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Key Biodiversity Areas: new IUCN report finds that Mediterranean freshwater ecosystems are inadequately protected
Three-quarters of the Mediterranean region's most valuable areas for freshwater biodiversity lie outside of protected areas, leaving some of the most area's most important and diverse freshwater ecosystems vulnerable to human threats. This is the key finding of a new IUCN assessment reported to the recent IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia.
The report suggests that at least 167 sites in the Mediterranean Basin –covering an area of 302,557 km2 – qualify as freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) . Key Biodiversity Areas are an IUCN designation of the most important sites for biodiversity conservation worldwide, particularly important in maintaining species populations. They are assessed globally using a standardised criteria based on how vulnerable and irreplaceable the populations of plants and animals they contain are.
The above video gives an introduction to freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas, and the new online BioFresh portal for accessing information on them.
Freshwater biodiversity is poorly accounted for in the global protected area network. The new IUCN study provides crucial information on critical sites for freshwater biodiversity, and sets the foundation for a new protected area network in the Mediterranean Basin – a region rich in diverse and threatened freshwater life.
This work was undertaken in partnership with the BioFresh project. Two BioFresh partners outlined the new study's value:
"Through this project we are putting freshwater biodiversity on the map in a region of the world where pressures on inland wetlands are rapidly driving species to the edge of extinction – a number have already been lost. The next crucial step is to build widespread awareness of these important sites and to stimulate targeted conservation on the ground" said Will Darwall Manager of the IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit and project coordinator.
"KBAs are fragile freshwater ecosystems which must be properly managed as part of Integrated River Basin Management planning accounting for the wide range of uses of water across sectors" commented Jörg Freyhof, European chair of the IUCN/WI Freshwater Fish Specialist Group and co-author of the report.
MARS Experiments: Low Flows in Nordic Rivers
Over the last few weeks we've been introducing the experiments that the MARS research team have been carrying out across Europe to understand the effects of multiple stresses on freshwater ecosystems. This week we turn our focus to Denmark, where a team led by researchers led by Annette Baattrup-Petersen and Daniel Graeber from Aarhus University are investigating the effects of low water flows on freshwater streams.
Low stream flows, the build up of fine sedimentation, and eutrophication – caused by dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus – are the main stressors of stream ecosystems in Nordic agricultural landscapes. In these experiments, the MARS researchers seek to understand how these stressors affect small stream ecosystems in these landscapes, particularly focusing on how the stressors might interact. Research in this area is particularly important given that predictions of future climate change suggest that many rivers in northern Europe will experience longer periods of low flows, due to changing precipitation patterns and climate warming.
The MARS team are currently conducting a series of measurements and experiments, seeking to couple stream ecosystem structure to ecosystem function, from which the potential effects of stress on ecosystem services can be derived. The research team have constructed 12 experimental stream channels, 12 m long, 0.6 m wide and 0.3 m deep, which are designed to simulate natural small stream ecosystems and the effect of multiple stressors. The stream channels consist of a series of runs and riffles with sediment typical for such habitats. They are fed by stream water, which results in natural water chemistry and also brings new algae, water plants and invertebrates into the experiment (as would happen in a real stream). The flow of water down the channels can be controlled to simulate normal and low stream flows.
The MARS team are focusing their attention on two key components of small stream ecosystems: benthic invertebrates and benthic algae, with a focus on primary production and nutrient uptake as ecosystem functions. Benthic algae are the main primary producers in small stream ecosystems and provide food for grazers, such as benthic invertebrates, as well as oxygen for all animals and fungi. Benthic invertebrates are the main food source for fish in Danish small streams and can control the growth of benthic algae by feeding on them. Therefore, the combination of all elements of a stream ecosystem defines its capability to take up and therefore retain nutrients.
To measure primary production in the sediments and on stones, the team use specially made experimental chambers, and take samples for algal biomass and composition and benthic invertebrate density and composition. To measure nutrient uptake, the team initiate short-term nutrient releases for ammonium, nitrate and phosphorus, and measure the ecosystem response.
Three stressors in the experiment:
The three chosen stressors are likely to have several effects on the interaction of benthic invertebrates and algae in the experiment.
Low flow is likely to result in a reduction of densities of typical stream benthic invertebrates (mayflies, stoneflies) many of which are grazers. Similarly, due to less physical abrasion on the streambed, low flows are likely to result in higher benthic algae growth. Combined with the reduction of stream benthic invertebrates, a higher primary production can be expected and due to the longer residence time (i.e. the amount of time a particle spends in a system), nutrient uptake should also increase.
Eutrophication is known to increase the biomass of benthic algae due to higher nutrient availability and will likely result in higher primary production and higher nutrient uptake. Based on existing scientific literature, eutrophication is likely to have minimal effects on benthic invertebrates.
Fine sedimentation severely affects benthic algae simply by covering them and by removing suitable habitats (coarser sediment), which are buried by fine sediment. Fine sediment also affects benthic invertebrates by clogging the room between coarser sediment particles and removing the access of scraper invertebrates (see the FSC guide to invertebrate feeding methods) to their food source (benthic algae). Finally, fine sediment delivers a large amount of organic matter to the stream, which is expected to strongly increase benthic respiration – which removes oxygen – and thus may counterbalance the effects of algal primary production.
We will keep you updated with the results of this experiment, and the others that the MARS team are carrying out across Europe. You can find links to all the MARS experiment blogs here.
Small is beautiful: the overlooked importance of small freshwaters
Small bodies of water such as ponds, ditches, springs, flushes and headwater streams pockmark many landscapes across Europe. Whilst they might often be overlooked (stepped over, sometimes), there is increasing consensus that these small freshwaters are extremely important to the ecological health of the landscape.
European ponds, for example, support a larger proportion of freshwater biodiversity than lakes or rivers, and help 'connect' a landscape for species such as frogs and dragonflies by providing a series of 'stepping stone' habitats across the wider landscape. In this way, small water bodies are important as part of what ecologists term the 'landscape matrix', providing patches of diverse habitat (often in urban and non-protected areas) which interconnect with other ecological processes across the whole landscape to shape its overall health and diversity. Headwater streams (those right at the top of the river's course) can provide spawning grounds for fish like the Atlantic salmon, and then sheltered 'nursery' habitats for their offspring.
