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A low ebb can typically be found in any city in the world at 3am on a Saturday morning. It's someone lying in their own sick, urine and faeces. The night started with such high hopes.
In cricket, a low ebb is when you get the exact pitch you have ordered for a Test, you win the toss, and then you lose against a team which hasn't won away from home in three years. The Test started with such high hopes.
The ECB has a blueprint for its perfect kind of cricketer.
An English cricketer should be someone who has come through the English set-up in some way. County cricket form is less important. They need to have impressed at academies, on Lions tours, been through the testing systems, be easy to handle, aggressive but defend first, respectful of authority, and young.
The bowlers should be tall and fast, bowl long spells. The spinners should be orthodox and consistent. The body shapes should be slim, muscular and fit for purpose. And in leadership they should be from the right kind of family.
A fresh-looking Stuart Broad bounces through to deliver a full and swinging ball to MS Dhoni. Dhoni plays an aggressive waft that looks designed largely to get an edge. India lead by 52.
Harbhajan Singh walks in at No. 8. Broad goes full and straight with this newish ball. It is given out lbw. Despite the obvious deflection. Broad is on a hat-trick. DRS schadenfreude takes full effect. India lead by 52.
Praveen Kumar faces the next ball. Broad is on a good length this time. Praveen's bat seems to be operated by an invisible goblin that won't allow it to move properly and the stumps fly. Broad flies past him into the arms of his ecstatic, hat-trick-happy team-mates. They bounce with joy. They are a team. They are as one. The fans raise their beers in triumph. Ian Botham applauds like a loving dad from the balcony.
It is . Before Broad's intervention, India were 52 runs ahead with five wickets in hand. They would move that lead to 67. They would lose by 319 runs. India go down 2-0. Then 3-0, 4-0.
England are No. 1.
Every kind of spin not in the MCC coaching manual is mystery spin when described in the UK. There is a whisper that Pippa Middleton's former beau, Alex Loudon, had a doosra. But he's now working in the city, meaning that one day he'll end up back in cricket as a managing director.
The thing is, to the rest of the world, a delivery perfected in the '90s and around since the '60s, is not a mystery. It's a delivery. It's like a googly being called a mystery in the 1920s.
When England toured the UAE in 2012, Ajantha Mendis had been bowling the carrom ball for almost four years. Rangana Herath had bowled it more than 12 years ago. Jack Iverson played in 1950 with his carrom-like ball. Yet England were defeated by the mystery of a doosra in the UAE.
It was like dying from swine flu in four years' time. Or still collecting beanie babies.
Saeed Ajmal used this "mystery" ball to torment England. And there is no problem going out to him. Players the world over have done it. But saying it's a mystery, that's the odd part.
Ajmal is obviously a genius. His hands should be saved for future generations. He will end up in working in Vegas. But Abdur Rehman is just a spinner. Not in a bad way. But he's a normal human spinner to Ajmal's alien-lizard-spin-god spinner. Yet Rehman took almost as many wickets against the newly crowned No. 1 team. That was the real mystery. Not that Rehman took wickets, but that he destroyed England. That they continued to play him like he was bowling cryptic crossword grenades. Rehman averages 27.75 in his career; 30.47 in the UAE; and 16.73 in that series.
Then there is Mohammad Hafeez, who took another five wickets. The three of them took 48 wickets in three Tests. Pakistan won 3-0. England had been No. 1 for a few months and their first series back they'd been smashed by a genius of modern conventional offspin, a quickish left-arm orthodox and a part-timer taking all but 12 of the wickets available to them.
England swept , stood and theorised as Pakistan won all three Tests. In the second Test in Abu Dhabi, they needed 145 to win. They nearly got halfway there. Not a mystery, more a horror.
Ashton Agar was, had Australia named it as such, a flirt with a new era. The search for the magical teenager who could transport them back to the top. Agar was dropped after only two Tests. Now he's a Big Bash novelty marketing item who may one day come back.
To England he is much more. He was a major sign that thinking on their feet wasn't their strong point.
When England toured Australia, their menu made the media. It included superfoods like kale. Because when England do a team menu, they aren't talking food groups to look out for, or general cuisines their players might like. They are giving chefs every single food they want, how it should be cooked, what it should be served with. Other than a cutlery preference, there is almost nothing left to chance.
At the time, you could fit into two camps, the "look at these morons thinking quinoa will help them bowl" camp. Or those who said: "Well, it's a professional set-up, of course they monitor what their players eat, but do they have to be so extreme?" There is, of course, a third way of looking at it: that if England have taken away personal choices for players on meals to such an extent, what else is not in the player's hands? What other decisions that normal human beings make do English cricketers not have to make?
We know their strategies are devised for them. We know they are based on cricket sabermetrics that most of us will never understand. Video crunched into meta data and then fed to them on specially designed Swiss-chard forks. This is the data, now implement the code, bowling unit.
David Saker is not a coach of technique, he is a coach of tactics. The beer-swilling bogan outswinger with a bad temper who could have been something with the ball, but instead is something with a bowling attack. But David Saker and the analysts didn't have the data on young Ashton. He was at No. 11. He was a teenager. It was as if he had scrubbed all his private information from cricket's Google and was just a naked virginal elfin boy in front of them.
It took England all of 98 runs to work him out: 98 carefree runs. Every single one of them was a giggle for him and pure frustration for them. They had no plans, they had to bowl to him like you would in club cricket. Work him out just from how he batted. They could not. England's finest cricketers could not work him out and it almost cost them a Test match.
The Agar moment wasn't a one-off. There is no English fan that hasn't screamed at a ground, TV or radio for England to pitch it up. While attacks around the world have been bowling fuller and fuller, England have seemingly gone the other way. They've missed the good-length revolution and they continue with the lengths that just don't seem to work. It's hard to remember the last time they bowled fuller than their opposition.
Paul Farbrace said their plan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja after lunch at Lord's on the fourth day was to pitch it up. But their bowlers bowled short. With no analysis, they are no good. With analysis they are no good. And sometimes they decide not even to listen to the analysis and are just as bad. Clearly their food is not super enough.
Graham Gooch was the perfect man to talk about an epic innings. "To score runs like that you need attitude, you need good technique, you need knowledge and you need spot-on concentration." The innings was Hashim Amla's at The Oval.
In the past, England players had played innings like that. Jonathan Trott, Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen had all done it. But in the first innings of that Test, Cook made a hundred but then didn't get to the pitch of a drive. Trott played a lazy drive on 71. And KP was out-thought by Jacques Kallis the over before the new ball. It felt like an aberration. This was not how England had played to get to No. 1.
They would surely fix it and come back strong from their innings-and-12-run loss. But it didn't happen. Andrew Strauss' form had already been free-falling, now it was free-falling into an inescapable black hole. Cook didn't pass 50 again in the series. Trott made one more fifty. And KP played his innings at Headingley, then went to the after-match press conference and said it was "tough being me".
Pietersen did this press conference without his captain by his side. Which is very rare for an end-of-match press conference. It then turned out why when he was dropped for calling Strauss a "doos" on a text message to Morne Morkel. It was then whispered that KP had been unforgivably hard about James Taylor, England's debutant at Headingley. The dressing room had become an open book, a tacky romance novel. You could all but see the long-suffering Strauss being brutishly handled by the bare-chested Pietersen on the cover.
That all of this came in the series in which Hashim Amla made 482 serene, England-like runs just made it all the worse. England were upset with themselves. They were losing. And they weren't making big daddy hundreds. They were also no longer No. 1.
There should be no other emotion other than pure joy watching Tino Best bat. It's like a puppy with a squeaky ball. At Edgbaston there were lofted off drives, edges that went past hands, cover drives off the spinner, a straight six off the sightscreen and the odd wondrous hoick to wherever the ball wanted to go. At one stage he told Denesh Ramdin to bat for him.
Eventually Graham Onions took his wicket. But not before Best had made 95. Steven Finn, Tim Bresnan and Onions had been hailed as the great back-ups that proved that England were producing quality cricketers who could continue to move them forward when Broad and James Anderson retired. The machine was what worked, the cricketers were just fresh products for ongoing domination. Two years later Onions is being ignored, Bresnan has never got back to his best after his injury and Finn, well, Finn…
Finn wasn't ruined by Best. Despite the rumours, Finn wasn't ruined by any one thing. But he was in ruins.
Graeme Smith played a part. Middlesex may have done so too.
But none of them were in Australia during the Ashes. None of them were there while one of the most naturally talented fast bowlers on earth was decomposing. None of them were in control of him, or up against him, as he bowled for England against a collection of 2nd XI players in Alice Springs. Finn's bowling in Alice Springs was not first-class quality bowling.
It was as if Finn had done a brain swap with Simon Mackin. Mackin was a young, tall Aussie quick who had played not one first-class game at the time. He bowled the quick, hostile, clever spell, while Finn produced the spasmodic, random bowling of a club bowler who is not quite good enough. This was Finn who had been through every system, test, seminar, counselling session and analysis that England could come up with. And they'd taken him back to a state of a skinny, confused teenager. A skinny teenager with 90 Test wickets.
