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Rihanna debuted her FENTY x PUMA collection during New York Fashion Week yesterday. Take a peek at her new line and flicks from the carpet inside....
Rihanna can now add fashion designer to her resume after wrapping up her very first fashion show. The Pop princess presented her FENTY x PUMA collection during New York Fashion Week yesterday with a collection of new pieces heavily inspired by her own style.
Before the show, the "Work" singer hit the black carpet rocking a few pieces from her collection, of course. She posed it up in a black lace dress topped with a black hooded coat and black platform shoes.
RiRi's new collection is a streetwear/ Japanese street culture inspired line with a goth undertone. The Bajan beauty said she chose to design her collection using basic colors, like black, white, gray, to show off sporty silhouettes while using contrasting fabrics for a fun, sporty vibe.
Rih called up supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid to lead the runway rocking her new designs. She frosted the ladies' hair giving a winter wonderland vibe, but mixes it up with the dark gothic makeup and black clothing.
Come thru NaNa!
After "posing" in Kanye West's Yeezy Season 3 show, supermodel Naomi Campbell came out to support RiRi at her show. She hit the front row alongside VOGUE's edior-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Backstage, Naomi congratulated Rihanna for a successful show and Rih thanked her with a kiss. Check it:
Rihanna's former rumored boo Travis Scott came out to support Ri. The Pop princess recently confirmed she is single due to her hectic schedule.
Engaged R&B singer Ne-Yo stepped out to support his homie.
Rapper Young Thug showed off his insteresting fashion flare.
Rapper Wale stepped out in his electric blue shoes and Givenchy contrast collar coat to peep the Grammy Award winning singer's designs.
Oscars host and comedian Chris Rock also came out to see the Pop diva's new designs.
Check out a preview of Rihanna's FENTY x PUMA show below:
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Rih rolled up to her event with her besties Melissa Forde and Jenn Rosales. Their backseat chronicles are always hilar. Peep the clips above and below.
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The Lamplight Club – James Green – Donkey Jukebox LP (release party) + Supports
14/11/2017 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm£9
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Wow! A fantastic return to regather for a good friend of the venue, and this time with a new release to showcase!!!
Donkey Jukebox was initially conceived as part of an art installation in Sheffield in 2014. James built a donkey-world inside the snug bar of a pub, which included prints, 200 wooden donkeys, a straw floor and a donkey 'jukebox'.
Following the event, James worked further on the 'jukebox', now intended as a fully-fledged companion to his 'donkey world' prints. The interest in donkeys started just as a way of championing the (sometimes undervalued) beasts, and has turned into an intensive creative channel for James' artwork.
The music was created using mostly a harmoniflute (19 th century French lap organ) and a loop machine. James made loops of differing lengths and built them into pieces that never repeat themselves.
This is James' second solo album, the first being 'Tempers' (Early Winter Recordings, 2004). He recently collaborated with Alasdair Roberts on the 'Plaint Of Lapwing' LP (Clay Pipe Music, 2016) and is the founder and leader of 'The Big Eyes Family Players' who have released seven albums, most recently 'Oh!' (Home Assembly Music, 2016).
Outside of music, James is an artist/printmaker and works primarily in linocut and screen-print.
For the show he will be accompanied by Mark Armstrong (who mixed the album), and the music will be alongside a donkey animation film made in collaboration with Finger Industries. In short, the project is James' attempt to combine his art/print and musical endeavours, for the first time.
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West Yorkshire based solo electric guitarist Dean McPhee plays a Fender Telecaster through a valve amp and effects pedals, combining clean, chiming melodic lines with deep layers of decaying delay and cavernous echo. A self taught musician, Dean has developed a unique style of playing which draws together influences from British Folk, Dub, Kosmische, Post Rock, Mali Blues and Modal Jazz. His releases on the Blast First Petite, Folklore Tapes, Hood Faire and World in Winter labels have been critically acclaimed by The Wire Magazine, Uncut Magazine, Record Collector Magazine, MOJO Magazine, Music OMH, Dusted Magazine, Brainwashed, The Out Door, Drowned in Sound and The Quietus amongst others.
Pefkin is Gayle Brogan of Scottish psych-pop duo Electroscope and more recently Barrett's Dottled Beauty Purveyor of liminal and crepuscular sounds rooted in landscape and natural phenomena!
With numerous releases including Reverb Worship, Morc tapes and Sheffield's own Sonido Polifonico… imagine if Joe Meek had crossed paths with Grouper…

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Congratulations to beautiful Tomo and Masa at Sugar Beach Villa, Maui, Hawaii!
With great pleasure, Tomoko and Masayuki invite you to join the as they are married at Sugar Beach Villa, Maui, Hawaii…Come away with us!
Love all of the specially selected details in aqua and brown. Tomo's father's wish was granted– to have his daughter's wedding on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Family and friends gathered to celebrate in style and with love!
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SAIE3, the international exhibition of windows, doors, shutters and finishings for interiors and exteriors, Bologna Exhibition Center, from February 28 to March 2, continues to present ideas and initiatives that can combine high-profile cultural aspects with the...
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At Futurdesign 2013 there will be 8 installations. In addition to these, even a retrospective of achievements created since 1996 by the most important interpreters of design and interior design, art, photography, communication, architecture in response to the Living the...
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Giulio Cappellini, architect who works since 1979 with the spirit and aims of a continuous renewal will be the first edition of SAIE3 among the protagonists of Futurdesign 2013. Read more
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Within a couple weeks of getting back home I booked my first flight to So-Cal for the sole purpose of checking out some more car stuff. This was going to be a different kind of trip for me. No business, no music jobs to play, just research... hot rod research.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Tommy Sparks, my First Hot Rod, and the Last Flathead ( Part 6 )
Within a couple weeks of getting back home I booked my first flight to So-Cal for the sole purpose of checking out some more car stuff. This was going to be a different kind of trip for me. No business, no music jobs to play, just research... hot rod research.
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- Lacey Sue said...
David it makes me so happy to hear how much you look up to my grandpa. You are truly one of the most awesome people that comes around their house for multiple reasons! Haha! Honestly though, it just makes me feel so at ease. SO many of these guys come around and either want to borrow money, try and buy a car, or try and put their claims on one for the future.. =/ Thanks for being so wonderful to them!
Lacey =]
- June 7, 2009 at 7:42 PM
- Holly said...
I just recently found your blog and I really enjoy it. I am a novice gearhead, I have always been mesmerized by the classics but i'm just now digging into the complete histories. Thank you for all the interesting information.
- June 8, 2009 at 10:28 AM
You probably don't remember me, but I took guitar lessons from you for a couple of years back in the late 80's/early 90's in Bedford, IN after your "Redline" days. Then you ran off to Boston and got all jazz-ified;) At that time, I was going to high school at Mitchell. Give me a shout back when you have time. I'd like to catch up. I still have some of the lessons in a tab book you gave to me!:)
Wes LeRoy
- July 25, 2009 at 5:12 PM
- Holly said...
I really have enjoyed reading this blog. Will you please continue to share your photos, stories, and your knowledge? I know a little bit about my "dream machines" but I also enjoy learning about other awesome machines. Any other books you recommend?
- June 29, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Hope you are doing well. I see you from time to time on CMT with Gary Allan and love to pull out the old guitar lessons materials you gave me back in the late 80's/early 90's here in Bedford, Indiana!
Wes LeRoy
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- November 9, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- stringbender said...
Hey David: I have been trying to find your phone number for ages - I misplaced it and JJB no longer has it either. Send me an email - I miss ya! Hope all's well,
David Langner
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Queer Night – Friday Night Party at Brew
April 5, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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It will take me time to carefully read & ponder all this. Meantime I hope others do as well. Of course, signal nonlocality in Valentini's sense settles the issue of whether retrocausation is not only real, but is controllable of practical use as suggested also in the presponse brain-mind experiments and the CIA SRI RV experiments. That goes beyond the domain of validity that even Yakir has considered. I agree with Yakir's logic below that I personally find impeccable. The new physics of course is in the Popper falsification of his last sentence: Causal loops are avoided by this anticipation remaining encrypted until the final outcomes enable to decipher it.