However, small water bodies have been largely ignored by freshwater scientists, conservationists and policy makers, meaning there are gaps both in our knowledge of their ecological forms and functions, and in their protection through policies like the Water Framework Directive. There is growing awareness of the significance of small water bodies, shown by their inclusion in the European Environment Agency's European waters – assessment of status and pressures and the European Commission's Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Water Resources, both published in 2012.
As part of this increasing focus on small water bodies, The European Environmental Bureau and the Freshwater Habitats Trust recently released a report on a workshop which took place in November 2013 to discuss how small water bodies might be better managed and protected in Europe.
A key issue discussed at the meeting was how existing European legislation – particularly the Water Framework Directive, Birds and Habitat Directive and the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy – could incorporate small water bodies. Another was the need for effective co-operation between different environmental managers across the wider landscape to better understand, monitor and manage the role of small water bodies in supporting biodiversity on a landscape scale. Finally, small water bodies were seen as ideal habitats for engaging the public with conservation issues, given that ponds and streams are present in most landscapes, even those that are predominantly urban.
You can read the workshop report on the Freshwater Habitats Trust website, and find out more on the European Environmental Bureau website.
When the MARS project was launched in the sunny climes of Mallorca in February 2014, Dr Christian Feld interviewed a number of freshwater scientists and policy makers attending the kick-off meeting. In the above video, Christian interviews Rolf Altenburger from the Helmholtz Centre for Enviromental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany. Dr Altenburger is deputy co-ordinator of the SOLUTIONS project which studies the effect of chemical pollutants on freshwater quality and ecological health, and aims to provide solutions to help manage and protect Europe's freshwaters.
In this video, Dr Altenburger describes how the project's focus on the impact of stressors on the freshwater environment links SOLUTIONS with the MARS and GLOBAQUA projects (see our earlier blog and interview here). As Dr Altenburger explains, there are more than 100,000 chemicals in daily use across the world, which come from sources such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, food additives, plastics and cosmetics.
Animals and plants living in freshwater ecosystems are increasingly exposed to a complex mixture of diluted chemicals (referred to as 'cocktails' by Dr Altenburger), which makes identifying and managing their effects – both individually and together – a difficult task. This is further complicated by the sheer number of chemicals which are potentially harmful to freshwater ecosystems. At present, the monitoring systems in place are not detailed or comprehensive enough to assess and manage the huge diversity and complexity of chemical 'cocktails' that are increasingly present in freshwater environments, many of which are new or unknown.
Chemical pollutants may interact with other stresses on freshwater environments. For example, water scarcity (as seen on the Iberian peninsula) increases chemical concentrations in the remaining available water, which would otherwise be diluted by normal flows, with potentially harmful effects on water quality and freshwater life. Understanding the impact and interaction of multiple stressors is a key EU research topic at present, in an effort to strengthen the Water Framework Directive, which is why the MARS, GLOBAQUA and SOLUTIONS projects are collaborating closely.
SOLUTIONS seeks to better understand, predict and manage the effects of chemical pollutants on freshwater environments. Achieving this requires the development of a consistent framework to monitor and assess chemical pollution, particularly in increasing efficiency and speed of chemical identification from complex 'cocktails' and at low concentrations.
SOLUTIONS will produce computer models to help environmental managers and policy makers predict the effects of chemical pollution on freshwater biodiversity and water quality in the future, allowing forecasts to be made under changing economic conditions, new technologies, shifting human development and climate change. This production of user-friendly resources and a common chemical knowledge base will also help will help bring chemical pollution up the European policy agenda ahead of the potential revision of the Water Framework Directive in 2019. It will also help create early warning systems for future chemical pollution across the continent.
The models and tools developed by SOLUTIONS are being trialled and tested in three river basins across Europe. New approaches to identifying river basin specific pollutants are being applied along the Danube basin in Central and Eastern Europe, following the extensive Joint Danube Survey 3 along the river in 2013. In the Rhine basin in Central Europe, new wastewater and drinking water treatment technologies are being assessed, to understand their effects on chemical pollutants in the basin. Finally, the risk posed by chemical pollution under water scarcity conditions are being studied in the Ebro and Llobregat basins in northern Spain.
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MARS Experiments: Peak Flows in Alpine Rivers
The MARS project is carrying out seven long-term experiments across Europe to study how river and lake ecosystems respond to multiple stresses. Last week, we profiled the experiments on Peak Flows in Nordic Rivers which are being carried out near Trondheim in Norway. This week, we introduce the work of a team led by researchers at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna, Austria on 'Peak Flows in Alpine Rivers'.
As in the experiments in Norway, the BOKU research team in Austria are interested in understanding the effect of extremely high water flows on the freshwater environment. Here, the team are seeking to understand the effect of sudden releases of water from hydropower plants (or 'hydropeaks') on the ecology of Alpine rivers, specifically in fish, insects and algae communities.
Hydropower has become big business in the Alps, generating renewable energy using the force of rivers flowing strongly down steep mountain sides. However, this approach to 'green' energy production brings a range of potentially harmful effects on freshwater life – affecting the flow speed and amount, the water temperature and the physical characteristics of the river (its 'morphology') amongst others. These potentially harmful stresses on the freshwater environment are strongest where there is no compensation reservoir to buffer flow fluctuations from hydropower releases.
It is estimated that around 800km of Austrian rivers are significantly affected by hydropower developments. However, the effects of hydropeaking on freshwater environments are not fully understood. As a result, the BOKU team are using a two experimental channels at the HyTEC (Hydromorphological and Temperature Experimental Channels) facility in Lunz am See, Austria to carry out research on the topic.
