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Grilled Cheese Eatery flips gift card policy after Lola flap
By Gretchen Webster
The owners of a Fairfield restaurant have decided to honor gift certificates sold for their previous restaurant after a Facebook complaint posted by one man set off a flurry of negative comments about the business.
Henri and Ivanina Donneaux, the owners of the Grilled Cheese Eatery at 57 Unquowa Road, will now honor gift certificates for their former restaurant on the same site, Café Lola, Ivanina said this week. They will also honor Café Lola certificates at their new restaurant in Westport, Grilled Cheese Eatery Express, set to open at 772 Post Road East in February.
The grilled cheese restaurant was opened by the Donneauxes last summer after their French restaurant, which had operated in the same Unquowa Road spot for about four years, was closed earlier in the year.
"We will continue to honor Café Lola certificates," Ivanina Donneaux said. "This is just a gesture of goodwill, but not required."
The Facebook complaints started after Will Diaz posted a statement saying that his wife had contacted the Grilled Cheese Eatery and was initially told their Café Lola gift certificate would be honored at the Grilled Cheese Eatery. But he said after the family finished dinner at the restaurant, they were told the Lola gift certificate was no longer being accepted -- and he was angry.
His Facebook posting on the incident elicited eight comments from seven different people, all negative about the restaurant -- except for one.
"Don't you realize that if you would just honor the gift cards from folks ... they would come back?" one said.
Of all the Facebook responses to Diaz's complaint, one person said the restaurant had a right to refuse to honor the certificate because the restaurant's name had changed.
Connecticut businesses, by law, must honor gift certificates and cards, and may not put expiration dates on them or impose fees if the cards or certificates not used, according to Claudette Carveth, director of communications for the state Department of Consumer Protection. The only exceptions are gift cards issued by federally owned financial institutions in Connecticut, which follow federal standards, she said.
However, in the case of Cafe Lola/Grilled Cheese restaurants, if the first business was closed and a new restaurant opened, even if the owners were the same, the new restaurant probably would not be obligated to honor the certificates issued by the former business restaurant, Carveth said.
She added, however, that she found it hard to understand why the owners would not honor the earlier gift certificates anyway.
"It's not a way to win customers so early on in a new business venture," Carveth said.
Ivanina Donneaux initially disagreed on the issue, explaining that she and her husband had honored Café Lola gift certificates from the opening of the Grilled Cheese Eatery in July through the end of December. The restaurateurs could not afford to honor the gift certificates any longer, she said, and they were not required by law to honor them. She emphasized that she knew of only the single complaint about the Cafe Lola gift certificates that was posted on Facebook.
"From a business owner's point of view, and as a member of the community, we went past our obligation," she said. "We have to draw the line at some point."
However, after inquiries by the Fairfield Citizen, the couple decided to change their policy and honor Café Lola gift certificates, refunding any unused part of a certificate with a Grilled Eatery certificate. Donneaux posted the revised policy to accept the certificates on the restaurant's Facebook page this week. She does not know how many Cafe Lola gift certificates are outstanding, she said.
The Department of Consumer Protection should be contacted by any consumers whose gift cards or gift certificates are not being honored, Carveth noted.
"We would certainly like to hear from customers," she said. "We would encourage customers to file complaints."
To file a complaint with the Department of Consumer Protection about gift cards and certificates that are not honored by the establishment that issued them, consumers must first make a copy of the gift card or certificate. Then they can either fill out a complaint form, available online at www.ct.gov/dcp or describe the complaint in a detailed e-mail sent to email@example.com. For more information, visit the department's web site at www.ct.gov/dcp or call 860-713-6050.

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When we hear the term 'The Bard' our minds spring immediately to the name 'William Shakespeare'. That is because he seems to have been given the title in recognition of his stature as 'great poet' and the unofficial national poet of England. It was only as the twentieth century advanced that he became inextricably identified with that title. Before that, the mind sprang to the name 'Robert Burns', the Scottish poet. The Scots, proud of their national poet, would still argue that point as to who 'The Bard' is!
So it is a relatively recent development that this general, descriptive noun has taken on a specific meaning. The word is very old and referred, originally, to a poet generally, especially one who wrote impassioned, lyrical, or epic verse. Bards were originally Celtic composers of eulogy and satire; the word came to mean more generally a tribal poet-singer gifted in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds. As early as the 1st century AD, the Latin author Lucan, referred to bards as the national poets or mi nstrels of Gaul and Britain.
The word 'bard' has lost its original meaning, although we might use it ironically to refer to a friend or local person who writes poems. In present-day usage the term 'bard' has become synonymous with a revered poet. Given the reverence in which Shakespeare is held worldwide, and given that the original bard's tale was of great deeds, great events, and the great themes of heroism, love, war and death, it seems indisputable that Shakespeare is entitled to the name, 'The Bard'. One of the reasons Shakespeare's plays have lasted and grown even stronger in the worldwide public consciousness as time has passed is that his stories are all filled with thoseingredients. Some explore war, some death, and some love; and some explore them all in one play.
The word 'bard' has been hijacked in recent times and used to promote things such as role-playing game 'The Bard's Tale' and a titles for festivals. In the case of festivals, the title invariably refers to festivals associated with Shakespeare, such as the classic 'Bard on the Beach'.
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Anoy Antony says:
please let me know who mentioned William Shakespear "THE BARD"?
Jessica Tonks says:
I'm a 15 year old freshman at Centennial High School and I LOVE William Shakespeare!!!!!!! YOLO LOL!!!!!!!!
katie says:
william shakespere is the best cause i just cant stop thinking about romeo and juliett it is just so hart touching.
luv it wish this guy was alive could have interviewed him for my school paper, about him.
Kavya says:
This is a really good site and has lots of info but plssss can someone tell me a para on HOW he became the great bard???
Need it for a project and cant really find, HOW….
