Opening Day assignment.
"Those next two," he said, "just try to hone in on my pitches and make sure everything's starting to get crisp."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Built light to handle epic climbs and built tough to handle burly, high-speed descents, Crank Brothers' Iodine 2, 29-inch wheels are a sick upgrade to any bike. These all-mountain wonders boast tubeless-compatible aluminum rims that keep the weight down to 1,910 grams for the set. They have the looks and function down, too, with machined aluminum hubs rocking sealed bearings that feel like they'll spin forever. And, the extended aluminum nipples simplify the truing process and maximize wheel stiffness.
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I'm not sure if the Buddha statue I have at home, that I use for a shrine is Sakyamuni or Amitabha. When I bought it I didn't really know the differences between them, it was also made in Vietnam if that helps (I know Vietnam is predominately Pure Land).
I would of rather had a Sakyamuni statue (unless it is), but I figure as long as you have a Buddha statue even if it's not Sakyamuni it is fine. Plus I really like it as it's a nice statue, either way I would still use it.
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A fit Steffi Graf could still compete: Agassi
Andre Agassi admits he'd struggle to crack the world's top five in the new power era of men's tennis - but has no doubt his legendary wife could challenge for women's grand slam spoils if fit and healthy.
Kimiko Date-Krumm's inspired run to the third round of the Australian Open at 42 years of age impressed Agassi and prompted an inevitable question.
Could 43-year-old Steffi Graf, a 22-times grand slam champion and former world No.1, compete with the likes of Serena Williams and reigning rankings queen Victoria Azarenka if she too made a comeback?
Chronic knee and calf injuries aside, Agassi was certain she could.
"From a health perspective, it would be impossible," Agassi told AAP during his promotional visit to Australia at the weekend.
"You've got to be healthy. I don't know how Kimiko has done it. That's remarkable.
"From a game perspective, I can honestly say that - unlike in the men's game - Steffi's game from the mid-90s lives up to the standard of today.
"She can offset the power. The power of the women's game has changed considerably but she always had the ability to offset that by bringing people forward with her slice and keeping the ball down low.
"And she's such an athlete. I don't know if anyone has ever run like her in the history of the game.
"As a result, her best would match up, unlike mine. Mine would not. I'd work hard to be No.5 in the world right now."
Agassi, himself a former world No.1 and eight-times major winner, said he was amazed "watching the standard continually sort of get better.".
"You wonder how it's possible to continue at that sort of rate," he said.
"What Federer did when he came and, when I said goodbye, a lot had to do with what I knew was untouchable.
"It's just a different standard of tennis. It's a different rules of engagement when guys can do what these guys can do.
"I don't recognise it from a standpoint of strategy because I counted on getting somebody behind in a point and then slowly smothering them.
"But nobody's behind in a point. You never know when they're behind in a point. That would have eliminated any ability I had to move forward in the court.
"Means I would have had to be a different player, would've had to have a different body. It means the game has gotten a lot better."


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Investigation Of Safety And Pharmacokinetics Following A Single Oral Dose Of 300 Mg Maraviroc In Healthy Male Japanese Volunteers
This study has been completed.
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To confirm safety and pharmacokinetics of maraviroc following a single oral dose of 300 mg maraviroc in healthy male Japanese volunteers.
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|Drug: maraviroc (Selzentry, Celsentri)
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|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
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|An Open Label Single Dose Study To Investigate Safety And Pharmacokinetics Of Maraviroc Following A Single Oral Dose Of 300 Mg Maraviroc (Two 150 Mg Maraviroc Commercial Tablets) Under Fasting Conditions In Healthy Male Japanese Volunteers
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Plasma and urine maraviroc concentrations for pharmacokinetic analysis [ Time Frame: pre-48 hrs post dose ]
- Adverse event monitoring [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 3 ]
- Bood pressure, pulse rate [ Time Frame: Day 0, Day 1, and Day 3 ]
- Blood and urine safety laboratory tests [ Time Frame: Day 0 and Day 3 ]
- ECG [ Time Frame: Day 0 and Day 3 ]
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|May 2009
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|May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Drug: maraviroc (Selzentry, Celsentri)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy male Japanese subjects between the ages of 21 and 50 years inclusive.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) of 17.5 to 30.5 kg/m2; and a total body weight >45 kg.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Evidence or history of clinically significant hematological, renal, endocrine, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hepatic, psychiatric, neurologic, or allergic disease (including drug allergies, but excluding untreated, asymptomatic, seasonal allergies at time of dosing).
