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Wollstonecraft's words encapsulate perfectly something I've long held, which is that the Buddhist view of greed, hatred, and delusion — often called the Three Unwholesome Roots (akusala mūla) — is far removed from the western conception of sin.
Sin is "bad." It's "evil." It's a transgression against the Divine law.
When we encounter the Buddhist teaching of the Three Unwholesome Roots, it's easy to slip it into the sin-shaped space that exists in our minds. But the Buddha's understanding of these roots is wholly different from how sin is understood, and we need to disentangle the two sets of concepts in our own minds.
Here's something that when you think about it is rather stunning. … Read more »
For at least a couple of weeks now I've felt that I've been "going through the motions" with my meditation practice. I'm still a rock-solid daily meditator. I still remind myself "I meditate every day; it's just what I do; it's part of who I am." But sometimes my sits have been shorter and squeezed in at the end of the day.
It has, though, been a tough few weeks. My wife was sick, both kids have been repeatedly ill — one with pneumonia. That's interrupted my sleep, so that I'm more tired than usual. Work's been challenging as well. These things take a toll.
Sometimes I've felt a sense of despair and overwhelm … Read more »
The other day I posted some commentary on a study showing that mindfulness practice improved students' working memory and boosted their grades by 16% in just two weeks.
Yay, for meditation! You'd think Buddhists would generally be happy to see that their practices can be shown to be effective. But not everyone's happy about this. On one of the social media networks, someone criticized the study as "misuse of Dhamma" because meditation is being used for to "make people continue the usual [worldly] ways."
Furthermore, I was told the "The Buddha even did not teach meditation to ordinary laymen."
So there are two things here: the use of meditation for "worldly" ends (as opposed to … Read more »
Here in this body are the sacred rivers: here are the sun and moon, as well as all the pilgrimage places. I have not encountered another temple as blissful as my own body.
—Tantric song
When I meet with people at retreats or in counseling sessions, some will tell me they feel numb, lost in thoughts, and disconnected from life. Others might tell me they are overwhelmed by feelings of fear, hurt, or anger. Whenever we are either possessed by our feelings or dissociated from them, we are in trance, cut off from our full presence and aliveness.
In Buddhist meditation training, awakening from trance begins with mindfulness of sensations. Sensations are our most immediate … Read more »
Meditation is a cool means of transformation, and essential as part of our practice, but the Buddha offered much, much more.
Last night at a Dharma study group that I meet with on Skype, we looked at the Meghiya Sutta. Meghiya was an attendant of the Buddha, and one time when the two of them were together, Meghiya asked if he could go off and meditate in a lovely looking mango grove that he'd spotted when he was off on his alms-round. Meghiya had thought that the mango grove would be the perfect place to meditate.
The Buddha asked him to wait, though, since he would be left alone. Presumably he wanted the company, or … Read more »
Thank you. And I feel like this whole evening has been very amazing to me. I feel it's sort of like the Vimalakirti Sutra, an ancient work from ancient India in which the Buddha appears at the beginning and a whole bunch of people come to see him from the biggest city in the area, Vaishali, and they bring some sort of jeweled parasols to make an offering to him. All the young people, actually, from the city. The old fogeys don't come because they're mad at Buddha, because when he came to their city he accepted — he always accepts the first invitation that comes to him, from whoever it is, and the local … Read more »
"Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
Ah, not really.
Often it's words – and the tone that comes with them – that actually do the most damage. Just think back on some of the things that have been said to you over the years – especially those said with criticism, derision, shaming, anger, rejection, or scorn – and the impacts they've had on your feelings, hopes and ambitions, and sense of yourself.
Words can hurt since the emotional pain networks in your brain overlap with physical pain networks. (The effects of this intertwining go both ways. For example, studies have shown that receiving social support reduces the perceived … Read more »
In several places in the Pali canon, the Buddha praised loving families. For example:
To support mother and father,
to cherish wife and children,
and to be engaged in peaceful occupation
— this is the greatest blessing.
And this:
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal emphasizes the importance of affection in relationships, and the advice comes, poignantly,… Read more »
Husband and wife, both of them
having conviction,
being responsive,
being restrained,
living by the Dhamma,
addressing each other
with loving words:
they benefit in manifold ways.
To them comes bliss.
In the Buddha's day, many people got enlightened quickly. Some people would say this is because the Buddha was such a great teacher, and to some extent that's got to be true. What better than to have an expert around? But most of the monks and nuns and householders would have had very little contact with the Buddha. After all, he couldn't be everywhere!
What they did have, that was every bit as helpful as the presence of the Buddha, was the belief that enlightenment was possible. Having the Buddha around was helpful, perhaps, not so much because he was a "personal trainer" who was around to say just the right thing. It was more … Read more »
Twitter still has its uses. While keeping an eye out for new Fake Buddha Quotes to document, I came across a link to a post at a rather eclectic blog called Obsidian Wings. The post was written by someone who calls himself Doctor Science, who I know little about Doctor Science except that he's from New Jersey and has an MA in theoretical population genetics.
He's not an art historian or religious scholar, but he's spotted something interesting in Pieter Aertsen's Adoration of the Magi. Pieter Aertsen, in case (like me) you haven't heard of him, lived from 1508 to 1575, and was a Dutch historical painter. According to Wikipedia, "He was born and died … Read more »


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Tips for Carnival Spirit South Pacific Cruise: Carnival Spirit Cruise Review by hanabi
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Tips for Carnival Spirit South Pacific Cruise
Destination: South Pacific
Embarkation: Sydney (Australia)
Here are some tips to make your cruise even better / cheaper:
- The duty--free prices on the boat are ok , but they are even better on the islands. Luckily Carnival offer a price guarantee -- if you see an item cheaper on the islands, they will match the price. You can either show them a photo, or just quote the price you saw. This way I got two bottles of Baileys for $44 versus the original price of $56.
