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Gun control petition receives more than 35,000 signatures in just hours online
We the People petition was prompted by the deadly Connecticut school shootings.
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A petition to the White House demanding stricter gun control laws crossed the 25,000 signature barrier for an official White House response after fewer than seven hours online Friday.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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- Lori said...
Cindy, Thanks for visiting! Love the office, I want one too!! You also haven't missed the give-away! it ends on Thanksgiving, will enter you today! Lori
- November 13, 2007 at 5:06 PM
- Kerryanne English said...
Cindy love, you are to be congratulated. What a magnificent office make-over. If only my studio space could be so pretty, pink, organised and as inspiring as yours. You know what - I think you HAVE inpisred me to think about a studio/office make-over of my own. Hhmmm....just not sure when that will happen.
Enjoy the new office.
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Hi I love your pinkette pretties I just posted your blog...going back to browse...
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LOVE all the pics!!! gorgeous!!!
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Hi Thanks for finding me. I love your office. The printer cover is brilliant!
What does the rest of the house look like? I'm still searching for another house for my next book (on Romantic homes)
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Is it possible to admire a film and not really like it? Because that is how I feel about Millennium Actress.
This is a good movie, a great movie, easily one of the smartest and best anime I have ever seen but at it's core it is one of the most frustrating and upsetting cinematic experiences I've ever had too.
The conceit of Millennium Actress is absolutely brilliant. Two documentary film makers Genya Tachibana (played by Shoozoo Izuka) and his cameraman track down film actress Chiyoko Fujiwara (played at various parts of her life by Miyoko Shooji, Mami Koyama and Fumiko Orikasa) to interview her about her life. As Chiyoko recounts her life story the film moves the three characters from standing in a room to actually inhabiting scenes from the various films Chiyoko has starred in, facing armies of samurai, Manchurian bandits and ninjas.
But it's not just a case of inter-cutting the life story and the fiction of the films but that the film scenes actually stand for the events of Chiyoko's life. So her starring as a nurse that has gone to Manchuria to find her lost love stands in for her becoming an actress travelling to Manchuria to star in a film and also look for her lost love. Or her becoming a Geisha and being refused to allow to leave her dwelling to see her love one last time before he is executed stands in for her being an actress and not being allowed by the studio to spend time searching for her lost love.
I've seen plenty of films that blurred the lines between fiction and reality before but never before have I seen it done so fluidly and confidently as Millennium Actress. There are barely any scenes in the film at all that take place in the reality of the plot, almost everything we see is the scene from a film Chiyoko has starred in, and yet without letting us see much of anything of Chiyoko's real life we come to understand her life story anyway. That is masterful plotting and directing from Satoshi Kon, director of another excellent anime about an actress Perfect Blue.
And there are further moments of inspired confusion, one scene which is clearly supposed to be Chiyoko's domestic life after she gets married is revealed mid-scene to take place on a stage; another has the background turn into a ukiyo-e wood block print, and on and on.
Visually the film is phenomenal both in the quality of the animation and the varied and interesting imagery employed. This is a film that gives us samurai battles, geisha, acrobatic ninja fights, space rockets, Godzilla, etc, etc. The acting is confident, the tone is perfectly assured switching between humour, pathos and drama smoothly and effectively. It's a damn near perfect film in many respects.
It's just a shame then that the actual story is so frustrating and often so dull.
Very briefly Chiyoko's life story goes like this. She's a school girl born in 1923. She gets asked to star in a movie as part of propaganda for the war in Manchuria. Her stifling mother refuses on her behalf.
She then bumps into an artist who is a dissident rebel protesting the war. He has been injured and is running from the police. She saves his life by directing the police the wrong way and helping him to hide. He flees to Manchuria the next day to help his friends but not before leaving her with a key that he says opens "the most important thing in the world."
Chiyoko then decides to become an actress because this will let her go to Manchuria and look for him.
All of the above takes place in the first 10 – 20 minutes of the film. The remaining hour goes like this.
Chiyoko looks for the man, fails to find him repeatedly and then dies.
Kind of a bummer ending guys.
We don't learn much of Chiyoko's life at all really. We don't know what her married domestic life was like, we don't know if she enjoyed film making, we don't really get to know her as a person beyond her love for this strange artist and hr obsessive need to find him, And she doesn't find him, the whole film is about her search and it ends with her ultimate failure.
Which could work if the love story was convincing but it isn't. If we got to know the artist better, got to see the love between him and Chiyoko blossom and then watched as fate cruelly tore them apart that would be one thing. It would still be a sad ending but it would be a tragic sad one and somewhat satisfying.
But it is impossible to shake the feeling that Chiyoko and the artist don't really love each other at all. Chiyoko and the un-named man meet for two days at most, they share very few words and no names. They talk but the conversation they have in no way implies some kind of loving connection between the two of them, especially from his side and we see no evidence of their deep and abiding love for each other at all in the film. It is just impossible to believe that someone would spend their entire life obsessed with a person they met for two days and whose face they did not see.
And that's a problem because that is all there is to the story. For all the clever plotting and imagery the story is incredibly simple and just isn't very good, leaving a gaping void at the heart of what should have been a fantastic film.
But Adam, you cry out at your computer, which, seriously guys won't work. Write me a comment instead or something. Adam, you type furiously in the comments, surely this is all a symbolic work right? We aren't supposed to really believe that she loves the man, clearly the man is a symbol for something like the history of cinema, or the need to keep changing oneself in life, or the search for a national identity for Japan in the post war period?*
Well, yes, obviously. The thing with Millennium Actress is that what we as the audience see happen isn't what actually happened, we're seeing bits and pieces from Chiyoko's films. And she says at the beginning that she sometimes can't remember things very well so for all we know she's just confusing reality and her film roles and there may never have been any dissident artist. And the film is rife with obvious symbolism like a key for the "most important thing in the world."**
But it doesn't matter if a film has some kind of deeper symbolic meaning; it also needs to have a decent narrative to hold the viewer's interest and pull them through the story. If you're just showing symbolic imagery divorced from a proper narrative what you have is moving art installation not a film.
