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Most landscape contractors are familiar with the technique, whether they offer the service to their customers or not. But before a contractor branches out into this lucrative sideline of landscaping, he should be knowledgeable about the difference between using this technique for erosion control or to create a sod-quality lawn. Why? If the contractor is well-informed, he can then convince the homeowner that for a fraction of the cost of sod, he can have a good quality lawn within four to six weeks.
To the average homeowner, the mention of hydroseeding or hydromulching brings visions of large highway department trucks spraying green stuff along the roadways for erosion control. This type of hydroseeding usually has about a 75% germination rate. But to produce a quality lawn, the germination rate must be higher. This procedure, in some circles, is referred to as hydromulching. However, these terms are often interchanged. So how does a landscape contractor get around this obstacle when trying to sell hydroseeding/ hydromulching to a prospective customer, and is it lucrative enough to make it worth the effort?
The answer to the first question is easy: informed salesmanship, maintaining a good reputation, and making a professional presentation with pictures of previous jobs and letters of recommendation from these customers. In answer to the second question, yes, in the majority of cases, it is worth the effort to add this lucrative sideline to your list of services offered.
For the homeowner, hydro-seeding/hydromulching is less expensive than putting down sod, with a savings of up to 50% in some situations. For the contractor, hydroseeding/hydromulching is less labor intensive, requiring less manpower, and the average job can be completed in less than a day. The required watering schedules are almost the same.
Lawns that are hydroseeded/ hydromulched have the advantage of germinating and growing in the native soil. If raked properly prior to spraying, the lawn has a smoother appearance and texture.
Finally, the homeowner is able to receive the exact mixture of grass that he desires when using the hydroseeding/hydromulching method. A reputable contractor will always pay extra to use certified seed that has the least weed content.
The majority of the contractors interviewed use hydroseeding/ hydromulching as part of their landscape design package. However, first they evaluate the landscape they are working with, the budget the homeowner has given them, and the homeowner?s patience factor. Then if, in their professional opinion, hydroseeding/hydromulching is the way to go for this particular homeowner, the contractor will present two proposals, one using sod, and the other using hydroseeding/ hydromulching. The homeowner will, more often than not, choose hydroseeding/hydromulching over sod simply because of the cost factor. Occasionally, a landscape contractor will be hired to hydroseed/hydromulch a lawn that is not part of a landscaping project, or it may be a sub-contracting job for another landscape contractor that does not have equipment. In either case, no matter the size of the job, the contractor will usually set a minimum fee of at least $500. A contractor booking three or four of these jobs a day could certainly justify buying the equipment, and smile all the way to the bank.
The burning question in my mind when interviewing landscape contractors was this: How do you contend with weed control when using the hydroseeding/hydromulching technique, and again, is it worth the effort? Answers varied and were dependent on what part of the country the contractor worked in.
Before hydroseeding/hydromulching became an option in the residential landscaping business, the two choices a homeowner had for a lawn were seed or sod, seed being the less expensive, of course. However, you still had to contend with more weeds from the disturbed soil.
Sod was expensive, but in some cases when the ground beneath was not disturbed, weed control was not a major issue. If the ground was disturbed, the weeds were dealt with prior to laying the sod.
With hydroseeding/hydromulching, weed control is a problem, but for the difference in cost, customers will choose this process.
In some areas of the country, there is a trend to give the homeowner the option of being an active participant in the process. They are given specific instructions on how to prepare the area to be hydroseeded/hydromulched.
The contractor comes in, hydroseeds/hydromulches the yard, again giving the homeowner specific watering and care instructions, and in three to four weeks there is a nice stand of grass. The contractor will then come back, and if everything looks as expected, the homeowner is advised on how to take care of any broadleaf weeds that may have emerged, and the job is complete. If the homeowner prefers, the contractor will take care of all the preparation and fertilization, but the homeowner is still responsible for seeing that his irrigation system is providing the required water for proper seed germination.
Weed control with hydroseeding/hydromulching a lawn seems to be a problem only if the ground is disturbed, but this problem can be dealt with using the same techniques as when seeding. Often, the mulch will smother most weed seeds, and those that do survive will be crowded out by the grass or treated with an herbicide.
There are some contractors who will go a step further to assure that weeds do not become a problem. After the two applications of an herbicide, the ground is rototilled, organic amendments are added, and the area is raked until level and smooth. Fertilizer is applied and the area is watered for two weeks, giving weed seeds a chance to germinate and grow. Another application of herbicides is then applied to the area. These additional steps add more expense to the job, but if it?s in an area of the country where the soil is poor, or an area that began as nothing but weeds, it?s worth it. Many landscape contractors prefer taking these extra steps anyway to ensure 100% success for their customer.
The time it takes to complete a hydroseeding/hydromulching job
is dependent on the size of equipment the contractor has chosen, and the abilities of the operator. Hydroseeding/hydromulching has been described as a form of art similar to that of an airbrush artist. Before an operator can be turned loose on a job, he must be properly trained and practice is required. There are a variety of nozzles from which to choose, and knowledge about flow control is a big factor in the precision of the spray. When hydroseeding/hydromulching an established landscape, care must be exercised to avoid overspray in shrub beds, etc. This is where experience plays a big factor.
Every contractor has his or her own secret recipe for the mixture of "slurry." It?s at this point that you learn the "technical" difference between the terms hydroseeding and hydromulching.
The basic ingredients are water, seed, fertilizer, and mulch. Some add lime and all have a "secret ingredient," usually their choice of a bio-stimulant. There are two types of mulches, one made from recycled paper, the other from shredded wood. Some contractors mix the two types of mulches. However, wood mulch alone cannot be used in all hydroseeding equipment so be aware of what your machinery is capable of. A tackifier is also added.
There is a science to creating the correct mixture to grow a quality lawn. The unfortunate fact is that in the early ?60s and ?70s, when hydroseeding became popular as a less expensive way to have a quality lawn, many contractors who owned the equipment followed the same basic recipe. But then, as competition set in, contractors began to undercut each other. As the bids became more competitive, the quality of the "recipe" went down. Shortcuts were taken that involved decreasing the amount of mulch and seed that was used. The success rate plummeted, as did the confidence of the property owner.
