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Before & After: Dresser/Changing Table on Design*Sponge
We love this before and after project. Over the years we had a few similar dressers that we originally found in thrift stores or on a street. Even though they were originally bought or acquired with the idea of remodeling them, we always ended up giving them away before we had a chance to work on them. Seeing these great results that Brian ended up with is very inspiring.
Design Sponge reader, Brian, has been working on getting a nursery ready for his son. With the idea of trying to reuse things that he already owns, this old dresser was brought back to life as a modern dresser/changing table.
The dresser was first sanded down to the bare wood. The old door knobs were removed and Brian filled and smoothed the holes. Going for a modern look, he cut custom handles and sanded them as well. He painted the interior a bright green and the outside turquoise blue. The dresser looks like new and what a great remodel of an old piece of furniture.
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Great!!! Now that is when wood should be painted IMO. Love the two color combo.
hot dawg!
He smoothed the *h*oles!
I need to run wild and spray paint tons of thigs around my apartment.
He smoothed the whole hole.
i love it! the cutout handles really make it look a lot better!
Great job. The bright colors are so great for a baby.
lovely! (and i like what we can see of the room, too - not a pastel room, which i find great - i think baby will appreciate it :-D )
I love it in that spot- it's the perfect height to blend into the painted wall seamlessly. I also like how the color in the room is at kid height, while the upper walls tone it down. This will also make it easy to change up the room as the baby gets older and decides he wants a new color.
Great job, beautiful colors!!!
Oh now thisis fantastic. First off, I can totally see this done to a non descript, but solid chest of drawers and I love the color choices and if I were redo a room, those 2 colors look fantastic. The green almost looks to be chartreuse and I love that deep turquoise as well.
I love how it kind of pays homage to blue dot's storage systems w/ it's cut out handles for their drawers and doors.
Ooops, realized this mistake just as I clicked on post... This is instead of thisis. Oh well...
2 thumbs up, for sure!
Wowza. I love the cut out handles! :)
HOLY HOTDOGS BATMAN! What an awesome conversion!!!
I think I might have just switched out the knobs instead of making cutouts, but looks great! The cutouts do make it look a lot sleeker, I must admit. I love the color. I'm pretty sure my mom has a dresser just like this, only taller.
This looks great. Really gives it a more modern look.
The 'modern' cutouts clash with the 'traditional' shape of the wood base- I think it would have been cuter had he left the knobs and painted them the same chartreuse as the inside of the drawers. Of course, I'm just being picky, it definitely looks better after then before!
love the color, but not matching the walls. I'd prefer they differed in shade. I love the contrast of the interior drawers, though!
and I have to say, I hate cutout handles. they remind me of dorm furniture (I would have put some metal knobs, maybe square). but to each his own, and it's still a vast improvement on the original!
If so concerned with the contrast of the "modern" cutouts to
"traditional" design......What if he had mimicked the curve at the base (front) as the cut out?
One other thought:
Thinking practicality....when changing a baby, wouldn't you want to be able to get into a drawer with one hand if need be versus having to use two drawer pulls/knobs? It is a "Changing Table/Dresser". Also, what if you have the child in your arms when you are needing to get something out of the drawer.
Highly critical design people need to remember another word, functionality.
Good job Brian!
very nice!
I agree with SeattleMama about the clash of the cut-outs. I think kambykitten's suggestion to match the cut-out handles with the detail on the bottom is on the right track. If it were my piece, however, I would have done away with the "traditional" detail on the bottom so that its style was akin to the handles.


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Lemon Kale Chips Recipe
We are loving these Lemon Kale Chips. I can't make enough of them—the boys scarf them down hot out of the oven. Yesterday, they ate 3 batches, yes you heard that right, 3 batches of kale chips, after school. Of course, like everything else I make, these are gluten free.
You can use curly kale, or dino (lacinto) kale or any other type. My boys say it is best with the curly kale.
- 1 bunch kale (prepared and washed)
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Chop kale into ½ inch pieces
- Place kale in a large bowl
- With hands massage oil, lemon juice and salt into kale
- Place kale on parchment lined baking sheet
- Bake at 350° for 10-15 minutes until kale is dark green and crispy (Shauna from Gluten-Free Girl has a great Baked Kale Chips recipe on her site. She says the 12 minute mark is the perfect done time)
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hi, just joined. wot a fab site. Im looking for filling low points lunch ideas. I cnt have bread without butter so trying to not have sandwiches or toast, but am lost for ideas, had pitta with ham and salad 2day but wudn't want it everyday Gem xx
hi, just joined. wot a fab site. Im looking for filling low points lunch ideas. I cnt have bread without butter so trying to not have sandwiches or toast, but am lost for ideas, had pitta with ham and salad 2day but wudn't want it everyday Gem xx
Hi. I have zero point tomato soup ( i put the recipe on the w.w recipes thread ). Sometimes i'll have sandwiches but i use the flora extra light butter, and i quite often have a small baked potato ( 3 points) with prawns. Welcome to minimins.xx
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Thank u for ur reply, i will take a look, love tomato soup too. wow ur doing r well, well done u! I like the ticker how do u get em???? x
Ryvita w/tuna or cottage cheese
Small tins of pasta shapes/beans
Loads of veggies chopped up and served with a really small amount of dip (make on yourself with low fat yoghurt and seasoning) or low fat hummus
hey,I would have 2 nimble slices of bread (half a point each) with no butter but a small tin of beans - works out at 3 1/2 points. Or John West do a thing called light lunches - its tuna with pasta and different sauces, they range from 3 to 3 1/2 points and are delicious..... the packaging kinda looks like cat food, but I promise its delicious! lol! I try to have biggish lunches though so I dont get hungry before dinner and snack!