The changes in water amount, speed and temperature associated with a 'hydropeak' release from a hydropower plant can be replicated on the experimental channels, which are 40 metres long and 6 metres wide. The channels are fed by an outflow from Lake Lunz, which provides nutrient poor water which is common in mountain stream environments.
Different temperatures of water can be taken from different outflows: one on the lake's surface for warmer water during summer, and one at 10m depth for cooler water.
The effects of hydropeaking on the freshwater environment are being explored in these experiments by using three key freshwater groups: fish, represented by larvae and juveniles of the European grayling and brown trout; macroinvertebrates (or aquatic insects), which are collected from a nearby stream; and benthic algae that grows on the bottom of the stream bed.
The experiments seek to understand how far the fish and macroinvertebrates are forced out of their normal habitat by high flows (termed 'drift' by the researchers), and whether this causes them to become stranded (for example, on a gravel bar) as water levels quickly recede. The influence of gravel bar morphology, time of day and water temperature on this stranding risk will be investigated, along with rates of (re)colonisation of habitats by the different species after the hydropeak. The fish behaviour will be observed directly and through video analysis, and the fish will be safely released back into the wild after the experiments are finished.
Benthic algae are an important part of the food web in nutrient-poor mountain streams. These experiments will examine how the colonisation, photosynthesis rate and diversity of benthic algae communities is affected by daily hydropeaking. Researchers will also studying how rates of leaf decomposition – a process which releases nutrients into the water and encourage algal growth – vary with hydropeaking.
During a hydropeak event, there are changes not only to the water's flow but also to its temperature. The experiments will examine how different species of macroinvertebrates are affected separately by each of the multiple stresses: temperature, flow speed and time of day. Understanding how different macroinvertebrates respond to different stresses will allow the researchers to identify indicator species, which can potentially be monitored in the future to assess the wider health of an ecosystem in response to a hydropeak.
The results of this exciting work will potentially allow for better informed environmental planning and policy decisions and impact assessments for hydropower developments on Alpine mountain streams. As with all the MARS experiments, we'll keep you updated with the results.
Research team:
Lisa Schülting, Wolfram Graf, Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze, Thomas Hein, Stefan Auer, Bernhard Zeiringer, Stefan Schmutz and Rafaela Schinegger.
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Underwater filmmaking has a rich – but largely oceanic – history, from Austrian biologist Hans Hass's pioneering work in the 1940s and Folco Quilici's 1954 first full-length full-colour film Sesto Continente through to stunning modern footage such as in the BBC's Blue Planet series and in Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World.
Jack Perks, an English natural history photographer and filmmaker, is attempting to bring freshwater environments into focus through his Beneath the Waterline project, which aims to document all of the UK's freshwater fish on film. Keen to find out more, we spoke to Jack about his work and the challenges of filming freshwater life.
Freshwater Blog: Hello Jack, tell us a little bit about your work – how did you begin as a natural history photographer and filmmaker? What's your approach to documenting the natural world?
Jack Perks: I started my professional career around 4 years ago when I left university with a degree in Marine and Natural History Photography and although I enjoy all aspects of British wildlife, it's our fish that really caught my attention. With no specific NGOs for freshwater fish in the UK and very little photographic or video footage of them I decided it was about time to change that!
Tell us about the Beneath the Waterline project – what is it and where are you up to with the project work?
The project started in March 2014 and is funded mostly by donations from the public as well as a generous contribution from The Fisheries Society of the British Isles which enabled me to travel all over the UK to film. I had two goals for the project. One was to film as many British freshwater fish as possible, with an emphasis on native species, but also including non-natives and some sea fish that venture into river mouths.
The second goal was to create a film and short 1 – 3 min videos which are put on the project website to provide an online fish I.D guide. I will present the main film, which will deal with conservation issues like getting kids into nature, trying to get nature reserves to watch and appreciate the underwater world, and will feature species such as elvers (young eels) on the River Severn in Gloucester and the rare powan in Scotland. The film is nearing its end with one more presenting piece to be shot and a few more species to tick off.
It's interesting that you raise the point that there's no NGOs for UK freshwater fish (although there are a lot of broader freshwater ones) and little film footage: why do you think this is? Do you think we ignore freshwater life below the water's surface? Is this something you're trying to address with the Below the Waterline project?
One of the key points of the film is to raise awareness of our fish in general, particularly species most people haven't heard of like spined loach, lamprey and Arctic char. I think the main reason for this lack of public awareness is "out of sight out of mind", with so many species largely hidden below the water's surface, most people don't notice if they decline. I think that most people don't even know whats lurking in the rivers, canals and lakes around them, so the film uses a mixture of close-up filming in tanks and shots of fish in their natural habitat. I'm hoping to show off our incredible diversity of freshwater fish species.
What technical challenges did the Below the Waterline project throw up? How did you go about finding the species to film (surely some must have been more difficult than others!), and what's your working method for capturing them on film?
Timings were crucial and did cause me to miss a few species (like the river lamprey and shad) that I would very much like to have filmed. Most cyprinids breed in spring so it was a mad dash to try to capture as much breeding behaviour as possible, which meant that I did miss a few while trying to film others. Also I had to juggle the filming around commissions and filming for other groups while doing this project.
Being an angler helped me locate a lot of the fish, as did social media (here's the project twitter account), with an army of people suggestion locations to go and film in places including London, Sheffield, Gloucester, Devon, Stirling, Cumbria and all over the East Midlands (my home region). I use a few filming methods including pole cams, underwater camera traps and snorkeling in rivers.
One of the hardest fish to film was barbel. This was surprising, as I have quite a lot in my local area but the river water where they live was either too deep or murky to film. I had no success until a local angler told me about a suitable spot only 15 minute from my house and got them first time!
What has been your favourite fish to film, and why?
The barbel was certainly relieving to finally get but if I had to choose one, it would be the sea lamprey. I had people looking out for them on three different rivers and at the drop of a hat I'd travel to where one was spotted. I got a call from a river keeper on the Test (in Southern England) to tell about lampreys in the river, and so I got the first train to Southampton to film this primordial looking creature. It turned out that the conditions were ideal and plenty of sea lamprey were around spawning so I got lots of footage. They are incredible to watch as they move huge rocks to form a redd and move over each other in courtship.