Partially due to this development, today it is up to the contractor to convince the customer that he can create a quality lawn with good coverage using the hydromulching technique at a lesser price than it would cost to lay sod. The secret to being successful is making sure the mulch is heavy enough, thus the term hydromulching replaces hydroseeding by some experts in the field.
There are various opinions as to which mulch is superior, paper, or wood. Wood mulch "breathes" while paper mulch forms a cardboard-like crust. This can be considered advantageous in that it seals in dust and mud. Whichever the contractor chooses to be best suited for a particular area, they both have the same basic concept.
The fibers surround the seed and keep it close to the ground where it is insulated from sun scorch, protected from washing away and the scratching around by birds. The mulch will hold up to 10 times its weight in water, creating a near perfect environment for germination. With the right temperature and moisture conditions, this can occur within three to four days but the normal germination rate is seven to 14 days. The mulch eventually biodegrades and acts as a fertilizer.
While the major use of the hydroseeding/hydromulching equipment by contractors is for lawns, they also use it for planting large areas of wildflowers. The contractor who earns a reputation as being a talented hydroseeder/hydromulcher will begin to be contacted by other landscape contractors who do not own their own equipment to sub-contract out a hydroseeding/ hydromulching job. This can be a lucrative side of the business. Golf courses are another source of revenue for the contractor who does quality hydromulching.
The origins of hydroseeding are somewhat vague. The first company to develop and manufacture the equipment for commercial use was Finn Corporation in Fairfield, Ohio, followed by Bowie and Reinco. Today, several other manufacturers have joined the ranks, designing and building their own version of hydroseeding/hydromulching equipment.
Some use plastic as opposed to steel tanks and are operated by a jet agitator with a centrifugal pump, as opposed to the mechanical paddle agitator. There are pros and cons to both types and it is up to the contractor to decide which best suits his or her needs and budget. Lower end prices start at $4000 and go on up, depending on what features the contractor requires, the estimated usage, the ability of the contractor to service the equipment, and most importantly, the cost.
If another avenue of revenue is interesting to you, you might want to investigate hydromulching. Find out how many other contractors own and operate hydroseeding/hydromulching equipment in your area, and what their customers? response has been. Also, take the time to study the various types of equipment available. Don?t overbuy, but don?t cut yourself short either. If it takes 900 gallons of mixture to cover 10,000 square feet, take into consideration what your average size property is. It is much easier to complete the job with one full tank, rather than having to calculate a partial mixture to finish the job. Ask questions about the care of the equipment--the better care you take of the equipment the longer life it will have.
Will hydroseeding eventually replace sod, making it obsolete? No, because there will always be situations when installing sod is the more advantageous way to go and there will always be property owners who will only be satisfied with the "instant gratification" that sod offers. For the homeowner who doesn?t mind waiting four to six weeks for a beautiful lawn, and can contend with weeds at the onset, dollar for dollar hydroseeding/hydromulching would be a wise choice.

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Marion Nestle writes in Food Politics "Although most scientists view scientific methods - testing hypotheses by controlled experiments - as inherently valid and truthful,... many people regard science as just one of a number of belief systems of equal validity and importance. Religious beliefs, concerns about animal rights, and views of the fundamental nature of society, for example, influence the way people think about food. So do vested interests."
The same thing applies to people's religious beliefs. Although to most people with a science background it seems obvious that science is our best way of knowing, this is apparently not true for people in general. They adopt a religion, or stick with it, because it feels right and they believe their feelings reveal truth.
One's feelings do reveal truth about inner realities, and it's crucial to be in touch with one's feelings. Taking one's feelings as evidence about objective realities extends "being in touch with one's feelings" beyond its proper area of authority, but that's what people do.
I like Marion Nestle's writing about food politics so far, because it reveals a lot of corporate and advertising interests that we are often influenced by without realizing it. These influences contribute to people being overweight, and other problems. And it's a good question, in what ways economic interests reinforce religious belief as well.
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Indeed. Religion is like a Hot Dog. It looks OK on the outside, but it only makes you feel a little funny after you have swallowed some of it.
What Marion Nestle was talking about with food, is that many people don't see science as authoritative. To them, "what the science says" is just another opinion, one among many ways of thinking.
I'm sure she's right. I live in a little lefty "alternative" town, and what she said resonated with me because I've experienced so much of what she's talking about. With food issues and other things. Most people here aren't religious (at least in any conventional way), but creationists probably have a similar low opinion of science.
For example, one time in a grocery store, a woman told me she'd bought a microwave oven a month ago, but she couldn't bring herself to use it because she was afraid it was dangerous to eat microwaved food. So I told her that actually microwaving is healthy because it destroys the vitamins in the food, less than conventional cooking; also microwaves are a different kind of radiation from X-rays, gamma rays, etc.; the microwaves just jiggle the molecules in the food, to heat it.
But she brushed that off, because "the studies (that show microwaved food is healthy) are all done by microwave companies".
The belief system is "science and the government are corrupt and in the pocket of Big Business. And Big Business is harmful to people's health".
Another example: anti-vaccination feelings are common here. One woman asked me out of the blue what I thought about the anti-vaccination stuff. I said vaccination is a good thing. She said she's not convinced by what the experts say and she thought there might be something to the talk about bad consequences from vaccinations.
When these people talk about "experts", there's a shade of sarcasm in their voice. It seems the attitude is something like "that's just what somebody thinks, and I'm independent enough to question their supposed expertise. And we as a community are collectively wiser than some outside 'expert' who might be in the pocket of Big Business."
This attitude is not informed by a knowledge of the science backing vaccinations, or of why science-based information is usually valid.
Other examples of non-science beliefs are "natural is better", "supplements are bad", "raw food is better".
There's a grain of truth in a lot of these things. For example, Ben Goldacre wrote in Bad Pharma about distorted research by pharmaceutical companies. But people expand this grain of truth into a general belief system.
Also, people tend to expect others to share the same fundamental beliefs – like that science is generally valid. When I read what Marion Nestle wrote, I realized that when I told people what science publications say, I expect it to mean something to them. But they already have their rejoinder ready: "You can't trust the corporate media", or "That research is invalid because it's funded by special interests". I'd have to change their entire belief system to change their minds – not just tell them about research!