That do not involve a sandwich....
I would really like to move away from having a sandwich at lunchtime but am really quite stuck at what to have.
What do you guys have for lunch?
Today my lunch was a mixture of salad with some low fat coleslaw and thin slices of beef. Yesterday i had a prawn pasta with chopped up salad.
I am also trying to stay away from sandwiches as i want to see if cutting out bread helps with my weightloss.
hey am stuck for ideas too. at the minute all i seem to eat is fruit scrambled eggs and beans, or soup! gonna get bored very quicky if i keep this up! would love some ideas too xxxxxx
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I mostly have soups at lunchtime - either homemade or the weight watchers ones. I only make simple soups such as spicy veg or butternut squash as I dont have time to faff around with 2 small kiddies! Or, I have toasted pitta with low fat hoummus... If I'm out and about I tend to just have a sandwich though. cx
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Monday and Tuesday its normally home made soup made on Sunday. Wednesday and Thursday is normally whatever was for dinner on Tuesday (i make extra and make it something suitable to reheat). Friday I normally buy something so a Pret salad or a ready meal.
ive at soup a couple of times this week with a few slices of ww bread! but ive found that it doesnt fill me up for long and im hungry in an hour or so!
on monday i had rice with chicken and a wee wee bit of curry. was filled up for hours!!!!!
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I quite often have Ryvita Sesame crisp bread with laughing cow deli light blue cheese with sweet chilli sauce. It's delish and surprisingly filling.
Or I make a salad and mix tuna Mayo in and have that with some Ryvitas.x
My new fav lunch is 50g Cous Cous made with vegetable stock 5pp. I then chuck in loads of salad veggies. Cucumber, peppers, spring onion, tomato, radish.... Adore it! I might chuck in some chicken or a boiled egg next week to get some protein x
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We first showed you some pics of this Air Max LeBron VII colorway last month and recently, they popped up again for a cameo in the LeBron James Nike Pro Combat commercial. Now, we get another look at this crisp Olympic-looking color scheme. The shoe features a White leather upper with large splashes of Navy Blue on the tongue, ankle section and outsole, as well as on the Flywire-threaded midpanel. Additional accents are provided by a Metallic Gold outline around the Swoosh and a few subtle hints of Red spread throughout. The White/Navy/Gold Air Max LeBron VII's are expected to hit retail this fall, but if these pics are raising your anticipation levels, you can grab a pair early from MarqueeSole.


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All those years that I had dreamed of visiting the Sistine Chapel to see Michelangelo's work, the Colosseum and the Catacombs. I would be able to see the Vatican and not only look at the Trevi Fountain, but throw a coin or two in it as well. To me, this was the best gift anyone could have given me.
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Since my first tour nearly twenty years ago, I have been on many other tours of different countries and areas around the world. I think that one of my favorite trips has to have been the trip that I took to the Philippines with a group from my church. We got to go and see what the missionaries that we had funded for so many years have accomplished in the area.
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Pandora earnings: What the analysts are saying
The company is set to report its third-quarter results later Thursday.
Pandora Media (P) is set to report its third quarter 2014 results after the closing bell on Thursday.
The consensus estimate for profit is 6 cents a share, while the estimate for revenue is $174.8 million. Last quarter the company reported 4 cents a share in earnings, beating consensus by 2 cents. Revenue also came in higher than consensus at $157.4 million, compared to an estimated $156.35 million.
James Marsh, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, has a bullish outlook on the company due to its successful navigation in an extremely competitive landscape.
Marsh also points towards the company's potential to continue expanding its user base as it enters new markets, such as connectivity within cars. The average American listens to 16.5 hours of radio per week in the car, inferring a lucrative potential market for the company.
The company will also benefit from an increasing trend in mobile usage and the company's improved monetization, which includes better local sales and increased ad, loads.
Finally, Marsh believes that the company's international expansion is set to accelerate. Recently Pandora launched its services in Australia and New Zealand with steady progress being reported. With $400 million recently raised in an offering, the company can likely utilize the funds to continue its international expansion.
The analyst is expecting third-quarter revenues to come in above consensus at $177 million based on a user base that exceeded previous expectations.
Shares are rated "overweight" with a price target of $37.
Doug Anmuth, an analyst at JP Morgan (JPM), is bullish going in the third quarter earnings.
"We believe Pandora is approaching an inflection point in monetization driven by the combined benefits of its growing market share, buy-side platform integration, and expanding salesforce," Anmuth wrote in a research report published Nov. 15.
Anmuth is expecting the company's ad revenue to grow 51 percent in 2014 driven by a strong growth in mobile ads and an overall improvement in quality of ads.
Anmuth is also positive on the company's ability to stay on top of competition. The analyst noted that Pandora held up well against Apple's (AAPL) release of iTunes Radio. Anmuth believes that iTunes Radio's lack of reach outside of the iOS ecosystem is a positive for Pandora.
The analyst is expecting third quarter revenues to come in at $180.9 million, above consensus. The analyst's EPS estimate is more inline with consensus at $0.06. Shares are Overweight rated with a price target of $35.
Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush, displayed a similarly bullish view on the company going into its earnings.
Pachter noted that the company has likely lost a "slight drop" in active listeners following Apple's iTunes Radio launch. Pachter maintained that Pandora offers a superior product and listening experience due to its Music Genome Project.
Like his peers, Pachter believes the company's monetization trends will continue going in to 2014, and the company could potentially increase its fiscal 2014 profit guidance.
