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December 2007 Django sprint
We'll be holding a Django sprint on Saturday, Dec. 1st, 2007; this page has all the details.
What is a sprint?
Basically, a Django sprint is an excuse for people to focus their undivided attention, for a set time frame, on improving Django. It's a focused, scheduled effort to fix bugs, add new features and improve documentation.
Anybody, anywhere around the world, can participate and contribute. (See the "How to contribute" section below for details.) Most contributors will be at their own homes/schools/workplaces, but a number of people will gather together in person for camaraderie, improved communication and the other benefits of face-to-face interaction.
If you've never contributed to Django before, this is the perfect chance for you to chip in.
How to contribute
It's easy: Pick something to work on and do it. All sorts of tasks are available, from hard-core hacking to improving documentation to fixing small bugs.
Of course, with more than 100 people around the world signed up to help, good communication is essential. We're currently planning the best way to manage contributions.
Have a look at the SprintIdeas page if you would like some ideas about what to work on.
Preparing for the sprint
Here are a few easy things you can do ahead of time to make sure your time is spent effectively:
- Read our "Contributing to Django" document.
- Install the "trunk" version of Django (aka the Django development version).
- Create an account in our ticket system. This will allow you to claim tickets you're working on.
- Familiarize yourself with our ticket system and reports.
- Get an IRC client, so that you can join us in the channel #django-sprint on Freenode.
In person (Lawrence, KS)
If you'd like to attend in person, please email Jacob (jacob -at- jacobian -dot- org) and let him know you're coming. We can provide transportation to/from the Kansas City airport (MCI), and a limited amount of free lodging (i.e. couches and spare bedrooms) is available. Get in touch!
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Two Days of C++ with Bjarne Stroustrup and Herb Sutter
Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, and long-time Dr. Dobb's contributor Herb Sutter, who now is one of the heads of the Visual C++ team at Microsoft, are going to be presenting a two-day intensive session on C++. Unlike boot camps, which teach neophytes a new technology, this "Super C++ Tutorial" is oriented to developers who already have working knowledge of C++ but want to gain greater depth. The topics are wide-ranging: generic programming, concurrency, making best use of the new features in C++11, and discussion of what's coming up in C++14. In addition, Bjarne and Herb will be covering advanced features of the standard C++ libraries. The format is a single track in which Stroustrup and Sutter present together and, at other times, alternate teaching sessions. Panel discussions will be part of the mix at the end of the day for the brave souls who want even more C++.
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From the first lines of "Mutiny," the opening track on William Elliott Whitmore's ANTI- Records debut Animals In The Dark, one can see that this is decidedly not simply a continuation of his Southern trilogy that spanned his last three releases. Rather than a reflection of life and loss and the world surrounding his Iowa horse farm on the banks of the Mississippi, "Mutiny" finds Whitmore's focus turned outward, to the state of the country and the missteps of the government. Conveyed with ire and humor, Whitmore sings over a martial beat:
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Yet Animals In The Dark, is by no means a political record. It has more in common with the preacher blues of Reverend Gary Davis or the romantic populism of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska than it does a Billy Bragg record. What Animals In The Dark highlights is the maturation and growth of an exemplary artist. On the release, Whitmore showcases his classic songwriting and mastery of the acoustic guitar and banjo, but adds elements such as strings, an organ and a pedal steel, putting the songs into full arrangements and a band context for the first time. The results are a more expansive, cultivated sound, without losing any of the palpable soul that has garnered the 30 year old such critical acclaim.
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For nearly a decade, the key to successful investing in emerging markets could be summed up in a single word: emerging. Economies like Brazil, Russia, India, and China were creating an emerging middle class, which in turn would create emerging demand for consumer goods, commodities and everything in between. It was a virtuous cycle -- or so it seemed. In the five-year period from 2003 through 2007, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index compounded at a 36% annual clip, and all it took to make money was to buy the index or a fund that hewed pretty closely to it.
Then came the global financial crisis, complete with a near-worldwide recession, housing and stock market crashes, and endless political strife -- all rooted in the developed markets but nonetheless affecting the emerging markets. The so-called BRIC countries, which make up 43% of the index, initially made a strong comeback in 2009, but have faltered since, dragging down the whole group. The broad indexes that track emerging markets are skewed toward the largest companies, which are often state-run and sometimes managed for political gain rather than economic gain. They're also typically export-oriented, dependent more on Americans buying gadgets or on commodity prices than local demand.
Today the operative term for emerging-markets investors is markets. While the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is down 2% over the past year, other markets have fared far better. The MSCI Frontier Markets Index, which includes Pakistan, Kenya, and Vietnam, is up 9%. The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Diversified index of dollar-denominated sovereign debt in these markets is up 17%.
Carve up the emerging markets even finer, focusing on where local consumer markets are thriving, and the results are even better: The MSCI Philippines index, for example, is up 39% in the past year; Nigeria is up 70%; and Mexico is up 17%.
Meanwhile, the widely held BRICs have faced serious growing pains. Brazil's economy grew a scant 0.9% last year. India is projected to grow at just 5% this year, the slowest rate in a decade, and while China averted a much-feared "hard landing," its new leaders are targeting economic growth of 7.5%, down from its 10% rate of recent years. Uncertainty about how the leadership of both nations will handle the current economic conditions is keeping pressure on their broad stock markets -- and hiding some gems.
All this slicing and dicing requires a fair amount of expertise -- finding the right stocks in the right markets at the right time requires savvy management. That's why institutional investors, including endowments and pension funds, are increasingly assembling teams of specialists to parse their allocation to emerging markets. Individuals can achieve the same results by adding a larger variety of holdings, including stocks, bonds, and funds that align with the biggest themes.
