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000 Ready for Love Podcast Introduction with Ané Auret
Welcome to the Ready for Love Podcast!I'm your host, Dating and Relationship Coach Ané Auret and since this is my very first episode I thought I'd tell you a little bit about me and outline what this is all about and what you can expect from it!The Ready for Love Podcast is designed to bring you the best dating and relationship advice to help you overcome whatever obstacles might be holding you back from attracting and creating the love relationship you want.I'll be bringing you dating and relationship-focused conversations with thought-leaders and top dating and relationship experts who share their wisdom, experience, interesting perspectives, and hopefully thought-provoking ideas and inspiration for your unique journey.I believe with my whole heart that we can all have the profound connection and deep intimate relationship that we want. And I want you to know that that it is absolutely possible for you. That is why I do what I do - and I help people create this reality for themselves every day.But while I believe it is possible for all of us - the truth is that for many, or actually most of us it doesn't come all that easy. Many of us go through huge amounts of heartbreak and hurt to finally get to the point where we realise we need to face our own stuff and take our time to do the work - or alternatively, we could stay stuck in a cycle of one-off dates or short term toxic relationships - while we start to question our ourselves, our judgement and just feel less and less like ourselves.I want you to know that it doesn't have to be like this!You - and you alone, right now, have the power to change your dating and relationship story today. You absolutely can. I know this - because I've done it myself.With a number of unsuccessful relationships,dating disasters and incredibly painful breakups, plus a soul-destroying divorce in my mid-thirties behind me I set out to find the answers to these 2 questions:1. "Where was I going wrong?"2. "What was wrong with me?"Unfortunately - these are also the same two questions that I hear from my clients so often! And I want you to know that if these thoughts have ever crossed you mind that:1. you're not alone and2. you can absolutely transform your love life - todayWhether you've been single for absolutely ages, or you've been dating unsuccessfully and you feel like giving it all up, or you've come through a separation, breakup or divorce and you're just starting to think about dating again - you're in the right place.Fast forward 5 years and today I am super happily married and head-over-heals with my amazing husband. I really feel that I've found the missing key, or the missing pieces in attracting the relationship of my dreams and I went from settling for less, doubting myself and feeling frustrated to finding the right person for me and finally having the connection and commitment I was looking for. And that is exactly what I help my clients do for themselves now.I am obsessed with anything love, dating and relationships and I always keep learning. When all is said and done I really do believe that our lives are about the people we share it with. And I also believe (and have experienced this myself) - that about 90% of our happiness - or our sadness comes from the choices we make about the people we spend our lives with.So what can you expect overall?Every Friday new episodes will be released - and these will be a mix of me sharing my own thoughts and insights about dating and relationship topics, as well as interviews with experts in the dating and relationship fields. My hope is to make we talk about as practical and applicable as possible for anybody who is listening. From time to time I will also be speaking to some of my clients, friends and other contacts who will be sharing their real life relationship journeys and what they've learnt along the way.I hope that you will join me and my guests on a regular basis - and that you would really get great value, insights and inspiration from being part of my community. If you find only one little nugget of inspiration or a shift in perspective for your unique journey that would just such a wonderful outcome.I look forward to welcoming you in future episodes - and if you have any questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast I would absolutely love to hear from you!You can always email me at email@example.com or reach me on twitter @datingcoachThank you for listening - do remember to subscribe via iTunes so you can keep up to date with new episodes.Until next time - take care! x
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Retail is tough. For every success, there are hundreds of retailers who live precariously close to failure. I have a number of retail clients and friends and know just how hard they paddle beneath the water to stay afloat. I've been there too. Mortgage Brokering is essentially retail, you're only as good as the next homebuyer through the door. For most brokers however, the advantage over other forms of retail is low operating costs and not needing to be on the High Street. We are more "retail" than typical brokers.
At Squirrel we pay salaries to make sure our advice is impartial. We don't employ sales people (hunters) preferring to focus on advice. We aren't part of a bank or a real estate office so we are independent and our leads come from our clients. And so we have a High Street presence and promote and advertise our service like most retailers.
When I launched the business in 2008 we had no clients and reasonably high fixed costs. It was also just as the global financial crisis really started to bite. Who would launch a mortgage business into the worst housing market in 30 years! Through 2008 and 2009 we were so close to failure, you could smell it. The bank balance gradually whittled away. (It was debt, so the amount of leverage we had gradually whittled away.) About six months after launching Squirrel I hit rock bottom. I'd borrowed money off family and over invested upfront because I thought I could grow the business way faster than reality.
Having come from a Corporate environment I didn't really appreciate how hard it was to get started when nobody, and I mean nobody, knows who you are. The first big call was making half of the team redundant. We were burning through cash fast! It was surprisingly easy, because I had been upfront with them on how we were going and it wasn't really a choice. We came perilously close to running out of cash. In reflection, any amount of pontification, even for just a few weeks, would have taken Squirrel under at that time. From the start we'd tried to do too much and be too many things. It was like we couldn't say no and at the same time wanted to hedge our bets. It was obvious we needed to simplify our proposition. In one weekend we cleared out the dumb ideas and focused entirely on mortgage advice and first homebuyers. That was where we were having early success and they valued our service. But that wasn't enough. We were still underwater on cash flow and I couldn't bring myself to get more money off family or go even further into debt.
Prior to Squirrel, I had come out of a senior bank role. With Squirrel struggling I had to approach old colleagues and got some consulting work with the banks to cover our bills. At night I'd head back to Squirrel, catch up with the now small team and see clients. It was 14-hour days, 6 days a week right through the second year. We had a huge mortgage (at the time about $800,000), and Anna-Lisa wasn't working looking after our two young daughters. Each fortnight we'd have to borrow off the credit card just to make sure the salaries went out on time. There were weeks where we got down to the last $1,000 (on the credit card.) At one stage Anna-Lisa also went back to work and we looked to rent out our house. But we persevered, ran a frugal budget, got a few lucky hard earned breaks, and it gradually came right. It has left me with a strong distaste for wasting money and paying too much for something.