"We believe that even a slight increase to FY:14 EPS guidance would send a positive message to investors, many of whom remain cautious after the introduction of Apple's iTunes Radio," Pachter wrote in a research report dated Nov. 17.
The analyst expects revenues to come in at $182 million in addition to posting an EPS exceeding the 6-cent consensus estimate.
Shares are rated "neutral" with a $33 price target.
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A few weeks ago, news began to circulate that Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher was involved in some type of romantic relationship with former Playboy Playmate of the Year Jenny McCarthy.
Now, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times McCarthy is "giddy" over her new relationship with Urlacher. The source said McCarthy loves how Urlacher "quietly takes care of her when they're together.
"That may sound old-fashioned, especially since Jenny is very much her own person and a very contemporary, independent woman in many ways. But she loves the attention and the way he treats her. It's very comforting."
Via TMZ:
Brian Urlacher and former Playboy Playmate of the Year Jenny McCarthy met up for a dinner date at Mastro's steak house on Tuesday night. Paparazzi caught up to the pair when they tried to sneak out the back into a waiting SUV.
I doubt Jim Carrey is too happy about this. But who is?
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I made a research on Madness some days ago, and this is the result. This movie is what (I think) Madness symbolizes.
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Rated 0 / 5 stars October 13, 2012
this sucks
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a little to gay oh and madness is about killing hate and rage im just saying
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gordan freeman?! i'm coming with you!
the combine's reckoning has come...
oh, wait... wrong series...
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no it is not
madness combat is about hate,rage and killing not love
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so thats the reason why
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He tried to eat my binder. Typical day.
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So what am I doing? Redecorating my closet door, of course.
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Leading up to Super Bowl XLVIII between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, the biggest topic of concern was how the weather would be when the two teams were set to kick off at MetLife Stadium.
After an initial weather report that was a bit troublesome, everything cleared out just in time for the big game on Sunday afternoon.
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Temperatures at kickoff are expected to be in the mid-to-low 40s, which would keep Super Bowl VI between the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins as the coldest Super Bowl in league history at 39 degrees.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- People with high levels of the metal tungsten in their bodies are at increased risk for stroke, according to a new study.
Tungsten is widely used in consumer items such as cell phones and computers, as well as many industrial and military products.
Researchers analyzed data collected from more than 8,600 Americans, aged 18 to 74, over 12 years. People with higher tungsten levels in the body (measured by urine samples) had double the normal risk of stroke, according to the study, which was published Nov. 11 in the journal PLoS One.
The researchers at the University of Exeter, in England, also found that tungsten could be a significant risk factor for stroke in people younger than 50.
"While currently very low, human exposure to tungsten is set to increase," study lead author Dr. Jessica Tyrrell said in a university news release. "We're not yet sure why some members of the population have higher levels of the metal in their make-up, and an important step in understanding and preventing the risks it may pose to health will be to get to the bottom of how it's ending up in our bodies."
Although the study found an association between higher levels of tungsten in the body and increased stroke risk, it did not establish a cause-and-effect relationship.
"The relationship we're seeing between tungsten and stroke may only be the tip of the iceberg," study co-author Dr. Nicholas Osborne said in the news release.
"As numerous new substances make their way into the environment, we're accumulating a complex 'chemical cocktail' in our bodies," Osborne said. "Currently, we have incredibly limited information on the health effects of individual chemicals and no research has explored how these compounds might interact together to impact human health."
With largely unknown health effects, tungsten has been identified as a toxic substance of emerging concern. This study is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the potential health effects of the metal, the researchers said.
Stroke is the second leading cause of death in the Western world, according to the World Health Organization, and it's the leading cause of disability in adults.
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Apparently the actual clip was't suppsed to show up when Jared and Jensen were filming, but it did and Jared was cracking up for 20 minutes and Jensen was laughing as well. I would love to know why this isnt in the gag reel? I wouold LOVE to see that!!
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Opiates belong to the group of drugs called downers, which has been named after the sticky resin that comes from the seedpod of the opium poppy. Opium, morphine, codeine, methadone, pethidine and heroin are some of the opiates that are considered to be extremely addictive. It is just a myth though that the addiction happens only when one uses intravenous injection of the drugs. Lack of pain or analgesia is one of the biggest symptoms because opiates are depressants. They depress the feeling of pain by slowing down messages in the central nervous system of an individual. The addiction is also because of the cotton wool feeling of tranquillity, relaxation and sedation, often caused by conversion from heroin to morphine in the brain.
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Actually you can call the helpline whenever you feel there is drug abuse trouble. If you are the one suffering from the addiction or you know someone who is suffering from it, you can call the opiate helpline to find out about the immediate steps. You can also confirm the possible symptoms that will indicate an addiction to opiates in a person. Although these vary to some extent, the general ones include an agitated mind, insomnia, depression, getting annoyed easily, muscle cramps in the abdomen, vomiting and diarrhoea along with loss of appetite and excessive cravings. Moreover, one can also contact the helpline for questions related to risks. For example when addicts share needles, they can contract dangerous diseases like HIV/AIDS, skin infections and hepatitis too. In fact, one can call the helpline to even find out about needle sharing centers.
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A Christmas gift for Thankyou Water
Jiaheng Chan, MBA student, Daniel Flynn, Managing Director, Thankyou Water, and Kathy Chiha, School Manager, Graduate School of Business and Law.
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MBA students from RMIT University have raised $1,500 for Thankyou Water.
Jay Jiang, Jiaheng Chan and Kathy Chiha, School Manager, Graduate School of Business and Law, recently visited the company's offices to present the cheque.