The Consumer
Undoubtedly, the most tempting part of the emerging markets story is the consumer. Since 2008, consumer-oriented sectors, such as health care, staples (such as food and household items) and consumer discretionary (retailers and media companies) have outperformed. Markets such as Thailand, Colombia, and Turkey, which are skewed toward consumption, have racked up double-digit gains in the past three years, notes Tony Welch, an emerging-markets analyst with Ned Davis Research. Funds that hew close to the broad index, however, likely missed the bulk of those gains, since the three sectors make up just 18% of the index and those three countries comprise only 6% of the index's assets.
No matter how finely sliced an index fund is, investors often don't understand what it holds. Take the iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund (ticker: FXI), one of the most popular ways to get access to China. The $7 billion ETF accounts for 80% of the category's assets. "Why? Because it's the easy button," says Matt Hougan, president of ETF analytics for IndexUniverse. "There are much better options." Indeed: Most investors would say they want Chinese consumer and technology stocks, yet the biggest ETF has no exposure to technology, health care, or the consumer. The $204 million Global X China Consumer ETF (CHIQ) can offer direct exposure, while the broader $1.3 billion iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI) offers more diversified exposure, with about 17% invested in consumer, health care, and technology stocks.
There are several ways to gain access to the sought-after emerging-markets consumer, including U.S. or European companies like Nike (NKE), which gets a quarter of its sales from emerging markets, and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (MC.France), which gets about a third of its sales from emerging markets.
For direct access to the emerging markets, it's better to choose a fund manager who can navigate the variation in valuations and growth to focus on the consumer. For example, Lewis Kaufman, the manager of the three-year-old Thornburg Developing World Fund (THDAX) often veers from the index to seek out companies generating plenty of free cash and catering to domestic demand. The strategy has the fund beating 98% of its peers in Morningstar's emerging- markets category for three-year returns. The $1.6 billion Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund (JVIAX), run by veteran manager Rajiv Jain, invests in multinationals that offer an indirect play on emerging markets and is heavily tilted toward consumer companies. For those set on an ETF and willing to take on more risk, the $886 million EGShares Emerging Markets Consumer (ECON) is an option. The ETF invests in 30 large consumer-driven companies; almost half its assets are in Latin America.
Small and Frontier Markets
While much of the developed world has been starved for economic growth, a handful of smaller markets -- including countries as far-flung as the Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey -- have expanded enviably, largely on the heels of economic reform and newfound political stability. That's led to gains as high as 39% for the Philippines in the past year, and 17% for Mexico, and strong inflows into both markets. Both markets now seem a bit pricey at first glance: The Philippines trades at 17 times and Mexico 14 times next year's earnings, compared with the multiple of nine for emerging markets as a whole.
Experienced managers, however, still say they can dig up some deals in what appear to be pricey markets. Investors sometimes balk at valuations too quickly, underestimating the longevity of some consumer trends, says Laura Geritz, co-manager of the Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund (WAEMX). Geritz points to one of her holdings, Nestle Nigeria (NESTLE.Nigeria), which trades at 21 times 2014 earnings. Geritz says that's not an unreasonable level, based on the country's per capita gross-domestic-product figure. Consumers now have more income, and are willing to pay a premium for branded food and beverages. A similar situation played out in India with Nestle India (Nest.India), she says. Nestle India now trades at 31 times forward earnings, but was far pricier in 2000. Its earnings have grown 800%, or ninefold, since then, and the stock has grown 1,451% -- in other words, a $1,000 investment in 2000 would be worth $14,510. "You don't get a lot of shots to buy these great growers," she says, adding that valuations look more approachable as earnings growth materializes.
Other small markets are attractive because the returns haven't been as outsize. Indonesia's 6% return in 2012, for instance, paled in comparison with its neighbors. Though blessed with resources and a large and young population, investors have been wary of Indonesia because of its high current-account deficit and weak currency. But some money managers say the softness in the Indonesian market allows them to scoop up companies with good long-term potential.
Increasingly, advisors are also adding a little exposure to frontier markets like Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and sub-Saharan Africa. They're in an earlier phase of consumption and offer longer-term growth potential. Frontier markets -- typically defined by fast economic growth but nascent stock and bond markets -- also offer greater diversification. With a 0.61 correlation to the MSCI All Country World Index and a 0.60 correlation with emerging markets, frontier markets have offered some of the highest diversification in the world of stocks over the past decade.
Given the harder-to-parse valuations, lack of stocks traded on a U.S. exchange, and the illiquidity of many of these markets, it makes sense to use mutual funds. Investors looking for a purer play on this theme can look at the Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap fund, which has beaten 99% of its peers in the past three- and five-year periods, or the new Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund (WAFMX), which ranks in the top percentile over the past year. The Matthews Asia Small Companies Fund (MSMLX) has about 60% of assets in emerging markets and ranks in the top 20% among peers over the last three years.
Cheap Markets
Looking for the cheapest markets brings investors back to the BRICs, specifically, Brazil, Russia, and China. BRIC funds have seen outflows in 50 of the past 51 weeks, according to EPFR Global. While these countries struggle to navigate slower economic growth, they are bound to recover from their recent slumps, says Garry Evans, HSBC's global head of equity strategy. Earnings expectations are steady, he adds, whereas they are being cut in Europe and the U.S. Meanwhile, BRIC valuations have dropped to levels that are piquing managers' interest.
Few money managers, for instance, expect to see much change in the transparency and governance issues that have kept Russia on the cheaper end of the spectrum. And state-run companies in any country pose a risk. But with the market trading at just five times earnings and energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.Russia) trading at three times, it's cheap enough to warrant a look, even though it's 50% government-owned, says Arjun Divecha, head of GMO's emerging-markets equity team. Divecha is looking at energy companies as well as some banks in Russia.
There are also catalysts to watch for. Brazilian stocks will get a reprieve if the government backs away from recent interventionist measures, such as trying to keep a lid on energy prices and pushing banks to lend. Just one example: Shares of the state-run Brazilian energy giant Petrobras (PBR) rallied 15% earlier this month after the company raised diesel prices -- a move it was able to make as government pressure to keep energy prices low eased. Some managers are looking at banks and real-estate investment trusts in Brazil as indirect consumer plays that are cheaper than retailers and other more obvious consumer stocks.