Marion Nestle wrote about the University of California at Berkeley's microbiology department "auctioning itself off" to Novartis (with her wonderful wry humor). I sure hope science and universities don't really end up in the pocket of corporations, because there would no longer be information you can trust. With economic difficulties, this is more likely to happen.
It's often good parts of people that are involved in these alternative belief systems – their feeling for other people, their wish to do the right thing. One person told me I ought to believe in alternative medicine, like homeopathy, because "it's kind of the underdog". Her belief was reinforced by a laudable championing of the underdog. That's part of why those belief systems are so tenacious. And this sense that it's a good part of the person that believes a religion, is part of the general respect for religion.
It would help if people learned in high school about the scientific method, placebo effect, etc. - were given these skeptic tools of reasoning.
As far as I know, high schools do teach there is such a thing as scientific method but may not go into it very thoroughly. I was taught this way back in the dark ages and we did go into it thoroughly. I think only just recently has religion tried to actually take over education and I think it is related to politics.
I would like to change the name of this post to Science as only One Way of Learning.
Also, the fact that science gave us nuclear bombs makes people turn away from it. Sure, we all depend on the technology that science made possible, every day. And in many ways it has made our lives better.
But science has also made it possible that hugely many people could die horrible deaths, at any time.
This reality is so awful that people block it out and it propagates in people's mindsets like a subterranean stream.
It seems we are more likely to make bad decisions when we use faulty language. In characterizing 'science' and 'religion' as belief systems several errors occur.
The first mistake lies in thinking that well-defined entities exist called science and called religion. The whole realm of thoughts and practices that might be called science is intellectually vast and not easy to define. The same is obviously true of religion. Each science has its own methods, traditions, standards, etc., just as each religion has its own doctrines, rituals, scriptures, etc.
The second error is the false equivalence implied in calling science and religion belief systems. It suggests that both give adequate explanations of phenomena and which you select is only a matter of taste.
There is also confusion between the established body of results in the sciences and the statements of scientists and teachers just as there is confusion between the established doctrines of religions and the priests and ministers who preach them. In scientific discussions this usually takes the form of accepting as established anything said or published by a scientist, but the history of science is full of altered viewpoints.
Testing hypotheses in controlled experiments often provides the most reliable method for acquiring knowledge, a reliable way of adding to what we know and can use. It has been spectacularly successful and should not be regarded as just another belief system.
Science == SUM(Self-education, Troubleshooting, Empirical Research, Documentation, (Testing*n), Review, Application) ;
True_Faith=random_range(Religion_Alpha, Religion_Omega);
While (True_Faith!===Science){Theology=0; }
What, in any way, do the concepts of Science and Theology cross at all? Both use up a lot of paper and electrons?
Only one other relationship: Conclusions based on scientific investigation can be used to repute specific claims of historical events, physics, mathematics, and biology made by theological texts. Religion can only be used to sway opinion. As it is a specialist application, it is more effective at swaying opinion than scientifically obtained data elements. You need intellect and education to be swayed by data. You only need to fear rejection by your society to be swayed by religion.
Thanks, very articulately put Dr. Allan H. Clark.
Organized religion and the right wing would never allow critical thinking to be mandated in public school high school curricula.
This is basically what I've run into with religious relatives. They told me (shortly before blocking me on Facebook) that science provides only "one worldview" and is not the only one. They gave equal weight and validity to their indoctrinated, mythological worldview, which somehow encompassed every religion on the planet despite all the differences. Of course, there's someone close to me who does not think science can be trusted as a way of knowing whatsoever. During a phone call, she shrieked "I didn't come from no damn monkey!" And, "Science never made no humans, but the Lord has!" That's how she knows that science cannot be the basis for knowing, and then she called me stupid!
Science-oriented people tend to assume that other people have a high regard for scientific results. People tend to assume that other people share the same basic assumptions, at least until they find out otherwise. We "model" other people on that basis, perhaps because people evolved in little hunter-gatherer groups where people did have a common world-view.
I had an "aha!" feeling when I read what Marion Nestle wrote, because it put into perspective the experiences I've had, when I told someone what the science said, naively expecting they would regard this as (at least an approximation of) truth - but they just waved it aside. They had a belief system that was dismissive of science (except perhaps if it confirms their ideas).
Religious people often say they believe some religion because it feels right. They apparently feel there's a kind of logic that says that something that makes sense out of their lives, satisfies their need for order and purpose, appeals to them esthetically, is right.
I can sympathize with this point of view. Nontheists experience something similar when they fall in love with someone, and they *just know*!!* that eventually, they'll end up with the person - it's fated. And perhaps some of the same hormones are at work as in religious belief :)
But I went through the overturning of a (nonreligious) belief system that I had without even realizing it. If you have an explanation for something; even if it explains things well, even if it satisfies your heart and your life is organized around it, that doesn't mean it's THE explanation. Life is bigger than our minds.
The Pythagoreans a long time ago apparently thought that you can arrive at mathematical truth by religious methods. For mystical reasons, they believed that all numbers are rational (the quotient of one integer by another). They were very shocked when someone found an irrational number.
Nowadays, nobody goes around saying "Pi is algebraic, I know it in my heart; my proof isn't rigorous but it's good enough for me."
Except I just did ;)
The Pythagoreans a long time ago apparently thought that you can arrive at mathematical truth by religious methods. For mystical reasons, they believed that all numbers are rational (the quotient of one integer by another). They were very shocked when someone found an irrational number.
The story is actually slightly different. The Greeks (and the Pythagoreans) did have the concept of whole numbers and ratios of those numbers and used both in geometry. It was natural for them to believe that geometric lengths constructed from a given unit length would be a whole number or a ratio --that it would be measurable.
Hippasus gave a proof of the incommensurability of the diagonal of a square with the side length in the fifth century BCE. He showed that if the side length of the square was a whole number multiple of any given unit length, then there was an easy contradiction to the diagonal being either an odd multiple or an even multiple of the same unit. Hence it could not be measurable. (His proof used the Pythagorean theorem which implies that the square of the diagonal is twice the square of the side length.)
Legend says that Hippasus was exiled for his discovery.