Pls helppp!!!!!!!!!!
advika says:
why do i have to get a project on william shakespere?????
but the main answer is he became the bard as he wrote many poems which were internationally praised and so he became the great bard
katie says:
well he was born and his birth place was half called the bard that why he is called the great bard.
Ghoest says:
How is it a "hijacking" when role playing games use the word "bard?" Its done as intentionally fanciful reference to to original Celtic meaning.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
8 comments:
- LaelShine said...
They are so lush and full!
- June 10, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- Lindsey @ Hot Polka Dot said...
Aww I love the tinkerbell lilacs. Aren't they so cute? The white ones are definitely my favourite of your loot too. So fluffy and classy. I wish there was a neglected neighbourhood bush I could abscond with some lilacs too.
- June 10, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- Idle Wife said...
Lael: I know! I'll have to steal some more next week ;)
Lindsey: These weren't in my neighbourhood at all! They're about a 10 minute walk from my place (as the crow flies). Just go for a random walk outside your usual zone and don't forget to bring a bag and some clippers. You'll see some poking through a fence somewhere! I didn't even spot mine until we drove past them.
- June 10, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Eftychia said...
Beautiful flowers! Very beautiful photos!! Thanks for sharing!
- June 12, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- my spatula said...
your lilacs are simply gorgeous!! one of my all-time favorites...
- June 14, 2011 at 10:24 AM
- TCFO said...
I love lilacs! You are so lucky! It is way to hot to have lilacs here. What beautiful photographs, too
- June 14, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Idle Wife said...
Eftychia: Thanks! If I could post a dozen more photos, I totally would.
My Spatula: Thank you, but they're not mine! I "lifted" some that were growing near a walking path. And once I realized the whites were doubles, I couldn't stop cutting them. They only last so long! They should be enjoyed by someone at least.
TCFO: I had no idea lilacs weren't something that could grow everywhere! Here, they're almost like a weed if left untended.
- June 15, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- TCFO said...
A weed???? Oh how I wish we had lilac weeds. Or just lilacs would be so so nice!
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March 28, 2006
Wabash College is the nation's 6th best value private college according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features Wabash on its "Top 10 Best Value Private Colleges" ranking list and profiles the school in the 2007 edition of its book, America's Best Value Colleges (Random House / Princeton Review, $18.95), on sale March 28. The book has profiles of 150 colleges chosen for their excellent academics, generous financial aid packages and relatively low costs. It includes 103 public and 47 private colleges in 40 states.
Wabash 6th-place ranking puts it on the list with 10th-place Earlham. No Indiana college made the Top 10 public school list.
"I'm delighted to learn that Wabash is near the top," Dean of Admissions Steve Klein said. "If you consider what the College actually spends per student, our value would be even greater. The learning opportunities at Wabash are exceptional and are becoming more widely known across the country.
"Being listed as a top value by the Princeton Review is helpful to our recruiting effort. Many families and counselors draw on the publication to help sort out what colleges to consider. I expect our position near the top will generate interest from families in areas of the country where Wabash is less known. And it should reaffirm our posture as one of the premier liberal arts colleges in the midwest."
The Princeton Review compiled the ranking list and chose the colleges for the book based on data the company obtained from administrators at 646 colleges, and its surveys of students attending them.
"We considered over 30 factors to rate the colleges in four categories: Academics, Tuition GPA (the sticker price minus average amount students receive in gift aid scholarships and grants), Financial Aid (how well colleges meet students' financial need), and Student Borrowing," said Robert Franek, vice president of publishing, The Princeton Review. "We recommend the 150 schools in this book as America's best college education deals for 2006."
America's Best Value Colleges has three-page profiles on the colleges, ranking lists of the top 10 best value private colleges and top 10 best value public colleges, and advice about applying for college admission and financial aid. It is one of more than 200 Princeton Review books published by Random House in a line that includes the annual Best 361 Colleges. Known for its test-prep courses, books, and college and grad school admissions services, The Princeton Review is an education services company not affiliated with Princeton University or ETS.


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An inductive logic programming approach to learning which uORFs regulate gene expression. (The Robert Gordon University School of Computing, 2008-03)Some upstream open reading frames (uORFs) regulate gene expression (i.e. they are functional) and can play key roles in keeping organisms healthy. However, how uORFs are involved in gene regulation is not het fully understood. ...


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Intel brings Iris Pro Graphics to Broadwell in LGA Sockets
Subject: Processors | March 19, 2014 - 08:00 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: LGA, iris pro, Intel, gdc 14, GDC, Broadwell
We have great news for you this evening! The demise of the LGA processor socket for Intel desktop users has been great exaggerated. During a press session at GDC we learned that not only will Intel be offering LGA based processors for Broadwell upon its release (which we did not get more details on) but that there will be an unlocked SKU with Iris Pro graphics implemented.
Iris Pro, in its current version, is a high performance version of Intel's processor graphics that includes 128MB of embedded DRAM (eDRAM). When we first heard that Iris Pro was not coming to the desktop market with an LGA1150 SKU we were confused and bitter but it seems that Intel was listening to feedback. Broadwell will bring with it the first socketed version of Iris Pro graphics!
It's also nice to know that the rumors surrounding Intel's removal of the socket option for DIY builders was incorrect or possibly diverted due to the reaction. The enthusiast lives on!!
UPDATE: Intel has just confirmed that the upcoming socketed Broadwell CPUs will be compatible with 9-series motherboards that will be released later this spring. This should offer a nice upgrade path for users going into 2015.
Podcast #228 - Intel Socket Controversy, a new OCZ SSD, GPU-less Ivy Bridge and more!
Subject: General Tech | November 29, 2012 - 02:20 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: vector, ssd, socket, podcast, ocz, LGA, layoffs, Intel, Indilinx, BGA, amd, 3550p
PC Perspective Podcast #228 - 11/29/2012
Join us this week as we talk about Intel Socket Controversy, a new OCZ SSD, GPU-less Ivy Bridge and more!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath, and Allyn Malventano
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Program length: 1:22:57
Podcast topics of discussion:
- 0:01:20 Never Settle Contest Part 2 is running!
