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Source file: Media:LocalSettingUi.zip
Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition, FP2
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Keywords: Location Settings Launch API
Created: User:Technical writer 1
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Last edited: lpvalente
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Note: :This API is not part of the public SDK. It can be found in the SDK API Plug-in.
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The Location Settings Launch API is used for launching the Location Notation Prefences Settings UI and the Position Method Settings UI.
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The client-side resource class to launch the Location settings UI is done using the CLocSettingsUiClient class. The following code is used to initialize the class.
CLocSettingsUiClient* iLocSettingsUi = CLocSettingsUiClient::NewL();
Launching the Position Method Settings UI:
// UID for launching Position Method Settings
// const TInt KLocPsySettingsUID = 0x10275062;
TRAPD(err, iLocSettingsUi->LaunchSettingsUiAsEmbeddedAppL(TUid::Uid
Launching the Location Notation Preferences Setting UI:
// UID for launching Location Notation Prefences Settings UI is
// const TInt KLocNotPrefSettingsUID = 0x1020690F;
TRAPD(err, iLocSettingsUi->LaunchSettingsUiAsEmbeddedAppL(
TUid::Uid(KLocNotPrefSettingsUID), KDefaultParamValue, iStatus ));
Canceling an already launched settings UI:
Releasing code:
delete iLocSettingsUi;


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Don't take it too seriously, but I was wondering, how feasible would it be to set up a private mini-base on Antarctica? Aspects I am looking at are:
1. Legal - Would it be against any international treaty? - Other potential issues 2. Technical - Housing suitable for extreme weather conditions - Energy supply, constant and redundant and at hte same time not increasing pollution levels - Other potential issues 3. Medical - What to do in case of minor problems - Emergency rescue in case of major problems (surgery needed and such) - Requirements for all staff 4. Financial - Cost of building prefab-housing elements - Cost of all equipment - Cost of snowmobiles and other vehicles - Cost of food and fuel supplies - Cost of transport of all cargo to the final destination - Cost of airline tickets - Cost of achieving zero or near zero-polution - Other costs 5. Enviromental issues - How to achieve zero or near zero polution - Waste processing technologies 6. Anything else that can affect the mission in any way |
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A nice little thought experiment.
The relevant treaty would be the Antarctic Treaty, which about 60 nations have signed. The treaty is non-binding on nations which have not signed, but there would likely be political pressure on non-member nations or groups which wanted to establish bases in the Antarctic. However, it should be noted that in the 1980's Greenpeace established an Antarctic base for the purpose of monitoring national programs - in fact, it was primarily to monitor McMurdo Station, which is where I am now - and they found that the American program was not very environmentally friendly at that time, which forced a number of changes. So, depending on the nature of the station, even an independent group might be able to establish a base in Antarctica with little political difficulty. However, if one does so it is policy of most programs (and certainly the U.S. one) not to assist non-government expeditions or programs in Antarctica. Quote:
Incidentally, the Kiwis at Scott Base are getting ready to experiment with wind turbines. Three turbines came in on the last ship, and they hope to get them set up this summer. They will still keep generators for emergency power, but figure wind power will be sufficient to keep their station running most of the time. Quote:
The U.S. program has stringent medical requirements for all participants, and even higher standards for winter overs, as medevacs are costly even when possible. Winter overs are also psychologically screened. They want to make sure we are just the right amount of crazy. An emphasis on safety is also necessary, especially during winter. Cowboys are not wanted - they are a hazard to themselves and others. On the other hand, the sort of people who never want to leave the house . . . never come to Antarctica. We tend to get a lot of risk-takers, the program just tries to weed out the excessive risk-takers. I'll try to remember to continue this later. I like your questions. Incidentally, I have taken some photos and videos of some of the installations at McMurdo Station and South Pole Station, and might be able to send those to you in the future. |
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It would be lovely to see the photos.
