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Cora Edge Distressed Silver Gold Rectangle Decorative Wall Mirror
Inspired by the sea and sky, the Cora Wall Mirror features a natural grainy texture and distressed frame that will complement any nautical coastal theme, farmhouse, and seaside beach home decor. The Cora wall mirror is perfect for entryways, vanities, and bathrooms. The natural wood-like texture polystyrene frame has a silver finish with a beautiful gold undertone finish.
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Colossus-The Forbin Project: a Sci-Fi classic that kicked off the talks!
What's the future of humanity and life on Earth? Will we have a good multi-billion year run until our Sun swells into a red giant boiling away our atmosphere, or will we first do the job of snuffing ourselves out? Earlier this year, some of the leading thinkers of our time gathered near Harvard University at the Arrow Theater to discuss just these weighty concepts. Dubbed Crossroads: The Future of Human Life in the Universe, each talk in the series was 30 minutes long and solicited an avalanche of enthusiastic questions. Some of the highlights:
-Gerrit Verschuur discussed the Drake equation and just how prevalent any interstellar neighbors might be; at a guesstimated 2,500 light years, we may be pretty, well, spaced out!
-Maira Zuber discussed the future of space travel in the solar system and the difficulties of overcoming probably the biggest engineering problem; prolonged radiation exposure.
-Astronomers Dimitar Sasselov, David Charbonneau, and paleontologist Peter Ward of Rare Earth fame discussed the slew of recent exoplanet findings and the quest for the true coin of the realm; Earth-like worlds around other stars. Most interestingly, the idea was proposed that a super-Earth may be more conducive to the development of life, and our own planet may represent the bottom rung of habitability; indeed, as Ward notes, Rare does not mean unique! Another interesting proposal by Ward is what he termed the Medea Hypothesis, a sort of anti-Gaia Hypothesis, were the Earthly biosphere may actually occasionally become detrimental to life, and thus fuel mass extinctions. The name comes from perhaps the worst Mom in mythological history!
-Finally, big time elder thinker Freeman Dyson of Princeton urges that our very search methods for life might be flawed, and that we should be looking for what is detectable, rather than only whats probable. he also proposed missions targeting such possible abodes for life such as Europa, the icy large moon of Jupiter.
Whatever the future of humanity is, one gets the impression from the visionary speakers presented that it is NOT endless consumerism. The message in the history of life on Earth is clear; evolve or die. No one will save us but ourselves, and the future is collectively ours to choose!

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They do speak English...sort of.
Seriously, though: in the North, a lot of people speak passable English, especially in Milan. The rest of the country is very lacking in English speakers...it never bothered me, though; it's just another chance to practice mi italiano that's non troppo bene to say the least.


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The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) is a translation tool that helps communication and comparison between qualifications systems in Europe. Its eight common European reference levels are described in terms of learning outcomes: knowledge, skills and competences. This allows any national qualifications systems, national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) and qualifications in Europe to relate to the EQF levels. Learners, graduates, providers and employers can use these levels to understand and compare qualifications awarded in different countries and by different education and training systems.
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Opinion: Censorship on Campus
Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, on the battle for free speech on college campuses. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... one joined your body and critical mind off Craig is the present and the foundation for individual rights in education ... the rate ... of U N the foundation of trying to monitor closely the audit conditions of the speech free speech on campuses across the United States ... all you've done a weekend interview forest will be in this weekend's Wall Street Journal ... and you begin by noting a lot of people were struck by the incident before going recently in which the President Joseph McShane came down very very hard on the campus young Republicans for inflating ... the Ann Coulter support him ... and some schooling young Republicans ... are rescinded the invitation to her and thought you had written that the universities to some extent are the most authoritarian institutions slept in United States ... and wanted to Labrador depend on what it is not just for him but what's going on out there on the campus those well what the book on learning liberty of that to demonstrate that the two things one I aam it's gone really wrong on campuses things are much much worse than people think I've been doing this for eleven years it was even worse than I thought on how easy it is to get in trouble for Juventus criticizing the administration um what what happened with the Ann Coulter shows that ... university president doesn't like people that he was like speaking on campus which is a strange statement of anti free speech to the big thing for present to make ... aam but all fall from the state of New York this just in the past couple weeks urban insane cases of censorship some long ... as petty as soon as we go into the journalist was asking other hockey coaches ... palm of questions about the US because hockey coach and said you know and and this note if you don't have to be positive on not reading of coffees ... and for that he was on our new charge of intimidation ... on ... and he was kicked off campus he was suspended its ... dividend become incredibly um ... quick to punish students unemployment first ask questions later for you on say an interview that Drexel University for instance is trying to it ... therefore in appropriately directed laughter yes know a lot of our viewers don't think that's laughable absolutely ... put in context we thought we'd been through this was a speech code so to say ten fifteen years ago but something different has happened in the time said yes ... absolutely and people thinking they can work it over and animate them they can be forgiven for thinking that some degree because ... in the eighties we had a potable correctness we had on the rise of it we have the rights of campus speech codes ... and there were left largely laugh at owned by the American public right left and center aam and their defeat in court consisted right from ninety nine to nineteen ninety five so that the Republican be somewhat forgiven for thinking ah well thank goodness that's over but it's much much worse many many more ... universities has because it happened in the nineties actually sixty five percent of through ninety two colleges we rate have what we call red light speech ... are these goes beyond the reach a litigation under the public campuses they are they are easily elevated to a seasonally get them and they're easily defeated every single time their challenge they lose but amazingly universe to click on it ... well you suggested in an interview that even when they lose they don't apologize they don't wanna ... know what the universe you almost never apologize an awesome thing it can be ... the installation of the Academy commented that baby some of the recent push to become a run like the firm's I OpenOffice of it with the story of a professor of Provo for university president who got us to be kicked out because he criticized the beloved parking garage project ... up ... well ... what to pair our parents aware that this is the sort of thing is going on in a footnote to daycare ... you know I don't think parents or weren't this is going on in the full reasons why the fire down or we have actually in interact interactive map of the entire U S with top colleges all over the keys just click on and find out how many bad cases of happened for example ... level chapter on this part of the new ... law schools and people sometimes assume overall nothing that happens there are no better ... known to ... yell well I gotta tell you great is actually fastening I urge people to read weekend interview with you this weekend for the de tails because it is eye opening great thanks for being with us


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Lasting Memories
Dolores Jean Caffey
Feb. 18, 1933-March 18, 2012
Clearlake, California
Dolores Jean Caffey passed away on March 18, 2012 in St. Helena, California. She was a remarkable woman that lived a very full life. Born in Great Bend, Kansas to William and Ula Juergensen, she has lived in Clearlake for the last 22 years She was formally a resident of Pleasanton, CA where she lived for 12 years, and had also spent time in Claremore, OK, with her husband when her children were grown.
Dolores had various careers throughout her lifetime. She was very proud of the fact that she worked for Philco Ford making electronic modules, thereby helping to launch the Apollo. In Pleasanton, she worked at Valley View School as the Cafeteria Manager. While in Oklahoma, she learned to be a taxidermist and to tan hides. She also raised many different farm animals. After moving to Clearlake, she started working for the Methodist Church in Clearlake managing their Thrift Store and vollentered there for the last 10 years. In her spare time, she loved her garden and to do needlepoint.
She is survived by her family; husband of 60 years, Ronald Caffey; children, Robert Caffey (Stella) of Vallejo and Lenard Caffey (Sandy) of Pleasanton; grandchildren, Cariann, Katrina, Jesse (Erica), Kyle and Cody; sister, Nancy and 3 great-grandchildren.
Dolores was a fantastic mother and an awesome lady who will be missed dearly. A Celebration of her Life will be held at Jones & Lewis Clear Lake Memorial Chapel, Lower Lake, on Saturday, March 31 at 1pm. Her family prefers that any donations in her name be made to the Paralyzed Veterans, a cause she has supported faithfully.
Services entrusted to Jones & Lewis Clear Lake Memorial Chapel, Lower Lake. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jonesandlewis.com