Week in Reviews:
- 0:03:00 Nintendo Wii U Teardown
- 0:06:00 Digital Storm Bolt Mini-ITX System
- 0:12:00 Dell XPS One 27 System All-in-One
- 0:18:10 Intel Core i5-3550P Ivy Bridge CPU
- 0:27:15 LEPA Gold Series 750 watt PSU
- 0:29:00 OCZ Vector 256GB Indilinx Barefoot 3 SSD
- 0:40:30 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
News items of interest:
- 0:41:30 Intel Broadwell goes BGA Only; Desktop is dead?
- 0:56:00 More AMD Layoffs coming?
- 0:58:45 Intel CEO is leaving too
- 1:00:00 Western Digital 4TB Black HDD
- 1:02:00 Fujifilm working on 1TB optical discs
- 1:06:00 Jon Peddie Q3 GPU Results
- 1:08:00 Microsoft sells 40 million Windows 8 licenses
- 1:09:45 Rumored 'Blue' Subscription based Windows OS
- 1:12:00 Intel Updates SSD Toolbox, 335 Firmware
1:15:00 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: iFixit Pro Tech Tool Kit
- Jeremy: Leatherman Raptor
- Josh: Nice monitor!
- Allyn: OCZ Vector
- 1:15:00 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
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- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
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Moving Towards BGA Only?
The sky is falling. Does this mean that Chicken Little is panicking for no reason or is Chicken Little the Cassandra of our time? It has been widely reported that Intel will not be offering the next generation Broadwell architecture as a LGA based product. Broadwell is a 14 nm product that will integrate southbridge functions into the chip, making it essentially a SOC. It will be offered only as a BGA only product, which means that it will be soldered onto a motherboard with no chance of being able to be swapped out. Broadwell is the successor to the upcoming Haswell, itself a 22 nm product that features many architectural changes to both the CPU and graphics portion as compared to the current 22 nm Ivy Bridge.
Will Broadwell be the death of the desktop industry and enthusiasts? Will LGA become as scarce as chicken teeth? Will we ever see a product with a swappable CPU after 2014?
Broadwell is aimed at TDPs ranging from 10 watts to 57 watts. Current high end Ivy Bridge parts max out at 77 watts and do not feature any southbridge type functionality. So that means that another 5 to 7 watts are added in for the chipset when discussing basic system TDPs. So we are looking at around 87 watts for a top end product when including SATA and USB functionality. 30 watts is a pretty big deal in OEM circles. We see right off the bat that Intel is aiming this architecture at a slightly different market, or at least a changing marketplace.
The unease that we are seeing is essentially this; Intel appears to be trying to take more profits from this setup and pass more costs onto the motherboard industry. This is not necessarily new for Intel, as they did this when transitioning to the LGA socket. LGA sockets are more expensive and more troublesome for the motherboard manufacturers as compared to a more traditional pin based interface. AMD continues to use pin based chips as this lowers the cost that is incurred by the motherboard manufacturers, and it also lowers overall support issues. LGAs are pretty solid, but it is very easy to bend one or more of those contacts so that they in fact do not create a solid connection with the CPU. This is something that is uncommon with pin based CPUS, but the downside of pin based is that it is more expensive to produce the CPU in the first place as compared to a LGA chip which only features the pads on the substrate of the CPU.
Continue reading our thoughts on Intel's move to BGA processors...


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|Dear wee souls in Taiji Whale museum. Forever in my heart.
|Dancing for Dolphins!
I feel as I pack to leave Japan today that much has happened in the past 2 weeks. I also feel cautious optimism for all here in Taiji and for the world's beloved Dolphins. A shift has definitely occurred and hope is in the air. All the dear people who have worked hard for positive change in Taiji, can see a glimpse of what freedom and peace could be.
I return home today with much to do for my family and our cause. I also return home a more enriched and and thankful woman. My experience here in Japan has exceeded all my hopes and my prayers are beginning to be answered, and I am truly humbled by my experiences.
God Bless all the people in Japan, all Dolphins past present and future and all of you my brave and wonderful friends.


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This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more at IBABuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/katymurphy.
Nov. 6: The below tally doesn't include all of the mail-in ballots that have yet to be counted in these hotly contested races, but the results for the Oakland school board races and Measure J (which I've rounded) were pretty decisive. Two of the three incumbents, Jody London and Jumoke Hinton Hodge, will remain on the board.
District 1: Incumbent London, 76 percent — defeated Thearse Pecot.
District 3: Incumbent Hinton Hodge, 61 percent (after ranked-choice voting ran its course) — defeated Richard Fuentes and Ben Lang.
District 5: Rosie Torres, 54 percent — defeated Mike Hutchinson in an open race for a seat long held by Noel Gallo.
District 7: James Harris, 57 percent — defeated Alice Spearman, who has said she might raise a legal challenge again, after the election; Harris lives in Oakland but in a neighborhood affiliated with the San Leandro school district.
Measure J: 84 percent (needed 55 percent to pass).
What do you think this outcome will mean for Oakland Unified — besides two new board members?
Reader response
Jessica Stewart: Congrats to these four, and thanks for being willing to take on a really tough and important role in Oakland. It's far from easy being a school board member. Thank you in advance for serving.
And thank you so, so much to everyone who worked hard for Measure J and Prop 30 as well. Much of the water of the Prop 30 campaign was carried by OEA, OCO, and Educate Our State. I am very grateful for all the hard work there — great job, Oakland education community!
Let's continue to find ways to come together and align on more resources for kids and policies we can all get behind that make OUSD strong.
Mary: My deepest, most heartfelt congratulations go out to Jumoke, Rosie, James and Jody! I am proud to have had the privilege to work with you for Oakland and Oakland's children. Throughout this campaign cycle I have been awed by the sheer drive, determination and love that have come from parents, teachers, and community members. It is a truly inspiring time to be an Oakland resident!