- If you want to buy some jewellery, wait until the last few days, when the price tumbles by up to 50% (if you are prepared to haggle). We got a tanzanite ring down from a ridiculous $1000+ to $599.
- At the international cruise terminal in Sydney, there is a GST refund desk on the way out. More I was kicking myself for not bringing a tax invoice for my newly-bought IPad. I could've gotten a 10% refund right there on the spot.
- Carnival offered a reasonably priced internet plan for $140 for unlimited access for the whole cruise. Or rather, that would be reasonable if the wifi worked properly. There is no guarantee that it will connect at any given time, and it was sometimes shockingly slow. One crew member told me that Carnival are still using a US-based service provider, and that may account for the slowness. An easy way to reduce the price is to split the internet with another cruiser. We made a deal with another family: we'll only use the internet during even hours, you can have it during odd hours. This also ensured that our kids were not on for too long.
- I don't want to shock anyone, but the ship excursions are obscenely overpriced! I wouldn't mind paying a little extra if they offered something unique, but all Carnival does is act as agent for local tour operators, and whack 100% on top. I recommend you do a little research on the internet in the weeks before your cruise and organize your own tour through email. We booked a tour in Vanuatu for $40 pp that was (I heard) far superior to the ships' offering for $80 pp. And it was done through the exact same local tour company! I won't mention their name in case Carnival tries to exact revenge...
- On the other hand, beware of booking local tours on the spot. You don't know what you are going to get. Our friends booked a tour in Lifou and spent 45 minutes in a tiny car with a tour guide who spoke no English.
- In Noumea we booked a 2.5 hour bus tour for $20 pp, $10 for kids. I can't remember what Carnival was charging, but no doubt it was at least double. This tour was arranged on the spot, after we decided against renting a car.
- None of the ship's fact sheets warn you about this, but if you are going to New Caledonia's smaller islands (which include Lifou and Isle of Pines), you really should buy some Pacific Francs (XFP) before you sail. I recommend $100 - $200 worth. You cannot buy them onboard, or on the small islands. Of course the locals on Lifou will accept dollars, but they hit you with a 50% markup (I often saw prices like '1000F / $15'). You can use ATMS in Noumea to get francs as well.
- If you are left with a few francs too many, approach one of the local vendors before you board the ship. A lovely French lady on Isle of Pines was quite happy to change Francs into Dollars for me at a reasonable rate (100 for 1). After all, the locals can't really use the dollars themselves, and it costs them money to get them changed at the bank
- I recommend learning a few basic French phrases before you go to New Caledonia. The locals love it and you might even see them smile! Even if it's just: bonjour / parlez vous anglais / c'est combien? / merci / au revoir.
- Even if you are sailing the South Pacific in the middle of summer, pack a jumper/sweater. Carnival likes to crank up the airconditioning, especially in the restaurants. Maybe they could tone it down for the Australians, who perhaps don't weigh/sweat as much as your average American?
- In the restaurants I think they purposely serve American-style percolated coffee (which tastes bland and is not very hot) in the hope that you will order a 'real' coffee and pay $3 or $4. But I found that the free coffee machines on level 9 could brew up a very decent cuppa. Less
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Travel Guide Africa Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Malabo is the capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea with a total population of about 100,000. It is located on the northern coast of Bioko Island and was founded in 1827. It is the administrative, cultural and economical heart of the country and for many travellers it forms a stepping stone for a visit elsewhere in the country or on Bioko Island. The city itself is not really a gem, but some colonial buildings remain and the Malabo Cathedral and Court Building are probably the most noteworthy. It has generally good facilities and some fine hotels and there are good connections by road and sea, although the city itself is best navigated on foot.
Located along the equator, Malabo has a climate typical for this region, being hot and humid. Both the mainland and the islands have high temperatures, high humidity, heavy rainfall, and much cloud around the year. Annual rainfall is around 2,000 mm. December to February is the dry period with only a few days with some showers. During most of the rest of the year, rainfall is high, with some peaks in May/June and September/October. Temperatures average around or just above 30 °C during the day and well above 20 °C at night with extremely little variation. The records are 17 °C at night and 33 °C at daytime.
Malabo Airport or Saint Isabel Airport (SSG) near the capital has a good number of international flights. Ecuato Guineana flies to Douala in Cameroon and Libreville in Gabon. Air France flies to and from Paris, while Iberia and Spanair fly to Madrid. Lufthansa started a Frankfurt-Malabo flight on the 1st of April 2008. London, Cotonou and Casablanca have flights as well with their respective national airlines mainly.
Within the country, Ecuato Guineana flies between Malabo and Bata. Ceiba Intercontinental GE does the same.
There are ferries to and from Bata on the mainland of Equatorial Guinea and to and from Douala in Cameroon.
Malabo is quite walkable. Taxis are cheap. XAF500 during the day should get you anywhere within the city. XAF3,000 should get you from the city to the Marathon Oil compound. Be prepared to pay more at night or when the police are out enforcing traffic laws.
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Summoning a demon is fairly simple. I can explain how to do it in a few easy steps.
- First, find a computer. It doesn't matter who it belongs to, as long as it has a connection to the internet.
- Now, make sure you have a Wikia account. You don't have to use it ever again after this ritual.
- Next, get on Creepypasta wiki.
- Click the "Contribute" button in the upper righthand corner. Select "Add a page".
- Write the dumbest thing you can think of. For the summoning to be extremely effective, make sure that you include several clichés in the story. Jeff the Killer is also another way to make the summoning work extremely well. Pay no mind to spelling and grammar. Also, completely neglect the idea of a plot.
- Submit.
- Within a few minutes, you'll realize you can't do anything on that wiki.
Congratulations. The summoning is complete.
You've called upon Almairage.
Disclaimer: Tables may be mysteriously flipped without explanation.