- Positive result for HIV, Hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) or HCV antibody.
- Hypersensitivity/allergic reactions to any component of maraviroc, including soy lecithin.
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Of course if you know me, you already know I made a few changes to Mark Bittman's recipe. I used my favorite Baby Bella (Crimini) mushrooms instead of Shitakes (which made the recipe a lot more budget-friendly.) I also increased the sauce ingredients just a bit and substituted Stevia in the Raw Granulated Sweetener for sugar. I also used small red chiles to season the oil but didn't keep them in the dish, which made it much less spicy.
(Mark Bittman's Ginger Chicken with Mushrooms and Thai Flavors was updated with step-by-step photos and better instructions, February 2013.)
Mark Bittman's Ginger Chicken
(Makes about 4 servings, recipe adapted from The Best Recipes in the World.)
Sauce Ingredients:
1-2 T soy sauce (use gluten-free if needed)
1 T or slightly more Thai Fish Sauce (I like Red Boat Fish Sauce, which is gluten-free)
2 tsp. Stevia in the Raw Granulated Sweetener, Splenda, or sugar
black pepper to taste
2 -3 T fresh lime juice
2 small red dried chiles
2 T peanut oil
2 shallots or one very small red onion, sliced thin, slices cut in fourths
1 T minced garlic
1 T grated ginger root
(Minced garlic in a jar or pureed ginger root in a jar will work in this recipe)
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut in 1/2 inch pieces (be careful to keep them small)
about 1 cup sliced fresh Baby Bella Mushrooms (or use Shitake mushrooms if you'd like)
1/4 cup sliced green onions
Add shallots or onions and stir-fry 2 minutes. Add garlic and ginger and cook just a few seconds, then add chicken and stir fry until all chicken has turned opaque and no pink remains, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and scallions and cook a few minutes more, until the mushrooms have released their liquid and it has evaporated.
Add the combined sauce mixture to the wok and cook 2-3 minutes, until sauce is slightly thickened. Taste, add salt if desired, and serve hot.
South Beach Diet / Low-Carb Diet Suggestions:
This dish is great for the South Beach Diet, any phase, as long as you substitute Stevia in the Raw Granulated or Splenda for the sugar. (Even if you use sugar, the amount of sugar in a serving would be very minimal. The recipe would also be suitable for most other types of low-carb diet plans.
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Marriage has a great number of business benefits. Married men have stronger employment status than cohabiting men. Men's productivity increases by 27 percent as a result of marrying. Women in intact marriages have a higher income-to-needs ratio than women in any other family structure.
Dr. Jennifer Morse of the Ruth Institute notes, "The family is absolutely necessary for the market to function. The substitutes to the family are expensive and ineffective, and taxpayers end up paying the price."
As to the claim that the 31 state marriage-protection amendments create bad business environments, there are numerous job studies that debunk this lie: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked states for per capita personal income growth from 1999 to 2009. Eight of the top 10 states for best personal income growth have passed Marriage Protection Amendments. None have same-sex marriage or civil unions.
CEO Magazine surveyed 543 chief executive officers, asking them to rank the best and worst states for business and job growth. All of the top five have marriage-protection amendments. The worst five business-environment states were California, New York, Michigan, New Jersey and Massachusetts, the first state to allow the unraveling of marriage.
In February, Kiplinger Financial Magazine named the top 10 states for predicted job growth in 2012. Every one of the top five states have marriage-protection amendments.
This fall, CNBC profiled "America's Top States for Doing Business" using input from the National Association of Manufacturers and the Council on Competitiveness. Nine of the top 10 business-friendly states have marriage-protection amendments. None has same-sex marriage. Those states with same-sex marriage landed toward the bottom of their business performance data.
In spite of this easily obtainable data, the myth that respecting marriage is bad for business continues to be repeated.
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executive director, American Family Association of IndianaThis letter is to express my hope that my home will be receiving water, billing and service from Fort Wayne City Utilities in the near future.
I have a separate line for my lawn, which I am overcharged for having it turned on, and I was not always able to fully utilize this past summer due to lack of water and or water pressure. My bills never reflected that, but the high and ambiguous minimum charges for both water and sewer were ever-present.
