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The Reports Consolidation Act of 2000 requires that the Office of Inspector General identify the most serious management and performance challenges facing the Department. The OIG concludes that the most serious management and performance challenges to the Department are in the following areas:
In keeping with the Department's mission to create a more secure, democratic, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community, the protection of people and facilities continues to be one of the Department's highest priorities. OIG contributed to this effort through various inspections and special reviews, including 281 reviews of the security programs of overseas missions. These ranged from security management reviews, which examine the chief of mission's oversight and management of the security program, to full-scope inspections, which review the full range of a mission's security program, i.e. its physical, technical, procedural, information management, and personnel security and its emergency preparedness. OIG also conducted six compliance follow-up reviews, which examine a mission's compliance with the recommendations of a previous inspection.
The majority of the findings and recommendations from these reviews were in the areas of physical security and emergency preparedness. The most common physical security findings were the lack of adequate setback and the existence of inadequate perimeter and anti-vehicle security. Although these have been recurring issues, there have been improvements. Increasingly, new construction is planned or underway to correct or mitigate the lack of setback, using such measures as the installation of temporary anti-vehicle barriers. The deficiencies most common in the area of emergency preparedness were inadequate emergency notification systems, failure to conduct all Department-required emergency drills, and out-of-date or incomplete emergency action plans.
Three special reviews also contributed to the protection of people and facilities: a review of the Department's implementation of lock-and-leave policies and procedures, a review of the security of the architectural and engineering contractors that are designing the Embassy Beijing New Embassy Compound, and a special inquiry concerning the Patterns of Global Terrorism - 2003 report. OIG concluded that improvements are needed in lock-and-leave policies and procedures at some lock-and-leave posts. The review of the Beijing New Embassy Compound construction focused on the adequacy of the Department's security oversight of the project's architectural and engineering firms. OIG found that the Department has provided vigorous security oversight at these firms' dedicated facilities and has implemented innovative approaches to information and communications security. Six U.S. Senators requested that OIG determine how inaccurate and incomplete data and statements were included in 2003 Patterns report. OIG concluded that these irregularities resulted from omissions and inconsistencies in the data provided to the Department. OIG recommended better coordination and additional personnel for developing the Patterns report. The Department agreed and is implementing the recommendations.
The Department recognizes that much more must be done to develop fully and ensure the continuity of its information systems security program. As mandated by the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), OIG conducted an annual evaluation of the Department's information security program and noted significant improvements over last year's evaluation. For example, the Department has changed its certification and accreditation process, improved its plans of action and milestones (POA&M) process, and developed a Web-based training tool to support of its security awareness training. In response to one key recommendation, the Department is establishing an information governance structure that will include cross-bureau working-level teams, called Information Security Integrated Teams. These teams will deal with the information technology security vulnerabilities identified by the Vulnerability Assessment Reports, which also will be addressed in the Department's POAMs process. In addition, the Department's systems authorization plan has been succeeding. As of August 2004, 92 percent of its major applications and general support systems had been certified and accredited; up from five percent in August 2003. However, the delineation of information systems security roles and responsibilities continues to be a work-in-progress.
For the eighth year, the Department received an unqualified (clean) opinion on its agency-wide statements, indicating that the statements were free of material misstatements. For the past four years, the Department also met the mandated deadline. However, OIG's most recent audit of the Department's financial statement identified concerns consistent with previous years regarding information system security, the adequacy of the Department's financial systems, undelivered orders, and managerial cost accounting. Although the Department made significant improvements in the area of financial management, weaknesses persist in its financial management systems. Recently, the Department replaced two obsolete financial systems with a regional one and plans to continue enhancing all financial systems. The Department also is making progress in implementing the Managerial Cost Accounting Standards. However, additional work is needed to fully comply with these standards.
One of the Department's highest priority financial management goals is achieving a fully integrated worldwide financial management operation. In 1994, the Department decided to consolidate financial operations at its Charleston Financial Service Center (CFSC). Between 1994 and 2003, the Department incrementally transferred many of its overseas financial operations, American payroll, and retirement functions to CFSC. During 2004, the Department began transferring additional domestic financial services from Washington, DC, to CFSC. OIG reviewed the internal controls for minimizing risks associated with this transfer. As a result, the Department incorporated OIG's recommendations for strengthening controls into its transition plans. The transition occurred without major incident or disruption of service.
While the Department has improved its management of undelivered orders, and has established a database to track them, the balance of such orders is high and has grown over the past few years. For instance, undelivered orders increased from over $5 billion at the end of FY 2002 to $6.7 billion at the end of FY 2003. In addition, the annual audits of the financial statements have consistently found that a large portion of these obligations is unnecessary. During the FY 2003 audit, an independent accounting firm estimated that at least $334 million should have been de-obligated. The Department has initiatives underway that it believes will improve the management and oversight of unliquidated obligations.
OIG pursued a hotline complaint regarding a contract's troubled history of financial irregularities and control weaknesses. This contract provided protective services for the President of Afghanistan and key embassy personnel in Kabul. OIG's initial audit of the contract's first six months of operations found that for 31 separately funded line items, 25 were significantly under or over-billed, which included double billing for a rent charge for $55,000. OIG concluded that this contractor's accounting and billing procedures were unacceptable. A subsequent review found that this contractor erroneously claimed that all financial and control deficiencies were corrected. Moreover, OIG identified additional accounting errors and duplicate or erroneous billings of about $950,000 that were charged to the contract. Compounding these problems were the lack of adequate oversight by Department officials. The contractor later reviewed more of its contract invoices and found additional errors and omissions resulting in a total refund to the Department of about $1.4 million. The Department has agreed to hire specially trained financial personnel to monitor the contract.