Anyway, what made me think of this was few missions by Mars Society, trying to simulate environment first astronauts on Mars will probably experience (total isolation, extreme weather conditions, very limited resources etc)/ |
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However, it should be noted that that is for paying government contractors, who notoriously charge top rates. Balanced against that is that wages for personnel on the Ice are low compared to wages for workers in the commercial sector in similar environments in the arctic. Depending on the nature of your private mission, wages and other costs could be significantly higher or lower. The costs of the work to be done are also relevant, of course. Deploying multi-million dollar scientific equipment to field camps by helicopter or airplane can get pretty expensive pretty fast. Moving supplies by ship and ground would be much cheaper. It should also be noted that government contractors tend to hire nationals of their own countries, and the western nations tend to have high wages. This is sometimes justified if it means a higher quality of work and higher production, but in many cases workers and materials could be found at lower prices in other places. Naturally, one needs to exercise caution, as the lowest bidder may well have an inferior product. Quote:
However, those may not be the best choices for future programs. Technologies to handle waste are continuously being advanced around the world, and it would be better to look into the state of the art in those fields than to rely on what has been done here in the past - especially as technology in Antarctica tends to lag a little due to a work force that has often been physically or culturally isolated from the latest developments in their respective fields, and due to distance and the time it takes to get the technology here. (If a new item comes out on the market in January and is not important enough to ship by air, it will take at least a year before that item can make its way to McMurdo, and 22 months or more before it is likely to arrive at Pole - assuming the bureaucracy moves with incredible sophistication and speed.) That said, there are some very interesting things going on in these fields, though unfortunately some of the information is hard to find in English. For example, some nations have developed very efficient incinerators that turn waste to energy and produce almost no pollution, but due to emotional hysteria and scientific illiteracy in much of the English-speaking world, these are not politically viable in many English-speaking nations. (In fairness, similar emotional hysteria and scientific illiteracy has prevented the use of genetically engineered foods in much of Europe.) Quote:
This has some benefits: staying warm in cold and dry weather is easier than staying warm in cold and wet weather. On the other hand, there are some serious ill effects as well, one of which is that electronics tend to have a short life span due to static electricity. Now, a computer center might be humidified to the point where it is not a problem, or hardware might be hardened for use elsewhere (or simply considered expendable if cheap enough), but it would probably be best not to rely on sophisticated electronics for any emergency systems. Electricity in general, however, is a necessity here. The problem with static does not affect all components equally: it is primarily the sophisticated electronics with extremely small parts (computer chips and the like) that are in danger from static electricity. I am also reminded that the mechanics at South Pole told me that the older heavy equipment - from the 1960s and early 1970s - works best there, as the newer stuff has electronics that don't last long, though I'm not sure if that is due to static electricity or just the cold. If you are thinking in terms of a Martian colony, the cold and aridity will be even greater, and the same lesson may well hold: keep it as simple as possible. I personally also prefer passive solutions to active (mechanical) ones, because most passive systems don't have sudden failures, and a mixture of solutions might buy time to repair a mechanical system (e.g., good insulation and weatherproofing gives you more time to fix the boiler, as well as reducing the size and complexity of the mechanical system needed to heat a building). Considerable attention should also be paid to the psychological profiles of anyone working in a remote location. Not everyone can handle it gracefully. One final word: all sorts of technologies are changing, and there are some incredible things coming that will change what it means to be in a remote location. Most notably, the internet has allowed those of us in Antarctica to remain connected to the outside world in a way that winter overs in the 1960s, or even the 1980s, could have scarcely believed, and the emerging field of desktop manufacturing may have another large effect soon. Eventually, the combination of communications technology and nanotechnology may well make location a thing of little importance - except, of course, for things like scenery. And nothing compares to Antarctic scenery. |
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Has the comic book been betrayed by the Earth's mightiest heroes? It's a sad question to pose after probably the most geek filled comic book extravaganza the world has ever seen with the opening of The Avengers movie and Free Comic Book Day all happening in the same weekend. Comic book fans worldwide have been celebrating universally like never before, gathering at the multiplex and local comic shops in droves, dressed in their favorite comic book swag and costumes.