Minimum sewer charge $26.97 and sewer charge $38.97 with no correlation between amount of water used and sewer charges. Water has its own set of rules for minimum charges.
Aqua seemingly has a green light to raise rates, add on charges and minimums with not enough consideration for the quality and value of their product and is not held accountable for either to the end consumer.
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BELLE GLADE, Fla. — The early January freezes damaged south Florida winter eggplant and caused minor damage to radishes.
Aside from its traditional winter and spring Southern vegetables, Florida also grows and packs other vegetables including eggplant, radishes and broccoli.
Brian Arrigo, president of Southern Corporate Packers Inc., Immokalee, said the Jan. 3-4 freeze destroyed 25% of his eggplant.
Production is returning and buyers should expect adequate supplies, he said in late February.
"It's all coming back better now with good quality," Arrigo said. "They look well."
Adam Lytch, operations manager for Raleigh, N.C.-based L&M Cos. Inc., said the January freeze destroyed all of its fall eggplant. He said he expects spring production to return on time in mid-March.
"They're not set on the plant yet," he said in late February.
"The plants themselves look fine. From the time they start popping out and show, they're usually ready in about 10 days."
Aside from the one freeze, Lytch called fall growing conditions strong and said the deal produced high volume. He called prices favorable.
Brian Rayfield, vice president of sales and marketing for J&J Produce Inc., Loxahatchee, said eggplant prices remained "strong and steady" since Florida began production.
"The market has been $12-14 and quality has been good," he said in late February. "There seems to be just the right amount."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in late February reported 1 1/9-bushel cartons medium from central and south Florida selling for $16.35-16.35 with fair quality at $8.35-10.35, that's higher than in mid-February when those same quantities sold for $12.35-14.35 with fair quality at $6.35-8.35.
Last year in late February, the USDA reported Florida supplies were insufficient and in too few hands to establish a market, so it in late February reported these prices for Mexican eggplant crossing through Nogales, Ariz.: 1 bushel, 1 1/9-bushel and 1 1/6 bushel cartons of wrapped 18-24s selling for $26.95 with fair quality at $20.95.
Chris Tordonato, sales manager of Florida Specialties Inc., Immokalee, called eggplant quality strong.
"They look well," he said in late February.
"The growing season has been fine. We have had a warmer winter. Eggplant struggles when it's cold."
Florida Specialties' growers plan to begin harvesting in late March.
South Florida volume normally ends or slows after Christmas while spring volume resumes in late March and runs through late May. Winter production remains focused in Homestead and the warmer East Coast growing regions.
Central Florida production typically begins in mid-March and runs through mid-May.
The early January cold weather caused only minor problems to south Florida's radish crop.
"Some of the weather-related problems gave us a little gap here and there, but we will have steady supplies all the through into the spring," Bryan Biederman, assistant sales manager for Pioneer Growers Co-op, said in late February.
Biederman said radishes remain a consistent item, not subject to high volume spikes. He called prices stable.
The USDA in late February reported cartons of topped red 30 6-ounce film bags from south Florida selling for $5.95-6.95; carton topped 14 1-pound film bags red, $6.45-7.05; 25-pound film bags topped red, $9.95-10.95; 40-pound film bags red, $14.95.
In late February last season, the USDA reported cartons of topped red 30 6-ounce film bags from south Florida selling for $5.95; 14 1-pound film bags red, $6.45; 25-pound film bags topped red, $9.95; 40-pound film bags red, $14.85.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc., the fresh division of Oviedo-based A. Duda & Sons Inc., plans to harvest radishes through mid-May.
Jason Bedsole, sales manager of Eastern vegetables and citrus, said the deal is producing a strong crop.
"The quality and volumes are good," he said in late February. "Demand has been good."
South Florida radish production typically starts by early November and runs through late May.
Florida is producing high quality broccoli this season.
"The quality has been excellent," Adam Lytch, operations manager for Raleigh, N.C.-based L&M Cos. Inc., said in late February. "Yields are incredible."
Despite a low California market, Lytch said Florida growers are receiving $8-10 for 20-pound cartons of iced and iceless broccoli depending on the contract compared to the $5.50 markets California growers fetch.
He said the market remained depressed for more than a month and in late February said it was starting to turn around.
After Georgia finishes its broccoli deal after Christmas, north Florida production usually commences and runs through mid-April. South Florida normally picks up in January and goes through late March. Georgia returns to production in mid-April.