So yes, a skillfully made film with a wonderful conceit and a terrible story.
*no seriously, I read a review that tried to argue that. It was pretty compelling actually.
** so what symbolic reading do I have for the film? Well for me it all hinges on the very last line of spoken dialogue. "After all, it was the chase I loved." This throws the events of the film into a completely new context, acknowledging that yes, Chiyoko didn't really love the artist, she loved the idea of searching for the artist, of having some great lost love. I still think that doesn't work as a character study because it implies that Chiyoko never found anything in her own life to love she just dreamed about love, and that is depressing and slightly repellent. However, this is a film about films and I personally think that the last line is a commentary on the nature of cinema. That we as the audience love the chase, not the happy ever after. Films with a romance plot are typically about the two characters in love with each other struggling to be together over the obstacles life throws at them. Once they get together the film ends, it doesn't concern itself with their life together. It is the chase we love, the goal of the chase is seemingly irrelevant. Chiyoko basically isn't a character but a stand in for cinema itself (since she has no life out of cinema, literally in the reality of the film) and her failure to find her lover is symbolic of how cinema will never end and how love stories will carry on forever. The device of having her love story take place across a thousand years in different settings and periods also suggests this as it shows that these love stories re-occur again and again.
Like I say this is a very smart film, I don't doubt that all the character faults are deliberate to the symbolism but it doesn't stop it being a frustrating watch.


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The second day at the Cape May Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Festival, we birded dunes, freshwater wetlands, meadows, ponds and protected beach at the Meadows and the Beanery. Mute Swa Forster TernsPiping Plovers Laughing Gulls Muskrat Great Black-backed Gull … Continue reading
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Colors: Black, White, Buff, Blue, and patterns Eggs: Brown Temperament: Docile and sweet
The Orpington is a large bird from the English Class of chickens. The best known type of Orpington are buff in color but they were original developed in 1886 as black by William Cook in a village called Orpington. The black Orpington was bred using black Langshans, Minorcas and black Rock crosses. Cook also created white and buff colored orpingtons between 1889 - 1895 using buff Cochins, Dorkings and Gold Spangled Dutch fowl. Orpingtons come mostly in solid colors and the American Poultry Association recognizes black, white, buff and blue. Other colors and patterns include laced blue, porcelain, white spangled black, barred, red, buff-laced black, partridge, speckled, mottled, birchen and white-laced buff.
Orpingtons are heavy dual/general purpose birds that weigh seven to ten pounds. They lay between 110 to 160 eggs a year and they do not stop laying in the winter. Eggshells are yellow/brown in color with a size range of medium to large. They have excellent meat quality. Orpington can get broody and make very good mothers.
Orpingtons have medium sized single red combs. Wattles and Earlobes don't tend to get very large. Earlobes are mainly red and can have some white. Orpingtons are cleaned legged, without beards or crests and have the standard 4 toes. The skin color is white. They are hardy and their feathering lets them deal with colder weather them some breeds. Lighter colors do better then dark ones in heat. They are not very flighty and they don't have much lift but may still need their wings clipped.
Orpingtons have laid back personalities and are very docile. They are great foragers and do well in confinement. Orpingtons are very nice looking birds make great affectionate pets. Due to their timid nature Orpington chicks tend to be on the bottom of the pecking order when raised with other breeds.
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Welcome to the wiki page for the world of Dovah and my first campaign set there, "Deicide." I will update this page with lore, think of it as a codex for the world and people of Dovah, let me know if you want anything added or changed, I love player input as it helps to grow both myself and the campaign. I hope you enjoy, thanks for checking out the wiki.
Here to learn more about Planes and the Gods of Dovah or go to "Pages" on the wiki
There's also a blurb about characters, please correct me or let me know if you want any interpretations changed, there's also some lore about Dragons/Gods in the Cleric character page. Or link to Characters on the left.
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Douglas James Johnson (American/French, 1937-1998) was an American, painter, draftsman, educator and cultural diplomat. He was born in Coldwater, Michigan and died in Joucas, France. In addition to creating his own art, he worked for the Iran-America Society and subsequently the United States Information Service (aka: United States Information Agency) advancing American art and promoting international cultural exchanges. Johnson's own works were exhibited widely in Europe.
His mediums included oils, collage, found objects, old photographs, pencil and mixed mediums. His subjects included portraits, figures, animals, architecture, social commentary, and allegory*. His styles included Lettrism, Pop Art, Realism and Surrealism.
This particular work really appealed to me. I love the surrealism mixed with realism. Are the big cats (cheetahs, jaguars or leopards?) part of a dream from the sleeping man at the top. There is a poem halfway down on the left. There are many interesting aspects to this artwork, including Keats at the bottom right.
Title: "Ode to Mid-May"
Media: Pencil, ink, and watercolor on paper.
Size: 29 3/4 by 22 inches (75.6 x 55.9 cm) (sheet) Framed (under glass) 32 by 24 1/2 by 1 1/2 inches.
Signed in ink and dated in pencil upper left 1977
Sheet is off hinges; there appears to be light overall paper discoloration and toning along edges; a few small abrasions and a possible tiny tear at upper left corner; framed under glass. Framed Dimensions 32 X 24.5 X 1.5 Inches
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He was a graduate of Michigan State University, East Lansing (BA [Art] - 1959), where he studied under Abraham Rattner. Johnson also attended Cooper Union Art School, New York and earned a graduate degree at Columbia University, New York (MFA - 1962), where he studied under Nicolas Carone, Stephen Greene and John Heliker.
After the mid 1960s, Johnson lived principally outside of the U.S.A.; primarily in Europe, and mostly in France. He also visited and worked in the Caribbean (c.1963) and in Iran (c.1969 - 1971).
