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STRANGEBUTTRUE- Crying game: Your baby learns in utero
Q. What language does your baby cry in? –B. Spock
A. Only days after birth, babies have a "bawl" with language, says Bruce Bower in Science News, crying in the melodic patterns they heard in adults' conversations before birth, as reported by German medical anthropologist Kathleen Wermke. Such hearing provides exposure to a specific language.
Then as newborns, they recreate these familiar patterns in their cries, important for "seeding" language development. Within days after birth, babies can discriminate the sound of their native tongue from others.
Wermke and her colleagues studied 30 newborns in French-speaking families and 30 in German-speaking families. German newborns' cries tended to start high-pitched and gravitate to increasingly lower pitches; the cries of French newborns started low-pitched and then moved higher.
"Comparable intonation patterns characterize words and phrases used by fluent speakers of German and French." Infants in those and other cultures do indeed "wail with the melody of the native tongue."
Q. D-day was June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion at Normandy. Do you know what the "D" stands for? –Pvt. J.F. Ryan
A. According to a letter-writer to Science Illustrated magazine, Dwight D. Eisenhower and staff coined the term for an unknown date with a purpose: the debarkation of troops from their ships to the shore, making D-day "debarkation-day." But such a belief is unfounded.
The Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Assorted Terms explains that "D-day is simply date-day, the unnamed date on which a particular operation is to commence. Similarly, H-hour is the specific hour on D-day at which a particular operation commences."
As historian Michael J. Edwards of the University of New Orleans Eisenhower Center told Science Illustrated, D-day was first used during World War I as a stand-in for the actual date of an upcoming operation. He speculates that alternative definitions such as "debarkation," "death" and "doom" may have been coined by World War II troops during the invasion at Normandy.
Q. What's the "coolest" thing about your Internet searches? –S. Brin
A. It had better be the anti-overheating equipment of your Internet Service Provider as its banks of computers swing into search action for you, generating much machine heat, says Michael Raymer in The Silicon Web: Physics for the Internet Age. A typical desktop computer uses 200 watts (W) of power. Internet server companies such as Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft need the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of such computers in a single location to operate their extensive Web searching and data-storing. In fact, 250,000 of them together use 50,000,000 W for a single server "farm." "If a typical household air-conditioning unit provides a cooling power of 1,000 W, then a large server-farm building would require the equivalent of 50,000 such air conditioners," Raymer writes.
Q. Not so long ago there were only cosmonauts and astronauts. Then very recently the Chinese gave us taikonauts. Now who's about to further expand this space-faring set? –M. Gandhi
A. That other billion-strong nation– India– has added the tongue-twisting term "vyomanauts," from the Sanskrit "vyoma" for sky or space, says New Scientist magazine. Actually, the closest Sanskrit word to astronaut would have been "vyomagami," for something that passes in the sky.
Another consideration was "gaganaut" ("gagan" is also Sanskrit for sky), but one Indian Sanskrit studies professor declared vyomanaut a "very good" choice.
The Indian Space Research Organization is in the process of choosing four vyomanauts from a pool of 200 fighter pilots, adds the Indian Air Force. Long-range plans are for a three-person vehicle to carry two vyonanauts into
275-kilometer low-Earth orbit within several years.
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well gm is expected to announce bk tomorrow, is this going to affect the market?
well gm is expected to announce bk tomorrow, is this going to affect the market?
Here is the right market watch guys....
I just go home and same old story...but that is fine. I am not worried in the least. Time is on my side. I don't have to think as much.
Just in time for Glenn Beck! What a deal!
Any good news or hot stocks floating about?
and mine was wrong? pff see if i go out of my way anymore!
Pravda is the former hard-core Russian / Communist news outlet. They have posted a story today about the United States.....it is really worth reading..I hope that it stimulates some neurons.
Here is the link:
It is a shame that it takes the Communists and former Communists to give us a free lesson.
Thanks for posting that one Bill!!! Saw that when I got home today!!
Climate change??? Isn't that what climates do? Change?
I will continue to call it global warming, or was it global cooling? Oh wait, that was in the 1970's, when they tried that bull crap!!!
Have a great day and g/l!
Thanks for squaring this thread away, Tripps!
Great article, Jim!
god aib is going to make me cry, i could of doubled my money!@!!!@@!~@!~@!~@#!#!@$4
I just got home, Tripps, saw your post on AIB and looked....what a day for AIB.
I am sorry that you missed it, especially since you were the original AIB guy on the board.
Smurfit took off today and I sold! Broke even.....after all of that time....Good Lord....I put in my order before I left.
Now all is good....I will just let BCLE do its thing and not even worry about it or a "Q" stock.
Now I have a little dry powder and will start hunting again. I can't wait for BCLE to start going up.
not only did i miss it, i guess i didnt tell you, i bought it at 2.80 awhile back after i sold siri, then the next day the chairman resigned and it fell like a rock i sold at 2.30 thinking the 1.00 range was coming back. 2 days later it was in the 3's and well the rest is history. dont know if ill ever get over that move.

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Pentagon wild-card warboffin agency DARPA has plunged back into the hypersonics fray with a vengeance, announcing plans to build a "recoverable" rocket plane capable of Mach 20 speeds within four years.
A bit like this, but with its own rocket
The new project appears under the banner "Integrated Hypersonics", acknowledging that several new technologies will be needed to get aeroplanes flying at twenty times the speed of sound.
Ramjet and scramjet fans will be disappointed, however. DARPA seems to have accepted that there's no realistic prospect of using air-breathing engines at these speeds, and instead the agency envisages a plane which will be powered up to flying speed by a disposable rocket stack or "launch vehicle" and then enter a hypersonic glide. However the 2016 "Hypersonic X-plane", or HX, will also have its own onboard rocket which can be used to give it a further push in order to extend its range.
DARPA specifies that the HX itself will be "recoverable" - that is, it won't simply crash into the Pacific or wherever as a total loss after flight. However it's not clear at this stage whether it will splash down for subsequent recovery - perhaps under a parachute - in the fashion of a space capsule, or actually come in for a runway landing like a space shuttle or the X-37B robot minishuttle.
Though the HX is expected to build on discoveries made during the recent DARPA HTV-2 boost-glide tests, in which one-shot hypersonic gliders were fired aloft on space launch rockets, the new plane is all about flight within the atmosphere. Its custom launch rocket will be "a single, integrated launch vehicle designed to precisely insert a hypersonic glide vehicle into its desired trajectory, rather than a booster designed for space missions".
That said, those keen to see some proper spaceplanes - ones able to actually reach orbit without throwing most of themselves away, already - needn't feel too downhearted. The new class of hyperspeed rocket planes and craft will be used for a range of missions:
The goal of the IH program is to develop, mature, and test next- generation technologies needed for global-range, maneuverable, hypersonic flight at Mach 20 and above for missions ranging from space access to survivable, time-critical transport to conventional prompt global strike.
"Space access" would seem to indicated that the spaceplane dream is not yet dead. "Survivable, time critical transport" is plainly a revisit to the long-touted idea of despatching not bombs or warheads but small groups of troops - most probably elite special forces ones - round the world extremely quickly, an idea long touted by enthusiasts in the US Marines.
"Conventional prompt global strike", however, is the near-term military hypersonics justification. The idea here is that you'd like to blow something up very fast - maybe a terrorist leader, rogue-nation head of state, a WMD, something of that sort - before it can move away or hide again and you lose your bead on it. It could take hours and hours to get a smartbomb or a cruise missile onto target: but a Mach-20 hypermissile could reach anywhere in the world in less than an hour.
Actually this can already be done, of course, by launching an ICBM - a space rocket which will despatch its warhead around the planet outside the atmosphere, so avoiding the vast technical challenges of hypersonics. However hypersonics advocates argue that an ICBM launch could trigger a nuclear war.
Naturally a hypersonic rocket could carry a nuclear warhead just as well as a conventional one, and frankly one big rocket lifting off would probably look much like another to a worried nuclear-armed enemy. (And indeed a subsonic bomber can take off, or a subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile can be launched, and either might be nuclear armed rather than conventional: yet Russia and China do not panic when these things happen.)
So the prompt-global-strike argument is rather unconvincing. But there are military reasons to want hypersonic aircraft all the same: Mach-20 missiles or bombers or special-forces insertion craft would all be very hard for an enemy to shoot down, for instance. This has led DARPA to claim that hypersonics could be "the new Stealth" for the US forces, a new tool making them more or less unstoppable in the skies (much though this has not turned out to make them invulnerable on the ground).
And then, space access and improved supersonic airliners would be nice to have even if one cares nothing for the Pentagon's problems. So we can probably all applaud the Integrated Hypersonics push for different reasons.
For now, all that's happening is that US arms'n'serospace behemoth Lockheed will be hired to modify a spare aeroshell remaining from the HTV-2 project and carry out another test flight. However once this has happened, the idea will be to release data from this trial and the earlier HTV-2 flights and have a competition to build the HX hyper-rocketplane for 2016.
As ever, the usual DARPA caveats apply. There's every chance that the new test will be a disaster (the HTV-2 flights were at best partial successes), or that sceptical politicians will refuse to fund the ambitious DARPA plans - as happened with the "Blackswift" plans to build a vastly enhanced version of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird ramjet spy plane.
It's good to see that the hypersonics fanciers of DARPA haven't given up, though. ®
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Anna Kendrick Will Be A Bigger Star Than Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson After 'Breaking Dawn!'
Rob and Kristen are without question the biggest stars in young Hollywood right now, but Oscar nominee Anna has lined up more work than the two of them combined!
Anna Kendrick may be the least seen and photographed Twilight actor, and for good reason — she's always working! The 25-year-old actress has three films slated for release in 2012, will star in this summer's 50/50 alongside Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is close to landing the role of Jake Gyllenhaal's wife in End of Watch, set to shoot this summer. Oh, and did we mention she's an Oscar nominee?
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have also kept busy, though with less well received films. Of the three, most would be surprised to know it is Anna who has worked with George Clooney, Seth, Angelica Huston, Michael Cera, Vera Farmiga and Jason Bateman, to name just a few.
Also helping Anna greatly is the fact that, unlike Rob and Kristen, she is a minor character in the Twilight series. She gets to stop by, steal a few scenes with her always hilarious delivery and be on her way. She will never have the vampire stigma to shake.
Rob and Kristen are of course working hard and booking projects, but these days it seems harder for them to blend in to films with smaller roles, instead needing to take on major parts.
It therefore seems likely that while Rob and Kristen will both enjoy a long career, Anna is set to be the true breakout Twilight star. Do you agree HollywoodLifers?