L&M grows broccoli in Palatka and Clewiston and packs from its north Florida packinghouse.


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Star of Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time Bob Flowerdew will visit Melksham next month to share his green- fingered wisdom.
The organic gardener, who has also presented on Channel 4, will give a talk at the Assembly Hall on May 29 on No Work Gardening, hosted by the Melksham Gardeners' Society.
Cliff Fiander from the society said: "It's a real honour to host Bob Flowerdew, with his special blend of humour and good gardening advice, as part of our series of events this year.
"Welcoming one of the experts from the BBC's Gardeners' Question Time team to Melksham is a real boost for the Society, and we hope that many gardeners around the county – old and new – will come along to discover more from Bob's expertise and years of experience."
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Last month SilverStone quietly launched the ML05 mini-ITX chassis as the company's North American and European office had not received their initial shipment of retail cases. SilverStone USA let us know this week that they have finally received the first retail units from Asia. This is the first HTPC case that SilverStone designed specifically around the Mini-ITX form factor with the goal of making it as small possible without resorting to use of "Thin Mini-ITX" or external adapters. This case is very affordable and has an MSRP of $44.50 in the US and is currently available on Amazon for $44.50 shipped.
SilverStone ML-05 Mini-ITX Case Specifications:
Continuing with the popular slim form factor HTPC, the Milo ML05 HTPC case is the smallest in the Milo series to-date and yet still able to fit modern day components. Although measuring only 7 liters in size (half the size of Micro-ATX based ML03), it can accommodate Mini-ITX motherboard, SFX power supply and install up to four 2.5" hard drives. An innovative multipurpose 4-in-1 bracket also allows installation of a slim optical drive, a 3.5" hard drive, two 2.5" drives, or a 120mm fan depending on user's requirement. Complementing a superbly compact design is a beautiful acrylic front panel that seamlessly integrates into home theater environments, making ML05 the best petite HTPC case on the market.
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West Virginia Seat Belt Bill One Step Closer To Passing< < Back to
A bill making the failure to buckle-up a primary offense in West Virginia is moving toward passage.
The bill would let police pull drivers over and fine them $25 for not wearing a seat belt. It passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan, but non-unanimous voice vote on Thursday.
Seat belt use is already mandatory in West Virginia but it is a secondary offense, meaning an officer has to pull a driver over for another violation first.
The bill narrowly passed the House earlier this week after heavy debate.
Supporters have said the bill will increase seat belt use and save lives.
Opponents have cited issues of personal freedom and responsibility.
The state would get more than $1 million in additional federal highway safety funds if the bill passes.


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The 10 Best Visual Effects Scenes of 2011
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
It's a little hard to admit how much I like Pushmo, the groundbreaking game for the Nintendo 3DS developed by Intelligent Systems and released just a week ago. First off, the cutesy cartoon graphics seem like they were designed for people half my height and a quarter my age, and the syrupy techno soundtrack featured on many Nintendo DS games is here, too.
Yet gameplay is incredibly addictive. You play as Mallo, a tiny tomato-shaped character who pulls, pushes, and jumps across squares on a small game board. It's something like QuBIT for pocket gamers. Few games fulfill on the 3D promise, but Pushmo does in spades. Mallo moves from side to side but, in an almost surreal way, can also move diagonally and front to back. This ties into the strategy; in later levels you have to plan your movements strategically and not box yourself into a 3D corner. That would not be possible unless you could see in the game in a 3D plane.
Platform: Microsoft Xbox 360
Walking around a digital Disneyland by waving your hands may sound absurd. But a truly groundbreaking game can have a sense of absurdity about it, because what's unfamiliar always feels rather strange at first. Disneyland Adventures for Kinect is like that because it's one of the first sandbox games I've ever played in which you can run around anywhere you want using your body as the controller.
There's a deep sense of immersion, even for a kid's game, because you feel as though your avatar really is at Disneyland. Starting just outside the main gate, you walk by raising your hand at the elbow, and can stop and look around anytime you want. The entire Disneyland theme park is here: Space Mountain, the Sleeping Beauty castle, the Jungle Cruise, main street shops, other visitors, and many of the iconic characters from the movies. You can wander around and talk to these characters to get their autograph or a hug. Though Disneyland Adventures is for the younger set, it showcases what is most compelling about Kinect: the ability to put you into the shoes of game characters.