Frederick Douglass said it is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. I believe neither is an easy task, but I know that my fellow Oaklanders across a broad spectrum and on both sides of these campaigns are up to the tasks ahead.
Oaklandedlandscape: Congratulations to everyone that supports this movement. The new board composition is a game changer for Oakland schools. We face numerous challenges moving forward, and I am 100 percent confident in the ability of the new board to do what is right for all students in Oakland. Now the work begins. …
Livegreen: It's great to have new blood on the board. New energy, and hopefully civil discourse (even during disagreements). Not all the traditional unending posturing and even name calling.
As for Measure J, as a homeowner I'm not looking forward to the bill. But I am looking forward to new school facilities that will help offer a better education for children, help retain more families in OUSD and Oakland, and help maintain our tax base.
And, most importantly, improve the safety of our children and their teachers.
Teacher: I am unsure why posters believe that the "new board" will have different outcomes. Board directors have a pretty miserable job, and most people end up melding into a Second Avenue mentality regardless of their original intent and personality. The two directors who most often spoke with their own voice are both leaving: Director Gallo and Director Spearman.
You will be missed!
Jim Mordecai: Teacher:
Time will tell. But you've said well what I believe. It is a thankless job taking time away from family and job for what? For one's civic duty?
With ease I, and the public, can criticize, but we are sadly lacking in showing regard and appreciation for this important work that these people elected and appointed do to make democracy and self-government work as well as it does.


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Choking can be a life-threatening emergency.
Kids might be choking if they:
If you think a child is choking, ask the child if he or she is OK. If the child is able to breathe and talk while gagging or coughing, then the airway is not blocked. Keep an eye on the child if this happens — most likely, he or she is having a coughing attack and will be fine afterward.
If the child is conscious but can't cough, speak, or breathe:
If a child starts choking and becomes unconscious and stops breathing:
If a child had a serious choking attack and has difficulty breathing or speaking, call 911 immediately. After you call 911, call the child's parents.
Preventing choking is much easier than treating it. To help prevent choking:
And if you're not already trained in CPR, get trained. The lifesaving interventions you learn will help make you the best babysitter you can be.
Reviewed by: Rupal Christine Gupta, MD
Date Reviewed: 14-09-2014


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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL -- It's déjà vu all over again. For the second time in 10 days, a 3-year-old son of Distorted Humor from the Todd Pletcher made a successful return at short odds off a lengthy layoff. Zaikov took center stage on Friday the 13th and Catron followed suit in the fifth race on Sunday's card at Gulfstream Park. A homebred for Aaron and Marie Jones, the big bay colt scored at even-money in his June 15 unveiling at Belmont Park, where he had earned an 84 Beyer Speed Figure. He hadn't seen afternoon action since then, but was hammered down to 2-5 while facing only four rivals.
"He's a nice horse and it was a great performance today," Castellano said. "The way the race developed, it worked out great for me. The two speeds hooked up and I could come from behind. Those two horses went pretty quick and opened up on him. I wasn't too worried because he got into it and finished very strong.
He was able to learn something today. I was very impressed with the way he finished."
Castellano, who had been in the irons during the colt's victorious debut, said the colt had developed in the interim.
"He's a little bit stronger and more mature, more grown-up," Castellano offered. "He grew a lot and mentally he was much better. He's a very professional horse."
Mr. Prospector and El Prado Set For Saturday
A field of eight has been entered for the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes (G3) next Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Recent Sunshine State Stakes winner Star Harbour, who will carry meet-leading rider Paco Lopez, drew post three for trainer Bobby Dibona in the six-furlong test on the main track. Apriority, the 2011 winner of the Mr. Prospector for trainer David Fawkes, will break from the seven hole under Joe Bravo. Also in the field are Fort Loudon, Trinni Heart, Upgrade, Travelin Man, Singanothersong and Black Diamond Cat.
The $100,000 El Prado Stakes at one mile on the Gulfstream grass attracted an overflow field of 16 runners. Defending titlist Nikki's Sandcastle drew post seven for his first start since winning the Fayette Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on October 26. Jockey Joe Rocco Jr. has the mount for trainer David Kessen. Mr. Online, runner-up in the Laurel Dash and the Nearctic Stakes (G1), will break from the rail with Kendrick Carmouche riding on behalf of Michael Pino. The field is completed by Empire Builder, Coalport, Hobbs, Grand Tito, Looking Cool, Hakama, Alley Oop Oop, Guys Reward, Salto, Philly Ace, Riding the River and Lea. Utley is on the also-eligible list, while Majestic Express is main track only.
WHO'S HOT: Paco Lopez booted home back-to-back winners early on the card, Sky Skier ($2.80) in the second and Scatter Joy ($3.20) in the third. Javier Castellano responded with the easy win aboard Catron in the fifth and Canzoni ($17.00) in the sixth; both of those were from the Todd Pletcher barn. Trainer Nick Gonzalez had the late double covered with River Seven ($12.50) in the Harlan's Holiday Stakes and Oroluce ($8.00) in the finale.
Rainbow 6 Carryover: $114,752.22.
Super Hi-5 Carryover: $6,963.79.