China, as ever, is a more complicated story. Wages are rising, which means consumer stocks are appealing, as are some more subtle plays, like automation companies that can replace pricey workers. "You have to pivot to capture the opportunities that are going to be beneficiaries of that transition," says Kathryn Koch, senior portfolio strategist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
The most obvious consumer plays, even in these battered markets, are not bargains, but there are plenty of indirect ways to tap the consumer that are still reasonable. Michael Reynal, manager of the $802 million RS Emerging Markets Fund (GBEMX), likes Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group (992.Hong Kong) as a way to tap demand for computers and smartphones in emerging Asia, especially smaller markets other global players may not be able to easily tap. Lenovo derives two-thirds of its sales from emerging markets. Reynal is also looking at natural-gas companies as China struggles to combat its record levels of smog.
As the Chinese focus on cultivating domestic demand, smaller local players will be among the beneficiaries. The trouble for U.S. investors is that the universe of companies to invest in is far more limited for those investing in China through the more-accessible Hong Kong market. The Chinese A-share market -- mainland China's two stock markets, Shenzhen and Shanghai -- is denominated in the local currency and restricts foreign investment. But many of those stocks, Koch says, are more geared toward the "new China" story, with companies targeting the smaller cities that are in the earlier part of the consumption cycle. But the greater volatility and restrictions make it difficult for even professionals to invest. Just a handful of U.S. managers invest in A-Shares, including the tiny $43 million Aberdeen China Opportunities (GOPAX), which has the highest exposure at 5% of assets, according to Morningstar.
Dividend Payers
If dipping into these riskier areas makes you queasy, dividend stocks can offer some relief. Over the past decade, dividend-paying emerging-market funds have generated better returns and less volatility than the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, according to Morningstar. The average dividend yield of 2.7% in emerging markets and 3.9% in frontier markets is undoubtedly attractive as well. "If you have more than half of the total return you expect coming from yield, you don't have to reach," says Jesper Madsen, manager of the Matthews Asia Dividend Fund (MAPIX), whose top-performing fund yields 3.7%.
But there's another reason to own dividend payers. As investors move into smaller markets where information is harder to find, dividends may be one of the best road maps available, since they telegraph a management's confidence in the future, says Bruce Brewington, co-manager of the $48 million Forward Select EM Dividend Forward Select EM Dividend Fund (FSLRX).
Here, too, there are some ETF options, but look carefully at their holdings before investing. The $114 million iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (DVYE) yields 3.5%, though 29% of its portfolio is in developed markets. The WisdomTree Emerging Market Income Fund (DEM) yields 3.4%, but one thing to note: After its latest rebalancing, it's more heavily skewed toward Chinese financials -- an area some managers are wary about given the country's shadow banking and nonperforming loans.
Yield-seekers have recently discovered emerging-market bonds, and have poured in $144 billion since the beginning of 2010, according to EPFR Global. The appeal is clear: Dollar-denominated government bonds from Russia, Brazil, and Turkey yield more than a full percentage point than Treasuries and are arguably in stronger fiscal health.
But yield isn't the only reason to include bonds in your emerging-markets portfolio. Emerging-market debt offers greater geographic diversification, even when sticking to the index: The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Diversified index has almost 70% in Latin America and Eastern Europe, for instance, while its equity counterpart, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index generally has about 25% there. What's more, bonds can provide access to economies in the earliest stage of development -- like Senegal or Angola -- through their government bonds, often before there is a sufficiently liquid and vibrant stock market.
Bonds denominated in dollars have garnered the most attention and vast sums of new money. That doesn't bode well for the short term, but in the long run there's still room for big gains. Emerging-market debt makes up just 5% of fixed-income investors' assets, but these economies are on track to account for half of global economic activity, says Jan Dehn, co-head of research at Ashmore Investment Management, which oversees $71 billion in emerging-market assets.
In the shorter term, managers see more upside in sovereign bonds denominated in the local currencies and dollar-denominated corporate bonds -- many of which have yields into the low teens.
Investing in local-currency debt also helps investors diversify away from the dollar. Many noted investors, including Pimco's Bill Gross, have warned that the United States' burgeoning debt levels can cause inflation and a weaker dollar.
Developing countries have more robust reserves and a fraction of the debt -- China, for instance, has $3.6 trillion in reserves -- setting the stage for stronger currencies in the long term. "Policy makers cannot prevent [currency appreciation] over time," even though they'll try in the short term, says David Robbins, co-manager of the TCW Emerging Markets Income Fund (TGEIX).
Corporate bonds are also attractive, with improvements in credit quality and a greater variety of companies looking for financing. Bond investors can tap industries like railways in Georgia and telecoms in Panama that don't have many liquid publicly traded stocks. Neither country is represented in the $159 million Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF (FRN). Bonds can also be more resilient than stocks, especially in times of government intervention. When the Chinese government announced stricter lending standards earlier this month, Chinese property stocks tumbled 8% in the week following the announcement, but the bonds fell only 0.2%.
TCW Emerging Markets Income fund and Fidelity New Markets Income (FNMIX) are run by veteran managers who can invest in any of the categories of emerging-market debt. "While emerging-market bonds had extraordinary performance in 2012, we are nowhere near bubble levels," says Robbins, who expects total returns on his portfolio to be as high as the low double digits.
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The world of mobile apps is moving so quickly that it's a challenge even to take a moment-in-time snapshot that leads to useful insights. Days and weeks from now, the world might look rather different. To show how profound and rapid the changes are, consider that if you decided to write a mobile app five years ago, the two must-target platforms would have been BlackBerry and Palm. The first iPhone shipped barely a year earlier and was still playing catch up. And as yet, no Android phone had shipped.