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West Rock, New Haven - Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)
Last week I checked out "The Yankee Spirit" art exhibit at BYU's Museum of Art. This show features artworks by many of the most highly regarded American artists of the last two centuries including Winslow Homer, Rockwell Kent, Georgia O'Keefe, John Singer Sargent, Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Moran, Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish. The works are all on loan from the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, Connecticut.
Maxfield Parrish- Dusk, oil on panel
I had the pleasure of seeing many of these works a couple of years ago when I was getting my MFA degree in nearby Hartford, Connecticut, so it was especially fun to revisit them. I have to admit that one of my all time favorites in the show is Maxfield Parrish's "Dusk". I marvel at his expert handling of glazes to create such a feeling of depth and luminosity. If you go, take a moment to soak in this small but stunning work.
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China's Naval vessel almost collides with US Navy ship
China on Wednesday confirmed an incident between a Chinese naval vessel and a U.S. warship in the South China Sea, after Washington said a U.S. guided missile cruiser had avoided a collision with a Chinese warship maneuvering nearby.
Experts have said the near-miss between the USS Cowpens and a Chinese warship operating near China's only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was the most significant U.S.-China maritime incident in the disputed South China Sea since 2009.
China's Defense Ministry said the Chinese naval vessel was conducting "normal patrols" when the two vessels "met".
"During the encounter, the Chinese naval vessel properly handled it in accordance with strict protocol," the ministry said on its website (www.mod.gov.cn).
"The two Defense departments were kept informed of the relevant situation through normal working channels and carried out effective communication."
But China's official news agency Xinhua, in an English language commentary, accused the U.S. ship of deliberately provocative behavior.
"On December 5, U.S. missile cruiser Cowpens, despite warnings from China's aircraft carrier task group, broke into the Chinese navy's drilling waters in the South China Sea, and almost collided with a Chinese warship nearby," it said.
"Even before the navy training, Chinese maritime authorities have posted a navigation notice on their website, and the U.S. warship, which should have had knowledge of what the Chinese were doing there, intentionally carried on with its surveillance of China's Liaoning aircraft carrier and triggered the confrontation."
Washington said last week its ship was forced to take evasive action to avoid a collision.
The incident came at a time of heightened tension in the region following Beijing's declaration of an air Defense identification zone further north in the East China Sea, which prompted protests from Washington, Tokyo and Seoul.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said maritime disputes between countries should be resolved peacefully through arbitration though the United States would speak out when a country, such as China, took unilateral action that raised the potential for conflict.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Kerry and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has been equally critical of the air Defense zone, should stop harping on the issue.
"The show the relevant parties have put on is enough. They should give it a rest. If they really care about this region's peace, they should ... stop fomenting trouble," she told a daily news briefing.
China's Defense Ministry said, however, there were "good opportunities" for developing Sino-U.S. military ties.
"Both sides are willing to strengthen communication, maintain close coordination and make efforts to maintain regional peace and stability," the ministry said.
The Liaoning aircraft carrier, which has yet to be fully armed and is being used as a training vessel, was flanked by escort ships, including two destroyers and two frigates, during its first deployment into the South China Sea.
Friction over the South China Sea has surged as China uses its growing naval might to assert a vast claim over the oil-and-gas-rich area, raising fears of a clash between it and other countries in the region, including the Philippines and Vietnam.
The United States had raised the incident at a "high level" with China, according to a State Department official quoted by the U.S. military's Stars and Stripes newspaper.
Beijing routinely objects to U.S. military surveillance operations within its exclusive economic zone, while Washington insists the United States and other nations have the right to conduct routine operations in international waters.
China deployed the Liaoning to the South China Sea just days after announcing its air Defense zone, which covers air space over a group of tiny uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that are administered by Japan but claimed by Beijing as well.


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The Grinch Who Stole Business
This story appears in the March 2001 issue of Entrepreneurs Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
Every business has one: the "glass half empty" person who's always on the lookout for something to go wrong and spends the bulk of the workday promoting gloom and doom and disparaging everything from projects to people.
This person's "it'll never work" attitude is rubbing off, too. You notice that other employees-once shiny, happy, motivated people-are starting to gossip and criticize. When it comes down to it, negativity is like the flu: It's contagious. It's also expensive. Workplace negativity costs companies millions in terms of productivity and profitability.
Eradicating negativity from the workplace is also next to impossible. After all, you can't please all the people all the time. So how do you deal with an employee whose negativity is starting to rub off on other people? While it's easy to chalk the person's behavior up to the generic "bad attitude" and ignore it, that can actually fuel the fire by setting a negative cultural norm, says Gary Topchik, managing partner of employer consulting firm SilverStar Enterprises Inc. and author of a new book called Managing Workplace Negativity (AMACOM).
"Quite often, the organization is causing the negativity and actually gives employees the license to be negative," Topchik says. "Leaders need to confront the negativity and talk about it."
Why the Sad Face?
Like most employers, Tina Hart, co-founder and CEO of Luna, a Columbia, South Carolina-based women's contemporary clothing and lifestyle store, has seen negativity creep into her workplace. It's been especially prevalent over the past four years as her business has expanded to additional locations and 50 employees. Last year she dealt with one female sales-person who was becoming increasingly negative toward customers and co-workers. Hart saw it affecting other employees and took action, meeting with this salesperson regularly over a three-month period to find the source of her negativity. But nothing helped, and Hart eventually let the employee go to improve morale.
Today, Hart, 34, is learning how to nip negativity in the bud. She admits she's put up with negativity to keep positions filled in the past. "That one [negative] person can really hurt you," Hart says. "[Negativity] will start rubbing off on sales and changing the way your employees feel about your business."
When dealing with a negative employee, it comes down to a chicken-and-egg type of question: Is the employee negative by nature, or are there broader issues in the company that are making him or her that way? These broader issues can include on-the-job stress, a work environment where employees feel they can't voice their opinions and concerns, excessive time demands, lack of growth opportunities, poor compensation, and ever-changing policies and procedures. "Employers need to look at things from the employee perspective," says Chandra Louise, founder of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based Toxicboss.com, a Web site that helps employees cope in the workplace.
Often at the heart of a "negaholic" attitude are fear and uncertainty. In fact, Topchik found in his research that the way companies handle change is the biggest single cause of workplace negativity. Even if that new invoicing procedure really is for the better, employees will automatically ask themselves: What am I losing? For employees, change automatically equals the loss of something comfortable, and they will resist it. Topchik relates this to the loss of what he calls the "Three C's": control, confidence and community.
Changing who an employee reports to, increasing a quota, taking away creativity in a project, or something as simple as altering the lunch schedule can set employees off. With any change, employees want to know why it's being made and want to be a part of the decision-making process. When they don't get input and answers, the seeds of negativity are sown.
Make It Constructive
Entrepreneurs should avoid singling out the glass-half-empty type, because being berated and labeled as the problem only reinforces a negative person's worst fears and makes him or her even more defensive, says Bill Crawford, a Houston-based psychologist, speaker and author of From Chaos to Calm: Dealing With Difficult People vs. Having Them Deal With You (Florence Publishing). "One of the keys to dealing with negative people is seeing them as frightened instead of frightening. It can change your whole perspective," Crawford says.
Employers also need to determine whether the negativity can be turned into something constructive. Is the information valuable? After all, that person you see as lagging on every project may actually be the brave soul who's speaking for the other people in the office. In this case, the negative employee has something to say about the job that needs to be said; the information is just not coming out in a constructive way. This is where the employer can make a big impact.
"Coach these employees on how to communicate. Be positive and say 'I'm impressed with your impressions.' Channel this person's disruptive energy so that it might create solutions," Crawford says. Chances are, these people are complaining because they think they have good ideas that haven't been heard. Turning the griper into a solution provider gives this "class disrupter" an avenue to contribute in a valuable way and also plays into the person's self-esteem.
Remember, too, that office critics may not even realize that they're overly critical. "Most negative people don't know that they're negative because no one ever tells them," Topchik says.
Hart says she tries to answer the fol-lowing questions when dealing with a negative employee:
1. Does this person have potential but is in the wrong job?
2. Does he or she require encouragement or desire more (or less) responsibility?
3. Is he or she suffering from personal problems?
Hart has found some of her negative employees just wanted to find their place at Luna and, with encouragement, direction or a promotion, became much more positive about their jobs and turned out to be good performers. "Communication is so important," she says. "We make an effort to sit down and talk about it. After a month or two, the situation almost always improves."
Spreading the Joy
Here are some simple steps for quelling the office critic:
1. Understand change from the employee's perspective. "Involve employees; don't just mandate to them," Topchik says. Listen for the first grumblings of discontent and take action. Former professor and professional speaker Alan R. Zimmerman, Ph.D., uses the phrase "forms vs. forums"-e.g., using a memo vs. a meeting to discuss a company change-to describe the ways CEOs communicate. "All organizations go through change, but few talk about it with employees," he says. Zimmerman, who helps companies deal with negativity, says employees can put up with change as long as they can talk openly about it.
2. Find the fear, then focus on solutions. A negative person may be afraid of something. Is that something being fired? Failing on a project? Not being listened to? Teach negative employees to focus on offering solutions, not just criticism. Add formal evaluation procedures, and, if negativity seems rampant, hire a third party to conduct an anonymous survey to assess the problem.
3. Do some coaching. Work with the negative person on improving his or her attitude, and make sure to document everything. If there's no improvement after three to six months, maybe it's time, as Topchik says, to give the gift of unemployment. "Employers can work too long and hard with some negative people, when it's better just to cut their losses," he says.
After you let a negative person go, talk with employees about the future of their workplace. It can be the perfect opportunity to take the pulse of your company culture.


