text: It was just like one of those scripted, TV show abandonments. We were in the kitchen together. We'd moved to Sydney to try to rebuild our life. I'd sold the business and was back at Uni to spend more time with the family. But on this day, Judy took the kids to bed, and sort of never came back. She was only thirty-two, and I guess she couldn't handle the pressure of being in a relationship with a person she didn't trust anymore. And, there was another man filling up her love life. He was hidden from view at this time but he was my friend. I didn't see it. My kids were left in a very tough spot, because not long afterward my problems began. I moved out but kept access to the kids. I started waking at night bolt upright. On lonely nights I drank too much and made phone calls I should never have made. One day my mate took me to his doctor. I was drunk. I told the doctor how I felt and he rang the police and I got an AVO. I couldn't go within 2 km of my home. None of the Uni doctors could figure out why I was so traumatised. Most of them guessed nervous breakdown or psychological stress, but the counselling treatments didn't seem to help. That's around the time my ex, sold the house and our business, took the kids and moved back to Melbourne. I flew back and forth from Sydney to Melbourne to see the kids. It was at this time that I met Deborah. Deb was a stunning elegant woman working in high end marketing. She introduced me to her friend who owned a fast car and was really, seriously wealthy. Deborah moved in to my new Sydney apartment and life felt ok. Deb went away on weekends on business trips. So I went to Melbourne on weekends and studied for my MBA during the week. Even my friends said I'd met my perfect match. I was going to marry her. But one night when she was out late at work, I learnt something the hard way. I glimpsed into her bag she left open beside our bed and there were 50 condoms, hundreds of those yellow credit card receipts we used to have back then. There were handcuffs, and … well allot of stuff you don't need for marketing. She was a high end prostitute. And I was in love, or so I thought. She was an escort. Her wealthy friend was a drug dealer of the highest order, maybe her pimp too? I was a student. I was thirty-five years old, but I felt like I was fourteen. I told Deborah I'd still be with her if she admitted it all. She walked out that night and never even came back for her clothes (or condoms). A few weeks later, I just bundled her clothes into their green plastic bags and took them to Deb's wealthy friend's phone shop. I walked in with the bags under my arms and the whole shop broke out in laughter. Someone shouted "Another Deb victim" and I knew the whole thing from Deb was a ruse she'd pulled on many blokes like me. When Deb's very wealthy friend came out and took the bags he invited me to his home for a party the following weekend. It was in Point Piper and the house was perched over the Harbour. In the kitchen I met a group of guys who had all been ripped by Deb. I was the only one she didn't steal thousands of dollars from their bank. At the party, I walked into the main bedroom to go to the bathroom and there was a pile of $100 and $50 notes like Mount Everest on the bed and cocaine in a huge bowl. I left straight away without goodbye. This was a warning party to remind me not to get too caught up chasing Deb. Unhappiness is a lifestyle. It's like a cool friend. Unhappiness and I started spending more and more time together. Unhappiness had all sorts of games like the original Nintendo that he let me play. We spent our days and nights together, Christmas together, and I remember he gave me any excuse, to get high on anything that even looked like or promised happiness. Like Deb, most things were just fantasies and made unhappiness a stronger companion. As things got more serious with my Uni results, my new friend, unhappiness, really took charge of my health. He helped justify spending a fortune for holidays, and dinner and flights and music concerts. He validated buying our new Porsche and blamed anything other than me for the trips to hospitals when kidney stones or lung infections took over. Unhappiness and I flew together to look after my children in Melbourne, and twice around the world looking for happy times. Finally we found meditation and that gave me a correct justification to be unhappy and not do anything about it. I became a Zen Unhappy person. My friend, Mr Unhappy loved meditation. I could sit for hours, not change anything and feel good about it. One day my friend took me to a cliff and said jump. That was the end of that friendship. Once I went to that place I had nothing to gain from that friendship anymore and much to gain from being different. Then I was able to get the support I needed. Not long afterwards my ex, kids and her new partner got married and sailed overseas. They had my three children on the yacht, I was 'irrelevant' in the whole thing. I found my way within the next months. My new friend, true happiness, never made me feel irrelevant. True happiness treated me like a son. When I was in high school, I had that old friend, unhappiness, and I did whatever it asked me to. I stole cars, I broke into shops and homes, I even accidentally stabbed someone in a fight. My youngest brother was happy. He played music. I tried, even played in a band and learnt piano. The school threatened to expel me for being a bad influence. Around this time, my Dad traded a block of land for a car and then we had to spend every Sunday up there in Monbulk chopping and sawing wood. Suddenly, unhappiness left, happiness arrived, I won the athletics, football captaincy and school head prefect over the next three years. I don't think my Dad ever really knew how bad things were before Monbulk. But I suspect he knew I was hanging out with an unhealthy friend in my head. He probably recognised him, maybe even passed him on, from his own life. Recently after my back broke and I couldn't travel anymore, I started coaching people individually instead of as an audience from the speaking circuit. It's become much more of realisation that this unhealthy friend isn't always in our head. It can be a friendship, a job, a partnership, a relationship. Unhappiness can become our default. But happiness will always be the father figure and mother that I almost didn't have. Fifty years ago nature stepped into a mess. Poor, alcoholic step mother. Delinquent dyslexic kid. I could have run the other direction but I didn't. Nature decided to get in there, get her hands dirty, and become a friend in my heart. And that's the reason I became the man I am today. And why I do what I do.


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MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, was founded in January of 1799 as the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland to prevent "quackery and pretenders to the medical arts." One hundred representatives, four from each county in Maryland, gathered in Annapolis to petition the Maryland General Assembly to place some restrictions on who could practice medicine in Maryland.
In 1807, the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty established a medical school, now the University of Maryland's School of Medicine, and its members became the first faculty members. Prior to that, physicians had learned their profession by becoming apprentices to established physicians who trained at established medical schools in Europe. The Legislature granted the Faculty permission to award a Licentiate of Medicine to physicians who practiced, but hadn't attended medical schools. These awards continued until the 1830's.
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Throughout the first half of the 1800's, the Faculty continued to recruit members, codify legislation promoting the medical profession, establish specialty medical schools, including the College of Dental Surgery and College of Pharmacy, both in Baltimore. Additionally, the Faculty began to publish a medical journal in 1878, and founded a medical library which would eventually number more than 65,000 volumes.
After buying a property on Hamilton Terrace in Baltimore in 1890, the Faculty finally thought they had found their forever home. Dr. William Osler became President of the Faculty in 1896 and made the fortuitous decision to hire a permanent librarian, Miss Marcia C. Noyes. Osler, a book aficionado, began the process of expanding and cataloging the library and hosting Book & Journal Club Meetings. Dr. Osler's charisma and intense charm, helped the membership rolls increase dramatically, and after a decade-and-a-half, the realization that they'd outgrown their home became clear to everyone.
In 1909, a purpose-built headquarters building, with space for large and small meetings, a reading room, and most significantly, a four-story stacks library, was dedicated. Dr. Osler, who was now living in England, returned to Baltimore to dedicate the building, and give a significant lecture, entitled "The Old and New." Miss Noyes became the Secretary of the Faculty, and continued to grow the membership, and expand the library until it was one of the foremost medical libraries in the country and a model for American medical societies. She eventually worked (and lived!) at the Faculty for 50 years.
In the 1970s, MedChi, as it was now known, purchased the former school building adjacent to the headquarters, along with the gymnasium behind it, for the grand sum of one dollar! After fundraising for several years, the two buildings were connected and renovated for use as offices and meeting space. The gymnasium became the MedChi Insurance Agency, and an additional adjacent property is used for the Physician Health Program.
With the advent of digitization, our library is no longer used by members, but it's still mostly intact. Much of our archive collection remains available for research either here on-site, or at the nearby Maryland Historical Society. Our MedChi Archives blog explores topics as diverse as things that we find in the stacks, to the architectural details on our buildings. Additionally, there are lists of the portraits in our collection, along with details of each sitter; all of our Presidents through the decades; speakers at the Hunt History of Medicine lectures over the years, and a history of our building which was home to School #49.
As Dr. Albert Chatard, a long-time member of the Faculty, wrote, "Since 1799, we have worked to create an atmosphere both effective and genial, so that members who come to the building feel that interesting and important things are going on under its roof."
The Center for a Healthy Maryland and MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society still work to make sure our members know that interesting and important things happen here.
Marcia Crocker Noyes was the librarian at MedChi.
She arrived here for a short visit in 1896, after graduating from Hunter College in New York, and on a visit to her sister who worked at the Pratt Library.
The Thomas E. Hunt, Jr., M.D. History of Maryland Medicine Lectureship was established in 2008 to honor Dr. Thomas E. Hunt, Jr.
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Our MedChi Archives blog explores architectural details on our buildings, the portraits in our collection, along with details of each sitter; all of our Presidents through the decades; the Hunt History of Medicine lectures over the years, and a history of our building which was home to School #49.