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Last week, Facebook stock was worth about half the value of its initial public offering, but now that Mark Zuckerberg addressed some of the social network's problems publicly -- its stock seems to be rising.
Chief executive Zuckerberg talked about Facebook's mobile strategy and admitted the company made mistakes earlier this week at TechCrunch Disrupt, according to the Associated Press. Because it was his first interview since the beleaguered IPO in May, Wall Street seemed to be listening.
"He explained past missteps and challenges related to mobile and provided reasons for related optimism," wrote S&P Capital IQ equity analyst Scott Kessler in a note to investors. "In addition, Zuckerberg expressed disappointment related to the IPO and stock price, but indicated (that Facebook) cares about its shareholders, and that the company has had its share of ups and downs over the years."
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Facebook reached its lowest point earlier this month when shares dropped to $17.68, less than half of its IPO of $38. As of this writing, three days after Zuckerberg's comments, Facebook is now at $21.86. Facebook also released its new advertising exchange on Thursday, which would give users ads based on what online retail websites they visited.
What Zuckerberg learned is that investors want to be reassured and don't like a company's CEO disappearing after a disappointing IPO. Within a week, Zuckerberg had an IPO, marriage and honeymoon, but a four-month absence doesn't made investors' hearts grow fonder.


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After playing five of their first six games on the road, the stickmen of Chestnut Hill College made their first weekend appearance at Victory Field last Saturday, delighting Griffin lacrosse fans with an 18-8 thumping of Roberts Wesleyan College, of Rochester, N.Y.
It was the 2013 East Coast Conference (ECC) opener for CHC, and in addition, the home crowd was able to celebrate a historic individual achievement. This is the fourth season of men's lacrosse at Chestnut Hill, and the program certified its first 100-goal scorer when junior Mike Melnychenko made it into triple digits with the fourth of his game-high five goals.
"A hundred goals in two-and-a-half years – that's fast!" remarked third-year CHC head coach Brian Dougherty. "When you get the ball in his stick in a good place, there's a real good chance it's going in, and that's a guy everyone wants to have on their team."
The Griffins, who received three goals apiece from seniors Craig Owen (three assists) and Dennis Klusaritz, Jr. (one assist), improved to 4-3 overall. Senior goalie Dakota Maurer made nine saves in 48 minutes of action, and the other 12 minutes were split between senior David Cutler and junior Jesse McGinley.
Roberts Wesleyan recorded two goals and an assist for both senior Ian Nash and freshman Dom Cianfarano, but the Redhawks headed back north at 3-5 overall and 0-2 within the ECC. CHC's Dougherty had made sure that his defense kept tabs on Cianfarano, a 6'3" attackman who came into the contest with 23 goals and seven assists in the young season.
Commenting on the Redhawks' defense, the Griffins skipper said "You always worry about a team that plays a lot of zone, so we did a nice job in the first quarter by coming out and scoring those nine goals."
Players other Melnychenko shouldered the load on offense for Chestnut Hill in the early going. The hosts jumped out to a 3-0 lead, and after Cianfarano got Roberts Wesleyan on the board, Klusaritz's second goal of the day made it 4-1 a little over eight minutes in.
When Melnychenko got going, the Redhawks were in serious trouble. He tallied twice in less than a minute, then assisted on a marker by senior Nathaniel Tharp. With a little over a minute left in the opening quarter, Melnychenko completed a hat trick to make it 8-1 and reach 99 career goals. It looked as though number 100 would have to wait until the second period, but with just two seconds on the clock the junior jammed in an unassisted goal to achieve the milestone.
To be honest, there wasn't a lot of excitement the rest of the way, as Roberts Wesleyan never mustered a serious comeback attempt. The Griffins netted the first two points of the second quarter, and led 13-3 at the half. The Redhawks were unable to score back-to-back goals until the very end of the game; after CHC's lead peaked at 18-5, the visitors found the net three times over the final seven minutes.
Freshman Michael Plaia finished up with a pair of goals for the winners, who got single strikes from Tharp, senior Mark Lively, sophomore Chris Mertens, and freshmen Tanner Fisher and George Markey.
Back in 2010, Chestnut Hill began to play men's lacrosse with a roster made up almost entirely of freshmen. Now, finally, the Griffins' personnel can match the experience of many of their opponents.
"We have 30 juniors and seniors now – we went from one senior last year to 15 this season," Dougherty noted. "We've pretty much taught our guys what we're looking to do on offense and defense. At this stage, it's a question of executing consistently, and keeping mistakes to a minimum."