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Ear Warmer Headband by Melissa W-M
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My Dad wanted something to keep his ears warm while biking on cold Wisconsin days, but he couldn't find a hat or headband that fit under/around his bike helmet. He described what he needed and I started making stuff up. His request for more thickness/warmth in the ear flaps was easily accommodated by adding another layer of knit. The 2x2 rib makes it really stretchy so it's easy to fit. You can use chunky yarn or two strands of worsted held together, like I did.


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2-tone Skinny Zippo Lighter I just love the look of these, especially when you have more than one. And these make a great gift for people-even those who don't smoke because they are great for candle lighting!! Tsubota Pearl's chic and trendy long seller. Easily fit into pockets and bags. Best accessory to color-match with your outfit next time you attend a party!


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By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Another snow day, another political storm.
Gov. Scott Walker declared a state of emergency across Wisconsin for Thursday and ordered the closing of state offices in 22 counties, including Dane County, home of state government.
In doing so, however, the Department of Administration reiterated a controversial state policy that doesn't give a "snow day" to state employees whose offices are closed.
Parts of Wisconsin were expected to get a foot of snow, perhaps more, through the end of Thursday, with winds gusting up to 40 mph in some areas.
The Wisconsin State Patrol and the National Weather Service urged citizens to avoid traveling.
DOA spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said state workers can decide for themselves whether it's safe to come into work.
"If they're not able to come, then (they) use available leave time, like vacation time or leave time," Marquis said. "You cannot use sick time, and that's what the policy has been for a number of years."
DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch explained in an emailed statement that, ""We are keeping state buildings open to employees to ensure that essential services are maintained for our facilities that operate 24×7, as well as those employees who are able to safely travel to their offices."
That was the case in February 2011, too, when a strong snow storm swept across Wisconsin.
And, like two years ago, Wisconsinites appear split on whether the state's policy is fair.
Wisconsin Reporter posed the question on its Facebook page early Thursday and quickly racked up more than a dozen responses.
Among them (printed as submitted):
"No work, no pay. WHats the discussion again?" – Michael Zantow
"I'll take half a vacation day, I'm working from home. I think the rule is fair, but quite a few of my colleagues are jammed up about it." – Teddy Newcomb
"Day off" – Patty Jensen
"Hard to feel sorry for anyone who has a job, has sick pay and vacation pay accruing to use in these circumstances when so many people have none in this bad economy ……. even more difficult to feel sorry for these people who are employed by us – the taxpayers." – Karen Olson Meyer
@Karen ….. I have to laugh at your comment … employed by us the taxpayers …. well guess what … we the state employees are taxpayers too … we pay too!" – Lori Hapner Schulte
"Vacation day is fair if they were capable of getting to work. If the travel is too treacherous that is a tough call. For federal employees, if the office closes they get a paid day off at taxpayer expense. That makes it a bit unfair to the state employees. I say vacation day for both, and save the taxpayer on both counts." – Frank C. Latham
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We create valuable mobile & internet companies that disrupt the marketplace when surrounded by our resources and ongoing mentorship.
Our goal at ideaTree is simple: Give extraordinary ideas access to the resources they need to create exceptional technology companies. This approach helps nurture great ideas into real products which then go on to become independent revenue-generating companies.
ideaTree is building the world's largest conglomerate of mobile and internet brands by identifying, accelerating new ideas and proven internet business models thereby transferring them to new and untapped markets where it seeks to scale them into market leaders.
Focused on traditional and disruptive models in mobile and internet space across multiple sectors including financial services, sports, social media, e-Commerce, sports, marketplaces, travel and online dating.
Since 2012, ideaTree has a workforce which operates across 10 countries. ideaTree is headquartered in New Delhi, India with offices in Los Angeles and other cities globally.
We create an extremely entrepreneurial environment that fosters acceleration, collaboration and sharing among young companies, while respecting the independence and self-reliance that motivates entrepreneurs with a culture that supports risk taking, invention and the creation of wealth.
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…is a Die Hard Entrepreneur, Visionary, Executor, Dreamer, Creator, Technology Child, budding Philanthropist.
Akash dropped out of college to pursue his dream to be an entrepreneur and founded Mercury Innotech (jv with Innotech Corporation, Canada) – building search engines for large databases on CD-Rom's and sold it to ASI Technologies in 1995.
He started netlink in 1995 as one of the first digital agencies in India at the time which grew to become a formidable player in the digital and interactive space.
In 1999, as an advisor to the Government of Dubai on Internet and Technology he conceptualized and worked with the founding team to execute the Dubai Internet City (Silicon Valley of the Middle East) concept to reality. At the same time he extended netlink's offerings to Dubai & Middle East by creating netlinkblue llc, one of the most successful digital agency in the Middle East.
netlinkblue acquired digital rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and set-up the most successful live sports experience in the world, which (in partnership with Microsoft) at its peak had over 200 million subscribers watching live video stream of IPL cricket game on the Internet which were later sold to YouTube (Google) in 1999 netlinkblue exited from IPL.
Akash exited netlinkblue in end 2009 and founded TMT a Global resources investment company Headquartered out of Singapore.
Akash has attended OPM (Owners Presidents Management Program), MNDP (Managing Negotiations & Decision Making Process) and multiple YPO Presidents programs at Harvard Business School and his successes as an entrepreneur have been noted by the BBC (Peschardt's Business people), Arabian Business and Entrepreneur Magazine.
Today, Akash leads IdeaTree as the Chief Visionary, Executor & Mentor where he mentors future entrepreneurs and executing new ways of building disruptive startup's hands on. Besides that he also runs a ideaTree invested startup personally.
…is an entrepreneur, moving laterally from technology to strategy, a baby boomer always focused on logic.