OIG also conducted several investigations involving financial matters. Most significant among them was a joint investigation that was conducted with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, involving the theft of $2.7 million in post assignment travel funds by a former Foreign Service National (FSN) employed at Embassy Lusaka, Zambia. This resulted in the arrest and indictment of three Zambian nationals involved in the scheme. On February 24, 2004, the Zambian Police Service charged the former FSN and two Zambian nationals in a 114-count criminal indictment. Since then, the total was reduced to 72 counts against the three defendants. As a follow-up to the investigation, OIG reviewed whether overseas missions were monitoring charges made against Washington-held allotments for post assignment travel expenses, a $160 million account. OIG recommended that overseas missions be advised in writing on methods to ensure that all such invoices were valid, approved by their shipping section, and paid only once. The Department agrees with the recommendation and action is pending.
OIG systematically reviewed rightsizing issues faced by overseas missions and domestic bureaus. Where appropriate, OIG recommended improvements to mission effectiveness through increases or decreases in staffing. For example, OIG evaluated and summarized leadership and staffing issues facing hardship posts, based on several inspections of U.S. missions in Africa. Recent inspections showed that, to a great extent, these posts lacked qualified American officers at all levels, a situation exacerbated by the overuse of stretch assignments, inadequate supervision, overwhelming backlogs of work, excessive staff overtime, and low morale. To address staffing shortcomings, OIG recommended that the Department reconvene the Hardship Incentives Working Group to review and recommend improvements for staffing hardship posts, including a formal program for temporary-duty personnel and procedures to retain Civil Service personnel performing well at African hardship posts.
OIG found that rightsizing was a major issue at Embassy Bangkok, one of the largest U.S. diplomatic presences. At the embassy, there is pressure for further staff increases, due to a congenial host-country environment, apparent political stability, ease of transportation and communications, and reasonable costs of operation. However, the haphazard accretion in staff did not fit with any overall plan.
U.S. missions in the Middle East, including embassies in Kuwait, Doha, Muscat, and Abu Dhabi, have experienced brisk growth in their numbers of American and locally hired employees. OIG generally found that staffing increases at these posts were warranted by policy imperatives related to counterterrorism and activities in Iraq. However, staffing growth was not tightly linked to the Mission Performance Plan process and the ICASS mechanism was only marginally effective in managing demands for additional staffing resources.
Domestically, OIG found that the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is seriously understaffed relative to its ever-growing responsibilities. That bureau traditionally had preferred a staffing structure with fewer, but carefully selected, officers in its embassies and in the Department, an approach that worked well in normal circumstances but left the bureau with little surge capacity for dealing with crises. Officers were coping with the extra work by staying longer hours but were approaching exhaustion to complete their requirements. The bureau had few officers for some of its most important desks.
In response to an OIG recommendation to prepare a revised staffing projection that identified nonessential positions and functions, Embassy Mexico made important progress by establishing a 17-member rightsizing committee that drew from a cross-section of the mission's more than 30 agencies and sections. The committee produced a report with recommendations that tied rightsizing to the seven major Mission Performance Plan goals.
OIG reviewed the Department's consular operations, both domestic and overseas, focusing on border and homeland security to identify weaknesses that might allow visas, passports, and other types of immigration documentation to be issued to members of terrorist organizations and their supporters. For instance, OIG reviewed the Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS), a sophisticated, real-time, decision support system used to perform name checks of visa and passport applicants and of foreign visitors entering the United States. CLASS is a critical U.S. government asset that is regarded by many as the best of the security community's enterprise systems. OIG determined that the Department has been an innovative user and effective advocate for open data exchanges with CLASS, representing a major link between the Department and other key agencies. OIG recommended improvements such as better management of systems development, closer cooperation with other bureaus, and tighter management controls.
In the Overseas Passport Issuance Program review, OIG found that decisions on claims to American citizenship for first-time passport applicants overseas were inconsistent, and that over 80 percent of the adjudications reviewed had moderate to serious problems. As well, the overseas passport program lacked clear internal communication and guidance. OIG recommended that the Department develop and implement a plan to address oversight concerns, implement a quality assurance program, and create a mentoring program designed specifically to address the unique passport-decision challenges facing junior officers assigned to missions where there is little or no consular expertise readily available.
Inspections of U.S. missions overseas found the missions were successful in ensuring that even countries having political differences with the United States actively assisted with the war on terrorism. In general, OIG determined that posts were carrying out reporting and representation responsibilities concerning counterterrorism and that host governments were generally cooperative. Posts had given this issue a high priority since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In particular, missions in the Middle East have made counterterrorism efforts a key goal in their Mission Performance Plans.
OIG also undertook the initial part of a two-phase review focused on the management of the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program. The program has grown substantially in recent years and has been very successful in meeting increased ATA training demands. In the review's initial phase, OIG is assessing the implementation of program management responsibilities, the organizational staffing structure of the Office of ATA in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), and the management controls for weapons acquired for the Department's in-country ATA training programs abroad. The review's second phase will focus on the program's overseas and domestic training activities and the planned significance for the program of the DS Center for Anti-terrorism and Security Training, which is under development.
With strong support from senior leadership, the Department made considerable progress in addressing its strategic and performance planning challenges. Improved electronic tools for budgeting and planning helped to streamline the development of plans and performance reports as well as to improve linkage of goals and resources. The Deputy Secretary reviews bureau performance plans and resource requests, challenging bureau leaders to account for organizational performance. Information from the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) evaluations was integrated into the Department's budget planning tool, allowing it to be linked to goals and resources. Subsequent to the end of the fiscal year, the Department was notified by OMB that is has met all of the criteria for success required to achieve a "green" rating on the President's Management Agenda initiative to integrate budget and performance. As a result, OIG has removed strategic and performance planning from the Department's list of major management challenges.