When Andrew Strauss was asked in a sweaty Galle catering room whether he was nearing the end of his career, it made everyone there feel very uncomfortable.
"Andrew, all of us in this room respect what you've done for England, but that is now four successive defeats. Have you taken this team as far as you can?"
You could hear each sticky intake of breath.
Strauss' team had become No. 1 only four Tests earlier. But England had lost all four and Strauss had made one hundred in his last 23 Tests. Strauss was respected as an Ashes winner, and as a batsman, but his batting had gone and his team was losing. The question shouldn't have been ridiculed or gasped over. It should have been the question that was being asked by England. They could have quite clearly decided that he should stay, but they had to ask the question.
Instead, Strauss would play for seven more Tests, make two hundreds, lose, win and draw a series, and lose the No. 1 ranking. Then he would leave.
There was always a saying that it was harder to get out of the Australia team than get into it. England could never be accused of that. But at the heart of their team, that special group of people who all get along so well, it is not easy to get dropped.
If we are to believe what the gossip and insiders tell us, Pietersen is the single-worst human being to put his pads on. Now, that may or may not be true, but Pietersen played over 100 Tests. Trott was an emotional wreck at the Gabba but, had he wanted to, he would have played in Adelaide. Matt Prior must have suffered one of the biggest form slumps in the history of wicketkeeping during the Ashes. He missed two Tests before he was straight back in like it was all a bad dream.
And now Cook. He is averaging 14.33 this year. His team has not won a Test in their last ten. Cook has said he wants to keep fighting and that he is not a quitter. He also said Matt Prior could go on as long as he liked minutes before it was decided otherwise.
England refuse to be honest with reality. They have built a team ethic, and they are desperate to keep it. So instead of one man going off a cliff, they all jump holding hands.
Read part one of this article here
You had to be at Headingley to really understand how much treacle Nick Compton was batting in. If it's possible for a batsman to sink beneath a pitch and only pop up for air at the end of each over, Compton was doing that. He knew there was pressure on him to make runs. And while many were calling for him to speed up, many of them were cricket journalists who wanted to leave Leeds. England had more time than Harlequin and the Ticktockman.
Compton didn't, though. He was an odd choice for England. He does not fit the blueprint of an English player. He is a county player who makes runs. He is a self-made man. It's hard to see how he ever would have fit into their team environment. If Compton wasn't an instant success, he wouldn't last.
What is weird is that his batting is almost perfectly designed for England. It's how they got to the top of the world. Top-order batsmen putting a exorbitant price on their wickets. Taking their sweet time. Tiring balls and bowlers. And building totals that gave their bowlers a psychological advantage almost every time they bowl. That is what Nick Compton does. He's not pretty. He's not fun. His batting reminds no one of jazz hands. He just accumulates in his own bubble until someone pops it.
This year he is averaging 42 in first-class cricket. He will score over 1000 runs for the fifth time. Compton made back-to-back hundreds in New Zealand. Three Tests later he was discarded. Dropped for not scoring quick enough in a game that England won by 247 runs, or just because he wasn't the right kind of guy.
But Nick Compton will never play for England again. He is just not one of them.
To the outside world Jonathan Trott seemed like a run-making robot. Face ball. Mark crease. Face ball. Inside the crowded England dressing room they knew better.
There had to be signs before the Gabba that everything was not right. And perhaps they even tried to do their best to keep Trott happy and performing. But it didn't work. All that preparation looked silly when one Test into the Ashes their No. 3 went home. Their wellness technicians had failed.
Trott was the poster boy for calm, efficient, focused England. But after that Test he became the poster boy for everything that was wrong with English cricket. The lack of fun. The tedium. The strictness. The soul-sucking machine that ate the good times. Trott wasn't having fun. He wasn't feeling relaxed. So when his cricket went wrong he tried harder. Which just made it worse.
England did much the same. The team might have stayed on the tour. But mentally they checked out. The sight of an English player smiling at practice disappeared. Meanwhile Darren Lehmann had his face in perpetual smile mode. Andy Flower had been one of the best coaches in the world, but now he looked like a confused man. And he couldn't change tack. He just kept sailing in the same direction he always had.
Flower backed himself and his ways. But while his ways did so much, they also appeared part of the problem. With England on seemingly endless tours, and playing and preparing in the same grinding way, it was no great surprise that key members couldn't handle it anymore. Trott went home. Swann gave up. Anderson was zombiefied. And Matt Prior's game stopped working.
When Andy Flower delivered his epic pre-match valediction in Sydney, Trott and Swann were gone. Prior was out. And the other senior players looked on blankly. Flower could no longer move his players.
In the Ashes, Mitchell Johnson provided shock and awe. England produced shlock and awful.
Where did Simon Kerrigan go? Had Shane Watson actually blasted him into oblivion? Were there groundsmen sweeping him up off the pitch at the breaks? Because he bowled eight overs at The Oval, and then was never seen again. He was not even seen as Australia tripped all over their second-innings total-setting. Not even for an over. When Swann retired in Australia, he didn't even get his name mentioned. James Tredwell did. Monty Panesar played. And Borthwick played.
Scott Borthwick. You remember, right? The Durham batsman who England picked as a bowler five Tests ago. He took wickets, perhaps not brilliant ones, but any wickets in Australia should have received a gift of land back in the UK. He shared his only Test with Boyd Rankin.
Rankin is gone as well. Not that he ever felt included. He was hired to play goon number three in the second act of the Ashes. Big men, bouncing the ball hard into the wicket and making Australia jump. He was an underwhelming understudy to Chris Tremlett.
Tremlett phoned his performance in. He was picked on memories and hope. One Test in and England decided he was not who they wanted. It seems like they never told him. He just continued to turn up day after day, essentially refiling paperwork that didn't need refiling, not knowing if he'd ever be needed again. He and Michael Carberry are not fans of ECB communication.
Michael Carberry was sort of the follow-up to Nick Compton. He fit in better, and he could do a great Viv Richards impersonation. But despite all those people in the ECB camp, it seemed no one would provide him with an answer for why he wasn't there anymore. He might as well be Graham Onions or James Taylor, if either of those people still exist.
In the 2012 World T20 they failed to make the semi-finals when they turned up as reigning champions. They collapsed from a near unloseable position in the Champions Trophy final.
They lost to the Dutch.
At Trent Bridge a tired Stuart Broad ended the match bowling at Stuart Binny pace. There is a thought that Broad is a clever bowler who can out-think a batsman. He can be. But you know when he's really good: when he bowls really fast. Full or short, but really fast. With swing, or even without, but fast, yeah. Because Broad can bowl really fast. He is a proper fast bowler. His spell at Durham in the Ashes was fast. His spell at Lord's against the Kiwis was fast. His hat-trick against India was fast. His hat-trick against Sri Lanka was fast. So the sight of Matt Prior up at the stumps to him as he bowled the old man's Saturday- afternoon spell of gentle outswing was not inspiring.
Broad has bowled a lot of overs. Graeme Swann has bowled more.
Swann bowled so much, he seemed to be playing for more teams than just England. I'm sure he must have played some ODIs for Sri Lanka, and a Test series for Bangladesh. Increasingly, you could hear the creak of his elbow as he bowled. He had it fixed once, and to celebrate, he bowled a lot more. England spent much of his career with no other spinner and no serious allrounder to share the load. Swann bowled until he was no longer good at it. He could have bowled in two more Tests while being no good at it, but he'd bowled enough. He doesn't bowl now.
His friend Jimmy Anderson still bowls. He bowls more often than any seam bowler has ever bowled at Test level. He bowls more than spinners as well. At Trent Bridge a year ago, he bowled a 14-over spell. It won the Test match. It was his last five-wicket haul. He has not been horrible since then. He was Man of the Match at Trent Bridge. But he doesn't look like the Anderson who helped England get to No. 1. He looks like a man who has bowled more deliveries than anyone else in the world. He's a hologram of himself; you can literally see the flickering as he runs in.
When England's batsmen stopped making their monumental totals, it was these three men who saved them. Regularly. Now one is gone, one is a hologram, and one is bowling slow. Why? Because England's schedule is stupid. Stupid. They simply play too many Tests. They play Tests more often than India and Sri Lanka play ODIs. They play Tests while you are sleeping, when you wake up, and during your afternoon nap. They do it over and over again. They're probably playing one now.
And while old players like to say modern players are soft and can't handle workloads, and that they bowled 83-over spells barefoot in the snow, the truth is, no one has ever endured the workloads these three men have had to endure at the top level. And here is a little secret for you: others have played a lot of cricket, but most of it has been in county seasons. It rains a lot in county seasons. You can bowl in third gear in county seasons. You can coast in county seasons.