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Hello. I got Marathon & Marathon 2 on a 2nd hand computer and started playing. I liked it. I use an old laptop with Windows XP. The map function causes an immediate exit to the desktop so I don't use it. It makes the game more difficult and I developed a style of play of going everywhere I could get to and touching everything I could touch. I played most of Marathon on MD but changed to TC on Marathon 2 and Infinity and have used this level ever since on Tempus Irae, Rubicon, Eternal, etc. all of which I am in the early stages i.e. five or less levels. I am not able to get through 1 Bigger Guns Nearby on TC though I'm still trying. Perhaps I'm hindered by my scorched earth policy type of play. I use TC to make the game last 'cause if'n you can finish a game in a day or week or month it's too short. After finishing a level I'll look at the spoiler or now the Tour of Duty (really great stuff) and if'n I missed something, I'll go back and go for it. But I cannot wall climb in the depravation chamber. I like Marathon Arena (level 31), it is great for training, expecially running punch. But I gave it a new soundtrack. Durandal Invidia is good training too.
I know nothing about programming. I think a map is the entire game, consists of polygons, and textures which I think are the designs such as brick, stone, wood walls, etc, shapes which are probably shapes of things to come, physics is how big or durable the shapes are, etc. I think it's frightfully complicated. PC's are magic. When I worked I programmed an IBM Sys36 then AS400 but PC's never so I know about programming but nothing like these games (and knowledge now mostly forgotten).
I registered to help with a question in the Projects section and I'm afraid I wasn't much help but you never know what'll give someone a eureka moment. About that, I scratch started Eternal 25 S'pht Happens in both 1.0.3 and 1.1.04b and did like the colors and music on 1.0.3 better.
I hope this wasn't too long. TMI, tl;dr, yawn, etc.
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So I was thinking about taking the LRSM (violin) and still want to someday, but I have too many other projects this year to be able to contemplate taking a music exam! I have many options for rep for an LRSM programme studied, and in many cases performed ... so I'm working on developing technique and musicality, so that when I eventually come to take LRSM I'll be in a good position to get a decent mark, rather than scraping through the recital with exactly the pass mark as I managed with DipABRSM!
What are you prepping for next?
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Posted 29 May 2019 - 10:52
I have decided on my FRSM program. I am only going to play two pieces. Beethoven's Eroica Variations and Moussorgsky's Pictures. I have deliberated very long but eventually settled on Pictures because it is much easier to play compared to Eroica. Sure there are some brief difficult moments like in Gnomus and Baba Yaga, but at least majority of the pieces are actually quite easy. Whereas for Eroica there is no easy parts at all.
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Posted 29 May 2019 - 14:33
For others, the overriding factor is choice of repertoire or location of exam centre.
In my own case it was gaining experience of different boards to be in a better position to guide my pupils, should the situation arise.
Thankfully in my neck of the woods, fewer people are as keen to join the exam treadmill as used to be the case.
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Posted 15 June 2019 - 16:30
Ok, so here's a question. Is anyone out there that has done the FRSM diploma willing to share their written submission with me. I am deep into writing mine, but am concerned that I'm waffling and putting too much back ground info in, rather than the actual music!!
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Posted 16 June 2019 - 14:55
In the part of the world I'm teaching, ABRSM's Diplomas are more highly regarded as professional qualifications than Trinity's. A pass in LRSM is more valued than a pass in FTCL; this is a sentiment that many high level teachers I know share. I guess it makes sense though. A pianist with LRSM is more likely to be a complete and well rounded one. The recent dumbing down of the new Trinity Diplomas certainly do not help the image. Nevertheless the Trinity Diplomas are still very popular over here because simply many teachers do not feel that they have sufficient expertise to prepare for ABRSM Dips.
In what way do you think Trinity diplomas have been dumbed down? As has been said on these forums in the past, Trinity and AB are quite different exams. Several pieces on the FRSM repertoire list for violin are on the LTCL, and movements from whole sonatas on ATCL appear on the LRSM list.
The actual performance level on the Trinity exam (at least for violin) is more demanding than for AB.
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She took her ATCL last year (and got a distinction) and is enjoying the preparation for the ABRSM one far more, as she found it soul destroying to research so thoroughly for her programme notes and then not be able to use most of what she knew.
I am from the UK, and ABRSM diplomas are considered much higher than Trinity. Now Trinity have done away with programme notes at A and L levels, there is an even greater gap.
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Posted 03 July 2019 - 18:01
I'd be interested to hear which Chopin Etudes your teacher suggested you need to learn and in what order.
Congratulations Fazioligirl! And thank you everyone for the good luck wishes..
Because I am crazy, I actually started preparing for my LTCL originally more than 5 years ago, and was going to skip ATCL- but I got bored with practising those pieces, so decided to prepare an ATCL programme.
My proposed LTCL programme (which I had to get approved as 2/5 are off-piste) is
Bach - Prelude & Fugue in C# BWV 848 from WTC book 1
Mozart - Sonata in A minor K310
Chopin - Nocturne in F Op 15 No 1
Chopin - Polonaise in A flat Op 53
Menotti - Ricercare and Toccata
I came up with this programme some years ago when I was extremely annoyed with my job (I am a computer programmer in real life) and thought I might want to become an accompanist. I couldn't play most of it, and I was prepared for my teacher to tell me to shove off. She did frown and tell me that if I wanted to play that programme I would have to play a certain number of Chopin Etudes in a certain order. I said OK, and we worked on them for a couple of years, and I was able to start learning the notes of the Polonaise a few years ago. I can play through it, but it needs a lot of polishing- everything else, I've performed multiple times and I know I can play.
If all goes well I'll take it some time next year.
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Posted 04 July 2019 - 21:28
I don't remember the order she said initially, but I assume the order I worked through them is a sensible one.
Op 10 no 3
Op 10 no 9
Op 25 no 7
Op 25 no 9
Op 10 no 12
At some point I started but never finished Op 10 no 4 and Op 25 no 2.
I didn't do them serially but sort of concurrently. We'd work on one for a few months, put it aside, start another one and come back.
By far the one that took the most time was Op 25 no 9. We spent three months on just the right hand motif (2 semiquavers followed by 2 semiquaver octaves). I spent a couple of weeks playing them in the precise strange way that she said- play the first 2 notes, shake my hand out, then the octaves. It was so odd that I just suspended disbelief and did it. I felt a bit like in those kung fu movies where the hero gets told to sweep floors for a year before starting to learn kung fu.
It worked in the end, but it took years.
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Posted 12 July 2019 - 20:53
My daughter is taking DIPABRSM this year. As she is 12, I bought her the reading list books and am keeping an eye on whether she fulfills the criteria. She has used lots of books, as she started preparing for the programme notes and viva voce last year. I've read somewhere not to include a bibliography, but have you been asked about your sources in the viva voce?
They definitely will not ask at DipABRSM level - they're interested in your knowledge, not how you acquired it. If you've done lots of research then that will be apparent from your programme notes and the way you answer the questions. For instance, I mentioned in my programme notes that Beethoven's Romance in F is often thought to be a 2nd movement from a missing violin concerto, which is something that I have only seen mentioned in one particular book that goes into a lot of depth about Beethoven's violin writing. I'm sure that got me marks, even though they didn't ask anything about that subject in the viva (even though I had a really well-prepped answer), let alone ask me where I'd got that idea from.
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Posted 13 July 2019 - 04:10
Also it's a nightmare trying to find her something suitable to wear! Any tips? She wore a dark red, 3/4 dress for her ATCL but she has had a growth spurt, and it no longer fits. I read that black is a safer choice. But what are everyone's thoughts?
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Posted 13 July 2019 - 07:12
For clothes, I went for the lunchtime concert look. Smart black trousers and nice top - I took both my exams in December, so wanted to keep warm (the exam centre was freezing). Evening gowns are not required. Don't worry too much about it - a nice dress is fine.
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Author: UNFPA Yemen
Millions of Yemenis continue to face a triple tragedy from the spectre of famine, the world's largest-ever single-year cholera outbreak, and brutal conflict. Seventeen million Yemenis do not know if or where they will get their next meal; nearly 7 million are facing the threat of famine; nearly 16 million lack access to clean water or sanitation; and 621,209 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in only the last four months, with the latest figures showing 2,167 deaths. Among the affected are 2.2 million women and girls of reproductive age whose health is at risk, and 1.1 million malnourished pregnant women.
In August, the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) was revised, seeking $2.3 billion to reach 12 million people with a range of life-saving and protection services across the country. This figure represents a 13 per cent increase in financial requirements, which is primarily attributed to requirements of the Integrated Cholera Response Plan. All together, funding requirements have increased by $271,127,909, of which $254,053,700 comes from the Integrated Cholera Integrated Response Plan. As of 15 August, The revised YHRP has received 39 per cent funding – $912.2 million out of $2.3 billion requested. Contributions to humanitarian funding outside the YHRP are at $406.2 million. UNFPA's response in Yemen has so far reached nearly 1.5 million people with reproductive health and gender-based violence services.
Eighty midwives were trained during August, across four governorates to strengthen their knowledge and skills for improved quality and timeliness in the provision of maternal health care in remote and conflict-affected governorates. In raising awareness on gender-based violence, 26 informative dramas were performed across four governorates along with a television series on preventing gender-based violence.