Life on a bank salary was easy, and I now realise how financially lazy I'd become with it. Being a Retailer always feels vulnerable. You totally rely on people coming through the front door. Things always change, most of which you have no influence over - the environment, your competitors, the economy. The cliff is always close when you are a small retailer and you have no money and lots of debt. To get any sleep at night, I had to diversify my income. The business had its roots in First Home Buyers, which could be vulnerable to market changes. So I started to focus more on property investors, and then more recently we built up teams in the Chinese and Indian markets. That means we do well, no matter which part of the market is firing.
Diversifying the business was well timed given the subsequent Reserve Bank LVR restrictions. Around 2010 I also consciously diversified into low risk property development. I know that's not real diversification, given everything I do is still exposed to property. That's why I joint-ventured with a friend who had a different risk profile to me. For me, doing Development was purely to create new income sources and spread risk. Squirrel is now in year 7. It has continued to grow and is now one of the largest mortgage brokers in Auckland. We've won stacks of awards and are weeks away from reaching $1 billion in mortgages. We write over $300m of mortgages each year. The hard days are gone, but I still have the scars to keep it all real. Thanks for supporting us over the past 6 years.


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How to Make Offset Squares Quilt Blocks
Offset Squares is an easy patchwork quilt block pattern designed in a five-patch layout. Some of the block's patchwork is divided into bars, a choice that provides lots of opportunities for color play. The quilt block is perfect for a scrap quilt project but can be used successfully in a themed quilt, too.
To create a color controlled theme quilt, consider altering the outer patches from block to block because leaving those areas the same will result in one big identical area when Offset Squares quilt blocks are sewn side-by-side. Try using the same fabrics, but shift them around so that edges of adjacent blocks differ.
The quilt block pattern explains how to make one 10" Offset Squares block. See the bottom of page 2 for help with fabric requirements for additional blocks.
Other Patterns
Change fabrics to suit your needs.
Dark purple/blue print for corners and center
- (1) 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" square
- (1) 2-1/2" x 10-1/2" strip
Dark red print used in vertical and horizontal 'columns'
- (1) 2-1/2" x 10-1/2" strip
Cream Print for background
- (2) 2-1/2" x 10-1/2" strips
Light muted green print for squares that provide a 'backdrop' for center; make this a bit subdued so that it recedes to the background a bit. Not as light as the background, but lighter and with less contrast than other fabrics.
- (1) 2-1/2" x 10-1/2" strip
Gold print for narrow bars that touch center square
- (1) 1-1/2" x 10-1/2" strip
Gold and green print for narrow outer bars at block edges
- (1) 1-1/2" x 10-1/2" strip
Optional: Make a very scrappy quilt
Choose a wide assortment of fabrics to make a scrap quilt.
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- All squares in the block are cut 2-1/2" x 2-1/2"
- Narrow bars are cut 1-1/2" x 2-1/2"
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Sew the Offset Squares Quilt Block
The Offset Squares quilt block is strip pieced for easy assembly, and all of its patches are cut along the fabric's straight grain—no stretchy bias edges to handle.
Use a quarter inch seam allowance throughout. Follow illustrations from left to right. You can improve accuracy by pressing to set seams before pressing the seams to one side.
- Sew a 2-1/2" x 10-1/2" blue/purple strip lengthwise to a cream background strip of the same size. Press the seam allowance towards the blue strip, taking care not to stretch the fabrics.
- Square up one end of the strip set. Beginning from the squared up end, cut (4) 2-1/2" segments from the strip.
- Sew a 2-1/2" x 10-1/2" background strip lengthwise to a light green strip of the same size. Press the seam allowance towards the background unless it is very light/sheer. Square up one end of the strip set and then cut (4) 2-1/2" segments.
- Pair a Step 2 segment with a Step 3 segment to create a small four patch unit. Sew together so that light backgrounds are at a diagonal to each other. Press seam either direction.
- Repeat to make a total of four identical four patch units.
- Sew a 1-1/2" x 10-1/2 strip lengthwise to the red strip. Press seam allowance either way.
- Sew the remaining 1-1/2" strip to the opposite side of the red strip. Press seam allowance either direction.
- Square up one end of the strip set. Cut (4) 2-1/2" segments.
- Arrange components into three rows as shown, lower left. The plain blue/purple square is at the center of the middle row. Double-check that all fabrics are correctly oriented.
- Sew components in each row together. Press new seam allowances in the top and bottom rows towards the four patch units. Press new seam allowances in the middle row towards the dark center.
- Join the rows, taking care to match seam intersections.
- Press the quilt block—it should measure 10-1/2" x 10-1/2". If it's a bit off, try to square up your quilt blocks.
To Make Additional Quilt Blocks
Notice how many segments of each type are required per block—four for all but the center square. A strip of fabric cut from selvage to selvage yields about 42" of usable width. That means you can probably cut 15-16 (2-1/2") segments from each width—or enough of each segment type for four quilt blocks.
Make as many segments of each type as needed. Strip widths are the same, it's only the lengths of the strips that must change. Feel free to switch colors in any way desired.


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Telcos Seek to Harness Power of IoT for Post-Connectivity Profits
- Photo: CommunicAsia 2016: A heady brew of IoT, data analytics and global communication.
- Photo: France: One of the 102 territories attending.
- Photo: Broadcast: An industry facing change.
- Photo: Some 48,000 delegates attended this year's multimedia event.
With telecommunications companies looking to search services and solutions as revenue streams beyond connectivity, the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as the battlefield for innovative monetisation across this highly competitive sector.
As telecommunication companies ('telcos') look to move beyond simply providing connectivity, seeing search services and solutions as their primary new revenue streams, data analytics emerged as the key area of interest at this year's CommunicAsia event, a development that has been largely driven by the increasing ubiquity of the Internet of Things (IoT). As well as maximising revenues from the more developed markets, connecting the unconnected billions around the world – particularly those in Asia – was also high on the agenda, as well as the question as just how to deliver the greater bandwidth demanded by data hungry users.