By the way, make sure you also check out Kinect Sports: Season Two. Microsoft nailed the darts game, which is one of the most realistic simulators of this rec-room game I've seen. In fact, it's more entertaining than the real thing—and less painful.
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Luke Bryan's Wife Caroline Trashes Wedding Dress
The ladies tied to Luke Bryan and Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney were joined by Carah Owen (Randy Owen's daughter-in-law) to trash the dress. That's Caroline Bryan in white, getting sloppy with ribs and ranch dressing while Tiffany Fallon and Owen hose her down with tequila and Budweiser. But they didn't stop there.


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Edward G. Rahll & Sons schedules safety audit
Edward G. Rahll & Sons Inc. in Jessup, Md., plans to complete a Global Food Safety Initiative audit in the fall.
The distributor has been preparing its 30,000-square-foot warehouse for the audit, which is scheduled for early October.
Improving the warehouse on the Maryland Wholesale Produce Market in Jessup has taken two years and the improvements should soon pay for themselves, said T.J. Rahll, operations manager.
G. Cefalu & Bro. Inc. to expand warehouse
G. Cefalu & Bro. Inc., Jessup, Md., plans to expand its warehouse capacity.
G. Cefalu, the produce distributor, and Capital Seaboard, its foodservice jobber, have outgrown their operations, said Sal Cefalu, owner and director of Jessup-based CGC Holdings, the parent company of G. Cefalu & Bro. Inc. and Capital Seaboard.
It plans to add about 10% to its 52,000 square feet of operations that sits on four acres near the Maryland Wholesale Produce Market in Jessup.
The addition on some additional property Cefalu owns should help provide overflow to help in a few missing areas, Cefalu said.
Keany Produce Co.hires three sales staff
Keany Produce Co., Landover, Md., has added to its sales staff.
Neil Hecht, who use to sell premade sandwiches and salads for a catering company that supplied foodservice operators, is now in sales covering Richmond, Va.
Eric Rolander, who previously worked in photocopier sales, handles Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Va.; and Annapolis, Md., sales.
Matt Messina now works as a Keany Baltimore salesman.
Keany also promoted Blair Ryan, who had worked as a Keany a territory marketing associate, to sales.
Ryan began her role as a Baltimore and Eastern Shore representative during the winter while the others started in the past year, said Kevin Keany, president.
Maryland Food Center promotes manager
The Maryland Food Center Authority has promoted its market manager.
Rose Harrell, who has been with the organization since 1993, was named director of facilities in February.
The authority owns and operates the Maryland Wholesale Produce Market and the Maryland Wholesale Seafood Market in Jessup.
Harrell started as an administrative assistant for the seafood market's offices before becoming an assistant to the authority's deputy director when market management was consolidated in 1995.
She later advanced to projects administrator before becoming the authority's market manager in 2009.
Pete Pappas & Sons plans to relocate
Pete Pappas & Sons Inc. plans to move from its Washington, D.C., headquarters to a larger facility in Jessup, Md., along the Maryland Wholesale Produce Market.
By January, the wholesaler plans to operate from an existing cold storage operation it recently purchased, which it is upgrading now.
Pappas & Sons outgrew its 60,000 square feet of cold storage in the nation's capital.
The new operation will double Pappas & Sons' refrigerated capacity, said Gus Pappas, president.
"It's been mostly a space issue," Pappas said. "The move will put us closer to most of our business and this will be more convenient with more dock doors. It will definitely cut down on our delivery times and save us fuel costs. It should be a good deal all the way around."
Pappas & Sons has added management, operations and business development personnel.
Paul Pappas, who formerly worked for the company, rejoined the operation as general manager.
Paul Pappas, who worked in a non-produce field, joined this spring.
In April, Chris Curtis, who use worked for other area produce companies, started as operations manager.
Around the same time, Jamie Unglesbee came aboard in a business development position.
Unglesbee worked 15 years for area produce wholesale companies including in a retail buying office, Gus Pappas said.


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UTSA player spotlight: David Glasco II, RB
Updated 8:37 pm, Friday, September 14, 2012
David Glasco, a sophomore from Wagner, keeps the mood light in the UTSA football camp.
Asked last weekend how it felt to beat Texas A&M-Commerce for a 2-0 record, he said, "One word — sexy. That's all. 2-0. Great feeling. Like Al Davis said, 'Just win, baby.'"