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Things change fast in mobile and likely will continue to do so. This quality puts a curious and difficult pressure on organizations developing mobile apps: They need to make strategic decisions very early in the development process. The pressure plays out differently for the two major types of mobile app-creating organizations. The first group, which faces the biggest quandaries, comprises ISVs who are writing specialized apps primarily or exclusively for the mobile market. The second includes most businesses that want to provide a mobile app to give customers or employees access to existing resources.
The ISVs must decide the order in which they will target the major platforms and then how they will do it. This is no easy task. Last year, the established order was iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry. By some accounts, BlackBerry has nudged into third place, ahead of Windows Phone. It makes very little difference, though, because the reality of the market is that whoever falls behind Android sees very little development attention. The reason is that Android is such a fractured market that delivering and testing an app for Android platforms tends to exhaust developer bandwidth. The organization is essentially spavined by having to work out form factor and OS release issues for numerous Android sub-segments. So, rewriting the app for a third platform with small market share has little appeal.
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- Hybrid: Some parts native, some parts portable across platforms. Frequently consists of an HTML and JavaScript core, wrapped in a native layer. PhoneGap is the canonical example.
- Cross-compilation: A variant of hybrid, it uses non-native languages, which are then compiled to the native platform. Xamarin is the primary vendor of this approach. (We recently reviewed two of their product releases.)
- HTML5: The most portable solution; but criticized for a non-native look and apps that lack access to many of a devices' capabilities.
Choosing the development approach is, in many ways, the more important of the two decisions and, in many situations, it might obviate the choice of platform. Businesses, for example, which simply need to provide a mobile version of an existing feature to their employees overwhelmingly choose HTML5, which runs with little modification on all the major platforms, including BlackBerry and Windows.
However, things get a lot dicier if the requirements for an app exceed the capabilities of the Web and HTML5, and budget precludes native versions for all platforms. (Let's remove the cross-compilation option from the discussion, as it is a solution that applies only to organizations with unique needs and qualifications.) For the last few years, the hybrid approach has been a workable solution, which explains in part the popularity of PhoneGap. However, Anglin confirms that recently another trend has emerged, in which developers write a native application for the one platform they view as most vital. They then use HTML5 or a hybrid approach to port the app to all other platforms.
I am not sure that this is a trend that will stick. It essentially doubles down on a single platform a terrible proposition in a fast-changing market presently dominated by two players, and it doubles the cost of development, albeit with the benefit of comprehensive platform coverage. What it does convincingly do, however, is demonstrate the very difficult choices organizations face when committing to a mobile strategy.
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*2012 Steering Activities - July 2012-January 2013 [[File:GODORT-steering-July-Jan-2013.pdf]]
*2012 Steering Activities - July 2012-January 2013 [[File:GODORT-steering-July-Jan-2013.pdf]]
*'''2012 ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, Ca.'''
*'''2012 ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, Ca.'''
**2012 Membership Meeting Minutes
**2012 Membership Meeting Minutes [[File:--minutes-2012-ann-.pdf]]
**2012 Committee/Task Force Minutes (DRAFT) [[File:Godort-comm-minutes-2012-ann-DRAFT.pdf]]
**2012 Committee/Task Force Minutes (DRAFT) [[File:Godort-comm-minutes-2012-ann-DRAFT.pdf]]
**2012 Steering I Minutes (final, even though still says "Draft") [[File:Godort-steerI-minutes-2012-ann-final.pdf]]
**2012 Steering I Minutes (final, even though still says "Draft") [[File:Godort-steerI-minutes-2012-ann-final.pdf]]
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GODORT Agendas
Beginning with the 2010 Midwinter Meeting, GODORT units agreed to post links to their agendas from the main GODORT schedule. Draft minutes from each unit are linked from the schedule within two weeks of the meetings' conclusion and are to be approved by the unit within four weeks of the meeting.
- GODORT Conference Schedule Midwinter 2013
- GODORT Conference Schedule Annual 2012
- GODORT Conference Schedule Midwinter, 2012
- GODORT Conference Schedule Annual, 2011
- GODORT Conference Schedule Midwinter, 2011
- GODORT_Conference Schedule Annual, 2010
- GODORT Conference Schedule Midwinter, 2010
- GODORT Conference Schedule Annual, 2009
- GODORT Program Committee Meeting Agenda Annual 2009
- Bylaws and Organization Agenda Annual 2009
- DttP Staff Meeting Annual 2009
- General Membership Meeting Agendas & Minutes
Archived Minutes
- 2013 Midwinter Minutes
- 2013 Membership Meeting Minutes (DRAFT) File:GODORT-member-midwint-2013-DRAFT.pdf
- 2013 Committee/Task Force Minutes (DRAFT)File:GODORT-comm-minutes-midwint-2013-DRAFT.pdf
- 2013 Steering II Minutes (DRAFT) File:GODORT-steering-II-midwint-2013-DRAFT.pdf
- 2013 Steering I Minutes (DRAFT) File:GODORT-Steering-I-MidWinter-2013-draft.pdf
- 2012 Steering Activities - July 2012-January 2013 File:GODORT-steering-July-Jan-2013.pdf
- 2012 ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, Ca.