One of this year's keynote speakers was Gerd Leonhard, Chief Executive of The Futures Agency, a Switzerland-based technology thinktank. Addressing, this year's delegates, he said: "Digital transformation requires a change to business models. In the case of the auto industry, for instance, its future will not be about selling more cars, largely because we will be sharing more cars. Instead of selling cars, the industry will be selling mobility.
"In the same way, telcos can no longer solely sell traditional telecoms services. While the provision of networks and developing infrastructure was once a good business model, the future will be about adding value via services, experiences and platforms."
This year the event was co-located with BroadcastAsia and EnterpriseIT, one of Asia's largest information technology expos. Turning his attention to broadcasters, Leonhard said: "You need to realise you are not the only game in town. You, too, will need to generate new business models or become irrelevant.
"TV is a societal event and will remain a key platform for delivering live sports and political events. Thanks to increasingly ubiquitous high-speed, low-cost internet, however, everything else can be delivered by other players."
Echoing Leonhard's sentiments, Gary McLaren, Chief Technology Officer of the Hong Kong Broadband Network, said: "Unless broadcast TV changes its business model, it will die off within ten years."
Providing the secure networks – as well as the required services and solutions – for the widely-predicted digital transformation of the IoT is another development that telcos clearly see themselves driving. According to Darren Hubert, Chief Architect for Microsoft Services APAC, there will be 50 billion connected devices by 2020, representing a global market worth at least US$1.7 trillion. Significantly, he also sees Asia leading this growth. Overall, he sees IoT being driven by four key concerns – What happened? Why did it happen? What will happen? What should I do?
Expanding on his vision, he said: "While capturing data is cool, the real promise of IoT is in tying that data together with insight and intelligent action. The cloud stores and processes data, the data provides insight, with that insight ultimately leading to intelligent action. IoT is really all about large, complex data, which, in turn enables new types of insight and new business opportunities."
Hubert believes that the IoT in now on the verge of becoming truly mass market. In light of this, his advice to companies is clear: "Start by connecting devices you already have. Use services and the cloud. Combine the data you already have rather than store it in silos. Then start generating new insights, which will ultimately create new business value."
Keen to put into perspective just how big Big Data actually is was Ong Geok Chwee, Vice-president of Emerging Businesses for Starhub, a Singapore-based multi-platform communications company. She said: "Every day, we generate enough data to fill 10 million Blu-Ray disks. How can we make sense of all of this data? For us, as a traditional telco and cable services provider, it's no longer about connectivity. It's about providing user-directed content, services and solutions.
"One such service is outcome-driven analytics. We now provide actionable analysis to a number of clients. In the case of retail malls, for instance, we help them the better understand the needs, behaviour and traits of their customers."
According to Sue Bryant, Director of South Pacific Solutions Marketing for Huawei, the Chinese telcom technology giant, there are a number of factors driving the growth of the IoT, with the most significant being falling device costs, widening connectivity and improving industry standards. Explaining the challenge currently facing the sector, she said: "If telcos do not have a strategy, then someone else will come in and monetize IoT, using the networks built by the telcos. This will be very similar to the way that certain services providers – notably Netflix and Spotify – have done with existing digital networks."
Citing an example of one company already meeting with some success in this sector, she said: "Telefonica, the Spanish telecoms operator, rolled out smart home solutions four years ago. It now has more than a million domestic customers in South America. This is the kind of mass market approach telcos should adopt, one that builds on their existing strengths."
Moving on to prospects in the smart car sector, she highlighted the success of Zain, a Kuwaiti telecoms group, that has already developed connected car technology, a move that anticipates the inevitable surge in demand when driverless cars become mainstream. She also gave an appreciative nod to China's Unicom, with the telecoms giant already established as a pioneer in the smart car parking solutions sector. Summarising her message, she said: "Telcos need to ask where they fit in the value chain. They also need to consider the exact nature of their revenue model and identify partners who will help them deliver their solutions.
Despite the clear excitement associated with developments in this sector, IoT and data analytics are, of course, only relevant to the 50% of world's population that is currently digitally enfranchised. For many at the show, connecting the other half remained both a challenge and a priority.
Keen to address this particular issue was Ulf Ewaldsson, Group Chief Technology Officer for Ericsson, the Swedish telecoms technology company. Predicting dramatic changes, he said: "The number of the unconnected will drop by half to 1.5 billion over the next 20-25 years. A key part of this change will be the increased availability of more affordable devices. We believe that when connected devices are available for US$10, we will be able to connect another one billion people".
One country seeking to bring itself into the fully connected age is Australia. Bill Morrow is the Chief Executive of NBN, the Melbourne-based company tasked with the design, build and operation of the country's National Broadband Network.
Demonstrating the sheer scale of the project his company has undertaken, he said: "In most countries across the world, the cities have excellent and competitively priced connectivity. The rural areas, however, remain poorly connected, especially in a country such as Australia, where the distances between rural communities can be immense.
"Private enterprise cannot tackle this particular issue. The solution – as has been shown in places like Singapore – is a private/public partnership. In line with this model, we hope to connect eight million rural homes by 2020, providing them with speeds of at least 25mbps."
Gustav Grundin, Associate Principal with the New York office of McKinsey & Company, sees a similar challenge facing Asia's smaller cities. He said: "It's costly to deliver connectivity to the low-density, low-rise cities that are common across Asia. The way forward is to maximize frequency spectrum allocation, using what's available more efficiently.
"The higher spectrums – 3G, LTE, and the like – are much more efficient and cost effective when it comes to data transmission, with some spectrum currently allocated to radio arguably better utilised by such services.
"Overall, it's comparable to building a better highway and ensuring that that highway is well used. The opportunity for doing so is greatest in Asia, with its huge, young, increasingly affluent and tech-savvy population all keen to move to the cities."
Craig Thomas, Senior Director, International Marketing for Calix, a Californian telecoms equipment manufacturer, however, sees another way forward for telcos. He said: "We have been great at competing on price and speed, but that model is not sustainable. In truth, we've overdone it. We have provided fibre to the home, and high speed Wi-Fi, but the bandwidth is too high for many older devices to make proper use of. As a result, customers complain that they are not getting the speeds they expect. In fact, our data shows that 63% of customer complaints are about their home Wi-Fi.