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Kaden Morfopolous
Vancouver, British Columbia
Six years ago, I watched my brother graduate. I didn't realize it at the time, but that was a pivotal moment in my life because it was the first time I really looked at my future and set for myself a definite, long-term goal. I remember seeing my brother standing there and thinking to myself that I wanted the same thing.
I arrived here two years later. Something that held me back from the start, and even all the way into this year, was that I would constantly compare myself to others. I would discourage myself when I saw someone who was doing something that I thought was impressive and ask myself why I couldn't do the same thing.
I always thought that the end product of the Delphi Program—the graduate—was always the same. I remember watching people graduate and being so impressed with how all of them seemed so capable and confident, but for some reason I never took note of the fact that all of them were also unique.
I thought that there was going to be some individual point on the program where I would change into this amazing person that the school wanted me to become, but I've realized that it works differently than that. Everyone gets something different out of the program because everyone is unique and will excel at different things.
You only get out of the program what you put into it. I think that's true not only here at Delphian but also in life. Delphian has taught me how to work hard. I don't think I've ever worked half as hard as I have in these last two months. By doing so, I've learned that I am in fact capable and can reach not only my short-term goals but also my long-term goals. Delphian has taught me how to become the person I want to be.
Six years ago, when I set my goal to graduate from this school, I never guessed that it would require so much work. There were many times—especially in this last year—that I was worried that I wouldn't make it. From this experience, I've learned that you should never doubt yourself. Other people may doubt you, but keep going to make the goals that you set for yourself. Often, doubting yourself is the difference between success and failure.
Our goals and the actions we take to meet those goals are what define each of us. If there's one thing that Delphian has taught me, it's how to meet those goals and create my own future.


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Alexander Dixon
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American winger who began his MLS career in 2011 with the Houston Dynamo.
He played college soccer at the University of North Carolina.
He played for the United States U17 team in 2007.
He was raised with three brothers, Jerome, Anthony, and Tre.
He played alongside Tally Hall on the Houston Dynamo from 2011 to 2013.


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John Lennon's sister Julia Baird had an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV and revealed an unknown truth about Lennon and McCartney families.
Julia admitted that they always wanted the young musicians to quit the music and do another job to earn their life.
Here is her statement:
"John and Paul were lucky, because if it had gone on much longer without getting a break I don't know what would have happened.
Mimi (John's aunt) famously said to John: "The guitar is all very well John but you will never make a living out of it."
That was the worry for all the families. I was worried about him dropping out of art college. Something inside us insisted that they had to stick with it. They wanted to make it and they were absolutely determined."
In the end, Baird says that she is happy that they didn't listen to the families words:
"The Fab Four would have never gone on to make rock history if they had listened to their families' concerns that they would end up broke and hopeless."
Below you can watch the whole interview:
Click here for the source.


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Julia Barretto disabled her comments section on Instagram amid rumors linking her to the reported rift between Gerald Anderson and Bea Alonzo.
Julia also posted a new Instagram update on Monday, not to address the said rumors but to share an update about her upcoming movie.
"We're down to our last few days of shooting "Block Z" and while it's been quite busy and hectic again, I'm looking forward to my next beach trip," she posted.
Block Z is her upcoming movie with ex-boyfriend Joshua Garcia.
Meanwhile, her mother Marjorie recently defended the actress on social media. Marjorie remarked that Julia and Gerald are just friends after allegedly being spotted at the birthday party of Rayver Cruz.
READ: Marjorie Barretto speaks up on rumors linking daughter Julia to Gerald, actor agrees to being 'misjudged'
The controversy and the speculations about the supposed falling out of Gerald and Bea stemmed from the cryptic message Bea posted over the weekend.
"'You can't make the same mistake twice, the second time you make it, it's not a mistake anymore, it's a choice.' ENOUGH," Bea wrote on Instagram.


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Jets free-agent left guard Kerry Jenkins told The Post yesterday that he's "narrowed" his choices down to re-signing in New York or going to Tampa Bay.
"I've canceled my visit in Cleveland and narrowed my decision to New York and Tampa Bay," Jenkins said from a hotel room in Cleveland, where he had been scheduled to visit the Browns. "I'm sitting here contemplating what I'm going to do, trying to make a decision."
Jets GM Terry Bradway said last night he was told that Jenkins will visit Tampa Bay before making his final decision.
Jenkins, who rose from an obscure free agent picked up off the scrap heap to become a Jets starter the last three seasons, has been torn between staying with the Jets and the lure of Buccaneers offensive line coach Bill Muir, his former position coach with the Jets.
"Really, if it wasn't for Bill, who knows where I'd be right now?" Jenkins said. "That's a huge factor."
The Jets yesterday entertained Titans DT Josh Evans for a free-agent visit and will talk with Bills LB Sam Cowart and possibly Tampa Bay DT Steve White today. Washington LB Shawn Barber, whom the Giants are also interested in, is scheduled to visit tomorrow.
Bradway said that trading any draft pick for Bucs CB Donnie Abraham (Tampa Bay wants a third-rounder) is out of the question … The Jets have also spoken to the agent for Steelers backup CB Deshea Townsend, though no visit has yet been scheduled.