The Below the Waterline film is coming out soon – can you tell us about it and where we can see it?
The premiere will be in Nottingham with showings in Bristol, London and more locations further north, and will also be available to buy on DVD and online. The hope is that the film will make people think a little more about freshwater fishes in different ways – they're not just food for birds or a target to be hooked but an important part of our natural history and deserve to be celebrated as much as any other creature in the UK.


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GummiBears 4 years
I hate the ones that has mayo but the vinegar based one is tolerable, just that some of them have too much sugar.
sourcherries 4 years
KFC makes my favorite kind. I know it has a ton of sugar, but can't resist it!
bluebellknoll 4 years
I like the non-mayo versions of slaw. Mmm!
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I love it! Especially the Asian kind, without the mayo and with some cilantrrrrrrro.
SassAndBide 4 years
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I love homemade (KFC style) made with Vegenaise.
AmberHoney 4 years
I love it, but like others - light on the mayo if you must, I prefer the vinegar/sugar based ones. And on the taco subject, hubby bought home some Taco Bell "street" tacos last night at 10:30pm and they were pretty tasty. I'm not a regular TB diner, but that little lime wedge may convert me.
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I love it, but like others - light on the mayo if you must, I prefer the vinegar/sugar based ones. And on the taco subject, hubby bought home some Taco Bell "street" tacos last night at 10:30pm and they were pretty tasty. I'm not a regular TB diner, but that little lime wedge may convert me.
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Mix 93-1, 101.5 KNUE, Hot 107-3 Jamz and 96X have teamed with Carter BloodCare of East Texas to host the annual Call To Arms Blood Drive from Jan. 7-12 to help save the lives of East Texans and to raise the blood supply levels here in the area. It's comforting to know that for every pint of blood that is donated, it can help save up to three lives.
The first baby born in 2013 in Tyler came into the world at 12:45 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Trinity Mother Francis Hospital.
Who was the lucky Mom?
Maybe it's not just the effects of the New Year's Eve drinks that you're feeling today. Many people in East Texas are sick with something other than the "brown bottle flu" right now.
Flu cases are up in Texas. Emergency rooms from Dallas to Tyler to Houston are saying they're seeing more flu cases right now, with fevers of 102 to 103 and that yucky, awful, achey feeling. And of course the other pleasantries associated with the flu that we don't need to mention.
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We have all battled a little food poising at least once in our lives. That lunch date out with friends turn into an evening spent with the toilet. Never a pretty sight, is it? With getting sick from restaurant food so common place, why do we keep chancing it?
The belly button is something that we don't always think about, but is always there. As children we learn where is it and how to point to it. But, since then what have we learned about that little spot on our stomaches? Here is a little more info. Plus, vote on who might have the smelliest.
Looking at Zach Sobiech, you would see him as a typical 17-year-old boy. But Zach isn't like other kids. Zach has an untreatable form of cancer that is going to cut his life short. But instead of weeping and being sad, he is a happy kid living life to the fullest. And he even wrote a song about it.
I wish someone somewhere would discover the cure for a cold. I have been battling a cold since Friday, and I'm worn out and tired! Have you noticed whenever you get a cold everybody comes out of the "woodwork" to tell you what you need to do, or take, to get rid of it? It's all done with love of course, but I've found you really just have to "wait it out." What a bummer!
We all try our hardest to stick with our New Year's resolutions. We set goals to accomplish in the effort to better ourselves over the new year, but most of the time we fail a week or month in. What will you set to commit to for 2013?


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Alstom Scores High for Its Third Year in the Dow Jones Sustainable Index
Alstom Scores High for Its Third Year in the Dow Jones Sustainable Index
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For the third year in a row, Alstom (Paris:ALO) has been included in the Dow Jones sustainability index (DJSI), which recognizes companies' corporate and social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. With 77/100, Alstom registers a better score than in 2012 and is largely above the average for the industrial engineering sector included in the index (49/100).
In 2013, Alstom distinctly improved in environmental policy (96/100), customer relationship management (95/100) and strategy for emerging markets (92/100). The Group also gets the best score of its industry category in labour practices indicators and human rights (89/100) and supply chain management (87/100).
« The DJSI is the longest-running global sustainability benchmark worldwide and has become the key reference for investors and companies alike. Alstom is keen to progress from year to year and is very pleased with this score which illustrates the Group's continuous efforts in CSR », said Nicolas Tissot, Alstom's Chief Financial Officer.
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InfusionSoft Buys GroSocial - Another Sign of the Times
My January column for CRM magazine focused on why I thought 2013 would be the year marketing automation went mainstream for small business. Larger companies have been relying on it for years, and many SMBs have been implementing it as well. But I think a large number of smaller businesses have been slow to get involved with MA because of the perceived complexity and expensiveness of the tools available to them.
But with more vendors focusing on the needs of smaller organizations, and with smaller organizations understanding they need to change their approach to engaging customers and prospects, I think both parties are ready to do this….
Infusionsoft has been helping the Under 25 employee crowd do marketing automation even before I became familiar with them in 2007 – and they've always been true to that market. And while the service has always had a robust functionality set, in the early days it wasn't for the faint of heart to try and use. You could do some really complex sequencing, but you needed to devote some serious time and effort in order to do so.
But last year at InfusionCon when they rolled out a much prettier, easier to use interface – along with even more functionality – it signaled to me that some of the barriers to using marketing automation were beginning to come down.
And when InfusionSoft announced raising $54M from Goldman Sachs a few weeks ago, I figured they would begin to put that money to use to keep up their momentum - which would also further the mainstreaming of marketing automation to The Under 25ers. Based on today's announcement of InfusionSoft acquiring social media marketing platform GroSocial, I figured right.
GroSocial helps small businesses do a better job of generating leads from Facebook by managing the process of creating Facebook tabs, timelime covers and backgrounds. It also helps manage Facebook interactions and create contest /promotions, with the goal of turning fans and followers into leads and eventually customers.