Satyajit started his first technology venture as an entrepreneur in 1987, building complex client server advanced accounting solutions using complex algorithms for clients in India and North America. In 1994, he partnered to form Mercury Innotech (a JV with Innotech Corporation, Canada) building search engines for large databases on CD-ROM's. Satyajit sold his technology venture to a US based mutual funded technology venture in 2000.
In 2000, Satyajit formed a technology training services company in Dubai with a focus on training individuals and corporates in the IT space, partnering with the Indian pioneer of IT education NIIT.
Satyajit joined in 2003 netlinkblue as Managing Partner and Chief Strategy officer building netlinkblue as a formidable player headquartered in Dubai providing digital, software and creative services to Dubai Government, Government related companies and Fortune 500 private enterprises across the Middle East, India, Singapore and North America. In 2008 Satyajit worked in the core team of netlinkblue to engineer the deployment of the digital strategy of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and help set-up the most successful live sports experience in the world, which (in partnership with Microsoft) at its peak had over 200 million subscribers watching live video stream of IPL cricket game on the Internet.
Today, Satyajit leads at ideaTree as the chief mentor, strategist and guide leading the strategic team while mapping the direction of ideaTree's strategic growth and to identify, mentor and partner with multiple associates under the umbrella of the larger IdeaTree dream and vision of building disruptive startups with multi-billion dollar valuations.
…is born and raised in London, UK and has over 15 years of experience in the digital work.
He has extensive knowledge and experience in project execution and project delivery in the digital and mobile space as the founding member at netlinkblue, Dubai since 1998.
As a technology architect at netlinkblue, naveen has managed most of the major client accounts and executed projects using his specialization in area's like mobile app engineering, brand and digital strategy, integrated communications, and social media and has always been a catalyst for disruptive change.
Naveen has strong experience in the online and mobile space and has catered to over 100+ clients including Emirates Airlines, Jumeirah, Godolphin, Dubai Internet City, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Shopping Festival, Qatar Airways, Dubai Cares, DMCC to name a few.
At ideaTree, he has mentored half a dozen projects, start-up's and continues to execute and mentor future entrepreneurs dreaming new ways of building disruptive products of the future.
…is an entrepreneur-minded codemaster and project mentor from Istanbul, Turkey who recently moved to Poland and is getting used the freezing cold.
As one of the youngest Turkish PMPs, he has managed several projects for both government and fortune 500 companies. As an advantage of being a tough mathematician he can code in almost any language and his latest quest is mobile.
Halil is part of ideaTree's team of international true believers and is the master of converting ideas from scraps of paper to rocket jet fueled apps on android and iOS. He loves mentoring and inspiring young entrepreneurs to realize their dreams by designing and building disruptive apps of tomorrow.
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There are a couple of reasons I like to drink a Bila-Haut during the Thanksgiving holiday. It's a wine from the Roussillon, a place my wife, daughter, and I frequented almost every Thanksgiving in–during our years in Europe and where I developed a taste for the wines from this southwesternmost corner of France. And my taste for this particular wine grew after Michel Chapoutier took over those vineyards a couple decades ago.
The history of our little beachside vacation home started with a reference to the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees when the Spanish ceded that rugged territory to France to assure peace between the ambitions of Louis XIV and the cash-poor Philip IV. A recent review of the "Wines of the Roussillon" by France Today made the point that the high quality of the wines produced on the northeast slopes of the Pyrenees are at last giving France its due from a treaty the Spanish thought had bilked the Sun King.
Sometime in the late 1970s, shortly after getting our place in the Roussillon, I met Michel Chapoutier in the kitchen of the Hostellerie de l'Ange, then a one-Michelin-star restaurant in Alsace, a few miles north of Strasbourg. He was scouting for vineyards in the Rhine Valley. Having just assumed leadership of his family's long-standing wine firm in the Rhone Valley, young Michel was looking far ahead. On each of several visits to his family estate in Tain, I learned of his interest in the Catalan vineyards of the Pyrenees-Orientales. When I told him of our place near Perpignan, he said that once he found his spot in Roussillon, I should come see him.
He didn't find that spot until after we had moved back to Indiana, so I have not yet had a chance to go to Bila-Haut, but Bila-Haut has come to me. The wine brings all the flavors I learned to love in the region but refines them to the quality one expects from a Chapoutier Rhone wine. Michel has made sure that these 70-year-old Grenache, Carignan, and Syrah vines are adequately stressed by the arid climate, rocky terrain, and violent winds to put forth their best effort, and with craftsman's skill blends them into wines that set a standard for the entire region.
When we started going to the Roussillon, the wines were pleasant but undistinguished, drunk locally or sold in bulk for blending elsewhere. I have happy memories of carrying my empty liter-bottles to the village co-operative for filling from a barrel. That co-operative is gone, and today some of these wines attract high scores from Robert Parker. The wines still have charm and character, but they are today more complex, and just as important, are great value. I'm finding Bila-Haut at about $15 per bottle. There are pleasant white and rose wines from the Roussillon, but the reds are the ones headed for upscale retail shelves.
As the recent review pointed out, the grandees in Madrid miscalculated badly when they thought they had dumped some useless acreage on their hostile neighbors over the mountains.


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Concord - New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Jennifer Horn today called on Senator Jeanne Shaheen to fully address unanswered questions about her shady financial interests. The Boston Globe today reported that Senator Shaheen and her husband refused to answer questions about their financial stake in a company that received federal stimulus funding. Shaheen voted for the wasteful $787 billion stimulus boondoggle and her husband Billy runs a prominent lobbying firm that operated a "stimulus opportunities team" to help clients get federal money.
"Today's report raises very serious ethical questions about Senator Shaheen's finances and a conflict of interest involving her husband's lobbying firm. Senator Shaheen has long championed the wasteful stimulus boondoggle, and it's troubling to learn that she financially benefited from a company that received stimulus funding," said NHGOP Chair Jennifer Horn. "Billy and Jeanne Shaheen's refusal to answer basic questions about their involvement with this company raises even more concerns and shows that they may have something to hide. In order to uphold public confidence in her office, Shaheen needs to openly and transparently answer questions about this issue."