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re-structuring in a challenging time for the business..."
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project management in advance of a FDA inspection. Martyn's knowledge
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We planned a fun photoshoot with a pet photographer tonight with us and our dog. Our dog is going to help us announce the pregnancy … since he is our beloved dog child. Of course, as luck would have it, I have sprouted an unattractive lip zit. What the heck? I'm breaking out like crazy and it makes me feel like I'm in middle school … except with much larger breasts.
Tonight's Food Aversion …28 Jul
Seafood dip! And seafood stuffed mushrooms.
My lovely husband tried to make me a delightful dinner tonight. He grilled steaks, made a seafood dip, and stuffed mushrooms. He even made me guacamole since I've been obsessed with it lately. I tried one mushroom, something I normally love, and I could barely choke it down. The seafood smell was so incredibly strong that it smelled like 1000 dead fish on a beach.
Guess I'll be avoiding fishy smelling foods for a bit.
The worst part is I put a strudel in the oven right after the dip and mushrooms were in there and now I SWEAR IT TASTES LIKE SEAFOOD. My husband thinks I'm nuts, but I swear it has hints of seafood.
They aren't lying when they say your sniffer goes into hyper drive when you're pregnant. It's completely unreasonable, yet I cannot make myself eat something once I have thoughts like this. It's so gross.
I love that food! I mean, I hate that food!28 Jul
Food aversions are here and it's really strange. I will think about a food I normally enjoy, know that I really liked it, but the thought of seeing it or smelling it cooking is absolutely repulsing. For instance, we made a Thai beef with carrots and green beans dish a couple weeks ago. It was really good, except now when I think about it, I want to barf. I know that I liked it so much, but I cannot even comprehend eating it right now.
I've also noticed if I don't eat immediately upon waking up in the morning, I get sick. And I mean, IMMEDIATELY …. before I even get out of bed. And if I wait too long to eat a meal, I'm sick. I guess the moral of the story is that I need to make sure I eat constantly or else I end up sick.
On the flip side, cravings are also starting. I'll think of some random food and it will sound like THE MOST AMAZING FOOD IN THE WORLD and I will need it in my mouth ASAP. Like guacamole. Guacamole sounds AMAZING! And chicken tacos! AMAZING! This past weekend, I wanted nothing more than cherry strudel with a scoop of vanilla gelato from an orchard/pie pantry near my parents' house. I went down to visit my parents and convinced my mom to go get strudel with me (though she opted for a caramel apple dumpling) in the middle of the afternoon. Strudel! AMAZING!
These cravings are all fine and dandy when it's something I have access to. My other insatiable craving is for pimento cheese. There was an AMAZING cheese place in DC called Cheesetique. They made the most delicious pimento cheese and pimento grilled cheese sandwiches (part of their "grown-up grilled cheeses"). I would love one right now, but that's not going to happen. And unfortunately, none of the cheese dealers in Michigan have produced a pimento cheese on this level. I miss it so much. I would eat a whole tub of it right now, even with my ban on cheese/dairy (which has been lifted ever so slightly since I found out I'm pregnant).
Heartbeat24 Jul
We had our first ultrasound this morning. I was shocked, but we were able to see the flick of the baby's heartbeat, even this early! It was awesome! The doctor said everything is looking good. We go back in two weeks for another ultrasound and then I get released to by OB GYN after that.
Oh, and right now it looks like there's only one baby taking up residence, but the doctor did say there was another smaller area that they want to look at again when I go in two weeks, so who knows?
Double Dose22 Jul
Today I had a double dose of me time with therapy followed by acupuncture. I conked out during acupuncture, probably because I woke up at 1:30 in the morning and couldn't fall back asleep last night. I should be feeling relaxed right now, but I'm still tired and have a headache … and have so much stuff to do for work.
It was kind of fun telling my therapist that we are (finally) pregnant. I haven't talked to her since I was in the middle of the dreaded two week wait. She wanted to give me a high five, which is funny because that's what I've been doing with people I consider on my "team" to make this happen. It's taken a lot of people to get us here. Doctors, so many doctors, a nutritionist, a therapist, an acupuncturist — our own little army of people trying to help us make a baby.
Our first ultrasound is on Friday. I am really hoping they can tell us something … like if there is more than one bambino taking up residence in my uterus. Maybe it's too early? I don't know.
My boss knows that I'm pregnant. I told him earlier this week. It was unplanned, but a good moment to talk to him since we were both on a video call and it was just the two of us. He took it well and was happy for us. And now he gets to come up with some kind of pregnancy company policy because I'm the first person in the company to get pregnant (we're a start-up). Fun times.
I'm finding it increasingly harder and harder to keep being pregnant a secret. I've told random people, but my extended family and friends don't know yet. We're planning to do a photoshoot next week with a pet photographer and our dog to announce the news. I think once I have those prints, I'll be ready to let the world know. I guess there really isn't any particular time you're supposed to tell people. It's whatever feels right for you.
We're going on vacation in a few weeks. I'm super bummed that one of my besties isn't joining us now because she has to go on a work trip. I've been looking forward to this for months and months and I was so looking forward to seeing a good friend and hanging with her kids, whom I love to pieces.
Sometimes I wonder why we choose to stay in this part of the world (apart from my family being nearby) when it seems like neither of us has many local friends. I know I have trouble making lasting friendships (call me Captain Acquaintances) and that's because of my own issues (long story involving the death of a good friend — a sad story for another time). I get really annoyed when I do make an effort and invite people to do things with me and then I get blown off every single time, so I just kind of quit trying. Then I get annoyed when it's just me, hubby, the dog, and the cat, and wonder how a former social butterfly like me ended up this way. It is kind of depressing to realize you don't have a single person in your zip code who you could call in a pinch. It's hard to make good quality friends in your 30s! All of mine are so, so, so far away. I miss them terribly.
iMac Held Hostage by Geniuses for 5 Days16 Jul
I've been kinda quiet lately. Mostly because my iMac's hard drive decided it no longer wanted to live (the thing's just over a year old!) and I had to take my giant iMac to the Apple Store for a Genius Bar appointment. I sat there for two hours while they tried to determine what was wrong (hard drive). Thankfully, they were able to get my files transferred over to my external drive, so all wasn't lost, but they kept my computer for five days "fixing" it. I wasn't motivated enough to post an entry from my phone.
So, yes, last Saturday the blood test confirmed that I am pregnant. It's news that is still shocking to me. I had acupuncture scheduled on Monday, so I walked in and gave my acupuncturist a high five and told him I'm pregnant. That was pretty fun. He is excited for us and is going to spend the next nine months keeping me mellow.
My doctor had me go back to the lab again on Wednesday for another blood test. They wanted my human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) number to be 554 or higher. It was 128 on Saturday. I ended up having the same lab tech I had a few weeks ago for a different test in a different lab at a different hospital. She remembered me because we had talked about the fertility center and she mentioned her sister was also going there. As I was leaving the lab a few weeks ago she said, "I bet I'll see you again and you'll be pregnant!" She was right! I told her I am and she kept saying how awesome that is and how much she hopes her sister's IUI goes as well as ours did. How crazy is that?
The fertility center called me back later Wednesday morning to say my level was 928 and that it is a great number and I should schedule my first ultrasound.
Nobody's said anything yet to us yet, but I'm wondering if there's more than one baby up in here. I think it's twins, but I suppose we'll have to wait and see what the official word is. It just seems if the numbers are twice what they want them to be, that maybe there's more than one in there. The fertility center scheduled my 6-week ultrasound for the end of next week. I was scratching my head as to how it could be 6 weeks when it's only been 4 weeks since the IUI. I was educated that they calculate from the date of your last period. I had no idea that's how they decide dates and whatnot. Medical math! So strange!
We've told our siblings, my parents, and my husband's boss the news. We're waiting to tell my husband's mom until I'm a little further along. She's in a nursing home and we don't want to get her all excited in case something goes wrong. It's really hard to keep it a secret. I've told a few close friends who already knew about our infertility struggles and that we were doing IUI. One of those friends has been a really great source of support over the last two years because she's been going through the same thing we have. I felt bad telling her, but she told me to keep her posted, so I did. She kind of avoided me for a few days. I think I will be careful in being too excited with her until she gets her positive. It hurts my heart to leave her out, but I don't want her to feel like I'm celebrating while she's still fighting a tough battle.
My husband and I have been talking about how to announce that we're pregnant. I have no idea when you should or when you're supposed to … seems like a situation that's different for every person. I really don't think I can hold in the secret for the entire first trimester. I want to do a fun photoshoot with our dog or something. Maybe we'll arrange something after the first ultrasound.
I have a feeling I will have to tell work at some point. I am so exhausted that I can't make it through the day without taking a nap. I've been going to bed at 8 p.m. and I'm still exhausted! I've also been having crazy dreams. Last night's dream included my bowels leaking out of a hole in my lower abdomen that I kept trying to patch up with gauze. What the hell?
Holy Moly11 Jul
It's real! I got the lab results on my health portal. I'm pregnant for real!
I'm also shocked.
Is This Real?11 Jul
Today's the day I can test. I just took it and it still says, "Pregnant 1-2 Weeks!" Am I really pregnant?!
I'll be headed to the lab for a blood test this morning. I'm afraid to believe it's true, even though it's gotta be true. It's been showing positive everyday since I started testing on Wednesday.
Apparently, all of the following worked for me in some combination of luck and divine intervention:
- Femara
- Gonal-F
- Ovidrel
- Acupuncture (both once a week and the day of IUI)
- All organic diet
- Dairy free diet
- Low carb diet
- Eating more protein
- Drinking only water or hot tea (no sodas/juices/adult beverages/coffee)
- Yoga 3-5 times a week
- 4-5-mile walks 4+ times a week
- Mental health (talking to a therapist every two weeks)
- Royal Jelly supplement
- Probiotic supplement
- Prenatal vitamins
- Eating pineapple core (yuck) after the IUI
- Having laparoscopic surgery
- Having a HSG
- Having an OB Gyn who knew when to send us to the fertility center
- Being persistent and not giving up even when I wanted to throw in the towel
Quite a list, eh? I feel like we've tried it all over the last 2 1/2 years. I also feel like the last 2 1/2 years came close to breaking our spirits. I hope with all my heart this test is real, but I'll have to be patient just a little longer to see what my blood says. Having a false positive HPT in the past makes you never believe those tests.
The Plan9 Jul
I took another pregnancy test this morning and it said the same thing. I'm still cautiously optimistic. If it's still reading positive Saturday morning, I'm booking it over to the closest lab that's open to get a blood test. I've told myself not to believe anything until I have a blood test to confirm it. Oh, the suspense!
I do not know how I will make it through today and tomorrow. The hours just seem to drag on and on!
Oops, I Did It Again?8 Jul
I must be losing my mind if I'm quoting Brittany Spears in blog posts. When I got up this morning, I took another digital pregnancy test. It said, "Pregnant 1-2 Weeks" on it like it did yesterday. Again, i'm cautious about getting my hopes up because the nurse told me you can get a false positive or negative if you test before the date they tell you, in my case 7/11 is the day. I've read numerous accounts on the dear interwebs about this very thing, too. Some ladies seem to like to test everyday and others wait until the day they were told. Me? I'm feeling rebellious. For whatever reason, testing everyday until 7/11 is making me feel better. I'm going to keep doing it. I don't care that I'm blowing through expensive pregnancy tests.
I'm wondering how long the Ovidrel trigger shot stays in your system. I took mine on 6/25. I had the IUI on 6/27. That means it's been 13 days since the shot and 11 days since the IUI. Does Ovidrel stick around that long? I guess I'll find out for sure on Saturday.
In other news, I am doing an okay job at keeping myself busy. Work is busy. My parents babysat our needy dog for a couple days, so we've had complete freedom every night to go out to eat and go to movies. Those are two pretty normal things that we rarely do because we have a dog that we can't leave alone (long story). We usually take him to daycare if we have something going on. We both miss the dog, though. He's coming home today.
I found this on the internet:
Most doctors recommend that you wait 14 days after a 10,000 IU injection, 10 days after a 5,000 IU injection, or 7 days after a 2,500 IU injection.
I had 2,500 IU. If the above is true (which, okay, you never know about some things on the internet), that would mean it's out of my system and these pregnancy results are real. Hmmm.