Told that Glasco had described the victory over A&M-Commerce as "sexy," UTSA coach Larry Coker chuckled and disagreed.
"Uh, I've got a different view of sexy than what David has," he said. "I wouldn't really call that game sexy."
That said, Coker is happy with Glasco for his improvement. Glasco, who had 144 yards in 2011, leads this year's squad with 128 yards and two TDs.
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"I'm running with a lot of anger, a lot of frustration from ... last year," he said. "You know, I didn't play the best."
Glasco is bigger and stronger this fall. He also has refined his style to hit the holes quickly and with more authority.
"Those guys (on the offensive line) are awesome," said Glasco, averaging 5.8 yards per carry. "They're the bodyguards. I owe all of them."


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"Matt Wieters is the reason that I comes before E except after C."
"Matt Wieters beat cancer… literally, with his bat. There is no more cancer."
"Even atheists believe in Matt Wieters."
Those are quotes from the summer of 2009, when the Matt Wieters Facts page was launched to celebrate the number-one prospect in baseball. Even Keith Law got in on the action. Wieters had torn through High-A and Double-A in 2008, and he was in the midst of mocking Triple-A pitching when he was finally called up on May 29, 2009. Immediately, the hysteria hit fever pitch, as the chosen one was now here to save us all.
But the saving never happened.
Not for the fantasy managers who stashed Wieters on their rosters, and not for the Orioles. The O's were 23-26 when they brought their phenom up and, a month later, they found themselves at 35-42. It wasn't his fault, exactly, but his .247/.297/.388 triple-slash line with two homers and seven RBI over 91 plate appearances wasn't helping their cause, either. It got better: He closed with a .301/.354/.420 run from July on, and wound up with a .288/.340/.420 line in 385 plate appearances. It wasn't exactly transcendent, but it was something to grow on.
Except 2010—his first full season—was actually worse, and markedly so, as he posted a 695 OPS in 502 plate appearances. Fast-forward another two average-to-slightly-above seasons, and we are still waiting on Wieters' first .300 TAv campaign. Meanwhile, atheists no longer believe and sliced bread has reclaimed its spot atop the coaches' poll (mixed sports metaphor, ftw!). His career hasn't exactly been a failure, especially given his defensive value, but Wieters needs to more than double his current 12.8 bWAR to move up the ranks of top fifth-overall picks ever and get near Jack McDowell and Vernon Wells.
Remember Jeff Clement? If you have been playing fantasy baseball since the mid-2000s, you definitely do.
The USC product was drafted third overall in 2005, behind Justin Upton and Alex Gordon, slotting just ahead of Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Braun. He wasted little time popping six homers in a 34-game post-draft stint at Low-A in the Mariners organization. He sputtered a bit in 2006, needing 82 games to match that six-home-run output while splitting time between Double- and Triple-A. Then, he torched the Pacific Coast League in 2007, posting a 20-80 season with an 867 OPS in 530 plate appearances, and earning himself a brief, nine-game call-up, during which he raked to the tune of a 1.286 OPS. The Mariners gave him about a month of Triple-A seasoning to start 2008 before promoting him on April 30.
It did not go well.
He was essentially the everyday catcher for the first half of May, and he hit .167/.286/.250 in 56 plate appearances before the M's sent him back down to Triple-A. The sample was small and he certainly wasn't the first prospect to flounder during his first extended opportunity. He came back almost exactly a month later, on June 18, and was up for the remainder of the season. He was better, but how could he not have been after that start? Clement hit .248/.298/.394 with five home runs and 21 RBI in 168 plate appearances. That was the beginning of the end of his Seattle tenure.
He spent all of 2009 in Triple-A, turning in an 850 OPS with 21 bombs and 90 RBI, which wasn't bad, but probably not as good as you would expect from an uber-prospect in a hitter-friendly league with over 1,000 Triple-A plate appearances under his belt. He was traded to Pittsburgh near the deadline in a deal in which Ian Snell was the principal return for the Mariners. That spoke volumes about Clement's diminished stock, as Snell was a once-solid arm who had shown promise back in 2006-2007, before completely falling off the table in the subsequent year-plus preceding the deal. Clement delivered 178 plate appearances of 576 OPS work as a Pirate, and he no longer played catcher.