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THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Stuff: Less really is more, especially bed bugs
When I was a kid, there was money everywhere. (My great grandpa was a lawyer for the Chicago mob in the 1920s, and my dad's generation is still living off that money.) When I went to college, my parents cut off my money, and I remember crying– crying that I'd never be able to shop at Lord & Taylor. But it didn't take long for me to see that people don't wear Lord & Taylor skirts to class. In fact, most people don't wear Lord & Taylor skirts anywhere because some of those skirts could feed a family for a month.
1. Test the meaning of money with scary stuff
One of the first things I did after college was sell three strings of pearls to get to Los Angeles. The only time I missed those pearls was when my mom asked where they were.
When I was making a lot of money, I had great work clothes and a BMW (hey, I lived in LA), but that was about it, in terms of splurging. I kept an inexpensive apartment, and people would say I was nuts to live there when I had so much money. They told me I was uncomfortable with success, but I stayed there. In hindsight, I realize it felt safe to live somewhere I could afford if my company went bankrupt. Which it did.
2. Put a bunch of stuff in storage
When I moved from Los Angeles to New York City, my husband and I rented a 500 square-foot apartment. We told ourselves we'd only be there for a year, so we put all our books in storage, most of our furniture, out-of-season clothes, and everything we wouldn't be using in the next three months. The only way I could put the stuff in storage was to tell myself I could go back and forth every week getting stuff I missed. We ended up staying there six years. We took almost nothing out of storage.
3. Understand aspirational clutter
When we had a baby, we threw stuff out, and we learned a lot about how what you keep in your small apartment is a statement about your values– like the six books we bought a year and didn't read. The treadmill is another loaded object because if you throw it out you're admitting that you're never going to use it. Keeping it, even unused, maintains your dream. We instituted a rule that if you brought something in, you had to take something out. Maybe others had this rule, because there is always really good stuff left on New York doorsteps.
4. Know that you could dump everything
And then we got bed bugs. In fact, our whole building had bed bugs, and maybe the whole city. We had two kids under four years old, and I started staying up all night keeping the bugs off them. The bugs and their eggs could be in anything made of fabric or wood. Here's how long the bugs can live without food: eighteen months. The bed bug expert said that most people won't give up their stuff, so they take the bedbugs with them when they move. To ensure no bugs followed our move, we took with us only things that could be boiled in hot in water or thrown in a hot dryer. We ended up taking less than half of the size of a small U-Haul truck.
5. Throwing stuff out is not wasteful
In Madison, Wisconsin, we started with just about nothing. Sort of like college kids. You think that throwing everything out is so costly and such a waste of money. But in fact it taught us how little we needed most of the stuff we had, and that made us buy much less going forward.
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Wild Western
The one that brings you the real Cali Coast, from hiking & biking to palm fringed beach bars
Visiting Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Bass Lake, San Francisco, Sedona, Route 66, Barstow, Mojave Desert, Yosemite National Park
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13 nights accommodation
9 nights in Hotel, 2 nights in Lodge, 2 nights in Contiki Special Stay
10 Meals
4 Dinner, 6 Breakfast
Expert Trip Manager, Driver and Local Guides
All transport included during the trip
28 included, 13 optional that you can add
- Dial up the heat with a spicy Mexican feast in the vibrant melting pot of San Diego
- Sip champagne and marvel at panoramic views as you soar over the 'Valley of the Sun' in a hot air balloon ride, Phoenix*
- Hike over the South Rim for panoramic views of the UNESCO-listed Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Cruise along the neon lights of the Strip in the ultimate party bus night tour of Las Vegas
- Explore the districts & hippie vibes of San Francisco on 2 wheels in a Bicycle City Tour*
- See iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave desert on the way to peaceful Bass Lake
*This experience is a Free Time Add-on and not included in trip costs
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- See Beverly Hills
- See Mann's Chinese Theatre, Walk of Fame and drive along the famous Sunset Strip
- Visit Santa Monica & Venice Beach
- Drive through the O.C. & along the scenic Pacific Coast
- Panoramic view of the city's skyline from Coronado Bridge
- See downtown San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter, Balboa Park, Coronado Island & Old Town San Diego
- Visit Mission Beach (weather permitting)
- Go loco as you feast on traditional Mexican cuisine
- Scenic drive through Cleveland National Forest, Anza Borrego Desert & Sonoran Desert
- BBQ Dinner in Papago Park
- Capture some incredible photos with a visit to a panoramic viewpoint
- Hike along the Canyon's South Rim
- City sightseeing tour
- Visit Fremont Street for the light-and-laser show
- Go wild in Vegas with a Party Bus
- See the famous Joshua Trees
- Relax in the stunning mountain paradise of Bass Lake - swim, catch some rays & enjoy watersports (seasonal)
- Entry to Yosemite National Park
- See Yosemite's famous rock formations, El Capitan & Half Dome
- See incredible Yosemite & Bridalveil Falls (seasonal)
- Cross the Oakland Bay & Golden Gate Bridges
- See North Beach, Chinatown, Golden Gate Park, Haight-Ashbury & the city's iconic cable cars
- Visit Fisherman's Wharf
- Explore Chinatown and its hidden gems
- Trace the steps of 75,000 hippies from the 1960s
- See North Beach, Chinatown, Golden Gate Park, Haight-Ashbury & the city's iconic cable cars
- Treat your tastebuds with a Chinatown dinner & tour in San Fran
- Visit the Mission District
13 Free Time Add-Ons
Optional experiences that you can choose from and pay for on your trip
- Speedboat Adventure USD $67.00
- San Diego Zoo USD $49.00
- 4WD Jeep tour
- Hot Air Balloon USD $180.00
- Helicopter Flight - Grand Kingdom
- Helicopter Flight - North Canyon USD $186.00
- VIP club entry
- VIP club entry
- High Roller Anytime USD $32.00
- Cirque du Soleil Prices vary per show availability $100-$145
- Cruise the Bay on a Catamaran (Seasonal) USD $50.00
- California Academy of Sciences USD $29.00
- San Francisco Bike Tour USD $47.00
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Los Angeles
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San Diego
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Route 66
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Mojave Desert
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On our American trips you can bring one bag or suitcase of 73 x 50 x 25 cm (or 29" x 20" x 10"), with a max weight of 20 kg (44 lbs) & one piece of hand luggage.
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What's not included that I should budget for?
Aside from essentials like flights, how much spending money you'll need will depend on the duration of the trip and how much you anticipate spending on personal expenses like alcohol or shopping. Before you travel, it's also a good idea to read up on and get an idea of the Free Time Add-Ons you think you'll want to do on trip, as these will form part of your overall budget. We'd advise doing some research on your chosen destinations beforehand, looking at things like:
- Cost of a local lunch
- Cost of a local dinner
- Cost of a bottle of water
- Cost of entry to a sightseeing spot
Tipping is customary in North America. It is an accepted practice in all areas of the service industry, & particularly in restaurants, bars, hotels & taxis. It's common practice to tip if you feel that the service provided has been excellent.
The same goes for your Contiki Team. If you feel that your Trip Manager & Driver's service has been exceptional, then feel free to tip them if you feel they've done a great job. If you choose to tip, we recommend around US$3 per person per day, however whether or not you choose to tip (& how much) is up to you.
Will I be able to access WiFi on my trip?
We love WiFi, and keeping your accounts updated as you travel is key! The hotels all have WiFi where you can access your email to let your friends & family know you have arrived safely in Los Angeles, or email after your trip with all your stories.
What are Contiki's sustainability credentials?
We believe that travelling sustainably and consciously, matters. Contiki Cares is our commitment to protecting the communities we visit, the wildlife we interact with, and the planet we all share. Our founding partner, the TreadRight Foundation was established 10 years ago as a not-for-profit organisation focused on promoting sustainable tourism within The Travel Corporation's family of brands. In the USA & Canada we have programmes such as our Wheels For Change program, FareStart's flagship restaurant in Seattle, and the Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot in Toronto. To find out more about our conscious travel experiences in North America, visit Contiki.com/about/contikicares.


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12 July 2013 | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Singapore: A recent survey by Frost and Sullivan of more than 220 physicians and 650 patients in US on drug delivery technology highlights that physicians select drug delivery methods that drive consistent patient compliance and effective outcomes. Among the 15 drug delivery systems surveyed by Frost & Sullivan, physicians prefer topical delivery, either as a transdermal patch or topical gel/cream, and expressed willingness to switch their current mode of therapy to one available in these forms.
The survey highlighted that the drivers of satisfaction and selection are not always the same across diseases and methods. For example, the several novel oral therapies for multiple sclerosis recently introduced offer significant advantages over the standard of care injectable therapies. However, more than 55 percent of physicians treating multiple sclerosis are likely to switch from the currently prescribed branded drug if the drug were available in a transdermal patch form, while 54 percent of the physicians treating migraines would prefer to switch to a drug using nasal administration.
The route of administration and drug delivery technology has a huge bearing on the adoption of, and compliance with, new as well as existing drugs. Among the surveyed physicians, only a quarter were considered early adopters of new drug delivery forms. Accordingly, manufacturers must listen to actual selection criteria and level of satisfaction data collected from end-users to find commercial success among medical practitioners.
According to the survey, 58 percent of multiple sclerosis patients willing to use a transdermal patch, and 50 percent of migraine patients willing to use a nasally administered drug. Further, 57 percent of physicians treating type 2 diabetes are most willing to switch from oral or injectable drugs to a topical treatment.
"All things considered, physicians usually lean toward the treatment they feel will be most acceptable to their patients in order to ensure good compliance," said Frost & Sullivan Vice President of Global Research Ms. Monali Patel Shastry.
These indicators are highly relevant in the current market scenario, wherein medication adherence is a growing concern, with momentous medical and economic consequences.
"When selecting the optimal drug delivery method, reimbursement incentives for improving adherence and impact on formulary decisions are proven to be important factors," noted Frost & Sullivan Life Sciences Senior Industry Analyst Deborah Toscano. "Drug development pipelines are full of innovative drugs and biologics, and differentiation is increasingly important in this crowded market to gain and maintain market share."