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DeviceGuru writes with an excerpt that may be of interest especially for mobile users with cheap, always available wireless data: "An OpenWRT Linux-based hardware adapter called Plug designed for unifying USB-connected storage met its $69,000 Kickstarter pledge goal in 12 hours. The tiny Plug device eschews cloud storage for a localized approach whereby an app or driver installed on each participating computer or mobile device intercepts filesystem accesses, and redirects data reads and writes to storage drives attached to the user's Plug device. The Plug enjoyed one of the fastest fulfillments in Kickstarter history, meeting its goal in 12 hours, and has already soared to over $223,000 in funding."

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ASHLAND, Dec 04, 2012 (The Daily Independent - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- There will still be a few details to tend to before anyone gets a shower and a shave after Saturday's dedication ceremony at Ashland Area Presbyterian Ministries' Clean Start, although organizers say it shouldn't be long before they too can serve the community at The Neighborhood.
"Clean Start is a new program and we're just getting started. It is an effort to serve homeless people in the area. It provides showers and haircuts and mailboxes," said Sheri Seagraves, director of Ashland Area Presbyterian Ministries, explaining the program, which will be housed in the corner between Ashland Community Kitchen and The Dressing Room, has two spacious showers, two hair-cutting stations and 40 mailboxes.
Seagraves said "Clean Start" will initially be open as an afternoon-only operation. "It will probably be from 1 to 4, Monday through Friday, and we'll see how that goes," Seagraves said. "We think we'll possibly need some morning hours, but this way it will let people get a hot meal, get some fresh clothes and get cleaned up." Seagraves will initially be the only one running things at "Clean Start," and she hopes to recruit a professional cosmetologist willing to lend their time and talent to the project. "Clean Start" will also provide a great deal of rewards for minimal costs, she said.
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JERUSALEM – The death of a Palestinian prisoner under Israeli interrogation after a week of demonstrations for the release of four other inmates on hunger strikes triggered fresh clashes Sunday and heightened concerns in Israel about a swelling wave of unrest in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Authority said that the results of an Israeli autopsy attended by the chief Palestinian forensic pathologist showed that the prisoner had been tortured. But Israel's health ministry said the preliminary findings could not determine the cause of death, though they did not support initial Israeli assertions that the prisoner had died of cardiac arrest.


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Larkhall people are 'the canaries in coal mine'
Posted: October 11, 2012|
Can anything more be said about the 6-7 bus campaign and the struggle in north east Bath to hold on to a 30 minute frequency?
Well, yes. In the next few days councillors will decide how to distribute the next budget and its cuts. This means competition between deserving causes, since the 30 minute frequency depends on a council subsidy, (which incidentally has just been reduced by 40 per cent due to increased ridership).
Apart from the question as to whether the whole mentality of cuts is ideological madness resulting in a less equal society where rich get richer and the rest get poorer, pressured to fight each other for scraps under the table, the decimation of a healthy public transport system is short-sighted.
If less than a 30 minute frequency were allowed in this densely populated urban area it would mean no bus route in Bath is safe.
Two thirds of public transport journeys are made by bus. A cut anywhere in a bus network weakens the network system as a whole. Without adequate "bus services linking people to places we will end up with young people unable to access college courses, older people being stuck at home, and jobseekers having to stay on benefits because they have no way of travelling to work."
That is a quote from the Campaign for Better Transport, and they should know.
Some may accuse the 6-7 campaign of 'nimbyism', fighting only to preserve amenities for its own small area. They should remember the variously quoted saying by Pastor Niemoller in World War II: "First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me."
We are the canary in coal mine, and all Bath would suffer if the network deteriorated.
The 6-7 area, with the highest number of elderly in Bath, must be supported. It is up to our council to continue the commendable precedent they set upon assuming office in 2011 and keep the minimum 30 minute frequency on city routes intact for a huge range of reasons space does not allow expansion upon – urgent, manifold and compelling environmental, economic, social and health issues affected by public transport.
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Phil Matier: State Sen. Leland Yee's Campaign Funds Available For His Legal Defense
FBI Corruption RaidsState Senator Leland Yee Arrested, Offices Raided In Massive FBI Sweep Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow Billed Himself As Reformed Gangster Before Arrest Arrest Of Democrat State Senator Leland Yee Throws Party Leaders Another Curveball NFL Sports Agent Netted In FBI Raids, Accused In Murder For Hire Plot Leland Yee Resume Shows History Of Successful Lawmaking, Murmurs Of Misconduct
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Suspended state Sen. Leland Yee could have over $600, 000 to spend on his legal bills thanks to the campaign donations he accumulated for his now-defunct run for Secretary of State.
According to Jay Wierenga, a spokesman for the Fair Political Practices Commission, Yee can spend that money on any political, legislative or governmental purpose he likes¬—including his own legal defense.
Finance reports show Yee has about $134,000 in a campaign account, and that he recently deposited half a million dollars with a TV buyer for ads intended to air before the primary. If the deposit is given back, it will be returned to his campaign account.
Interestingly, it's not the commission that makes the rules; it's the lawmakers themselves who do.
Whenever there is some kind of political reform go through the by the Legislature is that it's ideally suited for them as well. In this case, the rule allows Yee to set up a legal defense fund.
Other politicians like Ross Mirkarimi as Sheriff and former state Senate President Don Perata did the same thing while in office. People had questioned that too. But there wasn't any action taken then either.
So now the question is: will this money be enough to cover's Yee's cost.
It's hard to know how far the money will go because it's no known how the case could grow—there are a lot of different characters involved. It's a good start but I'm not sure if it be enough or can keep him out of prison.


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May 20, 2010
Will I ever grow up?