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TORONTO — Coby Segall says, "Let's go everybody," as he runs around the room, dancing to the tune of Am Yisrael Chai playing in the background.
He stops to hold a guest's hand and begins jumping up and down with his hands in hers, as she smiles back at him from her wheelchair.
Segall is dancing and singing with a group of students and the residents of Cummer Lodge, a long-term care home in Toronto. "I try to inject spirituality into their lives," he said, at the Purim-themed event earlier this month. "I'm reminding them what it feels like to feel joy."
Segall has been running monthly Jewish-themed programs at Cummer Lodge for almost nine years. It all started by accident, he said. In 2004, the rabbi who used to run Shabbat services at Cummer Lodge was away for a few months, and so Segall, newly observant, decided to lead the program. After the rabbi returned, he asked, "What can we do to keep this going?" That's when Segall decided to commit one Sunday morning a month to Cummer Lodge.
Since then, he's gathered a team of about 15 volunteers – high school and university students and young professionals – who wake up at 8 a.m. on a Sunday and head to Cummer Lodge. It takes them two hours to go to the different residents' rooms and ask if they're interested in coming downstairs for the program. Usually, about 60 residents will join. Then, he places all their wheelchairs in a large circle, so he can see everyone. The music starts playing, and Segall and his team of volunteers start interacting with each resident.
At first, many don't want to stand up or even hold hands with the volunteers. But after a few songs, and after Segall has broken into a wide smile and has danced with many of the residents, the mood shifts. The residents smile, waiting for their turn to dance with a volunteer. One man who was moving his wheelchair back and forth in the corner, to the tune of the music, suddenly moves to the centre of the room, his lips mouthing the words of the song. Toward the end, one resident stands up and says, "This cheers me up. Thank you."
He's not the only one to feel that way. Sylvia Marsch has been living at Cummer Lodge for four years. She said she loves coming to the program because she gets a chance to interact with other people.
"I'm alone, and I like to be with people and share my thoughts," said Marsch, 90. "I like the things [the volunteers] are doing. They're helping people."
For these residents, it's a chance to feel like someone cares. "We're empowering them, and bridging the generation gap," said Segall. "There's so much learning that we can do from the people that are here."
One of these people is David Jacobs, a Holocaust survivor who says he was liberated by then U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower. He attends the programs with his wife. He came to Canada in 1948. "I was a tailor," said Jacobs, who will turn 95 in July. "They [Canada] started to take people in. They needed tailors." At one of the programs a few months ago, he brought pictures of him and his family, and other artifacts from the Holocaust to show the other residents. "I like it here. They know me."
The volunteers end up forming a relationship with the residents so it can be hard to let go. "Sometimes people pass away. You miss people. You know their face. Then they're not here, they're gone," said volunteer Eldad Ben Hamo.
The impact the program has on the volunteers is clear. "Seeing where life can take you, you go from dependence on parents to dependence on children," said Julia Segal, another volunteer. "It puts all those trivial disagreements in your own family into perspective."


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The Newtown, Conn. school superintendent sent an email to parents and staff members Tuesday, with a warning about the season premiere of "Sons of Anarchy" on FX, which includes a scene involving a school shooting.
"I have learned that on the season premiere of the show 'Sons of Anarchy' which airs at 10 PM tonight on the FX cable station, there will be an episode in which a teenager enters the school with a high-caliber semi-automatic and opens fire," John Reed said in the email. "While you don't see the visual impact of this, you will hear the shots and cries from the victims."
"Sons of Anarchy," which is entering its sixth season, follows an outlaw motorcycle gang and is known for its violent and intense episodes. The show's creators and FX have not revealed what's ahead for the season premiere, but fan sites have alluded to a major tragedy at the end of the Tuesday's show.
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"For obvious reasons, this program could have a very harmful impact on parents, children and staff members. I wanted you to have this information so that you can plan accordingly for you and your family," Reed said in the email.