- 2012 Membership Meeting Minutes File:GODORT-member-minutes-2012-ann-final.pdf
- 2012 Committee/Task Force Minutes (DRAFT) File:Godort-comm-minutes-2012-ann-DRAFT.pdf
- 2012 Steering I Minutes (final, even though still says "Draft") File:Godort-steerI-minutes-2012-ann-final.pdf
- 2012 Steering II Minutes File:Godort-steerII-minutes-2012-ann-final.pdf
- 2012 ALA Midwinter
- 2012 Membership meeting minutes (FINAL) File:GODORT-Memb-midw-min-2012-final.pdf
- 2012 Committee/Task Force Minutes (FINAL) File:Godort comm min midw 2012-final.pdf
- 2012 Steering I Minutes (FINAL) File:Godort-steerI-min-midw-2012-final.pdf
- 2012 Steering II Minutes (FINAL) File:Godort-SteerII-min-midw-2012-final.pdf
- 2011 Steering Activities - July 2011 to Jan 2012 File:GODORT Steer July-Jan 2012.pdf
- 2011 Steering Conference Call File:GODORT Steering-confcall-9192011-Minutes.pdf
- 2011 Annual Minutes
- 2011 Steering I Minutes File:Godort annual steering I.pdf
- 2011 Steering II Minutes File:Godort annual steering II minutes.pdf
- 2011 Membership Minutes File:Godort annual 2011 membership minutes.pdf
- 2011 Midwinter Minutes File:Godort mw2011 membership.pdf DRAFT
- 2011 Midwinter Committee Reports File:Godort mw2011 committees reports.pdf DRAFT
- 2010 Midwinter Minutes
- see 2010 Midwinter Agenda above
- 2009 Midwinter GODORT Minutes DRAFT
- 2008 Annual GODORT Minutes DRAFT 2
- Agendas 2008 Annual Meeting
- ALA GODORT Minutes Archive 1996-2008 Midwinter
Committee/Taskforce minutes
Rare and Endangered Governemnt Publications Committee Minutes File:Minutes Midwinter 2009.doc
PPM on minutes
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- drafts of minutes posted to committee space on wiki
- summaries should be sent to GODORT secretary
- submit approved minutes to form (link above)
According to the Policies and Procedures (PPM) regarding conferences (PDF) directions for minutes are as follows:
- Meeting Minutes (All Secretaries)
- Content of Minutes
- Content of Minutes
Minutes are to be a summary of the meeting including the major points of discussion, decisions, action items, and resolutions to be presented for adoption. Specifically:
- Minutes are not a verbatim record of discussion but should capture the sense of the debate and the decision of the group.
- The minutes record every motion and resolution, the name of the proposer, whether it passes, and and the way in which each motion was disposed of. When a vote count is taken, the number voting on each side is recorded.
- Though they may be included on the meeting agenda, reports from appointments to committees (e.g. the FDTF appointment to the Publication Committee) should not be included in these remarks unless there is discussion and recommendations stemming from a reported item.
The secretary of each task force, committee, or work group will prepare the meeting summary for the GODORT Membership meeting and forward the version to the Web Administrator for posting on the web. These summaries should be placed in the GODORT folder at the "Washington Office" table in the ALA Offices [see Conferences, Section II H] so they can be reproduced for the GODORT Membership meeting.
Reports of committees and meetings will be printed exactly as submitted to the Web Administrator. Please double check the minutes to avoid such errors as misspelling names. A summary of the midwinter and annual meetings shall be provided by the Past-Chair for publication in DttP. (See Past Chair III)
- Format of Minutes
The following should be included in minutes submitted to the Web Administrator:
Name of meeting
Location of meeting
Date of meeting
For example:
GODORT Steering Committee
George V Hotel, Versailles Room,
January 9, 2000, 2-3p.m.
Sandy Smith, Chair,
Joe Jones, Secretary
For those submitting formatted minutes, the following are the font sizes etc.:
• headers should be Times/Roman 12 BOLD,
• text should be Times/Roman 11.
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Merry Christmas + A Little Present Of Sorts December 23, 2008Posted by Richard Foote in Richard's Musings.
I just want to wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful, index rebuild free New Year !!
I have a number of topics in the pipeline for 2009, including a look at Index Organized Tables, a discussion on the SYS_OP_COUNTCHG function and how Oracle uses it to calculate the Clustering Factor (not very well in some cases) and the systematic destruction of a number of index related myths that just refuse to go away. So beware all you little myth spreaders out there … 😉
2008 has been a great year for me personally with lots happening. However, the biggest and most wonderful surprise of all was not being awarded an Oracle ACE Director, but last night when I was awarded the The World's Greatest Business Mind. I'm so very honoured and humbled by this award and I would like thank everyone who made it all possible, especially mum and dad.
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Have a great New Year everyone 🙂
- 2. Asif Momen - December 23, 2008
Hi Richard,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!!
Well, today i was awarded The World's Greatest Business Mind. lol
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Not to be left out – I heart Richard Foote
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Happy 2009 and congrats again on your Ace award.
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[i]…and a wonderful, index rebuild free New Year !![/i]
I read it as [b]wonderful, index rebuild New Year[/b] and was going to ask that you still support index rebuilding ? 😀
Happy New Year & Marry Christmas !
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Merry Christmas to you as well. Congrats to your new award – and greetings to your mum and dad. I see they were awarded as well: http://www.worldsgreatestbusinessmind.com/20081221-Mom%20and-Dad-create.html&WT.mc_id=WGB
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The new album by the acclaimed modernist pop band Islands, entitled A Sleep & A Forgetting, arrives in stores this Valentines Day. It's only perfect since the soulful record provides an ideal musical accompaniment to both the glowing romance and crushing loneliness of the holiday. The record continues the band's penchant for crafting shimmering sonic textures and irresistible melodies, but this time band leader Nick Thorburn has infused his songs with a personal introspection which gives the record a powerful new emotional resonance.
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Make sure to catch Islands when the play a select series of live dates across North America starting February 14th. The shows will be held in intimate venues recreating the confessional tone of this enthralling new album.
Advance Acclaim For Islands' A Sleep & A Forgetting
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Islands Tour Dates
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Wholly Original Singer/Songwriter Taps Notables Such as Marc Ribot and M Ward on 4th Album
Jolie Holland, the lauded performer with a voice described by the Village Voice as "sultry and sweet, despairing and lonely," will release the Living and the Dead on October 7th.
Co-produced by Holland and Shahzad Ismaily, the Living and the Dead's production credits illustrate the collaborative improvisation that went into making her fourth record. M Ward (She & Him, My Morning Jacket) lent his production skills to a song and also played guitar on two tracks, multi-instrumentalist Ismaily added sounds via bass, moog, shruthi box and a duck call among others, famed guitarist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) appears on several songs and former bandmate Samantha Parton (Be Good Tanyas) sings on the final track. The results bear the evocative moodiness that has always existed in Holland's music, but also capture the rollicking creativity of the studio environment, highlighting a new influence on her songwriting that Holland explores for the first time on this release.