"We need to work out how to meet their requirement in a more effective manner. Telcos also need to identify profitable niches – such as gamers – and sell properly-tailored packages."
CommunicAsia 2016 was held at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 31 May-3 June. The show was held in conjunction with BroadcastAsia and EnterpriseIT. In total, the events attracted some 48,000 attendees from 102 countries and regions.
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Obama Authorizes Arms to Syrian Rebels
Michael Casey and Andrew Tabler discuss the latest on Syria, and Emre Peker has the latest on protests in Turkey. Photo: AP/
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The Power of Pink Evening will be taking place at the Brookhaven FEMA Building on Thursday, October 19 from 6:30PM- 9:30PM.
There will be a special guest speaker, buffet dinner, door prizes, silent auction and music. This event will give you the chance to come out and enjoy a night of fun, laughs and lasting memories
The tickets are $25 per person.
This event allows the opportunity to raise breast cancer awareness as well as have a fundraiser for local community outreach.
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11 Excellent Free Responsive WordPress Slider Plugins
Love 'em or hate 'em, sliders are popular and people just can't get enough of them. At least, that's what our traffic stats tell us.
Just this month, we've had more than 7000 hits on one of our older slider posts. That's a lot of slider love!
And no wonder – finding a decent slider that's easy to set up and not too fiddly to get your head around is hard. Fortunately, there are plenty of free slider plugins around that provide a convenient way to display multiple images, video or other content on your website.
With that in mind, I've curated this list of some of my favorite slider plugins, including many solid options that have been around for years and have stood the test of time and are, of course, regularly updated. They've all been tested with the latest version WordPress and are ranked in order of active installs, according to data from the WordPress Plugin Repository.
Upfront Sliders
Let's kick off this list with Upfront. While it's not technically a plugin, it's by far the easiest option on this list for adding a slider to your site.
With Upfront, you can create everything from wall-to-wall mega sliders that immediately grab your visitors' attention, to compact sliders for showing off smaller details on your site. You can control every aspect of your slider (or sliders if you want to display more than one), including slider transitions, navigation, slider order styling and slider behavior. It goes without saying that Upfront sliders are 100% responsive (aren't they all these days?).
If you want to further customize your sliders, Upfront lets you set up default presets, so you don't have to repeat styling options you've set for a particular slider. But if you want to really want to get stuck into styling the finer details of your sliders, you can easily add custom code to your site.
Meta Slider
Active Installs: 600,000+
With more than 600,000 active installs, Meta Slider has been the reigning king of free slider plugins for the past couple of years and it doesn't look like it will be knocked out of the top spot anytime soon. If you want to add sliders to your site with no fuss, this is the plugin you need to download.
It comes with four jQuery sliders – Nivo Slider, Coin Slider, Flex Slider, and Responsive Slides – and each slider has its own set of effects (slide in, fold, fade etc). You can also pick from light and dark styling options and whether you want to display navigation buttons.
Adding sliders to your posts and pages is simple – upload your images, select the options you want and insert the resulting shortcode where you want your slider to display on your site. A handy "Add Slider" button is also added to posts and pages in case you forget to copy the shortcode.
If the basic settings aren't enough, you can go pro, starting at $19 a year.
Huge-IT Slider
Active Installs: 100,000+
Huge-IT's Slider plugin has quietly climbed the slider ranks, surpassing the popular Soliloquy plugin to take out the number two spot. I'm guessing it might have something to do with the fact this plugin is simply called "Slider" in the WordPress Plugin Repository, an appealing name for new users.
This plugin is straight forward to set up and creating a new slider is easy – just walk yourself through the options for creating a new slider. You're not restricted to just adding images, too. With this plugin, you can mix and match videos, posts, and images.
Slider comes with a ton of features. The most basic ones are displayed when you create a new plugin, but there are even more when you click the "General Options" menu item. You can configure everything from how you want your loading images and navigation to look, to font and border sizes, and border and background colors.
It's worth noting that the plugin displays a large banner ad for the pro version of the plugin in the backend of your site that you can't turn off, so if you're not into ads then this isn't the plugin for you. Otherwise, Slider is a great option worth checking out if you're looking for slider plugin with more than just the basic features.
Soliloquy Lite
Active Installs: 90,000+
Soliloquy is super simple to set up. Just drag and drop your images into a new slider and configure how you want them to look and feel (dimensions, transition speed etc.). If you want to take things a step further, you can add your own custom CSS for even more control over how your sliders look.
Like most other slider plugins, you'll need to copy a shortcode and paste it into page or posts where you want your sliders to display.
There's a pro version if you more premium features. So if you like the lite version and need more features, why not check it out.
Meteor Slides
Active Installs: 90,000+
If you're looking for a bare bones slider plugin, Meteor Slides is it.
This plugin comes with only the most basic of features – the ability to add images to a slider (read: "a" slider since you can only create one), set dimensions, set the speed, and choose from 26 transition styles.
That's about it. This plugin is a good option if you don't need any fancy pants features.
Cyclone Slider 2
Active Installs: 70,000+
Cyclone Slider 2 is another really basic and easy to set up plugin. It displays a simple responsive image slider with a few options, such as delays, slider dimensions, and pause on hover. Just drag and drop to add and re-order your slides.
The developer is obviously mindful of internationalization – there's RTL support and you can use qTranslate quick tags for slide titles and descriptions.
There's premium version if you want to splash some cash and it comes with support and other nice features like the ability to import/export, and templates.
Master Slider
Active Installs: 60,000+
This slick looking plugin was easily the prettiest of all the slider options I tested and is simple – even fun – to set up.
Just drag and drop your images into place or to re-order them, and then pick from all of the settings on offer – set your dimensions, crop, pick your transitions, and voilà, you're done. If you need some guidance, there are sample sliders available that feature different layouts, like sliders with text, and fullwidth sliders.
