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A baby who breastfeeds effectively cues (shows readiness) for feedings, is in a good feeding position, latches-on (attaches) deeply at the breast, and moves milk forward from the breast and into his or her mouth. Effective breastfeeding is also comfortable for the mother.
To feed effectively, a baby has to wake up and let his or her mother know that he or she wants to eat. A baby should show he or she is hungry eight to 12 times in a 24-hour period. Watch your baby and begin breastfeeding when you see him or her demonstrating any of these feeding cues:
Making sucking movements
Bobbing the head against the mattress or your neck/shoulder
Bringing hands to face or mouth
Crying is a late feeding cue, and many babies have difficulty latching once they become frustrated and begin to cry. Try to feed your baby before he or she cries. If your baby does cry and cannot latch on, let him or her suck on your finger and calm down before offering to nurse again.
It will be easier for your baby to accomplish latch-on if he or she is snugly in a good position for feeding. The most common feeding positions include the following:
Cradle. The baby is held in the crook or elbow area of the arm on same side as breast to be used for feeding; mother supports breast with opposite hand; baby's body is rolled in toward mother's body so they are belly-to-belly.
Cross-cradle. The baby's head is supported by the hand opposite the breast to be used for feeding; mother supports breast with hand; baby is rolled in toward mother's body belly-to-belly.
Football or clutch. Baby's head is supported by the hand on the same side as breast to be used for feeding; baby's body is supported on a pillow and tucked under the arm on the same side as breast to be used for feeding.
Side-lying using modified cradle. In this position, the baby lies next to the mother with mother's and baby's bodies facing each other. If a pillow under your arm is uncomfortable, try placing your baby in the crook of your arm. This way, you will not be likely to roll over on the baby should you doze off. This position also keeps the baby's head at a good angle to bring baby and breast together, with the baby's head higher than his or her tummy, which can be helpful for babies who are more likely to spit up.
Laid-back breastfeeding. In this position, you are leaning back in a recliner or reclining in bed. Your baby is lying on his or her stomach and is pressed against you. You can support the side of your baby's head if your baby cannot hold it him- or herself. In this position, both you and your baby can relax. You can allow your baby to explore your breast and latch on at his or her leisure. This is a great position if you have had a cesarean delivery.
For all positions, bring your baby to the breast--not the breast to the baby--by sitting in a roomy and comfortable chair or sofa and using a bed pillow, sofa cushion, or special breastfeeding pillow on your lap to raise the baby. Your baby must be held in good alignment if he or she is to suck, swallow, and breathe during feedings. When in good alignment, you should be able to draw a straight line down your baby's body from earlobe to hip no matter which feeding position you use. You should not be able to see the baby's arm closest to your body when using a cradle or cross-cradle hold. For you, being in a comfortable position means that your feet are supported, your back is supported, you are sitting up straight and not leaning over your baby, and your shoulders are relaxed.
To help your baby achieve a deep latch, support your breast from underneath with your hand. A C-hold, with your thumb on top and your fingers underneath your breast--at least 1 1/2 to 2 inches behind the nipple--gives good support for the cradle or cross-cradle positions. A U-hold, in which you slide your hand so your thumb is on one side of the breast and your fingers on the other, is a variation of the C-hold often used when a baby is placed in the football (clutch) position for feeding. You may not have to continue to use a C or U hold if your breasts are smaller, but mothers with larger breasts often maintain the hold throughout the feeding.
Once you are both comfortable and your breast is supported, you are ready to help your baby latch. To help your baby latch-on correctly, tickle baby's lip with your nipple and wait for him or her to open wide. Then bring the baby and your breast together in one swift motion. The baby should have a big mouthful of your breast, and his or her chin and nose should be touching your breast. Your baby's lips should be flanged outward like a trumpet or fish lips. The lips should not be pursed or rolled in. If you were to roll down your baby's lower lip, you should see baby's tongue gliding in front of the lower gum. The tongue should also "cup" your nipple and areola.
Do not press down near the areola with your thumb thinking this will help your baby breathe. This will pull your nipple from the back of your baby's mouth, where it needs to be. Babies' noses are designed to "smush" against their mother's breast as they feed. That is why their noses are flat--so they can latch-on deeply to the breast yet still be able to breathe. If you are concerned about your baby's ability to breathe, pull your baby's lower body in closer to you or lift your breast rather than pressing down on your breast.
It is called breastfeeding, not nipple-feeding, for a reason. If your baby's latch is shallow--not deep onto the areola, he or she may appear to be "hanging" on the nipple tip. When this occurs, the baby will not be able to remove milk from your breast very well. This would decrease the amount of milk your baby drinks, so feedings may take over 45 minutes and your baby may not gain weight as he or she should. Also, your nipples are more likely to become very sore or cracked.


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STOCKTON - A man was arrested and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail after leading authorities on a pursuit Wednesday night that started in central Stockton and ended more than 40 miles away in San Andreas, police said.
STOCKTON - A man was arrested and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail after leading authorities on a pursuit Wednesday night that started in central Stockton and ended more than 40 miles away in San Andreas, police said.
Gary Surles, 53, was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft, receiving stolen property, driving without a license, hit-and-run resulting in property damage and evading a peace officer with wanton disregard, authorities said.
Officers attempted to stop Surles on the Crosstown Freeway after receiving a report of a possible drunken driver who might have been involved in a collision at 7:28 p.m. in the 300 block of South Center Street, police said. Surles went south on Highway 99, exited at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and traversed a number of city streets and county roads before heading east on Highway 26, where the California Highway Patrol took over the pursuit, police said.
CHP officers in Calaveras County successfully deployed a spike strip to stop Surles, authorities said. Surles eventually lost a tire but kept going until he was taken into custody about 9 p.m. in the 900 block of Mountain Ranch Road in San Andreas, authorities said. Police determined that Surles was driving a van that had been reported stolen in Salem, Ore., officials said.