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Jimmy Fallon Opens Up About Infertility Struggles
We're huge fans of Jimmy Fallon around these parts, and nobody was as thrilled for Jimmy and his wife Nancy Juvonen on the birth of their first child, Winnie, as us.
They'd tried a bunch of things, Fallon said, "Anyone who's tried knows it's just awful." The couple used a surrogate to help carry their baby. Don't feel like you had a clue? Nobody did! The Juvonen-Fallons didn't tell anyone.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
What's Happening Today
Catholic Mass returns to Neu Chapel tonight at 9:30 p.m., with Fr. Alex Zenthoefer of Holy Rosary Catholic Church and Memorial High School presiding. He will be available to hear Confessions starting at 9 p.m,, and students will lead the Rosary beginning at 9:10 p.m. Everyone is welcome!
All members of the campus community are encouraged to attend I-House: Guatemala, where student Ricardo Rodriguez will share information about his home country. The presentation will be tonight at 7 p.m. on the second floor of Ridgway University Center in the Class of 1959 Gallery.
The Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group will be hosting Associate Professor of Psychology Lora Becker, who will be speaking about sleep and the brain, this Wednesday, Oct. 12. This will be held in Room 5A in Hyde Hall, the group's new regular meeting place. Everyone is welcome!
Upcoming Events
Flu shots will be available next week. The cost is $15 ( in exact cash - no credit or debit cards) or by check payable to Welborn Health Plans. You must be at least 18 years old. Two opportunites are as follows:
Monday, Oct. 17, in Olmsted lobby, 1-3 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 20, in Ridgway lobby, 9 - 11 a.m.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is proud to present the annual UE Idol! The theme for this year is 90's music, so come have a great time playing/singing your childhood favorites!! Not musical? No problem, come watch!! The event will be held on Oct. 21 in Wheeler Concert Hall at 7 p.m. Cost is just $15 to enter an act, or $5 for audience members. Performers - please give a copy of your sheet music or lead sheets to Nick Seibert at email@example.com ASAP so that our band can rehearse your song.
The Spanish Club will meet on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 118, Hyde Hall. Join us to play games in Spanish! If you have any games that could be played in Spanish, feel free to bring them along. Come practice some Spanish and have fun! ¡Allá nos vemos!
Adventist Campus Ministries will be having Bible study on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 7-8 p.m. in Room 153. (Eades Music Room) in the McCurdy Wing of the Schroeder Family School of Business Administration Building. The topic of study will be on Creation vs. Evolution. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information contact: Guy Goodness at firstname.lastname@example.com or Chris French at email@example.com for more details.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship invites everyone to the basement of Neu Chapel (Grabill Lounge) at 8 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 13. Come learn about our mission to transform students into world changers for Christ. Bring your friends and your questions! For more information, please contact Kayla Brenton at email@example.com.
Aces Tennis is hosting a Tennis Championship event at Tri-State Athletic Club on Saturday, Oct. 22. This is a team-style doubles tournament, including a doubles clinic presented by the UE Women's Tennis team. Dinner, t-shirts, and prizes provided. Silent auction will be held. Entry fee is $100 per person, prizes include Aces basketball tickets and championship t-shirts. Clinic is at 4 p.m. with competition beginning at 4:30 p.m. Register online at www.uealumnionline.com/acestennis.
The UE VETS student organization, in collaboration with the student veterans organizations at USI and Ivy Tech Community College, are sponsoring the Vets Day 5K Walk, Run, Roll on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 8 a.m. The race will begin and end at the LST Memorial Ship grounds in downtown Evansville. Please consider supporting the event by:
1. Volunteer to help during the race and at the after-race festival by signing up on line at Vet's Day 5 K Volunteer Signup Sheet or by calling the UE Office of Veterans Affairs at 488-2141.
2. Participate! Early registration deadline is Nov. 1 for $20 (late registration is $25 through race day). Sign up on line at https://www.raceit.com/register/?event=6327 or by calling the Office of Veterans Affairs at 488-2141.
Proceeds will be donated to Lucas Place II – housing for disabled homeless veterans in Vanderburgh County.
December graduates please mark your calendar and plan to attend Commencement Central on Wednesday, Oct. 19 in the Ridgway Center near the Bookstore. It only takes a few minutes to complete your graduation plans for graduation and the event in open from noon to 5 p.m. You will meet with the Registrar's Office, Alumni Office, and Career Planning Office to finalize your plans. You can also purchase your cap and gown and/or graduation announcements all in one easy stop. This event is a must for anyone planning on graduating in DECEMBER. If you are graduating in May you need to attend this event in February.
Students, come to the Meeks Family Court (Large Gym) Friday, Oct. 14 at 10 p.m. and meet the men's basketball team at Late Night Madness. Think you've got the skills to beat them in a shooting contest? Well now is your chance to try! To sign-up email Liz Riffert at email@example.com or call 488-2394.
The Dance Team is looking for two new members for the 2011-2012 season. There will be a call out meeting on Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. in Carson 113. You can meet team members and the coaches and learn about the team's program. Auditions will be held in the small gym on Oct. 21 from 7-11 p.m. Auditions will consist of learning a short routine, technique, original choreography, and a short interview with the coaches. Please wear dance shoes and form fitting clothing to the tryout--no baggy pants or tops. A $15 audition fee will be due at time of audition. An alternate audition may be scheduled if unable to attend on Oct. 21. Please contact Coach Arata with any questions at firstname.lastname@example.com or (502) 689-4085.
Rick Watkins, CFP, CLU, ChFC, will be talking to UE students in Room 170, Schroeder Family School of Business Administration Building, at 4 p.m. on Oct. 17. Rick is an independent financial planner and consultant in Evansville. He graciously accepted an invitation from Walayet A. Khan, professor of finance, to give a presentation titled, "Investment Planning in current Volatile Global Financial Environment." The event is open to the UE community and the public.
This year's UE PRIDE Coming Out panel discussion is set for Monday, Oct 17 at 7 p.m. in Room 170 in Schroeder Family School of Business Administration Building. This question and answer panel will highlight individual coming out stories. Special guests this year include Private Maycomber, who will discuss coming out during DADT, and a potential visit from Rick Davis the Democratic candidate for the Evansville mayoral position. Other panel members include Associate Professor of Psychology Lora Becker and current UE PRIDE. members. This provides a discussion for the community about accepting LGBT individuals. Extra credit for attending this event may be available from some courses in psychology and political science depending on the individual professor.
Big Man On Campus will be Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Eykamp Hall in Ridgway University Center. Admission is $5 with all proceeds benefitting the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation- Breast Cancer Survivor Recognition Program. The theme this year is NFL with a special presentation by Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders. Please come out and help us fight breast cancer one tackle at a time!
University Organist Douglas Reed will present Neu Chapel Organ @ Noon on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 12:15 p.m. The informal program, dubbed The Last Rose of Summer, will include discussion and performance of a bokay [sic] of musical flowers by a variety of composers: Dudley Buck, Joseph Bonnet, and Johannes Brahms. Special features will include the Waltz of the Flowers and Tip Toe Through the Tulips played on that infamous portable reed organ, the accordion. Refreshments will be served in Neu Chapel narthex following the concert.
Info You Should Know
The University of Evansville will be closed during the holidays to allow our employees to enjoy this special time with their families. The following November-December-January holiday schedule will be observed:
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 (closing at noon)
Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011
Friday, Nov. 25, 2011
Christmas/New Year's:
Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 through Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, returning Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
The Board of Trustees and University administration wish you and your family a joyous and happy holiday.
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After nearly a month on the road, the University of Evansville men's soccer team hosts Drake Wednesday at Arad McCutchan Stadium. The contest, which marks the Aces' first home Missouri Valley Conference match of the season, is set to start at 7 p.m.
The Purple Racquets Club, the booster club for the University of Evansville women's tennis team, has announced that it will hold an inaugural 2011 Fall Aces Tennis Championship.
"UE Women's Tennis is excited to announce the first fundraising event of this kind. With the help of many, including Tri-State Athletic Club, we are looking forward to putting together a great night of tennis," head coach Nick Mueller said. "Doubles in a team-style tournament should provide a lot of excitement. The cookout is included and the prizes will get the competitive juices flowing. It should be a lot of fun!"
This will mark the first event of its kind hosted by the club and is open to adults of all tennis abilities. The event gets underway with a clinic for all competitors, which will be taught by members of the UE tennis team.
Following the clinic, the Aces players will serve as coaches in a tournament amongst the competitors. Each player will coach a group of participating adults. It is a team-style doubles tournament.
Set for Saturday, Oct. 22, the event will begin at 4 p.m. with the clinic and will be followed by the tournament, which will run from 4:30 through 7:30 p.m. Tri-State Athletics Club will play host to the event.
The cost to participate is $100 and all proceeds will go to the University of Evansville Tennis Program. It includes the clinic, competition, a cookout and a t-shirt. Prizes, which include Aces basketball tickets and championship t-shirts, will be given out. A silent auction will also be held.
Anyone wanting to participate can register online at www.uealumnionline.com/acestennis or by contacting Jennifer Jacobs at 812-488-2021 or email@example.com
Senior Alyssa Key led the Purple Aces with a 78 in Tuesday's second round of the F&M Bank APSU Invitational as the University of Evansville women's golf team finished in ninth place.
After shooting a 79 in Monday's first round, Key improved by a stroke on the final day at The Links at Novadell. She finished in a tie for 40th place with a 157.
Lauren Ellerman, who shot a 77 on Monday, recorded a 79 to finish a stroke ahead of Key with a 156, tied for 35th. Sydney Skiles, Cathy Doyle and Dana Hayden each completed Tuesday with scores of 79. Skiles tied for 49th place while Doyle and Hayden tied for 53rd place with a final total of 162.
Lourdes Lopez from Jacksonville State improved on her first round total by seven shots, shooting a 6-under 66 on Tuesday to take medalist honors. Lopez carded a 139, just one shot ahead of Alexandra Lennartsson of Murray State.
Lennartsson's effort led Murray State to the team championship. The Racers finished the tournament with a 584, just ahead of Jacksonville State's 588. Evansville's two-day total was a 635, seven strokes behind seventh-place Lipscomb.
The Aces will finish up the fall season next week, traveling to Kettering, Ohio to take part in the Dayton Invitational. Set for Monday and Tuesday, the event will be held at NCR Country Club.
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Before electronic voting was introduced, this well-worn object, two manual counters welded together, was often the center of attention on the Floor of the House. When a vote was going to be close, Republican Leader Gerald Ford directed a staffer to use this counter to keep informal track of the yeas and nays. One vote keeper recalled that "on occasion there would be rather a large crowd" peering over his shoulder to see which way the vote was going.
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I loved this article: "The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls" (well the first part on how everyone hates writing these things)
As soon as I have to write anything related to me, my thoughts, or my principles, I want to vomit. Writing a cover letter is bad enough, writing a statement of interest for Grad school was painful, writing a teaching philosophy is torture but writing a being faculty statement is unbearable. (any of these statements are from on referred to as xxx)
I always wonder about 2 things:
1) Does anyone really read them? And even if they read it, do they believe it? (I wouldn't believe a word –thinking that people just write what they think I want to hear)
2) Does anyone writing these things really tell the truth?
When I have to write anything like this, I always start googling tips and pitfalls and look at statements that other people wrote – from there I will write my own (being careful not to violate copyright/plagiarize). I follow the tips and take ideas from others.
The problem is that I don't state my own reasons/philosophies nor am I being honest. When I had to write my statement on why I want to join this grad school program at tech, I omitted the truth (that's the only program I applied to because I am lazy, and most importantly because I heard only great things about the hiking in Blacksburg) and wrote all the "right" stuff (great research program, great chance for funding etc)
Another problem is that when you read articles about "How to write xxx" or the "Pitfalls of xxx" – they don't always give you the same advice. Different people have different opinions and it is impossible to please everyone (even though I still believe that 90% of statements won't ever be read) When I read xxx statements from people I have to hire I usually look for different things that other people would prefer to read about. I don't like long statements (lazy me), I don't like to read about all your accomplishments and how great you are (makes me think you are too arrogant), nor do I like to read about the mistakes you made and then how you want to improve yourself (sounds like you read one of the guides on how to write one).
I am looking for original statements, nothing where you followed rules. I am looking for your own voice, your own words. If your whole teaching philosophy says the following, I would hire you over someone writing a page or 2 about their philosophy: "I haven't taught enough to establish my own philosophy yet, but I will do my best to teach my future students. I will make mistakes, learn from them and will gladly receive advice from my experienced colleagues"
I think we need to get away from all the rules/suggestions for writing xxx, especially resumes/CVs. They all look identical nowadays. They are boring.