"The Shaheens declined multiple requests for interviews and would not answer most detailed questions about their investments and connection to the firm," reported The Globe.
Non-partisan ethics watchdogs have raised questions about the red flags raised by Shaheen's potential conflict of interest.
"'It absolutely is a concern,' Charlton Copeland, former chair of the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust and a professor at the University of Miami told the Boston Globe. 'It raises questions because so much of the work of this kind of policymaking takes place outside of the specter of the public eye.'"
Shaheen has also advocated for transparency in government, making her refusal to answer basic questions about this company even more troubling.
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It's Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story [1] from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark's Daily Apple community please contact me here [2]. I'll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!
Dear Mark,
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
I seriously cannot thank you enough for putting the information about the Primal Blueprint on your website, Mark's Daily Apple. You have changed my life! I am a different person than I was months ago.
My story started shortly after my sixth week post-partum appointment after the birth of my daughter in June 2011. I weighed 165 lbs. My doctor was pleased to see that I lost about 20 lbs of my pregnancy weight. I, on the other hand, was in shock. Now, this was my second baby in the past two years but I had never weighed that much when not pregnant. I discussed it with my husband and he thought that it was a good time for himself to lose some weight as well. However, since I was breastfeeding, I was terrified to start any kind of diet.
In July 2011, my husband started telling me about this "Primal Blueprint Diet." I really wasn't that interested and all I could think was "What, No Pasta?! I can't do that!" Slowly, he worked me down and I decided that I could try anything for 3 weeks. Of course, I would monitor my daughter's growth progress to ensure that she was getting enough milk. Shortly after deciding that we give it a try, hurricane Irene blew through (early August 2011) and we lost power for several days. We ended up eating everything that we had in the house. It was then that we decided that we would not replace what was not on the diet. We were going to give this a shot.
Now, originally, I was doing this to support my husband, I really didn't expect that it would change me. Oh, was I wrong! You convinced one of the biggest critics on low carb diets, an Italian who loves her pasta. About a week into the diet, after the low carb flu had passed, I felt absolutely amazing. I had more energy, my thoughts were clear, my emotions were stable, and I was happy. I was even sleeping better! My milk supply never dwindled because of the diet. My digestion was simple, no heartburn, no stomach aches, no indigestion, everything was running like clockwork. I wasn't craving sweets, fast food, junk food, and even pasta. I didn't want pasta!
As for some background, as a child, I was diagnosed with Reactive Hypoglycemia. I was told that I had to eat every 2 hrs to maintain blood sugar levels. I would force myself to eat when not hungry (often packaged foods) and wake up sick, so sick, every morning. I would be incredibly nauseated and have severe cramps in my legs; every morning was a battle. Then, when my blood sugar would drop because I did not eat, I would get very sick with cold sweats, nausea, confused thoughts, sharp temper, etc. This problem… is now gone. I haven't had a single incident while on the diet. My life is completely different.
I think this is what surprised me the most; that it not only had a physical effect on me but also an emotional and cognitive one. When I started noticing these changes, I knew that this was the right lifestyle for me and it became a journey. I will never go back to the way I ate in the "old days."
For those who need to see the numbers, I am 5' 4" and in early August 2011 I was approximately 165 lbs and wearing a pant size 12. Today, I weighed myself for the first time in 30 days, I weighed 118 lbs and now wear a size 4. My weight leveled out about 2 months ago. I have been working on maintaining a healthy weight and eating fresh organic food. I cook every meal at home and on the few occasions when my husband and I do go out to eat, we are the biggest food critics! We can now tell when something has been pre-packaged or covered in salt! This year, I have a huge vegetable garden and I look forward to working it daily and eating the food that I grow; nothing more fresh. Chickens may be next on my list!
When I bump into people who I haven't seen in awhile, they are shocked at the difference. They ask me what I am doing and I direct them to your website. I have convinced several people to try it and when they find out that they love it, they share the word; so it's spreading.
Thank you for changing my life and changing the life of my husband, my children, my best friend, and other family members, friends… and everyone who they touch. It's spreading because it works and it's fabulous! I wish I could shout it from the rooftops!


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On a fine summer day, about 8 years ago, I married the love of my life. The years had gone by so quickly but I can still remember all the DIY details thinking how I could incorporate our personalities as a couple for the big day. I wanted a bespoke wedding, something that was simple and really indicative of me and my husband-to-be.
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With our anniversary just a week away and being able to attend the beautiful media launch of Makati Shangri-La's Vows of Elegance, I am itching to plan my own renewal of vows for our 10-year anniversary! I don't know if that's completely practical but it's definitely an idea I keep going back to! Let's see if the husband approves.
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TWO years ago, when she was 23, Courtney Lovell looked in the mirror and spied fine lines on her forehead. Within a week she was having her first Botox injections for $300, which the university student paid for with income from her part-time job.
She raises her eyebrows now to show off porcelain skin, with as many wrinkles as you might expect from someone so young - which is not many at all. ''I'm not at an age where I need to age gracefully,'' she says. ''I'm sure when I'm 40 or so I will have enough Botox in my system that I won't need it again, and then I'll age as I should.''
Lovell, of Elwood, who now works in a cinema, pays about $120 every five months for injections to lift her eyelids, plus some in her forehead each year as a treat. Her fiance, Jacob Aaslund, 23, also has Botox - which blocks nerve signals that cause the muscles to contract and eventually create wrinkles - to erase furrows in his brow. Last year, she bought a gift voucher for cosmetic treatment for a 22-year-old girlfriend, who had ''the crow's feet of a 40-year-old''.