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Some of the songs on the Living and the Dead were performed at Holland's recent residency at Union Pool in Brooklyn NY. The acclaimed appearances gave her new hometown of Brooklyn the chance to delve into the dust bowl loneliness of Holland's songwriting, her rare and distinctive approach to singing and her elusory Texas-by-way-of-San Francisco accent.
Tracklisting for the Living and the Dead: 1. Mexico City 2. Corrido Por Buddy 3. Palmyra 4. You Painted Yourself In 5. Fox In Its Hole 6. Your Big Hands 7. Sweet Loving Man 8. Love Henry 9. The Future 10. Enjoy Yourself


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Firefox may give you a "Warning: Unresponsive script" prompt that says "A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete." This article describes why this could happen and possible solutions and workarounds.
This error is telling you that Firefox thinks that a script may be running out of control and would make Firefox hang if nothing is done. The script could be something on a web page you're accessing, in an extension you installed, or even Firefox itself.
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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Students select objects in the classroom and measure their circumference and diameter. View Video
Students explore fractions through a story, "fraction strips", and a game with a number cube. View Video
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In this lesson, students work in groups to discuss and revise their estimates of how many seeds are in a small pumpkin. View Video
A teacher uses real dominos to help students explore properties of addition. The dominoes are a concrete representation of the lesson's mathematical ideas. View Video
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Students explore properties of addition using dominos. Both 3D and 2D tools provide concrete representations of the lesson's mathematical ideas. View Video
In this project, students work to build and stain wooden pencil boxes. This involves selecting the right tools to measure and calculate the surface area of geometric shapes. View Video
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ro:Întrebări frecvente zh-CN:FAQ zh-TW:FAQ Besides the questions covered below, you may find The Arch Way and Arch Linux helpful. Both articles contain a good deal of information about Arch Linux.
- 1 General
- 1.1 Q) What is Arch Linux?
- 1.2 Q) Why would I want to use Arch?
- 1.3 Q) Why would I not want to use Arch?
- 1.4 Q) What distribution is Arch based on?
- 1.5 Q) I am a complete GNU/Linux beginner. Should I use Arch?
- 1.6 Q) Arch requires too much time and effort to install and use. Also, the community keeps telling me to RTFM in so many words
- 1.7 Q) Is Arch designed to be used as a server? A desktop? A workstation?
- 1.8 Q) I really like Arch, except the development team needs to implement "feature X"
- 1.9 Q) When will the new release be made available?
- 1.10 Q) Is Arch Linux a stable distribution? Will I get frequent breakage?
- 1.11 Q) Arch needs more press (i.e. advertisement)
- 1.12 Q) Arch needs more developers
- 1.13 Q) Why is my internet so slow compared to other operating systems?
- 1.14 Q) Why is Arch using all my RAM?
- 1.15 Q) Where did all my free space go?
- 2 Package Management
- 2.1 Q) In which package is X?
- 2.2 Q) I've found an error with Package X. What should I do?
- 2.3 Q) Arch packages need to use a unique naming convention. ".pkg.tar.gz" and ".pkg.tar.xz" are too long and/or confusing
- 2.4 Q) Pacman needs a library so other applications can easily access package information
- 2.5 Q) Why doesn't pacman have an official GUI front-end?
- 2.6 Q) Pacman needs "feature X"!
- 2.7 Q) Arch needs a stable package branch
- 2.8 Q) What is the difference between all these repositories?
- 2.9 Q) I just installed Package X. How do I start it?
- 2.10 Q) Why is there only a single version of each shared library in the official repositories?
- 2.11 Q) What if I run "pacman -Syu" and there will be an update for a shared library, but not for the apps that depend on it?
- 2.12 Q) Is it possible that there's a major kernel update in the repository, and that some of the driver packages haven't been updated?
- 2.13 Q) Does Arch use package signing?
- 2.14 Q) What to do before upgrading?
- 3 Installation
- 4 Other
Q) What is Arch Linux?
A) See the article entitled Arch Linux.
Q) Why would I want to use Arch?
A) If, after reading about the The Arch Way philosophy, you wish to embrace the 'do-it-yourself' approach and require or desire a simple, elegant, highly customizable, bleeding edge, general purpose GNU/Linux distribution, you may like Arch.
Q) Why would I not want to use Arch?
A) You may not want to use Arch, if:
- after reading The Arch Way, you disagree with the philosophy.
- you do not have the ability/time/desire for a 'do-it-yourself' GNU/Linux distribution.
- you require support for an architecture other than x86_64 or i686.
- you take a strong stand on using a distribution which only provides free software as defined by GNU.
- you believe an operating system should configure itself, run out of the box, and include a complete default set of software and desktop environment on the installation media.
- you do not want a bleeding edge, rolling release GNU/Linux distribution.
- you are happy with your current OS.
- you want an OS that targets a different userbase.
- you are not insane enough to run an OS developed by Allan
Q) What distribution is Arch based on?
A) Arch is independently developed, was built from scratch and is not based on any other GNU/Linux distribution. Before creating Arch, Judd Vinet admired and used CRUX, a great, minimalist distribution created by Per Lidén. Originally inspired by ideas in common with CRUX, Arch was built from scratch, and pacman was then coded in C.
Q) I am a complete GNU/Linux beginner. Should I use Arch?
A) This question has had much debate. Arch is targeted more towards advanced GNU/Linux users, but some people feel that Arch is a good place to start for the motivated novice. If you are a beginner and want to use Arch, just be warned that you must be willing to invest significant time into learning a new system, as well as accept the fact that Arch is fundamentally designed as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) distribution. It is the user who assembles the system and controls what it will become. Before asking for help, do your own independent research by Googling, searching the forum (and reading the rest of these FAQs) and searching the superb documentation provided by the Arch Wiki. There is a reason these resources were made available to you in the first place. Many thousands of volunteered hours have been spent compiling this excellent information.