Posted by Jill Pantozzi at 1:29 AM
Labels: action figures, ashley halberstam, batman, dc, dc classics, golden pharaoh, jemm, martian manhunter, mattel, omac, raven, sinestro corps, starman, toys, validus
6 comments:
- Randy said...
Both Starmen for sure. Maybe the Sinestro Batman.
Golden Pharoah?? He was a Super Powers figure back in the 80s. Never made a comics or cartoon appearance other than the DC Comics Super Powers mini-series. Why's HE getting a figure??
- May 20, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- TS Hendrik said...
They're cool and all, but when am I going to get the action figure I've been waiting for since I was 7? Where's my Ambush Bug action figure? Maybe a set with Jonni DC?
- May 20, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- Dave said...
Oh, man these look great! DC is making it hard to keep up with my Starman figures collection. I almost had my collection complete. Now I have these two to add to my list on top of DC Direct Starman VIII and Stargirl.
Golden Pharaoh looks good too. I wonder if there are plans to add him to the comics. It would be cool though the New Gods are off on Kirby-Earth.
- May 20, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Randy said...
TS, an Ambush Bug figure would be a must-buy for me too.
However, I think he should come with Cheeks the Toy Wonder instead of Jonni DC.
Both would be ideal, but if they had a vote for which one would get included, mine would be for Cheeks.
- May 20, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Dash MacBastard said...
No you will not ever grow up.
Niether will I.
- May 20, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- PTLindy said...
"Golden Pharoah" = preserve trademark apperance . . .
Starman was done a few years ago, but this new one looks pretty good . . .
And I would spend lots o' money to get Ambush Bug with Cheeks the Toy Wonder (he died / should have been a Black Lantern!) and Jonni DC . . .
- May 20, 2010 at 10:46 PM


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Local Planned Parenthood to ponder effect of abortion decision
Local Planned Parenthood officials aren't sure yet whether the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to ban what are termed "partial birth" abortions will require them to change any of their medical procedures.
"At this point, abortion is still legal and available," said Cheryl Rollings, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties. "In some instances, physicians have determined this is the best procedure to protect a woman's health. For the first time, we have a court that says that doesn't matter."
The ruling, Rollings said, was "intended to have a chilling effect on the providers of these services. I think this is just the next step in the chipping away of Roe v. Wade."
The court ruled the ban constitutional even though it doesn't contain an exception to allow partial-birth abortions to protect a woman's health, a move that alarmed abortion rights advocates and physicians alike.
"Today's decision is shameful and incomprehensible to those of us who have dedicated our lives to caring for women," Dr. Douglas Laube, president of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, said in a statement. "It leaves no doubt that women's health in America is perceived as being of little consequence."
The banned procedure is rare and used primarily when medically necessary for a woman's health, abortion rights advocates say. While other abortion procedures remain available, they might be more dangerous under those health circumstances, according to the College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
The California Medical Association opposes the federal ban because it "prevents physicians from exercising their best medical judgment to preserve the health and well-being of their patients," according to an amicus brief filed in a lower court case on the ban. Association officials said Wednesday they were still reviewing the ruling to determine what effect it might have on physicians.
Dr. Jim Hornstein, a medical ethicist and family practice physician in Ventura, said the ban is likely to have more of a political than a medical effect, because the procedure is used so rarely.
"They're not ruling out late-trimester abortion, just one type of it," he said. "It's a whittling away of choices."
Rollings said Planned Parenthood's medical and legal experts will review the ruling over the next few weeks to determine its full effect. How the decision will affect day-to-day services should be better understood in three or four weeks, she said.
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Wow! I have not been able to stop listening to the Local Natives "Hummingbird" since they released it in late January. Truly great music is enjoyed more as you listen more and some great music takes multiple listens to start enjoying, but not so with this record. First listen I was hooked.
You & I opens the record with warm pads, rich chorus guitars and haunting vocals that reminded me a lot of Other Lives. The song explores a lot of great instrumentation but the vocals keep the song holding together with a killer hook. As Heavy Feet begins I can sense that these complex drum patterns are going to be one of my favorite things about this record. Wooly Mammoth drives home the point with a killer opening drum sequence that opens up and soars and in a beautiful chorus. The drumming on this record is incredible and contributes much to the great feel this record has.
These songs feel good and to me that's what keeps me coming back to a record. There's plenty of good songs that I don't listen to a lot because they don't make me feel much. This record has such a great feel through and through, the lyrics are captivating at moments.
Mt. Washington :
Digging like you can bury
Something that cannot die
We could wash the dirt off our hands now
Keep it from living underground
Lazy summer goddess
You can tell a whole empire
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Patricia, every night I'll ask myself
Am I giving enough, Am I giving enough, Am I giving enough
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Patricia, every night I'll ask myself
Am I loving enough, Am I loving enough, Am I loving enough
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This is hands down one of my favorite albums in the last few years, top tracks for me are Heavy Feet, Black Balloons, Wooly Mammoth, Mt. Washington and Columbia. Grab the whole record though, don't be dumb.


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Fuck you "excesses". How do you think you make people listen? And try to keep them listening. For all those years! I learned that lesson very early. Be excessive, be a pain in the ass, dont give a shit what anyone thinks. That's why we were a success and you weren't with all your intellectual politesse. 1,112 And Counting went all over the world. And I was out there with my excesses before you ever opened your mouth. And dont you ever forget it. And while we're at it, perhaps you could be so kind to run this fantastic Washington Post review about my excesses.