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8:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "Backroad Adventures" Taking three routes - Owyhee Backcountry Byway (Mud Flat Road), Magruder Corridor, and Lolo Motorway - the program samples what Idaho's 40,000 miles of backroads offer travelers. Along the way, there are scenic vistas, a bit of history, and opportunities to spot wildlife.G
8:30 pm
Dialogue "Author Ethan Watters: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference" Ethan Watters joins Franklin for a discussion of the themes in his book, The Urban Tribe, which looks at the ways in which young, unmarried Americans create their own sense of "family."G
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America ReFramed "Big Enough" In this intimate portrait, several dwarfs who appeared in Jan Krawitz and Thomas Ott's 1982 film Little People welcome the camera into their lives once again. Through a prism of "then and now," the characters in the film confront physical and emotional challenges with humor, grace, and sometimes, frustration. D
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Return When 13-year-old Fred Sondermann escaped from Nazi Germany in 1939, on the eve of World War II, he never imagined he would return. His homeland held only horrific and traumatizing memories of discrimination, persecution and death. However, an opportunity in 1969 to spend a sabbatical in Germany represented a chance for Dr. Sondermann to make sense of, and peace with, his experiences. D
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Global Voices "Stealing Africa" How much profit is fair? Ruschlikon is a village in Switzerland with a very low tax rate and very wealthy residents. But it receives more tax revenue than it can use. This is largely thanks to one resident - Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of Glencore, whose copper mines in Zambia are not generating a large bounty tax revenue for the Zambians. D


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You wouldn't think that a movie with a title like Strip Nude for Your Killer would turn out to be among the sleazier, trashier, less redeemable Italian thrillers — or giallo — but what do you know! Strip Nude for Your Killer turns out to be among the sleazier, trashier, less redeemable Italian thrillers, and if you know anything about gialli, you know that sleaze, trash, and irredeemability are practically requisites for the genre. Strip Nude for Your Killer is also probably not the best film to use as a primer on the tropes and history of gialli, but at the same time, perhaps the fact that it slavishly caters to the lowest common denominator expectations of giallo films and never exhibits much in the way of style or ambition beyond fulfilling the base formula requirements make it the perfect, if not respectable, candidate for the following brief — and possibly wildly inaccurate in spots — history of what fans loving refer to giallo.
Giallo is, like pulp fiction in America, a loaded and often misrepresented concept that takes on various attributes and boundaries depending on who is doing the defining. Pulp, for example, was used to cover everything from romance to cowboy to crime to sci-fi and horror stories, though in time it became more specifically identified with crime and fantastic literature. And then, in the 90s, pulp started being used as a description of outrageous action cinema from the 70s, applied interchangeably with "cult film," "drive-in movie," and most recently, "grindhouse." Pulp thus became an adaptive term, and even though it no longer meant what it used to mean, just as "drive-in movie" could have been any movie (I saw Jaws and Star Wars at the drive-in in the 70s, after all) but now has a very specific exploitation-oriented definition, "pulp" has an agreed-upon (more or less) pop culture definition that most people live with.
The history and evolution of giallo in Italy is very similar. Giallo originally referred to a series of pulp novels published by a company called Mondadori. The name "giallo" arose from the bright yellow covers that identified books as part of the series. As with American pulps of the same era (the first giallo was printed in 1929), the subject matter of giallo varied wildly, but in time they seemed to settle down into a steady pattern relying predominantly on murder mysteries, horror, and lurid tales of wanton sauciness. From time to time, the stories of well-established and well-respected mystery authors like Edgar Wallace and Agathie Christie showed up as part of the giallo series. Thus, like pulp, giallo became a much more specific phrase, irritating some (as does the abuse and rampant application of the descriptor "pulp").
Making any claim regarding which film was "the first" of any type of film is pretty silly. No matter what you pick, someone is going to find an earlier film that fulfills the same basic requirements of whatever genre you've chosen, and then they'll start claiming that movie was the first. Sort of like, "who was the first punk rocker," a debate that includes everyone from Iggy Pop to Joey Ramone to the MC5 to Mozart. Or, to relate it to film, there's the endless debate over "the first slasher film." With "first" being nigh impossible to nail down, what becomes more important is the first film to act as a major cultural touchstone. So, while nailing down "the first slasher film" may be almost impossible, nailing down "the film that inspired the slasher movie boom of the 80s and defined the tropes of that trend" is much easier.
The exact same problem exists in determining "the first giallo movie." Considering that Edgar Wallace and Agathie Christie books were part of the giallo series, you could reasonably argue that one of the movies based on those was the first giallo. What is more pertinent, again, and at least for our purposes here, is to define the film where the giallo trend really arrived, and the film that served as the template for the movies that would follow this trend. Regarding this, most people agree that it's Mario Bava's 1963 thriller The Girl Who Knew Too Much (which even features the lead character reading a giallo novel), with a major assist from Bava's Blood and Black Lace in 1964. It is in these two movies that we see most of the "rules" of the genre established, sort of like how George Romero's Night of the Living Dead certainly wasn't the first zombie film, but it was the zombie film, and it set forth a template that is followed to this very day. Bava's two early murder mysteries laid the foundation for what would come after them. And of course, just to dirty the martini further, from that start point forward, you can spend plenty of time endlessly debating which films are or are not gialli, or which films are or are not zombie films. So on and so forth. After all, us film nerds gotta debate something, and some of us are tired of arguing about whether or not Star Wars was awesome or sucked.
Bava's two movies give us the framework and the common themes that define giallo: the unreliable eye witness and the general unreliability and subjectivity of observation, the international jet set flavor (including frequent use of American and British leads), the obsession with fashion and photography (another form of observation) and the industries that exist around each, prolonged and often fantastically complex murder sequences, highly stylized lighting and cinematography, and perhaps most famous of all, the black-gloved killer.