Now this is the point that many still don't get. With Tony Valentini's "signal nonlocality" there are Novikov causal loops in which Bob's future strong measurement final outcome is decrypted by Alice BEFORE Bob even knows what choice he will make.This is proved by CIA/DIA experiments (assuming of course they are correct)Harold E. Puthoff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_E._PuthoffHarold E. Puthoff (born June 20, 1936) is an American physicist who, earlier in his ... H. E. Puthoff, CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing At Stanford Research Institute, ...Background - Ventures in Austin - Scientology - EarthTechRemote viewing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewingIn 1972, Puthoff tested remote viewer Ingo Swann at SRI, and the experiment led to a visit from two employees of the CIA's Directorate of Science and ...History - Scientific studies and claims - Recent researchYou've visited this page 3 times. Last visit: 12/4/12CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing At Stanford Research Institutewww.biomindsuperpowers.com/Pages/CIA-InitiatedRV.htmlCIA-Initiated Remote Viewing At Stanford Research Institute. by H. E. Puthoff, Ph. D. Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin 4030 Braker Lane W., #300. Austin ...You've visited this page 3 times. Last visit: 12/5/12On Dec 5, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Ruth Elinor Kastner <email@example.com> wrote:This recent preprint from Aharonov et al claim that the "only reasonable" way to understand these is by invoking retrocausality and make the unsupported claim that the weak outcomes 'anticipate the experimenter's future choice'. This is the paper I analyze in the previous drafts I attached:"Can a Future Choice Affect a Past Measurement's Outcome?Yakir Aharonov, Eliahu Cohen, Doron Grossman, Avshalom C. Elitzur(Submitted on 27 Jun 2012 (v1), last revised 18 Sep 2012 (this version, v5))An EPR experiment is studied where each particle undergoes a few weak measurements of different spin-orientations, whose outcomes are individually recorded. Then the particle undergoes a strong measurement along a spin orientation freely chosen at the last moment. Bell-inequality violation is expected between the two strong measurements. At the same time, agreement is expected between all same-spin measurements, whether weak or strong. A contradiction thereby ensues: i) A weak measurement cannot determine the outcome of a successive strong one; ii) Bell's theorem forbids spin values to exist prior to the final choice of the spin-orientation to be measured; and iii) Indeed no disentanglement is inflicted by the weak measurements; yet iv) The weak measurements' outcome agrees with those of the strong ones. The only reasonable resolution seems to be that of the Two-State-Vector Formalism, namely that the weak measurement's outcomes anticipate the experimenter's future choice, even before the experimenter themselves knows what their choice is going to be. Causal loops are avoided by this anticipation remaining encrypted until the final outcomes enable to decipher it. " > end quote from Aharonov etalRuth________________________________________From: JACK SARFATTI [email@example.com]Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 4:28 PMTo: Ruth Elinor KastnerSubject: Re: [ExoticPhysics] Paul Werbos on back from the future physics (Wheeler-Feynman-Hoyle-Narlikar-Aharonov-Cramer …)Yakir does say that his results can be understood in the orthodox way. However, different ways of looking at the problem are asymmetric in terms of extending the orthodox theory to a larger domain of validity as special relativity was extended to general relativity where special relativity is only true locally but not globally in the presence of real (tensor curvature) gravity fields.Similarly, Yakir's "Wheeler-Feynman" approach, Cramer's approach, Bohm's approach all lend themselves naturally to entanglement signal nonlocality violating orthodox quantum theory extensions of the the latter in natural ways.This is in contrast to, for example, Asher Peres's interpretation in which such an extension is not even thinkable.On Dec 5, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Ruth Elinor Kastnerwrote:Attached is my quantitative analysis of allegedly wondrous experiments allegedly requiring retrocausation and/or claiming to show loophole in Bell's thm. My analysis (attached) shows that no retrocausation is necessary and there is no such loophole in Bell's thm. The experiments have no new physics and are all straightforwardly accounted for by standard QM.Ruth________________________________________From: JACK SARFATTI [email@example.com]Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 3:37 PMTo: Jack Sarfatti's Workshop in Advanced PhysicsSubject: Re: [ExoticPhysics] Paul Werbos on back from the future physics (Wheeler-Feynman-Hoyle-Narlikar-Aharonov-Cramer …)good question ZI think Ruth is wrong, but it will take me time to properly refute her argumentOn Dec 5, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Paul Zielinski wrote:Then what do they show?On 12/5/2012 12:27 PM, Ruth Elinor Kastner wrote:They show nothing of the sort. This is all hype.Ruth________________________________________From: JACK SARFATTI [firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>]Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 3:25 PMTo: Exotic PhysicsSubject: Paul Werbos on back from the future physics (Wheeler-Feynman-Hoyle-Narlikar-Aharonov-Cramer …)* Home<http://discovermagazine.com/><http://discovermagazine.com/>* »* April<http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr><http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr>* »* Back From the FutureFROM THE APRIL 2010 ISSUEBack From the FutureA series of quantum experiments shows that measurements performed in the future can influence the present. Does that mean the universe has a destiny—and the laws of physics pull us inexorably toward our prewritten fate?http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr/01-back-from-the-future#.UL-msaWe1hoOn Dec 5, 2012, at 5:17 AM, Paul Werbos <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com><mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com><mailto:email@example.com>> wrote:The idea that causality might go backwards in time is certainly older than any of us.Agreed. But that should not be confounded with the much stronger condition spelled out in Antony Valentini's paper here, which is what I am talking about.Subquantum Information and ComputationAntony Valentini<http://arxiv.org/find/quant-ph/1/au:+Valentini_A/0/1/0/all/0/1><http://arxiv.org/find/quant-ph/1/au:+Valentini_A/0/1/0/all/0/1>(Submitted on 11 Mar 2002 (v1<http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0203049v1><http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0203049v1>), last revised 12 Apr 2002 (this version, v2))It is argued that immense physical resources - for nonlocal communication, espionage, and exponentially-fast computation - are hidden from us by quantum noise, and that this noise is not fundamental but merely a property of an equilibrium state in which the universe happens to be at the present time. It is suggested that 'non-quantum' or nonequilibrium matter might exist today in the form of relic particles from the early universe. We describe how such matter could be detected and put to practical use. Nonequilibrium matter could be used to send instantaneous signals, to violate the uncertainty principle, to distinguish non-orthogonal quantum states without disturbing them, to eavesdrop on quantum key distribution, and to outpace quantum computation (solving NP-complete problems in polynomial time).Comments: 10 pages, Latex, no figures. To appear in 'Proceedings of the Second Winter Institute on Foundations of Quantum Theory and Quantum Optics: Quantum Information Processing', ed. R. Ghosh (Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore, 2002). Second version: shortened at editor's request; extra material on outpacing quantum computation (solving NP-complete problems in polynomial time)Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)Journal reference: Pramana - J. Phys. 59 (2002) 269-277DOI: 10.1007/s12043-002-0117-1<http://arxiv.org/ct?url=http://dx.doi.org/10%2E1007/s12043-002-0117-1&v=35ec265c><http://arxiv.org/ct?url=http://dx.doi.org/10%2E1007/s12043-002-0117-1&v=35ec265c>Report number: Imperial/TP/1-02/15Cite as: arXiv:quant-ph/0203049<http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0203049><http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0203049>http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0203049PW: Certainly we all know about HG Wells time machine, and about the concept of prophecyof the future.JS Agreed.PW: And certainly Einstein himself was quite blunt about the claim that time is justanother dimension, and should not be treated otherwise. There is a sense in whichone might call special relativity itself a species of backwards-time physics (BTP).Indeed, by playing with the definition of BTP (as many played with the definition ofBP and even tried to play with BTT), one could justify all kinds of statements about the history.JS: OKPW: For the backwards time interpretation of quantum mechanics, I had a special advantage.I went to graduate school with one of the authors of the CHSH theorem and oneof the first two CHSH experiment, which is popularly called "Bell's Theorem."