STOCKTON - A 23-year-old man told police he went to a motel on the north side Thursday to meet a woman he met on a dating website. Instead, he was met by a man who robbed him, officers said.
The victim went to meet the woman about 5:30 a.m. at the Budget Inn and Suites in the 3400 block of West Hammer Lane, police said. When he arrived, a man entered the room and demanded his money, authorities said.
The robber kept his hand in his pocket, leading the victim to believe he might be concealing a gun, police said. He took the victim's keys and searched his vehicle, stealing a cellphone, a wallet, CDs and tools, police said.
The robber was described as a Latino man 28 to 30 years old standing 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds with a shaved head, a black hat and a blue jacket, police said. He was accompanied by a Latina woman who was 27 to 30 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and 130 pounds with a blue shirt and blue jeans, officers said.

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Another post full of fabulous inspiration for you! This time it is brought to you by the lovely Torsa Saha. Please take a moment and check out her wonderful work below...
By profession I am a software engineer but Art is something I always breathe for . I live in USA with my 7 years old daughter and Husband.
Today I have created a project on Journey !! I believe that "Life is a journey , not a destination " !! My project is inspired by this quote only !! In the starting of 2017 I want to enjoy each and every moment of my life !!
I have used music notes pages to cover the background then made some texture sand !! I have used my favorite Lindy's spray mist and Lindy's embossing powder !!
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College baseball team and head coach Tom Carty have announced a schedule change for today's baseball contest with North Greenville University. The game, originally schedule for 3 p.m. today has been moved to a 5 p.m. first pitch.
The Bobcats needed the extra two hours to continue working on drying off the effects of yesterday's storm.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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School pizza deal a win for Manchester officialBy PAT GROSSMITH and PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 19. 2013 1:09AM
MANCHESTER — He may be an alderman, but that isn't stopping Thomas Katsiantonis from getting a slice of the city's school lunch budget.
Ward 8 Alderman Katsiantonis placed the winning bid this year to supply students at city schools with pizza.
Katsiantonis, owner of Grand Slam Pizza, 331 S. Mammoth Road, placed a bid of $5.05 per pizza — 25 cents lower than the only other bid received, $5.30 per pizza from Papa Gino's. Last fiscal year, Papa Gino's was awarded the contract at $5.10 per pizza.
Katsiantonis said he had the pizza contract several years ago, but didn't put a bid in last year because he was in Greece.
The Board of School Committee voted unanimously to award him the contract on Sept. 9. School officials confirmed he was the lowest bid.
Katsiantonis said bids were submitted under seal. He said the school district inspected his restaurant to ensure he would be able to supply the estimated 175 pizzas a day with a crust made from 51 percent wheat flour and 49 percent white flour.
He said his two pizza ovens make about 20 pizzas in seven minutes.
Katsiantonis said years ago, before he was an alderman but while he was in the state legislature, he questioned why the school district didn't put its pizza contract out to bid; soon the policy was changed. He estimated the district saves about $70,000 a year because of the change.
"Think about it, all the money I saved the school district. It's over $500,000," he said.
Ward 5 school board member and Subcommittee on Finance Chairman Ted Rokas said the fact that Grand Slam Pizza is owned by a city alderman came up briefly, but wasn't dwelled upon by school board members.
"The fact is it was the lowest bid, by a substantial amount," said Rokas. "The bids were sealed. I think it was more concerning to us that there were only two bids received. I would have thought the contract would generate more interest in the city."
Katsiantonis said the contract begins Oct. 1, and runs through August 31, 2014.
Papa Gino's had the contract the last three fiscal years, according to school officials.


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An Iowa man who took his pet zebra and parrot to a bar was busted for drunken driving.
Jerald Reiter, of Cascade, was arrested Sunday in the parking lot of the Dog House bar in Dubuque, where people had been taking photos of the animals, KCRG-TV reported.
Reiter said his small zebra and macaw parrot were pets and liked riding in the truck. He claimed he sometimes takes the animals into the bar, but the owner said they're not allowed inside.
Officers gave Reiter a field sobriety test and charged him with drunken driving. Reiter disputed the arrest, saying he was about to let a passenger, a person, begin driving.
He said he thought someone who came to see the animals called police.


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To celebrate Willows Animal Sanctuary and Assisted Therapy Unit's 15th Anniversary PaulRodgers.com will hold 15 draws for prizes. All prizes donated by Patrons Paul and Cynthia Rodgers, including:
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WASHINGTON—The government is launching a new mobile app to provide access to the president's public documents and activities.
The U.S. Government Printing Office and the National Archives' Office of the Federal Register developed the Presidential Documents app. It's launching free of charge Wednesday.
It includes executive orders, statements and news releases from the White House, as well as the president's speeches, communications to Congress and federal agencies, approved acts and nomination for political posts. It also includes a mapping function to deliver content relating to a user's location.
The app won't show the president's daily schedule ahead of time but will include a historical account of his activities announced by the White House.
U.S. Archivist David Ferriero says it's an innovative way to provide access to government information.


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Laos pushes ahead with Mekong dam and risks destroying the region's lifeblood
Despite fierce opposition from neighbouring countries, and some concerns raised this week by delegates attending the Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM 9) in the Lao capital, Vientiane, Laos' Deputy Minister of Energy and Mining, Mr Viraphonh Viravong, announced that Laos will hold a ground-breaking ceremony at the dam site on Wednesday, 7 November. Mr. Viravong also told a group of journalists, "It [Xayaburi dam] has been assessed, it has been discussed the last two years. We have addressed most of the concerns."
Criticism of the Xayaburi project has been mounting over the past year, with concerns centred on the serious gaps in data and failures to fully account for the impacts of the dam, particularly concerning fisheries and sediment flows.