None of Swann, Broad or Anderson are all-time greats. Swann is the only one with a bowling average of under 30, and it's 29.96. At Test level, they can't coast. They are just not that good. They have to play at their absolute maximum or they will fail. They played to their best. They went as hard as they could.
During their time together they beat Australia. They beat India. They beat Pakistan. They beat Sri Lanka. They beat New Zealand. They beat West Indies. They beat Bangladesh. And they drew with South Africa.
They lost to the schedule.
The phrase "new era" is grating. And too close to "new error". It sounds like it has been market-tested, or suggested by a sports psychologist. It's positive and peppy, and it doesn't really mean a thing. South Africa are in a new era. India are in a new era. Australia are using old players in a new era. Sri Lanka are about to enter a new era. It a new era for New Zealand too.
England could have used "rebuilding". But it lacks the sparkle of "new era". So it became a catchphrase. Low ebb, which some suggested, was never going to stick for the ECB.
So what is new? The chairman and captain are not new. The coach is not really new. The bowling coach is not new. The two main bowlers are not new. The No. 4 batsman and wicketkeeper are not new. The old coach is there, hiding somewhere behind his green curtain at Loughborough.
So what is new? The selectors are new. The assistant coach is new. Nos. 2, 3 and 6 are new. Two allrounders are new. And the managing director is new.
They fired their batsman most likely to win them matches. And their batting coach. And they continue to lose. It's more than possible that a positive catchphrase won't win it for them. It's more than possible they can't manage this. They couldn't manage Kevin Pietersen, and these last nine Tests have been as bad as what they said, hinted or leaked KP's behavior to be.
KP didn't fail consistently against the short ball. KP didn't bowl the wrong lengths. KP didn't put six fielders out for a No. 10. KP didn't bowl the bowlers to death. KP didn't schedule the bowlers to death. KP didn't drop all the simple chances. KP didn't take over world cricket. KP didn't mismanage the players. KP didn't fail to communicate with the players. KP didn't get the analysis wrong. KP wasn't outcoached. KP didn't get mankaded. KP doesn't back people based on their family. KP was KP. For better or worse.
This whole team was crumbling in front of them and they were whistling new era at us and moaning about someone they asked their fans to move on from. There is a hole in your bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza.
When England officially announced their part in the Axis of Admin with Australia and India, they tried to spin it as their way of saving cricket. They thought we were all incredibly stupid people. Some in the "small seven" felt England were joining India and Australia in a new empire. One last chance at grabbing at power and money. Others were disgusted that England would be involved with those dastardly Indians, who were clearly running, or ruining, everything.
Their team has been just as bad.
They pissed on a cricket pitch. Some claim there was such bad karma that they haven't won a Test since. But they also didn't win at The Oval, so it might be more than urinating causality.
They stole Sri Lanka's coach right before Sri Lanka came over to play them. They have more money than Sri Lanka, and they wanted Farbrace. They got Farbrace. It was all a bit, "I want an oompa loompa now, daddy."
Stuart Broad not walking seemed to break the heart of every major sports newspaper writer in the UK. Those men who had not watched cricket outside the Ashes in decades suddenly noticed it and got upset. Stuart Broad had nicked to slip (actually it was a drop by Brad Haddin, first) and not walked. And he'd done it to the bowling of that terribly entertaining young No. 11, Ashton Agar. It was against the Spirit of Cricket.
They had also invoked the Spirit of Cricket rules when Ian Bell "made a mistake", wandered out of his ground while the ball was still in play and was run out by India on the last ball before tea. Andrew Strauss wandered all the way into the Indian dressing room to have him reinstated. Or reintegrated.
Yet Broad is happy to do up his shoelaces for hours on end when England want to slow down the over rate. Or leave the field at the end of a drinks break to go to the toilet to take time out of a game. No team has ever been as organised or professional at time-wasting as England. They are the Neo of world cricket. Time literally stops when they want it too. And that has been a lot of late.
When the Sri Lankan offspinner Sachithra Senanayake legally mankaded Jos Buttler, England were upset. They were less upset about all the twos Buttler had scored while he was out of his ground, repeatedly getting a head start. Sri Lanka had broken the spirit of the game; Buttler had just broken the Laws, even after being warned.
When James Anderson puts his hand over his mouth, he is sledging someone. When Joe Root pretends he is clapping his hands near a batsman to gee on his team, he is really sledging. Swann once said he wanted to kill a player during a tour match in Sri Lanka. Pietersen bad-mouthed James Taylor to his own team, and abused Strauss to the opposition. His team-mates abused him back. The whole team had an honesty session. KP was too honest and they dobbed him in.
Off the field they are not much better. Paul Downton said stuff about Pietersen, then apologised. Giles Clarke, well, he is Giles Clarke, there is no other like him. Well, actually he is a lot like Pietersen. Arrogant, bombastic, prone to saying stupid things, and breathtakingly unapologetic. And ultimately living in his own world.
When he said that Alastair Cook came from the right kind of family, cricket groaned in the UK. It was a massive step backwards. It was proof that your upbringing and background still mattered in England. All the Sky money you want can't shake that single damaging impression that cricket in the UK is still for those who went to schools older than Wisden.
There are some that think English cricket has an image problem. Really, they just have a problem.
The Lord's balcony is a private place to chat. But conversations there can be seen by anyone left in the ground. So the conversations between Cook and Broad were looked at with great interest from the press box. So too were the conversations between Anderson and Moores. And then again when Cook and Moores sat there. All three conversations were had with the door of the balcony shut. All three were serious and long. England were still in the ground four hours after play.
It looked more like soul-searching than them naming their favourite songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Occasionally there was a ghostly figure moving behind them, but the men didn't turn around or fear them; they just continued their haunted conversations.
They seemed oblivious to the fans still drinking their champagne in the pavilion. They didn't stop if someone stumbled out onto the ground to take an out-of-focus selfie. Nor when the Sky cables were removed or the boundary-rope triangles were collected.
All three conversations looked exactly like people breaking up in a public place. There was no anger, just a devastated acceptance. The stench of hurt and confusion could be smelt from the other side of the ground. They had the look of men who didn't know how to get out or improve. It was a balcony. It could have been a gallows.
Sports teams love business fads, because people in sports haven't worked in business much, so they have no idea how unimpressive business methods are. How pointless and depressing it all is. Group hugs. Thought showers. KPIs. Punch a puppy. Blue-sky thinking. Singing from the same hymn sheets. And endless matrixes. England's backroom is littered with these sorts of things.
They even employed the famous Myers Briggs personality tests to better understand how to best use their players. Or how to best fire them.
You cannot fail a Myers Briggs Test. But if England took it right now, they would. If England lose 4-0 against India, they will be ranked sixth in the world. Supposedly the most professional side in cricket's history. Sixth.
They manage. They test. They superfood. They analyse. They sabermetric. They annoy. They waste time. They spin. They rule. They catchphrase.
They lose.


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Where did spring go? Did it disappear? Was I singing its praises too much and it got stage fright and left? Was it my fault?
Because I can tell you, overcast and 4 degrees is NOT my idea of a spring morning. Oh no.
I bought a couple of plants the other day — two poppies, two blanketflowers, and two gerbera daisies — and they are sitting forlornly in a flat on my porch. There's no way I am going to take a chance planting them in this cold. This is cold where frost is still a possibility.
I thought this was MAY?! I suppose it's possible that I slept overly long and woke up in the middle of October. Although it seems unlikely.
The rule has always been: Wait until the May 2-4 long weekend before you plant anything in your garden. Well, May 2-4 has come and gone and I'm still not taking a chance. Admittedly, it was an early one this year. But STILL.
Well, my back is bad, so it's not like I could have done any planting or gardening anyway, but THAT IS NOT THE POINT.
One of my projects around this time of year is to pack away the winter sweaters and jammies and whatnot and bring out all the spring clothes. Not flipping likely — you're not catching me outside in anything less than fleece on a day like this.
I am not even motivated to go out and fill the squirrel/blue jay box with peanuts. I've taken to just flinging the peanuts out the screen door with hopes they MIGHT land in the box. Which, admittedly, some of them do… while the rest are bouncing and rolling hither and yon across the patio stones and under the steps and into the grass. However, they can forget about me trying that with the birdseed.
The chipmunks will be disappointed.
And I can not sit out in my rocking chair on the front porch and work in the mornings in this kind of chilly, damp weather. Which is not so bad in some respects, actually, because I don't have to see Queen Bitch President of the Special Mommies Club and her always-dirty children who, probably not surprisingly, never seem to be in school. However, I do miss the otherwise peaceful part of sitting outside, hearing the birds and enjoying the warmth and sunshine.
Of which there is absolutely none today.
Stupid weather.