So young and already so old. Lovell compares such non-surgical cosmetic treatment, which has doubled in use in Australia in the past five years, to applying mascara or having her hair roots dyed blonde. It makes her feel confident, she says.
Increasing numbers of young women, some only 19, now seek regular cosmetic treatments to stop wrinkles before they appear. They will grow old but perhaps never age.
Meredith Jones, author of Skintight: An Anatomy of Cosmetic Surgery, says such treatments are increasingly being marketed to a younger audience as preventive measures to ageing.
''A lot of surgeons are advertising Botox and similar non-surgical procedures to people who may only be in their 20s,'' Dr Jones says.
''It actually kind of grooms them so that later in life they're more likely to go ahead and have more dramatic surgery. We may be entering an era where, for a certain group of people who can afford it, we will never be able to know how old they are.''
Every four months, pharmaceutical sales rep Taryn Guerinoni, 29, of Prahran, pays $150 to erase the tiny creases she sees around her eyes. She has also had dermal fillers - an injectable gel that fills wrinkles and folds in the skin - to plump her bottom lip and cheeks. ''For me it's more about prevention, I'm not trying to look younger, I'm just trying to keep age at bay,'' she says.
She is among a growing group of younger people seeking treatment, not to correct flaws but to enhance their features. She winces as a fine needle filled with Botox is inserted under the skin between her eyes, at a cosmetic surgery in Port Melbourne. The procedure takes five minutes, by which time a small spot of blood forms over the wound.
''I'm in an industry where I'm the face of the company, so you always try to maintain your looks,'' she says. ''Women spent hundreds of dollars on creams before Botox was available and before that it was make-up and before that it was little concoctions such as lemon juice. For eons women have been doing things to maintain and improve their looks, and this is just the next generation of maintenance.''
Her boyfriend has just had his second bout of Botox on his forehead and is considering injections in his armpits to stop him sweating in a suit, she says. Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia president Dr Gabrielle Caswell estimates Australians spend $345 million a year on non-surgical treatments such as Botox, more per capita than in the United States.
There is no evidence such treatment at a young age will prevent wrinkles later. Dr Jones says researchers have found the body might actually compensate for treatments that stop people frowning, by developing wrinkles elsewhere on the face.
She worries women are wasting money on cosmetic treatments to forestall ageing rather than enjoying their youth. ''They're spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars on Botox every year and that will go on ad infinitum, rather than investing in their super or saving for a home or travelling.''
Melbourne GP and cosmetic physician Dr Tass Tasiopoulos says his youngest patient was a 19-year-old, who arrived for Botox in her forehead, along with her mother and aunt.
''Some girls don't really need to have anything done, but sometimes they don't see what others see. They are very critical and insecure and compare themselves to models in glamour magazines,'' he says.
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It's been about 10 years since SimCity 4 came out, so it's about time we see a new version of SimCity, I think. And this new version, which looks very promising, is set to come out in March 2013. I can't wait!
Below is a video where the developers show some of the multiplayer gameplay in the new SimCity.
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Great week of work everyone! Congrats to Dan, Cain and Mike B on Fran PR's!!!! It was a lot of fun getting to watch all the new members take on Fran! Let's keep plugging away at those pesky weaknesses and paying close attention to form. Weight and time mean nothing if it's not done right.
On September 25th, we will be particpating in a fundraising event called Fight Gone Bad 5. If you would like to participate, click on the link above and sign up. Everyone who wants to do the WOD that day must get $150 in donations to participate. All proceeds will go to one of three charities–The Wounded Warrior Project, LIVESTRONG, or The Crossfit Foundation. It only take a few minutes to register–CrossFit South Hills is our team affiliate name. If you are on Facebook, it makes it very simple to ask your friends for donations.
We will be running the workouts several times throughout the day with a BBQ and gym party to follow. We had so much fun on the 4th of July, we gotta do it again!! Plan on bringing your tasty post-WOD treats and beverages again along with friends and family…everyone is welcome to attend even if they aren't working out! Come get a great workout in, raise some much needed money, and hang out with all of your awesome CFSH friends.
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But in Shelbyville in 1860, when golf was finding its place and horses and buggies ruled the roads as the first shots of the Civil War were about to be heard, Clay Street Baptist Church was getting under way with an $800 purchase that would stand just as stalwart as those other historical milestones.
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All-Star baseball teams from Shelby County have been playing in tournaments all across the state for these past few weeks. They wear nicely tailored knit uniforms, use the very best equipment – mostly their own – and play on fields so finely manicured that they put most of our gardens to shame.
And every time they play, every time they pass the front road at Clear Creek Park, they should throw a kiss in the direction of the memorial sculpture dedicated to Bobby Stratton.
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Shelby County Parks and Recreation Director Clay Cottongim gave that news to Shelby County Fiscal Court during its meeting Tuesday night, and then he asked for money.
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We purposely limit our class size to enhance the quality of learning for participants. Classes are scheduled conveniently once a month during the evening and the following day to allow time for assigned work and opportunity to apply learning between sessions.
Case studies, action learning events, and ongoing coaching and mentoring are offered throughout the program. A week-long group study tour offers participants an opportunity to consolidate theoretical frameworks and applied learning off-site. The program also employs expert professionals in the application of self-assessment tools aimed at enhancing the personal leadership development of each individual.
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Wildfires spread across parts of the South Plains, Big County, Permian Basin and Big Bend over the weekend. KFYO first reported the story on Sunday evening with information of evacuations. KFYO has now acquired photos from the front line of the fire down in Aspermont. The photos show just how real and scary a wildfire actually is. Click through to see the photos.


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Hi everyone, sorry it has been so long since I posted a Blog post. And, even worse, it is a Blog post about rising prices. But, as you know, everything is going up, and it looks like there is no help in sight. So, we had to initiate a modest price increase. They are as follows:
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Penn Hills man arrested following drug raid
A Penn Hills man was arrested Thursday when narcotics investigators found 200 bricks — or 10,000 stamp bags — of heroin during a raid at his home, according to a spokesman for Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.