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DC's all-star tribute to black & white comics continues with 5 new 8-page stories by writer Neil Gaiman and artist Simon Bisley; writer Jan Strnad and artist Richard Corben; writer Chuck Dixon and artist Jorge Zaffino; writer/artist Walter Simonson; and, writer/artist Kent Williams. This issue's cover is illustrated by Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS).
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Top Canadian and US generals once explored the possibility of creating a fully integrated military force for expeditionary operations, James Cudmorewrites for CBC news in an exclusive report.
In a series of meetings that occurred prior to October 2013, top military officials from Canada and the US discussed ways of increasing interoperability between the two military forces. On several occasions, Cudmorewrites citing information from the Department of National Defense, then-Chief of the Defense Staff Gen. Tom Lawson of Canada and now retired US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey attempted to create plans for "fully integrated forces."
In a "fully-integrated force," US and Canadian military members would serve side by side within the same units under one unified command. Canadian and US soldiers would then be deployed around the world on expeditionary operations under a unified military command structure.
Although the discussions were carried out at the highest levels, Canada decided that it was not in its best interest to fully integrate its military with the US's for these types of missions. Among the Canadians' concerns were the implications of Ottawa potentially having to cede control over its forces to US commanders in certain situations.
"The two armies do not intend to field formally integrated forces at this time," a Department of National Defense spokesman wrote to CBC.
"Instead, they are developing the capability to operate together on any mission authorized by the government of Canada. Canada-US cooperation is excellent; we are trying to make it better."
Canada and the US already have a high level of military interoperability. The two countries are both members of the NATO military alliance, and the militaries have served together recently in Afghanistan and in the fight against ISIS in Iraq.
Additionally, Canada and the US operate a fully integrated military organization under the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). NORAD is responsible for defending North America from both external and internal aerial threats.
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Olga Mišeska Tomic, Syntax and Syntaxes: The Generative Approach to English Sentence Analysis; Savremena administracija, Beograd, 1987
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Olga Mišeska Tomic, professor of English Linguistics at the Universities of Skopje nad Novi Sad, has written a well-organised survey of major syntactical issues in the generative approach in general and as it applies to English sentence grammar. It is a well-researched book with and astonishing amount of information, readily comprehensible to the language student, for whom it is principally aimed. The au thor skilfully conducts the reader through quite complex matters, carefully avoiding confusion between simplification and distortion. The main aim of the book, as out lined in the brief Preface, is to expose the assumptions and problems involved in the conceptualisation of the issues rather than the technical, theory-internal formaliza tions. This is by no means a simple task and for most of the ground covered the auth or has had to construct the emerging picture from a patchwork of specialized con tributions to individual aspects of English sentence construction.
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TEF: striking the balance between teaching and research for students
Students at Liverpool Hope University reflect on how teaching and research are linked in the wake of the TEF results
Penny Haughan
In university offices, staffrooms and newsrooms across the UK, there has been much discussion of the teaching excellence framework (TEF) outcomes. We followed the debates with interest. But now, the key question on our lips is: "what does this mean for our university?"
Liverpool Hope's social media channels are busy with students, alumni and staff celebrating after we received our gold rating in the TEF on 22 June. We are receiving congratulations and retweets from our university partners and friends.
We regard our gold award is a recognition of the tireless work of university staff to ensure that our students have the best possible experience combining academic rigor with a personal learning experience.
What is the TEF? Results of the teaching excellence framework
TEF: what does a recent graduate think of the framework?
Once the euphoria has died down, we need to reflect on what the gold badge means in the long term. What will it mean to both current and potential students, who are already bombarded with a lot of information - league tables and key information sets to name but two?
Ucas has now attached the TEF logo to course pages, so potential students will see the new categorisations straight away. We have an open day coming up, so we need to be sure that we profile our gold award, but are clear about what it means to potential students and their families.
For some students I spoke to, while league tables would still be their first port of call, they welcomed the TEF ratings as an easier way to understand the student experience. There was, however, a request for a reference guide on how to interpret the outcomes.
Once the initial reaction has died down, the best solution will be to ask a group of students to do this for us. The fact that TEF is a government-led measure added some importance over other sources for one student.
What was interesting, was that most of the students I spoke to said they got a sense of teaching quality at Liverpool Hope when they met course tutors at an applicant or open day.
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As we have always said here, high-quality learning comes from excellent, research-informed teaching, but that it is dependent on student relationships with their tutors. The question is then - how do you quantify that?
A recent graduate said that he is proud of the university's growing achievements in research excellence but he was particularly glad that Liverpool Hope's gold TEF result shows that we are providing an excellent student experience.
I believe that students should not have to make a choice between excellence in research and excellence in learning and teaching and we believe that high-quality teaching is research informed.
Thus, we require our academic staff to have qualifications related to both teaching and research. At Liverpool Hope, 70 per cent of academic staff have a teaching qualification and 75 per cent of academic staff have a doctoral qualification; this puts us in the top seven in the UK for the percentage of staff with a research qualification.
We will introduce a new plan for our first year students this year, which focuses on student engagement and the joy of learning, in order to strike the balance between teaching and research.
The TEF was introduced as a counterpart to the research excellence framework (REF). The sector has needed the opportunity to consider the recognition of both teaching and research for a long time. Hopefully now, a combination of these measures will give us a more balanced way to reflect on the full student experience.
Penny Haughan is the dean of students at Liverpool Hope University