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My husband is under a lot of stress at work and, because of that, he's been eating a lot of junk and gaining a lot of weight. Beyond his appearance, I really worry about his health. He's in his mid-40's and he never exercises. I want to help him but when I make healthy dinners he brings home fast food or orders pizza. I've also attempted to get him to go to the gym with me but he refuses saying he's too tired. Help! Married To A Ticking Time Bomb
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It's time to start getting serious about Saturday's game in Houston. We get things started by breaking down the Toyota Keys to the Match for Saturday's Texas Derby pres. by Novo Nordisk:
We're just two days away from the 2014 installment of the Texas Derby pres. by Novo Nordisk and for today's #ThrowbackThursday, let's take a look back at some of our old #CrushTheOrange videos(You can watch this year's two #CrushTheOrange videos on our YouTube page):
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The voting is in and Mauro Diaz has run away with the first Etihad Airlines MLS Player of the Month award.
Having earned over 60% of the vote, "El Magico" is the first FC Dallas player to win POTM since Kevin Hartman in July 2011 and he becomes the sixth player in franchise history to win the award.
Diaz has been truly incredible in the month of March playing 346 of a possible 360 minutes while scoring two spectacular goals and adding an assist(that doesn't count his other assist to Je-Vaughn Watson in the Chivas USA game). Since coming into the league late last year, Diaz has played 14 games with five goals and three assists to his name, averaging a goal or assist every 96 minutes. Those are some truly stunning numbers and even more amazing when you consider he's just 23 years old.
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that Conan O' Brien has been filming his shows all week from the Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas in conjunction with the Final Four at AT&T Stadium in Arlington this weekend. The shows have been hilarious, as usual, and on Tuesday, Conan performed his Wikipedia Dallas song which has some amazing facts you may not have known about Houston in there as well.
Given the game coming up this weekend, we thought it would be applicable to post here. Stay tuned for the whole thing as the last line is a doozy.
Yesterday, FCDTV released the first "Hooper Jams" album ahead of Saturday's Texas Derby pres. by Novo Nordisk, and we want you to help fill out HOOPER's first EP with a fifth track.
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Here's where you come in! Tweet your favorite and most creative anti-Houston or pro-Dallas song titles with #HooperJams. We'll post our favorites on Friday and pick one of them to win two tickets to next Saturday's game against Seattle Sounders FC.
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It's officially #TexasDerby week. Let the games begin:
While Mauro Diaz curiously was not named to the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week for his third consecutive home game despite scoring a late game-winning goal, FCD did have one representative on this week's team as 18-year-old homegrown Kellyn Acosta made the team for his marauding effort on Saturday night.
Acosta completed 45 passes in Saturday's game as well as two key passes and his brilliant assist to Blas for the first goal on Satudray night. Congratulations Kellyn!
Here's what they had to say:
D: Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas) – Picked up an assist and was relentness and brave in general down FCD's right side.
Mauro "The Magician" Diaz just keeps blowing our minds on a weekly basis so far in 2014 and if you're a Mauro fan out there looking for a season ticket package, we've got the one for your.
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We got dozens of GREAT submissions for our Toyota #LetsGoPlaces social media contest and we'd like to wish congratulations to Skyler Thiot AKA @TweetsOfTexas who has won our contest for this Tweet before Saturday's game:
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2010. Brazil. Wagner Novais, Rodrigo Felha, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcellos. 96 min.
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Peace in Rio
2010. Brazil. Directed by Wagner Novais, Rodrigo Felha, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcellos. The establishment of the Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora (which translates roughly as "Police Unit with a Mandate to Pacify," or UPP for short) was the first step toward consolidating a new security policy in the federal state of Rio de Janeiro. The stated aim was to occupy territories in the favelas controlled by the drug mafia and thus to liberate the inhabitants, and the controversial measure's immediate success triggered debate throughout the country. Directed by four of the young filmmakers behind the omnibus film 5 x Favela (2010), this documentary captures many contrasting viewpoints via interviews with favela dwellers, drug dealers, police, and others both inside and outside the community, providing a nuanced examination of whether the UPP has yielded results for the people it is meant to protect. Portuguese with English subtitles. 96 min.
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Tour Nepal and India from Kathmandu to Delhi
Embark on an adventure tour of Nepal and India, from the rich wildlife of the Himalayan foothills, across the sacred River Ganges, to the birthplace of Buddha. Between Kathmandu and Delhi see the pilgrimage to the ghats of Varanasi, tip-toe through the most exciting places to visit in Delhi and visit the magnificent Taj Mahal of Agra. An adventure that will bring all your senses alive, this trip through Nepal and India is an incredible way to see the best of the region.
- Discover ancient stone temples in Orchha
- Take a riverboat down the Ganges
- Bargain up a storm in a Delhi bazaar
- Be left breathless by the Taj Mahal of Agra
- Experience some of Asia's best wildlife viewing in Chitwan
- Experience the unique cultures of India and Nepal
- Soak up the spirituality at the ghats of Varanasi
- Visit Buddha's birthplace in Lumbini
Day 1-2 Kathmandu
Day 3-5 Chitwan National Park
Day 6 Lumbini
Day 7 Varanasi
Day 8 River Ganges Boat Trip
Day 9-10 Varanasi
Day 11-12 Orchha
Day 13 Agra
Day 14-15 Delhi
Meals3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners
Transport4x4 Safari Vehicle, Auto rickshaw, Cycle rickshaw, Jeep, Private vehicle, Taxi, Train
AccommodationCamping (with basic facilities) (1 night), Deluxe permanent tent (2 nights), Guesthouse (1 night), Hotel (7 nights), Lodge (2 nights), Overnight sleeper train (1 night)
Included activities
- Agra - Agra Fort
- Agra - Motorised rickshaw tour
- Agra - Taj Mahal
- Chitwan - bicycle tour
- Chitwan - Canoe safari, Bird Watching walk or Jeep safari
- Chitwan - Canoe trip
- Kathmandu - Bodhnath Stupa
- Kathmandu - Guided tour of Swayambhunath Temple
- Kathmandu - Pashupatinath Temple
- Lumbini - Maya Devi Temple & Heritage Park
- Orchha - Cooking demonstration
- Orchha - Orchha Palace
- Orchha - Ram Raja Temple puja (prayer) ceremony
- Orchha - Taragram visit
- Varanasi - Old city walking tour
- Varanasi - Sunrise boat ride
- Varanasi - Sunset candle flower ceremony
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Welcome back to my blog ! Im so excited to share with you how to make DIY Necklace Headbands ! You can do so many different looks wearing these (hair up, hair down, ponytail, etc.) They are especially perfect to wear if you want a trendy back to school look. I already uploaded the video tutorial on my Youtube Beauty Channel. Check it out below ! Otherwise, keep on reading for a simple step by step picture instructional ! Hope you guys like this and try it out- I would absolutely love to see what your Necklace Headbands look like :)
what you need
Alright so for this DIY tutorial you will need some necklaces (or belts !). You can use ones that you rarely wear anymore, ones that are broken, vintage, etc. You will also need thread, a needle, scissors, a ruler, stretch head bands, clear nailpolish, and pliers ! I bought most of these supplies from Walmart :)
Use pliers to detach any jumprings, hooks, findings, etc. from the back of the necklace.