Currently there is an InfusionSoft widget for GroSocial users that allows them to capture leads and trigger automatic actions in InfusionSoft. But eventually there will be an integration between the two services to create a fully automated customer lifecycle process – from content distribution and social engagement, lead generation, lead nurture, sales conversion and customer retention.
With the acquisition binge that started with last year's purchase of Buddy Media by Salesforce.com (and really Radian6 in 2011) and continued on through December with Oracle buying Eloqua (and Vitrue & Collective Intellect before that…and Market2Lead way before that) you could see where things were going in the space. And you can't forget about the big money raised buy companies like Marketo, Hubspot and others. But most if not all of that was really aimed at companies having more than 25 employees.
What InfusionSoft's acquisition of GroSocial means is the integration of social marketing automation platforms with traditional marketing automation platforms is here for the real little guys – or will be when InfusionSoft merges these services together. This should make it easier for smaller organizations to fully realize the power automation can bring to engaging customers and prospects across social channels – and then transition them to more traditional processes at the optimal time to close the deal…or execute the transaction for ecommerce businesses.
I had a conversation with InfusionSoft CEO Clate Mask that will be published this week as part of my interview series over at Small Business Trends. We talked about a number of issues including why Goldman Sachs for the funding, as well as why specifically did they go after GroSocial. Stay tuned to hear what he had to say. But one thing I had to ask him about was if these two moves signified a change in direction with respect to swimming upstream to go after bigger companies. Clate said in a pretty definitive manner that InfusionSoft will not be doing that. He says their passion will continue to be to serve the Under 25ers. I expected him to say that, because he's said the same to me for the past six years - and he's been true to his word. But it also makes a lot of sense from a business perspective, as this is a segment none of the big boys are focusing in on….not yet at least.
So I guess I should say thanks to Clate and the InfusionSoft gang, as they're already making me feel pretty good about my prediction. So....thanks!
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Going with the FLOH
So the wedding Web site is up and running, and with a few clicks guests can RSVP, book a room at the hotel and even purchase something off one of the registries. It sounds simple enough – except some of your older relatives may be a little nonplussed by it all.
If technology is completely foreign to them, you might try to sing the laurels of technology and help guide them a bit. It just may stick. "When you're younger and have young kids, they're trying to keep up with you; when you're older, you're trying to keep up with them," says actress Florence Henderson. Most famous for playing mom Carol Brady on the "Brady Brunch," Henderson turned her own technology fears into a way to help older adults in the same boat. Her new venture, The FLOH Club, is a phone-based technical support service designed to help older adults with tech issues – it's like roadside assistance for computers, says Henderson. A reformed Luddite, if you will, Henderson long avoided computers and learning about technology, to the point that she'd have her assistant print out e-mails and would dictate back the responses. "I never really had the time or felt I had the need," she says. "I was so terrified to even try it." But at the behest of her children – "Mom, you gotta do this," they told her – she dove in and was soon e- mailing from her phone and texting – and thinking it wasn't hard as she thought it'd be. Now, she has a Facebook page and Skypes with her family. "The most exciting thing for me is being able to video-conference," she says.
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Feb 20, 2014Speedball 2 HD has a lot of minor quirks that could be forgiven if only the game had some multiplayer mode to make it up for them. As it is, this remake is not better than the original in any way.
Dec 23, 2013Speedball 2 HD plays worse, looks worse and is far, far easier than the Amiga version from almost 23 years ago.
Dec 12, 2013Speedball 2 HD is an atrocious tribute to a great Amiga game. Rest in peace.
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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 0 out of 5
Mixed: 1 out of 5
Negative: 4 out of 5
Jan 9, 2014A good remake will make the user want to play the old game again, for nostalgia's sake. Unfortunately the same can be said for a bad remake. Once you play Speedball 2 HD for an hour, you'll never want to touch it again. For the same price as Speedball 2 HD you can purchase the "value" version of Amiga Forever 2013, which will allow you to emulate the original Speedball and many other classic titles with ease.… Full Review »
Dec 22, 2013Biggest insult to anyone with half a brain.
- Controls have been written by a 8 year old who likes to code, but doesnt really know how.
- Frame rate. How the hell can a few sprites cause my system to render below 30fps?
Mastertronic are just throwing out broken/half-arsed remakes of old epic titles for some quick cash.
When the original is better in EVERY area, its time to go bankrupt. This is far from a HD remake, its a HD fk up.
The game is a money making pile of… Full Review »
Dec 21, 2013I loved the original game and was so excited when I saw this was released I didn't research it, big mistake. This is a horrible port of the iOS game "Speedball Evolution" and relabelled "HD". You don't fool anybody. This has the looks and playability of a cheap mobile knock off. They even forgot to change the "Evolution" logo on some of the stadium graphics. That is the general lack of attention to detail you can expect in this game.
Graphics: Absolutely terrible. Old sprites redrawn by somebody with very limited artistic talent. Appart from being in a higher resolution the graphics are a step down on every level. The animation feels really bad with slowed down gameplay and low FPS (more on that later)
Sound: Also worse than the original. They got rid of the great intro music, replaced it with a very generic sounding mod tune that gets grating after 10 seconds and there is still no in game music. Also seems like there are actually less sound effects than the original.
Playability: How could they possibly mess this up? Well easy, halve the frame rate, now locked at 29FPS and the game seems to run at half speed as well. The AI seems weaker than it was in the original so the computer is a complete walkover. Winning with 200-0 is rule rather than exception. Also no online multiplayer is inexcusable, that would be the main reason for people to buy a remake.
Presentation: Menu's are unintuitive and looked more polished in the original. The intro "animation" is just one very badly drawn player scaled and rotated to give the illusion of a team, and those are then moved about the screen a bit to give the illusion of an animation. Just don't bother if this is the effort you are going to put into it because it WILL show.