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Holy Martian Empire
"All their base aren't belong to us."
Kth'tn'kh'a vk'dfr'gg m'fgf'ld're dg'gv'd'bd'sv'hsv Fnord'js't duk r'wd'hsg'fdg'bg
The Great, Holy, and Everlastingly Fnordful Holy Empire of the Red Planet. We're Holy!
Holy Martian Empire
|Motto: Reges Martis Sacri Semper Vivebunt, Lupae! (I'm not telling you what it means. Learn Lain, you uneducated toads.)
|Anthem: "B.Y.O.B." by system of a down
|Mount Olympus, but not the Greek one.
|Largest city
|V'fgr'dsgd'nknk (pronounced Vofergundnak)
|Official language(s)
|Dictatorial Religulocracy
|Holy Martian Emperor
|Emperor Nl'lz B'br'gg lik St'pd'd Yd'dy't XVI
|Favorite TV shows
|J'rri S'p'rng'rr Sh'h'w, Lik Sm'mps'hn'nzh, F'tt'rm'ma'h
|Most Popular Authors
|D'glz'z'd'dmz'z, T'rr'i P'rt'cht't, S'mnn G'rn'n
|National Hero(es)
|M'rvrn lik Sl'kav'rth, Xenu
|27000 B.C. (or B.C.E. if you're a politically correct moron)
|◊ (or w'h'hh'lvk'ngg'j'pyt'sh'drx'l'plx'l [pronounced wahxapax])
|N'dl L'd Wr'shp, S'ntl'gii, Martian Catholic
|Major exports
|Implanted trackers, paranoid conspiracy theorists, and memories that are only remembered under hypnosis
|Major imports
|Abducted humans, probes
|Abduction, probing, implanting, cattle mutilation
This is an abridged semi-history of the Holy Martian Empire, primarily focusing on sex, violence, and religion, just like most other histories of ANYTHING. For a full history, containing all of the boring details, see the Encyclopedia Galactica, Volume MCCCLXVII, Sub-volume 50, pages 367-9854. For another good history, see this page.
The Early Empire[edit]
The Holy Martian Empire was founded in 27000 B.C. (0 AoE in Martian chronology) by emperor T'rv'r nuk Gr'gv'rat (rough translation: He who is a bigger jerk than the other guy), who isn't famous for having sex with any female who ever came within a 200 thousand mile radius of mars. After he had reigned for only 39 martian F'thr'n (about 45.7 weeks) he was shot in the head by R'nn'ld Mk'kDnl'd (an evil clown who force-fed his family greasy hamburgers and fried red tubers) who, as was his right as the assassin of the emperor, appointed L'Rn h'bb'rd as the new emperor. L'Rn was extremely unpopular, as he called Xenu, the most popular Martian monarch from the Early Kingdom period, an evil demon-king who froze people and dumped them into volcanoes on the 3rd planet from their star, which the Martians called H'yk'ggoj'fsaf'afe'wfyoo'chi (pronounced hyakugojyuuichii), or sometimes just Hychi. This was an obvious falsehood, designed to bring converts to L'Rn's religion, which he called s'ntl'gii, and was a complete crock of B.S..
After the 364 year reign of the dynasty descended from L'Rn, the H'bb'rd-S'kt'lv Dynast, there was a 2398-year long period of peace and total boredom. This was fixed by the Omega Wars.
Ω wars[edit]
Nobody seems to have any idea exactly why these wars are called the omega wars, but nobody wants to argue with historians, who are always really bloody-minded jerks who never let go of an idea once they've held onto it for longer then five seconds. These wars were between the HME and the neighboring kingdom of Marsylvania, a kingdom full of eeeeeeevil energy vampires who lived off souls. Or so the propaganda materials put out by the government of the HME say. Whatever the reason for the wras, they raged across Mars for many, many years before finally ending in AoE 3487 due to intervention by Doctor Who.
These wars completely trashed the Martian continent of Akk'hkk'obv'rt'sp'tum and doubled the territory of the HME. The "evil energy vampires" were SMITED by the righteous wrath of the Empire and the foundation was set for the middle imperial period.
Middle Imperial Period[edit]
During the Middle Imperial Period, the HME conquered almost half of Mars and domesticated D'rgh'nns for use in warfare. These beasts were about twenty feet long, breathed fire, and could fly. Needless to say, using these creatures the HME defeated almost all of the enemies on their general area, but stopped using them around 5634 AoE because they discovered that they were very, very delicious. For the next 50 years or so the Mk'kDnl'd's chain of restaurants, which was founded by the ancestors of R'nn'ld Mk'kDnl'd, the first imperial assassin, served D'rgh'nn-Burgers at very low prices (two D'rgh'nn-burgers with extra khy'z for only ◊1!!!), but closed in AoE 5685 due to the extinction of the D'rgh'nns.
With the fall of Mk'kDnl'd's, almost half of the martians in the empire were suddenly unemployed. This almost caused the fall of the Empire, and it led to the Slightly Dim Ages, a long boring period in which nobody did ANYTHING.
Slightly Dim Ages[edit]
Goddamnit! I told you people that NOTHING happened during these 22,315 years! You Bastards! Always trying to get me to talk about boring CRAP like this! You want to know what happened? You REALLY want to know? Fine! The Martian Empire conquered all of the solar system. Including Earth. Yes. They did. Seriously. Not kidding. And then Jebus stopped them with his ice breath. This is all true. Not just propaganda propagated (say that ten times fast!) by the Martian Catholic Church. I swear. In unrelated news, Dan Brown is writing a new book called "The Martian Code: the True Story Behind the End of the Dim Ages".
The Christian Period[edit]
Starting from 0 B.C./A.D. (27000 AoE/0 A.M.C.), the Holy Martian Empire actually was Holy. The Empire had been converted to Christianity (Martian Catholicism) by Jebus. This period lasted for 2,000 years and more, even through the abducting, probing, implanting, and cattle mutilation of the last half decade or so (most of this crap is actually carried out by Martian Scientologists), and, even though the empire is religously tolerant, the offficial religion is sill Martian Catholicism.
The Martians have their own Pope, called the MarsPope, or Mope, who is always an emo. He is not approved of by the Human Catholic Church, because, a) all humans are jealous bastards, and b) the martians worship jebus instead of jesus, which is disapproved of by the catholics, because, as has been said, humans are jealous jerks who don't want the martians to worship a "false jesus".
This period continues to the present day.
Present day Mars[edit]
Mars today is a lot like Earth, except the people are unethical, human-probing, cattle-mutilating, assholes who don't care about other forms of life. Actually... The only difference is the color of everything (in case you were wondering, earth is blue and green, Mars is red [the filthy commie bastards] and grey). The current emperor of Mars is N'ls B'br'gg lik St'pd'd Yd'dy't XVI, who is one in a long dynasty of total morons. Present-day Mars is definitely not the idyllic wonderland that some people think it is, and almost every other day there is a major riot in the capital city, Mount Olympus (not the Greek one, with the Zeus and other gods and stuff), which is situated on the top of the highest hill on Mars.
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Financial advisors-in-training must be ambitious, gutsy and thrive on hard work. That's just for starters. And who is best qualified to guide these rookies on their challenging journey to profit and prosperity? Somebody who's walked miles and miles in their shoes: in other words, a caring mentor.
A successful advisor eager to mentor junior FAs is nothing short of a godsend, especially in today's tumultuous market. Lucky indeed is the newbie who can boast of having a dedicated, concerned mentor.
"The ideal mentor is someone who truly cares about the other person's success. It's not just giving advice — it's got to be that they roll up their sleeves, crawl inside that person's head and heart, and figure out how they're really going to help them. It's like being a parent," says David Hubbard, president of Exemplar Financial Network in Chicago; his broker-dealer is Financial Network Investment Corp., of which he is a principal. Hubbard has mentored more than 200 FAs over the past two decades.
With the profession's steep learning curve and today's big-picture, holistic approach to financial planning, as opposed to the transactional mode, it takes new advisors longer to build their books. To manage assets under a comprehensive plan, they first must develop a sound relationship with the client. Here's where a conscientious mentor can be of supreme value, not only augmenting basic training but providing emotional support.
"It's more difficult to develop relationships because of [today's] longer 'sales period' than just calling and offering, say, a tax-free bond. That's why mentoring is much more important today. The mentor's role is as much psychological as it is tactical and [about] operations," says Bill Slater, senior vice president, investments, and head of The Slater King Fitzenreiter & Murphy Group at Merrill Lynch in Washington, D.C. The team of nine manages assets of more than $1 billion.
Says Slater, who is on Barron's 2011 Top 1,000 Advisors list: "I can look a financial advisor in the face and say, 'I know exactly how you feel — I've been there.' When you start to mentor a young advisor, they're ready to run through a brick wall — in their mind, there's no way they're ever going to fail. But three months later they're thinking about quitting the business. You need to build them up and get them excited again."
Don't Need One?
Junior advisors who turn down the opportunity to be mentored shortchange themselves. Usually, it's ego that gets in the way.
"The biggest problem with newer folks is that they don't reach out earlier to an experienced advisor. Someone that doesn't want to accept your help is the biggest challenge to a mentor," says Kim Hoffman, an Edward Jones financial advisor and regional leader, in Wilson, N.C., who has mentored numerous trainees over the past 17 years.
A myriad of large and small distractions can hamper a rookie's progress. Enter: the mentor.
"It's always nice to have someone to get you back on track, and that's the role of a mentor," says Cynthia Newman, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's Southern California regional director, based in San Diego. In her previous post, Beverly Hills branch manager — from which she was promoted earlier this year — eight bullpens of new FAs reported to her.
Jeffrey Dobyns was 22 when, in 1997, he joined Lykins Financial Group, a small CPA firm in suburban Ohio, to develop its investment business. He knew zero about financial services but was taken under the wing of 40-year CPA Ron Lykins, who taught him everything he knew about financial planning and business ethics.
"It was awesome. I was in Ron's hip pocket. Not a day goes by that I don't use a principle word for word that I learned from him. Having a mentor can accelerate your income level so much more quickly, if you're willing to put your ego aside and be coached that first year or two. You learn more by observing than if you're flailing around by yourself," Dobyns says.
Having built a highly successful advisory business at Lykins, he left after four years to found Southwestern Investment Services, a subsidiary of Southwestern/Great America. Affiliated with Raymond James Financial, the independent Nashville, Tenn.-based firm manages assets of more than $1 billion. Dobyns, its president, has now mentored some 20 advisors himself.
Understandably, junior FAs are impatient to grow their practices quickly. But mentors set them straight: that isn't the way it works.
"There are no shortcuts," Slater says. "You've got to put in a lot of time, shake a lot of hands." A mentor for 20-years-plus, he helps advisors who are assigned to him, as well as other FAs who contact him periodically for guidance.
Most of the latter, he says, are "trying to find 'the secret formula.' They want to know, 'What did you do to succeed?' My answer is that it isn't about the investment process. It is: 'Are you planning your day properly? Do you have an appointment every day?'"
Slater adds: "Getting in front of people is the most critical part of what we do. I tell every young advisor: 'If you have an appointment a day with someone who could potentially be a client or lead you to one, you will not fail. If you do that for five years solid, you will be enormously successful for the rest of your life."
Personality Matters
Good chemistry between mentor and mentee is essential.
"Mentoring is about personal relationships, where someone feels comfortable enough to ask questions they might not ask in front of a large group, and discuss struggles they're having and areas in which they might be insecure," Newman points out.
To encourage such confiding, the mentee obviously must trust the mentor. Newman says that she provided "a very safe environment. People have to feel that they are not going to be embarrassed or looked at funny or criticized or meant to feel stupid." She'd urge them: "You don't have to sugarcoat it. Whatever you need help with, just tell me."
The ideal mentor needs to genuinely care about the mentee and, if compensated, not accept the role only for financial benefit. Indeed, some mentors, after a while, hand over smaller accounts to mentees. "If somebody is clearly willing to go that extra mile," Slater says, "we'll pass the account along and work in conjunction with them."
It's easy to see why the relationship between mentor — wise professional — and mentee — typically younger and new to financial services — is likened to that of parent-child. In the instance of Buckley Financial Planning, veteran advisor Fred Buckley actually is the father of his mentee, 29-year-old Sean. Each FA is independently affiliated with Securities America. Both the elder Buckley and the advisors' broker-dealer are mentoring Sean, who came aboard last March.
"My father is helping me on all cylinders — with developing a network [of prospects], investment policy, creating financial plans. He's given me goals. I've hit the ground running. But I know it's a marathon, not a sprint," says Buckley. "My dad constantly reassures me that if I keep doing what I'm doing now, it will happen."
In the Ohio father-son practice, the advisors are located in different cities 90 miles apart: Fred, in Cincinnati; Sean, in Columbus. However, they travel to observe and participate in each other's meetings. When that's not possible, the two employ technology. Recently, when Sean was presenting a recommendation, "I video-conferenced with my dad through the iPad, and he was right there with us," Buckley says.
Working in the same office with mentor Lykins, Jeffrey Dobyns sat in on hundreds of meetings. "Initially, I didn't say anything because I didn't know what I was doing. But what was brilliant about the mentorship was that over time, I was able to start to [participate] a little, then do follow-up work with the client, then hold meetings with Ron observing me. After a year of really good observing, I got to where I'd do all of it myself," he says.
With the industry's emphasis on client relationships, it is imperative that new advisors learn how to build them. And this is where a mentor's help can be tremendous.
Hubbard, for example, queries newbies: "'Tell me about your week, your meetings — what you and the client said.' I'm helping them reflect on what they're doing," he notes.
At Edward Jones, FAs try to launch a relationship each time they — literally — knock on a prospect's door. Mentors are often at their side.
"We teach the advisors how to make face-to-face contact," Hoffman says. Veterans and newbies take turns observing each other. Then the mentor critiques and offers suggestions for improvement.
"Lots of times new FAs ask questions that require only 'yes' or 'no'," Hoffman says. "So, much of it is teaching them to ask open-ended questions to keep the discussion going — not let it come to a dead stop — in order to learn more about the prospect's needs and concerns."
The best mentors try to keep rookies from making self-destructive mistakes. Operative word: try. Hubbard points to what he's dubbed "Do-It-Yourself-itis, a terrible disease," he says, that strikes when a new advisor, opposed to splitting commissions, refuses to pull into a case another FA with expertise he or she lacks.
"I had an advisor who never set up a qualified plan but then insisted on doing one alone," Hubbard recalls. "It was a substantial engineering firm account. I advised him to bring in somebody, but he chose not to. He got the plan but missed a critical ERISA deadline. Then he called and asked if I could come and help him save the case. But by the time he got back there, the firm was already moving the business. That really demoralized him. It took a long time for him to build his business. I've seen this happen 20 times."
In another cautionary lesson, Slater draws from his been-there, done-that to teach FAs, as he puts it, to "subtly seek rejection. I tell them not to be afraid to ask prospects the more difficult questions rather than be led along by someone who ultimately won't get you anywhere."
Slater adds: "When you're young and struggling, and get someone on the phone who's willing to talk, and they talk a big game, you become a little scared to ask questions to see if they're really willing to [invest] with you. So, [often]," he says, "nothing comes to fruition — and the $5 million client, key to making your hurdle and that you thought was a sure thing, just sort of goes away."
MSSB's Newman has warned many a new advisor: "Don't call a large prospect your first month [in] production. First get comfortable and understand what you're doing. Just wait a minute — there's no rush," she says.
Kicking off an FA career has perhaps never been tougher — but never has there been more opportunity. Consequently, mentee Buckley serves up these encouraging words for fellow rookies: "Oh man, don't give up! It can be stressful trying to get clients. But if you're trained well and believe in what you do, you'll be successful."