(Though JS Bell himself uses the proper term CHSH.) It would be hard for anyone topublish a paper explaining the paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics, and the CHSHexperiment, before the experiment came out and the theorem was widely disseminated.Still, Von Neumann did look into these issues, and he did conclude that our conventional assumptions about "causality"seem to be the basic problem in carrying through Einstein's program. (I cite the source in the IJTP paper.)But that is just a starting point. If people get too deep into personality issues, the logical starting point will be lost,and likewise all that it could lead to.JS: OKPW: The IJTP paper tries to get us back to empirical reality in this kind of issue. For example, the discussionof Bell's Theorem experiments with imperfect polarizers could itself get somebody a Nobel Prize, if properly followed up onby someone motivated to aim for a Nobel Prize. (I have too many other goals on my plate togive that one any serious attention.) Most people try to forget the inconvenient fact that the first Bell's Theoremexperiment contradicted BOTH "local causal hidden variable theory" AND quantum mechanics in its present form.The simple algebra in the IJTP paper basically offers a way to explain that, and nail it down.JS: I need to study your argument as well as Ruth Kastner's rejection of Yakir Aharonov's back from the future History-Destiny double state vector interpretation.PW: As for Aharonov... well, I do hope he can help with the cultural revolution we need to make.Help and allies are badly needed, to get this beyond what I put into my own notebooks, and to get the experiments we needas well. I think he has grown a lot in recent years, and he has done a great thing to try to move the mai nstreamout of its lethargy by epsilon... but..... In 2000, when I visited Brian Josephson in Cambridge, I found a very recent book from Cambridge University Press edited by Savitt,with the current establishment work on "the arrow of time." Of the papers there, only the one by Huw Price really fitthe modern vision of BTP as **I** define it. Aharonov's paper had WORDS in the spirit of BTP, but themathematical formalism he presented simply is not consistent with BTP. More recently, he has sometimes sounded closer towhat I previously wrote, in his discussion of "preselection" -- but even so he often insists that it is just a matter of interpretation, that it's still the same theory of physics. How can we get different predictions and different technology if it's just a matter of interpretation and not a different theory?JS: That's what Valentini's papers deal with and extension of quantum theory to include signal nonlocality "passion at a distance" violating orthodox quantum theory that is simply a limiting case of the more general "post-quantum theory". Weinberg and Stapp already published such models. Weinberg's is incomplete neglecting spontaneous symmetry breakdown in ground states of complex systems. Also my ideahttp://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~mdt26/pilot_waves.html - two slides in Lecture 8 on my back-action theory that implies Valentini's signal nonlocalityhttp://journalofcosmology.com/SarfattiConsciousness.pdfAnd Brian Josephsons (& Pallikari) "Biological Utilization of Nonlocality"http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/================PW: I had a good personal relation for years with Karl Pribram, until other people in our lives and the general pressure of time pulled us in different directions. I still remember one time when he looked very perplexed and said: "<http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/================PW:IhadagoodpersonalrelationforyearswithKarlPribram,untilotherpeopleinourlivesandthegeneralpressureoftimepulledusindifferentdirections.Istillrememberonetimewhenhelookedveryperplexedandsaid:>Paul, I have already been marginalized to a huge extentby being too far out in left field for most of the establishment to accept. But you are way the hell to the left of ME... and also way tothe right at the same time. Neither group, the left nor the right, will be able to accept that." So... with technology and the mind,I see real-world possibilities rather beyond what those other folks you cite do. But with what we know in physics today..I see more promise for now in trying to simplify and unify what physics knowsthan in exercising creative imagination in a way which is not so grounded in experience and experiment (as the superstring people do,making the medieval epicycle guys look mild by comparison, mor elike angels on the head of a pin).Concretely, what I see right now is the possibility that Einstein's original goals are still doable. In the IJTP paper, I spokeof a many world BTP AND an Einsteinian BTP. By now, I see more concretely how to fulfill that theoretical goal,with a few specific Lagrangians for a classical PDE, which generates quantum stuff as an emergent statistical outcome,so long as one does the statistics correctly WITHOUT imposing the exogenous assumption of classical time-forward statistics.Yea even a neoclassical version of the standard model of physics, without a need for renormalization...But it's a long story, and today I must move on to read 180 new proposals to NSF...That time of year...Best of luck, Paul_______________________________________________<Weak measurement correlations with strong measurements.docx><specific calculation in reply to EC and AE.docx>_______________________________________________ExoticPhysics mailing firstname.lastname@example.com://mail.softcafe.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/exoticphysics
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/868/Only signal nonlocality violating orthodox QM will resolve this.The data from Libet -> Radin -> Bierman -> Bem& Puthoff & Targ (SRI)are evidence for signal nonlocality entanglement signaling (e.g. Antony Valentini's papers) as the essential signature of consciousness in my opinion. Nano-tech devices emulating microtubules et-al will result in a conscious AI robot in my opinion.Henry Stapp argued that1) statistical predictions of orthodox QM( i.e. Born probability interpretation aka sub-quantal HV thermal equilibrium as in A. Valentini's papers)2) counter-factual definiteness3) localityare mutually incompatible.If Henry is correct, then you can have 3) and 1) by violating 2).Indeed that is Many-Worlds in sense of Everett. It is what Joy Christian, David Deutsch and Murray Gell-Mann seem to believe.In contrast the ABL paper assumes 1) & 2) and violates 3) which is the dominant view and is also my own.Only strong entanglement signaling violating current no-go theorems will settle this once and for all.I claim that the brain data cited above is evidence for the latter.


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Plenty of people are still calling it Hurricane Irene, but it technically was Tropical Storm Irene, and it did virtually no damage to the Hamptons, except for one beach that everybody in East Hampton loves.
Georgica Beach—with it's glorious jetties that protrude out into the ocean to the delight of surfers, its awesome lifeguard shack and its exclusivity to East Hampton Village parking only—may not be open to swimmers this year.
East Hampton officials still aren't sure whether or not the beach will have a lifeguard because erosion was so significant this year. There is talk that instead, a lifeguard tower will be moved to Wiborgs.
It will be a sad day if this happens. I've been down to Georgica recently, and the beach has come back quite a bit. I've seen scary erosion in my life here in the Hamptons, and my experience has been that the beaches here always come and go. Georgica has certainly not seen its last days.
But as a former lifeguard at Georgica Beach I can tell you that if it closes down, the saddest people of all will be the lifeguards. Ocean lifeguarding at Georgica is quite possibly the best job in the world, because the surfing by the jetties is a quick hike down the beach.
If the Village does close down the beach, it won't mean that you can't park there, it just means that you won't be protected by lifeguards during the day, so don't get too down. According to Larry Cantwell of East Hampton, the chances of Georgica Beach being completely closed, meaning access to the beach will be denied, is pretty much zero percent.


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|The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017)
as Herself
|Spielberg (2017)
as Self
|Bobbi Jene (2017)
as Herself
|The Good Time Girls (2017)
as Clementine
|The Words That Built America (2017)
as Herself
|The Black Ghiandola (2017)
as Doctor
|Wilson (2017)
as Pippi
|Blue Velvet Revisited (2016)
as Herself
|Certain Women (2016)
as Laura Wells
|The Founder (2016)
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|Bravetown (2015)
as Annie
|9 Kisses (2014)
as Woman on Bench
|99 Homes (2014)
as Lynn Nash
|When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
as Bev Ladouceur
|The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
as Frannie Lancaster
|Wild (2014)
as Bobbi Grey
|Trespassing Bergman (2013)
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|The Master: Back Beyond (2013)
as Helen Sullivan
|The Master (2012)
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|Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
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|Everything Must Go (2011)
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|Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
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|Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
|Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
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|The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story (2011)
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|Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era (2011)
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|Tenderness (2009)
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|The Monday Before Thanksgiving (2008)
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|Recount (2008)
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|More Things That Happened (2007)
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|Year of the Dog (2007)
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|Lonely Hearts (2006)
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|The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
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|Happy Endings (2005)
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|Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (2004)
as herself
|We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
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|Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
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|Damaged Care (2002)
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|Mysteries of Love (2002)
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|Novocaine (2001)
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|Daddy and Them (2001)
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|Focus (2001)
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|Within These Walls (2001)
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|Jurassic Park (1993)
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|Rambling Rose (1991)
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|Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
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|Haunted Summer (1988)
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|No Frank in Lumberton (1988)
|Blue Velvet (1986)
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|Smooth Talk (1985)
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|Mask (1985)
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|The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984)
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|Teachers (1984)
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With spring training well underway throughout Major League Baseball, the evaluative process is already in the works for the Washington Nationals, as they look to put the best 25-man product on the field that they can.