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Chris Brown pleaded guilty to the charges against him in turn for his plea bargain in which he will not be doing any jail time. Instead, he will 180 days of community service in Virginia (8 hours a day/1440 hours total), be on 5 years of supervised probation to the felony assault, and he must enroll in domestic violence counseling program. Along with this, he must return to court every 3 months. He also has a stay away order against him, in which he must remain 50 yards away from Rihanna (but 10 yards away if they attend the same events). The stay away order is in effect for the next 5 years. Rihanna also has a protective order in her favor as well. Both parties have been warned & advised to NOT contact one another at all, & if one does, Chris Brown will be breaking probation & be sentenced to a minimum 4 years of jail time. However, Rihanna did feel that the "stay away" order wasn't necessary, and will try to have that reduced at the August hearing.
All in all, Chris Brown is now a convicted felon, and the judge made an effort to emphasize that Chris Brown was to be "treated as any other person who comes through this court."
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Since 1997, R.M. Hoffman has leveraged the Internet as a business tool. What impact will IoT have on us and our customers?
By Tom Hoffman, President/ceo, R.m. Hoffman Company
During prior months, like you I've been bombarded with content from trusted technical sources about the new kind of Internet called IoT, the Internet of Things. Initially I didn't give it much thought. Then, in Machine Design magazine I spotted the infographic on the right:
Do you see Factory Automation at 9:00 on the ring entitled Internet of Things? What is that? I pondered. My firm does a lot of business in factory automation. It seemed prudent to learn. The fact that Machine Design's editors published it was a message in itself. Here is some of what I learned:
- The Internet delivers continuous connectivity using Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) for communications among and between computing devices. No IP address? You are not on the Internet. Each thing has an IP address.
- Things are always communication nodes (every tablet, smartphone or desktop PC includes a node). Nodes may be designed to communicate in a wide variety of wired and wireless ways, including Ethernet, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, RFID and several more protocols. Each thing is thus a micro transceiver.
The Whole Ball of Wax
In this regard, IoT offers several benefits:
- Machine – machine data communications at speeds that support deterministic performance. Together with real-time fieldbus technology (for example, industrial Ethernet), IoT makes incredibly obvious use of TCP/IP for sensor data
- "Big data" support. Companies using sophisticated software for preventive and scheduled maintenance will now enjoy much more data from things. In factory automation and motion control, that means sensor data from a lot more nodes. This will help predict failures well in advance. Yes, IoT can save lots of money by avoiding unexpected factory automation downtime
- Internet-enabled data acquisition and control. Our Nest example on steroids. More money saved!
Hoffman sells a wide range of motion components that our customers use in automation and robotics. Our value-added engineering services produce problem-solving electromechanical motion assemblies that include encoders or are engineered to mount sensors installed by our customers. This is where IoT enters the picture: machine-to-machine communications of data produced by encoders and sensors in mechanical motion control products and assemblies.
In other words, each sensor may have an IP address; each sensor may include a micro transceiver; and each sensor's defined job now has greater value. Hoffman is ready to work with customers as IoT comes through the door.
Let me put you on to some links I found that can help bootstrap your knowledge. I encourage you to learn more because IoT is coming and the benefits are positive:
- Connecting the Unconnected in the IoT
- The Internet of Things: Our Inevitable Future or a Pipe Dream?
- RFID Makes Internet of Things Come to Life
- What's the Difference Between the Internet of Things and the Internet for Things?
- The Next Tech Step: Blending Manufacturing with Big Data and IoT
- The industrial Internet: The next wave in manufacturing technology
- No More Excuses: Transformative IoT is Staring You in the Face
- GE Launches Digital Division, Focusing on IoT
As it happens, we'll present more insight into the impact and utility of IoT for motion control. We encourage you to stay tuned for interesting case study episodes of Hoffman's value-added motion solutions developed to solve specific problems. In the meantime, please review our wide range of successful projects. You'll be able to get in touch quickly to begin our Discovery process with no obligation. CLICK HERE.
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In what was widely viewed as a landmark setback for the first amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a legal precedent protecting first amendment rights. In EMPLOYMENT SERVICE vs. SMITH (1990) the High Court virtually eliminated the "compelling interest" test required to determine when government had the right to burden a person's exercise of religion. In response to that court decision, Congress passed the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993." This federal law ostensibly restored the "freedom" removed by the Supreme Court. This statute's benevolent sounding name, however, belies the real intent behind the passage of this bill.
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE vs. SMITH arose out of an Oregon case where two Native Americans lost their state jobs because of their ritual use of peyote, an hallucinogenic drug. They sued the state because they were refused unemployment benefits. They claimed that their first amendment rights had been violated because peyote was a part of their native American religion.
When the case reached the Supreme Court, the court sided with the state. In the majority opinion, Justice Scalia wrote that the "compelling interest" test was a "luxury" that this nation could no longer afford because of its increasing religious diversity. He stated that government regulation is neutral and generally applied, and, as long as it was not directed specifically at religion, it did not violate the first amendment.
The "compelling interest" test was established by the Supreme Court in 1963 which declared that government could only burden a person's exercise of religion if it could prove that it had a "compelling interest". For example, if a prisoner claimed that his religion required him to have a gun in his cell, the government could claim a "compelling interest" in burdening that religious expression. It was also established that if the test was met, the government must use the least restrictive means in furthering its "compelling interest." This is the High Court opinion that was reversed in 1990.
Church and civil rights groups lobbied Congress for a law "restoring" the "compelling interest" test. The result was a bill originating in the Senate and claiming Ted Kennedy, Diane Feinstein and Barbara Mikulski among its sponsors. Senate Bill S.578 was entitled the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993". After acknowledging the constitutional aspects of religious freedom, it specifically restores the "compelling interest" test in a statutory form. Under the heading "Sec. 3. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION PROTECTED," it reads:
(a) IN GENERAL - Government shall not burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b).
(b) EXCEPTION - Government may burden a person's exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person -
(1) is in furtherance of a compelling government interest and
(2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest."
At this juncture one may conclude that those in Congress have done us all a favor by restoring those first amendment protections so unkindly stripped by the Supreme Court. In light of this government's record of attacking small religious sects whose beliefs they do not understand, flagrantly violating the true spirit of the first amendment, their pretense of protecting first amendment rights appears dubious at best.
The task of interpreting the Constitution has historically been the sacred ground of the judiciary, who, unlike politicians, are insulated from the fickle whims of public passion. If Congress was serious about freedom of religion, it would call for a constitutional convention and amend the Constitution so that the courts would have no trouble deciding this important issue. Instead, Congress has intruded on this sacred ground and usurped the court's role of interpreting the Constitution, turning it over to those elected individuals who are bought and paid for by special interests, and whose convictions are stifled by their lust for power and more power. Congress has thus betrayed the first amendment with a kiss, professing to save it while giving it over to the hands of wicked men.
Unlike the Constitution, federal law is like straw that can be blown away by the first wind that comes along. The "compelling interest" test, that at one time remained in the hands of an independent judiciary, is now codified and in the hands of the President and Congress to use as they will. A "compelling interest" may be anything that challenges their ambitions or the agenda of their handlers, and would thus be reason for squashing dissent based on religious conviction. Since it is merely federal law, the RFRA may also be suspended or repealed by legislative sleight of hand, depending on the political winds and there would be no Supreme Court safety net to save it. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE vs. SMITH still stands, as far as the U.S. Supreme Court is concerned, and the precedent of the "compelling interest" test is no longer binding upon government as it has been in the past.
When Woodrow Wilson was President of the United States, there were several pieces of legislation passed that were hailed by his administration as "the new freedoms." Two of these measures were the federal reserve banking act and the federal income tax. It doesn't take a brilliant economist to know that these two acts robbed the American people of a significant amount of their freedom.
Recently, the U.S. government has offered Americans another red herring. By the deceptively labeled Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Congress has passed off another phony "rights" bill that further undermines the protections of the few and weak from the many and powerful.
In its latest session, opening a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the RFRA. The city of Boerne, Texas, is challenging Congress' authority to impose such a measure upon the states. If the High Court strikes the RFRA down, it could provoke a Constitutional crisis as this nation's leaders grow impatient with having their agenda challenged.
The government and the media, who faithfully serve the financial elite that own them both, would have us believe that it is in their power to bestow liberty, or to take it away at will. The RFRA is another ruse perpetuating that illusion. God created all men free, and that is an immutable fact. If we are not free, we have believed the system's lie. A wise Prophet once said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32.
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Your Tri-Cities Cancer Center is excited to partner with Mid-Columbia Libraries for the third year for our community-wide men's health initiative called Handsomely Hairy for Health. This year our theme is Stick a Stache On It!
Grow your beard or mustache as a conversation starter about the need for men to be more proactive about their health. Scroll down to learn what actions men should take to be healthy, find related book recommendations, and find out how to win prizes. Be part of this fun conversation about men's health!
Handsomely Hairy for Health Kickoff Event – Stick a Stache On It!
This event is FREE and open to our entire community!
Please join the Tri-Cities Cancer Center and the Mid-Columbia Libraries for our 2018 Handsomely Hairy for Health Kickoff Event.