All the money was raised through selling RMIT MBA branded hooded jumpers.
Thankyou Water is a social enterprise that supports communities around the world which do not have access to clean water.
Sales from the bottled premium spring water provide the funds to build wells and other clean water projects in countries like Cambodia, Uganda and Kenya.
Staff are mainly volunteers, which means that a large proportion of the operating profits can be directed towards clean water projects rather than wages.
Uniquely the money raised by RMIT is not a donation – instead it is used as an investment fund for Thankyou Water.
The gift will go towards product launches and marketing initiatives to drive sales.
"The success of Thankyou water was inspirational for many of our MBA students who are interested in making the world a better place through business," Mrs Chiha said.
"Of course the $1,500 gift did not appear out of nowhere – we'd like to give a big thank you to all the generous students who purchased a hoodie to support this initiative."


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- With 28 years on the Carrollton Police force, Steve Abbott says he's seeing an old problem return to the city's streets. "I've been around a long time," said Abbott. "The biggest problem we have facing us right now is the heroin."
WDRB's Gilbert Corsey went along for the ride as he went on a routine call checking a van parked in a crosswalk downtown. "I got a warning which was telling me that one of the people the vehicle was register to had an emergency protection order," said Abbott.
There were no drugs tied to the car.
Abbott figured it out with the mobile data terminal, or MDT, connected to his dashboard. It's a $6,000 computer system giving officers instant access to a National Crime Database.
"There's no comparison to the old way we used to serve warrants to the e-warrants system. It used to be you would pull over a driver and you would have to guess if you wanted to check and see if that person had a warrant," said Chief Michael Willhoite of the Carrollton Police Dept.
Abbott can now enter specifics from an I.D. or a license plate, and see if a person is wanted in the county, the state or anywhere else in the nation. MDT's are common in larger police departments, but they're not in all cruisers in Carrollton.
"Being a small agency with ten people our budgets are tight and being able to pick up a five to seven thousand dollar piece of equipment is something we just can't budget for in these times," said Willhoite.
That's why Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway hand-delivered two more MDT'S to Carroll County Tuesday morning.
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Part II – Private social networking for pharma sales – why it's a winner
In Part 1 of our series we introduced the idea of a minimalistic private social network for doctors and pharma sales representatives.
In Part 2 of the series, we look closer at private social networking for pharma sales by examining the alternatives, the strategic groups and why and when reps trade up or down for a face-to-face meeting.
Pharmas are like most companies:
- They define their industry similarly, focusing on being the best.
- Look at accepted strategic groups of doctors and market segments e.g. oncology
- Focus on the same buyer groups – e.g influencers (doctors and thought leaders)
- Define the scope of products similarly e.g. oncology therapeutics, supportive care and in-vitro diagnostics.
- Accept the functional/emotional orientation of their buyers e.g. high-tech oncologists and low-tech general practitioners
- Focus on the same point in time and current competitive threats in formulating strategy; e.g. Polish and Swedish regulation prohibiting visits to doctors during business hours.
There are lots of alternatives to face-to-face meetings
There has been over the past 5-10 years a great deal of work on using video conferencing for improving the interaction with a doctor and pharmaceutical company.
The problem with video conferencing is that is a very poor substitute for a face-to-face meeting and it is not very persistent – the effect wears off quickly.
Speaking to people in the field, we saw that there is a plethora of e-detailing, CLM and video and web conferencing offerings. We know that pharmas weigh alternatives when choosing eMarketing tools and we observed that these offerings provide limited alternatives by assuming that a) medical representatives will continue to sell door-to-door and b) the primary driver of these technologies is the CIO (chief information officer of the pharma).
There are many horizontal solutions for video detailing, CLM, eLearning and video conferencing with no vertical integration. Vendors that started in the late 90s are either out of business or in another business.
Many pharmas already use systems from vendors like Agnitio, Clinical Information Network, Aptilon, Cinteros, Proscape and Skura. (GSK is a Proscape Tablet PC user and Novartis is a Skura user for example). The marketing messages go something like this:
- Improve sales-force productivity
- Create competitive differentiation by transforming sales forces into valuable resources that help physicians improve patient care
- Strengthen relationships with high-value physicians
- Optimize collaboration between sales and marketing
- Reduce printing, administrative, and distribution costs associated with sales and marketing
- Leverage new data insights to improve overall sales and marketing effectiveness
- Increase company wide performance
Why not convert the entire sales force to desktop video?
Consider this: Why do pharmas continue to use conventional sales techniques instead of converting all their sales forces to high-end tablets and video conferencing?
They choose conventional marketing for only one reason: costs. Conventional marketing avoids the multi-million dollar investment of software, hardware, IT integration, security and supporting and maintaining thousands of endpoint tablets and video-conferencing.
Consider the flip side: Why do pharmas choose CLM and/or e-detailing technology?
Certainly it is not to pay the investment cost in software, hardware and integration.
Nor is it to to have dedicated support heads to provide care for hardware and application software issues in the field.
Rather, pharmas buy eMarketing to customize presentations based on doctor profile, reduce paper and test what is successful in the field while supporting face-to-face sales contact.
What makes a pharma trade up or down between low cost web conferencing and higher-cost personal sales calls?
Alternatives in general can generally be ranked in two dimensions – price and performance.
For example – desktop Web conferencing services like Webex and GotoMeeting are a fraction of the price of proprietary conferencing systems from vendors like Polycom and Sony while providing a fraction of the audio and video quality. Proscape emphasizes higher performance in their marketing collateral (at a higher price) whereas Cinteros emphasizes a lower cost system pre-integrated with Microsoft CRM.