Baseball's first month can set the tone for the entire season. As such, manager Matt Williams must be sure he produces an optimal roster to compete in the competitive National League East.
The slides to follow will break down what figures to be the 25 men the Nats will start the season with.
All stats courtesy of baseball-reference.com.


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Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum Ticket and City Canal Cruise
- Save time and money with a combined canal cruise and Van Gogh Museum ticket
- Cruise along the canals of the bohemian De Pijp district
- Admire the canals, bridges, and merchant houses of Amsterdam on a 75-minute cruise
- See masterworks by the great artist in his native country
Purchase a combined ticket to the Van Gogh Museum and a leisurely cruise along Amsterdam's canals, and enjoy 2 of the city's must-see attractions with 1 ticket. You are free to decide which part of the ticket you would like to use first.
Relax and admire beautiful, traditional merchant houses, numerous bridges, and typical houseboats as you soak up the unique vibe of Amsterdam on a 75-minute canal cruise.
Then, explore the legendary Van Gogh Museum's exhibits at your own pace. The ticket will save you time and money on individual purchases. Note that the queues at the Van Gogh museum could still be long due to the start of the season.
This 2 in 1 ticket gives you access to both the Van Gogh Museum and to a wonderful city canal cruise. Please make sure you show up at the Van Gogh Museum on the date and time for which the ticket is purchased. The City Canal Cruise can be done at any day on the times written on your voucher.
- Ticket for the Van Gogh Museum
- Canal cruise
- Audio-guides for the Canal Cruise
- Entrance to the Holland Casino
- Audio-guides for the Van Gogh Museum
Prepare for the activity
Van Gogh Museum: Museumplein 6, 1071 DJ Amsterdam, Netherlands. Make sure that you arrive at the Van Gogh Museum on the date and time for which you have purchased the ticket. Boats depart from Stadhouderskade 501 (1071 ZD), opposite the Hard Rock Café. Look out for the Canal Boat Company sign. The City Canal Cruise can be done at any day on the times written on your voucher.Open in Google Maps ⟶
• This voucher is your direct access for the Van Gogh Museum. You don't have to exchange this voucher at tour operator's ticket office beforehand
• This is also the cruise ticket. Do not throw it away after its first usage
• You are free to decide which attraction you would like to visit first. You can use the voucher on different days
• The time slot that is selected here is the time for which you book your Van Gogh Museum entry time. Ensure that you arrive at the Van Gogh Museum at this time. The entrance time cannot be amended once booked
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November & February: every hour from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
December & January: every hour from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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01 January: First departure at 13:00
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World's richest? Gates may have cashed it in
Second place would suit Microsoft chairman fine
After 13 years as the world's richest person, Bill Gates appears to have been dethroned. But there will probably be no sobbing inside his Medina estate.
In fact, based on his past remarks, the Microsoft Corp. chairman might welcome the news.
Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim has taken the crown with a net worth of $67.8 billion, according to estimates by a respected financial news site in Mexico, as reported by multiple news services.
The main reason: a 27 percent surge in the stock price of Slim's wireless company, America Movil, in the second quarter.
At a Microsoft conference in Redmond last year, advertising executive and TV host Donny Deutsch asked Gates if he would be upset if someday he were no longer the world's richest man.
"I wish I wasn't," Gates replied. "There's nothing good that comes out of that."
"It's better than being second," Deutsch said.
"No," Gates replied. "You get more visibility as a result of it."
Slim's new standing might not be considered official until the next publication of Forbes' ranking of the world's richest people.
On this spring's Forbes list, Slim was just behind investor Warren Buffett, the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, who had been second on the list for years.
In April, after the publication of the official 2007 list, Forbes reported that Slim had surpassed Buffett to become the world's second-richest man. At the time, Forbes reported that Slim was "breathtakingly close" to passing Gates for the No. 1 spot. Gates' estimated worth was $56 billion at the time.
For the latest estimate of Slim's worth, Reuters quoted financial tracker Eduardo Garcia, from Sentido Comun, an online financial publication in Mexico. Garcia estimates that Gates is currently worth $59.2 billion.
According to an Associated Press report from Mexico City, Garcia's estimate of Gates' wealth was based on a 5.7 percent increase in Microsoft shares in the second quarter, and doesn't include Gates' sizable holdings apart from Microsoft shares.
"But a 26 percent growth rate for a world company like America Movil, that's hard to top for one quarter," Garcia said, according to the AP report.
Gates has put a total of more than $30 billion into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reducing his personal net worth. Slim recently told The New York Times that he plans to boost the endowments of his companies' foundations to $10 billion in the next four years, from the current total of $4 billion.
Slim, meanwhile, seems just about as interested in holding the "world's richest" title as Gates was. The AP quoted Slim's spokesman as saying, "As he has said many times himself, he is not in any competition."


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Mixxx 1.6.0 Beta1 Released!
The Mixxx development team suggests 1.6.0 is most delicious if you get it while it's hot.
This is the first beta release of the 1.6.0 series and incorporates an enormous number of new toys, some of the highlights are:
- Vinyl control
- Skin colour schemes
- New music library
- Better BPM detection
- Better support for MIDI controllers
- ... and more
- Various library issues, especially with regard to colour schemes and scanning/persistency
- Ubuntu users may have trouble connecting to JACK, we are working hard on this
- Vinyl control is not very extensively tested so please report your experiences
We'd also like to mention that we're accepting donations to help support Mixxx's development. If you enjoy the software, use it professionally, or would just like to help us out, we'd appreciate a donation of any size.
Finally, we'd like to say thanks to all the people that make this possible, the Mixxx developer team, all our users, PortAudio and all our other friends and colleagues.
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Kotla Test: How Dane Piedt stole the show after comeback from injury
He suffered a career-threatening shoulder dislocation last year and South African off-spinner Dane Piedt says it took a lot out of him to play cricket again and get back to his best on his return to international arena after 16 months
New Delhi: He suffered a career-threatening shoulder dislocation last year and South African off-spinner Dane Piedt says it took a lot out of him to play cricket again and get back to his best on his return to international arena after 16 months.
Dane Piedt (left) celebrates the wicket of India's Murali Vijay with teammate Dean Elgar yesterday. Pic/AFP
"I must say a big 'thank you' to Shane Jabaar, the ex-Proteas physio and my surgeon Joe de Beer. It was very tough walking into Joe's chamber after that CLT20 injury (in Hyderabad last year), when Cobras had been knocked out. He (De Beer) said it (the surgery) goes one of two ways: 'Either your way, or goes the other way that you don't play again. That hit me quite hard, and I never told anyone that until I came back,'" Piedt, who took four wickets in India's innings, told mediapersons yesterday.
'It was a tough road'
"It was a tough road. Guys came in and played ahead of me, so I knew it was going to be a long road for me to get back to where I was 16 months ago (when he made an impressive Test debut against Zimbabwe). It was really hard on me emotionally, physically, and just to get back today and get four wickets, is really, really a dream come true," a visibly satisfied Piedt said.
Asked about the comeback, Piedt jokingly said: "When I came back for the Cape Cobras, I think I went for 3 for 3000 (laughs). It was quite tough coming back, but getting that opportunity to play in Kerala with the South Africa 'A' side (vs India 'A') really gave me a lot of confidence going forward, and I knew that I was close to my best.
"Now I have showed my ability to take wickets, which is what we are looking for. For me, I am just enjoying every moment representing my country, and doing my best. Playing, whether for my franchise or the national team, I just want to do my best, and the results will help me either way," said the 25-year-old.
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The spectre of the MH17 outrage is casting a long shadow across AIDS 2014, the 20th international AIDS conference, which opened yesterday in Melbourne. Six of its delegates, including one of the world's leading HIV/AIDS scientists, Dutchman Jeop Lange, were among the flight's 298 passengers.
The mood at last night's opening was sombre and the six were well missed. But HIV has stalked many of the 12,000 people attending this week-long conference, so the threat of death has never been far from their minds. As Australia's eminent jurist Michael Kirby (pictured) said in his opening address last night, people affected by HIV/AIDS are no strangers to suffering, irrationality and hatred. They are also no strangers to death.