In 1969, he was recruited as Visual Director by the Iran-America Society where he worked for three years organizing exhibitions of American and Persian modern and traditional art. In the 1970s he was recruited by the United States Information Service for whom he promoted American art and international cultural exchanges by organizing art exhibitions. A good example is "23 American Artists" a show which Johnson organized to tour Italy in the 1970s and which ran for several years.
Johnson's own works were featured in some important exhibitions, such as, "Paintings by Young Americans" at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York in 1962; "Documenta* 6" at Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany in 1977; and in "Der Rhein/Le Rhin/De Waal" at the Rhineland Museum, Bonn, Germany and touring in 1995. His works were also shown at prominent commercial galleries such as Galerie Karl Fliker, Paris (1975); Galerie Jasa, Munich (1976); Galerie Jurka, Amsterdam (1977); Carlton Gallery, New York (1977); and Galerie Denise Rene & Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf (1981).
Johnson's awards included a fellowship at Columbia University (c.1960) and a Tiffany Foundation Grant* (1962).
(1) Please note: Most sources say Johnson was born in 1940, however, a 1963 article on the front page of the Palm Beach Daily News about a solo exhibition of his work details his career to date and it states he was born in 1937. Since at that point (1963) he had already studied at three universities, earning bachelor's and master's degrees, a birth date of 1937 would have made him, as stated in the article, 25 years old which is a little more believable than the 22 he would be if he were born in 1940. So we called Michigan State University. They said that their records show that 'Douglas J. Johnson was born in 1937 and graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art.' Source: Office of the Registrar, Michigan State University (phone call by MDS, March 18, 2015). - M.D. Silverbrooke.
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Living on Mars makes it easy to always see the differences between cultures and peoples. The daily differences that you are confronted with urges you to constantly re-evaluate yourself like a teenage kid. This doesn't get easier or change with time.
I have lived on Mars for 25 years and still on a daily basis someone mentions that I am from another planet. Evidently raising kids, teaching Sunday school every week, being a volunteer mom at school, laughing at the same jokes, working and paying taxes all those years still makes me a 'foreigner'. You know those strange weird alien people with purple skin and googly eyes. As we all know, 'foreigners' or 'immigrants' have strange ways and are not as intelligent as the locals…comes from the googly eyes I'm sure.
They never seem to understand that I get tired of things to, like not being able to speak my own mother tongue with anyone who really understands what I am saying or without having to explain every single thought which, by the way, makes me think they are the stupid ones. Although I speak the local language fluently I still get strange looks when I say something not quite with the correct accent. These frustrations really push you to forget the similarities. But there are similarities and no one seems to pay any attention to those. I would like to now.
For one thing, men all over the world think they are going to die when they have a cold. Strange thing that, but it is true. This is one of the things women of all cultures joke about. Something we all have in common.
Food. Everyone eats, buys or cooks food. The food is different from one place to the other but people talk about it all the time. Even here, where the traditional food is not very good. They all agree it's not very good and talk about what they do like or exchange recipes or favorite restaraunts. Food is a very universal thing.
Childbirth. At least between mothers. talking about babies and childbirth is a common thing. The way in which a doctor or hospital treats a women is cultural but the actual experience is the same. Childbirth is so drastic and radical to a women's body and psyche how can you ignore it?! All women talk about it.
Sex is a strange one. All over the world people have it and talk about it but how they talk about it is culturally different. Still, people talk about it and joke about it only the culture your in may dictate who and when you're allowed to do so. Generally speaking, put a bunch of women alone in a room and they end up joking about sex one way or another.
Cute babies. Everyone likes to look at cute babies both human and animal. Baby kittens, baby puppies, babies of all kinds. Youtube films of cute babies are popular all over the world. You're always safe with babies.
Another thing is, women want nice hair and nails. Women who don't have nice hair and nails talk about it all the time (which is about everyone).
People talk a lot. Ya, they do, and like most people everywhere around the world there is always some who talks to much and doesn't know when to shut up.
Now there are probably lots of other similarities but I have a few questions about some. Like, in most countries I have lived in everyone distrusts or even hates polititians, bankers and lawers. Is that true around the world? I would like to hear from others if this is true. I can certainly vouch for the U.S. and western Europe what about the rest?


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by Sophie Gayot
Last week, I heard that the owners of Rustic Canyon Wine Bar & Seasonal Kitchen, Josh and Zoe Loeb, had just opened a café and bakery in Santa Monica
Being a fan of Zoe's rustic pastries, I decided to check out Huckleberry Café & Bakery, and was impressed. Like Rustic Canyon, it features simple décor, somewhat noisy atmosphere, and quality products. Here, you will enjoy good home-style food, including sandwiches, salads, rotisserie chicken and sweets. It's worth the drive just for the sourdough country boule alone.
All items are available for takeout. Read more about the place in our restaurant section.


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Paper Or Paper?
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to ban plastic shopping bags, the first major U.S. city to do so. Mayor Gavin Newsom is expected to approve the legislation, similar to laws already enacted in many foreign cities. The ban is expected to save 450,000 gallons of oil and reduce the annual amount of landfill SF creates by 1400 tons.
Everybody's going to have to get one of those reusable canvas bags that all the hippies use, otherwise there will be a lot of groceries rolling downhill from ripped paper bags. I always reused my grocery bags as garbage bags at home, but I knew myself too well to get a canvas shopping bag, as I'd never have it on me when I needed it.
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This man is a legend of British sports. Jonathan Edwards won a gold medal in Sydney in 2000 and holds the world record since 1995 with a triple jump of 18.29 metres. Now aged 46, Edwards, as a member of the London Games organising committee, is responsible for accommodating athletes in the Olympic village. His verdict: "The food is great, the beds are very comfortable, the rooms are well appointed for an Olympic village. It's like a five star hotel." For him, there is no doubt that London 2012 will be a roaring success.
In terms of organisation and visual show, Beijing set the level very high in 2008. Don't you fear London may fail to meet such a standard?