Measure about 6-8" in length of the stretch headband and cut. This will become the new backing to the necklace.
Apply clear nail polish to the ends of the hair band (on both sides!) to prevent fraying.
With a needle and thread (that matches your headband) sew back and forth through the headband and metal loop (or through the necklace itself) to secure in place. I prefer to sew the headband in because it holds better but you could always use super glue !
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If 'Neon Golden' was The Notwist in a state of evolution, leaving their hardcore punk roots behind in favour of post-rock flavoured indie-pop and electronica, 'You, The Devil + Me' is the sound of a band who have found their, er, sound. 'You, The Devil + Me' may lack Neon Golden's shock factor at least for those who have followed The Notwist's 20 year, albeit hardly prolific, recording life. It may also lack an anthem on the scale of that album's 'Pilot', but 'You, The Devil + Me' is a real grower, a layered and atmospheric slow-burner. Markus Archer's German-accented English is very much the signature of the band's sound, by no means a disadvantage but a singularity that makes them unmistakably The Notwist.
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Amused as any world traveler by Atlanta's hubristic self-description as an international city, I nevertheless keep my mouth shut.After all, ours is an environment in which virtually every street, every building, every edifice has been named after someone living or that has lived during our lifetime. Such consummate self-absorption is not an indulgence with which to trifle. But even I, Mr. Moderation, have my limits. Whilst perusing a popular local periodical recently I was taken aback when an allegedly informative photograph of a Chinese book was accompanied by a description revealing the text was written in "Mandarin." Folks, there are roughly 1,287,000,000 Chinese on the mainland; that's about 1,000,000,000 more than the population of the United States. It is about one sixth of the population of the entire planet. Equally important, the first historically significant dynasty, the Shang, was established 3,500 years before the United States. Since then both the Han (206 BCE to 220 CE) and T'ang/Southern Sung (618-1279 CE) Dynasties achieved levels of sophistication rivaling those of Athens and Florence. In short, China has been around a while and achieved much. Someone in our "international city" should be aware Chinese books are not written in "Mandarin." Though there are numerous mutually unintelligible languages spoken in China, as there are numerous distinctive subcultures, all Chinese share the written language. A Uygur from Chinese Turkistan in the northwest may not be able to converse with a Hakka speaker from the southeast but they can write letters to one another with the utmost clarity. Herein lies the common heritage. Chinese books are written in Chinese. Since the advent of The People's Republic of China great efforts have been made to inculcate the use of a "national language," that initially spoken by the Han Chinese in Beijing and often referred to by Westerners as "Mandarin." The economic and cultural benefits of a common spoken language should be obvious. Now, as it would behoove the citizens of our "international city" to know something as simple as how one sixth of the world's population communicates, it may interest you to know something about the philosophical foundations of the culture. This is particularly important because though we are presently obsessed with political activists from another region of the planet it is within China that the next great cultural efflorescence in the human chronicle is sure to manifest. With a median age of 31.5, a rich, lengthy and sophisticated history, and immense human resources the challenge to our culture will come from the Far East. More interestingly, it will not be between antagonistic faith-based religions, but between a culture undermined by self-defeating dualism and one whose history, literature and politics belie such a paradigm. The philosophical history of the "Middle Kingdom" (as it was known until the 20th century) finds its origins in the work of Laotse and Chuangtse (spelling varies) who lived 2,500 years ago. Contrast the first sentence of Laotse's book: "The way that can be spoken of is not the way," with the conceits of faith-based religions. To appreciate the difference between Laotse's philosophy and that of the world with which most denizens of our international city are familiar is to acknowledge others, vast numbers of others, do not share our dualistic cultural paradigm. Early 21st century Americans, particularly those living under a regime willing to promulgate any lie in order to further its goals, must be very careful to recognize extrapolations projecting the dualism of their own cultural paradigm upon a society unburdened by such a debilitating obsession. We are endangered by our own ignorance. If we live in an international city it is incumbent upon us to at least attempt to understand those with whom we share the globe. Any future effort to depict the Chinese as expansionist (thereby justifying another "preemptive" assault on a sovereign nation?) relies upon America's continued parochialism. Our experiential dualism may compel us to attempt to conquer all that is other than us but it is a grave error to assume such dualism is an innate human experience. The next time you speak of Atlanta as an international city ask yourself how much you know about Chinese history, the Chinese people, the difference between the teachings of Laotse and faith-based religions. If Atlantans know virtually nothing about a 3,500 year-old culture currently populated by one sixth of humanity perhaps we should reflect upon who we really are. R.H. Joseph is a longtime employee of the News Daily. His column appears on Wednesdays. He may be reached at (770) 478-5753, ext. 252, or by e-mail at email@example.com.