Free Comic Book Day itself has become a huge annual event, now in its tenth year it attracts over a million people to comic shops more than double the number from just five years ago. Comic fans and potential comic readers can't resist the offer of free comics and continue to make this promotion a growing tradition. This is a good opportunity to point out that comics here at CO2 Comics are free to read EVERY day so if you are sill wallowing in all the free comics you acquired this weekend, just remember the buzz does not have to wear off!
Marvel Entertainment could not have picked a better weekend to launch The Avengers movie, especially with all the comic book love in the air generated by Free Comic Book Day. The Avengers could have been released in the dead of winter and still been a mega hit. A bona fide blockbuster, The Avengers will be the Titanic of all superhero movies and may even give that sunken barge a run for its money. Though I might be giving them too much credit for something that could have been a wonderful coincidence, it was sure nice of Marvel to remember its roots and tie into the comic fans' big day and make it tremendously more special before they throw them to the curb.
I know I sound like an insufferable old bore but as much as I love super heroes, I realize that I loved the medium of comics even more. For me, comics are a visual medium of incredible creative freedom and opportunity. It is one of the few mediums where the reader can relate directly to the literal and visual expression of a lone creator without the influence of a long list of production personnel, editors, actors, etc. Comic books, graphic novels, comic strips, all mean a lot to me just for this reason and I would love for more people to be aware of these wonders of the medium. I would love to see comics everywhere, read by everyone.
So why wouldn't I expect this Avengers movie to be a huge vehicle to promote comics? Isn't Marvel in the business of selling comics? Surely they would seize the moment. Right?
I was just in my local Walmart, you know, America's Store. It's being reconfigured, fittingly for this blog post, into a Super Walmart and right in the middle of the store is a huge cardboard Marvel kiosk featuring Thor, Hulk, Iron Man and Captain America leaping across a city skyline. Marvel Mania! On the display was every Marvel video you could imagine, Spider-Man, X-Men, Woverine, Electra, you name it! There were cartoon videos, even the old Bill Bixby Hulk videos, a video candy store of everything Marvel.
Then it hit me. There was Marvel merchandise in every department. The toy aisle was loaded with Marvel action figures. There were Marvel hats, shirts, pants, shoes, even underwear. Marvel PEZ dispensers, floor mats for cars, posters, greeting cards, fabric and more only began to round out the list of everything that could bear a Marvel logo in Walmart. Everything except… comic books.
What?! Comic books aren't good enough for Walmart?! Marvel doesn't have enough clout to get comic books or graphic novels into Walmart?! Do comic book shops have some exclusive deal that I'm unaware of to prevent comics from being sold at Walmart?!
Outside of comic shops apparently, Marvel doesn't even think comics are worth giving away. Here's a website that has a long list of all the premiums that Marvel is using to promote the movie from action figures, to cups and cars but you never find a comic book used as a promotional item. Why? How can comics be such a great medium to have spawned all of these great characters only to be shunned by a company that built its empire by exploiting this magnificent sequential art of words and pictures?
I have a theory. Marvel fears the comic book. Marvel views comics as a threat because they are too easy to make and distribute. They know from experience. Comics abound on the internet, nearly anyone can publish and sell online. Anyone can create the next big comic book sensation. Just as Marvel dethroned DC in the sixties with their ragtag reinvention of the superhero, toppling juggernauts like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, even the mighty Avengers are vulnerable to a new character birthed in the pages of a mild mannered comic book. I'm sure the powers at Marvel and Disney see different shades of green every time they hear the name Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, four megastars that climbed out of a sewer in the slum of a black and white independent comic book.