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The run-time for a tree procedure depends on the number of nodes visited. In a procedure like Inorder that traverses the entire tree, the procedure visits each node a constant number of times, so the run-time is O(n) for a tree with n nodes.
Run-times for procedures that operate on already constructed binary search trees are in general less than O(n) because only one path is followed at each node. For instance, in the following tree, it takes four comparisons to locate the value stored in node 9 (the path followed is described by the nodes 1, 2, 4, and 9). To locate a value stored in any other node of the tree requires that number of comparisons or less.
1 / \ 2 3 / \ / \ 4 5 6 7 / \ 8 9
To get the run-time in general, it helps to consider a full tree. Because each node has two descendants, the number of nodes on each level form a geometric sequence: 1, 2, 4, 8,... The sum of the number of nodes from level 0 to level L is given as the sum of the geometric series, namely, (1) n = 2(L+1) - 1
where it is assumed that the root is at level 0 and its two children are at level 1, and so forth. Thus, if the tree under consideration were full, it would have 15 nodes. The number of nodes on a path from the root to the last generation is L + 1, in our case 4. This is also the maximum number of comparisons to find a value in a node of the tree.
To find the number of comparisons required as a function of the number of nodes, solve equation (1) for L + 1. Thus 2(L + 1) = n + 1, or
(2) L + 1 = log(n + 1)
where the log is taken to the base 2. Since O( log(n + 1)) is the same as O(log(n)), the run-time for finding a value in a full BST is O(log(n)). If the data used to form the BST is arranged in a random order, even if the tree is not full the average run-time for finding an element is still O(log n).
If the original data is sorted, however, the BST degenerates into a tree that looks like a linear linked list (we'll call it a linear tree) and the run-time is no longer O(log(n)).
1 / 2 / 3 / 4As was shown in class, the run-time required to find a value in the list is O(n).
The Time Analysis for Constructing a BST
Another interesting calculation is the determination of the run-time needed to construct a BST. First, we'll assume that the data to be inserted in the tree are randomly ordered. If there are n nodes already in the BST, it requires O(log n) steps to place the new node in the tree. Since there are n nodes to be inserted, the run-time to construct the tree is O(nlogn).
If the numbers are sorted, resulting in a linear tree, it takes i comparisons to insert the ith number. The sum of these comparisons from 1 to n is the sum of the arithmetic series, namely, ½n(n+1). So the run-time to construct the tree is O(n² ).
The Time Analysis for Determining the Height of a Tree
What is the run-time for determining the height of a tree? The function is :
public int height( tree t ) { if( t == null) return -1; else return 1 + Math.max( height( t.left ), height( t.right ) ); }Since the program must visit all the nodes of the tree, the run-time is O( n )
The Time Analysis for an Algorithm that Determines the Height at each Node
How do we do the time analysis for an algorithm that calculates the height of each node? There are two algorithms to do this. The first visits each node but once and thus its asymptotic behavior is clearly O(n). The second one, uses the height function just discussed. In this section, we will analyse the second algorithm. At each node V visited, the height is calculated. This means visiting each node in V's subtree.
First let's look at a complete tree of 15 nodes and manually count the number of nodes visited. The first subtree with 1 as its root has 15 nodes. The two subtrees in the first generation have 7 nodes each.
1 / \ 2 3 / \ / \ 4 5 6 7 / \ / \ / \ / \ 8 11 15Thus aggregate number of nodes visited is the sum of 15 + 2*7 + 4*3 + 8*1, or 15 + 14 + 12 + 8, or approximately, 4*15. But log(16) is 4, so our sum is 15log(16). For large N the asymptotic time analysis yields Nlog(N) .
In effect this is what is happening: for a full tree with many nodes N, in the first generation there are two subtrees with N/2 nodes each. The sum of the nodes on this level is N/2 + N/2 = N. In the next generation there are four subtrees with N/4 nodes each. The sum of the nodes on this generation is again N. For N very large -- this is called the asymptotic limit-- at each level of the tree the sum of the nodes in the subtrees is N. Since there are log(N) levels, the asymptotic behavior is O(NlogN).