And to top it all off there are TONS of bugs. The crash to desktop bug at launch that many people experienced was fixed, but I wonder if they will ever get round to fixing any of the awful in game bugs that cause crashes, save file corruption and a loss of sanity.… Full Review »


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When your sweet bright eyed 5 year old girl
wakes up early,
looks up at you innocently,
and asks,
"Is it frosting outside?"
And all you can think is,
I need to head to CVS.
They have a great coupon on sugar right now.
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When your sweet bright eyed 5 year old girl
wakes up early,
looks up at you innocently,
and asks,
"Is it frosting outside?"
And all you can think is,
I need to head to CVS.
They have a great coupon on sugar right now.
By Amanda 4 Comments
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So. Turns out having kids in school is just as hard as homeschooling.
I have three kids in school right now, a 3rd grader, 2nd grader, and 1st grader. Tonight, like many nights, they each had homework. By the time I was able to work with each child individually, 2 1/2 hours had passed. (The kids are at an age that they need a parent or adult to do the work with them as most of it is reading together and checking work and memorization.)
As a result of that, dinner was late on the table. The kids were late to bath, and then late to bed. Baby was grumpy and in need of her own bedtime ritual, which was also sorely behind schedule.
And then, as if writing and reciting Bible verses and spelling words and reading about Ruff the dog wasn't enough, now it is time to read with little Eddie before bed.
I am tuckered out.
Basically, my kids enjoy school (a lot) and don't mind homework. (I am absolutely fine with the amount of homework each child is given, and in no way find it excessive. I would actually like to be able to devote more time to each child one-on-one, but cannot conceive of a way to do that.) It's me. It's all me. I don't know if I can handle that much homework at night and be expected to still do everything else the family needs!
Truthfully, the transition to the kids being in school has been harder than I imagined. But not in the normal way, in a weird i-am-mommy-but-not-homeschooler-anymore-but-work-fulltime-but-stay-at-home-mom kind of way.
I just sort of assumed that I would be the mom who was helping out in class and ever present in the kids' learning and social development. It was a given that I would know who they are hanging with and who is influencing them and that they would be the brightest most well behaved kids in the class and that Audrey would have perfectly perfect styled hair every single day.
That I would have had the kids' teachers over for dinner, or at the very least, met with them so that I know more about them.
The truth is, I have not helped out in class. Not one time. Granted, I have been at home with a 3 year old and 1 year old, but you'd think I would find a way to be there for all my kids. I am just now, very slowly, starting to figure out who the people are who have such a huge influence in my kids life.
I am lucky if Audrey's hair gets combed in the morning.
Lets just call this look… "messy pony". We dominate the messy pony. (I also just discovered that one of my children has been wearing dirty underwear to school because I mentioned that it is ok to wear pants more than once between washings. They just assumed that also applied to underwear. AND socks. I am mortified. And laughing because I often laugh at inappropriate times.)
I have not talked one-on-one with either of my kids' teachers (Parker and Audrey have the same teacher as 1st and 2nd grades are combined) nor figured out a date when they can come to dinner. It's already looking like mid-November.
None of this is going as planned and I didn't even know I had a plan. So I sit here exhausted and a bit defeated and a lot hopeful that someone can shed some light.
Tell me please, if you would be willing… how do you do it? How do you manage school work with the kids and still manage the home? (As well as the needs of the children not in school?) What kind of relationships do you have with teachers and what should I be doing differently? What does your after-school schedule look like?
And thank you in advance for any insight you can give this weary mom.
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even though I asked him to look at her
even though I told them to hug
even though he protested
and clenched his fist
and tried not to smile
even though he acts so much tougher than he is…
he loves that pesky sister of his.
And she adores him.
I would definitely consider myself a dreamer. I like to think about things. I like to dream about things that will probably never happen. I like to just sit in the fantasy of "what if".
We have a small stream on our property that empties into a little pond. The pond is only 8 feet deep, but it's waters are dark and murky and still. As I would sit in my living room and look over at the pond on a cool fall day, I would see something different.
image from Kuykendall – Lazy Rivers
A lazy river. You know, the kind that are in fancy waterparks? With people on big inner-tubes just relaxing and going round and round, moved lazily along by the jets in the water. The river would be small, but it would empty into a perfectly round pool (that was the former pond), similar to the image above.
I know in my heart of hearts that we will never be putting a lazy river on our property. We live in Minnesota. We are not millionaires. And lazy rivers are pretty darn impractical for many reasons.
It's safe to say that I have no hope of that BIG HUGE CRAZY idea becoming a reality.
But I still love to dream about it.
I am reminded of how much God wants to give me the desires of my heart, but so thankful that He already knows what I need.
Maybe He already knows that many memories will be made on the long winding trails by adventurous little kids with endless imaginations and courage. That clubs will be formed and pacts made and discoveries of nests and bugs and new flowers will create far more lasting reflections than concrete and chlorine.
I love that He can see beyond worldly (and sometimes selfish) desires. That He doesn't provide something simply because I ask. That all things, good and bad, will be used to strengthen our relationship and bond.
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
He created me. He knows me better than I know myself. And He knows exactly what will truly fulfill me.
I have another dream. And that is that someday the desires of my heart will be in line with God's will.
Now that is a worthy dream.
Life has been crazy.
I have been stressed and calm and happy and sad and excited and dejected and that was just today.
Since updating my mommy blog has been something I have been wanting to do forever but have been woefully negligent in doing so, I am just going FULL BOAR on it tonight.
This little man is growing up. In less than a month he will be 3 and I cant handle it. He is my snuggle bear and so stinking cute and makes us all laugh on a daily basis.
I have started taking our sweet Eddie to speech therapy once a week. It was a tough choice because he is so small and because it's quite expensive and our deductible is very, very high so we pay for most everything! But he is worth it and I am hoping to see some improvement soon. He seems to have a hard time with "sm" words and "pr" words. He also drops words and doesn't care to identify 'he' and 'she' correctly. All fixable, and the prognosis is very good.