So the conference refuses to be bowed by an outrageous act. Instead, it is using the tragedy to spotlight an ongoing outrage: the human rights abuse, happening in many parts of the world, which curses the lives of people either infected or affected by HIV and AIDS.
It's true there has been significant success in pushing back HIV's advance over the past three decades. UNAIDS estimates that the global effort to fight HIV has averted 7 million deaths since 2002 and averted 10 million new infections. Globally, the rate of new HIV/AIDS infections continues to decline. New infections among adults in developing countries in 2012 were 30% lower than in 2001.
Advances in treatment have been a large part of the success, with an estimated 14 million people now on anti-retroviral drugs. But of the 35 million people living with HIV, more than half of them do not know they are infected. And the profile and intensity of transmission differs between regions, with Sub-Saharan Africa remaining the global centre of the epidemic with an estimated 70% of all new HIV infections in 2012.
The Asia Pacific's position is mixed. It has one of the world's lowest overall rates of HIV prevalence but because of the sheer number of people living across the region — 60% of the world's population — it is also home to the second highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS, at 4.8 million.
Over the past three decades, fears about HIV/AIDS have shifted from a concern for a potentially devastating impact on the general population to a situation where those fears have not been realised. In many parts of the world, and notably in Asia, the disease now largely affects three particular segments of the population: men who have sex with men; male, female and transgender sex workers; and people who inject drugs.
It is the identity of these populations and how they are regarded by broader society which presents a major challenge in responding to HIV/AIDS. Simply because of who they are, it is difficult for them to access the prevention and treatment services that are fundamental to a successful HIV response. In addition to dealing with the risks and reality of legal penalties, each of these groups often has to deal with the broader issue of popular stigma and discrimination which impacts negatively on their human rights on a daily basis. Prohibitive laws, discrimination and stigma combine to create major barriers for the key affected populations to access health services.
The extent of this discrimination and stigma shows through in these UNAIDS statistics: same sex acts are criminalised in 78 countries and punishable by death in seven countries; sex work is illegal and criminalised in 116 countries; people who inject drugs are almost universally criminalised for their drug use or through the lifestyle adopted to maintain their drug use; 42 countries have laws specifically criminalising HIV non-disclosure, exposure and transmission.
So it's not surprising there is a major push by the conference to spotlight human rights. Its organisers, who represent a 25-year history of successful partnership between science, community, government and advocacy, see Melbourne as a watershed for human rights and have released the AIDS 2014 Melbourne Declaration. Its call to end discrimination and eradicate criminalising laws is based not only on human rights but on hard scientific evidence that accessing prevention and treatment reduces HIV incidence.
The conference wants the memory of its dead delegates to galvanise a renewed push against hatred and irrationality, whether in war-torn Ukraine or a back lane in Melbourne.
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from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting a dynamo or motor which is a bipolar machine, with field of the horse-shoe form, and with the armature above the field-coils: opposed to undertype machines, in which the armature is below.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun computing A feature in
wordprocessingwhereby each typed characterreplaces the character after the cursorrather than being insertedbefore it.
- verb To type on top of something already typed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
While you're at it could you please add some space lines or whatever so that the title of a post doesn't overtype the first comment?
The most common method of switching to overtype mode (and back) on a Windows PC is to press the "insert" key, which we previously covered in "Keyboard Types Over Other Words".
I was doing a few few Windows-related tasks on a Mac with Parallels yesterday, and accidentally put things into overtype mode.
The problem with accidentally putting Windows into overtype mode when running it on a Mac with Parallels is that an Apple keyboard does not feature the "insert" key.
But what about how cretinous it seems when acquaintances overtype like that, just-becausssssssssse?
If Excel replaces existing characters instead, you need to press the Insert key to get out of overtype mode (in which the new characters you input eat up the existing ones on the right) before you start inputting.
With the third, I did the same thing, except that it wasn't in overtype mode, and I then did a "frame shift", by moving all the spaces back one position.
The second is the same sentence with a random letter substitution (after making a copy of the sentence, I put the cursor at the start of the sentence, closed my eyes, held down the right-arrow key for a second, then, still with my eyes closed, pressed a random key on the keyboard in overtype mode).


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The regular meeting dates of the Board of Mason County Road Commissioners are scheduled generally for the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at their offices located at 510 E State Street, Scottville, Michigan, 49454
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We are reliable, professional and always there to provide all of your needs to manage your property.
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We have a large variety of cakes of different flavors & tastes to be sent to the city of Delhi. Let's take a look at some of them: -
Chocolate Cake – Chocolates remain delicious in any form; whether they are eaten solely as a bar or mixed in other dishes. They are a treat whatever form they present themselves to us, & chocolate cakes are no exceptions. Order & send amazing chocolate cakes in Delhi to your loved ones anywhere by using our reliable delivery system. Choose from our vast collection.
Pineapple Cake – Pineapples are one of the favorite fruits of many of us. They are very tasty & contain health benefits which makes them a total package. Imagine that sweet taste of your favorite fruit flavored in the amazing cakes! It would be total bliss. Order pineapple cakes online & send them anywhere in Delhi using our dependable delivery system. You can choose from our amazing collection of varied cakes.
Customized Cakes – Delicious looking cakes attract you towards them, as they have that magnetic quality which sets our culinary senses in motion. If the cake is personalized according to our wishes & choices, then the joy of having a cake gets up several notches. Order customized cakes online & send them to Delhi to your loved and dear ones through our dependable delivery system. You can choose from our amazing collection of cakes.
Affectionate - The people in Delhi are very affectionate & kind. They have a heart of gold &they readily help someone in trouble without thinking twice. Indulge them with delicious cakes such as the Butterscotch cakes..
Happy -The residents of Delhi are a happy lot who find a way to stay cheerful through every situation. They spread joy & elation through their infectious enthusiasm. Give them a reason to celebrate with the gift of amazing Fruit cakes or Truffle cakes.
A class apart – The Delhi people can't be compared with others. They are an exotic lot, always standing out in the crowd & doing things their own way. Give them a delightful gift in the form of amazing Chocolate or Customized cakes.


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The collection Venus in Sequin from English fashion brand The Rodnik Band is inspired by the world of arts.
The creative clothes make reference mainly to the universe of pop art and to Marcel Duchamp's work. For the bold girls, there is also a dress that imitates the famous urinal signed by the French artist.
The concept behind Rodnik Band's creations mixes music, art and fashion in a very unique way. For that reason, the name chosen to baptize the brand gives the impression that it is, in fact, a band.
Check out some of the pieces of this inusitated collection.
Mondrian e Vah Gogh
Roy Liechtenstein e Marcel Duchamp
Andy Warhol, à direita
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Recent findings in health research indicate that individuals can reap many benefits simply from increasing their physical activity throughout the day -- especially at work. But getting healthier at the office isn't just a win for individuals. Entire teams, organizations and facilities can benefit from a healthier, more active workplace as well.
According to the Center for Disease Control, treatment of chronic conditions -- those most commonly linked to prolonged inactivity -- account for more than 75 percent of the $2.5 trillion spent on annual medical care in the US. Further, productivity losses due to personal and family health problems cost US employers $1,685 per employee per year, or $225.8 billion annually. Studies also show that employees with just a few health risk factors cost less to insure than employees with multiple health risk factors.
Clearly organizations have a strong stake in employee health and wellbeing. And while formal wellness programs have been a popular means to promote better health among employees, organizations can also encourage healthier, more active employees through the thoughtful design of their interior spaces.
The following recommendations have been adapted from the Active Design Guidelines' recommendations for interior design, with a few additions.
1. Promote Stair Use
Promote the everyday use of stairs -- rather than escalators and elevators -- by ensuring stairs are visible, accessible, and pleasant environments. Provide adequate lighting and attractive decor in stairwells. Increase awareness and promote stair use with positive or encouraging signage while also maintaining accessible elevators and escalators for those who need them.
2. Centralize Office Services
Relocating key services to a centralized area can promote walking breaks and better contact between employees. Moving functions such as copying and printing from individual workstations to a group location also has the potential to reduce overall paper consumption and IT costs from ink and maintenance. Replacing individual waste and recycling baskets with centralized receptacles can help improve office hygiene and may even streamline the janitorial workload.