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My 2000 V70XC AWD makes some noise due to a bad viscous coupling bearing. Since I might be able to get a used VC from another salvaged V70, I am researching on how to do the work. The attached two files are the instructions from VADIS. According to the instructions, I need some special tools, such as the counterhold (9995743) and the dial gauge (9995971). Are these tools absolutely necessary? If so, where can I get these tools?
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Spring Lake finished with a team score of 197, which topped runner-up Ludington by 20 strokes. Fruitport was third with a 223, followed by host Tri-County with a 230 and Fremont with a 248.
Bitner said the Lakes Eight Conference is watered down this fall, as programs from Newaygo and Grant dropped their girls golf teams. Fremont also dropped their team, but will continue as a club sport.
Individually, Ellie Holman led the Lakers with a round of 48, while the team's returning No. 1 golfer, Elinor Adams shot a 49. Adams finished 11th at last season's Division 3 state finals.
Tori Kihnke carded a 50 for the Lakers, a score that was matched by freshman Karissa Rasche. Freshman Ginni Olszewski added a 53.
For Fruitport, Jenna Visniski shot a 50 while Carly Hoekenga and Kaylee McWilliams each shot a 54.
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A bill that would require government-issued photo identification to vote in Nebraska is triggering a heated debate in the Legislature.
Opponents argued in a hearing Thursday that the measure was a solution in search of a problem. The voting-rights group Nebraskans for Civic Reform promised a lawsuit if the bill passes.
Supporters say the bill would protect the integrity of the state voting system. Doug Kagan of Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom says anyone who is "too lazy" to get an ID probably wouldn't vote on Election Day.
The bill was introduced by Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont. Janssen, a Republican candidate for governor, has introduced similar measures before. Last year, a similar bill died after supporters failed to stop a filibuster against it.
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Area needs more rain, but watch out for the early spring frosts
Is it spring yet?
The calendar says yes, and some days the temperature tends to agree. Other days, however, like this past weekend, we wonder what season it really is.
Longtime West Texans are used to the swings in temperature this time of year. But they do have their effects, and residents and businesses have to be ready.
And then there's rain, or the lack thereof, which is of particular interest to those involved in agricultural pursuits. How much did the rain from last weekend help?
"The weekend rains fell in a fairly restricted area," AgriLife Extension agent Robert Pritz said. "The jury's still out on what kind of spring and summer we're going to have."
Any moisture is a positive, he said. Summer grass in pastures are coming out of dormancy and will benefit from the moisture. Small grain crops will also be affected positively.
"We won't know the effects until we see the development of the wheat crop over the next few weeks," Pritz said. "Any continued rain increases the chances of being able to have a better yield in small grains. It will also prepare us for the summer crops, especially cotton."
Pritz said much more rain is needed, enough to create runoff and fill stock tanks and streams to sustain the land through the summer.
"All predictions I have seen, we are looking at a potentially hot, dry summer," he said.
Cooler temperatures also came with the rain. Willowcreek Gardens nursery owner Adam Andrews saw it coming and made preparations.
"I brought the more tender plants into the building," he said. "The rest, just water them real well and they'll hold up against a freeze. Dry plants are very susceptible to frost."
Andrews holds off on ordering the more tender plants until after Easter.
"It's a fine line," he said. "Everyone gets anxious to plant" when warm weather arrives, but sometimes a late frost can do damage.
"I think we're safe now; we're already past our average last frost," he said.
The trees in your yard shouldn't be affected, according to Micah O'Neal, manager at Mankin and Sons Gardens.
"If it's freezing at night, make sure there's moisture to water the trees," he advised homeowners. "Always keep in mind that wet cold is better than dry cold on plants. Keeping humidity and moisture in the air and the ground, that's the best environment."
Longtime West Texans know to watch the old mesquites; cold weather is past if they begin to bud out. O'Neal looks for another harbinger of spring — scissortails.
"They usually migrate; they're a good wives' tale to go by," he said. He ignores the so-called first robin of spring, since "Robins don't always leave (for the winter)."
Wildlife native to the area learn to cope with the weather changes, but exotics, such as those at Abilene Zoo, sometimes need a little help. Most of the coldblooded animals, such as reptiles, are permanently kept indoors in temperature-controlled environments. Not so for the biggest ones, such as the alligators.
"Alligators are tolerant for very short snaps of cold, as long as it's not really cold," Tim Singiser, general curator, said. "They bury themselves in the bottom of their pool, go almost into a trance."
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Malaysia, 29-30 March 2012 - His Highness the Aga Khan undertook a two day visit to Malaysia in connection with ongoing collaboration between agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network and institutions in Malaysia.
In Kuala Lumpur, the Aga Khan met with former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and was received by Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad and his wife, Tun Dr. Hasmah binti Haji Mohamad Ali. The Aga Khan was also the guest of honour at a dinner hosted by the Chairman of the Albukhary Foundation, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary.
The Aga Khan presided at the inauguration at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia of the exhibition "Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in Islamic Arts". Speaking at the occasion, Malaysia's Culture Minister Dato' Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim observed that the collection was "of exquisite, exceptional historical importance and beauty, but perhaps still more important… that this collection reflects the Aga Khan's keen interest in promoting further understanding and appreciation of the arts and cultures of the Islamic world." The exhibition, he said, showed "the harmonious relationship between man and his environment, and presents architecture elements as tools for remembrance and civilizational existence." Sharing his own conviction "that it is important that we illustrate this beauty in a way which the global community can understand," the Aga Khan expressed admiration and gratitude to the Museum for "playing such a magnificent role" and for "illustrating the diversity, the history and the great traditions of our world".