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Posted by Editoress on 07/22/09
There were several good showings by Canadians at this past weekend's Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge, which featured riders from around the world and several National champions, World Cup riders and Olympians. Though not a fast track, the Alpenrose Velodrome is an exciting, spectator-friendly track with very steep bankings. Crowds were huge and lively.
In the sprint events, the Canadian results included several brilliant rides by Travis Smith and a strong ride in the kilo by Jamie Shankland. The endurance events had impressive showings by Emile de Rosnay, including a 3rd in the 4km Pursuit and a 5th in the Points Race. Multiple World Masters champion Chris Anstey and Andy George placed well in many masters' events, such as Andy George's 3rd in the scratch race.
Events to look up (top 3 mentioned here):
1km TT (Travis Smith 2nd, beat previous record; new record by Per Bjesse)
4km TT (Emile de Rosnay 3rd)
2km TT
200m TT
Points Races
200m TT (Travis Smith 1st)
Scratch Race (Andy George 3rd)
Miss & Out
Sprints (Travis Smith 1st)
Flying Lap (Travis Smith 1st - narrowly missed record)
Courtesy Milton Holloway
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by Barbara Sherf
Former Philadelphia Mayor and former two-term Governor Ed Rendell was in true form talking about his recently released book titled "A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make us Great" at the Chestnut Hill Book Festival.
Speaking Sunday, Sept. 30, at the SugarLoaf Campus of Chestnut Hill College, Rendell noted that he has sold 20,000 copies and "for a book that has no sex and no violence, it's doing very well," he quipped.
When not doing book signings, Rendell is busy making speeches, practicing law with national firm Ballard Spahr, analyzing politics for MSNBC and covering Eagles games for Comcast SportsNet. He is also trying to spark everyday citizens to " at least write a letter to their congressional representative on the many pressing issues facing this country."
"I shouldn't be eligible for Medicare, but I am – I shouldn't be collecting Social Security but there is no system in place for me to send the checks back," he said during the 30-minute talk that was followed by questions from the audience.
The book title came about after an incident in December 2010 when a football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings was canceled because of a looming snowstorm, even though the storm never materialized. Rendell, incredulous that the game had been canceled, proclaimed that America had become a "nation of wusses."
The remark made national news and inspired him to delve deeper into bigger issues that had been and continue to be 'wussified.'
When asked about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's recorded remarks at a $50,000 a plate fund raiser in which he characterized 47 percent of Americans as being dependent on the government and feeling "entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it," Rendell pointed to the comments as being another example of what he terms "wussification."
"He was a wuss for not saying publicly what he felt," Rendell said. "It was a stupid statement. It was a wuss statement, and now he has backed off of it and that makes him even more of a wuss."
He cited examples of his thesis throughout history, including the "founding of our country by individuals who were risk takers."
"We were a bunch of shopkeepers and farmers who had the audacity to think we could take on the greatest army and navy in the world –the British—and those men knew what the consequences were," he said. "We were risk takers throughout history when we built the Erie Canal and the Golden Gate Bridge. We were risk takers, and we did big bold things."
He referred to President John F. Kennedy taking a huge risk in 1962 when he said "we'll put a man on the moon before the end of the decade."
"My favorite Kennedy quote was when he made that announcement," Rendell said, quoting Kennedy: "We do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard."
Rendell said he wrote the book late at night and felt the need to do so for several reasons. First, he said he wanted to communicate to young people that while public service is very difficult, it is also very rewarding. He also said he wanted to debunk the idea the government is the enemy.
He spoke of President Obama standing up for his national health care reform, saying "if he loses in November, he can walk out of the White House with his head held high."
"He is not a wuss – he had the courage to fight for his convictions," Rendell said.
He said he wanted to write down his stories and memories from his experiences as a former Philadelphia district attorney, Mayor, Governor and Democratic National Committee Chair "while they were fresh."
Rendell joked that he does not want to seek higher office and particularly that of the President of the United States because he wouldn't want to "spend three years out of my life getting there."
"If I woke up one morning and I was President, that would be great, but I wouldn't want to spend three years in New Hampshire and Iowa getting there," he said.
Former Philadelphia Mayor Bill Green, a Chestnut Hill resident who was in the audience, commented on Rendell's talk while standing in line to get his book signed.
"Eddie is a great guy, and he says it like it is," Green said . "I feel a certain comradeship with him because we both assumed the position as mayor at times when the City was in terrible financial shape."
Rendell read only the final paragraph from his book:
"Whatever happens in the future, I have loved the opportunity I have been given to serve. In the first 43 years I have worked since graduating from law school, I have never made anything our society would call "real money," and I haven't missed it for a moment. Each day I have gotten up knowing that I'm using my talent and energy to make people's lives better. It's an incredible feeling that makes up for a lot. Would I do it over again? You bet!"


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(Reuters) - The union that represents Boeing Co engineers is likely to agree to mediated talks in a bid to resolve the standoff with the planemaker, the executive director of the union said on Friday.
On Thursday, Boeing asked for U.S. mediators to help resolve talks with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) union, which represents its 23,000 engineers, saying the sides were far apart on pay and benefits.
That move halted labor discussions around midday Thursday in Seattle, and no further meetings were scheduled, the two sides said. Union contracts with Boeing expired Sunday.
"We will almost certainly agree to some type of mediation, but we find the company's position confusing," Ray Goforth, SPEEA executive director, said in an email to Reuters.
Goforth said Chicago-based Boeing had not responded to many union proposals and that a lot work was left to do.
"We view this action on their part as a stunt to distract people from the proposed pay and benefit cuts," Goforth added.
The union has balked at a Boeing contract that it says would cut the growth rate of compensation of professional and technical employees. Boeing says its latest offer is much improved over its initial proposal and reflects a tough competitive environment.
Shares of Boeing were up 0.6 percent at $74.56 in early trading.
Reporting by Alwyn Scott in New York and Karen Jacobs in Atlanta; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn


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Seraya Island Resort located on an island just off the coast from Labuan Bajo, Seraya Hotel and Resort features a private beach area, an outdoor swimming pool as well as offering free WiFi access in public area and free return shuttle service to Labuan Bajo Harbour.
Seraya Resort has rebranded and rebuild since this post was originally written and it is no longer a budget resort
After the renovation Seraya Hotel& Resort focused to create a retreat that blends in the natural beauty of Seraya Kecil and offer higher quality services to its visitors. Main goal is to offer a memorable experience
Bidadari Island Resort & Villas
Labuan Bajo – West Flores
Bidadari ( Angel Island ) Island Resort and Eco
Bidadari Island Resort has been created to give discerning guests a beautiful, peaceful place to lay their heads after a wonderful day in Komodo National Park.
Bidadari Island resort is a small island to the West of Labuanbajo, Flores, which is in the Lesser Sundas province, East of Bali
The name Indonesia has its roots in two Greek words: "Indos" meaning Indian and "Nesos" which means islands. It is an appropriate description of the archipelago as there are estimated to be a total
Kanawa island is located just 6miles away from Labuan Bajo, at the borders of UNESCO World Heritage site, Komodo National Park.
Kanawa Island (Indonesian: Pulau Kanawa) is considered as one of south east Asia's most idyllic islands, fully surrounded by spectacular reef with thousands of fish species, turtles, corals and reef sharks, sometimes it is possible to see some mantas just around the arrival jetty. Kanawa island is just 10 km away from Labuan Bajo (about 1hr with a local boat or 10 minutes with speed boat) and located just at the boarders of Komodo National Park.
Guests can stay for
Sebayur Island Besar ( There is 02 island of Sebayur, Little-Small and big one-besar ) located just on the border of Komodo National Park. Its known as one of the best dive sites in Komodo Indonesia.
Our resort is classified 3 stars and has all the facilities that a tourist or a diver may need. We have 13 luxury cottages on the beach facing sunset. Each unit is more than 40 square meters large and made with teak wood and marble and all the best imported materials.
We have hot water, air condition (de lux only, 8 cottages), fan, and large terrace on the beach in all the cottages. We are on


text: Core77 has a nice interview with "cyborg anthropoloigst" Amber Case, who claims that "Good technology should make you superhuman." She makes an interesting case (no pun intended) that the Industrial Revolution disconnected people from each other, when "everyone was distributed by highways and cars and stretched out into the suburbs." But now, newer technology has "stitched all of that reality together so that you no longer have to worry about being geographically separate. It's giving us back a tremendous part of our humanity." The whole thing is worth checking out. [Core77]


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The Benton County Parks Department has a project manager and two park rangers.
Adam Fyall
Sustainable Development Manager, Parks Project Manager - (509) 736-3053
Originally from Seattle, Adam joined Benton County in 1995 and has overseen the Parks Department since 2003. Adam works in the Commissioners' Office and is the County's lead staff on Hanford Site issues, natural resources matters, and intergovernmental relations in addition to being the parks project manager.
Richard Hillmer
Park Ranger - Two Rivers Park - (509) 531-7106
Rich managed a large farm and game reserve in Iowa before joining our team in 2011. He is our onsite ranger at Two Rivers, and also lead staff for Wallula Gap, Hover, and Vista Parks. Rich is originally from Colorado.
Mark Finkbeiner
Park Ranger - Horn Rapids Park - (509) 531-7016
Mark is the only park ranger we have had at Horn Rapids, as he opened the park in 1999. In addition to being our onsite ranger there, he is also lead staff for Horse Heaven Cemetery, Horse Heaven Vista, and the Rattlesnake Mountain Shooting Facility. Mark hails from Connell.