When: Friday, November 2nd, 2018 | 12-2pm
Where: Tri-Cities Cancer Center | Wellness Center 7350 W. Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick
The purpose of Handsomely Hairy for Health Kickoff Event is to promote fun and proactive ways for men in our community to improve their health and wellness. This year's theme is Stick a Stache on It and we are asking people in our community to take pictures of themselves or fun items with a mustache on it to promote awareness of men's health issues in the month of November. Photo examples include pets, trees, friends, family, or food and post to their Instagram or Facebook account using #stickastacheonit #HandsomelyHairyforHealth #tcccmenshealth #midcolumbialibraries @tccancercenter @midcolumbialibraries.
At our Stick a Stache on It Kickoff Event, we will have:
- Delicious food
- Mustache friendly photo booth
- Door prizes
- Men's health focused info booths
- Men's health educational sessions
- Much more…
Handsomely Hairy for Health Events throughout November
Handsomely Hairy for Health Kickoff Event:
Join us on Friday, November 2nd for our Handsomely Hairy for Health Kickoff Event from 12-2pm. There will be fun, food, prizes and some men's focused education and resources.
Social Media Contests:
Help us promote awareness of men's health issues in November by posting a photo of yourself, pets, trees, friends, family, food, etc. to your Instagram or Facebook account using the hashtags #stickastacheonit #HandsomelyHairyforHealth #tcccmenshealth #midcolumbialibraries
@tccancercenter @midcolumbialibraries. A weekly winner will be selected to receive a fun Stick A Stache On It inspired prize.
Mid-Columbia Reads:
Join Mid-Columbia Libraries on Thursday, November 8th for Mid-Columbia Reads. Details at www.midcolumbialibraries.org/nea-big-read-mid-columbia
Mustaches on Children:
Mustaches on Children event at Mid-Columbia Libraries Storytimes – visit www.midcolumbialibraries.org/calendar
Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men. More men will die from lung cancer than from prostate, colorectal and testicular cancer combined. The best way to prevent lung cancer is to never smoke. If you do smoke, reduce your risk of a cancer diagnosis by quitting today. We have a free Quit Tobacco program offered monthly to help you give tobacco the boot.
If you have a significant smoking history, you may qualify for our low-cost Lung Screening Program. Be sure to check it out – our program could literally save your life.
Prostate Cancer
- Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnoses cancer in men (aside from cancers of the skin).
- Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related death in men.
- 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
- Starting at age 50, men of average risk should consider being screened for prostate cancer.
- Men 70 and above and in good health should consult their physician and determine the best path for their personal healthcare needs as it relates to screening.
- Prostate cancer screening includes a digital rectal exam and PSA blood test. It may be appropriate for men with a family history to start sooner.
- While prostate cancer is a very serious disease, most men diagnosed with prostate cancer will not die from the disease.
What is involved in the prostate cancer screening?
- Medical history (including discussion of risk factors), a prostate specific antigen blood test (PSA) and a digital rectal exam (DRE) performed by a physician.
- Whether or not to have a prostate cancer screening on a regular basis is a controversial topic. We recommend knowing your risk factors and having a conversation with your primary care physician to determine if screening is appropriate for you.
How is prostate cancer treated?
- Active Surveillance
- Likely to be recommended if cancer is low risk, if patient is older or has other serious medical conditions
- PSA will be checked periodically and prostate biopsies will be performed on a regular basis to ensure that your prostate cancer is not becoming more aggressive
- Prostatectomy (surgery)
- Radiation therapy with external beam radiation
- Permanent radioactive seed implants
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in men. Starting at age 50, men of average risk need to have a colonoscopy. Men with a family history may need to start sooner. Colonoscopies can actually prevent colorectal cancer by removing precancerous polyps during the procedure. Get screened. Be a Man.
Testicular Cancer
- Testicular cancer is most often found in men ages 15 – 35.
- Testicular cancer is most often a young man's disease: average age 33 at diagnosis.
- Testicular cancer is very treatable and often curable cancer. Early detection is key!
- Testicular cancer, while very serious, is not a common condition. 1 in 250 men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer in their lifetime.
- Due to great treatment options, only 1 in 5000 men will lose their life to testicular cancer.
- A higher percentage of the time, testicular cancer appears as a lump in the testicles.
- Talk to your physician should you notice any physical changes
Self Exam:
- Check only one testical at a time
- Use both hands and hold the testicle between your thumbs and fingers. Roll gently between your fingers.
- If you notice (feel or see) any hard lumps, smooth or rounded bumps, a change in size, shape or constancy contact your doctor right way
More information can be found at MedlinePlus.


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I really want to thank the hundreds of global views on my blog. I'm really happy. Girls like Christmas is coming, and we have another idea to decorate your Christmas, it's beautiful and easy. Crochet box in heart to decorate and graphic. We have points in crochet and free projects for those who like to be creative !! Hope you like. I want you to feel free to share the projects Croche my blog with whomever you choose. Kiss on heart and good crochet. Free crochet projects
carr. - career
per annum - high point
bp - Low
You will start box by first doing the background, starting from the bottom of the heart, with
1st row: 4 ch, 2 per annum in the 1st race..
Then follow the chart, making the increases indicated the 2nd until the 12th career.
Now continue to the 17th carr. making only the left side of the heart as indicated in the graph. These careers you will make reductions as shown in the chart. In the end, cut the line. (indicated by the black arrow)
Now hold the line in the last tr on the right side of the heart (indicated by a white arrow). Follow the chart to complete the other side of the case back, also with reductions.
Now make a bp career shown in the graph. Is ready the bottom of the box.
The side you start on the last row of dc the background. You will make a career in bp grabbing the handles back.
This career onwards follow the chart to complete the 8 rows of the side of the box.
After hardening crochet, garnish the edge as you prefer.
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Millions of people get affected by toenail fungus. This condition is also referred to as onychomycosis which is caused by poor feet hygiene, constant exposure to moisture, unbalanced ph levels, sweat that gets trapped in and certain sickness such as diabetes. It is one of the most common ailments that often get neglected and treated.
A toenail fungus appears thick, yellowish, and rough on the edges. It looks unsightly, frustrating, and disgusting. A fungus can latch itself into the cracks of your toenails where it can grow and eat up the nutrients in your toenails.
If untreated, the condition may become painful. The surrounding area of the infected nail can swell and give off a foul odor.
However, there are ways on how to get rid of toenail fungus Dr Oz suggests. In this tutorial, I'll share with you his tips on prevention and cure the natural way.
The Symptoms
First, let's talk about the symptoms of having a toenail fungus.
- Change in color. Once a fungal infection starts to grow in your toenails, you'll notice a change in the appearance and color of your nails. Your toenails will usually turn into a shade of yellow, green, brown or dark shade.
- Foul smell. The foul smell is caused by the fungi that grow in your toenails. The deposits collected underneath your nails give off a nasty smell.
- Thick toenails. Your toenails will start to become thick and flaky. For some people, it can cause discomfort especially once they wear shoes. It adds pressure to their toes which make it a bit difficult for them to stand or walk.
- Nail ulcers. A fungus can also develop into nail ulcers. If your fungus is caused by other types of sickness such as diabetes, it can be difficult to cure.
- Spread of infection. Since a fungus is an infection, it can spread to other parts of your toenails or in some cases, it can transfer to other people too. Avoid sharing common supplies with other people such as emery boards because it can carry and transfer the fungi from one toenail to another.
As soon as you notice and feel any of these symptoms, seek treatment immediately to avoid any complications. Curing your infection prevents the spread of your condition.
What You'll Need:
- Vinegar
- Water
- Thyme oil
- Basin
- Oral antifungal medication
How to Cure Toenail Fungus:
- Mix two parts of vinegar and four parts of water. You should always double the amount of water versus the vinegar. Vinegar is an effective anti-bacterial solution that is proven to kill the growth of fungi.
- Soak your feet in the vinegar and water solution. Let your feet sit for at least 20 minutes.
- Apply thyme oil. Another option is to use thyme oil as a solution. Pour warm water into a basin. Add a few drops of thyme oil to the water. Soak your feet in the solution.
- Wash your feet. Do this as often as needed.
- Oral antifungal. Drink antifungal medications to cure the infection.
How to Prevent Toenail Fungus:
- Wear flat shoes. Instead of wearing high heels, replace it with flat shoes. This prevents your toenails from crushing and rubbing against the front of your shoes and reduces the pressure on your toenails.
- Cut your nails. Practice proper grooming and hygiene. Cut your nails short and straight. This prevents fungus from growing and breeding on your toenails.
- Use synthetic socks. Instead of using cotton socks, switch it to synthetic ones. This keeps moisture away from your toes unlike cotton socks that lock in water and moisture on your feet.
Treating your Toenails Right
Remember, a toenail infection will not cure itself. Understanding the root of the problem and addressing it will help you cure your condition effectively. The best way to cure your fungal infection is to prevent it from occurring. Just follow the preventive tips as suggested by Dr. Oz.