Giallo simmered through the 60s, but it was in 1970 that things really exploded. That year, a former scriptwriter and assistant director named Dario Argento made the film The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Here, what started with Bava became crystal clear and fully realized. From 1970 on, the always zealous Italian exploitation market began cranking out all sorts of films that fit the giallo bill, more or less. Adding a dose of 1970s libertinism to the Bava formula, the giallo directors of the 70s were able to heap on more gore, nudity, and general sleaze. The films also showcased an increasingly cynical viewpoint of the morality of man, often featuring victim characters who were only marginally less rotten than the mysterious killer. Some of these films were incredibly good. Some wallowed in their own filth. A few were just plain awful, but most were enjoyable in a wild Grand Guignol fashion that demanded you abandon logic, accept often wildly improbably plot twists and resolutions, and concentrate instead on the imaginative style and outlandish setpieces. In other words, if you are going to be upset about disappointing revelations and idiotic, illogical behavior on behalf of the victims, giallo is not the genre for you to play in, and you will find little, even in the best films, that will convince you otherwise. These films take place in a world that appears similar to ours and involves characters who resemble humans, but ultimately, the world of the giallo film and the people who inhabit it resemble humans and the human world only superficially. Gialli operate under their own set of rules, and dealing with it can often be irritating — especially since that leads to the age-old battle over when something is an intentional artistic vision and when something is just incompetent crap.
In the case of Strip Nude for Your Killer, the debate is pretty one-sided. This movie is definitely incompetent crap. It's largely unimaginative, always seedy and mean-spirited, and laughable in its attempt to build the central mystery. That said, it's also horribly fun in a way you should be maybe just a little bit ashamed of, and it stars the queen of 70s giallo and one the most perfect and beautiful women to ever walk the planet, French Algerian actress Edwige Fenech.
To be fair, Strip Nude for Your Killer may be scummy, but it wastes no time letting you know exactly where you stand, as the first shot is a full frontal nude shot of a woman in a doctor's office, legs up in medical stirrups, with a doctor's face firmly planted between her legs. If this image — and keep in mind that it is quickly revealed she's in the middle of an abortion — offends or insults you, then it's best to just skip ahead to some other movie. I recommend Dario Argento's Deep Red. It's really good, and as far as gialli goes, it's pretty clean. At least it doesn't start off with a close-up of a chick getting an abortion. From this auspicious opening salvo, Strip Nude for Your Killer has the woman suffer a heart attack, causing the doctor and his pal to bring the woman back to her home and leave her in the bathtub in hopes that the police will just chalk it up to a heart attack without noticing the abortion thing.
From there, the film picks up at a photography studio staffed primarily by snide, condescending people who all seem to hate each other. Among them are star photographers Carlo (Nino Castelnuovo) and Magda (Edwige Fenech), who are involved with each other though Carlo is by no means a one-lady man. The other cast members all have names too, but there's not much point in remembering them since, 1) they're all basically the same character, and 2) they're all going to die anyway. And sure enough, it doesn't take too long before someone is stalking the employees of the studio and killing them off. Signature murders include the stabbing of a woman who, upon realizing a prowler may be in the house and all her co-workers are getting murdered, investigates while completely nude except for a pair of clunky platform clogs; and then there's the one where, after charmingly attempting to rape a co-worker before going impotent, we get ample shots of an enormously fat man in his sagging tighty whities and black dress socks, clutching a deflated blow-up doll in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other while he cries uncontrollably. Tasteful!
Eventually, the cast is whittled down to a few potential suspects, including Carlo, Magda. Carlo and Magda take it upon themselves to investigate the murder, though it's possible on of them is actually the culprit, and for some reason, any time they turn up a clue, they make a big fuss about how they couldn't possibly go to the police with it, even though there's no actual reason they couldn't go to the police beyond the fact that the giallo film depends on the concept of the amateur sleuth, and writer-director Andrea Bianchi sort of blows at writing stories. When the killer is finally revealed…well it's best for this movie and for many gialli to master the use of the phrase, "Oh, come on!" Strip Nude for Your Killer isn't quite so bad as to have the killer be someone that hasn't been in the movie until the point they are revealed to be the killer ("Why, it was his brother we've never seen all along!"), but it's really close. And there's plenty more "Oh, come on!" moments to keep your eyes rolling. Like the part where Magda goes to retrieve film from Carlo's studio that presumably has pictures of the killer on it. While there, the lights go out, and Magda hears someone else sneaking around. So, knowing that everyone who works at your studio is being murdered, knowing that you have a piece of evidence that could reveal the killer, and knowing that the killer knows you have this and also knows where it is, when you are in this place, and the lights go out all of a sudden, do you instantly think, "Goodness, it is entirely likely this killer who has been stalking us has now arrived here!" Or do you think, "Aw, it must be a blown fuse!"
In fact, there are three distinct points at which you will need to master the use of "Oh, come on!" if you are ever going to get very far into the world of Italian murder mystery horror fun. The first is used pleadingly and comes when you engage in the following exchange with a friend:
You: Let's watch Strip Nude for Your Killer.
Your Friend: That looks like crap.
You: Oh, come on!
You will also find the phrase handy to use in a sort of "just roll with it" use. For example:
Your Friend: Wait! Why can't they go to the police? Man this movie is idiotic.
You: Oh, come on!
And finally, there is the point at which you and your friend can finally agree on the proper application of the phrase. This comes at the end, when the killer is revealed to be someone you can't even remember if they were in the movie before. It is here that you can both roll your eyes and exclaim, "Oh, come on!"
Strip Nude for Your Killer definitely requires a healthy sense of humor to get through. Director Andrea Bianchi does not possess the stylistic flourishes that make many other bad gialli worth watching even when their plots are of dubious merit. What Bianchi lacks in terms of inventive direction he attempts to make up for with sleaze, and at least on that level, he's a Viking. Before you even start the movie, you can guess what sort of ride you're in for. And while some titles may make lascivious promises the movie can't keep, Strip Nude for Your Killer definitely is not one of them. I mean, here's a film that plays a botched abortion for cheap titillation and ends with a joke about a guy strangling his girlfriend and sodomizing her against her will. Oh, the hilarity! In between, you get near frequent male and female nudity (often in the form of people you never wanted to see nude), plenty of slasher gore (usually in the form of the aftermath of a murder), and an all-around level of scumminess that becomes so thick it takes on the properties of camp excess. I'm sure John Waters would appreciate the ludicrousness of it all. It's that gleeful willingness to reel about in the muck with such reckless disregard for even the most frayed threads of decent taste that keep Strip Nude for Your Killer from being offensive. It's far too idiotic to be taken with that degree of seriousness. This movie is like stumbling upon a hobo jerking off behind a dumpster. Sure you can get offended, but honestly, what's the point?