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Earl Rashad Clark (born January 17, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic in the NBA. Clark played collegiate basketball for the University of Louisville men's basketball team and was drafted 14th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Clark grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Rahway High School in Rahway, New Jersey. There, he scored 1,245 career points. As a senior, he averaged 25.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He was a 2006 McDonald's All-American.
As a freshman, for the Louisville Cardinals, along with Derrick Caracter, Edgar Sosa, and Jerry Smith, the young group struggled early in the 2006-07 season. The team went on to win 8 out of its last 10 games, earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.


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Having listened to Avant Garden Vol 4 I remembered something from a while ago.
I once made a compilation of all of Yello's most ambient tracks (so far at the time, a few years back) and called it Dreaming in Yello. As a big ambient head, I wondered if Boris and Dieter had ever listened to these tracks all together so I sent it in to Yello office!
They wrote me a thank you and said they had been thinking about an ambient compilation. Since Progress and Perfection there have been quite a few more ambient tracks so now I have a nice 2 volume Dreaming in Yello.
If like me you have almost everything Yello has ever made (or even just all the albums) you might want to make your own compilation or playlist so here is Qubism's Dreaming In Yello:
Vol 1:
1. Tool In Rose
2. L'hôtel
3. Lost Again (Moby's Hands On Yello)
4. To The Sea (TSWL mix)
5. Ciel Ouvert
6. Sweet Thunder
7. Homer Hossa
8. Poom Shanka
9. Alhambra
10. Magneto
11. Massage
12. Liquid Mountain
13. Cyclops
14. Monolith
15. Excess (The Orb's Hands On Yello)
Vol 2
01 Indigo Bay(The Eye)
02 Bougainville(The Eye)
03 Star Breath(2010 Anthology Remaster)
04 Lightosphere(Construction Sonor)
05 Umbria(Touch Yello Deluxe)
06 Kite Vision(Progress And Perfection)
07 Chasing The Horizon(Progress And Perfection)
08 Pacific Rim(Progress And Perfection)
09 Kite One(Progress And Perfection)
10 Vertical Vision Feat. Till Broenner(Touch Yello Deluxe)
11 Takla Makan Feat. Dorothee Oberlinger(Touch Yello Deluxe)
12 X-Race(Touch Yello Deluxe)
13 Petro Oleum(Touch Yello Deluxe)
14 Scorpio Rising(Touch Yello Deluxe)
15 Takla Makan (Martin Roth Remix)
16 Divine(More-Booka Shade)
It gets a bit more upbeat with the last 2 tracks
So what do we think? Anyone like this compilation? I think we should start a campaign for a full release but maybe with some new Boris ambience included!
Richard Qubism Shepherd
Dreaming In Yello
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We at Club Industry have often written about first impressions, last impressions and the impact that the front desk staff can have on that. We have also often advocated looking outside the industry — usually citing the hospitality industry — for examples and guidance.
Well, recently I was on a business trip and found out first hand that looking at the hotel industry, like most, can give both positive and negative examples. The strange thing is that both of these came in less than 24 hours at the same hotel.
Upon arriving at this hotel [which is owned by a major company bearing the same name as a recent reality TV star], I was greeted by Joy. I had stayed at this hotel once with my family last Thanksgiving and much to my surprise, after giving me my chocolate chip cookie Joy asked me where my family was and how the baby was doing. I had not expected this, especially since it had been several months ago and we had stayed there for only two days.
This pleasant surprise made me feel welcome at the hotel and gave me a special feeling for it. Much like when your front desk team greets members by name and perhaps engage in some pleasant conversation — it can be as simple as asking how the workouts are going or what the member might be doing today for exercise.
Now, contrast that with my experience the second day.
Following my workout in the hotel's fitness center — if a bike, stepper and treadmill qualify as a center — I stopped at the front desk to suggest they turn down the heat because keeping the room at 76 degrees may not be conducive to safe exercise.
This polite suggestion was met with a chuckle and the woman behind the desk — funny, I don't remember her name — informing me that the fitness center wasn't even open yet so people in there couldn't expect the correct temperature. Now mind you, this was one hour and 10 minutes after the posted official opening time of the gym.
Imagine how your members would feel if the front desk staff laughed off suggestions or informed them that problems were their fault and not the club's? You'd be looking at a whole lot of former members.
Will I stay at that hotel again? That is a tough call. Does the rudeness of one staffer offset the outstanding job of another? What about other points such as price, convenience, etc.?
I can't say that I won't stay there again but I certainly can't say that I will, at least not as readily as I would have following my check-in experience.
It just goes to show once again how important it is to make a great impression not only the first time, but every time a member or potential member is in your club.


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Open States' stated mission is to improve civic engagement.
To be true to that goal, we can not stand by and be silent when a large portion of Americans face systemic racism and other forms of oppression. That oppression has meant being excluded from civic participation at the ballot box, being called un-American for peaceful protests, and being denied justice for crimes committed against them.
Please consider giving to local causes that support racial justice in your area.#BlackLivesMatter
Data on Open States is updated nightly from the official website of the Indiana General Assembly.
If you notice any inconsistencies with these official sources, feel free to file an issue.


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On September 9th, 2017 I will take part in the 12th Annual Cedars CanSupport Dragon Boat Race & Festival in order to help raise awareness and much needed funds for cancer patients and their families at the McGill University Health Center (MUHC).
I along with my team and will be training this summer to improve their techniques, synchronization, power strokes, and overall dragon boating team technique so that we will be victorious on Race Day in both their racing and fundraising efforts.
All monies raised go directly to Cedars CanSupport, a division of the Cedars Cancer Foundation which aims to aid patients and there families who are currently undergoing cancer treatment. Cedars CanSupport provides free psychological, emotional, practical and financial support to cancer patients and their families being treated at the McGill University Health Center (MUHC).
We hope you will help to support us and cheer us on at the beautiful Promenade Pére Marquette in Lachine on Saturday, September 9th.
Thank you in advance for your kind consideration and generosity.