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There is one interesting way to capture carbon without having to spend hundreds of millions of $. Use the CO2 to replenish and rebuild soils while at the same time sequestering them under the ground!
Listen to this: "USGS, California and UC Davis begin large-scale Delta "carbon farm" Project will study best ways to capture atmospheric CO2, reverse island subsidence - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the University of California, Davis plan to make it happen. DWR has awarded USGS and UC Davis a three-year, $12.3 million research grant to take the concept of carbon-capture farming to full-scale in a scientifically and environmentally sound way. Long-standing farming practices in the Delta expose fragile peat soils to wind, rain and cultivation, emit carbon dioxide (CO2) and cause land subsidence. To capture or contain the carbon, farmers would "grow" wetlands. In doing so, they would begin to rebuild the Delta's unique peat soils, take CO2 out of the atmosphere, ease pressure on the Delta's aging levees and infuse the region with new economic potential. Carbon-capture farming works as CO2 is taken out of the air by plants such as tules and cattails. As the plants die and decompose, they create new peat soil, building the land surface over time." (Source: http://powerplantccs.com/blog/2010/03/large-scale-carbon-capture-farming...
Don't you think this is an effective way of carbon sequestration? But my worry is that this might take a long time to suck out the humungous amounts of extra CO2 we have gleefully pumped into the atmosphere. We probably will need more synthetic methods to suck it out faster, what do you think?
I'm honestly wondering why this is on a forum for an electric car, unless your worry is there won't be enough CO2 without gas cars roaming around.


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I've just read this statement from the PSF about requiring a Code of Conduct, and I felt somehow a little down.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think that a CoC is something bad, and everything it says (at least the referenced PyCon US one and the example in geekfeminism.com) makes sense. It's just that needing a CoC feels a little … formal.
I don't like very much formality, as I like to think that PyCon conferences are more a bunch of somehow friends getting together and sharing knowledge. I've always felt very welcomed in the Python community here in Ireland, and the atmosphere in PyCon IE (and other meetings) is absolutely fantastic. I haven't seen anything that I will consider remotely discriminatory (like I saw back on my college years, for example). I've always imagined that the rest of the Python conferences and communities have the same "magic".
Of course, I am seeing this from my particular, mainstream european-male point of view. I am a foreigner here in Ireland, but less say on "close, european orbit". I'm not sure if some of the problems that the CoC tries to avoid are present and I am just not noticing. I'd like to think that's not the case.
I don't know, makes me think about what is the general perception and behaviour of the development community. I know there is discussion out there about wether the geek population is welcoming to diversity or just a bunch of jerks that just can't behave (and all the spectrum in between). I guess it just makes me sad to think that we may need "an adult" telling us not to say things that we already know that we shouldn't. It's 2012, we have no excuse.
As I say, I just feel a little… disappointed. Like thinking that there is something wrong in all that, that we are grow up and that things are not on the same level of friendly informality. That we need rules to ensure everyone feels safe. I guess that a small number of spoiled brats that can't behave like adults and are just ruining the party to everyone else. 😦


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Rockies strike late to make winner of Morales
Three-run seventh stands up after left-hander's six strong innings
SAN DIEGO -- A maddening series in which balls hit -- solidly or softly -- didn't often work for the Rockies when they needed them turned on Corey Dickerson's soft seventh-inning, one-out double on Thursday afternoon.
The Rockies would touch Ian Kennedy -- who had given up just one hit over the previous six innings -- for three hits and three runs in the inning, and take a 3-1 victory over the Padres at Petco Park in front of 17,557 to earn a needed split of a four-game series.
The victory, in which lefty Franklin Morales (1-1) held the Padres to one run in six solid innings, gave the Rockies a 3-4 record on their first National League West road trip.
"All things considered, we played pretty well," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "It was a really tough series in San Francisco. Coming down here, having to play four games here, I thought we did a nice job.
"It would have been nice to win a series here, but those guys have a lot of good arms over there. It's tough to score runs in this park against that staff. Today was a big one, the last game of a road trip. Sometimes when it's not going your way early, you just hope the guys keep battling through that."
After the double by Dickerson, who started as the Rockies rested the scuffling Carlos Gonzalez, the Rockies found their clutch-hitting form.
In the two losses to the Padres (7-9), both close games, the Rockies (8-9) went a combined 3-for-20 with runners in scoring position. This time, after Dickerson's double and Troy Tulowitzki's walk, Justin Morneau doubled to right for one run, Wilin Rosario notched his fourth RBI of the series with a fielder's choice grounder for the go-ahead run, and Nolan Arenado added an RBI single.
"You can't underestimate what Morales did, kept us in the game," Morneau said. "We battled, and it started with 'Dickie' hitting that blooper over third, then we got a couple of big hits and we were good."
Morneau went 6-for-21 (.286) on the road trip, but four of the hits were for extra bases -- two home runs and two doubles. The Rockies need big contributions from Morneau, who signed a two-year, $12.5 million contract to fill the spot vacated by the retirement of longtime star first baseman Todd Helton.
"Justin is swinging the bat really well, taking a lot of good passes at the ball," Weiss said. "That's going to be big for us. We felt confident that there's a lot left with this guy. He's showing that's the case."
Before the seventh, Morales was the thread that kept the Rockies in the game.
Morales won a starting job out of Spring Training, but he was more hearty than efficient in his first two starts. He was briefly moved to the bullpen because of some good work by righty Jordan Lyles as a fill-in starter for the injured Tyler Chatwood. But lefty Brett Anderson's broken finger opened a new chance, which Morales grabbed.
"I don't think about that," Morales said. "I'm thinking only to do my job and help the team to win."
Xavier Nady's leadoff homer in the fourth on a hanging cutter was the only run off Morales, who held the Padres to four hits with five strikeouts and one walk in six innings. He entered the game with six walks in his previous two starts.
Because of his ability to command the strike zone, Morales dealt with just one runner in scoring position. Everth Cabrera doubled with two outs in the third and moved to third on Chris Denorfia's infield single. But Morales worked Jedd Gyorko into a harmless grounder to Arenado at third to end the inning.
"That's honestly the best I've ever seen him pitch," Padres center fielder Will Venable said.
Morales said he liked the game called by catcher Rosario. Their strategy flummoxed the Padres.