One of the fun things about gialli is that they actively invite psychoanalysis. Regardless of how shoddy and shallow the product may be, if it just follows the template close enough, it can piggyback on the psychological groundwork of Bava, who himself was nodding to Hitchcock. It's like buying meaning wholesale, or shopping at Hot Topic instead of making your own punk clothes. For example, I have no doubt that Bianchi had absolutely nothing to say with Strip Nude for Your Killer. He wanted to make a sleazy murder mystery and get Edwige Fenech naked as often as possible, plus show a fat guy in saggy underpants. And that's exactly what he did. But because, by 1975, so many gialli had been made and the cliches of the genre were so well established, he didn't have to put any thought at all into having things us film nerds could pick up on in our never-ending quest to artistically justify even the basest and greediest of crap. Strip Nude for Your Killer is rife with the standard giallo themes, the most obvious of which is the deceptive nature of observation. You could even justify the tasteless opening by saying that Bianchi is intentionally duping the audience into thinking they're getting a bit of cheesecake right off the bat, only to spoil it by introducing a dramatic and tragic revelation regarding the nature of the nudity we are observing. You would, I think, be full of shit if you did this, but it's still fun.
Later in the film, the roll of film with the killer's identity is brought into play, under the assumption that a photograph of a murder in progress is irrefutable proof. Once again, however, very little is what it appears to be. Edwige spends much of the movie poring over photographs of the victim, an old magnifying glass plastered to her face as a visual homage to the dime store detective novels from which the giallo film grew (and also as a fine example of how magnifying glasses aren't designed work). In Strip Nude for Your Killer as in many other far superior gialli (specifically Dario Argento's Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Deep Red), the protagonist spends a great deal of time examining and re-examining something that seems perfectly clear but is later revealed to hold a significance no one recognized. Bird with the Crystal Plumage is one of the most obvious indictments of the notion of eye witness, but Deep Red is my favorite for playing off the lead actor, David Hemmings, and his role as a photographer obsessed with the grainy, minute detail of a photo in Anonioni's Blow Up. In the case of Strip Nude for Your Killer, Bianchi is obviously just copying what he's seen before, but it's still kind of fun and one of the reasons bad gialli are often still enjoyable to dissect.
Bianchi is no stranger to sleazy thrillers. His filmography includes Cry of the Prostitute, The Malicious Whore, and Burial Ground, infamous for casting an obviously older midget as a child, and then having him bite off his mom's breast while she lovingly breast-feeds him. I ain't talking no Harry Earles looking guy, either, where you could almost believe the illusion that he was a little kid (still way too old to be breast feeding though, at least off his mom). No, this was more like a cross between Dustin Hoffman and Chris Kattan. Anyway, Bianchi isn't much of a director, and whatever style exists in Strip Nude for Your Killer is most likely the product of Bianchi aping those who came before. The direction is competent and professional, but not much else.
Of course, for most viewers, there is one big reason, at least above the simple blanket "because it's Italian giallo," to watch Strip Nude for Your Killer, and that's the appearance, usually nude or in little more than panties and an unbuttoned men's dress shirt, of Edwige Fenech. Fenech was a staple of both Italian sex comedies and the giallo film, and she brought to the game a wicked combination of actual acting talent, comedic timing, a willingness to drop her robe for pretty much no reason, and some of the most devastating good looks I've ever seen. She split her time evenly between exceptionally great gialli like All the Colors of the Dark and other films with director Sergio Martino, and dodgy nonsense like this and The Case of the Bloody Iris. She was always game, though, and never looked to be half-assing it, even when her primary role was to show half her ass. In Strip Nude for Your Killer, she's about as close as you're going to get to a likable character, even though she's kind of condescending and nasty to people. But when you're surrounded by the likes of mean-spirited S&M lesbians, a guy who thinks anal rape is hilarious, a fat crying guy who also thinks rape is the way to a woman's heart, and someone who is killing a bunch of people — well, it's not hard to look like the good guy.
If you are looking for a good and proper introduction to the world of Italian murder mysteries, Strip Nude for Your Killer is not your movie. You want to be watching Deep Red or Blood and Black Lace or All the Colors of the Dark. Still, if you are already prepared for the peculiarities of sloppy Italian filmmaking, Strip Nude for Your Killer is surprisingly enjoyable. Even though it's poorly written, even though it's relentlessly tasteless (actually, because it's relentlessly tasteless), even though it has very few points you could single out as being good other than Edwige, and even though it's packed full of gratuitously seedy garbage (once again, what I mean is because it's packed full of gratuitous, seedy garbage), it ultimately comes across as harmless.
I think it's because you never get an opportunity to take the thing seriously for even a minute. Compare it to, for instance, Lucio Fulci's New York Ripper, a film that is marginally less sleazy, almost as absurd, but a whole lot meaner. The hatred for mankind is palpable in that film, and if you make it through to the end, all you really want to do is take a shower. Conversely, Strip Nude for Your Killer comes across as little more than a bunch of drunk Italians wanting to make a movie with a lot of nudity in it. If you go to the shower after watching it, you're doing something, but it's not because you feel grimy and depressed. Sure, the film is mean, but it never seems serious about it or committed to its misanthropy. This could just be my perception as a horribly twisted and dark individual, but Strip Nude for Your Killer just doesn't have that visceral kick you would need to really be offended. It was preposterous anyway, and I was having too much fun reveling in the filth alongside it to worry about the many faults.


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CBA Featured in the Princeton Review's "Best 294 Business Schools: 2012 Edition"2011-11-01 09:25:00.0
For the eighth consecutive year, The Princeton Review has rated the College of Business Administration at The University of Akron an outstanding business school. The education services company features the school in the new 2012 edition of its book, "The Best 294 Business Schools" (Random House / Princeton Review, on sale date October 11, 2011, $22.99).