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As I mentioned on twitter last week, version 530-5 of Simulationcraft has been released. This is the first version to include the Theck-Meloree Index, a damage smoothing metric we developed in a series of previous blog posts.
However, Simcraft is a bit daunting to some players. The program is very versatile, but that also means there are lots of options, and it can be confusing to understand exactly what's going on. Sometimes, it helps to have someone guide you through the process.
This is the first in a series of "Simulationcraft 101″ blog posts designed to do exactly that. The hope is that by the end of this blog post, a new user will be able to:
- Download and run the program.
- Import their character from the armory
- Run a quick test simulation and calculate their TMI
- Generate stat weights using the new TMI metric
In future installments, we'll break down some of the options in more detail and talk about how to interpret the myriad of statistics Simcraft provides in its reports.
First, I want to start off with some disclaimers. Simulationcraft is not perfect, and the paladin module especially so. While I have most things implemented, there are a number of bugs that have slipped through into 530-5. Some of them have already been fixed for 530-6, but I'm sure there are some I haven't even discovered yet. One of the goals of this blog post is to get more people running the program and simulating their characters so that the remaining bugs can be identified and corrected. So if you get funny results, please share them with me. Either post in the comments here, upload the output HTML files and send me a link, or give me the contents of the Simulate window text via a pastebin link so that I can verify the results.
Here are the paladin-specific bugs that I am aware of in 530-5, as well as a few talents that aren't properly implemented:
- Selfless Healer isn't implemented
- Sanctified Wrath's +20% healing received bonus isn't implemented
- Shield of Glory (T15 2-piece bonus) duration is fixed at 5 seconds rather than scaling with Holy Power spent
- Holy Prism's cooldown is not being invoked, allowing it to be spammed every GCD
- Vengeance gain is a little wonky, though it should have little effect on TMI results
Outside of those, I think everything is working. The only other thing that's missing is the ability to perform shifting queues (i.e.SH1), which is something I'm working on for 530-6. For now, we're limited to a simple SotR spam queue.
Downloading and Unpacking
The first step is to obtain and install the program. To do that, we go to Simulationcraft's Google Code page and click on the Downloads tab. Pick the appropriate Windows, Linux, or Mac download for your system. If you're not sure about whether you have 32-bit or 64-bit Windows, just grab the 32-bit one to be safe. Save this file somewhere convenient.
After downloading the file, you'll need to unzip it to a location. This can be anywhere you like, but since the program doesn't need to be installed in the traditional sense, you may as well choose the final location you want to put it. In our example, I unzip it into D:\Simcraft\
If you're using Linux, you'll have to build the program yourself. I'm not going to provide instructions for that here; the Google code wiki has fairly clear instructions on how to do this if you need them.
To run the program, we open the \simc-530-5-win32\ folder and run SimulationCraft.exe:
which brings up the SimulationCraft GUI. If you're on Linux or Mac you're on your own for this step, as I'm not sure what the files are called off the top of my head.
Importing Your Character
You navigate the GUI by moving between tabs. The "Welcome" tab has a pretty good introduction to the overall layout if you're interested, but we're going to skip around to quickly get our Sim on. From the top tab menu, choose "Import." This opens a set of sub-tabs with different options for importing. You can import directly from the battle.net armory in addition to other sources. For this example we're going to use the armory.
This interface should look fairly familiar – it's literally the armory webpage loaded in a browser, complete with an address bar at the very bottom. You can navigate it as usual to find your character (if you're EU, change the URL in the address bar first). Once you do, hit the "Import" button at the bottom right. Make sure you're in protection spec, though!
When you click Import, Simcraft will grab your character information and generate a simulation file from it. This is displayed in the Simulate tab. SimC will automatically use the default action priority list that I've programmed into it, so you don't need to tweak this tab at all.
There is a big "Simulate" button at the bottom right of this screen. Don't push it.
You pushed it, didn't you. All right then, let's just see what it spits out.
Simulation Reports
This is the html file Simcraft produces when I sim Theck:
Let's briefly look at a few features of this report. First, this is the section containing the broad overview of the results:
The first line gives the character name and a bunch of information: our DPS, DTPS, and TMI score. The tables under "Results, Spec, and Gear" give us a more detailed breakdown of these quantities, including error estimates. This sim was only 1000 iterations, which is the default size, but in a few minutes we'll see how we can increase that to improve accuracy.
The next section contains a bunch of charts showing damage per execute time (DPET), DPS and Vengeance timelines, damage source breakdown, and a slew of other statistics in chart form.
Further down the report are breakdowns of ability usage, buff uptimes and details, resource gains and losses, even more charts, proc counters, and then a bunch of statistics. We're going to skip over the rest of that for now, because for today we're only interested in calculating TMI and smoothness scale factors. To do that, we need to change some of the options.
The Options Screen
Go back up to the top tab bar and choose "Options." It should bring up a set of sub-tabs, with the "Globals" sub-tab displayed:
There are a lot of choices here, some of which are obvious and some of which aren't. We'll explore all of the choices here at a later date, but for now, we want to make the following changes:
- Iterations – increase to 10k or higher. Larger numbers of iterations give more accuracy, but also take longer.
- Threads – This increases the number of threads SimC can use to run the simulation, which increases simulation speed. If you have a quad-core processor or higher, set this to 4. If you have a dual-core, set it to 2. If you're not sure, leave it at 1 and plan on grabbing a drink while the program simulates.
- TMI Standard Boss – this drop-down lets you select one of the standardized TMI boss configurations. Pick the option that's most appropriate to the content level you usually play at. All of the standard bosses assume 25-man raiding (i.e. T15H hits as hard as Lei Shen does on 25-man heroic mode), so you may want to drop back one category if you're a 10-man raider. The "custom" option uses the SimC default.
Next, we want to shift over to the "Scaling" sub-tab. This has all of the different options for testing scaling:
As you can see, I've checked the boxes for Strength, Stamina, Expertise, Hit, Crit, Haste, Mastery, Armor, Dodge, and Parry. Most importantly though, at the very bottom, I've changed the Scale Over option to "tmi" to tell Simcraft that I want scale factors based on the Theck-Meloree Index.
Ok, now we're ready. Hit the simulate button again. Note that with this many stats, it may take a while unless you're using 4+ threads. With 10k iterations and 4 threads, it takes about a minute on my i7-2600k. Here's the result:
In addition to a more accurate estimate of my TMI (because we used more iterations), I now have a new chart in the Charts section:
These are my smoothness scale factors, complete with handy error bars to tell us how confident SimC is about those values. If we increased the number of iterations to 25k or 50k, we'd get even smaller error bars and a better estimate ofeach scale factor.
Note that these scale factors are all negative. That's because TMI uses "golf rules," meaning that a lower score is better. So the scale factors are negative because, for example, each point of haste reduces my TMI score by about -1. On the other hand, critical strike rating has almost no effect on TMI, which is reassuring because it shouldn't have any effect on damage smoothing.
Note that unlike what we usually do here on Sacred Duty, these scale factors are not normalized for itemization. In other words, this is directly comparing 1 stamina to 1 haste to 1 armor, and so forth. So for example, with these stat weights a stamina trinket would hold more value than a haste trinket because the weights are pretty close but you get 50% more stamina on a trinket than you get haste. On the other hand, a haste gem would be worth more smoothing than a stamina gem, because you get 33% more haste than stamina on gems.
Saving and Exporting
You may have noticed that there's a nice "Save!" button at the bottom right of the report tab, so that you can save these results for future reference. Unfortunately, the button doesn't do anything. Oops. This bug should be fixed in 530-6. For now, though, you'll have to save the results manually. You can do that by going to the \simc-503-5-win32\ folder and finding the "simc_report.html" file, which is your latest simulation result. You can rename that file to something memorable (like "theck_10k_scale.html") to save the results.
You can also automatically export the results to a number of websites. If you check under the "Results, Spec, and Gear" section of the report, you'll notice a new table containing scale factor information:
As you can see, this table contains both the unnormalized scale factors as well as a normalized (i.e. positive) set that you can use in gear ranking websites. In 530-5 these are normalized to strength, but in 530-6 they'll be normalized to stamina (since it's sort of silly to normalize scale factors to strength for the agility tanks).
There are also a bunch of links to gear ranking sites and online optimizers. Each of these links includes all of the normalized scale factors, so they'll automatically load up in the site when you click the link. For example, clicking the wowhead link brings up a wowhead item ranking page personalized with the stat weights from this run. The "(caps merged)" version sets the hit and expertise values to the lowest simmed value (in this case crit). There's also a wowreforge link, and I hope to add an AskMrRobot link in the near future.
Rough Rules of Thumb
Without a little context, it's tough to make heads or tails of the TMI number that Simcraft puts out. For example, is a TMI of 10k good or bad?
The answer to that is somewhat relative, of course. It doesn't matter what your TMI is if all you care about are scale factors. But the intent is that, when using the standard boss of the appropriate content type for your gear level, you *should* get a TMI value of around 5k-10k. As you start to overgear a tier of content, your TMI should go down
For example, the T15H boss is expecting an ilvl of about 535. But I have an ilvl of 546, so I already overgear the T15H boss. Thus, my TMI is relatively low at around 2-3k. If I compared myself to the T15N boss, it would be even lower (around 700), which would make the stat weight calculations a lot more sensitive to noise. So it's generally good to sim against the boss that most closely approximates your gear level, and when in doubt, aim high.
If I sim Rhidach, who has an ilvl of 527, I'd probably want to use the T15N boss, because that boss expects an ilvl of ~522. If I do that, I get a TMI of around 5300, which is about right because he's starting to overgear normal content. If I sim him against the T15H boss, though, I get a TMI of around 67k, about an order of magnitude worse!
The reason the difference is so large is that the metric is normalized to the paladin's health. Poor Rhidach only has about 720k hit points fully buffed, so if you pit him against a boss that can melee for 340k after armor mitigation, he's in danger of death from 2 full melees plus a stiff gust of wind, or even a full melee plus some blocked/mitigated attacks. The 6-second moving average is going to include a fair number of these events clocking in at 120% or more of his health, and since the weight function is exponential in percentage health, they cause a significant increase in score.
This is by design of course – the point is to heavily penalize large spikes that put you in danger of death, and a 120% health spike certainly fits that description. Note that the scale factors are still going to be pretty similar, though. The relative rankings will be the same, though the values may shift around some because not all stats scale similarly with boss hit size. So even if you get a TMI score in the millions, the stat weights will still be very reliable.
Finally, note that I've only tested this extensively for paladins. A warrior, DK, druid, or monk tank at a similar ilvl may not fall into the 5k-10k range that we do. Again, that's by design, because we don't want to normalize across tanking classes. If a DK takes spikier damage intake than a paladin, that's something we want to know, and TMI should properly reflect that by giving us a larger value.
Further Reading
This was a quick-and-dirty introduction to Simcraft. I plan on going more in-depth about many of the options and reported statistics in later blog posts, but if you don't feel like waiting, the Simulationcraft Wiki has lots of information on how to get started, tweak options, and interpret results.
Also note that the simulation output is only as good as what you put into it. I think the prot warrior module is fairly complete, but I'm not sure about the DK, druid, or monk modules. The DK module in particular suffers from the lack of a good "recent damage taken" conditional, because it limits them to spamming Death Strike rather than reacting to large health changes. Since that's very similar to the sort of information we would like to have for shifting queues, I'm working with another dev to get an action priority list option implemented for that in the near future.
In addition, for the more technically-minded, I've written up a TMI Standard Reference Document. This outlines the official calculation method and specifies standard conditions for comparing TMI between different tanks. Since this is the initial version of the SRD, feedback on the details is greatly appreciated.