In case you already carry the symptoms, there are different ways to treat your condition. One of the simplest, easiest, and most convenient method is using the water and vinegar solution from Dr. Oz. This is very practical and cost effective too.
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Oh Jessica… Win the game, loose the friends. This is The Bachelor Australia Episode 9 Recap.
This week, The Bachelor begins with a date card. With the new girls around, time with Blake is even harder to come by, which is causing quite the hectic house. It would be totally uncool if a new girl got a single date, but turns out the invitation is extended to Chantel. Phew. The girls seem OK with that. The concept of game playing is taking on whole new scores with this episode. Not only is one-on-one time a bigger issue, but also, The Blinons (Blake's Minions) are beginning to bond — becoming friends dating the same guy (also known as, Bigamy). The game of masking jealously is in full force. Forced smiles everywhere! They're excited for Chantel and her single date, but they're jealous and worried that a growing depth with Chantel will weaken other bonds. Desperation levels are on the rise.
Blake plays another nod to children on this group date, taking the girls to a carnival. The date consists of all the new girls, which of course causes a stir. However, while on the date, the biggest tension rises from Jessica. First off, Cara gets some one-on-one time with Blake and utilizes this chance wisely. She's open about her feelings over champagne in the carousel, and receives a rose. We like Cara's subtle, yet upfront, approach about her thoughts. She lets him know she's interested and she truly wants a rose. Smart girl. Blake never seems to shy from honesty.
On the other side of the spectrum, we have Jessica. The girls are all about bashing Jessica on this episode. Jessica continuously positions herself to catch Blake's attention. At one point, she purposely (and admittingly) tricks Holly 2.0 Rachel during the spinning-top game to situate herself in the winning spot. Then she wins, gracefully sliding off the top, starring into Blake's eyes with glares of triumph and adoration. The Blinons are red with anger, which they're not shy about discussing while Jessica is off spending one-on-one time via merry-go-round circles. Even after all the complaining over the new girls, "Jessica-bashing" bridges the gap and creates a connection between The Blinons and the new girls on the group date.
So, the big question here, is: are the girls truly upset that Jessica isn't be considerate, or are they simply jealous? It's a game. They're playing to win Blake's attention, and hopefully his heart. "She's robbing the experience," exclaims Laurina. Well, is she really? As far as the basis of the show goes, Jessica is doing exactly what she's supposed to do. She's actually validating the show's true experience value. It's all about the game, no? Anastasia pulled a "Damsel in Distress" move on one the rides and, of course, Blake comes to the rescue and voilà, she gets to share a seat with him. As soon as she wimps out, Laurina comes running in and fills the seat. So Laurina, isn't this something Jessica would do? Ughm… Yes.
Let's think about it… Did it ever occur to the girls that maybe Jessica is just super into Blake, and when she's around him, she can't help herself — as in, she doesn't really care that all the girls are around. The object of desire is Blake, not social acceptance, which is something the girl's seem to forget — especially when they go off the rocker because Jessica and Blake share a smooch during their group date one-on-one time.
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United Nations, New York. The UN has taken steps to discourage European nations from returning migrants to Hungary.
The United Nations refugee agency has taken the rare step of urging EU members to suspend return of asylum seekers to Hungary. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees criticised Hungary's new policy of systematically placing migrants in containers and expelling any migrants who do not hold the proper papers.
UN officials announced that since a tough new law took effect on March 28, Hungary's government has detained 110 people including children, in "shipping containers surrounded by high razor fences at the border" while their asylum cases are reviewed.
UNHCR Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, stated the situation for asylum seekers in Hungary was already a concern before the measures, and "has only gotten worse since the new law introducing mandatory detention for asylum seekers came into effect."
Budapest's actions shine a new spotlight on Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban's government, which has faced scorn from UN agencies and advocacy groups over its tough policies on migrants, even though its populist message has resonated in the country and elsewhere in the West.
The EU rule known as the Dublin Regulation holds that any asylum seekers should have their cases processed in the first country of the bloc that they enter, and should be returned there if necessary. UN officials urged EU countries to suspend transfer of asylum seekers to Hungary "until the Hungarian authorities bring their practices and policies in line with European and international law," according to a statement from his office.
Hungary's new migrant rules call for all asylum seekers over the age of 14 to be placed in one of two container camps on Hungary's border with Serbia until their asylum claims are decided. The Budapest government says they are free to leave the camps and return to Serbia at any time.
The Orban administration has been in the vanguard of stopping illegal immigration and migrant invasion with border fences and hyper security robust responses, designed to secure its borders and repulse large numbers of asylum seekers.
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Moving In Together, Part 5: All Those Odds And Ends
Moving in together with your significant other is a huge and exciting milestone. If you've been following this series, however, you know that the actual moving in part can be a bit of a hassle if you and your partner don't do a little planning beforehand. You both have stuff, and before you can live happily ever after, the two of you need to work together to make your stuff work together for (both of) you.
So far, we've gone room to room, offering moving in and packing tips for combining your kitchen, living room, master bathroom, and master bedroom. To wrap up the "Moving in Together" series, we've put together some helpful ideas on how to combine some of your odds and ends—items like linens, electronics, and movies. Your new place won't feel quite like home until you've found a home for these last few items:
Towels, Linens, and Blankets
Chances are, you and your partner have way more towels, linens, and blankets between the two of you than you're ever going to need. Well, moving in is a great time to scale back your collection.
- Once you've selected which towels, linens, and blankets you want to keep, set the others aside to use as packing material (Actually, that's #2 on our packing hacks blog post). Fold towels, sheets, and blankets into layers to form cushioned barriers to secure and protect breakable objects, as well as to prevent furniture, glass, and other items from being scratched. Use pillowcases or washcloths to wrap smaller items like drinking glasses, plates, or picture frames.
- After your move is complete, consider donating your extra towels, linens, and blankets to your local homeless organization. Animal shelters are usually short on supplies, and would gladly accept your extra items, as well.
- You might also want to hang on to a few towels or blankets to use as clean up rags in your garage or basement.
Technology can become obsolete pretty quickly, so if you and your partner have any spare electronics that you don't need when moving in together, you'd be better off finding a new home for them while they still have some value instead of letting them collect dust (and depreciation) in your closet, basement, or garage.
- Consider selling your items on sites like eBay or Craigslist, and using the proceeds to purchase other items that you need for your new home.
- Some electronics retailers offer trade-in programs which can earn you significant credit toward any newer models you might be interested in.
- There are likely several non-profit and other community organizations that can help you recycle your old electronics.
- Many charities, schools, and community centers will happily accept donations of working computers, printers, and other devices—and will often provide you with receipts that you can use for tax deductions.
- You don't need multiple copies of the same DVD. Trade your duplicates in for cash or credit at your local used book, music, or movie store.
- If getting cash or credit for your movies isn't that important to you, you might consider donating your extra movies to friends or family who have never seen them or want to add them to their collections.
- Just as you don't need duplicate copies of the same movies, you don't need multiple Netflix or Hulu accounts, either. Instead of both of you paying for separate accounts each month, delete your extra accounts and set up additional user profiles on your remaining ones. You will be able to access your profiles on whichever devices you use for streaming, as well as share your favorite movies and shows with each other.
As always, we're more than glad to provide packing tips for movers like you, and we wish you and your partner nothing but happiness in your new home.
Oh, and thanks again for reading our "Moving in Together" series!
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Closing Resolution
passed on 18 October 2015
One torch will become many thousands – we will carry them out into the world!
The 1st International Automotive Workers' Conference in Sindelfingen, Germany, from 14 to 18 October, was a great and spirited success. The 17 years of preparation through the seven Automotive Workers' Counsels reached its climax with the founding of an international movement of the Automotive Workers' Coordination.


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Our Structure
The Senior Leadership team
The Senior Leadership team is headed up by Chief Executive Michael Scott and includes a representative from Athlete Performance Support, Capacity and Expertise, Performance and Strategic Investment and Business Operations.
Michael Scott
Chief Executive
Michael joined High Performance Sport New Zealand as Chief Executive in January 2018. With over 20 years' experience in high performance at both a system and sport level
Michael was most recently Chief Executive of Rowing Australia having previously held a number of leadership roles internationally and across the system including Performance Director at Swimming Australia, National Performance Director at British Swimming as well as Chief Executive of the 2007 World Swimming Championships Corporation.
At a system leadership level, Michael was the sixth Director of the Australian Institute of Sport having previously been appointed the inaugural Director of the New South Wales Institute of Sport.
Michael holds a Master of Science in Physical Education from Eastern Kentucky University.
Pete Pfitzinger
GM Capacity & Expertise
Pete has a long involvement in high performance sport, as an athlete, coach, sports physiologist and manager.
He was a world class marathon runner, representing the USA at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, before moving into the field of exercise physiology and sport management.
Pete was Performance Services Manager and then CEO of the NZ Academy of Sport North Island, a forerunner to HPSNZ, from 2000 to 2011.