Remember when Texas was stocked to the gills with catching talent? They had homegrown Taylor Teagarden, super-prospect Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and another top-100 prospect in Max Ramirez whom they acquired from Cleveland for Kenny Lofton. As of 2008, the Rangers were set at catcher for the next decade, and they could probably trade one to plug another hole! None of them are with the Rangers any longer, and Salty is the only one close to having panned out, thanks to a late-20s power stroke.
Just last year, we saw Reds farmhand Devin Mesoraco being drafted at an average of 146th overall in NL-only leagues, ahead of outfielders like Dexter Fowler and Alfonso Soriano. Fowler didn't exactly kill it in 2011 (796 OPS), but he had three full seasons of experience under his belt and was headed into his age-26 season. Soriano, meanwhile, was an established veteran who was still good for a guaranteed 20-80. Even if you move off of a position like outfield, where a one-to-one comparison is tougher, Mesoraco was still taken ahead of Jonathan Lucroy, Ramon Hernandez, and Carlos Ruiz.
It doesn't take revisionist history to be critical of that slotting. First off, Mesoraco wasn't guaranteed a starting job with Ryan Hanigan onboard (Hernandez was dealt to make room for Mesoraco as a backup). Additionally, all three were coming off of solid, full major-league seasons, while Hernandez was moving to Coors Field. In fairness, he flopped while Lucroy and Ruiz surged, but they were all MVPs compared to Mesoraco and his 640 OPS in 184 disappointing plate appearances.
It was worse in the American League, where Jesus Montero was the 82nd guy off the board in AL-only leagues, according Mock Draft Central data. I'll spare you the time, but I've got names for days of players who should have gone ahead of him, considering that Montero had just 69 big-league plate appearances to his name, a terrible defensive reputation, a move to a pitcher-friendly park, and DH-only eligibility at some outlets. He responded with a below-average 685 OPS with 15 home runs and 62 RBI in 553 plate appearances. The state of American League catchers a year ago was such that his slotting among the position wasn't nearly as egregious as his overall slotting, whereas someone Mesoraco was inappropriately slotted in both realms.
That brings us to today. The fantasy community has learned exactly nothing, as players eagerly await the arrivals of Mets prospect Travis D'Arnaud and the man set to supplant Montero behind the dish in Seattle, Mike Zunino. Neither was drafted to level of Mesoraco and Montero from last year because we knew they weren't going to break camp with their clubs, but that doesn't mean that any fewer hopes and dreams are being pinned to them for when they do arrive, which could be later this season for both. The pair isn't guaranteed to fail, but history says overwhelming success would be an upset. Zunino is just 22 years old and not yet a year removed from leading the Florida Gators. Plus, the Mariners don't exactly have awesome luck with third-overall-pick backstops out of college. D'Arnaud is a 24-year old high -chool product, but he has just 346 plate appearances at Triple-A, and they have all come in Las Vegas, as his original team—the Blue Jays—flipped affiliates with the Mets this offseason. Vegas is a ridiculous hitting environment, which makes it hard to take his 985 OPS there too seriously. If you believe Minor League Equivalency calculators, it translates to about a 755 OPS in New York (769 if he were still a Blue Jay).
There has been just one rookie-eligible catcher since 2000 to come up at age 22 for more than 300 plate appearances. That was Joe Mauer in 2005, and he posted a .294 average and a 783 OPS in 554 plate appearances. And while he was rookie eligible, he did have 122 plate appearances the year before, as he ripped the cover off the ball in a 35-game stint during the summer, posting a .308 average and 939 OPS with six homers. He would need four-and-a-half times as many plate appearances to thwart that home-run mark by a whopping three the following year. Zunino, of course, is coming in completely fresh and in a much tougher environment for hitters; the Metrodome had a 104 park factor for runs that year while Safeco Field has been at 82 the last two years. Even the newly moved-in fences won't push it to the Metrodome's level.
There have been five 24-year old rookie-eligible catchers that posted 300-plus plate appearances since 2000, and their results have been thoroughly underwhelming. Mike Napoli (2006) led the charge as the only one to top 100 in OPS+, with a 110 mark (815 OPS and 16 home runs) in 325 plate appearances. A.J. Pierzynski, in 2001, was fine with a 98 OPS+ for the Twins, but that's it for 700-or-better OPS totals, as Francisco Cervelli (694 OPS, 87 OPS+), Miguel Olivo (646, 68), and Chris Snyder (598, 56) did more harm than good for their own ballclubs—let alone the damage they inflicted to fantasy squads. None of them had near the acclaim of D'Arnaud, but even if you remove the age filter and simply look at the rookie-eligible backstops with 300-plus plate appearances since 2000, the results leave a lot to be desired and should definitely have you questioning how much of a savior Zunino or D'Arnaud will be when they come up.