According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review Senior VP-Publisher, "We recommend the College of Business Administration at The University of Akron to readers of our book and users of our site, www.PrincetonReview.com, as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA. We chose the 294 business schools in this book based on our high opinion of their academic programs and offerings, as well as our review of institutional data we collect from the schools. We also strongly consider the candid opinions of students attending the schools who rate and report on their campus experiences at their schools on our survey for the book."
"We are delighted to be included in this prestigious list for the eight consecutive year," says Dr. Ravi Krovi, dean and professor of management and information systems. "The average GMAT score of our students and the number of Fulbright scholars in the program, both of which are among the highest in Ohio, reflect a program that is very highly regarded. The faculty have made cutting edge changes to the MBA program that now includes a focus on leadership development and action learning. The Saturday MBA program also features an executive round table discussion which allows our students to interact with CEO's and other successful business and community leaders."
Krovi notes that, in addition to quality instruction and reputation, the CBA's MBA program is also convenient. "Between our evening program and the two-year Saturday MBA, we offer students plenty of flexibility in completing the program around their personal and professional schedules."
"The Best 294 Business Schools: 2012 Edition" has two-page profiles of the schools with write-ups on their academics, student life, and admissions, plus ratings for their academics, selectivity, and career placement services.
In the profile on the CBA, the Princeton Review editors note that students report a "substantial focus on international business environments and global operations" throughout the curriculum and also single out the "information and technology focus." The editors also note that "the flexibility of its programs – a crucial element for the school's many part-time students – is another frequently cited asset at this impressive public university."
They quote from students attending the CBA who praise the college for its "great academic environment," "strong curriculum," and "low cost" of attending.
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Whether intentional or not, it seems Lady Gaga may have been somewhat responsible for a return of the Muppets to the realm of fashion, pop, and divaism—all because she was spotted sporting a coat made, not of many colors, but of many Kermits. She even delivered an interview with a German television network while wearing the faux-frog fashion faux pa. Lady Gaga has also worn Animal out (...I'll leave you alone with your thoughts on that one). Yes, I am talking about her wearing an Animal based dress out to a publicity event earlier this month.
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To give credit where credit is due, this entire Muppet fashion trend may well have been started a few months ago by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac who designed Gaga's Kermit coat and Animal dress, and put Muppets into his runway fashion show in the first place!
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Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Vol. 3
- toggleI. Developments in the International Monetary Fund
- CHAPTER 1 Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the International Monetary Fund
- CHAPTER 2 Publication Policies of the International Monetary Fund
- CHAPTER 3 Conditionality in the International Monetary Fund
- CHAPTER 4 Safeguards Assessments and Central Bank Legislation
- CHAPTER 5 Overview of the Rules of Conduct and Ethics at the International Monetary Fund
- toggleII. Developments in Other International Financial Institutions
- toggleIII. Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- toggleIV. Architecture of the International Financial System
- CHAPTER 11 Why Is There So Much Disagreement About the IMF and Reform of the International Financial Architecture?
- CHAPTER 12 Development of International Standards of Security Interests
- CHAPTER 13 Legal Aspects of the Financial Sector Assessment Program
- CHAPTER 14 International Reserves—Legal Aspects of Concept and Usage at the IMF
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- CHAPTER 15 Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing: An Overview
- CHAPTER 16 The Methodology for Assessing Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Standards
- CHAPTER 17 Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
- CHAPTER 18 Money Laundering Countermeasures with Primary Focus on Terrorism and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
- CHAPTER 19 The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 on Non-U.S. Banks
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- CHAPTER 20 Relative Autonomy of the Central Bank
- CHAPTER 21 Frameworks for the Resolution of Government-Central Bank Conflicts: Issues and Answers
- CHAPTER 22 Supervisory Boards in Some Central Banks
- CHAPTER 23 Emergency Liquidity Financing by Central Banks: Systemic Protection or Bank Bailout?
- CHAPTER 24 Profits, Dividends, and Capital—Considerations for Central Banks
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Finding China, Crystal, and Tableware With Linux
A Humble Start
Replacements, Ltd. has carved a niche market out of locating and selling hard-to-find china, crystal, and silver tableware and collectibles.
Nearly half of the company's seven million retail customers place orders through the call center, The other half do business over the Web. Orders are filled from an 11 million plus item inventory comprised of more than 250,000 patterns. The company also handles current and active patterns, obtained directly from manufacturers.
Computer technology has been a key factor from the very beginning. As you would expect, Linux now plays a major role in keeping the company's data straight.
Bob Page quit his job as an auditor for the state of North Carolina and started the company 25 years ago in his basement and attic. People questioned his decision. Replacements, Ltd. is now the world's largest retailer of discontinued and active dinnerware.
At first, Page tracked customers orders through thousands of 3x5 index cards. In 1984, he took the company high tech with proprietary Data General computers running the AOS/VS operating system, the INFOS database, and applications developed in DG Cobol.
In 1995, they moved to Unix (on the Data General AViiON hardware line) running DGUX. With the switch, they ported the database over to Oracle. DG clustering protected the database and server-based applications, while also providing high availability. Over time, in classic client/server fashion the client GUI eventually ran on Windows machines, developed under PowerBuilder.
2002 marked a Replacements move over to Solaris (on Sunfire hardware) with Veritas (now Symantec) for the server/cluster side.
By 2003, Replacements had started considering Linux. Although SUSE was considered, Red Hat eventually got the nod. The Replacements IT team felt that Red Hat's professional support and annual delivery cycle differentiated it from other vendors. In Replacements high-volume transaction environment, avoiding downtime was an absolute priority.
Jim Meredith, Replacements Manager of Information Technology, said that convincing the CIO that Linux had the performance and stability to run their business took quite a bit of work, but he ultimately became the strongest advocate.
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