"Laos appears to be recklessly intent on forging ahead with construction before the agreed impact studies have been completed," said Dr Li Lifeng, Director of WWF's Freshwater Programme.
"If the region's governments fail now to reaffirm their concerns on Xayaburi, they risk resting the future of the Mekong on flawed analysis and gaps in critical data that could have dire consequences for millions of people living in the Mekong River basin."
In June 2010, Thailand's electricity utility, EGAT, signed an initial agreement with Ch. Karnchang to purchase over 95 per cent of the Xayaburi dam's electricity, and at least four Thai banks have expressed their interest in providing loans to the project, despite the acute environmental and social costs, and the uncertainties surrounding the financial return of the project.
"Thailand has a huge stake in the project and should not turn a blind eye to the potentially devastating consequences the project will wreak on their neighbours, and their own people," added Li. "Thailand must take responsibility and join calls to stop the dam construction and cancel its power purchase agreement until there is regional consensus to build the dam."
Laos' actions fly in the face of the decision last December by Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam to delay building the dam on the Mekong mainstream pending further studies on the sustainable management of the Mekong River, including impacts from mainstream hydropower development projects. However, no timeline has yet been set for when the further studies will be completed.
Fisheries and sediment impactsA recent review of the dam development identified uncertainties and weaknesses with the proposed fish passes, and confirmed the Xayaburi project will block part of the sediment flow and that important gaps in knowledge concerning the sediment aspects remain.
The Lao government and Ch. Karnchang agreed to spend an additional US$100 million on modifications to the dam design in an attempt to mitigate the adverse impacts, but experts warn this will fail to solve the problems given the remaining gaps in key data and science, and the clear risks associated with using unproven technologies.
"Laos expects its neighbours to trust that the clear risks associated with this project will somehow be resolved while construction moves ahead," added Li. "In pushing ahead with their Mekong dam experiment, Laos is jeopardizing the sustainability of one of the world's great river systems, and all future transboundary cooperation."
An important precedent for 10 other damsAs the first dam project to enter the Mekong River Commission's (MRC) formal consultation process, the Xayaburi project will set an important precedent for 10 other dams proposed for the lower mainstream of the river.
"The Asia-Europe meeting brought together about 50 Asian and European leaders in Laos this week under an umbrella of "Friends for Peace, Partners for Prosperity." But few voices of concern were raised about a project set to spread instability throughout the region and undermine development goals. The international community must not remain silent on Xayaburi," added Li.
WWF urges Mekong ministers to defer a decision on the dam for 10 years to ensure critical data can be gathered and a decision can be reached using sound science and analysis. WWF advises lower Mekong countries considering hydropower projects to prioritise dams on some Mekong tributaries that are easier to assess and are considered to have a much lower impact and risk.


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Amazon changed the way businesses market products and the way people buy products. Amazon's shadow casts long and wide on contemporary retail marketing.
Caught in Amazon's perilously fatal wake is an incessant list of prominent names including Circuit City, Ultimate Electronics, Borders and others large and small. Instead of endeavoring to compete against Amazon, legions of online retailers now sell through Amazon's ordering system.
Amazon's self-publishing structure has changed the face of publishing and Amazon's Web Services is helping to shape cloud computing . Even Netflix delivers digital content through AWS.
What Amazon hasn't changed is the need for a reasonable return from investment capital. There is simply no point in investing in stock if a risk adjusted return doesn't exist. Sure, buying lotto tickets may bring a windfall return; however, it's the expected return after inclusion of risk (your ticket may not win) that generally keeps smart money from buying lotto tickets.
"Dumb money" doesn't mean an investor is "dumb." Quite the contrary, dumb money is often from many of the smartest people. Doctors, lawyers, accountants, business owners and successful people make up most of the dumb money.
What dumb money refers to is someone who is relatively inexperienced or not as knowledgeable as other market participants. If you are the 10th best poker player in the world, and you sit down at a table where everyone else at the table is ranked in the top 10, you're likely going to lose money.
At the same time, if you're only average and everyone else at the table is less skillful as you, you're likely going to win. Two poker players, one better than the other, yet the better person is expected to lose. The situation is the same in the stock market.
We all recently received a front row ticket to the spectacle of dumb money driving the price of a stock higher. Facebook is burned into the minds of many as a bad IPO.
The fact is the IPO was (absent the Nasdaq Stock Marketfollies) incredibly successful. The purpose of an IPO is to raise capital and allow current investors to cash out. If you believe Mark Zuckerberg and others who sold stock at $38 are thinking the IPO was a flop, you're not paying attention.
Because I follow stocks on an intraday basis based on market timing, I see the same patterns over and over ad nauseam. In the course of repeatedly watching epic rise followed by epic fall I came to notice telltale signatures of stocks destined to tumble.
A company's price to earnings ratio is one of the most widely followed metrics for any given company. No wonder why, when the whole point of investing is to make money and a P/E multiple will help guide an investor to know how much money is expected for a dollar invested.
Both Appleand Amazon are good companies and have overlapping zones of competition. Yet, if an investor looks at the company filings for both, without regard for the price per share, Apple is clearly the stock to own.
Apple's balance sheet per share is stronger, growth rate metrics are superior, dividend yield is higher, market opportunity is larger and the price paid for each dollar in earnings is much lower. In short, Apple is a no brainer based strictly on the numbers.
Alas, stocks are not priced strictly on the numbers.
The $64,000 question is then, what is a reasonable P/E ratio to pay for any given stock? Many "gurus" will argue there is no straightforward answer, but that is not totally accurate. Historically, stocks with a P/E ratio over 20 do not perform as well as the overall market. The P/E for Facebook is over 50, making Facebook stock at $31 a high-risk bet.
The historical return on a given investment progressively diminishes as the P/E multiple expands beyond 20. It's not surprising then that Amazon doesn't rank very highly as an investment opportunity in my opinion. I wrote several articles warning investors of the perils an investment in Amazon includes.