As always, you need to use shortcodes to insert sliders into posts and pages.
Unlike other freemium plugins, Master Slider gets its advertising user experience right. In the tabbed navigation when you're creating a new slider, there's a shiny green "Upgrade to Pro" option that's clearly visible and hard to miss, yet at the same time unobtrusive.
FlexSlider 2
This plugin by WooThemes is fiddly to set up, but once you've got it up and running it offers a range of beautifully minimalist sliders (basic, carousel, video, slider with thumbnail and navigation).
The catch with this plugin is that if you change your theme you'll lose your slider. WooThemes offers WooSlider from $49 if you want more functionality without playing with code.
Slider WD
Active Installs: 30,000+
What Slider WD lacks in good looks it makes up for in spades with its huge array of settings. Yes, this plugin has options galore.
Setting up a new slider is a straight forward process. Just drag and drop the images you want to use. You can then add a text layer and even image, video, social media and hotspot layers.
Now onto the settings. Cycling through the settings navigation opens up all kinds of fun stuff. The basic options like setting dimensions, cropping, alignment transitions, etc. are all there, of course. But you can do other cool stuff, like turn on swipe navigation, add a watermark, and add your own custom CSS.
Some of the styling options are visible but disabled and only available to pro users, which is a bit of a tease. Licenses include updates and support and start at $20 for six months access.
Smooth Slider
Active Installs: 20,000+
Setting up this plugin was anything but a smooth experience. While there are lots of features available for all the usual things you would expect (transitions, navigation, colors, etc) and more, the user experience was confusing and I got impatient while setting up a new slider and gave up.
The fact is, there are other free plugins that are easier to set up than this one and I hope the developers realize this and redesign the user interface.
Still, if you persist and have the time to explore the settings, I'm sure you could set up a slider and get used to how the plugin admin is set out.
Ultimate Responsive Image Slider
Active Installs: 20,000+
It might not have the prettiest name, but it's super easy to set up – I activated the plugin and set up a new slider in less than a minute. Nice!
Ultimate Responsive Image Slider doesn't have as many features as some other plugins, like Huge-IT Slider or Master Slider, but I did like how the options are all listed on the one page – no clicking through tabs, it's all there for you to quickly scroll through so you can pick and choose who you want your sliders to look.
The user interface is fairly basic but is easy enough to understand. If you like this plugin, there's a pro version for $21.


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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Team-Up Thursday- All in a row
11 comments:
- Christina said...
pergola? I think you might be too fancy for the likes of me. I didn't even know what that meant and had to google it.
- January 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- shirley said...
LOVE your pergola - so lovely in that snow. And I agree that I wouldn't be able to get so many kids lined up like that. Great Dip!
- January 13, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Kimberly said...
Snow covered lanterns hanging from a pergola. The image that conjures up is almost as lovely as your capture!
- January 13, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Maggie said...
I love your pergola...and your snow capped lanterns! What a great shot...love your perspective!
- January 13, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Kimberly said...
I would love to have a pergola that's covered in snow if it were to look anything like yours!
- January 13, 2011 at 3:49 PM
- Megan said...
i adore the word "pergola" -- and your shot, too :)
- January 13, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- Killlashandra said...
The lanterns are great! I wish we even got a little bit of snow. And you're right the line up shot is great too. Very cute. Great combo!
- January 13, 2011 at 8:25 PM
- Jessie said...
The lantern shot is great. A bit of color in a otherwise black and white shot. Cool! Cara's made me say aww :) Angie and I always go with the theme, one less thing to have to think of lol :)
- January 14, 2011 at 6:58 AM
- HipMomma-MelodyA. said...
It's so romantic, your snow covered lights. I love seeing everyone's snow shots. Wish we'd get a little.
- January 14, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Stacy said...
Very pretty shot! I bet your kids are loving the snow. :)
- January 18, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- carrie said...
your shot is so very winter wonderland meets artistic cool photo. i've been absent, but trying to catch up this week...nice work ladies. yeah, and HOW on earth did she get them to stand still??
- January 18, 2011 at 5:42 PM


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Delicious medley of cheese, complimented by fresh basil and Bocconcini cheese, roasted pepper and tomatoes.
|1 lb
|(454 g) Maple Leaf Prime Naturally® Minced Chicken
|1/2 cup
|(125 mL) Grated Provolone cheese
|1/4 cup
|(60 mL) Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
|Egg yolk
|1/3 cup
|(80 mL) Breadcrumbs
|Cloves garlic, minced
|2 tbsp
|(30 mL) Minced fresh basil
|Salt and pepper
|Roasted red pepper, diced
|Cocktail Bocconcini, quartered
|pint Cherry tomatoes, quartered
|1 tbsp
|(15 mL) Olive oil
|2 tbsp
|(30 mL) Chopped fresh parsley (optional)
|Onion buns, split and lightly toasted
|4 tbsp
|(60 mL) Roasted red pepper dip
PREHEAT BBQ to medium.
MIX together minced chicken, Provolone cheese, Parmesan cheese, roasted red pepper, egg yolk, breadcrumbs, garlic, fresh basil, salt and pepper.
DIVIDE into four patties. Lightly grease the grill and cook burgers for 6-8 minutes per side or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C).
MEANWHILE, using a small bowl mix the Bocconcini, cherry tomatoes, olive oil and parsley if using. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Spread each bun with the roasted red pepper dip. Place a cooked burger on top followed by a generous amount of the red pepper, Bocconcini, tomato mixture. Sprinkle with additional chopped basil and serve topped with the other half of the bun.
Roast your own red pepper by placing on a hot grill, turning frequently until the skin is charred. Set aside to cool. When cool, peel the skin, remove the seeds, and dice.
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Glitter the Unicorn Adventures
Glitter for a Cause
When Callie Chapman was 6-years-old, she wrote a story for the Expression's Art Contest. The Story, Glitter the Unicorn is about a unicorn named Glitter and her best friend Ellie. The dynamic duo go on a magical adventure to Cotton Candy Land.