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Armoured and wheeled vehicles take a tough beasting during four months of summer exercises at the British Army Unit in Canada (BATUS) – and that is where Exercise Prairie Phoenix comes in to keep the fleet operational and battle ready before the training begins.
The scale of the task is significant, given that hundreds and hundreds of troops prepare for future deployments at BATUS, putting the fleet through its paces as they train hard in the heat of the Canadian Prairie during the summer exercise season.
The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) make sure the vehicles that have taken a battering during the rigors of training are soon back in action - like a phoenix from the flames.
The summer exercises on the rolling Albertan prairies would not happen if it was not for the annual REME repair marathon - repairing all of the kit over the winter, on Exercise Prairie Phoenix.
These videos walk through some of the processes from start to finish on just one of the many, many repairs carried out, from welding and grinding motor parts to getting the vehicle ready to go back out into the field.
Forces Radio BFBS Canada's Frank McCarthy went behind the scenes to find out more about the operational duties of the exercise.
Watch: Work starts in the BATUS REME workshop
More than 500 people from across 38 different units in the Field Army have been part of Exercise Prairie Phoenix since the end of August 2018.
Their mission is to preparing the fleet for 20 Brigade and the exercise season at BATUS in 2019.
To put the figures into a better perspective - if there was only a team of 10 people to carry out the job, it would take them 17 years.
In this repair job, Theatre Support Company Packs Platoon removes the power packs from the Warrior and Challenger tanks and AS90 artillery equipment before they are reinstalled.
The engine or power pack is put through its paces on a test bed and it's really loud, as Reservist SGT Tammy Ruvino tries to explain over the noise …
The BATUS workshops were built in 1972 and now repair over 1,000 BATUS vehicle fleet including 22 'Challenger 2' tanks, as well as the oldest armoured fleet in the British Army with the 103 Bulldogs and the 112 CVRTs.
Every one of them needs to be up to the high standards expected for the exercise season ahead.
The Warrior and Challengers are brought into the workshop before the work begins.
This workload means that Exercise Prairie Phoenix is an incredible training opportunity for the troops.
Normally in Barracks they would get about 90 hours every 10 weeks of work, but at BATUS that figure increases substantially to 500 to 600 hours of work in the same time period - an excellent technical training opportunity for the REME as a corps.
Exercise Prairie Phoenix has serviced and repaired over 220 engines and consumed over 23,000 litres of oil, which is the equivalent of 69,000 cans of coke.
To get a feel of what it's like to be a part of the exercise, Frank was also allowed to drive behind a Warrior on camp - not something that a civvie gets to experience often.
But this has given an insight into what a monumental challenge it is to get the right spare parts in the right place at the right time for so many vehicles.
More than 26,000 spares have been fitted to the vehicle fleet, 65% of which were readily available already thanks to 105 Logistical Support Squadron RLC at BATUS.
And once on the vehicles, they have to be tested.
Forces Radio BFBS Canada joined Major Matt Cary, O.C. BATUS workshops, as a Warrior was road tested ready for training.
Maj Cary, who is on his last Exercise Prairie Phoenix as he's posted in July, was first at BATUS in 2003, as a young officer cadet getting a flavour of workshop life and the level of engineering.
It was all part of a recruitment drive to show what REME soldiers are capable of, hence why he joined the REME.
He will then be posted to Sandhurst to identify the next generation of young potential officers for the REME.
Maj Cary, speaking of the road test as the Warrior was put through its paces, said:
"This is the culmination of 26 weeks of inspect and repair in preparation for Exercise Prairie Storm 1."
Exercise Prairie Phoenix is all about fixing the majority of the big stuff; whether it's a Challenger Tank, a Titan, Trojan, AS90 or a Warrior and everything needs to be tested including the brakes…
Lt/Col Toby Lambert, who is at BATUS for his 10th time, and is Commanding Officer of 3 Armoured Close Support Btn REME, as well as the Commander of Exercise Prairie Phoenix, delivered a message for all those involved in the exercise.
He said: "What you have achieved is absolutely outstanding - 8,000 miles from home, in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees, you have completed 100,000 hours of work to a thousand vehicles on the road, ready for 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade's training.
"You've certainly done your bit to put the punch in the iron fist of the iron division and for all your astounding achievements, I'd like to say a huge thank you to you all."


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PES 2010 Patch + Malaysian Team is a patch for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.
- Support PES 2010 version 1.3 (MOST WANTED)
- Add malaysia training kit.
- Fix the kit/jersey short transparent spot. (Problem found by 2uk3y)
- Add World Cup logo at the kit sleeve (Idea by 2uk3y)
- Support 3rd kit. I'll be using malaysia 2005 kit. (Now, I'm in progress of making malaysia 1980 kit and I'll release it as extra kit soon!)
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My relationship with Maggie started in 2002 at Capilano University. I have always felt privileged to be a part of Maggie's classes. Some of my complaints were achy hips, tight gluts and other issues which left me sore and unhappy. With Maggie's knowledge and expertise in Yoga Therapy and her attention to her students' issues, I feel blessed. Maggie cares about each and every one of us. My lower back and other aches and pains also miraculously disappear after each class. Her chanting creates peace and tranquility.
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Allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse or engage in the legislative process.
Those are the only two options Senate Democrats have at this point. Everything else transcribed in the press or recited by television pundits is nothing more than a distraction. Senate Democrats, of course, deny that binary choice, but their denials are only accepted by those who can't — or won't — understand the wonderfully complex rules of the United States Senate.
Before diving into the process, it is worth taking a minute to understand the politics.
Obama and Senate Democrats are trying to give illegal immigrants a $24,000 check while border patrol agents will have their paychecks withheld.
The implication of the Democrat-led filibuster is that Homeland Security funding will lapse and our nation's border patrol agents will have their paychecks withheld after Feb. 27. While those fine men and women continue to work without pay, the Department of Homeland Security will be preparing to grant legal status and work permits to those who are in the country illegally. To make matters worse, some of these individuals will use their newly issued Social Security numbers to claim four years' worth of tax credits.
For those looking for a 30-second campaign ad, this is political gold: President Obama and Senate Democrats are trying to give illegal immigrants a $24,000 check while border patrol agents will have their paychecks withheld. It also has the added benefit of being true.
(Warning: here comes the procedural tutorial.)
Before the Senate can begin debating and amending the House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, they must first vote to proceed to that bill. By refusing to proceed to the bill, Senate Democrats are blocking senators from debating and amending the bill. A new report from the Congressional Research Service lays out procedural options for "ending consideration of a motion to proceed."
Democrats have zero procedural options for moving off the current motion to proceed to the House-passed Homeland Security funding bill. They have just two options: 1) continue blocking consideration of the bill; or 2) agree to the motion to proceed and begin the promised amendment process.
Here again Democrats say, no, that isn't true. They have a bill to pay border patrol agents and allow illegal immigrants to collect their amnesty bonus. Setting aside the obvious policy concerns, their solution runs into two problems. First, as mentioned previously, they cannot simply call up their bill. Second, as a standalone measure that bill is unconstitutional.
The Constitution is quite clear on this point. So clear that even Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) understands — or understood. In 2007 he declared, "Everyone knows, even in elementary school, that under our Constitution revenue bills must originate in the House of Representatives."
If Senate Democrats believe their alternative can prevail, they should vote to proceed to the House-passed bill and offer it as an amendment. There simply is no other way, no matter what anyone else suggests. Left unsaid by most is that Democrats are well aware they would lose a vote on their amendment, so they are hiding behind procedural hurdles.
There is likely to be some temptation to avoid this fight now that a Fifth Circuit judge has issued an injunction and the administration announced it would halt implementation of the president's amnesty. While Obama's actions are clearly unconstitutional, conservatives have little reason to trust the courts to make the right decision. What's more, the administration said they will prevail in court and begin implementing and expanding the amnesty program.
Even with the stunning news out of Texas, Democrats have just two options. They can deny paychecks to border patrol agents or they can engage in the legislative process. It is that simple.


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Video: MSNBC & CNN Pundit Arrested for Vandalism of Anti-Jihad Sign in NYC
In this video, Egyptian-American Mona Eltahawy, a former Reuters correspondent and pundit on MSNBC and CNN defaces a pro-Israel, anti-Jihad poster in a New York City subway.
She uses a can of pink spray paint and, when a passerby tries to stop her, Ms. Eltahawy proceeds to spray paint her, too.
Eventually, the NYPD shows up and takes her into custody.
Ms. Eltahawy then demands to know why she is being arrested. She's handcuffed and taken away to the cheers of a few observers.
Her behavior should really come as no surprise given the Obama Administration's recent attacks on free speech.