Pete is responsible for high performance (HP) coaching, HP leader capability development, HP athlete development, performance planning, innovation and technology and leveraging high performance knowledge.
Pete holds an MBA from Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, and a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Erik-Jan Koers
GM Performance and Strategic Investment
Erik-Jan Koers is the General Manager, Performance and Strategic Investment at High Performance Sport NZ.
His role is to lead the team that develops and implements the HPSNZ targeted investment strategy, manages performance partnerships with national sporting organisations (NSOs) to develop world-leading HP programs and manages the HPSNZ facility and regional hub strategy to create world-leading training and performance environments.
Erik-Jan brings more than 20 years' sports management experience across a number of leadership and senior management positions including Performance Intelligence, Elite Sports Policy, Elite Programme Management as well as leadership roles within the NSO environment.
Erik-Jan previously worked at the NOC*NSF (The Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation) where, as Performance Manager Sports Intelligence, he led the NOC*NSF elite sports programs monitoring, evaluation and feedback system as well as the financial management of the NOC*NSF elite sports investment program. He was also a key part of the Dutch high performance system that achieved 19 medals for the Netherland's at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, including eight gold.
Erik-Jan has an Executive Masters in Sports Organization Management (IOC), a Bachelor's in Sport Management and a Master's in Business Law.
Martin Dowson
GM Athlete Performance Support
Martin has more than 25 years' experience in providing or managing the support to high performance athletes.
He has worked with athletes in New Zealand, England and Japan as a sports scientist and strength and conditioning coach, was a Senior Lecturer in Sports Science at AUT University, and from 2005 developed and led the Performance Services team at the NZ Academy of Sport, the forerunner to HPSNZ.
Martin leads Athlete Support and is responsible for the quality of all the performance support provided for athletes and coaches. This covers a range of support such as athlete life advice, strength and conditioning coaching, performance and technique analysis, physiotherapy and medical services, physiology, psychology and nutrition.
Martin has a Bachelor of PE from Otago University, and a Master of Philosophy in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University.
Zoltan Varadi
GM Business Operations
Zoltan joined High Performance Sport New Zealand as GM Business Operations in November 2013. He is responsible for optimising HPSNZ's financial and operational performance to ensure that resources are maximised to deliver a positive impact on performance.
Zoltan's background is in global finance and operations with a focus on delivering strategic and technology focused business solutions. Prior to joining HPSNZ he was Chief Financial Officer at MDS within the Laureate International Universities Group (2011 – 2013), Group Financial Controller at Bauer Media (2007 – 2011), and Financial Controller with NZX listed Albano Healthcare Ltd (2005 – 2006).
Zoltan has a Bachelor of Commerce from Auckland University and is a CA, CPA and FCPA. He also has a black belt in Karate, Taekwondo, Judo and Shaolin Kempo.
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors are led by Chair, Bill Moran and includes a representative from the New Zealand Olympic Committee, Sport NZ and across national sporting organisations and Recreation Trusts.
Bill Moran (Chair)
Bill Moran was with the New Zealand Treasury from 1985 to 2016.
His most recent role as Chief Operating Officer saw him overseeing work on New Zealand's economic strategy and ensuring the Treasury operates effectively as an organisation.
He previously led and managed work for the Treasury in macroeconomic and fiscal policy, tax strategy and state sector management. Prior to this he spent eight years as principal economic advisor to two Ministers of Finance and a Deputy Minister of Finance. A strong advocate for ensuring that the Treasury's work is informed by external views and involving New Zealanders in the policy process, in 2013 Bill led a wide-ranging public engagement programme to test the assumptions and analysis for the Treasury's long-term fiscal statement.
Bill holds a master's degree in political science from Victoria University of Wellington. He spent eight years on the board of New Zealand Football and was chair of the organising committee for the 2015 FIFA Under-20 Men's World Cup. He also has ties with the creative sector as founder and initial chair of the Play It Strange Trust.
Hilary Poole
Hilary has 25 years of experience in a variety of leadership and governance roles within the sport, finance, food, education, and not for profit sector in New Zealand, Australia and London.
She is currently an independent director of Just Water Ltd, Martin Jenkins Ltd, Sport New Zealand, and The Clubhouse New Zealand Ltd (rights holder for the LPGA's NZ Women's Golf Open). Previous appointments include Chief Executive at Netball New Zealand and Hockey New Zealand, chair of Diocesan School for Girls, chair of First Foundation, and independent director of Prolife Foods.
Hilary has been a member of the NZ Institute of Directors since 2002, and is a chartered member. In 2012 Hilary, was awarded the CK Doig Award for excellence in leadership in sport, and the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) President's Award for international service to Hockey. She holds a B.Com and B. Phys Ed from Otago University.
Tony Hall CNZM
Tony has contributed in a number of governance roles in education, business and sport.
Current roles include: board member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and member of the NZOC selection panel, trustee and previous chair of North Canterbury Sport & Recreation Trust, founding director of Community Colleges New Zealand, chair of the Agriculture and Life Sciences Lincoln Massey and Industry Partnership, chair of Lincoln University Hospitality, chair of Core Education Ltd Trust, director Hall Management Ltd, ongoing support and sponsorship of the winter Paralympic team.
Previous roles: Chancellor Lincoln University, council member University of Canterbury, trustee and chair of Sport Canterbury, Coast to Coast event management team, Tertiary Education Commission board member, chair North Canterbury Economic Development Trust, chair MainPower Trust, members Rangi Ruru Girls School board, member NZQA Board.
Tony was awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in June 2017 for services to sport and education.
Alison Shanks
Alison was appointed to the HPSNZ Board in July 2015 and brings a wealth of experience from an athletes perspective across various sporting codes.
A World Champion Track Cyclist in the Individual Pursuit in 2009 and 2012, she competed at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics finishing 4th and 5th respectively. In her first Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, 2006, Alison placed 4th before returning four years later in 2010, Delhi, to deliver New Zealand's first Gold medal of the Games. After nine years of competing at the top level Alison retired at the beginning of 2014.
Born and bred in Dunedin, Alison is now based in Cambridge, Waikato, with her husband Craig and young son Lucas.
Alison has a background in marketing having completed a double degree at Otago University, Bcom Hons in Marketing, BSc in Human Nutrition. During this time Alison played for the Otago Rebels netball franchise and was capped as a New Zealand U21 player. Alison also played basketball for Otago and has been a carded athlete as part of the original Academy of Sport system since 2001.
Alison now undertakes marketing contract work under her AS Performance Projects brand and continues her work as an NZOC Ambassador delivering inspiration to school children throughout New Zealand. Alison is a member of the NZOC Athletes Commission and was elected to the Cycling New Zealand board in 2014.
Peter Miskimmin (Ex-officio)
Peter Miskimmin is Chief Executive of Sport NZ, a role he has held since April 2008.
He came to Sport NZ (then Sport and Recreation New Zealand) in late 2006, after 17 years at New Zealand Post where he was head of Corporate Sales. Prior to that he had held a number of senior management roles in the Marketing and Commercial division of New Zealand Post.
Peter has a wealth of experience as an athlete, coach, and administrator. A former captain of the New Zealand hockey team, he played 150 test matches for New Zealand from 1978 to 1992. He played at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games as well as the 1982 and 1986 Hockey World Cups. He went on to become the leader of Athlete Services in the Games Management Team for the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, and the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Peter is a former chairman of the New Zealand Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission, and has been a board member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and the New Zealand Sports Foundation, and President of the Olympian Club.
Ian Hunt
Ian is a litigation partner with Young Hunter Lawyers in Christchurch, and has had extensive involvement in sport, legal issues affecting sport, ethical issues in sport, and the governance and management of sporting organisations.
Ian has acted for individual athletes, clubs, and NSOs over a wide variety of sports, in proceedings before the High Court, Sports Tribunal of New Zealand, the Court of Arbitration for Sport and numerous domestic Tribunals in relation to doping, selection, governance and conduct related matters.
Ian was the President of ANZSLA, the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association, between 2007 and 2012. He was an elected Director of Swimming New Zealand from October 2012 – September 2014 and was appointed as a member of the inaugural FINA Ethics Panel in 2013. Ian is the President of Broken River Ski Club Inc, is an Association Commissioner for New Zealand Cricket, and from 2004 – 2008 was the Chair of the Board of the Canterbury Flames netball franchise.
Ian joined the Board of High Performance Sport New Zealand in July 2015.
Waimarama Taumaunu
Waimarama Taumaunu was born in Waipawa, New Zealand. She attended Canterbury University between 1981 and 1983 graduating with a bachelor's degree in history.
During that time she was also a member of New Zealand's national netball team, the Silver Ferns, her career spanning from 1981 to 1991. She played in the Silver Ferns team that won the 1987 Netball World Championships, and was also captain of the team in the last three years of her international career.