My good friend TheStreet.com's Rocco Pendola recently took me to task for questioning Amazon's $220 price and it's ability to deliver shareholder value.
Pendola has built an exceptionally strong record of ascertaining when a company is not in a position to deliver what investors anticipate. For example, Pendola scrutinized Netflix perfectly and consistently with repeated warnings, even in the face of rife negative comments; often explaining how wrong he was to believe Netflix wasn't worth half its value while trading above $200. There are many other great examples. Spend some time reading his articles and you will be pleased you did.
Still, it's understandable that Pendola has allowed himself to be bamboozled by Amazon's stock price prospects. We all experience confirmation bias and false-positive pattern recognition in various degrees. We can't get around it because it's hard-wired into our brains in such a way we don't "feel" it like many emotions. Pendola buys from Amazon, the company has a well-known name, and the chart looks healthy.
Amazon also dominates book retailing, and it's not difficult to comprehend a bullish case for Amazon's continued "success." Unfortunately, most investors buying Amazon at $220 or more have the odds stacked against them. Amazon does make some investors money though. TheStreet.com's Carolyn Boroden provides another viewpoint on Amazon and market timing. (You need a Real Money Pro account to read it, but Boroden's analysis alone makes it worthwhile.)
Investors in FedEx and United Parcel Serviceprobably make more money per shipment than Amazon does.
The argument defending Amazon's micro-margins typically sounds a lot like this, "Amazon is delaying the big pay day in order to increase its market share." The argument simply doesn't hold water. Those that have spent time in retail know that it's easy to move a lot of volume when your prices are low. It's a whole different ball game to make money in retail.
The most probable outcome when Amazon attempts to raise prices in order to increase margins is a loss in growth. In order to bring it's P/E multiple to a "reasonable" retailing level of 35, Amazon needs to triple its net margin. Pendola suggests locking customers into the Amazon ecosystem is a valid substitute for profits.
Unfortunately, the Internet has, for better or worse, provided everyone with a key to the locks that bind us to paying a higher price.
Even if Amazon doesn't raise prices for fear of losing growth, each increased dollar of revenue becomes more difficult to take away from other merchants. Either direction, Amazon's growth story doesn't make sense at $220, and probably doesn't make sense even at $110.
Can Amazon move higher from here? Yes, but that isn't the point of investing. We don't make money guessing the future prices of stock; we make money as a result of predicting the odds correctly. We know Amazon competes in a space that is increasingly competitive and is reliant on commodity-type items for much of its revenue. The ability to shop for the best price is a click away.
We also know that by historic standards, Amazon's P/E ratio is absurd for anyone other than short sellers.
The blood bath is coming, it may not arrive tomorrow, but when the train falls off the cliff, you don't want to be someone who recently paid $220 for your ticket.
—By Robert Weinstein, an independent contributor for TheStreet.com
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Driverless train explodes, levels Canadian townBy Mathieu Belanger
July 06. 2013 7:29PM
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec - A driverless freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving an unknown number of people feared missing. At least one person was killed.
The disaster occurred shortly after 1 a.m. when the runaway train with 73 cars sped into Lac-Megantic, a picturesque lakeside town of about 6,000 people near the border with Maine, and came off the rails.
Witnesses said the town center was crowded at the time.
Four of the cars caught fire and blew up in a fireball that mushroomed many hundreds of feet into the air.
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic's vice president of marketing, Joseph R. McGonigle, said the train was transporting crude oil from North Dakota to Canada, likely to New Brunswick, news that is bound to revive questions about the safest way to carry the oil needed to serve North America's economies.
Although police said they could not yet get close enough to determine the number of victims from the still-burning fires, an aerial photograph showed flattened buildings in the town center. Police said some people had been unable to reach missing family or friends by phone, but they declined to say how many people might be missing.
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic said the train had been parked some distance from the town and no one was on board when it derailed.
"We're not sure what happened, but the engineer did everything by the book. He had parked the train and was waiting for his relief ... somehow, the train got released," McGonigle told Reuters.
"There appears to be extensive damage in buildings, but we haven't got full report yet of injuries. But we understand that there likely are some,'' he said.
The rail tracks pass next to a bar popular with young people. Eyewitness Yvon Rosa said he had just left the bar when he saw the train speeding into the middle of the town.
"I have never seen a train traveling that quickly into the center of Lac-Megantic,'' he told French-language broadcaster Radio-Canada, saying he watched as the train hurtled around a bend.
"I saw the wagons come off the tracks ... everything exploded. In just one minute the center of the town was covered in fire.''
Residents told reporters they had heard five or six large blasts. Nearly 12 hours after the derailment, one rail car was still burning.
"Many parents are worried because they haven't been able to communicate with a member of their family or an acquaintance,'' Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche told Radio-Canada.
"We can't give out any information on what's happening right now because the firemen haven't been able to get close."
'Almost destroyed'
Fire officials said they feared more tanker cars were at risk of exploding. About 30 buildings in the town center were destroyed, some by the initial blast and others by the subsequent fire, they said.Police imposed a half-mile security zone around the blast and evacuated about 1,000 people from their homes."When you see the center of your town almost destroyed, you'll understand that we're asking ourselves how we are going to get through this event," a tearful Roy-Laroche told a televised news briefing.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an initial statement via Twitter: "Thoughts & prayers are with those impacted in Lac Megantic. Horrible news."
Lac-Megantic is part of Quebec's Eastern Townships region, an area popular with tourists that is close to the border with Maine and Vermont. Quebec is a predominantly French-speaking province in the eastern half of Canada.
Fire officials said they had asked for help from fire services in the United States. Around 20 fire engines were fighting the blaze.
Police said some of the tanker cars had spilled their contents into the river that runs through the town.
"I can say absolutely nothing about victims. ... We've been told about people who are not answering their phones, but you have to understand that there are people who are out of town and on holiday,'' police spokesman Michel Brunet told the briefing.