3. Create Appealing and Supportive Walking Routes
Encourage walkability in and outside of the building with attractive lighting, signage and design elements. Providing amenities such as restrooms, drinking fountains and incremental distance markers may increase the likelihood of walking meetings or a break-time stroll.
4. Provide Facilities to Support Exercise and Active Commuting
Promote daily exercise habits and active commuting by providing locker rooms, showers, bicycle storage, drinking fountains and a designated space for exercising at work. Provide equipment such as spin bikes, yoga mats, free weights, or whatever is best-suited to your workforce or team. Communication boards to coordinate group activities, celebrate milestones,and encourage usage in conjunction with a robust programming strategy can help to ensure good utilization rates.
5. Facilitate Standing Meetings
With little more than a standing height meeting table, you can create more opportunities for physical activity while promoting more efficient meetings. Multiple sources report that switching
to standing meetings reduced overall meeting times by as much as 30%, with additional benefits for focus and alertness.
6. Program Your Building For Movement
Creating multiple work points or "destinations" throughout the office accommodates individual work styles and personalities while also encouraging movement. Additionally, this approach helps balance individual needs for focus and collaboration, which has been a challenge of open office planning.
- Focus Rooms. Providing quiet spaces for heads-down work away from high traffic areas supports the need for privacy and sustained focus in a way that the open office has historically lacked.
- Impromptu Meeting Areas. Strategically placed standing height tables can support those quick and sometimes unplanned collaborative meetings. Enclosed and equip
ped with white boards or simply located in a corridor, these spaces offer a place away from the workstation for non-disruptiveproblem-solving.
- Lounge Areas. Comfortable areas planned with soft seating and occasional tables provide areas to comfortably take a phone call or dive into email or a long article over a cup of coffee.
- Tech-Enabled Meeting Rooms. With a growing number of the US workforce telecommuting at least some of the time, small to medium sized conference rooms enabled with teleconferencing equipment facilitate collaboration with those near and far.
7. Provide Adjustable Workstations
Providing height adjustable desks gives employees control over their work posture and, by proxy -- given what we know about chronic disease risk and inactivity -- better control over their health. Multiple small scale studies demonstrate that height adjustable desks successfully reduce sitting time during the workday, most by an hour or more each day. Other reported benefits include improved alertness and focus, lessened back pain and better posture.
8. Provide Alternate Seating Types
Providing a range of stools, perches and lounge-style seating throughout office work settings can help promote variety in posture throughout the day. Many unconventional styles of seating are in use in offices today, ranging from exercise balls, poufs, standing aids, balance boards, and other variants. Encourage teams to take an experimental approach to seating options and select what best suits their environment.
These design suggestions can enhance the conversation around any corporate wellness and brand initiatives; applying just one or more of these approaches has the potential to change your workplace for the better.
With the majority of Americans spending well over 40 hours per week in their workplace, the office is a valid starting point for making changes for better health. Organizations stand to benefit from fewer insurance claims from healthier workers, not to mention improved employee productivity and morale. Offices are also an important reflection of brand and company culture, and can be a valuable recruitment tool.
Today's workplaces are highly dynamic, unique environments that require thoughtful and well-designed solutions. Organizations should remember that their office is an opportunity to express their values as well as make a tangible positive impact on employee health and well-being.
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Employment by Major Industry Sector. Bureau of Labor & Statistics, 2013
American Time Use Survey. Bureau of Labor & Statistics, 2013
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Active Design Guidelines. The Center for Active Design, 2010
Kick the Chair: How Standing Cut Our Meeting Times by 25%. Forbes, 2014
Got a Meeting? Take a Walk. Nilofer Merchant at TED 2013.
Standing Meetings May Improve Group Productivity. Reuters, 2014
The Open Office Trap. The New Yorker, 2014
Reducing Occupational Sitting Time and Improving Worker Health: The Take-a-Stand Project. Center for Disease Control, 2011
The Many Benefits of Standing at Your Desk. Harvard Business Review, 2010
Know Your Brand: How Companies Use Innovative Workplace as Brand-Building Tools. Metropolis Mag, Oct 2015


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The microscale deformation behaviour of the Al-4.5Cu-2Mg alloy has been studied to understand the influence of various processing routes and conditions, i.e. the gravity casting with and without grain refiner, the rheocast process and the strain induced melt activation (SIMA) process. The micromechanics based simulations have been carried out on the optical microstructures of the alloy by 2D representative volume elements (RVEs) employing two different boundary conditions. Microstructural morphology, such as the grain size, the shape and the volume fraction of α-Al and binary eutectic phases have a significant effect on the stress and strain distribution and the plastic strain localization of the alloy. It is found that the stress and strain distribution became more uniform with increasing the globularity of the α-Al grain and the α-Al phase volume fraction. The simulated RVEs also reveals that the eutectic phase carries more load, but least ductility with respect to the α-Al phase. The SIMA processed alloy contains more uniform stress distribution with less stress localization which ensures better mechanical property than the gravity cast, grain refined and rheocast alloy.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Effect of Microstructural Morphology on Microscale Deformation Behavior of Al-4.5Cu-2Mg Alloy}, volume={vol. 63}, number={No 4}, pages={1575-1586}, journal={Archives of Metallurgy and Materials}, publisher={Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Commitee on Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences}, doi={10.24425/amm.2018.125080}, keywords={Al-4.5Cu-2Mg Alloys, Optical Microstructure, Representative Volume Element (RVE), Finite Element Method, Microscale deformation}, }


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Garmin is looking to make your cycling commutes and training rides a whole lot safer. Yesterday, the company that is best known for creating GPS devices, announced a new product called the Varia Rearview Bike Radar, which uses high-tech sensors to provide a warning when traffic is approaching from the rear. This help to keep cyclists more aware of their surroundings without having to ever take their eyes off the road.
The Varia is a rebranded – and more mature– version of a device known as the Backtracker that was developed last year by a startup called iKubu. Garmin bought iKubu in January of this year, and has lost little time in bringing their technology to market. Both the Varia and Backtracker share some similar features, although Garmin has managed to smooth out the rough edges to some degree.
This new device uses a sophisticated radar system to detect approaching vehicles from as far away as 153 yards. It can then alert riders through its own specially adapted wireless head unit or any compatible Garmin Edge cycling computer. In the case of the head unit, the Varia uses a series of special lights to pass on information about the traffic including the number of approaching vehicles, their relative speed, and an estimated threat level.
In addition to the Varia Rearview radar system, Garmin has also released a new series of Varia lights as well. These lights work in conjunction with the radar to alert the approaching cars as well, automatically illuminating and blinking as the traffic draws near. This should increase visibility greatly, helping to make cyclists safer in general.
The new Varia products are expected to begin shipping this fall with the radar system starting at $199.99 for the basic model, and $299.99 for the system that includes the specially adapted head unit. If you're interested in the Varia smartlights, they will set you back $199.99 as well.
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How to Get Big Travel on American Airlines With Ink Plus 70,000 Point Sign-Up Bonus
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Through August 20, 2016, you can earn 70,000 bonus points when you sign-up in-branch for the Chase Ink Plus and meet the minimum spending requirement.
Or you can earn 60,000 bonus points when you sign-up with our link.
Either way, you'll have a lot of points to earn Big Travel on American Airlines!
You can NOT transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points directly to American Airlines. But, I'll show you how you can book American Airlines award flights by transferring points to British Airways!
The Chase Ink Plus Card
Link: My Review of the Chase Ink Plus 70,000 Point Offer
Link: How to Fill Out a Chase Business Card Application
With the current in-branch offer for the Ink Plus card you can:
Earn 70,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
And also:
Earn 5 points per $1 on the first $50,000 spent in combined purchases at office supply stores and on cellular phone, landline, internet and cable TV services each account anniversary year. Earn 2 points per $1 on the first $50,000 spent in combined purchases at gas stations and hotel accommodations when purchased directly with the hotel each account anniversary year. Earn 1 point per $1 on all other purchases – with no limit to the amount you can earn.
For folks who don't live near a Chase branch or prefer online applications, the 60,000 point online offer is still a great deal.
And don't forget, you don't need a million dollar business to get the card. There are many ways to qualify for a small business card. As long as you're looking to make a profit with your growing small business, it's worth applying.