And the outlook of that group is inflated by Johjima, who is nothing like the rest of the bunch, as he spent 11 seasons in the Japanese Pacific League before crossing the Pacific. The most recent success is one of the best fantasy seasons on the entire list: Wilin Rosario's 2012. However—*Paul runs to get his wet blanket again*—his numbers were heavily inflated by Coors Field, an environment that is essentially the direct opposite of what Zunino and D'Arnaud will enter.
In the last four years, there have been 40 catcher seasons of 100-or-better OPS+, which isn't a fantasy measure, but is a passable enough catchall for value that excludes defense. Let's be honest, if these hot catcher prospects aren't posting better than a 100 OPS+, they aren't fulfilling your expectations. Anyway, of those 40 seasons, the average age was 28 years old, the median age was 27, and the mode was 26. Just four of the entries came from catchers who were 24 years old or younger: Salvador Perez (22), Rosario (23), Wilson Ramos (23), and Alex Avila (24). Perez and Avila came out of nowhere, too.
Do yourself a great favor and stop drafting young catchers; it's not working. I've never understood the fascination anyway. Even if they were to pan out at a more frequent rate, catchers play far less than all other position players, with guaranteed off-days, and they are more susceptible to injury behind the dish, which will only further cut into their playing time. Fantasy baseball is a game of accumulation. Sure, position scarcity matters, but at what cost?
One more: Hank Conger has been a four-time top-100 prospect here at BP, charting in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011. All four rankings were in the 80s, but that still makes him a highly regarded prospect. He is only 25, so he isn't completely washed out in terms of potential, but he has logged just 253 plate appearances the last three years entering 2013, and he still doesn't have a full-time job, with Chris Iannetta serving as the primary catcher for the Angels. I've watched Conger get over-drafted for so long that I almost didn't believe he was only 25.
Full disclosure: I was over-drafting Iannetta as a Rockies up-and-comer in many of those drafts, so who am I to talk? But, I learned, and now, I simply sit peacefully when any rookie-eligible catcher gets drafted. They don't even make my list anymore in redraft leagues.
Paul Sporer is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @sporer
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The Matt Wieters enthusiasm was largely led by a sky-high PECOTA projection which BP much later admitted was due to programming errors. Criticizing others for overvaluing unproven young catchers seems a bit incongruous (although I realize you personally weren't behind the Wieters projection).
Apr 17, 2013 09:47 AM
I don't really agree. I knew throngs of people with no association to (or knowledge of) BP who were sky-high on Wieters. Plus that'd only explain Wieters as the overrating of young catchers continues four years later absent sky-high PECOTA projections. I don't see a strong link.
Apr 17, 2013 11:06 AM
What were the progamming errors?
Apr 18, 2013 21:20 PM
While I agree with the general premise of the article (and have been guilty myself of Premature Catcher-Drafting), you focus on 22 and 24 year olds while conveniently skipping 23 year old starters...
Apr 17, 2013 10:13 AM
It wasn't convenient, rather those are the ages of Zunino & D'Arnaud. It wasn't surreptitiously done to overlook Posey, though he is quite clearly the exception. The reason he didn't pull up on the chart was because he only played 70% of his games at C in his rookie year.
Apr 17, 2013 11:02 AM
Does Evan Gatis profile as young? Maybe unproven?
Apr 17, 2013 11:25 AM
Regarding lack of "rookie eligible" catchers age 22 with 300+ at bats, etc....what does the rookie eligibility have to do with anything, as opposed to just the age?
Apr 17, 2013 11:27 AM
Yadi was terrible at age 22, but he wasn't a highly touted prospect, especially for fantasy which is the focus.
Apr 17, 2013 11:33 AM
This is exactly why I avoid Austin Hedges in this year's keeper lg prospect draft. Well, he was drafted one spot before my pick so I didn't get to draft him.
Apr 17, 2013 12:36 PM
This is also why I avoided Andy Etchebarren in the 1966 AL-Only draft, and went with Paul Casanova instead -- I got lucky because Jose Azcue was taken one spot before I drafted...
Apr 18, 2013 13:22 PM
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