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic owns some 510 miles of track in Maine and Vermont in the United States and in Quebec and New Brunswick in Canada.


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Commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, Wolf Commercial Real Estate, recently completed two lease transactions totaling more than 20,000 square feet.
Laboratory Corporation of America, known as LabCorp, leased 2,200 square feet of premier Class A office space, located at 999 Route 73, in Marlton. According to the firm, the WCRE team of Jason Wolf and Leor Hemo exclusively represented the landlord, RI Greentree Associates LLC, which is a subsidiary of The Rothman Institute, and tenant in leasing the property to LabCorp.
The Rothman Institute acquired the building from Brandywine Realty Trust in 2011 and recently completed major renovations to the interior and exterior, the firm said. With the completion of this lease, the multitenant property is now 95 percent leased with two vacant suites left for lease. One is 1,184 square feet and the other is 2,352 square feet.
WCRE also said it represented Universal Hospital Systems (UHS) in leasing 18,000 square feet of warehouse space, located at 8000 Commerce Parkway, in Mount Laurel. UHS provides medical equipment management and service solutions to the health care industry. The WCRE team of Hemo and Todd Levin teamed up with Fisher & Company to complete the transaction. The property is now 100 percent leased.
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This page lists articles that have been featured on the Main Page. If you have ideas for pages that should be featured, please add them on the nominations page.
During the weeks 11-13 of 2006, featured articles were presented on a per week basis; this was followed by a brief hiatus of two months, after which it switched to a per month basis, as there weren't enough articles to fit a weekly article. As the wiki grew in size, the choice was moved to a per fortnight (14 days) basis instead. Which would mean twice as many articles per year.
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This page lists articles that were featured on the Main Page during 2008. If you have ideas for pages that should be featured, please add them on the nominations page.
- 1 January, 2008
- 2 February, 2008
- 3 March, 2008
- 4 April, 2008
- 5 May, 2008
- 6 June, 2008
- 7 July, 2008
- 8 August, 2008
- 9 September, 2008
- 10 Fortnight 21, 2008
- 11 Fortnight 22, 2008
- 12 Fortnight 23, 2008
- 13 Fortnight 24, 2008
- 14 Fortnight 25, 2008
- 15 Fortnight 26, 2008
- 16 Fortnight 1, 2009
- 17 Fortnight 2, 2009
- 18 Fortnight 3, 2009
- 19 Fortnight 4, 2009
- 20 Fortnight 5, 2009
- 21 Fortnight 6, 2009
- 22 Fortnight 7, 2009
January, 2008
The title captions in Futurama's opening sequence, like The Simpsons' chalkboard, change with every episode and are always unique. As well as those that have been used for the episodes and films, the writers have released many others in the DVD special features.
February, 2008
25-Star General Major Webelo Zapp Brannigan is one of the most decorated commanders amongst the DOOP Army, he is known for his brilliant tactical mind that has lead him to victory against such enemies as the Retiree People of the Assisted Living Nebula and the peaceful Ball-People of planet Spheron 1. Brannigan's love of velour is outstretched only by his love for Leela, who after they first "crossed paths" has had to reject his advances each time they meet, no matter how much Champpaggin he offers.
March, 2008
After a break of four years without any new episodes of Futurama, four films are being released. The first, Bender's Big Score, has been released in the USA and Australia and is due out early next month in Europe. In the film; the secrets of time travel are found on Fry's buttock and a group of scammer aliens takes control of Bender. Meanwhile, Leela finds true love and Hermes looses his body.
April, 2008
Mars University is a university located on Mars, which featured prominently in a similarly named episode. The university was established in 2636 and resembles the universities of the 21st century with lecture halls, fraternities, the universe's most comprehensive literature collection and featuring traditional foliage such as ivy, trees and hemp. The university has skilled educators such as Farnsworth and Wernstrom on staff and offers subjects such as 20th Century History.
May, 2008
Blobs are a species of jellyfish-like aliens of unknown origin who have settled on Earth and other nearby planets. Members of the species, the most notable of which is H. G. Blob, tend to be quick to anger and may solve their problems by eating them. Although eating annoying humans may just be a habit of H. G. and his family. The Blob digestive system is not a unidirectional system and anything eaten remains visible, and potentially alive, while being digested.
June, 2008
Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch continues the relationship between Kif and Amy that first blossomed in A Flight to Remember on board the Titanic. Here, during an unscheduled detour from a delivery, Amy meets up with Kif and causes him to enter a receptive state, leading to his pregnancy. Amy has trouble adjusting to her role as Smizmar to her unborn children and even reconsiders the entire relationship.
July, 2008
War Is the H-Word follows Fry and Bender into war on Spheron 1 as they join the army for the most noble of causes; cheaper gum. Unfortunately, the Spheroids prove to have plenty of chutzpah, leading to a closely matched battle for the Earthicans. Meanwhile, General Brannigan finds himself oddly attracted to Private Lee Lemon, another new recruit.
August, 2008
In Future Stock, the stockholders of Planet Express learn the true value of their shares is nothing and vote in a mysterious stranger as the new CEO, in hopes that he can turn the company around. When that guy takes control, the company's environment changes drastically, taking on the sleek, dazzling veneer of the 1980's. Under new management, the company appears to be a threat to one of Mom's business investments.
September, 2008
The Democratic Order of Planets (DOOP) is an interplanetary governing body headed by DOOP President Glab, similar to the UN in the 21st century. They hold negotiations, and have wars like most governing bodies, members can still act alone however. Many regulations are imposed on staff and citizens, such as Brannigan's Law and not being allowed to blow up DOOP property. The DOOP's current headquarters are located in Weehauken, New Jersey, Earth.