They choose Web conferencing for special events and/or training; for example the "Specialty Excipient Market for Oral Solid-Dosage Webinar" conducted by GSK using the Webex service.
The ability to run an ad-hoc event on a service like Webex is appealing to pharmas like GSK – as no IT infrastructure is required and the cost is a marketing expense, not an IT capital investment. Polish government legislation enacted Dec 1, 2008, prohibits medical representatives from visiting doctors during visiting hours.
This created motivation for pharmas in Poland to trade up to Web conferencing in order to increase effectiveness of a field sales force that was suddenly constrained by available face-to-face visiting hours.
Consider the flip side: why do Medical representatives and doctors resist new technology?
The average rep doesn't trade down a face-to-face meeting with a doctor to a Webex or desktop video presentation for the pleasure of dealing with Java applets, scratchy voice-over-IP connections, 3G connectivity and buggy app issues.
The average medical sales representative does not even want to deal with the technical issues and is not inspired by the thought of installing Windows updates.
As for "new data insights" and CRM integration – a rep does not perceive IT and data mining as contributing to her sales figures and as for doctors – the novelty of seeing a presentation on a Tablet PC quickly wears off.
What do the buyers have to say about all this?
Like most industries, the pharmaceutical firms have converged around a common definition of who the target buyer is: namely the doctor.
That is why medical sales representatives visit doctors.
Increasingly however, this is not the case as the prescriber-influencers and committees often have the say on which medication is bought and distributed by a healthcare organization.
Two anecdotes suggested to us that a pharma can use social media for healthcare to move upstream from doctors to pharmacists with low incremental cost.
A conversation with the chief pharmacist of a large HMO revealed the following insight – pharmacists are a key influencer to end users in the buyer chain for high margin OTC drugs, but they also have difficulty keeping pace with the indications. The chief pharmacist tells how he visits HMO clinics and tests pharmacists – instructing them to learn and understand the indications on the label for every drug in their drawers.
After the Israeli Superpharm chain launched a line of homeopathic creams from Floris, Superpharm pharmacists not only stopped recommending the Novartis anti-inflammatory Voltarene– they now hard-sell against Voltarene (talking about ulcer risk) and hard-sell the Floris arnica-based gel instead.
Social media for healthcare can offer a pharmacist practical information on indications and reinforce marketing messages.
Social media for healthcare can offer pharmas a controlled channel for blogging by well known medical authorities. These would feature independent opinions, and be moderated; ensuring that the industry experts are able to provide objective information on efficacy of drugs and evidence-based prescription and help pharmas enforce compliance with FDA regulation prohibiting off-label promotion. (See "Off Label Promotion, On-Target Sales", Adriane Fugh-Berman and Douglas Melnick).
Added benefits of private social networking for medical sales reps
There may be untapped value for social media for healthcare in the work context.
Female medical sales representatives with small children have a challenging time balancing family, children and their sales quotas.
Private social networking provides the ability for working mothers to sell from home, creating content, supporting colleagues and interacting inside their private social network with their doctors without losing touch by not being in the field all the time.
Private social networking for sales has both emotional and functional appeal.
IT products in general compete on price, function and utility, while other industries like fashion, compete on feelings and emotions.
Medical representatives and doctors run a relationship business built on both functional and emotional connections. For example – being well-dressed and attractive is a key selling point for a female representative in Israel.
A meeting with a rep breaks the routine of a doctor's hard work day and is fun – seeing a presentation, getting samples, being invited to conferences and seminars.
The medical representatives who used a prototype version of a private social network for pharma sales to were enthusiastic about the ability to have another tool at their disposal in order to maintain the doctor relationship in yet another dimension, and felt that the use of social networking in medical sales was a natural trend.
Private social networking for sales is the way of the future
All industries are subject to external trends and pharmaceutical sales is no exception. Social media is growing rapidly in parallel to adoption of tablets and smartphones, empowering sales reps to reach out to more customers in less time and with lower costs.
This plays well into other macro-economic trends – growing energy costs, rapidly dropping communications costs, more regulation and a growing feeling of social responsibility (See Sanofi-Aventis, "More about people, less about drugs" )
People are networking in many ways today – and social media for healthcare is part of this trend.
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Renovations to the Elkins YMCA's pool are on schedule.
The pool has been closed due to roof damage caused by humidity and age.
Officials said a new roof with eight skylights should be finished next month.
Revamped locker rooms and a green space adjoining the pool are also planned.
Repairs should cost about $500,000. The YMCA has received just over $450,000 in pledges.
"And when it's all done. I think it's going to be fantastic and what's also neat, there's going to be hours of the pool where we're going to have 12 and under where kids can swim for free. So it's a fantastic thing and we're super excited," said Sid Gillispie, executive director.
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I was trying to explain where Serga was in Crossroads to a newbie. She wasn't really getting it and it required several tells back and forth to get her in the right place. I was feeling generous, but on the inside I was wondering how anyone could miss someone in such a small town? Crossroads isn't very big, it wouldn't take more than about 2 minutes to explore everything and check the names of all the NPCs.


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Israel — as its friends and enemies never forget — is a "one-bomb country." One nuclear weapon is all it would take to wipe out a nation whose territory is smaller than Djibouti, with a population not as large as that of Burundi — fewer than 8 million people, 20 percent of them Arabs who are enjoying rights denied to Arabs (not to mention non-Arab minorities) elsewhere in the Middle East.
Israel is surrounded by Muslim-majority states with 60 times its population and 650 times its territory. Most of those states refuse even to recognize Israel. Some go further....