Taumaunu has experience in sport management and governance spanning many years and two countries. In 1998 Taumaunu was appointed as National Performance Director for All England Netball, and remained in that role until 2003. During that time she was the assistant coach for the England national team in their 2003 Netball World Championships campaign. Whilst resident in the United Kingdom, Taumaunu was appointed as one of the Establishment Board members for the English Institute of Sport and was a Board member of the UK Sports Lottery Awards panel.
Returning home in 2003, Taumaunu worked for the State Services Commission in the Chief Executive Employment and Development unit. In 2008 she accepted the position of assistant coach for the Silver Ferns, under head coach Ruth Aitken and in October 2011, took over as head coach for the Silver Ferns. In New Zealand Taumaunu's governance roles have extended across a diverse range of interests including The Correspondence School, The Broadcasting Standards Authority, the Alcohol Advisory Council and Sport New Zealand.
Of Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tahu descent, Taumaunu was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the Māori Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
Kylie Clegg
Kylie is currently deputy chair of the Waitemata District Health Board, a director of Auckland Transport and Hockey New Zealand and chair of the Hockey Foundation.
She has a corporate legal background, having specialised in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance advice across a range of industries for private and publicly listed companies, as well as government organisations.
Her previous governance experience has been as the chair of the New Zealand Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission, board member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, trustee and board member of the Halberg Disability Sports Foundation.
As a former Black Stick for nine years, including captaining the Black Sticks Women to the Sydney 2000 Olympics, sport is a integral part of Kylie's life. Today it is spent as a supporter on the sidelines of the many sports her children play at grass roots level.


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"SHINee's Jonghyun pre-releases 'Déjà-Boo' ft. Zion T" plus 19 more
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SHINee's Jonghyun pre-releases 'Déjà-Boo' ft. Zion T
Posted: 06 Jan 2015 07:13 AM PST
SHINee's Jonghyun kicks off his solo debut by releasing a pre-release track off his upcoming 1st mini album 'Base'.
The track is titled 'Déjà-Boo', featuring hip hop icon Zion T. The track is self-composed by Jonghyun showcasing his songwriting skills.
Other artists featured in his mini album are Younha, Wheesung, and Iron, so look forward to the full mini album release soon.
Listen below and support Jonghyun by downloading the track legally through music portals like MelOn.
Girls' Generation Yoona speaks fluent Mandarin
Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:56 AM PST
Girls' Generation's Yoona impresses with her Mandarin!!
She greeted fans during Girls' Generation's Guangzhou fanmeet on 4th January, she said 'This is my first time, filming a drama in China, i'm nervous, but....i will work hard, please show me a lot of support'.
Fans commented, 'she must have worked hard', 'impressive', 'hwaiting Yoona' and etc.
JJCC release teaser images for comeback next week
Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:15 AM PST
JJCC drops their first group teaser images for this year signaling a comeback.
Photos of the boys posing playfully are uploaded to their official twitter account today. Photos are captioned such as 'Eat well', 'Play well','Live well' and more. The tweet also includes the date 2015.01.14 which is likely to be the release of their new single.
Are you anticipating this?
Jung Yong Hwa to reveal four collaborated artists for solo debut
Posted: 06 Jan 2015 05:45 AM PST
For his solo debut, CNBlue's Yonghwa announces that there are going to be four artists he has collaborated with.
Today, FNC opens the website wherein the artists featured in Yonghwa's upcoming solo album will be revealed. In addition to that, four dates are slated with January 7 being the first, followed by 11th,12th, and 13th.
Who do you think they are?
Crayon Pop's Geummi releases MV for 'Sunlight' ft. Sunghoon
Posted: 06 Jan 2015 05:15 AM PST
Apink release comeback making film for 'NoNoNo'
Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:30 AM PST
Teen Top's Niel to have his solo debut in February
Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:54 AM PST
Teen Top's first member to debut as solo is none other than Niel.
Top Media announces the good news today through their SNS account that lead vocalist Niel will be releasing his solo debut album in February.
According to insiders, Niel is currently in the final stage of album preparation and is ready to show his unique solo debut packed with his both vocal and dance performance. In fact, Niel's solo debut has been anticipating because of his outstanding appearances on KBS' 'Immortal Song' and such.
Niel has also shown full potential through Teen Top's release of 'Missing' last year which is a smooth and emotional RnB track wherein Niel played a vital center role in both vocal and performance.
Are you anticipating Niel's solo debut?
Dal Shabet greet fans for 4th anniversary
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Davichi to comeback with a new digital single
Posted: 05 Jan 2015 11:30 PM PST
According to CJ E&M, ballad duo Davichi will be back to K-pop scene with a new digital single on January 21st.
On January 4, the female duo wrote a handwritten letter and uploaded to their official Facebook to announce their comeback. It said: "Our new album will go on sale on January 21. We've only focused on music this time."
Davichi will also launch their official fan club around the same time the new single releases.
Davichi including Kang Minkyung and Lee Haeri was formed in 2008, is one of the most popular and successful female duos in Korea. They have been known for their vocal talents full of emotions.
Happy birthday to Epik High's Mithra Jin
Posted: 05 Jan 2015 10:30 PM PST
Stage Name: Mithra/ Mithra Jin
Birth Name: Choi Jin
Nickname: Sleeping T
Birthday: January 6, 1983
Birthplace: Goheung, South Korea
Label: YG entertainment
Group: Epik High
Position: Producer, Lyricist, MC, Maknae
Instruments: Drums
Instagram: @realmithrajin
Twitter: @realmithrajin
- He was originally going to be a poet
Posted: 05 Jan 2015 10:00 PM PST
Stage Name: JB
Real Name: Im Jae Bum (임재범)
Birthdate: January 6, 1994
Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Rapper, Visual
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 66kg
Education: Geonguk University (Film major)
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Bus travel, watching movies, airing, taking pictures
Specialty: B-Boying
Ideal girl: "A girl who gets caught in his eyes and is cute"
Favorite food: Stew
Favorite musician: D'Angelo
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jbjyp
Instagram: http://instagram.com/defjeffb/
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APink reveal recording making film for 'Secret Garden' album
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On yesterday's broadcast of "Jimmy Kimmel Live," host Jimmy Kimmel shared his thoughts on the Oscars. As someone who regularly watches his late-night program I knew that every Monday he has a segment in which he counts all the times the women of the ABC reality show "The Bachelor" say the word "amazing." Kimmel thought it was a good idea to count the times it was said on the red carpet shows.
I think for next year's Academy Awards they hand out thesauruses for the stars and the red carpet "reporters." Maybe they could learn a thing or two.
What word do you think people often misuse or overuse?
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And I got to go!
Truly a blessing for me! :D
Located at Sentosa, to get to Universal we had to go through Vivo city and take a shuttle uni-rail/train thing. Had an awesome view!
See, I wasn't just having fun, I was thinking of Val!
It was really amazing! There were different areas dedicated to different movies, the mummy, shrek, gotham city, star gate, jurassic park. The way they had created the "worlds" was fantastic! Nothing was wrong! And some of the things they made, WERE HUGE!! Favourites definately was the land of Far Far Away (Shrek!), Madagascar and the "hollywood" area. They had this gorgeous diner that made me feel like I was in the 40s :)
Enjoying the rides! Despite Rach's attempts to freak me out, I can successfully say. "I WENT ON THAT!"
Isn't it stunning?!
And we met some famous fellows.
Funny story, the Peanut Butter Cup was running away from as I attempted to take a photo with it. Look at it steer away from attempts for a friendship...
Overall, a really great place to go for a fun day! The rides were great, but they failed to make me insanely scared. What impressed me was the authencity of the park! So many places to take photos and just have a really fun time. Definately go for a day trip!
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This poem is called Peacekeeper – it's inspired by a quote by Rainer Maria Rilke, which urges couples to be the guardians of each other's solitude.
'The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries… a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude…'
I never really got this until I had kids, but now it feels really on point. When I've had 2 kids all over me all day, the most loving thing my husband can do when he comes in is to give me time to myself. Know what I mean?
I'm sharing this poem on my wedding anniversary as a thank you to my lovely husband for all the times he's given me the space to find some sanity after a day of making like a climbing frame.
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That's lovely – moving actually, and very good advice in a marriage. I think good listening but also giving someone space and time to be alone is really important as the years go by together. Happy anniversary! xx Thanks for linking to #WhatImWriting
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I could relate to every single word Jude. Absolutely brilliant poem. Sharing now lovely x
"For once in her week let her speak uninterrupted"
This line says so much…. Love this poem, thanks for sharing! 🙂 x
There was so much I enjoyed about your poem. For starters I love clever rhyming but also your words certainly resonated with me. It's not often we talk about the effects of parenting on our marriages/life partner relationships and I think you discussed it brilliantly in this poem. Space – so important #prose4thought
Brilliantly done and fabulously read. I love the rhyming and the pace – and the words are so very true. It is hard for Ross and I as we work at home together and, to some extent, get on each others nerves a bit! Space is so important. We are grateful that Grace is such an easy child! I especially loved the last minute. Thanks for linking to Prose for Thought x
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I really love this poem. So inspiring!
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