We're not trying to compete with Beijing; we're just trying to put on the best possible Games in London. Beijing did a great job, and so will we. Look at recent events hosted in London: the Jubilee, the Royal Wedding last year have been well-run. People come here, they feel safe, there is good information available about how to get around. There will always be challenges involved in having so many people in one city. You'll have to be patient, there will be queues. But the organisation will be very, very good. The city will come alive. You know, obviously, you have the sport but it's also a cultural festival.
How worried are you about the risk of overcrowding on public transport?
Transport presents a great challenge for any city. You've got millions of people working and living here, and then, on top of that, you add hundreds of thousands, millions of people who come to watch the Games... It's not going to be business as usual, that's just to be expected. But a huge amount of work has been done to make the transit system run as smoothly as possible. There's been a lot of money invested in upgrading the transport system, particularly around East London. And there's a huge public information campaign to try to get people to understand that, during the Games, it will be very, very busy, and they're trying to get people to work from home or maybe take their holidays around Games time. They've reduced the background movement on the public transit system by about 30%. I have a recollection of Athens in 2004, which is perhaps the busiest capital city I've ever been in, and the transport system actually moved very, very well, because a lot of people decided to move out of the city, to leave it to the Olympics for those two weeks. So yes, it's a challenge, but I think we're as prepared as any city can be.
The bombings on July 7th, 2005 happened the day after London was awarded the Games. Do you think that the memory of the attacks is still fresh for the local population?
I don't think anyone believes that the attacks were associated with London being awarded the right to host the Games. That said, safety and security are our primary objectives, within the venues or, more broadly, dealing with the threat of terrorism during a major event. We want the athletes and the world press to come here and feel safe. We're taking it incredibly seriously. There's no relenting in our ambition and drive to make these Games safe and secure.
Were people shocked by the massive increase in the budget for the Olympics, which has almost tripled since 2005?
When people initially saw that the bid went from about 3.5 billion up to 9 billion, then, yes, they wondered. But this was for the regeneration of East London, for new park grounds, new housing, new schools, a whole range of new facilities which were desperately needed in Stratford, one of the poorest parts, not just of London, but in the whole of Europe. When that's been explained, then people understand. In the course of the next ten years, the Olympics could generate up to 12 or 13 billion pounds in revenue for the UK, which would recoup the money that has been spent. I think people appreciate that the money is an investment in the UK rather than a cost to the UK.
Do you think that Londoners are excited about the Games?
One of the things we talked about during the bid phase, and immediately after we won the right to host the Games, was that it wasn't just about London, it was about the whole UK. It's a huge thing for a country to host the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games. The clearest way to sense and to see people's excitement across the country is in the torch relay. It's reckoned that over 7 million people have come out to greet the torch in one way or another. It's been almost an unprecedented response for an Olympic torch. Over the course of the last seven years, a real sense of confidence has built up. Everybody wants us to do it, to do it well and make the country proud.
Are you disappointed by how commercial the Games have become?
The Olympics have always been commercial. If you go back to ancient times, there was always the sense of doing it for the glory of the city-state; there was money and privileges to be earned by the athletes who performed well. The purity of the Olympic movement is somewhat overplayed. But, even within the commercial success of today's Games, which make them what they are, to be honest, I still think that what comes through most strongly is that sense of Olympic values and Olympic spirit. So I think they can sit alongside each other.
How many medals does Great Britain hope to win this year?
Fourth in the medal table, hold off probably the Germans, the Australians, and maybe even the French. That's probably the main aim, and around 50 or 60 medals with 20 or so gold. This compares to Beijing, where we were also fourth in the medal table (with 47 medals, including 19 gold). It's unrealistic to go higher because you've got Russia, China and America above us on the medal table.
What kind of relationship does Great Britain have with sport and its athletes?
There's always been a very strong link between Great Britain and sport. Britain developped many sports, codified them, made up the rules. And we love watching fantastic sport. There was a great response to Andy Murray during the Wimbledon tournament, then there was the British Grand Prix, and Euro 2012, especially the England match. There were massive TV audiences for it all. There's a great appetite for sports.
Ticket sales for the Games have been really, really strong. The athletes will be competing in front of full stadiums. So yeah, the real expectation is to see some great sport but, as you mentioned, there's real pressure on the British athletes. The country wants them to do well.
Have they been working particularly hard?
Without question. The British athletes have more funding than they've ever had before. Their focus on being successful in London has been incredibly intense. They will be as well prepared or maybe the best prepared they've ever been.
Well enough prepared to beat your triple jump record - which seems to be unbreakable?
I wish it was unbreakable but I'm sure it isn't. Somebody eventually will break it for sure. British athlete Phillips Idowu, the reigning European champion, who won silver in the World championships last year, and three years ago in Berlin, has an outstanding chance to win it. His best bid is half a metre behind my world record though, and I think he's probably unlikely to break it, if I'm honest. But there's also an American called Christian Taylor.
You hold one of the longest-standing records in athletics. How do you think you've managed to hold onto it for so long?
If you look back to the 90s, there are quite a few world record stakes; there's the long jump with Mike Powell [8.95 m in 1991], high jump with Javier Sotomayor [2.45 m in 1993], Jan Zelezny's javelin throw [98.48 m in 1996], Sergueï Bubka's pole vault [6.14 m in 1994]... It has partly to do with the fact that there are less people doing track and field. It's less popular than it used to be.


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"Are we the last normal, boring couple we know?" my husband asks after I tell him about another one of our couple friends has hit marital rock bottom. And when I say another, I mean there have been A LOT. In the 20+ years we have been together, we've watched couple after couple break up, divorce, become roommates, and/or just disappear from our lives as 'couple friends.' This has become such a regular occurrence that we are reluctant to become friends with new couples lest we some how influence the end of their marriage.