The Ink Plus can also be a good card if you're new to the hobby and thinking about applying for other cards. Because with Chase's tougher approval rules, if you've opened more than ~5 credit cards (not counting these business cards) within the past 24 months from ANY bank, it's likely you will NOT be approved for most Chase cards.
And if you don't have a small business, I'd suggest getting the Chase Sapphire Preferred instead. It's the #1 card I recommend for folks new to miles & points.
Using Chase Ultimate Rewards Points for Big Travel on American Airlines
Link: British Airways Award Flight Calculator
American Airlines and British Airways are part of the oneworld alliance. That means they have access to each other's award flights, so you can book American Airlines flights using British Airways Avios points.
To search and book American Airlines award seats with British Airways Avios points, you must sign-up with British Airways Executive Club (free to join!).
British Airways has a distance-based award chart. So the amount you'll pay depends on the length of your flight. You'll pay:
- 7,500 British Airways Avios points for flights under 1,151 miles
- 10,000 British Airways Avios points for flights between 1,152 and 2,000 miles
- 12,500 British Airways Avios points for flights between 2,001 and 3,000 miles
Tools like British Airways award flight calculator or Wandering Aramean's Avios calculator can help you check the cost of each flight.
Remember you can use British Airways Avios points on American Airlines as long as there are saver award seats available. And the best way to look for award seats is to first search on the American Airlines website.
Then once you find your flights, book your award ticket on the British Airways website. You can also call British Airways to book, but there's a $25 phone service fee.
Here are 3 ways to get Big Travel on American Airlines with the Ink Plus sign-up bonus!
Last-Minute Trip to Miami
British Airways Avios points are very useful when you want to book last-minute American Airlines flights. Because when flight prices can increase last minute, the award flight price stays the same.
And, you'll save money using British Airways Avios points because they do NOT add close-in booking fees. If you use American Airlines miles for the same flight they'll add $75 to award tickets booked less than 21 days prior to departure.
For example, I found a non-stop, round-trip flight leaving Dallas on July 20, 2016, and returning from Miami on July 27, 2016, for only 15,000 British Airways Avios points and ~$11.
The same flight costs $357 if you paid cash. Or it costs 25,000 American Airlines miles if you booked directly through American Airlines.
Using the 70,000 points from the Ink Plus sign-up bonus for last-minute flights like this one could add up to big savings!
Winter Trip to Bermuda
Looking for an island vacation for winter? You and a few friends or family members could fly from New York (JFK) to Bermuda using the sign-up bonus from the Ink Plus Card.
I found a round-trip, non-stop flight on American Airlines in January 2017 for 15,000 British Airways Avios points and ~$100 per person. So the 70,000 point Ink Plus bonus is enough for 5 flights to Bermuda!
The same 5 tickets would cost ~$1,930. Meaning using British Airways Avios points would save you ~$1,430 ($1,930 cost of 5 tickets – $500 taxes and fees for 5 award tickets = $1,430).
You would need 2X the amount of American Airlines miles to book the same award flight. It costs 30,000 American Airlines miles for a ticket on the same route.
West Coast to Hawaii
There are limited available award seats using British Airways Avios points to book American Airlines flights to Hawaii. But, using British Airways Avios points is the cheapest way to get to Hawaii from the West Coast.
For example, I found a non-stop, round-trip flight leaving Los Angeles on August 9, 2016, and returning from Maui on August 15, 2016, for 25,000 British Airways Avios points and ~$11. There are 4 award seats available!
This means you can use the 75,000 points you'll earn from the Ink Plus sign-up bonus and minimum spending requirement for 3 round-trip tickets to Hawaii. That's an amazing deal with just 1 credit card sign-up bonus!
The same flight costs $578 per person if you paid cash or 45,000 American Airlines miles if you book directly on American Airlines. So, you'll save ~$1,734 by using British Airways Avios points to book 3 round-trip American Airlines award flights to Hawaii!
And, if American Airlines award seats aren't available, you can use British Airways Avios points to book Alaska Airlines flights to Hawaii.
Bottom Line
You'll earn 70,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points when you sign-up for the Ink Plus card in-branch and meet the minimum spending requirements.
That's enough for up to ~$1,734 in savings if you transfer points to British Airways to book 3 round-trip American Airlines award flights to Hawaii or ~$1,430 in savings with 5 round-trip flights to Bermuda!
You can especially save money using British Airways Avios points to fly American Airlines during busy travel times or for last minute trips.
Check out British Airways Award Flight Calculator to see how many Chase Ultimate Rewards points you'll need for your next American Airlines award flight!
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Wayne Gretzky rookie card smashing record at ongoing auction
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Nearly two decades after his retirement, the Great One is still obliterating records.
The best-known example of Wayne Gretzky's 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee rookie card is up for auction and the early action has been historic. Bidding for the card, which is being offered by Goldin Auctions, already has reached $200,000, more than double the previous record for a modern hockey card.
• Wayne Gretzky: NHL should retire Gordie Howe's No. 9 jersey
Estimates suggest the bidding could reach $400,000 by the time the card is finally sold. That's a staggering leap from the then-record $94,163 that the card last traded for back in May, 2011.
"The card is the flag bearer for the hockey market," said Ken Goldin, president of Goldin Auctions. "It is the most valuable and most sought after hockey card, by far."
Gretzky rookies aren't particularly hard to come by, especially if you don't mind a copy that looks like it was carried in a kid's back pocket for a month. But high quality copies are few and far between and demand is rising. Goldin says that lesser copies of the card, which sold for around $5,000 just five years ago, are now averaging nearly $30,000 each.
But this card is one-of-a-kind. According to PSA, a company that independently assesses the condition of cards, it has graded 3,727 copies of the O-Pee-Chee Gretzky rookie card. This is the only one to earn the highest score, a PSA 10. By way of comparison, three copies of Mickey Mantle's most desirable card, his 1952 Topps, have earned a similar PSA 10.
• VAULT: At 20, Gretzky the best and getting better (10/12/81)
What makes this Gretzky stand out are the nearly straight edges. Virtually all copies of this card are rough cut, reportedly because the company used wires to separate individual cards from printing sheets.
Online bidding continues through 1 p.m. on Aug. 4, with live bidding concluding later that evening at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City.


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Essential Games to Improve Your Fitness
The thought of games brings about the idea of an exhausting workout that will leave the participant worn out and very tired. You should know that not all the games will leave you dead tired, but they are very effective when it comes to physical fitness. The article will list for you some of those games that are less exhaustive but efficient. The first thought is definitely about h gym but it is not all that there is to exercises. You should choose something that is not only healthy but also enjoyable to participate. You choose some of these games listed here that will be both healthy and appealing.
The first game is swimming. Swimming is globally acceptable and you can do it even when you have not been in the training field for a while. You can enjoy swimming very much. Swimming results in developed muscles, weight loss, increased lung capacity and a flexible body. Swimming is a low impact pressure game. You can swim even when you are expectant without any problems.
The other compelling game which is less stressful is tennis. A game of tennis for one hour is said to burn up to 600 calories. It sounds ridiculous but running across the field for an hour with the racket that you are rapidly swinging is no mean game. The best thing about tennis is that it takes swift but short bursts that helps raise the metabolism. If you have not played the game for a while, you should start by building it slowly other than rushing to begin on a high note.
You may not imagine that golf can make an excellent bodybuilding game as it is mostly thought of as sedate game. You may not remember that you will need to put a lot of walking into your daily routine. It is also an involving game especially on the higher part of your body when you are hitting the ball. It is a good way of helping your body to be both strong and healthy. Cycling is another game that produces good results. cycling can take so many forms, and all of them are effective. If you love adventure, you can choose to go for cross-country cycling.
You may not have thought of volleyball in your list of games. The game is famous in mood-boosting as well as building agility and increased metabolic rate. Children will be better to start with gymnastics as they already have flexible bodies. It is a good game when it comes to increased concentration and focus. It also helps them to learn how to solve problems fast. These are some of the games that will help you improve your health while you enjoy the game.


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This is, as they say in the Euro-zone, a good start. Money was offered and 523 banks requested a total of 489Bn Euros ($641Bn) in funding from the ECB at the delicious rate of 1% for three years.
We already discussed the merits of this program in Member chat this morning and Pharmboy and I will be debating the issue on National television very soon if this keeps up as it's a shame to waste such a good debate.