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Harmonies du Soir
Nelson Freire
Int. Release 04 Apr. 2011
1 CD / Download
Marking the Bicentenary of the Birth of Liszt − Nelson Freire Pays Tribute to the Great Pianist-Composer
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
2 Etudes de Concert, S.145
Années de pčlerinage: Deuxičme année: Italie, S.161
Années de pčlerinage: Premičre année: Suisse, S. 160
6 Consolations, S.172
Nelson Freire
총 재생시간 58:18
. . . for sheer pianistic accomplishment and musical finesse, Freire's Liszt recital is unlikely to be bettered during this anniversary year . . . a wonderful corrective to those who think of this composer's piano music as all flamboyant gestures and rhetoric. The overwhelming impact of this disc stems from the sheer beauty and elegance of Freire's playing, his crystalline tone and infinitely subtle range of touch and colour, which are combined with all the technique needed to cope with whatever challenges these pieces present him . . . Even a blowsy work like the B minor Ballade remains wonderfully controlled here, while the third of the Hungarian Rhapsodies is treated as a study in colour and pacing. Finest of all is the piece that gives the disc its title, "Harmonies du Soir" . . . it's sumptuous in its tonal palette, and ravishing in its delicacy and refinement.
The performances are noteworthy, eschewing the usual gloss in favor of genuine emotional and even physical struggles. Freire is a masterful interpreter . . .
This is immensely distinguished Liszt-playing . . . Freire seems utterly at one with the music, not only in terms of its innate poetry but also its astonishing diversity of texture and touch . . . But the special quality of Freire's playing is really that he seems to put you directly in contact with Liszt himself, without the performer's technique or personality standing in the way, which is very rare . . . Altogether an immaculate disc, enhanced by an excellently balanced recording.
To play Liszt one must possess an almost superhuman technique, an acute sense of detail, a large and varied palette of colors, and stamina galore to manage through the especially thorny passages found in many of the composer's compositions, never losing sight of the fantastical elements inherent in much of this music. Nelson Freire brings all of these qualities to the table . . . It is always a pleasure to listen to Liszt's music when someone with such a profound ability to play the notes and shape the lines fluently tackles this music and make it sound as easy as he does here. It is not just the technically difficult works here that astonish, however . . . Much of this program then is about subtlety and the way in which Freire is able to let the music speak for itself . . . [Valse oubliée]: In less than three minutes Freire is able to draw one's attention, bring one in, and keep one there. For me, his shaping of lines throughout is a high point. The way that the beautiful little melody pops out over the cushion of sound that he creates in the Ballade no. 2 . . . is palpable in effect; one's heart melts. His ability to alter timbre -- just witness the cimbalom effect he creates in the "Hungarian Rhapsody" -- is astonishing in its re-creation of the exact sound of the other instrument . . . his engagement with the music always ensures that the meaning behind the compositions is the first thing on his mind -- something that the listener is sure to hear in his playing. If Liszt is your composer, you should not be without this important disc.
. . . besides working some coloristic magic, his playing stands apart because of a spiritual stillness at the core that elevates and ennobles the music's surface.
In Mr. Freire's rich, majestic performances, Liszt's fireworks are always means to an expressive end. The album is anchored by a perfectly proportioned B minor Ballade and a flexible, capacious "Harmonies du Soir" (for which the disc is titled), but the highlight is an exquisite account of the six "Consolations".
For eloquence, turn to the Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire's new Liszt disc, "Harmonies du Soir."
. . . this tribute disc stood out for its pianistic wisdom, refinement of touch, and pure sensual beauty.
. . . charming . . . [Liszt's noises of the forest are idealised, beautiful figurations] certainly under Nelson Freire's fingers, anyway.
Mit seinem neuen, sehr persönlichen Album hat Nelson Freire . . . einen ganz besonderen Akzent des Intimen und Kontemplativen gesetzt, und so unsere Aufmerksamkeit einmal auf den musikalischen Kern, die tief romantische, humane Botschaft von Liszts Musik gelenkt . . . Freire spielt mit großer pianistischer Souveränität und der Überzeugungskraft des unvoreingenommenen Herzensmusikers, straft das ganze alte Arsenal von Liszt-Klischees und bekannten Vorurteilen Lügen und öffnet uns die Türen zu den Schönheiten, dem inneren Reichtum, der menschlichen und künstlerischen Größe dieser Musik . . . auf einem derart reflektierten (bis in die Tonartenbeziehungen ausgeklügelten) Niveau und so konzentriert und charismatisch umgesetzt erreicht Freires Liszt-Auswahl sogar eigene "nachschöpferische" Qualität: Interpretation hat eben auch sehr viel mit musikalischer Intelligenz zu tun.
. . . [das Programm ist] wie gemacht für Nelson Freire, der stets als empfindsamer, gefühlvoller Interpret glänzt. So duftig und zart wie er Chopin spielt, präsentiert er auch Liszt. Sein sensibler Anschlag lässt die teilweise sehr kurzen Kompositionen seelenvoll singen. Schon das zu Beginn der CD erklingende "Waldesrauschen" ist kein mächtiges Tosen, sondern ein exquisites Flirren -- bis hin zu einem wirbelnden Brausen. Insgesamt dominieren duftige Zwischentöne, die in einem kultivierten Piano mit wohldosiertem Pedaleinsatz zum Klingen kommen. Freire steigert die Dynamik sehr behutsam, so dass er zur Mitte des Stücks in einem kontrollierten Forte den höchsten Punkt der Spannungskurve erreicht. Eine ähnlich einfühlsame Naturschilderung gelingt ihm auch mit "Au lac de Wallenstadt", dem er mit Hilfe sanft kreisender Akkordbrechungen in der linken Hand eine leicht gekräuselte Wellenfläche zaubert . . . Wie glitzernde Tautropfen perlen hier die hohen Oktaven über einen verhangen klingenden tiefen Satz . . . ["Six Consolations"]: Ihr verspielter, romantischer Duktus wirkt wunderbar beseelt und innig. Besonders die letzte "Consolation" wartet mit einem unübertroffen sanglichen Finale auf. Freires Liszt-Interpretationen sind insgesamt von großer Poesie und Klangvielfalt. Die CD lohnt sich deshalb auch besonders für jene Hörer, die Liszt bisher mit gemischten Gefühlen gegenüber standen und Virtuosität plakativ herausstellenden Interpretationen gestört haben. Hier lernen sie eine völlig andere Seite des großen Komponisten kennen, die sie sicherlich überraschen wird. Freires kluges, sensibles Spiel ist dafür ein Garant.
Er spielt einige der exzessivsten Werke Liszt mit beharrlicher Ernsthaftigkeit und Zurückhaltung, und man darf ihm dafür dankbar sein. Mit großer technisch-musikalischer Souveränität lässt er einfach das aufblühen, was dieses Klavier-Oeuvre als reine Musik so interessant macht . . . [das] zeigt einmal mehr, was für ein großer Interpret Freire ist. Die CD ist sicherlich einer der Höhepunkte in der nicht geringen Zahl von Veröffentlichungen zum Liszt-Jahr.
. . . vielleicht die beste [Liszt-CD], die 2011 erschienen ist . . . Eleganz und Virtuosität, Herz und Brillanz, diese Gegensatzpaare bringt Freire in überragenden Darstellungen von bekannten, aber auch beim Ausleuchten weniger bekannter Liszt-Stücke zum Klingen. Mit dieser CD bekommt man ganz viel und vor allem nachhaltigen Liszt.
L'ambitus dynamique est spectaculaire, les contrastes saisissants, les mélodies déroulées avec gourmandise.
Franz Liszt – Piano Music
2010 saw the centenary of both Schumann's and Chopin's birth. In 2011 we pay tribute to their great co-Romantic Franz Liszt. Liszt's reputation has fluctuated wildly (unlike that of his two contemporaries), and it is only in relatively recent times that his true stature has been fully realised. Though he was possibly the greatest, and certainly the most charismatic of pianists, his compositions embraced many areas of music. But if his symphonic poems, Masses, oratorios and songs are often musically revolutionary, his piano music takes precedence both for its quantity and its quality. This ranges from music once considered unplayable – time was when audiences came to see whether Liszt had more than ten fingers – to works of a dark-hued austerity. One has only to compare "La campanella" (from the Paganini Études) with the "Angelus" (from the third book of the Années de pčlerinage) to become aware of the extent of the composer's journey. Both pieces evoke bells, but there the similarity ends. True, Liszt's prodigious gifts and his early flaunting of his Bird of Paradise feathers caused unease and contempt in many quarters. For Clara Schumann he showed "too much of the tinsel and the drum", while Mendelssohn was enraged by Liszt's easy familiarity with his music, to which he added sundry ornaments and elaborations of his own. Chopin, too, although he never lived to hear Liszt's truest masterpieces, saw him as an outsized charlatan ("I still say that he is a clever craftsman without a vestige of talent").
Today the situation could hardly be more different and, as Nelson Freire's wide-ranging programme shows, Liszt was a true master of an ever-varying style and achievement. The B minor Ballade gives us Liszt at his most opulent and rhetorical and has been aptly characterised as "concerned less with personal suffering than with great happenings on the epic scale … tragedies of public more than private import". Most notable after the storming eloquence of the principal theme's last appearance (a clear inspiration for the very Lisztian cadenza of Grieg's Piano Concerto) is the Ballade's serene close, a subtle alteration to the original and bombastic conclusion.
The Nineteen Hungarian Rhapsodies form Liszt's tribute to the land of his birth with their contrasting lassú (slow) and friss (fast) sections (though he spoke Hungarian only in his music). They have been decried as paste rather than diamonds and are of mixed gypsy rather than genuine Magyar origin, but their freshness and vitality remain uncompromised. For this recording Nelson Freire has avoided the most popular of the Rhapsodies (nos. 2, 6, 12 and 15) and chosen no. 3, one of the least-played.
With the Valse oubliée (the first and most popular of four), Nelson Freire gives us a single excursion into Liszt's late manner and music of an elusive, bitter-sweet nostalgia expressed with a novel economy. Returning to Liszt's earlier, more picturesque brilliance, Waldesrauschen, the first of two concert études dating from 1862–63, may lack the ambivalent tonality of the Valse oubliée which was to make of Liszt a prophet of the twentieth century, but its luminous, shimmering texture already points the way to works such as "Ondine" from Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit.
The three Petrarch Sonnets form the expressive centre of the Années de pčlerinage Book 2, Italy. And just as Book 1 records the sights and sounds of Switzerland's alpine magnificence, so the second and third books show themselves no less susceptible to the art and literature of Italy. Liszt's vocal settings of Petrarch were composed in 1838, and their transformations into some of the most ardent and luxuriant piano pieces were published between 1847 and 1858. The composer's chameleon-like ability to change and, indeed, transfigure his own and other people's work is hauntingly evident in the three ultra-Romantic idealisations of a fourteenth-century poet. Sonnet no.104, the most familiar of the three, remembers unrequited passion.
"Au lac de Wallenstadt" (no. 2 from the first of the Années de pčlerinage, Switzerland) is prefaced by some lines by Byron: "thy contrasted lake / With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing / Which warns me with its stillness to forsake / Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring". Marie d'Agoult, Liszt's mistress of the moment, could hear "a melancholy harmony, imitative of the sigh of waves and the cadence of oars".
Liszt's six Consolations, which were completed in 1850, take their title from poems by Sainte-Beuve dedicated to Victor Hugo. Sometimes considered "consolations" for those unable to cope with Liszt's more difficult pages, they are nonetheless demanding in other, more lyrical and serene ways. The first is wistfully and gently wayward, and its deceptive modulations could easily have developed into an earlier and more customary grandeur. The second is a classic instance in miniature of Liszt's elaboration rather than development of an essentially simple "vocal" idea. Like the second, the third Consolation is very much for those who delight in Liszt's most tactful poetry; one of his many unofficial tributes to Chopin, this meditation on the opening of the D flat Nocturne, op. 27 no. 2 is understandably among Liszt's most popular compositions. The hymnal piety of the fourth is not without fervour, and the urbane charm of the fifth is finely countered by the sixth, music of greater boldness, enlivened by terms such as "vibrato" and "appassionato".
Finally, "Harmonies du soir" is the eleventh and most opulent of Liszt's formidably entitled Études d'exécution transcendante. These were composed in three versions, the first a rudimentary flexing of muscles, the second of self-defeating difficulty, and the third a clarifying and refining of its predecessors. "Harmonies du soir", as its title declares, is a study in impressionism and many of its massive chord sequences are a prophecy of things to come. Messiaen may have made little mention of Liszt, but the influence is unmistakable.
Nelson Freire's qualities have been admirably summarised by Ivan Davis, the brilliant American virtuoso. For him Freire is "natural (both in pianism and musical honesty), provocative (why didn't I think of that?) and inevitable (a totality of technique and temperament)". On a personal note, a friend challenged me some years ago to identify the pianist on a much-loved recording. What I heard was a flawless fusion of gifts: freedom and elasticity, a wholly personal, yet never obtrusive rubato, and a seductive magic which was hard to place but haunting and immaculate. I hazarded some guesses before settling for Nelson Freire. It was indeed Freire, and that recording, taken from a live recital at the Gusman Cultural Center in Miami, remains a priceless collector's item.
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Baker may be back on field by Friday
MINNEAPOLIS -- Texas utility man Jeff Baker could be back in the Rangers' starting lineup as early as Friday.
Typically used against left-handed pitching, Baker was held from the lineup Wednesday when the Rangers faced Los Angeles Angels southpaw Michael Roth due to lingering swelling in his right knee.
But after X-rays revealed no structural damage and Baker was given an extra day off, he is tracking toward being available for the majority of the Rangers' four-game series with the Twins.
"He got treatment today. His mobility is better, but I'm looking for him to be available tomorrow," manager Ron Washington said.
Minnesota left-hander Scott Diamond is slated to start Friday, making it a likely night for Baker to return.
Baker's injury came on a dazzling sliding catch near the left field wall in the first inning Tuesday at Angels Stadium. Baker had to the leave the game early as his knee quickly became swollen.
Two days later, Washington isn't ruling out the possibility of using Baker as a pinch-hitter Thursday.
"He might be a little secret weapon tonight off the bench; one swing of the bat," Washington said.