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Looking for Fort Myers Real Estate Attorney in Florida to help you transfer estate assets in Florida? Several factors come into play when you transfer estate in Florida. These factors range from your marital status, the number of children you have to the size of your estate, and play a critical role in deciding the strategy you must follow to transfer your property without incurring extra costs and complications. Here's a quick guide that will take you through the regulations you must keep in mind about different types of estate assets transfers.
Administration of Estate Assets in Florida
The administration of estate assets in Florida is quite straightforward. In case a will has been drawn up with the help of a Board Certified Lawyer in Florida, the executor appointed under the will inventory the asset, pays creditors, and distributes the asset as per the will to the designated heirs. All of this is conducted under the supervision of a probate court. If the transfer is inter-state, then instead of an executor, a personal representative takes on the responsibilities of an executor. If the property comes under the purview of a living trust, the process skips the probate court and the assets are distributed by the trustee as per stipulations laid down by the grantor. To know more details on this, you can reach out to a Fort Myers Real Estate Attorney in Florida.
Developing a Proper Plan for Transfer of Estate Assets
Preparing a detailed and carefully drafted plan for the transfer of estate assets is crucial to ensure that you do not struggle with the transfer process. Did you know that different asset classes have different regulations? Estate asset transfers are not a one-size-fits-all strategy. So you must consult a board certified lawyer in Florida to help you draw out your plan and customize it so that you can transfer it without hurdles.
Everything You Should Know About Estate Asset Transfers in Florida
Transferring of Real Property to an Heir
In such a case where a part of the estate is being transferred to an individual, the executor will issue and record a deed of transfer in the new owner's name to formally document the handover.
In the case of a life asset, which means that the ownership of the property is valid only till the death of the owner, a transfer can be initiated without the involvement of a probate court.
If there are two owners, the involvement of a probate court can be skipped through the right of survivorship between the two owners. As per the standard 'tenants in common' binding, the property is co-owned by two people. In the event of the death of one of the owners and the absence of the right of survivorship, the percentage of land that the deceased held is passed on to his or her heirs. However, the right of survivorship, the property is passed on to the surviving partner. A Fort Myers Real Estate Attorney can guide you through the nuances of such transfers.
Transferring Personal Property with Titles in Florida
To ensure the smooth transfer of personal property, you must first understand the regulations that apply to the two kinds of property assets – With and Without Titles. The category of assets that come under the Titled includes tangible personal properties such as vehicles, boats, etc. Such property comes with a legal document officially in the name of the owner. If the property is owned by one person, then the transfer process is straightforward.
However, if there are two names on the title, the process will depend on the right of survivorship clause. If the clause is applicable, the property is passed on to the surviving owner. If not, then an application for a new title is to be submitted by the surviving owner and the executor. If you are dealing with such a property transfer, you can connect with a board certified lawyer in Florida to help you through the transfer process.
Transferring Property without Titles in Florida
In the case of property without titles, a will is a great way to transfer property. This can be done by incorporating a personal property memorandum within the will. This can be a great way to hand down valuable personal property such as jewelry and antiques. The executor will follow the stipulations in the memorandum and hand over items to the heirs as per specifications.
The best way to navigate through the legalities of property transfer is to engage a board certified lawyer in Florida. A legal expert can help you understand all the nuances and intricacies involved in the process. This will not only save your money but also save you time.
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RS Charts: Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Holds at Number One
Roddy Ricch's "The Box" survived a fierce challenge from Drake and Future's "Life Is Good" and held on to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The Compton-born rapper won the week thanks to 57.1 million streams, while Drake and Future pulled in 46.8 million. "The Box" has now topped the RS 100 for three consecutive weeks.
In addition to "Life Is Good," two other new singles debuted in the Top Five: "Sum 2 Prove," a new cut from the Quality Control rapper Lil Baby, which amassed more than 20 million streams, and "Good News," the lead single from Mac Miller's posthumously released album Circles, which earned 17.4 million streams.
The Rolling Stone Top 100 chart tracks the most popular songs of the week in the United States. Songs are ranked by song units, a number that combines audio streams and song sales using a custom weighting system. The chart does not include passive listening like terrestrial radio or digital radio. The Rolling Stone Top 100 chart is updated daily, and each week Rolling Stone finalizes and publishes an official version of the chart, covering the seven-day period ending with the previous Thursday.
Just outside of the Top Ten, Selena Gomez's "Rare" arrived on the RS 100 at Number 12 with 12.3 million streams. "Rare" is the title track to Gomez's first album in four years. Another song from the new album, "Look at Her Now," debuted at Number 95. Gomez's Interscope labelmate, the rapper Moneybagg Yo, also launched four new tracks onto the RS 100. The leader was "Protect Da Brand," which reached Number 56 thanks to 6.1 million streams.


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You can download it by clicking on the Download Now button at the bottom of this page. This will place a copy of the App in your Downloads folder.
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A Rose for Emily Character Analysis Information
Character Analysis: A Rose for Emily The focus of my character analysis of A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner will be the title character, Emily. The Emily character is established as the main focus of the story from the very beginning "When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral" (Faulkner, 2010, p. 538). We are led to believe from her description that although she is from a prominent family, Emily does not fit the mold of a southern belle "We had long thought of them as a tableau; Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background" (Faulkner, 2010, p. 38), "So when she got to be thirty and was still single, we were not pleased exactly, but vindicated" (Faulkner, 2010, p.
538). Faulkner fulfills the southern gothic characteristic by exaggerating the appearance of Emily throughout the story. It is when the town alderman comes to see Emily about an unpaid tax bill that you get a glimpse into her appearance. "a small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaning on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. (Faulkner, 2010, p. 538).
The author when making mention of her size called her obese "Her skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why what would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her. " (Faulkner, 2010, p. 538). Faulkner makes several mentions about how big Emily's character is to emphasize her large appearance. The voice of Emily was very cold and stern. During the visit by the town alderman to try and collect on an overdue tax bill, Emily's voice was quote "Her voice was dry and cold" (Faulkner, 2010, p.
38). Emily brushed off the alderman when they came to visit her about the tax bill. "I have no taxes in Jefferson. Colonel Sartoris explained it to me.
Perhaps one of you can gain access to the city records and satisfy yourselves. " (Faulkner, 2010, p. 538). Emily was an emotionless woman.
Not even the death of her own father could evoke any emotion from Emily, as was displayed during a visit by neighbors to express their condolences "Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face. (Faulkner, 2010, p. 538). The sinister side of Emily was shown during her visit to the druggist. It became clear that she had plans to kill and wanted to make sure that she had the right tool for the job "I want some poison," she said. "Yes, Miss Emily.
What kind? For rats and such? I'd recom—" "I want the best you have. I don't care what kind. " The druggist named several. "They'll kill anything up to an elephant.
But what you want is—" "Arsenic," Miss Emily said. "Is that a good one? " Is. . . arsenic? Yes, ma'am.
But what you want—" "I want arsenic. " (Faulkner, 2010, p. 538). I feel that the author would write in this tradition because it requires your stories to be quite descriptive. Attention to detail is very important when it comes to writing in the southern gothic tradition.
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to be able to transport the reader to a time and place that they may have never been. I reacted to the characters as a person that grew up in a southern family with southern traditions.I was able to relate to the ways and conversation that went on in the story. Although the time period was not the same as the family members that I was raised around, there are still many similarities that allowed for me to relate to the characters and understand the reasoning behind their actions.
References Faulkner, William, 1930, "A Rose for Emily", Literature: A World of Writing Stories, Poems, Plays, and Essays VitalSource eBook for South University