Save yourself the time speculating that we influence their demise on some weird, kinky level. This isn't 1970 and we are not swingers. We don't make suggestive invitations to take our 'friendship' to some web-cam level relationship. No, no. Our big crime is that we are ridiculously happy with one another. Not only does our kid have parents married to each other, but he has parents who actually like each other. On some level, we consider ourselves freaks.
The undeniable truth is this: Everyone (read: women) loves my husband. Could this be the reason couples disintegrate before our eyes?
You can ask any of my friends – male or female – about my husband and they will tell you he is ridiculously kind. This is the guy who will wait on you hand and foot if you visit our home. He asks every woman he meets a million questions and makes them feel like, well, a million. And that, my friends, is why I think so many couples we know end up splitting. It's my husband's fault. After an afternoon with us, women go home and start thinking 'why can't my husband be like that.' In fact, I had a friend tell me once that, "He is the best husband I've ever met. You better take a lot better care of him." Was that some kind of threat? Or what? You're going to take my man? Please, whatever I am doing, or not doing, he's been around for two decades so I think I got this. Incidentally, it is so weird to get marital advice from a person whose marriage is imploding.
And since I'm already off the subject traveling down a side road, maybe I should just air the dirty laundry about what a rotten person he truly is at home. Here it is, the 'worst' I can come up with. My husband is a guy
~who begrudgingly agrees to pick up tampons at the store for me. Then brings home 'slender' because he thinks it is a compliment.
~who helps me get ready for a party of 50 (his family) by cleaning the gutters.
~who hears me complain about my weight daily and then offers me Wavy Lays potato chips when I say I'm hungry.
~who wonders out loud, as I walk out the door, if the price sticker or, worse, size sticker on my new jeans should still be on them.
Are there things about him that drive me bananas? Of course! My step-daughter asked me one time if there were things about him that drive me crazy and if I ever tell him. My answer: Yes and No. Sure he can get on my nerves. But my theory is this: If I point out all the little things that bug me, than I am giving him permission to tell me all the things that bug him about me. And I do not want to open that floodgate!
Truth is, I think there are so many unhappy women out there that I could bottle up my husband and sell him out of the back of my car like a modern-day Snake Oil Salesman. I'd call it 'Hubby Hooch.' I would bedazzle a former food truck. Hit the road. Sit in the parking lots of places that hold all those mom's meetings… after PTA meetings… at soccer fields. From the loud speaker I could announce: 'Ladies and women… step right up. Get your self-sacrificing-loves-your-thighs-no-matter-what-size-they-are-tells-you-you're-beautiful-every-day-man-right-here-in-a-bottle.' All the while, Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back will be pounding in the back ground…
I'm bringing sexy back
Them other @$%! don't know how to act
Come let me make up for the things you lack
'Cause you're burning up I gotta get it fast
So, are you asking yourself 'What is the point of this blathering?' It's pretty deep and philosophical actually. I suggest to you today that maybe the secret to marriage is simply saying 'thank you' for the slender tampon and realizing sometimes a man's actions are the words you aren't hearing.


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FORMBY councillors have slammed plans to create a regional mini-government for Sefton and its five Merseyside neighbours.
Local Government Minister Phil Woolas came to Liverpool to meet the leaders and chief executives of Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Halton and Wirral councils.
He unveiled plans to create a new sub-regional cabinet to decide key policies and strategies to be known as the Liverpool City Region.
This could eventually expand to take in West Lancashire, Chester and Warrington.
Cllr Alf Doran said: "This is regional government through the back door. It's just going to suck money from our council, which is cash-strapped enough already."
Cllr Vincent Platt said: "The Government has obviously decided to force this agenda along – but they are very good at handing powers down to lower authorities with one hand, then putting them all in the hands of just a few select individuals.
"There are some areas where it benefits the region to work together, such as waste disposal, but the chief executives of the six councils already meet regularly. I would be wary of this new cabinet taking funds and decision-making powers away from Sefton"
Cllr Eric Storey agreed: "These regional and subregional bodies are an obsession of this Government. If they are installed they will only add a new layer of well-paid bureaucrats and take decisions away from the local community. The referendum held on regional government in the North East was heavily defeated and I know the ordinary people will not want this either."
Cllr Anne Ibbs said it was nothing but regional government by the back door. I cannot see there is anything in it for the residents here."


text: This is a summary of the current status of AMD Geode optimizations that we might be interested in. Sorry for the long Cc list, I just wanted to make sure all interested parties can read and comment even though they're not subscribed to our devel list. Things are being tracked in this bug: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/118 GCC === The original rationale and patch by Vladimir Makarov is here: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2006-08/msg00452.html And it has already been debated here last year: http://mailman.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2006-August/001232.html I've backported AMD's geode patches from GCC's trunk to 4.2 and I'm currently regtesting them for inclusion in the 4.2-branch. I'm afraid we won't be allowed to backport them to 4.1 too, because that branch is only open to fixes addressing serious regressions. Anyway, we could ask Jakub to add the Geode patches to F7's GCC package as it's they won't impact other architectures, so they're pretty safe. glibc ===== Optimized routines and benchmark results are here: http://dev.laptop.org/git.do?p=geode-perf;a=tree I talked about it with Rob Savoye, who has been porting this work with glibc. Patches are due soon, and I will push them to the glibc maintainers because Rob will be away for a few days. Glibc 2.6 has been released recently and F7 is shipping it. Of course we don't want to wait a full release cycle of both projects, so we're going to patch either our glibc RPM or preferably Fedora's. Building custom packages ======================== I talked about it shortly with Chris Blizzard and, of course, he'd rather try to avoid things such as rebuilding all packages with custom GCC flags or adding yet another sub-arch along with i386, i586 and i686. We don't have the numbers yet, but we'll most probably need to custom-build at least glibc. Other candidates include openssl, the X server, python and maybe cairo. I'm not sure how much burden would originate from this in our build infrastructure. If we install a custom GCC package configured with "--with-arch=geode", we wouldn't need to tweak spec files or Makefiles, at least in most cases. But anyway, we'd have to rename the packages because calling them something like "xyzzy.i386.rpm" while they're actually for the Geode would be criminal at least. Then there's also this fine problem to be addressed: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2006-08/msg00452.html http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-07/msg00360.html I've discussed it with Jordan Crouse and the bottom line is that, basically, building for i686 on the Geode could be dangerous because it doesn't support the NOPL opcode that GAS could use and for other minor differences that may bite us in the future. As of build 428, we're still shipping with i686 versions of glibc and openssl. For safety, these should either be downgraded to i586 or replaced by the Geode specific versions. -- // Bernardo Innocenti \X/ http://www.codewiz.org/


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Each District will camp together, each Sub camp is themed by a film genre.