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Shape of Despair
Formed: 1995
From: Finland
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Shape of Despair News
Below is our complete Shape of Despair news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
Shape Of Despair Re-Issuing Albums On Vinyl
Aftermath Music has issued the following announcement about releasing previous albums from Finnish doom act Shape of Despair on vinyl:
"News from Aftermath music for all the vinyl lovers & collectors: we are proud to present the back catalogue from the most influential doom band of the 21st century, Shape of Despair, on vinyl.
"Before we close the chapter of 2012, both 'Angels of Distress' (late November) and 'Shades of...' (late December) will be released, with new and improved artworks. Both of these are strictly limited to 250 copies. Pre-orders will go online on October 20th." More...
Shape Of Despair To Play Hammer Open Air
Finland's Shape of Despair has issued the following announcement about playing the upcoming Hammer Open Air festival:
"Now it's gonna finally happen, the very first Shape Of Despair live-show. Hammer Open Air Metal Festival 2012 After-party at Klubi, Turku on Saturday 21.7. Let it be written in your scars. More info at the Hammer Open Air official website."
The festival's currently announced lineup is as follows:
Deströyer 666 (AU): Black/Thrash Metal
Asphyx (NL): Death Metal
Root (CZ): Black Metal
Gehennah (SE): Black/Thrash
Necrophobic (SE): Black/Death Metal
Portrait (SE): Heavy Metal
Charnel Winds (FI): Black Metal
The 11th Hour (NL): Epic Doom Metal
Jess And The Ancient Ones (FI): Occultic Heavy Rock
Forgotten Horror (FI): Blackened Thrash Metal
Swallowed (FI): Death Metal
Gorephilia (FI): Death Metal
Krypts (FI): Death Metal
Cryptborn (FI): Death Metal
Vorum (FI): Death Metal
Damngod (FI): Groove Death Metal
Devastracktor (FI): Thrash Metal
Cannibal Accident (FI): Grindcore
Shape Of Despair Announces New Vocalist
Finland's Shape of Despair has checked in with the following announcement about recruiting a new vocalist:
"Time to share some news: Just before this year, SOD and Pasi Koskinen parted ways. We got very few close persons in mind who could fit inside the band's chemistry and share the same passion for our music.
"Welcome our newest member Henri Koivula.
"Henri is known from his other band Throes of Dawn, which released magnificent The great fleet of echoes - album last year. As for now, we are already started rehearsing our older songs and most importantly new songs. New songs are in progress and full album is planned to be released on next year 2012.
"But before anything, be sure to grab yourself our vinyls 'Written in my scars' and soon to be out split with Portugese doomer Before the rain where we've performed Lycia's Estrella."
Shape of Despair tracks are also available for streaming online by heading over to the band's MySpace page.
Shape Of Despair Streaming New Song
Finland's Shape of Despair has announced a new EP release titled "Written in My Scars." The artwork for the new EP can be viewed at this location. The band is also currently streaming a new song online from the EP. The title track can be heard via the Solarfall Records MySpace page.
Skepticism Tribute Coming Up Soon
Poland's Foreshadow Productions have released the following update:
A massive project on which we have been working for four years now is taking the final shapes. We have gathered 12 bands from all over the world. They recorded their own versions of some of SKEPTICISM songs, which we will release as a double CD set under the name of "Entering the Levitation: a Tribute to Skepticism". The whole album will be released together with two labels from USA , namely Red Stream and Oak Knoll. The official release date has been set to the 4th June 2007.
Here is the final tracklist: More...
Season Of Mist And Spinefarm Ink Licensing Deal
Metal label Season Of Mist have announced a North American licensing deal consisting of four releases from Finland's Spinefarm/Spikefarm Records.
The releases are from the bands SHAPE OF DESPAIR, TO SEPARATE THE FLESH FROM THE BONES and REVEREND BIZARRE.
The official North American street date for all four will be August 9th, 2005 and will be available via Caroline Distribution as well as direct from Season Of Mist (USA).
Further details are as follows: More...
Shape Of Despair To Release New Album In Summer
On 29.03.2005 Shape of Despair, featuring singer Pasi Koskinen ( ex- AMORPHIS, AJATTARA) will enter Sundicoop Studios to record one new track called Sleeping Murder. The track will appear in the new, low priced self-titled CD which will be out this summer on Spikefarm/Spinefarm. Beside this track, the CD will include rare and unreleased tracks.
Shape Of Despair's Guirarist Launches Side Project
Shape Of Despair's guitarist Jarno Salomaa has a new side project called THE MIST AND THE MORNING DEW. The band is already signed to the U.S. based label Vendlus Records. Click here to check out the project's new website.
Shape Of Despair Post New Audio Sample Online
SHAPE OF DESPAIR, the Finnish Funeral doom band featuring former AMORPHIS singer Pasi Koskinen and his wife Natalie, released their new album "Ilusion's Play" on September 22nd through Spinefarm. An audio clip of the song 'Curse Life' can be found at this location (click on Music)
On related news, the band has confirmed two upcoming shows:
28.10- at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland (with REVEREND BIZARRE, RAPTURE and ENSIFERUM)
14.11- at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland (with SKEPTICISM and ESOTERIC)


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Good lord, has anyone actually done naxx pugs that turn out well? Usually its a total joke because 90% don't know the fights, and 100% are not well geared, or even appropriately geared. Trying to get 10 strangers to do things very cohesively like Naxx demands (if not uber-geared) is a lesson in frustration. And why on earth would a fully geared person do a naxx PUG? Kara PUGs were the same way, even at the end. Sure, everyone was better geared, but the thought of CC, attacking the proper target, all that fell by the wayside as 'just get a paly tank and AOE everything' came into vogue.