When I was researching the use of superhero parodies in the porn industry for my blog post Seduction of the Ignorant I discovered that that industry is struggling to stay afloat, beaten by easy access to porn on the internet, cheap homemade porn their most threatening competition. Porn producers have turned to expensive, special effect laden parody productions that are harder for the average Dick and Jane to make in their bedroom studio.
Marvel Entertainment is doing the same thing. They are focussing now on marketing their IP through blockbuster films budgeted in the mega millions. They have corralled the hardcore comic book fan into a niche market that can barely support sales figures that would have been an embarrassment thirty years ago. They have willfully created an atmosphere that has forced competition to meet suppressed quotas to even be considered for distribution into this niche market.
DC has taken full advantage of this abandonment of the comic market by Marvel with their onslaught of the New 52. They too are actively boxing out the little guys by flooding their IP into the comic market but they realize that comic books have the same power they always had and they are redesigning their universe and working out the bugs without risking millions on a film that could flop at the box office.
If you are a fan of comics, support your local comic shop, explore the internet for great new comics like the one's here at CO2 Comics and download those comic apps for your mobile devices. Keep an eye out for the next big sensation to be created in comics and don't be surprised if it does not come from marvel or DC. Be vigilant comic fans because despite the rise of the superhero in cinema, comic books are still the bastard child of the entertainment industry and even the Avengers betray them.
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Colton Dunn is an actor, improviser, and writer who you might have seen on Nick Swardson's Pretend Time or Parks and Recreation. He had a lengthy tenure as a writer on MADtv where he made occasional appearances. You can find him at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles where he performs and teachers others to try to be as funny as he is (like that's possible!).


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Aspiring to drive a Bentley is ambitious enough for most of us, but some are looking for something a little more unique. That's why the stoic British luxury marque is collaborating with some of the industry's leading coachbuilders to craft custom creations based on their most popular motors.
A couple of years ago, Bentley collaborated with Zagato to create the Continental GTZ (pictured above). Now reports suggest that another coachbuilder – the recently-revived Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera – is working on a version of its own.
Reportedly based on the Continental GTC convertible, Touring's custom creation is set to be unveiled at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in two months' time. And if the $1.7 million asking price for the Zagato is any indication, it promises to be very exclusive indeed.


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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Blog Triage
Day One
Day One
I have made the momentous commitment to create a more vibrant and welcoming blog! I signed up for the 4-week Blog Triage Class with Cynthia Morris and Alyson Stanfield. Today's assignment is to describe the people i want to visit and read my blog; And what I want to get from the blog.
I would like a blog where people can come visit, maybe sit down with a cup of coffee and just enjoy reading and viewing and hopefully commenting. I would like it to be cheerful and friendly and have more of a feel of home and chatting with a sister, than a place of marketing. Even though I would of course love for the occasional painting to find a new and loving home from this site. hehe.
I envision the people that come here would be my friends, family, artists. collectors, perhaps others who share a common interest with me in venues outside of art. People who are seeking a place to view art and share their thoughts and comments about art, without feeling like they are in way over their heads.
I guess I want my blog to be my home. The paintings are essentially being shown in my living room. And any visitors are my family. (I remember Wynona Judd saying something similar at a concert in Omaha years ago when she and Naomi were still touring together. That wonderful welcoming thought has stayed with me forever.)
So...Welcome to my new home! Sit down, enjoy your coffee, and let's talk art. :)
8 comments:
- Cynthia Morris said...
Cyd, I love this! The coffee cup and newspaper image really suits your desire for your blog to feel home-like. I look forward to hanging out here and enjoying your work and perspective on life and art.
And don't worry, the blogging surgical knife won't hurt too badly!
Cynthia - Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 1:11:00 PM MDT
- Liz Crain said...
Hi Cyd,
This is such a sweet bit of writing! I feel very welcomed and also better-inspired to tackle this subject on my own blog pages. Thanks for leading the way! Glad to be in this class with you! - Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 4:38:00 PM MDT
- Joan said...
Cyd - I'm sure we will all feel at home visiting your newly vamped blog...it feels cozy and welcoming already!
- Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 5:28:00 AM MDT
- Helen Percy Lystra said...
Cyd, You are doing a great job with all of this. I love the newsletter, love the blog, you're presence on facebook. The only one I haven't looked at is twitter. That one can wait but I'm definately adding a link to this on my blog and I'm inspired to get to work on my blog too.
- Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 2:27:00 PM MDT
- Janice Mason Steeves said...
Hey Cyd,
What a great Day One Blog post!
I love the coffee and newspaper image. Very welcoming and chatty. - Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 3:59:00 PM MDT
- Cyd Rust said...
Cynthia, Thank you so much. I am hoping it doesn't hurt. hehe. And that I can make this a little more friendly than just an archive for paintings, with your and Alyson's help.
Liz, that is so sweet of you. What a nice thing to say. I can't wait to see how our blogs change! Glad to be in class with you too.
Joan, Thank you. Make sure you bring your coffee with you. If I am going to be writing, I do have a tendency to be long winded as you know. hehe.
Helen, Thank you. It's been a long year, but a great way to take up time while my ribs healed. :) Helen your blog is so cool already! Now Twitter...if you figure it out, let me know. hehe.
Janice, thank you. Just what I wanted to convey. Off to see yours. :) - Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 3:28:00 PM MDT
- dawnblair said...
Cyd, I also like what you've done with your blog. I see a few ideas I may have to steal as well! It's great being able to learn from each other like this.
- Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 8:02:00 PM MDT
- Cyd Rust said...
Thank you Dawn. It really is helpful to have friends redoing theirs at the same time.:) All these ideas we get to pass around are great!
- Friday, September 11, 2009 at 8:37:00 PM MDT


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Burt, as well as HIV and Hepatitis C sufferer Richard Williams, hope this is the year elected representatives in Albany heed their call.
"Let me not be fear every time I have to go out and try to get some marijuana somewhere," Aldrich said. "(Fear) about who I'm getting it from, whether they're going to kill me or steal from me or whether I've going to get put in jail because of it."
Although medical marijuana proposals have easily passed the Assembly, they have not been permitted to go to a vote in the Republican controlled State Senate.
Tough for Burt to take. He says he is a Republican.
"And I look at my forefathers who came over on the Mayflower," Aldrich said. "It was to find some place where they could be free and this is what America stood for and so as a Republican, I ask my Republican senators to please back me on this."
This year Republicans are sharing control of the State Senate.
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Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life.Disney's epic coming-of-age saga tells of the love between a proud lion ruler, Mufasa and his son Simba – a naive and curious cub who "just can't wait to be king." But Simba's envious Uncle Scar has other plans, and his scheming for the throne leads to Simba's exile from the kingdom he should rightfully rule. Befriended by the hilarious warthog, Pumbaa, and his manic meerkat companion, Timon, Simba forgets his regal responsibilities and adopts a carefree lifestyle of "Hakuna Matata."
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This happened to me a couple of weeks ago, and has prompted me to obtain a permit and procure an appropriate firearm.
My wife, 3 kids, and myself arrived at Fashion Place around 7 pm. We intended to have a bite to eat at the food court, and then meander for a bit. We were in the Meier and Frank parking lot, outside after dark. I was holding my 5 year old girl's hand, and my wife was pushing the stroller with our infant girl and 2-year old boy. All of a sudden I got that feeling that someone was VERY NEAR me, within my personal body space. I turned quickly to my right, and glanced over my right shoulder. There was a guy that had somehow snuck up behind me, and was 2 feet behind, right over my right shoulder. I caught his eye, and he immediately stopped. My adrenaline hit hard, "fight-or-flight" response kicking in. He then hung back about 20-30 feet, then continued to follow.
As we got closer to the mall, I tried glancing over both shoulders to catch a view of him, but could only catch him in peripheral vision (ie. he was now DIRECTLY behind me.) I whispered, "Let's pick it up," to my wife, and we got into the mall safely.