"He was effectively wild," Padres right fielder Chris Denorfia said. "He was hard to game plan against."
Kennedy finished with seven strikeouts in seven innings. The first Rockies baserunner came on a Tulowitzki walk to open the fifth, but two batters later, Kennedy ended the inning by coaxing a Rosario double-play grounder. Arenado doubled off the third-base bag to lead off the sixth with the Rockies' first hit. Colorado would grab control an inning later.
"He didn't miss a spot, didn't miss anything, for the first five innings," said Michael Cuddyer, who left with a left hamstring cramp after grounding out to begin the seventh. "For us to keep scratching and clawing and to take advantage of the very few mistakes he made was nice."
Rockies lefty reliever Rex Brothers, who had taken losses in his last two appearances, struck out two in a perfect seventh. Boone Logan gave up a Chase Headley pinch-hit single in the eighth but forced Cabrera into a double-play grounder. LaTroy Hawkins earned his fourth save.


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Miror B. is a character in Pokémon Colosseum. He is a Cipher admin, notorious for his preposterous dancing and for training his Ludicolo's. He is extremely popular on the internet. His main base is in Pyrite Town and his appearance is always accompanied by music. But later in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, he wonders around the town, with Trudly and Folly, collecting Shadow Pokémon that has been defeated, allowing the player to try to catch them again. After completing the main game, you can catch shadow Dragonite from him, but only when he appears in the lighthouse in Gateon Port. He is always known by his famous moonwalk and funky dance moves during battle.
In the first game he had an army of Ludicolo's to use against Wes or the Player in other words, in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness when he fights the Player it is noticed that he is using Lombre's instead of Ludicolo's, he uses Ludicolo later in the game but what happened to his old Pokémon remains a mystery.
He is known widely for his Battle Theme from Pokèmon XD: Gale of Darkness.


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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) - briefing02 March 2010
by eub2 -- last modified 02 March 2010
The European Commission has announced its intention to come up with a proposal by the summer to allow more choice to Member States in deciding whether to cultivate GMOs. Under the current legal framework, as decided by the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission has adopted two decisions concerning the Genetically Modified Amflora potato: the first authorises the cultivation of Amflora in the EU for industrial use, and the second relates to the use of Amflora's starch by-products as feed. The European Commission also adopted today three decisions on the placing on the market of three GM maize products for food and feed uses but not for cultivation. All five authorisations were subjected to the highest scrutiny, ensuring all concerns regarding the presence of an antibiotic resistance marker gene are fully addressed. The Decision to authorise the cultivation of Amflora is the end of a process which started in Sweden in January 2003 and is based on a considerable volume of sound science.
Why is the Commission taking this Decision for the cultivation of the GM Amflora potato now?
The favourable European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion on the cultivation of this starch potato was issued in February 2006. This opinion confirmed the favourable opinion of Sweden of 2004. Since that time, the Commission has been very carefully and very seriously reflecting on the situation. In particular , the Commission decided, during its College meeting of 8 may 2008, to request a new EFSA opinion. The objective was to obtain a new and authoritative opinion on the Antibiotic Resistance Marker (ARM) gene. The College also indicated that in case of a new positive EFSA opinion, decisions would have to be taken accordingly.
On 11 June 2009, EFSA, in collaboration with scientists from EMEA and ECDC, provided a new positive opinion. When the analysis of this opinion was finalised, the Commission was already in the transitional period brought about by the delay in the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty. It was, therefore, decided that it would be more appropriate to proceed with this authorisation when normal business would resume under the new College.
Given the high scrutiny that was devoted to this dossier, given the fact that there are presently no new scientific issues which merit a further assessment and in view of the repeated scientific opinions, it is now appropriate to proceed with this authorisation. This is also in line with the principle of responsible innovation.
Is this Decision on Amflora scientifically backed?
A considerable amount of sound scientific work constitutes the basis of this decision.
The request of authorisation for the placing on the market of Amflora potato received a first favourable opinion in Sweden that was initially in charge of the risk assessment. While some Member States had objections to this assessment, EFSA repeatedly confirmed the favourable safety assessment.
Potato is by nature a crop that poses little risk of spreading into the environment or of transferring its genes to other plants. As outlined in the EFSA opinion: " Potato rarely survives outside the cultivated environment and there is no indication of enhanced weediness or invasiveness of the GM potato. Potato has no cross-compatible wild relatives in Europe. Since it is vegetatively propagated and the natural exchange of genetic material is only possible with other varieties of potato, there is negligible risk to the environment of any transgene flow. Therefore, no unintended environmental effects due to the establishment and spread are anticipated."
However, the fact that the GM potato harbours an ARM gene has deserved high scrutiny.
The first opinion of EFSA on ARM genes was adopted in April 2004. It considered that nptII (the gene that is in the GM potato) can be used in commercially cultivated plants because:
* the risk of gene transfer from plant to bacteria is remote (a common feature for all ARMs);
* the resistance to the antibiotics at stake can already be found in the soil and in bacteria in animal and human intestines;
* these antibiotics have only minor therapeutic relevance in human medicine.
In 2007, EFSA agreed with EMEA that the preservation of the therapeutic relevance of the antibiotics kanamycin and neomycin is important (the World Health Organisation (WHO) considers them as "highly important antimicrobials "). Notwithstanding these considerations, EFSA confirmed the safety of nptII by indicating that the use of this gene in GM plant will not affect the therapeutic effect of these antibiotics.
In June 2009, EFSA issued a new opinion. In accordance with the mandate of the Commission, this opinion focuses on the safety of the nptII gene and it was made with the assistance of experts from EMEA and ECDC. It reiterates the favourable opinion on the Amflora potato (although with 2 minority opinions).
EFSA has always issued favourable opinions for GM plants containing the ARM gene present in the Amflora potato. EFSA also refers to several scientific reviews confirming the safety of the nptII gene.
Why is the Commission adopting two decisions on the GM starch potato?
The first decision is related to the Cultivation and is adopted under Directive 2001/18/EC.