International and out of county groups will be added to one of the sub camps.
Catering for groups and sections will take place on the district sub camps, either centrally as a district or at group level and is up to the districts to decide. Note: The cost of the catering is not included in the camp fee.


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|Photographed by : Sai Htin Linn Htet
This was once upon a time.
Once a time when,
Jack Daniel at 2 pm
When doubtful smirks,
0.26% words and
the rest silence,
stares smiles
and creepy stares.
This was when,
music only meant
dancing with no lyrics,
loud beats
you not know of
when e-chord
was no valued.
This was when,
Hatred started to grow
Distance took its toll
when TWO became company
and THREE, crowd.
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Is the fifth member of Kentucky's 2013 recruiting class about to be revealed?
If a Sunday night Tweet from Marcus Lee is any indication, an announcement could be right around the corner.
The California big man posted a photo of himself with the four current members of UK's 2013 class: Andrew and Aaron Harrison, James Young and Derek Willis. Along with the photo, Lee added the following observation: "That's just scary."
Adding Lee to what UK already has coming next year would indeed be frightening for the Cats' rivals. The 6-foot-9 forward is rated as high as No. 9 in the class (by 24/7 Sports) and analysts everywhere seem to be on the same page regarding his unlimited potential.
"From a talent standpoint, he has tremendous upside," Scout.com analyst Evan Daniels told the Herald-Leader last week. "He's really improved over the past year and a half. He's a very good run-and-jump athlete. He runs the floor extremely well. He contests shots. He's a willing rebounder.
"He's still going to have to develop his post moves and fine-tune some things on the offensive end, but he's loaded with talent."
Lee visited Lexington for Big Blue Madness over the weekend, his first trip to Kentucky. He has narrowed his list to UK and California, and was expected to make a decision within a week or two of the madness visit.
Lee also tweeted a photo Sunday night of a practice inside the Joe Craft Center, which he called "perfect." He could be one of the players working out there this time next year.
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This in itself would be an awesome class but add the possible players Randle and/or Wiggins to this group then you could be looking at the best recruiting class ever the only other class close to this one would of course be the Fab Five. GO CATS
Even if we only add Lee, this will probably be the highest rated recruiting class of all time.
3 top 5 recruits
1 top 15 recruit
1 top 100 recruit
5 top 100 recruits with 3 of those being top 5. No class has ever had 3 top 5 recruits before. Some sites have young at 6 or 7 so I guess that's up for argument, but I'm not sure if even 3 top 7 recruits have ever happened.
By the way, last years class had the national player of the year and won a title. Fab Five didn't do that either.
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Here s a couple more Q&As from the "What s your regulatory IQ" session at the recent Alliance for CME meeting. (The questions aren t word for word, but I tried to get as close as possible to how the presenters posed them.)
Question: It is appropriate to invite someone employed by a pharmaceutical company to serve as faculty at an accredited CME activity?
1. Yes
2. No
About a third of the audience, polled by an audience response system, said no, and 22 percent said yes (the correct answer). The presenters said that faculty can be pharma, as long as they don t promote their products. "Scientific rigor and balance is the key," said one, adding that it is not appropriate to have someone from pharma be the sole faculty for a CME activity that features his company s products.
Question: Can a product manager be present for a slide review?
1. Yes, but they can t influence the faculty
2. No
3. They can review the content prior to faculty presenting the material.
The audience came down 77 percent for the first answer, 15 percent for the second, and just 8 percent for the third.


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Craftsman cottage in Carmel Valley includes workshop, dark room
Situated on 10 acres in the Carmel Valley is an updated Craftsman home with a modern floor plan and several detached structures. Built in 1932, 912 West Carmel Valley Road, Unit B is a three-bedroom, two-bathroom one-level home offering abundant build-ins, multiple skylights and open-beam ceilings.
"The home receives great light and has been upgraded many times since its construction," said Leslie Johnson of Sotheby's International Realty, who is listing the home for $939,000.
Among the recent upgrades is the installation of a great room, which merges the living room, dining area and kitchen into a shared space. The open layout invites entertaining and shows off the home's oak hardwood floors, knotted beam ceilings and large windows. A series of rectangular skylights in the living room allow natural light to filter into the home throughout the day and invites stargazing the evening, and a wood-burning metal stove warms the space on cold evenings.
With its white cabinets, black and white tile backsplash and center island with built-in seating area, the kitchen serves as an elegant yet comfortable place to prepare a meal and converse with guests. Above the paned windows looking out at the lush hillside surrounding the kitchen are several triangular trusses supporting the ceiling. The exposed beams are hoisted beside pendant lanterns and contribute to the home's rustic ambience.
In true Craftsman fashion, the Carmel Valley home boasts numerous build-ins. The library offers a built-in bookcase, and California closets can be found in each bedroom.
Dual skylights, built-in cabinets and a vaulted ceiling are among the architectural details in the master suite. A sitting area houses a second wood-burning stove set beside decorative wainscoting and windows looking out at the property.
"Between the views and architectural finishes, people sometimes have trouble deciding what they like best," Johnson said.
Additionally, the property's adaptability is another appealing feature, she said.