Despite my bullish take on $641Bn being handed out to people who can lever it 10:1, this morning we shorted the run in the Dow Futures (/YM) to 12,100 and got a little dip to 12,070 but the big winner was, as usual, oil – which got all full of itself and ran up to $98.50, where we caught multiple rides down with the last hitting $97.50 so, as is often the case, the Egg McMuffins are paid for.
After the announcement of the "Longer-Term Refinancing Operation" (LTRO) – it did finally occur to some people that dropping that kind of money bomb on the EU might, somehow, devalue the Euros that are currently in circulation. Some theory about "supply and demand" which you may have hear of… Well, it seems the people who took Econ 101 were of the opinion that $1.32 was a bit much for the Euro under the circumstances (5am) and by 6am it was back down to $1.305 – a pretty crazy drop for a currency in an hour in any of the other 100 years of currency trading but, in 2011, we call just another it Wednesday morning.
Unlike those voodoo moving averages, our Big Chart lines are fixed according to our 5% rule and these are the same lines we used to predict the market since early 2009 and the only reason we move the lines is to adjust for major changes in Dollar valuation, which the market is priced in.
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Spring Concert
Our annual Spring Concert took place on Thursday 9th March 2017.
On Thursday 9th March 2017, the Music Department held their annual Spring Concert. It was confidently hosted by Year 11 students Leah Russell and Amie Sullivan. The programme was made up of all the ensembles that rehearse throughout the term and included the wind and concert band, jazz band, 2 choirs, Unity, String Group, soloists and the newly formed Ramsey Rockers.
There really was something for every musical taste from classical music, to musical theatre, jazz and popular music in this concert. The students performances were outstanding and special mention should go to our A level student Sophie Philbrook who arranged a piece for the concert band and to the year 13 leavers who organized their own part in the programme.
There was a real atmosphere of fun, joy and vibrancy during the evening and the standard of performance was incredibly high.
Our thanks go to all the performers, student leaders, Friends of Bishop Ramsey, Mrs Neale and Ms Rottmann for such a fantastic evening.


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Central Bank Transparency: Where, Why, and with What Effects?
NBER Working Paper No. 13003
Greater transparency in central bank operations is the most dramatic change in the conduct of monetary policy in recent years. In this paper we present new information on its extent and effects. We show that the trend is general: a large number of central banks have moved in the direction of greater transparency since the late 1990s. We then analyze the determinants and effects of central bank transparency in an integrated empirical framework. Transparency is greater in countries with more stable and developed political systems and deeper and more developed financial markets. Our preliminary analysis suggests broadly favorable if relatively weak impacts on inflation and output variability.
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Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas last night presented board members with a rough outline of his budget plan for the 2013 to 2014 school year. And it's going to be another financially tough year for the district.
For starters, the board approved a $705 million budget for the current year, but the district has operated on a $726 million budget due to an influx of grant funding. To get somewhere close to the $705 million operating budget for next year, Vargas has to close about a $50 million gap.
At last night's board meeting, Vargas told board members it was possible, and that he has no plans to cut music, arts, or sports programs. And there was no mention of cutting teachers.
But this is only the beginning of the budgeting process and Vargas's numbers are based on some strong assumptions.
For example, Vargas is planning on about a 7 percent increase in combined forms of state aid. That could be ambitious considering Albany is confronting billions in recent storm damages to the New York City region. State lawmakers are pushing Washington for disaster relief funding, but there are reports that some officials in Washington are flinching at the costs.
Vargas is also counting on more than $6 million in efficiency savings and $15 million in attrition and retirement to help close the gap. He plans to ask the Rochester Teachers Union for $5 million in concessions.
But Vargas's savings from efficiencies and attrition are strained by increases in just about all of the district's expenses. The biggest increase is a 37 percent jump in teacher retirement costs. Non-teaching retirement and health insurance costs have also shot up.
Vargas noted that more than $36 million of the district's budget goes directly to charter schools.
"This will continue to go up," he said.
Vargas framed his budget around the district's undeniable academic problems: 55 out of the district's 60 schools are either not meeting state performance standards or are at risk of lowered performance.
And the district's attendance problems continue.
"I cannot make a promise that we're going to improve, when you've already got 4,000 students missing 10 or more days of school," Vargas said.
And the district will expand the school day in eight more schools next year, while continuing to implement the new teacher evaluation plan.
Vargas's presentation did not go into great detail about next year's budget, and he concluded by repeating that the budget may need adjustments.
The full budget will be presented to the community at a series of public forums after the first of the year, and a final version will be presented to the board for approval in March.
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May the Fourth Be With You!
Celebrate Star Wars Day in style at the Schlafly Branch Library. On Thursday, May 4, come enjoy a host of events for adults and children. This afternoon will feature a costume contest, trivia, a presentation by Zachary Feinstein, and a showing of the new Star Wars film, Rogue One. Organizations St. Louis Space Frontier, Anime St. Louis, and the 501st Legion will be in attendance to talk about their groups. Star Wars Artist Craig Skaggs will host a reception for his art in the Schlafly Gallery, and creative crafts will be available all afternoon.
4 - 6 PM - Meet the Artist, Informational Tables, Crafts
4 PM - Costume Contest - Winner receives a free pass to the Anime STL Convention.
4:30 PM - Star Wars Trivia Contest - Winner receives a free pass to the Anime STL Convention.
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Currently, Los Angeles has over 200 food trucks moving around the city's streets and serving amazing food to locals and tourists. You can find whatever variety of food your heart desires, whether it is something strong and comforting, sweet, or healthy and nutritious.
It is difficult to distinguish only several of the best food trucks in the entire city when they are all so good, but according to the statistics on the most visited ones and those who make the most profit, the following food trucks seem to be doing something good (and serving some awesome food).
1. 17 and Co.
If the most delicious junk food you can imagine is what you want, this is the place to find it. You can buy bacon-wrapped hot dogs, pancetta mac 'n cheese balls and, well you get the picture, every possible combo that shouldn't work, but somehow it really does. This is the place where you will never be disappointed and you will be able to indulge all your junk food cravings. Nobody said the food here is healthy, but nobody will argue about it being delicious. It is especially meant for foodies and those who have big appetites. It is gourmet and even if you are trying to eat healthy, you won't be able to resist the 17 and Co. food truck from time to time.
Since these food vendors serve dishes inspired by Middle Eastern cuisine, the name of the food truck is imaginative and interesting. This kind of word play in the names of stores and restaurants, and other vending objects is what attracts customers to come and buy that first serving, and the quality of the food is what keeps them coming back.
Well, this food truck has a catchy name and maintains excellent quality. The vendors are actually the champions of the fifth season of Food Network's The Great Food Truck Race. They serve a variety of meals, but not classical American junk food.
If you stop by, you should try the feast beast skewers or the great vegan falafel balls. But, whatever you try, you will love it!
If you're in the mood for something sweet, the best food truck for your daily dose of cupcakes is the Dreamy Creations. The truck is very colorful and it literally looks dreamy. There isn't a kid in this world who wouldn't be drawn to it. Looks aside, Dreamy Creations is the two times winner of Food Network's Cupcake Wars and these are probably the best cupcakes you can have in the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area, and probably even beyond.
This is the newest food truck in Los Angeles (if some hasn't emerged in the last couple of days without anyone knowing) and it does not only give you food, but a complete carnival-like experience. And just like with any carnival there is junk food, but also some healthy options you can choose from, and they claim that every dressing and sauce is homemade. There are also desserts, and the best one on the menu is probably the FryTart (deep fried pop tart).
All the food is delicious and the looks of the truck tickle your imagination and enhance the experience. It is certainly something out of the ordinary which can pull you out from the boring routine of everyday life.
Hey, you have to eat, might as well make a carnival out of every meal!
Now, here is something a little more high-class. Bet you wouldn't link food trucks with class, but it seems even this is possible in the City of Angels. The main dish on the menu is, obviously, lobster which is served fresh and is harvested from Maine's cold waters. This food truck is considered to be one of the best ones in the city (and even in the entire U.S.) and in 2012 and 2013 it was proclaimed the best by Los Angeles Hotlist.
You should definitely check it out and try these amazing lobsters.


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