A year later, with Callie's book flying off the shelves, she decided to donate the profits to Children's of Alabama to help buy art supplies for young patients. Callie will be making her first donation to Children's in the amount of $3,500.
Callie continues to write stories in order raise more money for Children's Hospital.


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Results from the First Public Exhibition on Proposals for Shrubberies Hill
I now have the results from the first public exhibition on the proposals for mixed-use housing in a field adjacent to Shrubberies Hill in Porthleven. This meeting took place on the 5th October. There was a second meeting in November, but I have not had those figures as yet.
A total of 161 people signed the visitor book at the exhibition and out of that, 99 people left feedback via the forms provided. Though from my understanding the number of visitors actually reached the 200 mark. From those 99 people who left feedback on the day, the split on people's views is as follows:
Support – 15 (15%)
Support with reservations – 24 (24%)
Unsure – 13 (13%)
Objections – 47 (47%)
The supporters felt the need for the affordable housing, but must be for local people. The objectors highlighted concerns over road and transport issues, strain on the infrastructure, and harm to the character of the village if this proposal was to go ahead. As you can see, the objectors are in the outright majority, but the support (including with reservations) are not far behind. It will be interesting to see and compare the feedback from both exhibitions. I hope to have those new figures in the next few weeks.


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No one ever said it would be easy to quit smoking, but once you dedicate yourself to this process, it's important to take all the appropriate steps to ensure your success. Joining a smoking cessation program can be one of the most effective ways to get the help you need to break both your nicotine addiction and your addiction to the physical act of smoking. However, most people don't know where to look for these programs or even how they work. With the right tools, smokers can get the assistance they need and start down the path of a healthier lifestyle much more quickly.
Why Should You Quit? *
In general, most people are aware there are negative risks to smoking. One of the areas that can be most severely affected by this habit is your heart and circulatory system. This is why smoking is heavily linked to the presence of heart disease. In addition, your lungs are at risk. Many smokers will ultimately develop a chronic lung condition, whether it's lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or a number of other conditions. The longer you smoke, the greater your risk for developing these diseases, even after you quit. This is why it's so important to work hard at quitting as soon as you can. Smoking cessation treatment is one of the most effective ways of achieving your goals and putting your body back on the path to success. In addition, it's important to quit for those around you, both for their health and so they don't have to fear losing you.
Smoking Cessation Guidelines *
While no two people will respond to treatment in the same way, just like any other medical treatment, it's important for medical professionals to have guidelines in place to help them determine the best way to treat each patient who crosses their path. For this reason, the NCCN puts guidelines in place to provide the guidance these medical professionals need. This list of guidelines details the potential treatment plans, how long patients can expect to take to quit, and what benefits they can expect to receive. These guidelines are reviewed regularly and adjustments can be made to fit the current research and the trends seen among patients who are being treated.
What Do Smoking Cessation Programs Use? *
The methods used to help people quit smoking vary greatly depending on the program you choose and what methods work for you. For instance, some individuals are able to quit cold turkey with a little support from family, friends and a counselor, while others require more in depth treatment options. Nicotine replacement products have become a useful tool many individuals have used to gradually decrease their nicotine intake while eliminating the dangerous chemicals found in cigarette smoke. Over time, most people are able to step completely off nicotine and resume living a healthier lifestyle. However, these products don't work for everyone.
Smoking cessation drugs can sometimes be used by medical professionals to change the chemistry of the brain to break the dependence. Many of these medications are classified as anti-depressants but were also found to help people stop smoking. These medications should only be used for shorter periods of time while the individual stops smoking. In many cases, this treatment option allows patients to continue smoking as they reduce the number of cigarettes they use each day. Once the individual is no longer smoking, medications can be weaned to complete the treatment.
Another treatment method that is growing in popularity is smoking cessation hypnosis. According to WebMD, hypnosis can be an effective method of helping people stop smoking by making subliminal suggestions to the mind. For instance, the hypnotist may suggest the smoke smells like something particularly unpleasant to the smoker or may suggest cigarette use will leave the individual parched and extremely thirsty. These unpleasant ideas can often cause fast, effective results. They may even use a technique called self-hypnosis in which the individual can repeat several affirmations every time they feel the urge to smoke. These affirmations can include:
- A healthy body is necessary to live.
- Smoking poisons the body.
- It's up to me to protect and respect my body.
These simple phrases can remind the smoker of the detrimental impact of a smoking habit and discourage the habit altogether.
Unfortunately, hypnosis doesn't work for everyone. In fact, one in four people are incapable of being hypnotized at all. In addition, the level of intensity each individual experiences will vary, which can mean some people are able to quit smoking almost immediately as a result, while others may take weeks, months or even years to fully quit. It's important for individuals to enter this type of smoking cessation program with an open mind. In some cases, individuals may need to try something else entirely or combine hypnosis with another treatment option for the best results.
Smoking Cessation Timeline *
The amount of time it takes to fully quit smoking will vary widely from individual to individual. It can also depend on the treatments used and how well each person responds to those treatments. For this reason, there is no set timeline anyone can truly follow. Instead, they need to follow their body's cues and determine whether a treatment is working and consider another if it isn't. However, while this is the most common type of timeline most people are thinking about when they enter a program, there's another type of timeline that should also be considered as part of the process. This timeline refers to the health benefits individuals will experience when they stop smoking.
The American Cancer Society has put together a smoking cessation timeline that clearly shows smokers the benefits of quitting so they can realize how important it is to quit as soon as possible. This timeline shows the following:
- Heart rate and blood pressure often drop within 20 minutes of quitting.
- Carbon monoxide levels drop after 12 hours.
- Circulation improves and lung function increases after three weeks to three months, depending on how long an individual smoked.
- Lung function, such as cilia, mucus and ease of breathing, improve between one and nine months.
- The risk of heart disease drops by half after a year.
- Risks of certain cancers, such as bladder, mouth and throat reduce by half after five years.
- Risk of cervical cancer returns to normal after five years.
- The stroke risk returns to normal in two to five years.