Since 2007, agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network have engaged in a number of collaborative exchanges with institutions in Malaysia, notably in the areas of urban revitalisation and conservation (with Think City Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, at the UNESCO heritage site in George Town, Penang), health service delivery and family medicine (with the Malaysian Ministry of Health and delegations from Central Asia and the Middle East), capacity building in the health sector Afghanistan (with the Malaysian Armed Forces Medical Contingent), architectural education, urban planning and higher education (with public and private institutions in Kuala Lumpur and in Selangor), early childhood development (with Yayasan Chow Kit in Kuala Lumpur) and economic development (with the World Islamic Economic Forum).
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Las Cantantes:
Las Cantantes strives to do something that is, if not unique, then very rare among women's choirs. That is, we work to make an appropriate sound for each piece, based on the text and the accompaniment. Thus, there is no "Las Cantantes sound," per se. Rather, each piece is meant to shine from its own inner light. We strive to create a unity of sound, but not necessarily a blended sound. Thus, the requirements placed on the women of the choir are, essentially, professional. Membership requires a keen sense of tuning, the ability to conceive of—and then execute—long phrases, an awareness of the other women in the group, and of the room in which we sing, and the moment-by-moment response of the audience. All these skills, as well as countless others, are cultivated in order to bring the music alive. If we have succeeded in that—in "painting pictures in the air"—then we are satisfied.
—Bradley Ellingboe, conductor
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This is a recording of music for women's chorus in storytelling form. During the first minute of this CD you will undoubtedly notice a mix of choral and non-choral voices. Brad Ellingboe, the women of Las Cantantes, and I decided that we wanted to find the dramatic storytelling power in the music and create a CD that is more than the sum of its parts: music, musicians, people and words. Every selection on the CD is a storyl and every story is meant to connect to our lives through the combination of the sung, written and spoken word. For instance, "I Just Lightning" mixes the chorus with the chanting voice of Mazatec Shaman Maria Sabina in order to bring time, culture, and distance together as she performs the Mushroom Ceremony of the Mazatec Indians of Mexico. "The Witches Trio" is an audio playlet for CD or radio which incorporates non-choral vocal sounds including hooting, jeckling, and cackling and technological treatment of the voice. We've included readings of "If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking" and "Stepping Westward." There is a collected "how we met" story followed by a short and to-the-point love song, "Hey You." We hope we have made a disc that is as engrossing in its storytelling content as it is electrifying in its music making.
—Libby Larsen, composer
01) I Just Lightning [6:17]
02) A "how we met" story [1:22]
03) Hey You (Jack's Valentine) [1:20]
04) Canticle of the Sun [11:39]
05) Today This Spring [1:42]
06) She Piped for Us [2:15]
07) Reading of poem, "If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking" [0:14]
08) If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking [2:46]
09) Witches Trio [4:12]
10) Stepping Westward [7:36]
11) Refuge [5:06]
12) Canticle of Mary [8:30]
13) Touch the Air Softly [3:16]
Total Program Length: 56:15
Accompanist: Louise Bass
Assistant Conductors: Jennaya Robison and Jennifer Robinson
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LivingSocial had wrapped up its most lucrative month ever, and its four founders were sprawled around an Ikea conference table with their investors in a brick-walled office above the Hooters in Chinatown.
It was a bright July morning in 2009. The initial business was building widgets for Facebook, leveraging its customer base of hundreds of millions of users. The group downed Starbucks coffee and noshed on cookies while working through the agenda.


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Kevin Smith and Orson Welles have a lot in common. Firstly, they've both written and directed many of their own films. Secondly, they star in their own films. Thirdly, they like to eat. Okay, so they have three things in common.
The Stranger is quizzically one of Welles' lesser known works despite being one of his most accessible. In a plot seemingly inspired by Hitchcock's Shadow Of A Doubt, Welles himself portrays a Nazi war criminal hiding undetected in the milieu of small town America while plotting his future schemes. He's so evil he kicks dogs! Hot on his trail is Edward G. Robinson, who nyaah sees through his perfect American accent and begins to turn the screws on Welles' newly married bride, the lovely Loretta Young. When confronted, Welles strings her along as long as he can. But for how long?
Many sophisticated crane and tracking shots distinguish this modestly budgeted thriller as a warmup for later Welles classics such as Touch Of Evil. Despite his own dismissal the project as mere work for hire – which it certainly is – work for hire from Orson Welles amounts to an entertaining thriller easily in league with any other. While Robinson's character is not particularly developed, Young's is a minor masterpiece of tragic love for a man she has begun to understand is bad without fathoming the true extent of his evil. Welles does not give so much as a single noble quality to his beast.
Unlike a work-for-hire job, Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is nothing less than one man's completely unwarranted magnum ode to himself. Back in 2001, Miramax was far from bankruptcy and was actually willing to fund such folly. This is 22 million dollars they probably wish they had back right now. Smith has never been a serious moneymaker screenwriter on the level of, say, Joe Eszterhas or Shane Black, but what he lacked in misogyny he made up for with good casting, unpretentious comedy and the cutting edge gimmick of having his characters talk about Star Wars and Marvel comics for no reason.
His accumulated goodwill as the comic writer-director for geeks in the 90s finally put him over into the mainstream with Dogma. Then he had a choice to make. Either branch out beyond his New Jersey buddy comedy that began with Clerks five years earlier, or do more of the same. Promising to his lovingly patronized merchandise-consuming online fan following that Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back would be the final film in that mold – replete with cameos by the characters of each previous film – he wrote a stream of consciousness ripoff of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure starring himself. Then he broke his promise with Clerks 2 after Jersey Girl bombed.
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