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Starting this summer, some of SunTrust's least wealthy customers will have to pay higher fees on everything from ATM withdrawals to checking accounts, the bank confirmed on Wednesday.
The changes in fees affect primarily Everyday Checking, Student Checking and Solid Choice account holders. The first two accounts are targeted at customers who maintain lower balances.
The changes, scheduled to begin Aug. 24, will raise the minimum daily balance a customer is required to keep in an Everyday Checking account, from $500 to $1,500, to avoid a $7 monthly service fee. Holders of those accounts will also pay more in overdraft fees: they'll fork out $36 per overdraft across the board, instead of $25 for the first one and $36 for subsequent items. Everyday Checking account holders will also lose the perk of being allowed one overdraft a year without a fine.
Customers with other accounts, including Student Checking and Solid Choice Checking ones, will lose another benefit: ATM fee reimbursements for transactions at non-SunTrust Banks.
The pricing changes reflect the costs of doing business and staying competitive with other banks, as well as balancing the needs of its customers, SunTrust spokesman Hugh Suhr stated in an email.
Over the last few years, changing financial regulations have cut into the revenue of big banks like SunTrust, reducing their take in overdraft fees as well as lowering debit cards' interchange swipe fees, which were capped last fall under the Durbin Amendment.
Last year, SunTrust, which has 1,651 branches in the Southeast and is based in Atlanta, stopped offering free checking. After SunTrust imposed a fee for use of its debit cards, the company rescinded it in the wake of consumer fury surrounding Bank of America's attempt to charge $5 monthly for debit card use.
SunTrust is hardly the only bank this year to make major changes to its fee structure. Wells Fargo has said it is completely phasing out free checking this summer. U.S. Bank said in May that it will hike overdrafts fees to $35 from $33. In April, the cost for a checking account at Citizens Bank doubled.
In addition to imposing higher fees on existing services, banks have also been experimenting with offering new products. JPMorgan Chase is debuting a prepaid card this summer that will cost $4.95 per month -- a product that Chase has said it wants to present as an alternative to a checking account. Other banks have expanded into offering services like short-term payday-like loans.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977630104682738885.post8513113619261495870..comments2022-06-10T06:14:54.292-07:00Comments on shipwright's palace: 2020 Vision: An Imaginary Voyage through Deptfordshipwright's palacehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977630104682738885.post-69240200713350940192012-07-23T06:01:02.393-07:002012-07-23T06:01:02.393-07:00Indeed a Deptford Royal Dockyard Site where Modern...Indeed a Deptford Royal Dockyard Site where
Modern Ships are Builts where the Crafts
of Wood Work are Promoted including the
Making of Figureheads and where the Heart
of Deptford is something to be Proud of
Not a Characterless Asphalted Monstrosity
on one Hand and Sad Ruin on the OtherDeptford Yardhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977630104682738885.post-47891182731820302452012-03-06T01:57:48.930-08:002012-03-06T01:57:48.930-08:00How truly amazing.....What possibilities.....what ...How truly amazing.....What possibilities.....what firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977630104682738885.post-47561368594158905812012-03-05T08:41:33.895-08:002012-03-05T08:41:33.895-08:00For The Present and the Future the Past is of Usag...For The Present and the Future the Past is
of Usage and Importance

Past Present and Future a Trinity of HarmonyDeptford Yardhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977630104682738885.post-89933730963400405632012-02-16T07:40:20.707-08:002012-02-16T07:40:20.707-08:00More please! At a time when millions of pounds are...More please! At a time when millions of pounds are being poured into Greenwich, it is utterly perverse that a site of unparalleled naval importance is still criminally overlooked. I don't know who wrote this piece, but I wish you would reveal yourself. Landscape architecture is in desperate need of visionaries such as yourself to articulate the regeneration of inner-city sites of historical importance. Without you - and the likes of the Guardian's Jonathan Glancey (now sadly departed from from the paper) - all is firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977630104682738885.post-22913489348949401802011-11-09T02:42:52.637-08:002011-11-09T02:42:52.637-08:00A Deptford with a Living Heritage in a Glorious...A Deptford with a Living Heritage in a
 Glorious Future of Culture and Craftsmanship

 A Deptford with Civic Pride and IdentityDeptford Yardhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977630104682738885.post-68947146706482787672011-07-25T10:43:23.565-07:002011-07-25T10:43:23.565-07:00A absolutely breathtakingly amazing alternative to...A absolutely breathtakingly amazing alternative to the present Dubai-ford plans...Suehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977630104682738885.post-8619224347882094562011-07-24T07:41:34.523-07:002011-07-24T07:41:34.523-07:00This is a striking and imaginative vision that we ...This is a striking and imaginative vision that we should all share and aspire to,and it's not beyond our reach.
With "ownership" should come responsibility,something that has not featured in the ownership of this incredible site for quite some time.
I'm somewhat amazed that the present owner,coming from such a rich cultural background,can stand the "loss of face"engendered by such a blatant lack of respect for his or our ancestors.(there have been Chinese living and working in Deptford for hundreds of years)
It all comes back to how "profit" is measured.
This vision profits on all fronts, wellbeing,creativity, skills ,education and employment.Not to mention local pride and identity brought about by a comprehendible scale and sense of place and,inevitably,there will follow fiscal profit !
What I saw in the Albany yesterday had none of the above,bankrupt before it's even started. In the parlance of Deptford's only growth industry at present, it's a "busted flush".firstname.lastname@example.com


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There is a category in Mountain Biking which trumps all others. One particular lady in this category, stands out. She passed me the season before in Salmon Arm's Salty Dog race.
We both raced solo, around and around for six plus hours. She waited until the fourth lap before sneaking up from behind to attack. When she did, I had an excuse ready. "Well, she obviously doesn't have any kids," I mumbled to myself happily and then kept rotating my pedals behind her. I thought about her when I was at the start line of 2017's Salty Dog. I didn't see her until she passed me during the third of the 10 kilometre laps. I grumbled to myself, "Crazy-super-woman." I had since made up numerous of secret identities for her after finding out last year that not only does she have one child, she has four!! OH, COME ON NOW! Damn those yummy mommy's! Once again, I couldn't keep up to her. I had to pee. Like desperate-I should have peed a lap and a half ago-pee. But it wasn't part of my race plan. I didn't plan to pee until lap four. "You are just going to have to wait," I told my bladder and ignored it for the better part of the next hour. Bad idea. I developed the worst stomach cramps that I have ever experienced. They gnawed at me like someone (probably crazy-super-woman) took a wrench and reefed in back and forth in my abdomen. I was on the uphill of the open road, which if you have the where with all to have a look around, the view shows a spectacular lake in the distance held within the arms of bright green rolling mountains. The road goes on forever and ever and its all you can do but pretend your on the yellow brick road and you'll be screaming home sweet home on the down hills soon enough. I stood up to release the pain in my stomach. I sat taller and breathed deep breaths and started a mantra consisting of "breathe into the belly, relax, relax." My bladder had not forgotten its most dire concern and after 25 minutes of mantra, yelled back at me, "squat already!" And so I did. One mm off the trail behind a one inch tree. "Are you alright?" A rider yelled at me in passing. "All good!" "You sure you're okay!" said the one behind, unfortunately for him slowing down to nearly a stop. "I just had to pee. I couldn't wait any longer," I explained. I'm sure I was crimson red but I hadn't wanted to waist a single precious race minute finding a better spot. "You get it out girl!" he laughed.
"...I had since made up numerous of secret identities for her after finding out last year that not only does she have one child, she has four!! OH, COME ON NOW!"
"...I like to pride myself that I am a pretty awesome faller. I'm like a bumble bee landing on a daisy."
"I'll get that," he said and pulled my bike off my back and then grabbed my hand to bring me upright. He is quite the gentleman, I thought. (Other than cutting me off in a really silly spot. But perhaps I deserved that from a past race?)
Now it's only as I write this, that I realize he of course had to pick up my bike and me considering I was sprawled on top of his bike like I was sucking out its sweet nectar. But, let's go with he's a gentleman.
That is when the pain kicked in.
"Holy crap dude, your spoke just sliced off my nipple," I winced. I didn't actually vocalize that but gave him a fist pound instead to say, "it's all good, have a fun race," as I clenched my left breast in agony. But that was all that hurt. And really, who needs it? Not in a mountain bike race. So I got back on and beat that tight clad guy up the next slippery hill.
Shortly after that I saw my friend Megan again. She volunteered as a marshal and I loved seeing her. I yelled out "Megan!" and she'd yell, "Kat!" I knew when I saw her it was all fun after that. I got up the hill that she took pictures from on top of, dropped my seat post and flew the rest of the course downhill. The berms are perfect. I felt like a rolling eagle, flying through the turns.
One can hear the music from the start/finish at this point. My entire body smiled from the tips of my dirty toes all the way to my new white helmet. Once there, I jumped off my bike to jog through the loop, had my lap count marked and then leaped back on my bike for the start of lap five.
"Nice jersey," I heard a deep voice yell. It was the third time I had heard it this race and I laughed. I don't wear a jersey. They drive me nuts! Like seriously, I will tear the arms off as if I'm a combo of crazy-super-woman and the hulk. And bike shorts? Why would I want to wear a diaper or have a hot vagina. Can't stand them. So basically I bike around in a bikini. And before you say anything, I have heard it all before, "But what about protection?" You can't seriously think that a bike jersey is going to protect you, do you? It is not going to bandaid over a broken collar bone or shoulder, and I'm not afraid of a few extra scratches. It should be noted before I go on, that I don't exactly have a little tiny bikini wearing body, but I don't care and its super comfortable! Especially when the ride is hot. Which at plus 17 with 20% chance of rain as the race was called for, it's the perfect outfit.


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