text: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Active Video Games Fall Short of Boosting Overall Physical Activity Children given video games that simulate activities such as boxing and dancing are no more physically active overall than children who play nonactive video games, says a HealthDay article based on a study published this month in Pediatrics. Researchers followed 78 children ages 9-12 who had never owned a Wii video game console. Half of the children choose from a selection of 5 active fitness-focused games. The other half chose from inactive games. After 6 weeks they were given an opportunity to choose another game. The children received needed accessories including balance boards, remote controllers, and resistance bands. Each child wore an accelerometer to measure physical activity. The belt could be taken off only when swimming or bathing, and the children kept a journal of when they removed it. Lead author Tom Baranowski, PhD, told HealthDay that the investigators expected to see a "substantial increase in physical activity in the group that played the active games, but not in the inactive game group" starting in the first week. They expected another surge when the children chose their second game. "But we found there was no difference in the level of the activity between the treatment and control groups. What we detected at baseline, before playing active video games, was exactly the same in weeks 1, 6, 7, and 12," Baranowski said. Pediatrician Christina Suh, MD, who was not part of the research team, said, "The take-home message is that on a population basis, it looks like using active video games is not an effective way of getting kids to be more active. In other words, if someone thinks of passing out Wii fitness consoles to kids in a public school district, for example, it probably wouldn't be effective in terms of its impact on public health." Exercise prescription for children needs to individualized, Suh added. "The key is figuring out what's really fun for that child." Full text of the article is available through Pediatrics.


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NEWS- Razing the Roof: Furniture store sells for $3.2 million
Since 1994, Under the Roof has been known for selling modern-looking, high-end furniture from its midtown Charlottesville location. Now, 13 years later, it turns out that an item other than tables and chairs has sold for top dollar: the building itself.
Architect Bill Atwood and developer John Bartelt have purchased the prime 0.384 acres from Under the Roof owner Deb Henshaw and her partners for $3.2 million.
"We didn't drop a penny from what they wanted," says a confident-sounding Atwood. "People want to be in the urban realm."
With that in mind, Atwood plans to build big. He'll bulldoze both the furniture store and the Studio Art building across the street, which Bartelt already owns, to build an Art Deco complex that might soar as many as seven stories over Main Street.
"Our mission is to get some retail down there and good food service, but mostly affordable, work-force housing," Atwood says. "Most of the people who work for me can't live in Charlottesville or Albemarle, and that's terrible. They have to live in Orange or Waynesboro."
The playful Atwood, who once advertised his architectural services by depicting himself up in a tree, has dubbed his undertaking the "East Lawn Project," a name that's sort of an in-your-face to UVA which– in addition to building its much-anticipated South Lawn Project– has been eyeing the Studio Art building for its ever-expanding medical complex.
Atwood says his Art Deco design ideas for the project will also be a departure from the traditional "Jeffersonian" look of the Grounds.
"I've been drinking the Jefferson Kool-Aid for 32 years," says Atwood, "but I'm beginning to think he'd be anxious to see more of a mix than we've witnessed. I think that the true, honest look of Charlottesville is the '30s motif with a lot of metal-clad, columned colonnades and lots of glass window treatments like at Starr Hill, for an overall clean, modern look."
Atwood concedes that he and Bartelt paid a premium for the furniture building which sold for just $1.2 million in 2002, but he was anxious to take a gamble on a property that falls on what he calls "the rope."
"Imagine a rope that runs from Water Street to the Rotunda, the heart of Charlottesville," Atwood says. "Everything along that rope is worth its weight in gold.
"If you stand on the rope and pick up a rock and throw it, everything it lands on is worth its weight in gold. Pick up that rock and throw it again, and it's not."
The poetic Atwood says that people who control that area in the next five years will do very well financially. "The cultural revolution is moving against the cul-de-sac and toward that part of town," says Atwood. "The picket fence system is over."
Dave Phillips, president of CAAR, the Charlottesville Albemarle Association of Realtors, says he thinks Atwood's pretty savvy.
"The future of the city is on Main Street because of its location near the hospital, UVA, the Corner, restaurants, shopping," he says. "It has everything in there."
To support his prediction of an ascending Charlottesville, Atwood cites CAAR data indicating that Charlottesville's price per finished square foot of real estate has already surpassed Albemarle's, and third-quarter median sales prices were up 17.2 percent from third quarter 2006. In addition, second quarter 2007 saw an 18.1 percent increase over that same period in 2006.
That's not to mention that the difference in median sales prices between Albemarle and Charlottesville has shrunk from $78,000 this time last year to $31,644, a decrease of over 40 percent. Phillips says that's reflective of a national trend of two big demographics migrating to America's cities.
"You're seeing a large number of Baby Boomers who are becoming empty-nesters and are tired of the commute from the suburbs, tired of the yardwork, and are moving into condos and single-family homes," he says. "You also have a lot of Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers getting into the market who want the exciting lifestyle of the city and to be able to walk to the nightlife. Those two trends have been going on for about a year now."
That's not the only reason Atwood says he's betting on an urban revitalization. Now that global warming is a constant preoccupation, he thinks Albemarle residents are catching on to the idea that city life is greener.
"People are realizing that they can leave a smaller carbon footprint if they live in the city," he says. "People can walk to the amenities they want, except maybe golf courses."
But one amenity that won't be as conveniently available along West Main in the near future is high-tech furniture from Under the Roof. Henshaw is moving her entire business operation to her recently renovated Waynesboro location.
Despite the relocation, Henshaw says the move will mean a better overall experience for her customers. "The cost structure there will allow us to lower our prices and offer more selection," she says. "The drive is easier and more beautiful than trekking up 29 North."
She heaps praise on Charlottesville's neighbor to the west. "Target, Kohl's, and PetSmart are also opening in Waynesboro," says Henshaw. "It's up and coming."
Henshaw says she won't feel any twinge of nostalgia once the store relocates. "I've enjoyed being here very much," she says. "I would say that I will miss seeing the same familiar faces, but I plan on seeing them in Waynesboro."
For bargain hunters, Henshaw has declared an "emergency liquidation sale" running now until the store's closing on December 17.
And when the sale's over, Kane Furniture stands right across the street.


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Meet James Mahoney: The NY Fed Employee at Center of AIG-BofA Fight
By Shayndi Raice and Leslie Scism
A $10 billion lawsuit by AIG against Bank of America hinges on the testimony of a New York Fed employee named James Mahoney. How did Mahoney, a relative unknown, come to be at the center of one of the most high profile post-financial crisis lawsuits? And who, exactly, is he?
Here's a timeline of Mahoney's career with the Fed, including his fateful role in the AIG bailout.
1993 – Mahoney joins the New York Fed as an economist in the international financial markets department. He has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
1995 – Mahoney gets promoted to "officer" at the Fed in the models and methodologies department.
2004 –Mahoney starts working in the bank's supervision and regulation department, later becoming responsible for market and liquidity-risk research.