The complementary authorisation is taken under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on GM food and feed. It covers the by-products of the starch extraction when they are used as feed. It also covers the unintended presence of GM potato tubers in food and feed. While all measures are in place to prevent that the starch potato is mixed with potato for food and feed, it can never be totally excluded. This is why this unintended presence has also been thoroughly assessed by EFSA and covered by an authorisation up to a level of 0.9%.
What are Antibiotic Resistance Marker (ARM) genes?
The process of introducing new genes for the production of GM plants involves, in its first stage, many plant cells out of which only a fraction successfully incorporates the new genes. In order to easily identify and select the cells with the newly introduced genes, the genes carrying the desired traits are associated from the beginning to so-called "marker genes." The first development of GMOs has been associated with the use of genes coding for antibiotic resistance as marker genes. Using these markers, only the cells that are genetically modified are resistant to the antibiotics in question and are kept in the process of selection for a GM plant.
The use of these ARM genes has always generated concerns regarding potential development of antibiotic resistance. This is the reason why Directive 2001/18 on the deliberate release of GMOs provides that "Member States and the Commission shall ensure that GMOs, which contain genes expressing resistance to antibiotics in use for medical or veterinary treatment, are taken into particular consideration when carrying out an environmental risk assessment, with a view to identifying and phasing out ARMs in GMOs which may have adverse effects on human health and the environment."
Are there other GM products that are already authorised and that contain antibiotic resistance marker genes?
Yes. MON863 maize contains the nptII gene that confers resistance to the antibiotics kanamycin and neomycin . The placing on the market of this maize for all uses with the exception of cultivation is authorised in the EU since 2006.
The cottons MON531, MON1445, MON15985, MON15985xMON1445, and MON531xMON1445 contain both the nptII and the aadA (that confers resistance to the antibiotic Streptomycin) genes.
Are there specific measures foreseen to control the effects on the environment and with respect to coexistence?
It has to be noted that, contrary to the situation with many other crops, the potato species does not rely on cross-pollination with other potatoes to reproduce. It is vegetatively propagated.
With respect to risk management measures, the potato will be cultivated and harvested before it produces seeds, eliminating the possibility of inadvertent seed dissemination and persistence into the wider environment.
Measures to avoid unintentional re-growth will also be taken. The sale of the GM potato will be subject to an agreement between BASF and the operators. According to this agreement, (i) conventional potatoes can not be planted in the same field the year following the cultivation of the GM potato (ii) the fields shall be monitored during the following growing season and any volunteer potatoes shall be destroyed. Any potato volunteers that may appear post-harvest will be relatively easy to control by using pesticides, particularly as potatoes are not grown in the same field for successive growing seasons as a part of crop rotation.
Are there measures in place to prevent the mixing of this GM potato with conventional or organic potatoes?
The authorising Decision contains three obligations for the consent holder to prevent the presence of the GM potato tubers in the food and feed chain. These obligations will also be part of the contracts to be signed between BASF and the operators involved in the production chain (farmers and starch producers). In particular; measures have to be taken to:
* ensure that the potato tubers will be physically separated from potatoes for food and feed uses during planting, cultivation, harvest, transport, storage and handling in the environment;
* ensure that conventional potatoes can not be planted in the same field the year following the cultivation of the GM potato.
* ensure that the potato tubers shall be delivered exclusively to designated starch processing plants for processing into industrial starch within a closed system.
Adventitious presence can never be totally excluded. This is why this unintended presence of GM potato tubers in other potatoes has also been thoroughly assessed by EFSA and is authorised with a maximum level of 0.9%.
What are starch potatoes and what is the use of this genetically modified starch potato?
Starch potatoes are specific varieties of potatoes that have been selected for the production of starch. They are not used for food purposes since they do have the necessary organoleptic properties. However, the by-product of the starch production (pulp of the potato) is used as feed.
The cultivation of starch potato is closely linked to the proximity of a starch producing plant since the transport costs are high and the conservation time of potatoes is low. Starch potatoes are mainly cultivated in the following Member States: Germany, The Netherlands, France, Denmark and Poland. Other producers include Austria, Finland, Sweden and Czech Republic.
Conventional potatoes produce a mixture of amylopectin and amylose starch. This GM potato has been developed, to produce starch composed almost exclusively of amylopectin (starch content of 98%, which is around 20% higher than starch potatoes normally have). For many technical applications, such as in the paper, textile and adhesives industries, only amylopectin is needed. This genetic modification helps to optimise the production process and to save raw materials, energy and water- and oil-based chemicals.
What is the procedure for authorising the placing on the market of GMOs?
There are two different types of authorisation procedures:
1) Procedure relating to GMOs and the environment
Under Directive 2001/18/EC, a company intending to market a GMO must submit to the competent national authority of an EU Member State an application. It must include an evaluation of the environmental risks. The national authority must issue an opinion which will take the form of an "assessment report," which may be favourable or unfavourable.
In the event of a favourable opinion, the Member State informs the other Member States via the European Commission. The other Member States and the Commission examine the assessment report and may issue observations and objections.
If there are no objections by other Member States or by the European Commission, the competent authority that carried out the original assessment authorises the placing on the market of the product throughout the European Union. The authorisation has a maximum duration of ten years and may be renewed. If objections are raised (which is the majority of the cases), the procedure provides for a conciliation phase among the Member States, the Commission and the notifier. The objective of this phase is to resolve the outstanding questions.
If at the end of the conciliation phase the objections are maintained, a decision must be taken at European level. The Commission first asks for the opinion of the EFSA. The Commission then presents a draft decision to the Regulatory Committee composed of representatives of the Member States for an opinion. If the Committee gives a favourable opinion by qualified majority, the Commission adopts the decision.
If not, the draft Decision is submitted to the Council of Ministers for adoption or rejection by qualified majority. If the Council does not act within three months, the Commission shall adopt the decision. During the notification process, the public is also informed and has access to the publicly available data on the Internet
2) Procedure relating to GM food and feed
Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed lays down a procedure for issuing authorisations for placing on the market of genetically modified food and feed as well as for cultivation for the production of food and feed. In this procedure, the Commission's role is crucial. Notably, it is up to the Commission to adopt the final decision and grant or reject the authorisation if the Committee composed of representatives of the Member States, and the Council do not manage to adopt the decision by qualified majority within a given time frame.