Trey Alexander Clark, 22, was taken into custody at the home on Emrose Drive. Investigators found the heroin, two guns, a marijuana growing operation and several thousand dollars in cash, said Zappala spokesman Mike Manko.
The investigation began last year and involved the District Attorney's Narcotics Enforcement Team, state police and officers from North Versailles, Swissvale and McKees Rocks, Manko said.
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I am a nursing mother do you have facilities for me?
For your nursing needs we have rest rooms in the jury room. However, we are not able to provide childcare.
How long will I have to serve?
For jury selection you should plan on the full day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
At Jury Selection, if you are selected for a jury trial, be prepared to proceed to jury trial the day of jury selection or to proceed to jury trial the week immediately following the jury selection day. The average length of a jury trial is one or two days.
How much will I be paid?
If you are here in the morning and leave before noon you will be paid for a half day at $12.50 plus $.10 per mile round trip. If you are here in the morning and leave after 12:00 p.m. you will be paid for a full day at $25 plus $.10 per mile round trip. Subsequent days $20 for half day and $40 for a full day.
Mileage will be automatically calculated based on your zip code.
I have moved out of the area. Do I have to serve?
If you have moved out of the area you must provide a copy of your driver's license, front and back, showing your new address. Upon receipt of proof, you will be permanently excused from serving jury duty at this court.
What is the age limit for serving jury duty?
If you are over 70 years of age, you are not obligated to serve jury duty. You must show proof of your age in order to be permanently excused. Of course, if you are over 70 and wish to serve, you may.
How do I get proof that I served jury duty?
We will time stamp your summons when you leave the court on jury selection day. You can use this as proof to provide to your employer. Within two weeks after serving your jury term, you will be sent a payment form showing the amount you will receive. The check is issued from Oakland County and will be sent separately within approximately 6 to 8 weeks.
I am a student and unable to serve during my school term. What can I do?
Because you are a student you are not exempt from serving jury duty. However, the court is willing to work around your school schedule as much as possible.
What if I am unable to serve for medical reasons?
All medical excuses must be accompanied by a letter from your doctor two weeks prior to your scheduled jury selection date. In order to be permanently excused from serving jury duty, a doctor's note is required and must state that you are to be permanently excused from serving.
What if I cannot appear for the Jury Selection Date?
You must have permission from the Court to be excused. Due to the importance of the judicial process and the need for available jurors, very few jurors are excused from service. If you have an extraordinary circumstance that requires you to be excused, you must submit a detailed request in writing within 2 weeks of receiving your summons. You will receive an answer from the Court shortly thereafter. (Although the Court sympathizes with work and childcare concerns, we are unable to excuse jurors for these reasons since they are shared by the majority of prospective jurors.)
Who do I contact regarding jury duty?
Our Jury Clerk at 248-537-3696. She is available 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. You can leave a message on her voice mail or contact her via fax at 248-537-3622.
What if I lose my summons?
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Get your future architect a head start with KEVA Brain Builders!
KEVA Brain Builders is the perfect educational tool for the next generation of architects, builders and general contractors. This fun set comes with 30 double-sided project cards. Manipulate your KEVA planks to successfully duplicate the balance, composition, geometry and proportion featured on each card. For ages 7 years and up.
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DuPont honors excellence in packaging
VerdeSoft, Amcor Flexibles, and Parakh Agro Industries receive gold awards
The 26th annual DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation presented 16 awards to companies from 11 countries at its ceremony May 15.
According to DuPont, the event is the industry's longest-running, global, independently judged competition awarding innovations in packaging.
The program received about 200 entries this year, the second highest in the program history.
Judges evaluated companies on three criteria—technological advancement, responsible packaging and enhanced user experience.
Several packaging innovations in the food and beverage industry were recognized with gold awards including VerDeSoft—Packaging Design and Technology of Germany, which won for its easy-squeeze pasta pouch. Other gold winners were Amcor Flexibles for its separable marinades pouch and Parakh Agro Industries, Ltd. for its flexible shelf-stable milk pouch.
"The Packaging Awards continue to celebrate innovation and champion collaboration," said William Harvey, president of DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers. "We updated the award categories this year to reflect emerging trends and amplify the consumer's role in driving innovation."'
DuPont said consumer convenience earned high marks in the competition with 75 percent of the winning packaging solutions bringing a higher degree of convenience.
A complete list of winners and product descriptions can be found here.
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'THE TEACHER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON' Set for Maine State Music Theatre Today
The Teacher From the Black Lagoon & Other Story Books, a musical revue based on favorite contemporary children's literature, will be performed at Maine State Music Theatre today, June 11th at 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm at Pickard Theater on the campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick. Ticket prices range from $10 to $14 and are available at www.msmt.org or by calling 207-725-8769.
Seven delightful stories come to life in Theatreworks USA's musical revue The Teacher From the Black Lagoon & Other Story Books. Follow Hubie's imagination as he faces his comically horrific fears and discovers that his new teacher is pleasantly human after all. Based on The Teacher from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee, adapted by Michael Ogborn.
Other story books covered include: Dogzilla, I Want My Hat Back, Lily's Purple Plastic Purse, Love splat (Splat the Cat), The Grasshopper and the Ant
The mini tour for this production featured direction by Jeremy Dobrish and choreography by Connor Gallagher. The scenery is designed by Rob Odoriso, with costumes by Lora LaVon. This 60-minute musical is recommended for ages 4 and up.


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Since its inception in 1937, the American Marketing Association (AMA) has remained committed to the advancement of excellence in the field of marketing. It was this commitment which fostered the establishment of Alpha Mu Alpha in spring of 1981. Alpha Mu Alpha, is the national marketing honorary for qualified undergraduate, graduate and doctoral marketing students, and marketing faculty.