Lastly, try getting a good naxx pug as a dps. I've been trying since release, and have never got into a Naxx pug on my hunter. I'd kill, i'd even pay 1000g, to run naxx through on my hunter (having done many full clears of naxx on my druid, i know my stuff). Won't happen. The world has way too many hunters and DKs who don't have a clue.
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By Jeremy Whichard
EASTON, Md.- An Easton man is facing child abuse and related charges following accusations that he struck and injured his 14-month-old child.
The Talbot County Sheriff's Office said that on Jan. 16 deputies were called to a home on the 9000 block of Black Dog Alley to investigate a reported case of physical child abuse. Police said the deputies came into contact with a 21-year-old Cordova woman who alleged that her 14-month-old child had been struck by the child's father, identified as 27-year-old Trey B. Largent. According to police, when the deputies found Largent inside the home they noted an injury to his right arm, which was caused by him punching the glass in his storm door.
Largent was arrested and taken to Dorchester General Hospital for treatment. Upon his release he charged with second-degree child abuse, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. He was then ordered held on a $45,000 bond.
The child was treated at Easton Memorial Hospital and released, police said.
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max_bmw: dunno what server you're on. For everyone I know in Alliance faction on Bloodscalp, warlocks are important to the mix. Sometimes I get requests to join raids because I'm the only free lock left. Locks work well running up just behind the tanks (avoiding AOE of course), and I frequently find myself higher than offtank hunters or pallys on meters, as the #2, with the #1 being a level 80 dk. Especially with a few trees around, so I don't have to stop and bleed to get mana back. (I'm just a 72 pure demo lock. So that may mean certain hunters and pallys we play with just plain suck.)
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Sorry, was not clear about something: I'm that high on meters when I'm in groups, not raids. Still very squishy in raids :( But I do get requests to be in them because they need locks, not just DPS in general. And by pure demo, I mean I'm 0/63/0 right now, for reals. I'll make an affy hybrid build my secondary spec, probably.


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What happened to BlueLithium? (or, can Yahoo do anything right?)By Jason Menayan September 25th, 2009
Just two years ago, Yahoo made another one of its expensive acquisitions by buying display ad network BlueLithium for $300 million. With a stated intent to marry rich analytical data with behavioral targeting, the ad network, founded just three years prior, was the fifth-largest in the US and the second-largest in the UK, with a reach of around 145 million monthly uniques.
Today—two short years later—it's impossible to find it.
Google Blue Lithium or BlueLithium and the first page of results point to various news releases about the acquisition or stale company profile pages like on CrunchBase. There's no link to a rebranding "BlueLithium is now Yahoo Web Advertising" or something similar that you'd expect. In fact, there's no link to a yahoo.com URL whatsoever. (And just in case Google was gaming the SERP for its competitor, a quick look at Yahoo's SERP shows similarly vacant results.)
Even worse: typing in bluelithium.com goes nowhere. As in a persistent time-out error. No 301 to Yahoo advertising.
This is beyond bizarre. Among publishers and advertisers, BlueLithium had developed a bit of a brand for itself; it was a name that was recognized. Branded searches (over 50,000 in August alone according to the Google keyword tool) and direct type-ins have undoubtedly continued. The ad network still exists (YieldBuild, in fact, supports it).
Doesn't it strike anyone as strange that the network seems to have stonewalled any interest among publishers or advertisers that might be potential customers of Yahoo advertising? I mean, isn't that Yahoo's business?
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Senior track and field athlete David Phillips started the sport when he was in the seventh grade, and he loves what it offers.
"It's all about trying to get to the next best mark, and celebrating it with everyone else. It's an individual atmosphere when you're part of a team, and I've always loved that." said Phillips.
His stoic demeanor serves him well when throwing the hammer.
"Just an awesome chance to be part of a team and it's almost uh a whatever happens is an awesome feeling. I think that's always been part of it. I"am going to work as hard as I can but whatever comes out I'm still going to be happy." said Phillips.
The leadership and the modeling for our younger kids has been fabulous and his performances is really inspiring to everybody." said MSU Track and Field Coach Dale Kennedy.
The Deer Lodge native repped the bobcats proud in Austin this weekend, finishing eleventh overall in the hammer throw, advancing to his first NCAA Championship.


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Abaddon's Mouth (Zaishen quest)
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|Abaddon's Mouth
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|Secondary quest
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Complete Abaddon's Mouth.
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[edit] Objectives
- Open the Door of Komalie on the Ring of Fire Islands.
- *BONUS* Guide the spirit of Leah Stone to her rest.
- *BONUS* Complete the mission in Hard Mode.
- See Zehnchu [Zaishen Challenge] for your reward.
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- 5,000 Experience
- 1,000 Gold
- Complete the Base Objectives for 30 Zaishen Copper Coins.
- Complete the *BONUS* Objective for an additional 45 Zaishen Copper Coins.
- Complete the second *BONUS* Objective for an additional 75 Zaishen Copper Coins.
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As per Abaddon's Mouth.
[edit] Dialogue
[edit] Initial dialogue
- Zaishen Mission
- "Are you the one in the prophecy? Vizier Khilbron anxiously awaits one who will fulfill the prophecies and open the Door of Komalie on the Ring of Fire Islands."
- Accept: "I can do that!"
- Decline: "No, I'm way too busy today."
- Ask: "The battle rages on! All able-bodied heroes should hasten to defend those bravely protecting Tyria."