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Hometown necesitaba un nuevo diseño de banner publicitario y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
IsraelLD.com is an international long distance provider offering cheap long distance calling to Israel from the US, Canada, Australia, and 8 other countries. We offer convenient monthly calling plans and pay as you go calling cards at one low rate to any landline or mobile in Israel.
IsraelLD is a new service from Hometown Telecom. We specialize in low cost, high quality international long distance plans. IsraelLD is designed for Israelis who want to enjoy low rates, no fees, the ability to use their account from multiple phones, and to share their plan with family and friends.
We are targeting Non-Resident Israelis who make international long distance phone calls to Israel. Our customers are typically families looking to stay connected to their relatives in Israel, religious groups, and businesses.
I am attaching some of the banner ads that have worked well for our brands in the past so you can see what we are looking for. We need some fresh looks and messaging to add to our existing creative. Spend some time looking at the site so that you are familiar with our selling points and products.
We are looking for 2 creatives in the following banner sizes: 250x250, 336x280, 728x90, 120x600, 160x600.
Regular old image banners, with a file size of under 49kb.
Take the two creative concepts below and do an initial design for each of them in the 336x280 size. I will give you feedback on what works and what doesn't and if I like what you've turned in, then you can submit designs for the rest of the sizes.
Concept 1: Call Israel for 1¢/minute or have Israel call you for 1¢/minute
One special service we offer is that customers can call Israel for 1¢/minute but they can also place calls from Israel to phones in any of our originating destinations for the same low rate.
Concept 2: A general Call Israel Cheap ad
Appeal to Israeli expats who are missing home and call Israel often. This should be a combination of emotional appeal (use a picture of someone that could be a close family member, girlfriend, friends), and how our pricing and features enable them to call home a lot.
I'm attaching an example of a Concept 2 banner that worked for us in the past (File named IndiaLD_C_336x280), as well as the IsraelLD.com logo.
Both creatives should include our 1c/min and no fees in the ads.


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Exploring the communication from your citadel server
There are various nice tools around, that enable you listening to whatever ip connection you like. This is called "sniffing". You should be carefull about what you're doing and respect other peoples private sphere.
Tcpdump is the root of all tools described here. All of them use the libpcap, which was split out of tcpdump, most of them accept the same filterlanguage tcpdump accepts.
Ommitting Nameserver Lookup
A problem often experienced is, that packages won't appear though you're know they're on the wire. This may be caused by an unreachable nameserver, whichs awaiting queries hold the Package back from being printed. Avoid this using:
tcpdump -n
listening on a specific interface
Sometimes you might just be interested on the traffic on one interface, you just need to tell tcpdump so:
tcpdump -ni eth0
(you see, we can combine the -i with the -n from the last sample)
Create files to explore them later
tcpdump -s0 -w /tmp/out.pcap
move out.pcap to the Box you're equipped with Wireshark, and Mouse it! This is also the suggested way to post to the support mailinglist. Please remember that you might post usernames and passwords here, so try to demonstrate your behaviour with a dummy user and password.
Reducing Packages later
tcpdump can read, filter, and reoutput packages from above .pcap files.
tcpdump -r infile.pcap -w outfile.pcap
you can filter the output of tcpdump using a neat filter language. For example you just want to see 192.168.1.1 http traffic:
tcpdump host 192.168.1.1 and port 80
Here is a list of Ports and which kind of traffic they cary. if you want to filter for mac-addresses you can do that by using 'host ether 00:….' explore more of this neat filter language on man tcpdump
ngrep is a unix commandline tool, that might show you running traffic better than wireshark or tcpdump, because of it focuses of printing the payload of the traffic. It allso uses the tcpdump backend library, and thus takes the same expressions as tcpdump:
ngrep port 80 and not host 172.16.29.226 -W byline
the -W byline stops it from stripping linebreaks from the traffic. this will make it show you requests and stuff in a better readable manner. The output of ngrep is somewhat comparable to a tail -f.
Wireshark was formerly known as ethereal. It "understands" most of the protocols around in the internet today, and will display you structures in a tree view, or enable you just to view the tcp payload of a text oriented protocol as HTTP or SMTP. It runs under allmost any os with a GUI arround these days. If you want to analyze traffic spoken by a remote box see the above tcpdump howto capture streams for later analysis.
You might also have a look at this Wikipedia article on Wireshark.
Ethereape just displays you load graphs. But its neat to analyze which connections eat up most bandwith.
NTop can give you neat statistics about whats on the line. Searching for who has been using the most bandwith in the last 24 hours? This is your tool. Be warned, it eats truckloads of memory.
Sniffing several simultaneous Connections
- by Samjam
If you want to watch webcits HTTP Traffic in conjunction with its Citadel Traffic like you were
tail -f
ing several files you can use this Script:
#/bin/sh # choose one of them, depending on your webcit; it will choose 2000 by default. #export HTTP_PORT=80 export HTTP_PORT=2000 #export HTTP_PORT=8504 # make shure you call webcit with 127.0.0.1 505 so it doesn't use Unix domain sockets export CITADEL_PORT=504 tcpdump -U -l -s0 -i lo -n -A port $CITADEL_PORT or port $HTTP_PORT | \ sed --unbuffered \ -ne " h; # parse out important fields s/^[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]* IP \([^:> ]*\)\.\([^:> .]*\) > \([^:> ]*\)\.\([^:> .]*\): \(.\) [^ ]* \([^ ]*\)/\1=\2>\3=\4 \5 \6 /; # if it wasn't a new packet, skip to the end. Tend { G; # annote packets according to connect s/^\([^\n]*=$HTTP_PORT>[^=]*=\([^ ]*\) [^\n]*\n\)/\1\2 HTTP RESPONSE::: /; s/^\([^\n]*=\([^>]*\)>[^=]*=$HTTP_PORT [^\n]*\n\)/\1\2 HTTP REQUEST::: /; s/^\([^\n]*=$CITADEL_PORT>[^=]*=\([^ ]*\) [^\n]*\n\)/\1\2 CITADEL RESPONSE::: /; s/^\([^\n]*=\([^>]*\)>[^=]*=$CITADEL_PORT [^\n]*\n\)/\1\2 CITADEL REQUEST::: /; # spot new connections s/^\([^\n]* S [^\n]*\n\)/\1NEW /; s/^\([^\n]* S ack [^\n]*\n\)/\1ACCEPT /; s/^\([^\n]* F [^\n]*\n\)/\1CLOSE /; # save header h # clear s/^.*//; # read the next line, it's packet header n # ignore line 1, read-in line 2, there always is one for tcp n; # erase 56 bytes header altogether s/^........//; # if there is nothing left, it was probably an ack packet, # so we will skip it unless NEW or FIN /^$/{ x / [FS] /bok; d :ok x } x #get rid of parsed fields s/^[^\n]*\n// # attach rest of packet payloads G } :end p "


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Heart Banter by David Gittlin
Posts Tagged Tom Paxton
Wasn't That a Time?
Posted by David Gittlin in current events, Essays, inspiration, issues, memories, profiles on November 26, 2015
"Wasn't that a time? Wasn't that a time to try the souls of men? Wasn't that a terrible time?"
The lyrics from a sixties folk song made popular by Peter Paul and Mary reverberate through the decades and remain relevant today.
The lyrics to the folk song hearken back to the war for American independence and major conflagrations waged since including World Wars I and II.
I recently bought an album by Tom Paxton. Listening to his music on YouTube brought me back to the turbulent sixties and my love for the folk artists who became popular then. Listening to these songs of social conscience and satire, love ballads, Children's songs and others that reflect beautifully, poignantly and heart fully on our human experience, I am struck by the purity of this music. It moves me deeply. It penetrates my soul. It inspires me to pick up my guitar and sing.
Looking back, I realize that these artists, these wandering troubadours, were great men and women. Some of them are still alive and singing. What a time the sixties were. What noble visions for a better world, given voice by these passionate musicians, arose from the struggle.
Some of these visions have been realized. We live in a better world today in some respects. Yet we haven't yet learned our lessons. We live in a world where human beings still murder other human beings in the name of God. We live in a world where a Russian President is intent upon restoring Russia to its Cold War boundaries by invading autonomous neighbor states. We live in a world where hatred and intolerance still threaten our very existence.
"When will they ever learn," Mary Travers sings plaintively. When, indeed, will we ever learn?
David Gittlin has written three feature length screenplays, produced two short films, and published three novels. Before quitting his day job, he spent more than thirty years as a marketing director building expertise in advertising, copy writing, corporate communications, collateral sales materials, website content/design and online marketing.
activism, Bob Dylan, consciousness, folk music, Joan Baez, music, peace, Peter Paul and Mary, pop music, protest songs, social activism, Tom Paxton
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