- The risk of lung cancer reduces by half by year 10.
- The risk of heart disease returns to normal by 15 years.
In addition to these important risk facts, individuals who quit smoking also decrease their chances of developing diabetes. While quitting at any age is beneficial to your health, the younger you are, the better your outcome will be.
Quitting smoking isn't always an easy task, but with the help of a smoking cessation program, individuals can give themselves a better chance at a successful outcome and ensure they lower their risk of serious medical conditions. While it's never a good idea to start smoking, recognizing the benefits of quitting is a giant step in the right direction, giving smokers a new lease on life and helping them enjoy a healthier lifestyle and a longer life with those around them.


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About Elizabeth Tichvon
Elizabeth Tichvon is a Consecrated Marian Catechist, UCLA Certified Paralegal and Writer. Always faithful to the Magisterium, she spreads and defends the Catholic faith as a true witness of Christ, confessing the name of Jesus boldly; never ashamed of the Cross.
Elizabeth became aware of the need for the New Evangelization while in the three years of her formation as a Marian Catechist and wrote over 100 published meditations on Sacred Scripture for The Journey, www.daily-meditations.org. In 2006, she created her blog, http://elizabethtichvon.wordpress.com and following Jesus' example, now teaches through her own parables so that by sharing her stories through social media, might bring others closer to the heart of Christ. As a Consecrated Marian Catechist, spiritual life is the foundation of her writing.
In 1986 Elizabeth completed UCLA's Graduate Paralegal Program With Honors and worked in the legal field for 34 years before retiring from Chrysler in 2008. She is now writing and catechizing daily and lives with her husband of 38 years.
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What's going on in the minds of Democrat voters? No wait! I don't mean just Hillary Clinton. I'm talking about all the lies, crimes and scandals they have ignored over the decades. They all can't be looking for a free ride like the growing number of welfare and food stamp recipients. That means we can divide the rest into two groups: Those who actually believe the bull caca the demoncRAT politicians shovel and those politicians who actually shovel said caca.
Look at the promises they have made year after year telling black people how much better they will make their lives by giving them free stuff and bending, breaking and making new rules to give them advantages over others. How's that working out there folks? With all the trillions of dollars spent on anti-poverty programs since Johnson's War on Poverty, why is the number of people in poverty greater than when they started? These programs are designed to fail. Well not fail. Just keep the beneficiaries dependent on the system. The Republicans are not much better but at least some of them try to make people take responsibility for themselves. The old saw, "Give them a hand up instead of a hand out." Is closer to the Republican ideal than the demoncRAT. Year after year 80% and more blacks vote for demoncRAT politicians.Why? Because year after year the politicians make bigger and bigger promises. It seems as long as they have cell phones, flat screen TVs and food stamps they say, "The really good stuff is coming next time."
Then there is the public education system. The federal government has no business meddling in education. The Department of Education was created in 1979 by the peanut farmer, second worst president, Jimmy Carter. The quality of public education has suffered for it. The US taxpayer has spent over one hundred billion dollars a year on the department of education. They have educated NO children.
The list of demoncRAT lies and boondoggles could fill 100 rants. This is just a couple to think about. Don't forget how the department of energy was started to lower energy cost! (There goes that peanut farmer again!) There goes another thirty billion a year.
I've pretty much laid off of Hillary and BO because if you voted for BO not once but twice there isn't any way I can convince you that you made two mistakes. On top of that you're probably going to vote for Hillary. Steeeriiiike Three! Now, Hillary is a proven liar and a thief just like her husband. (If you made the first two strikes and are old enough you probably voted for that sphincter too!). Just in case you haven't seen it, here is a partial list of BO's lies. And Here is another list. Here is a list of Hillary's lies and crimes. aaannnnd Check out this article. I don't have the space or time to list them all. HOW CAN YOU VOTE FOR THESE PEOPLE?? Don't forget that the area around Washington DC has the highest average salary and the lowest unemployment in the country,
Trump might be an loud mouthed, bombastic bully but I believe he can do some good things for the country where Hillary is only out for Hillary.
One day, President Obama visited an elementary school. All the kids were so excited to get to meet the President. He began to talk to them and asked them to define the word "tragedy. " "Well," one girl replied, "If my mommy ran over my dog, Rover, that would be a tragedy! " The President smiled at the little girl and said, "No, sweetie. That would be an accident! Can anyone give it a try? " A little boy sitting across the room raised his hand and said, "I know! I know! If our bus driver ran off of a cliff and killed everyone! " The President shook his head and said, "No son. That would be a great loss! Doesn't anyone know of a good example of a tragedy? " A small girl raised her hand and said, "Well, Mr. President, if you and Michelle were in Air Force One and it was hit by a missile and blown to smithereens, most people would think that that was a tragedy! " "Very good," he said. "And what was your reason for that answer? " "Well," she said, "It would not be an accident and it sure would not be a great loss! "


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NAME: Kent Dennis Bottenfield
BORN: Nov. 14, 1968, in Portland, Ore.
RESIDES: Franklin, Tenn.
FAMILY: wife Pamela (married 18 years); son Eli (age 11), daughters Emma (14) and Lucy (6)
DRAFTED: by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft
SIGNED: June 5, 1986
MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT: July 6, 1992
FINAL GAME: June 9, 2001
MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE: nine seasons; Montreal 1992-93, Colorado 1993-94, San Francisco 1994, Chicago Cubs 1996-97, St. Louis 1998-99, Anaheim 2000, Philadelphia 2000, Houston 2001.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 1996 and 1997 — pitched in 112 games with the Cubs, struck out 104 batters in 145 2/3 innings. Had a 2.63 earned run average in 1996 and 3.97 ERA in 1997; 1999 — was 18-7 as a starter for the Cardinals with a 3.97 ERA and made the National League All-Star team. Traded in 2000 to Anaheim along with Adam Kennedy for Jim Edmonds.
PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS: "Wrigley Field was my favorite place to play. St. Louis was my favorite town because of the Cardinals fans. Houston was my favorite team. Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell led by example. Bagwell played seriously hurt three years and he was there every day. There isn't much of that anymore."