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Hi Everyone,
I just noticed that the Chicago Genealogical Society is offering a wonderful 3 part program that will take place on Saturday, October 2, 2010. Each Fall they offer a wonderful insight into some unique historical and genealogical aspect of some part of Chicago. The program for this day will focus on the historical aspects of Lincoln Park as we know it today having been used originally as a cemetery in the early history of Chicago. The presenter for the program is Pamela Bannos, who will serve as the lecturer and guide.
I have captured the text of their program description from their own web site at www.chicagogenealogy.org.
The description of this unique and intersting program follows in bold and italics:
Lecture and Walking Tour – Hidden Truths: The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park. Did you know that Lincoln Park was known as Chicago Cemetery, subsequently City Cemetery and then the Old Cemetery before it became Lincoln Park? What happened to the remains of our ancestors that were buried on the 60 acres? When was the "cemetery" closed and why did it become a park? How can I find out if my ancestors were among the 35,000 buried there? Who holds the records associated with the cemetery? Learn the answers to these questions and many more. Pamela Bannos, our guide and speaker is an expert on this subject which became her project, "Hidden Truths".
10:00 – 11:00 am Newberry Library Lecture at 60 West Walton
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lincoln Park/City Cemetery Walking Tour which starts at 1850 North Clark and ends at 1601 North Clark
12:30 – 2:00 pm Chicago History Museum (Optional Lunch) at the North and Clark Café, 1601 North Clark.
Take a look at the full paper "flyer" describing the program that was included in the recent Chicago Genealogical Society newsletter that was just recently received at our library. I scanned the paper flyer and converted it to a PDF. There appears to be more information in the flyer about this program than I could find from the CGS website.
Take a look at the full CGS flyer for this October tour at this link:
This sounds like a fascinating multi-part excursion into the history of Chicago's earliest cemetery.
Visit the society's web site via the link above to find out more about the society in general and the various programs and online accessible data that they offer. Consider becoming a member.
Tony Kierna
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Schaumburg Township District Library


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I usually teach hear first with a check cord and reinforce with a collar. Then I teach hold, starting by getting the dog hold my gloved hand. then move on to bumper and birds. Then move to ff. Then you have some tools. If the dog learns that he has to come to you when you call no mater what. I didn't ff my first dog, but knowing what I know it a lot easer ff out of the gate for me and the dog. You will have a tool to use to build the rest of your training on.
We are training Monday Tuesday and Thursday starting at 500. Come over and we can help you out.
The kcrc club is having a super single trial on Saturday the 13 in Centerview if interested
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Hey Dave, Sorry I haven't been on here in awhile but I am in need of some advise. I have my now year old Nelli in training and I want to further him into a started retreiver and not waste something that has so much potential. He loves to retreive and thats great but he has a hard time bringing it back to me! Is there a way that I can get him to bring it back to me? I praise him a lot and its like he hates that he'd rather me throw another bumper than be praised. and also do you recommend force fetching? I have not FF him yet but just need to see what your thoughts were. Thank you!
Got it. Hey let me know when you talk to bob so I can start advertising the seminar
Where goes okey live? Give me a heads up if you can make it to sedalia, I can hook us up with great groungs. there are several people that will train all they need is an excuse. Also if you want to come by starline I will show you who we make pistol cases.
Dave ,thanks for the offer to rebuild,good news I 've been a poor construction worker most my life and my friends will always work for beer ,I may have a home inspection in Sedailia next week and would love to be able to train while in the area.
I will at least be soon joining your club (probably as a non-active member) sorry thats the best I can commit to ,If I'm able to attend a test or trial please let me know if I can help the club out. I came to Blackwater at my first test and have a soft spot (very good times ) for your club...I am willing to give what I have but It's a 4 hour drive for me.
I noticed that that the club might be in need of judges..The first judge I ran for was Okey and he has an add looking for JR/SR assignments .
Hey Dave its nice to meet you. I would love to come down and talk to you when it gets warmer I'm just starting out training my pup will really pick it up once goose season is over with but I have talked to my vet we are trying a few things. I have contacted the vet school also I handle all their fleet work and they have gave me a few ideas as well.
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NEW YORK — "You'd be surprised how many people die down here every week," said 63-year-old Timothy Kodera, Airborne Hygiene Consultant for the New York City Sanitation Department. The "down here" Kodera referred to were the miles of subway and sewer tunnels under Manhattan. The "Hygiene" in his title is a euphemism for corpse collection. And the "Airborne" — well, that's a whole different story.
"Dozens of folks pass away in these parts Monday-to-Sunday," Kodera confirmed as he moved easily through the dank, dark labyrinthine core beneath the Big Apple. "They die of injury, disease, old age, alligator attacks and so forth. "Back in the early days, we used to have a 'cadaver car' to move 'em out — a subway train which would run the entire line. We'd gather the individuals we found along the way and deliver them to pauper's graves. But we started to run out of space, so they took the cadaver car to the 'bone boat,' which buried the bodies in the river."
"Unfortunately, a garbage strike in '88 left our scow stranded in the harbor for over a week," Kodera said. "That was very unfortunate. Not for the bodies — far as I know, they didn't care. But it was bad for the people who lived in the Battery Park area." That was when it hit him. "I looked at those bodies thinking, 'My brother is a commercial pilot. I'm a body-gatherer' It was like peanut butter hitting chocolate in that old commercial," Kodera said. "I sold the idea to the city and — viola! We had ourselves an airline where everyone was 'late.' "
"I still gather the poor deceased souls as before," he told us. "But now I put them in an air conditioned bus — the AC is for my benefit since these folks aren't nosegays — and I personally drive them to a variety of small airports in the tri-state area. We sing along the way, though I have yet to have anyone join in on 'Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall.' When we arrive, my brother Audie loads them onto his Casa 212-200 twin engine turboprop cargo aircraft.
"There are deep seats to keep the passengers from sliding around, and a lot of leg room since they're — well, stiff," Kodera said. "Then comes a relatively short, scenic flight to a lovely Caribbean isle. There, the passengers are dropped by parachute to whatever fate the four winds choose for them. Though," he confided conspiratorially, " most of them land in the water where they are eaten by sharks." He shrugged. "New York is big on recycling, so it's all good.
"Y'know, these people who couldn't get a break in life are going out first-class," Kodera said. "I hope I'm that lucky when my time comes." He hesitated. "Except for the shark part."


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- The output quantity of the used dosers is visible on amount of notches at the housing
- Suitable with optionally manifold sizes for 2-, 3- and 6-ports to match amount of lube points (1-6)
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Suffering football withdrawal? I've got just the antidote. Watch Wildfire, Maine's most popular TV show!
Well ok, Wildfire may not be the most popular show, but it is available on the Time Warner cable station in more than 300,000 shows and on the website of Maine Audubon.
The show airs on Wednesday nights at 7 pm, beginning on February 13. In most areas, the Time Warner channel is 9. It will also air on other days and times, as yet to be announced.
After 11 years on commercial and cable stations, this TV talk show, cohosted by Harry Vanderweide and me, went off the air at the end of 2010 when I retired from the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine to write full time.
I am delighted to report that Maine Audubon has brought the show back to the airwaves, updated and even more entertaining. Harry and I still do the interview portion of the show that focuses on conservation, environmental, hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation issues.
Bob Duchesne, term-limited out of the legislature last year and a retired radio personality, as well a member of Maine Audubon's Board, is doing three one-minute segments for each show, focused on Audubon's issues, concerns, and educational opportunities.
The first show focuses on legislative issues. If you can't wait for Wednesday night's airing, you can watch Wildfire right now on Maine Audubon's website:


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We women always doubt ourselves. Perhaps it's from all the pressure society casts on us, between women's magazines, Hollywood celebrities and movies, and the general opinions expressed in mainstream media.
Plus size women especially have a particularly hard time channeling their inner goddess so to speak and building up great self-confidence within themselves. The pressure to live up to a cookie cutter image thrust upon curvier women, combined with the fact that most women's fashion does not include plus sizes. Shopping can be an exhaustive and anxiety ridden experience as you rifle through racks of size 6 clothes.
But do not let mainstream media and the stores at the mall get you down! Curves are beautiful, and don't let anything else make you think otherwise. Here are some easy ways to gain more self-confidence.
Go shopping at stores specifically for plus size women so you do not have to pick through a ton of clothes that won't fit. Pick styles, colors and prints that flatter your body and fit your personality and style. Ask a friend to go with you, consult a personal shopper, or a customer service rep if ordering online if you have sizing questions on things such as pants, swimsuits, etc.
Have fun picking jewelry, shoes, handbags, scarves and other great touches which will pull your entire outfit together and really give you a pulled together look.
Splurge on a fabulous new cut and color. A great haircut and hair color does wonders for your look and self-esteem. Find a picture of the style you like so you can show your hair stylist. A great way to go about picking one is to find a picture of someone with your similar face shape and/or coloring.
Manicure and Pedicure
Pamper yourself and get a manicure and pedicure. You'd be amazed at how great it will make you feel!
Have fun with makeup and the season's trends. Don't be shy to try color! Flattering and shiny lip glosses, face flattering tinted moisturizers and foundations, flirty blushes and colorful shadows and liners are a great way to make yourself feel like a million bucks. Have fun with it!
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Now that you've got an entire look together, have fun with it! Look at yourself in the mirror and how fabulous you look! Strut your stuff and tell yourself how great you look. Go out and have fun having dinner with your significant other or friends, go shopping, grab some drinks…enjoy your new look!
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