The lot comes with two detached structures and a workshop. One is a one-bedroom guest house with a kitchen and stone hearth. The second is a dark room for developing film photography. Additionally, an 80-square-foot workshop is set off the home's two-car garage.
"The versatility of all the out buildings really adds to the home," she said.
Address: 912 West Carmel Valley Road, Unit B, Carmel Valley
Price: $939,000
Features: The three-bedroom, two-bathroom Craftsman home with a full basement and detached guest house and dark room. The two-car garage includes a workshop aream and the home is surrounded by mature trees and rolling hills.
Listing agent: Leslie Johnson, Sotheby's International Realty, (831) 238-0464, email@example.com.


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Mr Smiths brunch special was about $16 for 2 drinks (champagne, mimosa, bloody mary) and a item from their normal brunch menu (they had a page of specials when we went). The mimosa was ok, kinda of tasted like Tang mixed with champagne.
We both got the Brunch Burger poached or fried, atop the best tasting Hamburger in town, reclining gently on two English Muffins served with Homefries. Teddy got sunnyside up eggs and he enjoyed his. I got mine fried and I requested the yolks to be fully cooked. I also subbed out the breakfast potatoes for a side of curly fires. I wasn't a huge fan of this in general. It was just kind of a blah dish.
Side of curly fries. Teddy ate these but I thought the oil tasted old. They weren't your typical wonderful curly fries.
The garden seating however was wonderful.
The food here wasn't my favorite and the service was pretty crappy. The server was nice, but he was not on top of his game. He forgot about my curly fries after charging me extra to switch it out, my egg was really yolky (luckily I am getting over my fear of yolk so I was able to eat it) and things were just really slow in general. I wouldn't come back here to sit and eat but maybe for happy hour.
3104 M Street NW
Washington, DC
The Canal....a very dry one.
Waterfront & view of the Kennedy Center
Georgetown Waterfront
Felt creepy taking a picture of kids...but have you ever seen one of these being used for ice skating? All I had to support me when I learned to skate as a kid was the wall.
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We strongly endorse a Saginaw foreclosure maintenance policy, just as almost 1,000 other cities across the country have adopted, to address the continuing wave of foreclosures and bank-owned blight.
The housing crisis has hit Saginaw communities hard. There are nearly 1,000 foreclosures and an overwhelming majority of them are bank-owned and sit vacant for months.
The city is forced to use precious funds to maintain these properties when homes fall into disrepair, become eyesores, are crime magnets and can create public health hazards.
According to experts, local governments end up spending an average of $20,000 to maintain these blighted homes. That includes the cost of responding to public safety calls, boarding up broken doors and windows, legal fees and trash/debris removal.
That means taxpayers are forced to subsidize owners of foreclosures like Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase for property clean-up and public safety hazards. With the economy and our city budget the way it is, we certainly can't afford to continue this practice.
Our neighborhoods have also become destabilized by foreclosures, causing declines in home values and the tax base that supports services for everyone. The decline in home values is exacerbated when foreclosures are not maintained, and blight pulls values down even more. This drop in property values has a direct fiscal impact on local governments and schools that derive their most stable revenues from the property tax.
Saginaw needs a bold foreclosure maintenance policy to require banks to maintain foreclosed properties or face fines, and I stand alongside my neighbors in the Butman-Fish, Houghton-Jones, Northeast Saginaw, Northmoor, Northwest, Redeemer, South East Side and Southwest Neighborhood associations in supporting this measure.
Voice: DEBORAH MELKONIAN/Saginaw
president, Adams Boulevard Area Neighborhood Association


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When looking at the proposed fare increase for the city's Beeline bus — 200% — a certain wow factor starts to creep into our reaction, but then we get to the part where it would land at 75 cents. That would still put it at half the current base fare for Metro buses, and far cheaper than taking a taxi.
Granted, you can go anywhere in a taxi, and Metro traverses the entire county, so riders have more options, they get more bang for the buck. Beeline routes are local, and designed to connect residents and workers from one section of town to another. But even that simple purpose, with an artificially low fare, hasn't produced the kind of ridership numbers to make the service self-sustaining.
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Okay as promise photos of my spring fruit tree blossom:
Last year I planted very hurriedly an apple and a plum cordon next to each other and lost their tags. I think this is the plum tree:
What beautiful pictures. I am on frost watch too and run around madly with sheets of fleece if the forecast is bad. Hopefully we're done with the bad spells and all of our new buds and blossoms will be safe - hurrah! x
Thanks . Glad things could be getting better . I love this time if year. Promises of things to come and all that !
Oh your blossom looks lovely! I hope it sets fruit and you get loads this year, I'm worried we'll get a late frost before the bees get to ours as well.
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By AOPA Communications staff
Each year the AOPA Air Safety Foundation holds more than 200 seminars in dozens of cities nationwide. It takes a team effort to bring pilots the latest in aviation safety topics, and nearly all go off without a hitch. But sometimes, Murphy's Law gets in the way—as it did on Feb. 4—forcing the team to go the extra mile.
That evening, instructor Bill Gunn was scheduled to present "The Top 5 Mistakes Pilots Make," one of the foundation's most popular seminars. But there was a problem—Gunn's flight was delayed due to bad weather near Maryville, Tenn., where the seminar was to take place.
With the seminar scheduled for 7 p.m. and Gunn not expected to arrive until 8 p.m., the foundation staff was faced with a dilemma—cancel the seminar or scramble to find another instructor on extremely short notice.
Around noon, Robin Sharitz, the foundation's manager of safety programs and services, immediately picked up the phone and called FAA volunteer and Maryville resident Darrell Sexton. He agreed to fill in, and she provided him with the information he needed to hold the seminar.
"I was so thankful when Darrell agreed to conduct the seminar," said Sharitz. "If he hadn't been able to be there, we would have had to turn away a large number of people. Darrell was a godsend."
With less than three hours to go, Sexton worked hard to put together a quality presentation using the information provided to him and his own experience as a safety counselor and corporate pilot.