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- Zehnchu
- "Excellent work! The Zaishen admire your dedication."
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Diabetes Health Center
Medicines That Can Raise Blood Sugar as a Side Effect - Topic Overview
Medicines that can raise blood sugar in a person who has diabetes include:
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- Thiazide diuretics.
- Corticosteroids.
- Birth control pills (oral contraceptives) and progesterone.
- Catecholamines.
- Decongestants that contain beta-adrenergic agents, such as pseudoephedrine.
- The B vitamin niacin. The risk of high blood sugar from niacin lowers after you have taken it for a few months.
- The antipsychotic medicine olanzapine (Zyprexa).
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Mayor Emanuel is pushing to make the city even greener by announcing a new $15 million program to incentive the conversion of traditional diesel trucks to modern electric trucks.
The program will offer vouchers that let allow companies to eliminate the majority of the cost differential.
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SHEBOYGAN, WI WHBL) - The Sheboygan Fire Department and County Haz Mat Team handled an ammonia leak over the weekend. Fire officials said it happened about five o'clock on Saturday when a passerby reported the odor of ammonia in the 800 block of Michigan Avenue. Crews found a leak in a freezer compressor in the basement of the former Zurheide Ice Cream Company building. They were able to isolate it and then monitored the surrounding neighborhood with meters to make sure there was no danger to area residents. Battalion Chief Kevin Anhalt said Sunday the ammonia was transferred to a vehicle designed to store and transport it.
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TORONTO -- Andrea Bargnani's first game at the Air Canada Centre as a visitor wasn't one he will particularly care to remember, but it could have been a lot worse.
DeMar DeRozan scored twenty points on Friday as the Toronto Raptors beat the New York Knicks 100-91 in pre-season action.
Bargnani scored 10 points in 22 minutes of play and received a tepid reception from the Toronto crowd. A particularly disgruntled fan yelled out, "You suck, Bargnani," in between the American and Canadian anthems, but the 27-year-old didn't seem to take the boos to heart.
"The fans have the right to do whatever they feel they want to do," Bargnani said after the game. "We had some good years, we had some bad years. a The only thing I have to say about the fans in Toronto is that I was lucky to play here for seven years."
The booing from the half-filled arena wasn't as bad as expected.
"It was actually not that bad," Amir Johnson said. "I heard some cheers, I heard a little bit of boos awe always had great battles in practice just going back and forth. He looked pretty good out there. I just wish the best for him."
The seven-foot, 256-pound Bargnani was drafted first overall by Toronto in 2006, and went on to average 15.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game over seven seasons with the team.
The Raptors tried to push Bargnani as the face of the franchise during his seven-year tenure with the organization, but fans failed to embrace him as the team had hoped.
Shortly after DeRozan was drafted ninth overall in 2009, the shift to market DeRozan as the new face of the future began. Four years later, with Rudy Gay at DeRozan's side, the two hope to be the one-two punch needed to help the Raptors end a five-year playoff drought.
"He's been here a long time," DeRozan said of his former teammate. "Way before I was here. Sometimes you just need a new home. A new place to start over and regroup and figure out a new identity."
Through three pre-season games, DeRozan is turning heads. The fifth-year swingman continued his strong showing with a 15-point first half, on 7-for-15 shooting from the field and 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
Toronto's coaching staff has stressed attacking the basket to DeRozan.
"I was eighth or whatever it was in free throws in the league (last season)," he said. "My goal is to try to get into the top five of free throws and that comes with being aggressive."
Carmelo Anthony led New York with a game-high 24 points and added eight rebounds.
The Knicks took a four-point lead into the fourth quarter after three tight quarters of basketball. After playing his starters throughout the first half, Raptors' coach Dwane Casey elected to go with his reserves in the final frame.
Quincy Acy got into the game for his first minutes of action this season and the move paid off. Acy and fellow sophomore Terrence Ross combined to provide late-game heroics by reeling off their own 11-0 run to lead the Raptors to victory.
"Quincy Acy got our attention, the coaching staff's attention," Casey said. "We knew what he could do, he's working his behind off. There's nothing free, you get an opportunity to go in and play, you take advantage of it. When your number's called, it's an opportunity to go in there and do something and play and produce and he did that."
The Raptors next head to Minnesota to face the Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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Interview with Neil Trevett by Zenji Nishikawa after Siggraph 2007
Aug 29, 2007
After Siggraph 2007 in San Diego, Neil Trevett Vice President Embedded Content, NVIDIA and President, Khronos Group did a long interview with Zenji Nishikawa, a Japanese journalist. The article covers the short and long term outlook of OpenGL. It is quite detailed and well worth a look, however it is in Japanese only. We have included a link using Google's translator which is rough, but will give you an idea of what the article is all about.
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Corsa sounds like a annoying animal squealing IMO. Zoomers sounds like a video game, again IMO. Flowmasters sound natural to ME. Flows been around for 30 years for a reason.
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Trying to have a wholesome thanksgiving dinner with friends and my brother still only has one thing on his mind…
"Back when my husband and I were engaged, we lived in a very small apartment. One morning, I had the day off and we were having sex on the kitchen table. We were nearly finished when my brother burst into the apartment. He had heard the noise and thought that, because it was the middle of the day, we were being robbed."
Brother from another lover
I can see the resemblance.
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The polite, yet slightly confused neighbor in me wants to call him "a real character".
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I sent my bf a sexy pic of me cooking dinner in my lingerie…when he got home, he told me to go "put some clothes on" because he invited his brother over since I was "actually cooking something good"…nice eh?
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