Fortnight 21, 2008
The Lovenasium is what Zapp Brannigan calls his Captain's Quarters on board the Nimbus. The room is decorated with Zapp's favourite things, pictures and sculptures of himself and plenty of velour, along with a floating bed, plants and a bar. During her visit here, Leela committed a regrettable act that seems to come up in conversation every time she sees Zapp.
Fortnight 22, 2008
Leela's Homeworld is an episode all about Bender's new waste management business. Additionally, there's a plot involving Leela finding her home planet. After being raised as an orphan and having long thought she was all alone, as the only one of her species on the planet, the truth came as a shock to her. Observant fans may have noticed a clue a long time before hand.
Fortnight 23, 2008
Futurama has many rarely seen characters, among which are Dave Spiegel and his owner Fluffers. Dave is a pet that looks like, and might be, a human, whereas Fluffers looks remarkably like an anthropomorphic cat. Fluffers once entered Dave in a pet show, while they came in third; the 2nd place entrants were technically ineligible and the winner may have had an unfair advantage.
Fortnight 24, 2008
Towards the end of our time without new Futurama episodes, we finally learned that the wait would soon be over. At Comic-Con 2007, members of the cast and crew appeared, bringing with them a special edition comic; Futurama Returns. While the story therein was not canon, its message, that four new DVD films were coming, was true and so far three have since been released across the northern hemisphere.
Fortnight 25, 2008
As well as being the name of a certain Futurama Wiki, The Infosphere is also the name of a massive biological memory bank created by the Brain Spawn to catalogue all the information in the universe. Twice the size of three ordinary memory banks; the Infosphere was part of an almost successful plan to collect all information, then prevent more information from being created by destroying the universe. The ancient and powerful Nibblonians had set in place a plan, knowing that success would require something "special", or a lack of it.
Fortnight 26, 2008
Among the members of the Robot Mafia, none are more prone to angrily clamping things than Clamps. As one third of the Mafia's numbers, he does about half the gooning, and all the clamping, the group needs. His clamps are a rarely seen style of robot hand, that are apparently replaceable (Donbot offered to give Blotto a pair), and require regular maintainance. However this may be due to overuse.
Fortnight 1, 2009
The lost city of Atlanta is home to many things, such as Turner Field, the Coca-Cola bottling plant, a fabulous airport and mermaids, such as Fry's former girlfriend Umbriel, who is the daughter of the local mayor. Unfortunately the relationship fell apart because it turned out that while he loved her, he wasn't in love with her.
Fortnight 2, 2009
In Futurama's first adventure into plausible alternate realities, Anthology of Interest I, the What-If Machine reveals how different life could have been. A 500 foot tall Bender fights an even equally big Zoidberg in the streets of New New York. Leela goes on an impulsive killing spree. Finally, Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa doesn't fall in the freezer tube, creating a universe ending paradox.
Fortnight 3, 2009
Throughout their adventures the Planet Express Ship has carried the crew from place to place. The ship is one of the Professor's many creations and is capable of 99% light speed thanks to its Dark Matter Engines. The ship has all the features you would expect in a mighty spaceship, such as a bridge, a brain room, a turret, a bathroom and a sauna and has seen many battles.
Fortnight 4, 2009
Piracy, science and romance are the orders of the day in Attack of the 50-ft Amy. In the 33rd Futurama comic; Cubert and Dwight's attempt to use the Professor's inventions to win a science fair results in Amy growing to gigantic proportions, while Bender takes on the personalities of various movie characters after swallowing his movie collection.
Fortnight 5, 2009
In this issue of Futurama comics, as it leads to obedience, the Professor made the decision to try to get his staff into relationships. It is soon revealed that a star Fry had bought for Michelle was actually a planet and so made the decision to clone her so that he could live on Planet Michelle with her. In the meantime, Bender becomes a date doctor, but it doesn't take long for his clients to turn on him.
Fortnight 6, 2009
Among Futurama's villains, none are more openly violent around the holidays than the incorrectly programmed Robot Santa. First constructed in 2801 by Mom's Friendly Robot Company. Santa makes his home in a Death Fortress at the North Pole of Neptune, where undersized Neptunians make toys and weapons for his yearly slaying.
Fortnight 7, 2009
Amphibiosans are the native sentient life on Amphibios 9. They are humanoid creatures that are smaller and lankier than the average human, have no bones and are instead supported by a system of liquid-filled bladders. Amphibiosans have three distinctive phases in their life cycle that they go through, the tadpole, the "bulboid" and the swarm of hookworms. Either gender is able to bear young, which after birth is left to grow in the swamp at their clan's birthing grounds for twenty years.


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Mel Traxel (1916-2000) was a renowned Hollywood set photographer.
Born and raised in Oregon, after graduating high school, Traxel apprenticed for a year as a photographer's assistant before moving to Los Angeles to attend UCLA. He began photographing celebrities for magazines, eventually establishing his own freelance publishing agency on the Sunset Strip. His clients included NBC and Ford Motor Co. as well as magazines such as Movie Life, Movies and Movie Star Parade.
During the Second World War, he served in the US Army Pacific Air Command. On his return, he began his career in the motion picture industry as a studio photographer. Over the course of his long career, Traxel worked on a number of prestigious films, including My Fair Lady, Funny Lady and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He has a close relationship with Steve McQueen and worked on five of his films: Bullitt, The Reivers, Les Mans, The Getaway and Enemy of the People. Traxel continued to work in Hollywood until his retirement in the early 1980s. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Operating Cameramen in 1983.


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Heading into Ontario's inaugural MMA show at Casino Rama in Orillia this weekend, the event's head official "Big" John McCarthy, who will also work UFC 129 later next month in Toronto, made a few media appearances in the Canadian province to help educate fans and the general public about the rules and regulations of the sport.
McCarthy made a stop at Sportsnet for a taping of Primetime Sports where he spoke at length about the differences between refereeing boxing and MMA.