Applications are submitted first to the competent authority of a Member State. The application must clearly define the scope of the application, indicate which parts are confidential and must include a monitoring plan, a labelling proposal and a detection method.
The application and any supplementary information supplied by the applicant must be made available to EFSA, which is responsible for the scientific risk assessment covering both the environmental risk and the human and animal health safety assessment. Its opinion will be made available to the public and the public will have the opportunity to make comments.
In general, there is a time limit of six months for EFSA to deliver its opinion. This time limit can be extended if EFSA has to request further information from the applicant. Within three months of receiving the opinion of EFSA, the Commission will draft a proposal for granting or refusing authorisation. The Commission may diverge from EFSA's opinion, but it must then justify its position. The Commission's proposal must be approved through qualified majority by the Member States within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH), composed of representatives of the Member States.
If the Committee gives a favourable opinion, the Commission adopts the Decision. If not, or in the event the Committee rejects the Commission's proposal by qualified majority, the draft Decision is submitted to the Council of Ministers for adoption or rejection by qualified majority.
If the Council does not act within three months or does not obtain a qualified majority for the adoption or rejection of the Commission's proposal, the Commission shall adopt the decision.
What is the procedure that has been followed for the authorisation of the cultivation of the GM potato?
The German company BASF Plant Science submitted a request for authorisation in Sweden in January 2003.
In April 2004, the Swedish competent authority forwarded its assessment report to the Commission. It concluded that the genetically modified potato should be placed on the market for its intended uses. The Commission forwarded the full notification and assessment report to the other Member States in May 2004.
The competent authorities of some Member States raised objections to the placing on the market of the products on the basis of molecular characterisation, allergenicity, toxicity, an inadequate monitoring plan and the detection method of the product.
In light of these objections, EFSA was consulted and delivered its opinion on 24 February 2006. It concluded that the genetically modified potato (Solanum tuberosum L. line EH92-527-1) is unlikely to have an adverse effect on human and animal health or on the environment in the context of its proposed uses.
Following the positive assessment by EFSA, a draft Commission decision to place the product on the market was presented to the Regulatory Committee for a vote on 4 December 2006. The Committee failed to deliver, by qualified majority, an opinion on the draft submitted by the Commission.
In 2007, EFSA agreed with EMEA that the preservation of the therapeutic relevance of the antibiotics kanamycin and neomycin is important (the World Health Organisation (WHO) considers them as "highly important antimicrobials "). Notwithstanding these considerations, EFSA confirmed the safety of nptII by indicating that the use of this gene in GM plant will not affect the therapeutic effect of these antibiotics.
Consequently, the Commission was required to submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken; the Council having three months in which to act by a qualified majority. The proposal was considered by the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 16 July 2007. No qualified majority was reached at the Council.
On 11 June 2009, EFSA published a statement on the use of ARM genes in GM plants which concludes that the previous assessment of EFSA on genetically modified potato EH92-527-1 is in line with the risk assessment strategy described in the statement, and that no new evidence has become available that would prompt EFSA to change its previous opinion.
Are there still additional procedural steps needed to allow the cultivation? When will the cultivation start?
The decision of authorisation for cultivation adopted under directive 2001/18 is addressed to Sweden that carried out the original assessment. In accordance with this procedure, Swedish authorities have 30 days to issue the final consent to the company.
The GM starch potato will be sold by the company BASF on the basis of contracts signed with the operators (farmers and starch processors).
The company BASF plans the commercial cultivation in Czech Republic and Germany for this year (the planting season starts in April). For the coming years, the company indicated that it had already an agreement for the additional commercial cultivation in The Netherlands and Sweden.
Is this decision an indication of what the Commission will be doing with the GMOs in the coming months?
In his political guidelines presented in September 2009, President Barroso states that it should be possible to combine a Community authorisation system, based on
science, with the freedom of Member States to decide whether or not they wish to cultivate GMOs in their territory.
In the case of the Amflora potato, the four Member States (Germany, the Czech Republic, Sweden and The Netherlands) in which cultivation of the Amflora potato is anticipated by the Company BASF in the coming years expressed themselves in favour of the authorisation.
The Commission is currently reflecting on the most efficient way to implement these guidelines.
Why is the Commission also authorising today three GM maize products?
The three GM maize products that were authorised today for food and feed uses with the exception of cultivation are the following: MON863xNK603, MON863xMON810 and MON863xMON810xNK603. These maize products are resulting from the combination, by conventional breeding, of genetic modifications that are already authorised.
Since the genetic modification of the MON863 maize harbours the same marker gene as the Amflora potato, the final decision of authorisation was also to be taken after the last EFSA opinion on antibiotic resistance marker genes.
Are some GMOs already cultivated in the EU?
Yes. There is one GM maize -"MON 810"- that is commercially cultivated in the EU. Its genetic modification aims to protect against the European corn borer.
It was authorised in 1998 and as of today there are more than 140 different varieties of this GM maize that are registered in the EU common catalogue of varieties.
In 2009, MON810 was cultivated in 5 Member States: Spain, the Czech Republic, Romania, Portugal, and Slovakia. Spain cultivates around 80 % of the total EU area used for the cultivation of MON810 (circa 100 000 ha).
The procedure to renew the EU authorisation is currently ongoing. EFSA adopted a favourable opinion in August 2009 and the Commission is considering the next steps in accordance with the comitology procedure.
In this context, it is also worth to note that six Member States (Austria, Hungary, France, Greece, Germany, and Luxembourg) adopted safeguard clauses and prohibit the cultivation of GM maize on their territories. In addition, Poland has legislation in place forbidding cultivation of all GMOs.
These safeguard measures on the cultivation of MON 810 will be viewed within the light of the solution to be proposed by the Commission by the summer.
Are there any other GMOs on which the Commission could take decision in the near future?
The MON810 excluded, the Commission will also have to take decisions on three other GM maize products that have received favourable EFSA opinions.
The first two are GM Bt maize which confer protection to the plant against insects. These two maize are Bt maize Bt 11 (from the company Syngenta) and Bt Maize 1507 (from the company Pioneer). They are in the middle of the Comitology procedure since proposals of authorisations did not receive the necessary support of the Regulatory Committee. The Commission should now decide whether it is appropriate to transmit to the Council proposals for authorisation.