Recommended reading: The Arch Linux Beginners' Guide.
Q) Arch requires too much time and effort to install and use. Also, the community keeps telling me to RTFM in so many words
A) Arch is designed for and used by a specifically targeted user base. Perhaps it is not right for you. See above.
Q) Is Arch designed to be used as a server? A desktop? A workstation?
A) Arch is not designed for any particular type of use. Rather, it is designed for a particular type of user. Arch targets competent users who enjoy its do-it-yourself nature, and who further exploit it to shape the system to fit their unique needs. Therefore, in the hands of its target user base, Arch can be used for virtually any purpose. Many use Arch on both their desktops and workstations. And of course, archlinux.org runs on Arch.
Q) I really like Arch, except the development team needs to implement "feature X"
A) Before going further, did you read The Arch Way? Have you provided the feature/solution? Does it conform to the Arch philosophy of minimalism and code-correctness over convenience? Get involved, contribute your code/solution to the community. If it is well regarded by the community and development team, perhaps it will be merged. The Arch community thrives on contribution and sharing of code and tools.
Q) When will the new release be made available?
A) Arch Linux releases are simply a snapshot of the [core] repository, and are issued usually in the first half of every month.
The rolling release model keeps every Arch Linux system current and on the bleeding edge by issuing one command. For this reason, releases are not terribly important in Arch, because they become out of date as soon as a package has been updated. If you are looking to obtain the latest Arch Linux release, you do not need to reinstall. You simply run the
pacman -Syu command, and your system will be identical to what you would get with a brand-new install. For this same reason, new Arch Linux releases are not typically full of new and exciting features. New and exciting features are released as needed with the packages that are updated, and can be obtained immediately via
pacman -Syu.
Q) Is Arch Linux a stable distribution? Will I get frequent breakage?
A) The short answer is: It is largely as stable as you make it.
You assemble your own Arch system, atop the simple base environment, and you control system upgrades. Obviously, a larger, more complicated system incorporating multitudes of customized packages, and a plethora of toolkits and desktop environments would be more likely to experience configuration problems due to upstream changes than a slimmer, more simple system would. Arch is targeted at capable, proactive users. General UNIX competence and good system maintenance and upgrade practices also play a large role in system stability. Also recall that Arch packages are predominantly unpatched, so most application problems are inherently upstream.
Therefore, it is the user who is ultimately responsible for the stability of his own rolling release system. The user decides when to upgrade, and merges necessary changes when required. If the user reaches out to the community for help, it is often provided in a timely manner. The difference between Arch and other distributions in this regard is that Arch is truly a 'do-it-yourself' distribution; complaints of breakage are misguided and unproductive, since upstream changes are not the responsibility of Arch devs.
Q) Arch needs more press (i.e. advertisement)
A) Arch gets plenty of press as it is. The goal of Arch Linux is not to be large, but rather, to provide an elegant, minimalist and bleeding edge distribution focused on simplicity and code-correctness. Organic, sustainable growth occurs naturally amongst the target user base.
Q) Arch needs more developers
A) Possibly so. Feel free to volunteer your time! Visit the forums, IRC channels, and mailing lists, and see what needs to be done. Getting involved in the Community Contributions subforum is a good way to start.
Q) Why is my internet so slow compared to other operating systems?
A) Is your network configured correctly? Have a look at Hostname and Configure the network from the Beginners' Guide.
Also note that Arch Linux does not come with traffic shaping enabled. Thus, it is possible that if a program on it somehow utilizes your internet connection to the full – regardless if it's over P2P or classic client-server connections – other local ones will find it clogged, resulting in severe lags and timeouts. Relief can be provided by firewalls such as Shorewall or Vuurmuur; there are also static scripts for iproute2 (such as this derivative of Wondershaper), which allow shaping on the network layer.
Q) Why is Arch using all my RAM?
A) Essentially, unused RAM is wasted RAM.
Many new users notice how the Linux kernel handles memory differently than they are used to. Since accessing data from RAM is much faster than from a storage drive, the kernel caches recently accessed data in memory. The cached data is only cleared when the system begins to run out of available memory and new data needs to be loaded.
Perhaps the most common culprit of this confusion is the
free command:
$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1009 741 267 0 104 359 -/+ buffers/cache: 278 731 Swap: 1537 0 1537
It is important to note the
-/+ buffers/cache: line -- a representation of the amount of memory that is actually in "active use" and the amount of "available" memory, rather than "unused".
In the above example, a laptop with 1G of total RAM appears to be using 741M of it, with naught but a few idling terminals and a web browser open! However, upon examining the emphasized line, see that only 278M of it is in "active use", and in fact 731M is "available" for new data. Apparently, 104M of that "used" memory contains buffered data and 359M contains cached data, both of which can be cleared away if needed. Only 267M of the total is truly "free" of the burden of data storage.
The result of all this? Performance!
See this wonderful article if your curiosity has been piqued! There's also a website dedicated to clearing this confusion: http://www.linuxatemyram.com/
Q) Where did all my free space go?
A) The answer to this question depends on your system. There are some fine utilities that may help you find the answer.
Package Management
Q) In which package is X?
A) You can find out with pkgfile.
For example:
$ pkgfile file_name
Q) I've found an error with Package X. What should I do?
A) First, you need to figure out if this error is something the Arch team can fix. Sometimes it's not (e.g. Firefox crashes may be the fault of the Mozilla team); this is called an upstream error. If it is an Arch problem, there is a series of steps you can take:
- Search the forums for information. See if anyone else has noticed it.
- Post a bug report with detailed information at https://bugs.archlinux.org.
- If you'd like, write a forum post detailing the problem and the fact that you have reported it already. This will help prevent a lot of people from reporting the same error.