Under the auspices of the AMA, a selected advisory committee of marketing educators designed the Alpha Mu Alpha recognition program to acknowledge outstanding scholastic achievement on a highly competitive basis. The eligibility requirements illustrate this objective.Membership
Membership status in Alpha Mu Alpha is available to individuals who attend a college or university having an established AMA collegiate chapter, and/or who attend a regionally or nationally accredited institution. The appropriate faculty advisor nominates marketing students in the semester of their graduation who meet the academic standards, nominees are then asked to submit the Online Alpha Mu Alpha Form.Eligibility
Individuals meeting one of the requirements below are eligible for nomination by their AMA Faculty Advisor (or a tenured Marketing faculty for those Universities without an AMA Chapter) into Alpha Mu Alpha. Acceptance includes membership in the Honorary, a personalized certificate, Alpha Mu Alpha lapel pin, and a navy graduation cord.
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Petar & Daniel Guitar Duo
- Feb 11, 2017
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Petar Jankovic is an artist who masterfully translates music into emotion. He connects with audiences, and whether they have heard him play one time or one hundred times, they find themselves moved.
Jankovic began his guitar studies at age 8 in Serbia where he later earned a degree in classical guitar from the renowned Music Academy in Belgrade. While in Serbia, he became a two-time gold medal, silver medal, and two-time bronze medal winner at the National Music Competition. At age 16, he delivered his first professional performance, and by age 20, the Community College in Belgrade invited the young, talented Jankovic to share his expertise with beginning classical guitar students. This marked the beginning of a distinguished teaching career that has developed alongside his successful performing career.
He went on to earn a masters degree from the Indiana University School of Music, and in the mid-90s, the I.U. Jacobs School of Music invited Jankovic to pursue the esteemed Artist Diploma Degree under the guidance of Maestro Ernesto Bitetti. Still dedicated to sharing his talent through both performing and teaching, Jankovic developed a guitar program at Franklin College of Indiana in 1997 and taught at University of Indianapolis Music Department from 1999-2006. At present, he lives in Indiana and is a professor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, IN.
A rising star among the world's top musicians, Jankovic has never paused from honing his skills and developing artistically. In 1998, he released "Romantico" – a CD exploring the sounds of the romantic Spanish and Latino-American world, and featuring Jankovic's interpretations of pieces by famous composers such as Albeniz, Torrobba, Pipo, Piazzolla, and Ponce.
Daniel is an active performer, arranger, conductor, and lecturer who has won several guitar and chamber music competitions in his native Brazil as well as in Europe and the United States. His academic and artistic recognitions include the Presser Foundation outstanding graduate music student award that supported his dissertation research and the Joan C. Edwards Distinguished Professor of Arts by Marshall University, among others.


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RICHMOND — Cornerback DeAngelo Hall sat out the Washington Redskins' training-camp practice here Tuesday with his right foot in a walking boot. He described his injury as a sprained right ankle and said he will be out at least a few days.
"It could take a couple days," Hall said. "It could take a couple weeks. They're cool with me just sitting down for now, just trying to give it time, give it time to rest and heal up. If we give it a couple weeks and still no progress, we'll try different methods."
Hall was hurt during Monday's practice. He said he feared initially the injury could be far worse.
"I thought it was actually something torn," he said. "When I hit the ground, it was pretty painful, something I never felt before. I was a little worried about it. I got the report back and nothing was torn, so I was happy for that. The pain, I can deal with if need be. But they want me to be pain-free, so I'll stay in the boot until they tell me I can come out of it. I'm feeling all right, though."
According to Hall, tests showed no fractures and no tear of his Achilles' tendon. He said he was told there are sprained ligaments in the back of his ankle.
"We'll just take it day by day and try to get the inflammation down, try to get the pain to calm down a little bit," he said. "Just a lot of treatment."
He said he does not believe the injury puts his playing status for the start of the regular season in jeopardy.
"Nah, I doubt it," Hall said. "I doubt it. It shouldn't."
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We were all skeptical when they announced that Star Trek Into Darkness would be released in 3D. The last thing we needed was yards and yards of lens flare flying into our faces for two hours. It turns out we weren't the only ones who were skeptical of J.J. Abrams' sequel being released in the format. The director himself admits he was forced to use the technique by Paramount for "economic reasons."
"The studio said, 'You have to make it in 3D if you're going to make it, for economic reasons'," Abrams told SFX Magazine (via Digital Spy). "But my feeling was I didn't like 3D. So the idea of doing Star Trek in 3D was ridiculous. But that was very helpful in some ways, because it let us work with stereographers and the 3D crew in a way that didn't assume we just loved 3D."
Abrams admits that he "approached the process very cynically," but that he eventually came around to the process.
"They've figured out things. They've made enough movies now with this new process that they can understand ways to eliminate some of these problems," says Abrams. "Things like breaking shots into zones, 3D zones, using multiple virtual cameras. A lot of this has made me a believer, whereas before I was really against it… There's this myth that if you don't shoot the movie in 3D it doesn't look good. Actually, the opposite can be true."
Does that mean that he's happier with the 3D version of the film? Not necessarily. "The key for me is I got to make my 2D movie that I wanted to make, just the way I wanted to; and it gets to be augmented in 3D but that doesn't detract from the 2D."
It's refreshing to see a filmmaker admit that 3D was foisted upon him for practical reasons, and not pull a 180 and claim that the process is the greatest thing since synchronized sound. 2D would appear to be the ideal way to view Star Trek Into Darkness, at least from an artistic perspective, although maybe the 3D version will look alright too.
Which Star Trek Into Darkness do you plan to see: the 2D or the 3D version?
William Bibbiani is the editor of CraveOnline's Film Channel and co-host of The B-Movies Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani.


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