"I didn't want to have to cancel it if we didn't have to," said Sexton, a retired air traffic controller who currently volunteers as a member of the FAA's FAASTeam, which works to provide educational resources to the general aviation community.
When 7 p.m. rolled around, he was ready and delivered a presentation, which drew praise from many of the attendees. About an hour into the seminar, Gunn arrived and took over.
"I enjoyed it and would help out again if given the opportunity," said Sexton.
Despite major thunderstorms in the area, 280 people attended the seminar. An average seminar draws about 175 people.
"The seminar was a success thanks to everyone involved," said AOPA Air Safety Foundation Executive Director Bruce Landsberg. "Great performances like this don't just happen. They're made possible through the hard work and dedication of outstanding people."
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Google released the Field Trip app on iOS today, which was available on Android for a while now. Running in the background of your phone, Field Trip is a guide to all the things – restaurants, sights, etc. – around your location. This means that when you get close to something interesting, it will notify you and if you have a headset or bluetooth connected, it can even read the info to you.
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Explore the vibrant city of Porto Alegre
Located at the juncture of five of Brazil's rivers, particularly beside Guaíba Lake, Porto Alegre was settled in 18th century by Azorians. Originally it was named Porto dos Casais. The city was only officially founded in 1809. Porto Alegre has now become a vital industrial hub for southern Brazil. It is also the nucleus of the Gaúcho (natives) culture and history. Due to immigrants from around the world Porto Alegre has become a truly cosmopolitan society.
Jump right in and get to know this amazing city. There are so many things to see and to do, that you will never be lacking inspiration. A boat trip on Guaíba Lake will give you a fresh perspective. Boats depart from the Tourist Dock and sail to small islands with lovely beaches where you can relax and have a swim.
Discover Gaúcho culture at one of the many centers in Porto Alegre. Various programs are offered at the different centers. Enjoy music and dancing performances whilst feasting on local dishes and sipping chimarrão (green tea). The Mário Quintana Cultural Center is set in the Majestic Hotel with its contemporary architecture. Here you can wander through a record library, book library, reading room, video club and performance hall. Watch films based on the poet Mário Quintana and purchase his books.
Spend a relaxing day at the Parque Farroupilha. This 32 hectare park features the church of Santa Terezinha cradled amongst the lush trees. Stroll beside the lake or visit the small zoo. There are also sports facilities for athletic individuals. A market called Brique da Renção is held each Sunday morning. Browse through the second-hand and antique goods for sale. Also located in the lovely park is the Museum of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. Learn about Brazil's efforts in World War Two whilst viewing weapons, photographs and uniforms.
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Brazil's Porto Alegre should definitely be added to your list of places to visit. Whether you want to relax on a river boat or in a beautiful park or want to explore other cultures and experience the vibrant nightlife, Porto Alegre has it all.
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Get high off this Bong legally!All in all, this is a great little vibe that I would highly recommend to anyone who wants something that has variety and power. I certainly think that the pros outweigh the cons on this particular vibe.
Has multiple patterns, has multiple speeds, easy to store, small , quiet
Is a little difficult to clean, and has the possibility to be a battery guzzler.
This little bullet vibe is great for when you want to get great clitoral stimulation that you normally achieve from something like the High Intensity Bullet. I love this little egg-shaped bullet vibe and the fact that it has so many different patterns that it can be set on for its vibrating speed. It will drive you absolutely crazy. This is also a very quiet little vibe which really surprised me.
Material / Texture
The outer coating of this toy is a soft silicone over a harder smooth plastic. The safety of the silicone is very high due to its non-porous nature. However, since there is some plastic exposed on the toy, I would still say that protection should be used when sharing this toy. Even if you have washed it in between your use and your partner's use. Since it is silicone though, I recommend using a water-based lube to make sure that it doesn't erode the silicone prematurely. I haven't noticed an odor as of yet, but I will pay attention and follow up on this in my follow up review. It does have a little texture on it because the company has the name PicoBong indented into the side of the toy and this is also where the controls are "hidden". I didn't really notice this when I was using it, but someone else might.
Design / Shape / Size
The shape, design, and size of this little toy is great if you want to be able to take it with you somewhere. It is small enough to fit in your pocket comfortably and not look like anything more than a pair of keys. If you hook your fingers through the loop on the end then it is no problem to hold onto the vibe in a way that doesn't cramp your hand and you can easily find the buttons to control it and the function it is on at the time. I think that it was well thought out in all aspects of the design, taking it all into account. Even the wording on the side has a purpose, in that it makes it very easy to find the controls when you want to change the speed and/or the setting.
Functions / Performance / Controls
Well there are only two controls on the whole thing. Unlike other toys, they are not simple on and off switches. There is a plus and minus sign. The plus sign is used to turn it on and then to turn up the speed of the vibrations until you are happy with them. Then it is used to cycle through the 12 different vibration patterns that this very tiny toy packs into its casing. The minus button is used to turn the vibration strength down and then to turn it off if you keep it pressed. It does seem to like going through batteries pretty fast, but I also didn't have anything but some really cheap ones to use so it might not be as bad with better batteries. This is a waterproof vibe and does very well when used in the water.
Care and Maintenance
The toy can be cleaned easily enough with a mild soap and warm water, but the wording on the side of the vibe makes it a little difficult to get completely clean since it has the ridges on it. Other than that small issue, I have no problem with cleaning it at all. As for storing it, the only thing that I recommend is that you keep it separate from other silicone toys so that they don't cause the materials to break down in the prematurely.
Follow-up commentary 3 months after original review
There should be a selection that says I still love it. After much use and many happy results, my previous indecision on whether it used batteries quickly or not has been determined. This little toy has used the same old batteries for several weeks straight and has been a go-to toy on most occasions. Highly recommended!
This product was provided free of charge to the reviewer. This review is in compliance with the FTC guidelines.
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