This sassy malassy is a stinker winker bear. My sweet Audrey. Full of spirit and words and energy, I find that she is my greatest challenge everyday. Not only does she love to get dressed up as a princess (every.single.day.) but she is now obsessed with Elsa from Frozen and is constantly asking for us to tie blankets around her so she can have a long cape. Not that the cold bothers her, that is.
Cookies on Blue Plate by Parker
Cookies on Red Plate by Colton
I have been trying to teach Colton and Parker photography basics. So far we have started on food photography, and they are LOVING it.
The above assignment was for the kids to pick any props they wanted and they had to "style" the shoot. Once they got everything laid out they way they wanted, we put the camera on a tri-pod and talked about lighting. How light bounces and reflects and shadows and natural vs. artificial.
This has been challenging because I am always learning as well!, but youtube has some great tutorials.
Secretly I am hoping one of them really has a passion for photography and I can start asking them to take all my blog pictures for me!
I started writing a series on Intentional Parenting. I have two weeks done now, and its really making a difference in my life! Just hoping to do some more research and get some life experience before I share it. Hoping it will help others as much as me!
I have also started running. As in, running. I know that is hard to believe as anyone who knows me knows I HATE RUNNING. One day I just woke up and said, "I think I need to like running." And I did.
This was the first time I ran over 2 miles. I think I had a permagrin that whole night. It felt SO good to reach that goal!
Tonight I ran 4 miles in 52 minutes. That actually equals out to be a slow jog, like a 13 minute mile, but its a big deal for me. A BIG deal. The night before last I ran for one hour straight. No stopping. An hour!
I look forward to my run everyday and have thankfully avoided injury thus far. My biggest challenge to date is mental. I get bored. I get distracted. I get tired. (da) So hubby downloaded The Biggest Loser and I watch that. It's been REALLY helpful and inspirational. (I tried running without it and was only able to go a mile… that goes to show how mentally weak I am!)
Just hoping I can stick with it and get healthy (er).
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Last but not least is this guy. Officially on the book store shelves in 2 days. Talk about a labor of love! I have developed such a huge respect for the people in this industry. The literary agents and publicists and publishers and editors and copyeditors. Wow. Those folks are such a talented and creative and AMAZING bunch. I hope to have the opportunity to know them more in the future.
That being said, if you have not purchased the book do it NOW! (please) I want to share this experience with you and read it with you and bake cakes together!
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And with that I am headed to bed. (And I didnt even talk about homeschooling! I have some big changes to report on that front. Hopefully soon!)
Be blessed!
My little girl turned five this past week. Five! In the midst of extensive Christmas baking, I took a break from all this green and red and peppermint and made a perfectly perfect girly girl cake.
With Audrey's help of course! The last couple years I have let her "design" her cake; she tells me what colors and themes she wants and I do my best to make it happen.
Like this Rose Cake. And this Neapolitan Cake.
Her requests were pretty simple:
1. Lots of flowers
2. Every color in the rainbow.
3. Lots of frosting. (but no chocolate cake because her brother doesn't like chocolate and she is very thoughtful like that)
I even let her pick the cake stand, which just happens to be one of my all time favorites. I found it in a specialty shop near our new home. The owner of the shop did not want to let it go! Even though there was a price tag on it, they had been using it for display for so long it had become part of the ambiance. I tried so hard to not show my desperation, but in my head I was screaming, "I HAVE TO HAVE THAT CAKE STAND!"
I think her soul heard my souls cries.
Do you think I am being too dramatic? Let's see… what do most women love?
Ah yes. Shoes. Pretend I was talking about a pair of Jimmy Choo's.
Back to the cake. Audrey did request a Rosette Cake, but… and this is hard for me to admit… sometimes I get tired of making that cake! So I asked her if it would be ok to change things up a little tiny bit.
She refused.
I asked sweetly. She said no. She crossed her arms and stood up tall and looked me in the eye.
"I promise I will still try to make it pretty!" I pleaded.
"Oh sure mom! Whatever you want." And she happily flounced away in her princess dress.
So this is my "compromise". I didn't make the full on rosette shape, but still tried to make it "flowery". And it has every color in the rainbow. Except Indigo.
Cause like, I prefer my rainbows with six colors ok?
Audrey loved her cake and loved being a princess for a whole day.
She loved the attention and the gifts.
But most of all, I hope she loved the love.
Happy Birthday Sweety!
Here is a recipe for How to Make a Rainbow Cake.
I shared a picture of Audrey blowing out the candles on this cake on my Instagram account. I am iambaker.
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I have the amazing privilege and honor to be able to homeschool my kids. I have spent hours going over curriculum and studying learning styles and trying to determine the best ways to teach my little ones everything they need to know about english, math and science.
But as any parent knows, we teach our kids so much more than history and literature. We are fortunate enough to be a part in the growing of their hearts.
This past Saturday sweet little 4 year old Audrey and I were hanging out in the kitchen. I was making a grocery list and she was lamenting over not having anything to do.
On a whim, we decided to bake some cookies.
"And what should we do with all these delicious cookies Audrey?"
"Eat them!"
"Well, we can't eat all of them. Do you think we should give some away?"
She got very quiet and I knew she wanted to say no. I could just see her trying to figure out a way for us to be able to keep all the cookies (and trust me, the thought crossed my mind, they were yummy!).
She finally said, "I guess." Sensing she needed a little more motivation I said, "How much do you love getting cookies Audrey?"
"I LOVE IT! Its my favorite thing in the world!"
"Well," I started slowly, "wouldn't it be nice to let someone else have the same feeling a joy? Wouldn't you love to see a friends face when they realize they get to eat our delicious cookies?" She nodded excitedly. So I decided that we would give our cookies to our local fire department.
We packaged them up nicely and the kids wrote cards and we all got in the car and drove to the Fire Station. In the car we talked about acts of kindness, about how giving to others was truly a gift to ourselves, about how we look at and think about the world. (going for a lesson on optimism)
We pulled into the Fire Station. It was closed. Not a soul in site.
So we drove miles and miles to the neighboring community and found their Fire Station. Which was also closed.