"I also referee boxing. [In both sports] you're in there for the safety of the fighters and you're in there to enforce the rules. The safety of the fighters is number one. Your whole job is to try to make sure that both fighters come in and are able to perform at an even platform as far as there's no advantage to one fighter over the other and get them both out of that ring or that cage in a safe way so they can go back and do it again if they want. That's what you're looking for," McCarthy explained. In MMA you're making split-second decisions much more than you are in boxing. Boxing gives the referee time, based upon the rules, to make decisions and come up with, 'This is what I'm going to do in this scenario.'"Read More DIGG THIS


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LAS VEGAS -- California lived up to its Golden State nickname at the 2012 National Beard and Moustache Championships held Nov. 11 in Las Vegas, taking home six first-place wins and 17 medals overall from the 54 awarded across 18 different categories of mustache, partial beard and full beard.
More than 340 whiskered warriors from 44 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and five other nations (Austria, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland) gathered at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater and whisked their whiskers past a five-person panel of judges (including, by way of full disclosure, this facial-hair aficionado) over the course of nearly six hours.
PHOTOS: 2012 National Beard and Moustache Championships
Washington was the state with the second-highest medal count with two first place wins and five medals overall. Other noteworthy achievements came from the visiting German competitors, who took home two golds, a silver and a bronze, and the first-ever gold medal win by a Canadian competitor (and, if our memory serves correctly, the first ever medal of any kind won by our neighbors to the north in the three annual national competitions).
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David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (left) and Hiwatt Guru Dave Reeves.
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We visited the Shepard Fairey exhibition at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Berlin over the weekend. On Saturday they opened the Print Retrospective 1997-2009 exhibition. Especially in the context of his recent stardom it was interesting seeing his earlier works again, next to his new ones. The huge publicity push that the artist got with the Obama artwork, was certainly also reflected in the prices of his prints.
The exhibition is running until July 11th, so make sure to pass by.
After the jump a detailed look at the Shepard Fairey Print Retrospective 1997-2009 exhibition.


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Researchers at the Invasive PlantResearchLaboratory in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., are busy trying to find biocontrol options for invasive species that threaten native plants.
The latest example is the release of beneficial beetles to target air potato vine, an "aggressive, invasive exotic plant that is displacing native plant species and disrupting ecological functions throughout Florida," according to the USDA-ARS.
Broward County students were "invited to participate in the beetle release to stimulate their interest in nature and biology, and to provide them with a deeper understanding of biological control and its benefit to the environment."
Ted Center, research leader at the lab (http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=66-29-00-00), spoke with Farm Press about the facility's history, goals and current work. Among his comments:
The Invasive Plant Research Laboratory's (IPRL) history…
"We were originally called the Aquatic Plant Control Research and released the first biocontrol agent on alligatorweed in 1962. That preceded my arrival here in 1971.
"We've since worked on multiple projects, with most of our focus through the years on aquatic weeds — water hyacinth, hydrilla, alligatorweed, water lettuce, giant salvinia.
"In the 1980s, we began work on an Everglades invader, melaleuca, a large tree from Australia. That's probably the largest plant ever targeted for biocontrol, and it was a really successful project.
"Since then, we've taken on other Everglades invaders, including Brazilian pepper, climbing fern, and now air potato.
"We've developed and released 21 or 22 biocontrol agents over the past 50 years. It's kind of a slow process — we get one out every couple of years.
"Our research involves all aspects of biocontrol. We start working with land-management agencies in choosing targets. Then, we must figure out where the invasives came from. Many times, that involves a lot of foreign travel.
"We do molecular matching to determine if the genotype of the test plant here matches the one from overseas. We then do surveys overseas to identify potential biocontrol agents and cooperate heavily with overseas laboratories. There are labs in Australia and Argentina that we cooperate with a lot. Other collaborators are in China, Thailand, Nepal, and Africa.
Pre-screening work
"Working with all these groups, we normally do pre-screening before we ever bring the insects over to the U.S. Once we find an insect that shows promise — that proves to be a specialist on the target — we bring them here to the lab and study them in quarantine.
"In the past, all our quarantine work has been done in a small facility located at Gainesville, next to the University of Florida. But since 2005, we've had our own quarantine facility here at Fort Lauderdale. It's a state-of-the-art facility and is designed to insure that insects can't escape. This allows us to study them without having to work overseas.
"Once we have the agent tested, there is a long process to receive regulatory approval to release it. Once a permit is secured, we put it in the field and do studies to confirm that it is host-specific, effective, how well it disperses and other things."
More on melaleuca…
"Melaleuca is an interesting plant that is really adapted to fire conditions. As a result, it produces seeds that are in persistent capsules that stay up in the canopy of the tree until something causes them to dry out. Then, they release the seeds en masse. One small tree can have 10 million seeds on it.
"In the past, to control it, they've used herbicides or cut the trees. That, in turn, causes the branches to desiccate and drop seeds. So, where once there was a single tree, all of a sudden there can be an acre of seedlings coming up. It's a management nightmare.
"As part of our biocontrol strategy, we wanted to find agents that would reduce seed production. The biology of the plant is such that the seeds are produced on the growing tips. A shoot will grow, produce leaves and flowers, and continue that pattern over and over.
"The insects we brought in are very effective at attacking the tips of the branches and stopping the growth process. As a result, we've seen seed production drop by 90 percent to 95 percent.
"The first insect we released was a weevil, a top-feeder. The second was a psyllid, a small insect similar to an aphid that feeds mainly on the young foliage at the tips.
"The third insect — actually an insect/nematode combination — is gall-former. A gall causes an abnormal growth in a plant that is almost like a barnacle. The plant puts all of its resources into this gall, a gnarly, woody growth and then doesn't have the materials needed to continue to grow.
Followed up with midge
"However, that one failed, and we followed up with a midge, which looks like a mosquito. It lays its eggs in the growing tips and produces stem galls. That one has been extremely effective.