The guy followed us into the mall and while we traveled the LEFT path around the beauty counter, he traveled RIGHT. He caught up with us to where I could see him directly across the beauty department, and he kept eyeing me. It was this point I told my wife, "This guy is following us and looking at us", and told her how he'd snuck up on me in the parking lot then dropped back after I made eye contact. We got thru the department store, with him still in tow, and then into the main center of the mall where Santa Claus was seeing kids.
My wife turned and looked, and having NO FEAR whatsoever, stared at the guy. He looked away, put his head down, then GOT IN LINE at the Santa Claus stand! Weird, weird. Middle-aged fella just stepped into line with the kids and parents at the Sanda Claus line. All by himself.
Creeped me out. I have never felt the need to carry, but after having that experience, it has changed my outlook. I had my wife and children with me, although I could be wrong about his intentions, I felt like he was going to attempt to rob us. I am SO GLAD nothing happened, and never want anything like that to happen ever again. At that moment, I realized I need to carry something with me, ESPECIALLY when I'm with my wife and kids. I am their defender and protector, and need to be able to do that effectively.
I spent the next 15 minutes at the Food Court, still uptight and shaking from the adrenaline hit -- telling my wife how glad I was that nothing happened. I feel like we were somehow protected by an unseen angel or something, or that he just chickened out at the last moment when I caught his eye. Scary experience for me. PHEW!
I just finished the class last night (Thanks, Clark!), and getting the permit all taken care of. An appropriate firearm will have to come a bit later, but I'm on my way. I don't feel that this situation would have warranted use of a weapon in any way, with me catching his eye, and having him back off. However, I would feel more, how do I say, "capable", or "not vulnerable", or "helpless" in a situation like that, would it have gone further than it did.
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Ocado Growing Mint Pot.
Mint grows best in moist conditions. It can be grown very successfully outside but remember it spreads very quickly and ideally should be planted in a pot. Keep the compost moist to the touch. Remove sprigs down to a side shoot and use whole, or remove leaves and chop.
Harvest the outer most stems and any branches that are shading other plants, as well as the tallest stems that are growing into the light. Cut mint just above a set of leaves (growth point) and not more than half way down the stem.
Potted herbs are grown as a 'cut as you need' fresher alternative to cut herbs; suited to growing in well lit, protected conditions on the windowsill or worktop. Potted herbs are mainly suited to the indoors, however, they can be planted outdoors, with varying success during spring and summer. Mint will successfully grow outside all year round but the Ocado Growing Mint has been grown in a glasshouse so your mint will need gentle acclimatising if you are to plant out during the winter.
As most herbs originate from hot countries they like to be kept on the dry side. The more light and heat they are exposed to, the more frequently they will need watering. During winter, you will probably find that potted herbs will not need to be watered very often.
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Customer Reviews
29 September 2013
The only mint you'll ever need
Great little plant. Had it in window still to start with and used leaves from it. Now in a container outside and still growing! Great product. Sorry Ocado, but it is so good I'll probably never need to buy another one.
11 September 2013
Lasted well
I know mint is hardy but I was surprised that it carried on growing and giving fresh leaves for a few weeks. I was impressed.
05 September 2013
Great value. Super Plant.
The plant arrived in excellent condition, packaged in a little cardboard box to avoid damage. It was a really good size, so I was able to take off lots of leaves for the Mojito I was making, and have now repotted and put in the garden, so hopefully won't need to buy mint again - at least not in the summer months.
29 August 2013
Lovely product
Great product. Lovely flavour and lasts for ages - just water it well and repot if possible.
03 August 2013
lovely plant
Mint pot was very fresh, good in size and flavour. Perfect in my salad with chopped cucumber, red onion, tomato and lime juice. Was slightly disappointed that the best before date was just 2 days after I received, however I am sure it will last longer than that. I am new to buying herb pots so any tips on how to use them and prolong their life would be greatly appreciated.
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