The third one is maize NK 603 (from the Company Monsanto) that is tolerant to the herbicide RoundUp. The favourable EFSA opinion was adopted in June 2009 and the Commission should take a decision regarding the submission of a draft decision to SCoFCAH (first step of the comitology procedure).
Further information, EC:
Genetically modified food and feed
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is trying to infuse the company with talented, entrepreneurial engineers and product managers.
One tactic she's using to do that is something called an "aqui-hire."
In an acqui-hire, Yahoo buys a failed startup in order to hire its employees.
Usually, they cost about $1 million per engineer.
Since the beginning of this year, Mayer and Yahoo have complete about a dozen or so acqui-hires.
Last night, Kara Swisher reported details on two more deals.
- Yahoo made an offer to buy a startup startup called Xobni for $30 million to $40 million. That will be a tough offer for Xobni to take because it's raised $40 million from investors. On the other hand, Xobni doesn't have a lot of options. It makes address book apps, and they aren't very popular. Yahoo probably wants Xobni so it can put its people to work on mobile versions of Yahoo Mail. Two reasons: 1) Yahoo is way behind in mobile, and 2) it needs to protect its massive Yahoo Mail user-base, or it's pretty much hosed.
- Yahoo wants to buy New York-based startup Qwiki for $50 million. Qwiki has technology that turns Web search results into videos. It's tried to apply this technology to a bunch of different kinds of use cases, and consumers have never really shown much interest. The first plan was to use the tech to make informative videos from search results pages. The latest effort is an iPhone app that turns photos, music, and video into clips. Mayer keeps saying that the innovations in search these days are user-interface innovations. Maybe she thinks the Qwiki team has some good ideas for how to make Yahoo Search results pages look better.
As we've noted in the past, not everyone thinks Mayer's acqui-hire strategy is so smart.
Venture capitalist Mark Suster – who is famous in his industry for selling two companies, and the joining GRP Partners – says that Mayer's acqui-hire strategy is actually really terrible, because it will drain morale from existing employees.
He writes:
Why Acquihires Hurt the Acquiring Company
How about if we look at it from the "rest of company" perspective.
You have been at Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo! for years. You have worked faithfully. Evenings. Weekends. Year in, year out. You have shipped to hard deadlines. You've done the death-march projects. In the trenches. You got the t-shirt. And maybe got called out for valor at a big company gathering. They gave you an extra 2 days of vacation for your hard work.
And that prick sitting in the desk next to you who joined only last week now has $1 million because he built some fancy newsreader that got a lot of press but is going to be shut down anyways.
What kind of message does that send to the party faithful who slave away loyally to hit targets for BigCo?
I'll tell you what is says.
It says if you want to make "real" money - quit.
Go do a startup. Get some famous angel or seed money. Get yourself in a big demo day competition. Woo the press. Hire legions of young, impressionable graduates from the top engineering universities. And then come back and sell me your company.
I know many rank-and-file employees. I've had the chats with them. You rarely meet people who don't resent the scores of entitled acquihirees of their company.
Does Yahoo! et al really have to keep up with the Jones's to build its future?
For the 200 new employees they'll get through acquihires do they unleash 2,000 unhappy existing employees? Sure, most won't quit. Because they know that it's not a slam dunk to start a business and get acquired. But the most talented of those 2,000 will.
What if the $100 million you're going to spend trying to win this alleged "war for talent" in stead went into big retention plans to keep your most talented employees.
You can't "Roll Out the Red Carpet When Your Best Employees are on the Way Out the Door" as I wrote in this post. So why not announce big, hairy audacious goals on recruiting the best mobile talent with sign-on bonuses and retention plans? And reward your existing top 10% of employees handsomely.
I'll bet the ROI would be higher than acquihires.
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From bulbs wrapped in wood, folded into funky geometric forms, and designed to pass as their inefficient incandescent predecessors, I've taken a look at plenty of weird, wacky and wonderfully inventive LED bulbs. And let us not forget this WiFi-enabled model that allows users to do the "robot chicken dance like it's 1999" with just a touch of a (smartphone) button.
While all these energy-saving light bulbs can be considered "green," I've yet to encounter a bulb that's literally green … as in filled with algae.
Until now.
Meet Hungarian designer Bodonyi Gyula's conceptual — conceptual being the key word here — AlgaeBulb, an LED light bulb that, as described, is filled with microorganisms that power the bulb itself.
Or do they?
Reads a description of the AlgaeBulb on YankoDesign:
The AlgaeBulb is an exploration into the use of the organisms on a micro-scale in single LED lightbulb that harnesses the green-power of algae. Using a small air pump compressor, tank, and hydrophobic material, it creates just enough electricity to power the LED for limited durations.
A handful of websites have run with the notion that thanks to the green stuff (chlorella pyrenoidosa spirulina microalgae, to be exact) growing within it, the teardrop-shaped E27 bulb requires absolutely no outside electricity to operate, relying solely on algae-power. That's actually not the case at all as AlgaeBulb is more of an indoor air quality-improving mini-oxygen generator that doubles as a traditional light bulb. And by traditional, I mean electricity is needed to power both the air pump compressor and LED. The oxygen produced by a small amount of microalgae inside of a light bulb shell certainly can't magically produce electricity that, in turns, powers a lighting component.
Gyula's original description of the concept (I've gone ahead and made a few tweaks to the text for better clarification) reads:
AlgaeBulb is some kind of oxygen generator which uses natural and high tech components. The head part contains a LED lamp and a little air pump. This pump compresses the air into the algae tank covered with a hydrophobic material, that keeps the fluidic content in the tank and lets the air flow free. The cover of the tank is a matte translucent polycarbonate shell that leads the LED's light through the body and illuminates both the algae and the interior that it's placed in.
Gyula also clarifies in the comments section of Yanko that "both the pump, and the LED light [are] powered by the electrical network! My goal was to create something that makes the indoor air quality better. This is the cause why it has an E27 socket on the top! Its a light bulb ... basically."
Now that that's been settled, I do think this algae-based oxygen generator-cum-lighting fixture that does require electricity still remains a rather fascinating concept. And, of course, it would fit in quite nicely in any tastefully appointed algae-powered abode.
Via [Yanko Design]
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