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Note that this not a Java question :) I guess one way is to query this to the web server running on that system. (Obviously this requires the host to have a web server running)
Query www.java-forums.org using the following web interface:
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It will report that the web server is Apache running on a unix system. I don't think there is any clear way to obtain this information from any host. You can just guess that info by looking at the services running on ports and their versions possibility.
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GRO Furniture has created a modular crib that grows with your child. Babies grow so fast that soon, that fancy crib you spent a fortune on will be as useful as a third elbow, which is to say, not very. Soon your toddler will need a whole new place to rest their head, which means countless trips to furniture stores, expensive at-home deliveries and the possibility of mind-numbing self assembly.
Instead of accumulating a graveyard of useless pieces of furniture in your home, select a GRO Furniture modular crib and enjoy it for years to come. Easily convertible from crib to toddler bed to daybed to desk, this adaptive crib will stay in your child's room for years to come. The GRO Furniture will give you several years of service without ever becoming superfluous.
Clever, compact and adaptive, the GRO Furniture modular crib will make frazzled parents everywhere heave a sigh of relief.
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Thanks to all the candidates that ran for office yesterday to represent our county at the state level. I would also like to thank our state delegates that worked diligently to vet the candidates on behalf of their precincts. 100% of our state delegates were represented at the state convention yesterday.
Here are the 2014 Republican State Convention results for Wasatch County:
Here are the 2014 Republican State Convention results for Wasatch County:
House District 54
Kraig Powell - 35 votes, 67.3%
Wylder Smith - 17 votes, 32.7%
Senate District 26
Kevin Van Tassell - 106 votes, 70.7%
Susan Horrucks - 44 votes, 29.3%
At the State and Federal level, here are the results for those that will represent our county:
UT 3rd District Congress
Jason Chaffetz - 87.2%
Robert Stevens - 6.4%
Mark Hedengren - 6.4%
Utah Attorney General
Sean Reyes - By Acclamation
Aaron Gabrielson
Wasatch County Republican Chair
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Mod Review - The Golden Crest - A Major Pirate Quest (ver 1.20a)
Score: +2/-5
Summary: Supposedly you play as a pirate. Supposedly.
Why Get This: Wasting time. Might be better later, but I didn't want to waste more time.
This mod initially starts out with some promise with some interesting quests, but quickly becomes awful. For a "pirate quest", you spend an inordinate amount of time on land doing quests that could have shown up in any other mod. There is even a quest where the questgiver clearly states that they wouldn't normally do that sort of task. Further, a couple of early quests involve so much wasted time that you are clearly taking a risk with the modder's design philosophy if you want to persist with this mod.
+ Some interesting quests and situations.
+ Good use of dialogue overall.
-- For a "pirate quest", you spend a lot of time on land. You do a lot of utterly un-pirate things, like set up a mining operation, hanging out in an inland pub, and looking for a bounty hunter deep in caves. Where the heck is the pirate stuff?
- When you first join the pirate crew, you are given a shirt and pants which looks like a lower-class labourer outfit. Except it's for sailors. And it's heavily ENCHANTED. WTF? And none of the other crew are using it. Hmm... "Inexplicable" and "implausible" are words that come to mind.
- Incredible time-wasting linear quest that is not optional and not very pirate-like at all -- "A Sister's Love". There is a journal entry that reads:
- "I found a list of people who have bounties on their heads. It seems that Mal gro-Shick [the person you need to find] is a bounty hunter, a good one judging by the names and locations on this list. If I want to track down Mal I will have to follow the list and go from cave to cave. When I find somebody from this list that still draws breath I should wait at that location for Mal to arrive. The first location on this list is..."
Naturally, you go through a couple of duds -- already-dead persons -- but not until you've gone through several monster-infested dungeons. All to come to a dead end. WTF? If I wanted to do aimless monster-killing in vanilla Oblivion dungeons, I don't have to download a mod to do that.- More incredible time-wasting with another non-optional quest: Quest, "The Straight Arrow". The quest update pop-up reads:
- "I've tried speaking to a few of the regulars but they refused to talk to me. Vitisha was right, they dislike talking to passing travelers. I need to make them realize that I want to become one of them, a regular. I have a plan that just might work. I should come round every day for the next few days and spend a few hours here, without leaving through the door until those few hours are up. Hopefully, after a few days they might notice me and start talking with me. [Pressing T and waiting or sleeping doesn't count]."
So basically, the modder wants you to walk your character into the inn, then leave Oblivion running and idle for god knows how long while you, the player (not, not your character) go do something *other* than watch the screen while your character does absolutely nothing interesting. WTF?
When this quest showed up, I uninstalled the mod. I can't trust a modder who gives you such ludicrous quests. Who knows what other rubbish you'll need to do later even if you waste your time jumping through this hoop.


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Goldman Sachs is a master at making money, but lately it has become a master at giving it away too.
Goldman - for many a symbol of Wall Street greed and excess - wants the world to know it has a charitable side.
The New York Times reports with the same calculation that earned it a reputation as the savviest trading house on Wall Street, it has staked out a position as one of the nation's leading corporate philanthropists, giving away more than $1.6bn since 2008.
You may remember Goldman as the bank accused of making billions of dollars while ordinary people were losing their homes during the financial crisis. Or as the firm whose traders were said to have misled investors by selling them, as one memorable internal e-mail described it, 'junk that nobody was dumb enough to take first time around'.
Now Goldman executives say the firm wants to give something back. But Goldman also has been trying to polish its reputation with ordinary Americans and politicians in Washington. 'Engaging wasn't just the right thing, it was necessary, especially in the wake of the financial crisis when people said we weren't doing enough', said John F.W. Rogers, Goldman Sachs' chief of staff, and a driving force behind the bank's philanthropic efforts.
The shift is particularly noteworthy because Goldman - unlike most corporations with large charitable efforts - has no presence on Main Street.
To access the complete New York Times article hit the link below
Goldman Sachs, Buying Redemption
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