"Between that combination of insects, we've cut way back on seed production. If it does produce seed and they germinate, many of the insects will attack those young seedlings. If the seedlings manage to survive, the insects stunt their growth so they can't go anywhere.
"It has proven to be a very effective project — but only when integrated with the other management practices. The insects don't remove the trees and there's all this wood out there that must be taken out. But the biocontrol program has made that process much more effective."
The air potato vine…
"Air potato vine is one of the things we've been working on recently and it's the latest biocontrol agent we've released. Our first release was in cages last fall. The first open release was last March.
"Air potato is a lot like kudzu — it grows over the tops of trees and blankets everything. It cuts down on light, kills the understory and is particularly bad in conservation areas.
"In the spring, it sprouts from things that look like small potatoes. Those produce vines that can grow eight inches per day. They go straight up whatever vertical surfaces are available.
"During the summer, they usually overtop trees and then, in November, they'll die back. As they die back they pump their resources into more of the potato-like structures (also known as 'baubles'). Those will then drop to the ground and the next fall they'll sprout and begin the process all over again.
"We're working with two insects — both leaf beetle types — to deal with this plant. One leaf beetle feeds on the vine itself and defoliates it. That cuts down on the resources the plant has to produce baubles. We're hoping the bauble production will really drop off after we release them.
Check on safety
"The second leaf beetle feeds on the baubles. That is currently in quarantine and being studied to see if it's safe to release."
Doing no harm…
"We want to make sure any insects released don't attack any valuable plants or crops.
"Many people don't stop and think about this. But, say, you have a garden and an insect is attacking your string beans. Typically, that same insect won't feed on your corn. By their nature, most insects tend to be specialized on certain plant species. A few, like gypsy moth, feed on just about everything.
"So, we want to make sure we find insects that are specialists and not generalists. That's why we spend two or three years simply testing these insects in quarantine and overseas to insure that is the case. We don't want surprises."
Has the United States sent invasives to other countries? Has the traffic gone the other way, as well?
"Absolutely. In fact, we go to Australia to find biocontrol agents of our Australian weeds. At the same time, Australians come here looking for biocontrol of their North American weeds. There's a lot of sharing.
"Many of the weeds — particularly rangeland weeds — were contaminates in seed stock. But most of the ones we deal with in south Florida come from the nursery trade."


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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Northern Liberty Market (Convention Hall Market) at Fifth and K." National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Mike Martin and 'Bob' Grody." Martin was a baseball coach who had his own brand of liniment. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
March 1920. Liberty National Bank at the intersection of I and 15th N.W. in Washington. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Washington, D.C., 1919. "Sidney Lust girls." Chorus girls at Sidney Lust's Leader Theater. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Firestone 3,000-mile tires." Presumably after those grueling 3K miles. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. I like the shadows and detail here. Old-school photography combined with digital processing can produce some striking results.
If a single photo could capture 1970s Northern California culture, this might be it. The hair; the clothes; the round oak table; the funky old apartment with painted-over wainscoting; the giant bowl of sangria. I ought to know, I was there. In fact, there I am, at the left, at my brother's Santa Cruz place with his wife (lower left) and their friends in October 1973. My brother's Ektachrome slide. View full size.
"Summer camps." Circa 1914, in or around Washington, D.C. One of about a dozen photos showing group campsites in the woods, some with a fanciful name posted on a sign or banner: Klassy Kamp, Kamp Komfort, Camp Vagabond, Tak It Ezy, G. Whiz Canoe Club. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
The YMCA gymnasium in Washington, D.C., circa 1920. Note the upper-level track. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.


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Students seeking to transfer academic credit may do so only for courses that are taken at a regionally accredited degree granting institution and are comparable in content, nature, and intensity to courses taught in the corresponding discipline at The University of Vermont. Credit is not given for transfer courses with grades lower than C. To insure transferability of courses to be taken elsewhere, degree students must secure prior approval for each course in writing from Transfer Affairs. Questions regarding credit transfer should be directed to the Office of Transfer Affairs, 339 Waterman, (802) 656-0867 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I had to rush Darcy to the vet his afternoon as I think she had some sort of fit, although I don't know if that's the right word to describe it.I explained everything to my vet and she said it sounded like she had a fit or seizure. She asked me about poisons or medicines but Darcy hadn't been near any. There was no changes to her diet and she hadn't been injured in anyway. The vet asked about bee or wasp stings, I can't say for definite but I don't think Darcy had been stung (she was stung once before and she cried out straight away). I have very few plants in the garden so I don't think it can be that. The vet took some blood tests but unfortunately the results won't be back until Monday. She sedated Darcy to help relax her muscles and will keep her in for the afternoon to see if has any more episodes. If she has no more than she will let her home.
I was outside talking to my neighbour and her little daughter in the garden and Darcy was with us. When I looked down at Darcy, she was holding her right paw up and limping and looking a bit odd, so I picked her up and noticed she was shaking. I brought her inside and her shaking became worse (but not jerky), she started drooling and her eyes became very wide, she looked quite dazed. This continued for possibly 2 minutes or so and then she slowly came back to normal, the shaking eased and her eyes returned to the right size. She then seemed to return to normal quite quickly and she hopped down from the couch and walked normally and took some water and a treat and even wanted to play.This lasted for maybe 5 minutes or so and I thought the worst had passed, however she began shaking very hard again and her eyes became wide and streaming. The drooling was much worse than previously and her body started arching and she made a few small whimpers. This episode lasted for maybe a minute and a half or so. She slowly started to return to normal and by the time I had grabbed my keys and phone to bring her to the vets she was back to normal and even wagging her tail as we were going in the car.
If anyone has any thoughts on what this might be, I would aprreciate any advice. It was an extremely upsetting experience and I couldn't think clearly to ask the vet all the questions I needed to. I'm still shaking here.


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