Q) Arch packages need to use a unique naming convention. ".pkg.tar.gz" and ".pkg.tar.xz" are too long and/or confusing
A) This has been discussed on the Arch mailing list. Some proposed a
.pac file extension. As far as is currently known, there is no plan to change the package extension. As Tobias Kieslich, one of the Arch devs, put it, "A package is a gzipped [xz] tarball! And it can be opened, investigated and manipulated by any tar-capable application. Moreover, the mime-type is automatically detected correctly by most applications."
Q) Pacman needs a library so other applications can easily access package information
A) Since version 3.0.0, pacman has been the front-end to libalpm, the "Arch Linux Package Management" library. This library allows alternative front-ends to be written (for instance, a GUI front-end).
Q) Why doesn't pacman have an official GUI front-end?
A) Please read The Arch Way and Arch Linux. Basically, the answer is that the Arch dev team will not be providing one. Feel free to use one developed by other users. A selective list can be found in Pacman GUI Frontends.
Q) Pacman needs "feature X"!
A) Please read The Arch Way and Arch Linux. The Arch philosophy is "Keep It Simple". If you think the idea has merit, and does not violate this simple litany, then you may choose to discuss it on the forum here. You might also like to check here; it is a place for feature requests if you find it is important.
However, the best way to get a feature added to pacman or Arch Linux is to implement it yourself. The patch or code may or may not be officially accepted, but perhaps others will appreciate, test and contribute to your effort.
Q) Arch needs a stable package branch
A) Check out ArchServer.
Q) What is the difference between all these repositories?
A) See Official Repositories.
Q) I just installed Package X. How do I start it?
A) If you're using a desktop environment like KDE or GNOME, the program should automatically show up in your menu. If you're trying to run the program from a terminal and do not know the binary name, use:
$ pacman -Qlq package_name | grep /usr/bin/
A) Several distributions, such as Debian, have different versions of shared libraries packaged as different packages:
libfoo3 and so on. In this way it is possible to have apps compiled against different versions of
libfoo installed on the same system.
Unlike Debian, Arch is a rolling-release cutting-edge distribution. The most visible trait of a cutting-edge distribution is availability of the latest versions of software in the repositories; in case of a distribution like Arch, it also means that only the latest versions of all packages are officially supported. By dropping support for outdated software, package maintainers are able to spend more time ensuring that the newest versions work as expected. As soon as a new version of a shared library becomes available from upstream, it is added to the repositories and affected packages are rebuilt to utilize the new version.
A) This scenario should not happen at all. Assuming an application called
foobaz is in one of the official repositories and builds successfully against a new version of a shared library called
libbaz, it will be updated along with
libbaz. If, however, it doesn't build successfully,
foobaz package will have a versioned dependency (e.g. libbaz 1.5), and will be removed by pacman during
libbaz upgrade, due to a conflict.
foobaz is a package that you built yourself and installed from AUR, you should try rebuilding
foobaz against the new version of
libbaz. If the build fails, report the bug to the
foobaz developers.
Q) Is it possible that there's a major kernel update in the repository, and that some of the driver packages haven't been updated?
A) No, it is not possible. Major kernel updates (e.g. linux 3.5.0-1 to linux 3.6.0-1) are always accompanied by rebuilds of all supported kernel driver packages. On the other hand, if you have an unsupported driver package installed on your system, such as catalystAUR, then a kernel update might break things for you if you do not rebuild it for the new kernel. Users are responsible for updating any unsupported driver packages that they have installed.
Q) Does Arch use package signing?
A) Yes. Package signing in pacman has been implemented since version 4. See package signing for more information.
Q) What to do before upgrading?
A) It is important in Arch Linux, before upgrading to "Check the front page Arch news, Announcement lists, and optionally the forum and Mailing Lists, before hitting enter." Any special instructions will be posted there.
Q) Arch needs an installer. Maybe a GUI installer?
A) Since installation doesn't occur often (read the rest of this article to know more about what rolling release means), it is not a high priority for developers or users. The Installation Guide and Beginners' Guide have been fully updated to use the command-line method. If you're still interested in using an installer, consider using Archboot.
Q) I installed Arch, and now I am at a shell! What now?
A) Have a look at the Arch Linux Beginners' Guide.
Q) Which desktop environment or window manager should I use?
A) Since many are available to you, use the one you like the most to fit your needs. Have a look at the Desktop Environment and Window Manager articles.
Q) What makes Arch unique amongst other "minimal" distributions?
A) Some distributions may provide minimal installation methods, sharing some similarities to the Arch installation process. However, a few points must be noted:
- Arch has been fundamentally designed as a lightweight, minimal base environment upon which to build.
- The only way to install Arch is by building up from this minimal base.
- The base system and the entire distribution are inherently a K.I.S.S. design approach, which makes it uniquely suitable for its target base of users.
- Installing services and packages requires manual, interactive user configuration. Unlike other distributions which automatically configure services and startup behavior, the Arch philosophy puts emphasis on the power user's competence and prerogative to handle such responsibilities.
- Arch packaging is designed to be minimal, and optional package dependencies are never automatically installed. Rather, the user is simply notified of their existence during package installation, resulting in a slimmer system.
- Arch provides excellent, thorough documentation, aiding in the process of system assembly.
Q) What is this AUR thing I keep hearing about?
A) See Arch User Repository#FAQ.
Q) Why do I get a green screen whenever I try to watch a video?
A) Your color depth is set wrong. It may need to be 24 instead of 16, for example.
Q) Spellcheck is marking all of my text as incorrect!
A) Have you installed an aspell dictionary? Use
pacman -Ss aspell to see available dictionaries for downloading.
If installing the dictionary files did not resolve the problem, it is most likely a problem with
enchant. Check for known dictionary files:
$ aspell dicts
en en_GB ...etc
If your respective language dictionary is listed, add it to
/usr/share/enchant/enchant.ordering. From the above example, it would be:


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