I sat in my car in the deserted parking lot and felt my shoulders slump. Great lesson I was teaching my kids here. We did all that work and they didn't get to experience the joy of giving. I turned the car around and tried to ignore the feelings of failure.
As we were turning on to our road the kids noticed the neighbors outside doing some yard work. "Mom, mom, mom!! Lets give the cookies to them!"
Well, yes! Of course. Why didnt I think of that right away? I pulled into the neighbors drive and the kids rushed out of the car cookies and card in hand. "We brought you a gift!" Audrey shouted to a woman she had never met. (We just moved here a couple months ago)
Our sweet neighbor came over and accepted the cookies from the kids. We all introduced ourselves and had a wonderful conversation. Leigh and her husband were so appreciative of the gift and I could tell that we were going to be fast friends.
When we got home that night the kids told dad all about their experience with giving and how good it felt. I think they, even more so than me, were able to see the beauty in a random act of kindness. It has definitely inspired then to want to do more… to give more… to get out and build up relationships with the people around us. They are excitedly talking about writing cards to friends and baking more treats to bring to Leigh's and our other neighbors. In the end what I had perceived in a failed lesson was actually a fun and rewarding learning experience for us all!
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What do you do when your only daughter, the only girl among three boys, isn't an only daughter anymore?
I have been worrying a lot lately. Our sweet Audrey has spent the last four years as the princess among the boys. She gets new clothes all the time (hand-me-downs, but new to her), she gets to skip haircut day and she gets mandatory privacy in the bathroom.
She is daddy's little girl.
Mommy's little angel.
And doted upon by her brothers.
And seeing as her mom is no girly girl, Audrey wears the Pink Girly Hat in the family.
But then it all changed.
Miss Olivia joined our family. Was the birth of Miss Olivia going to bother Audrey? Would she feel any less special?
I have stressed and worried excessively. Would our baby girl, our precious precocious Audrey be emotionally stunted at this pivotal time in her life?
It occured to me…
I am looking at this all wrong.
Audrey is not going to lose anything.
Because Audrey is going to gain the most beautiful and precious relationship.
A sister.
I made Audrey these pancakes as a special treat. The pink is simply because she likes it and the marshmallow is an over the top indulgent way to make the treat extra special.
Just like her.
I wanted us to be able to sit down together and talk about how amazing and loved she is.
Seems to me that it would be a super fun, stylish and yummy way to let your angel know they are loved!
We are in a constant state of learning around here.
Learning about our new home. Learning about our neighborhood and surrounding community.
About what grocery store is the best and where is the closest gas station.
About what window has the best view of the sunrise, and about what trail has the most wild flowers and least amount of deer flies!
by far
one of the best things we learned is that when it rains, big puddles form, and they are great for splashing.
And after some splashing and discovering and exploring…
we learn
that the best thing about our new home
is learning about it together.


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COVINGTON - Officials at the Newton County School System met with more than 500 staff members Friday to inform them that some positions in their departments would be reduced or eliminated next school year.Stemming from reduced state funding this year and even more expected reductions from state and local revenue in the future, the school system expects to cut $4,209,195 from the upcoming school year budget by reducing staff. "We have a threefold responsibility - to our students' education, to our employees and to the taxpayers," Superintendent Steve Whatley said in a press release Friday. "The difficulty of balancing the fulfillment of this responsibility comes when reductions in programs and services are necessitated by losses in revenue. We now find ourselves in such a situation. Making these cuts causes major concerns for our employees' welfare and we are sensitive of their needs." Dennis Carpenter, associate superintendent for Human Resources at NCSS, said Monday that officials met with 507 employees Friday to discuss the cuts in their departments. The system will reduce its part-time certified positions by more than $1.1 million, or about 50 counselors, teachers and other employees. Carpenter said the school system plans to eliminate the practice of using part-time employees. Instead, the principals and HR department will consider the qualified employees who wish to stay at NCSS for full-time positions as they become available in their areas of training. NCSS also will reduce its classified and certified full-time personnel to but more than $2.5 million. This includes 13 cafeteria monitors, 11 out of 22 nurses, two college and financial aid advisors and about 40 paraprofessionals. The work days and salaries of the eight graduation coaches also will be reduced. Carpenter said the areas that are cut or reduced will be consolidated and reworked to give the duties to other employees. "Everybody is having to do more with less," he said. Additionally, the school system will reduce its central office funding by $353,341. Carpenter said three and a half positions have been eliminated and one has been reduced from full-time to part-time, but he would not comment on the individuals or positions because "they are individual people and individual positions," he said. NCSS also plans to reduce the use of substitutes by $200,000. Carpenter said any person whose position will be reduced or eliminated will be considered for another position in the school system if they are qualified and certified for it and if they wish to stay at NCSS; principals will receive a spreadsheet of those employees who do not intend to leave the school system and must consider those people for positions that they qualify for before any other candidates. "Newton County Schools cares about each of its employees and the value that they add to our school system," Carpenter said in a press release. "We are concerned about the personal implications that these budget reductions could have on our employees and the impact that these reductions could have on the level of service provided to our students and other stakeholders. ... The district is committed to reemploying faculty and staff members, impacted by the budget reductions announced today, as positions for which they are qualified become available in the future through attrition." Carpenter said he anticipates having vacancies in some critical areas like math, science and special education, so NCSS will hold a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 14 at Eastside High School. Michelle Floyd can be reached at email@example.com.
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2142 Ne Mcdonald Lane,
Mcminnville, OR, 97128-0971
Mcminnville, OR, 97128-0971
Tel: (503)472-9189
Serving preschool (3 and 4 year olds) and kindergarten through 5th grade elementary students.
Where our Professional Staff are dedicated to helping Students grow, develop and learning a SAFE, CARING, and JOY-filled environment.
St. John Lutheran School and Little Lambs Preschool lives the Gospel of Jesus Christ to students and their families while nurturing children's spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and aesthetic growth through quality education.
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|Grades Prekindergarten - 4
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State avg.: 19%
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