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"Beach Volleyball Babies"
Nanjing, China, August 20, 2014 - Despite the players, coaches and officials taking a "rest" day Wednesday at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, the "Beach Volleyball Babies" continued to perform at other event venues.
The "Beach Volleyball Babies" make an appearance at every center court match each day at the sport's venue located in the Nanjing Sports Park Complex. "We have prepared six routines for every match along with being able to adapt to any situation that develops during the competition," said Lin Junxian, the trainer for "Beach Volleyball Babies" at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics.
Each of the moves has a different tone. The Chinese Style contains a unique host country flavor, and the Hello Kitty looks like a lovely girl's dancing, and even the popular group dancing Little Apple is used, and western Latin style Hush Hush and jazz style Broken Heels are presented, and additionally there is a 80's nostalgic disco dance Small Girl Under Street Lamps.
"The Youth Olympics is a culture event as well as a competition," said Lin, "I try my best to show all kinds of style in the dancing."
As a Chinese proverb says that "one minute on the stage takes ten-year practice." The "Beach Volleyball Babies" started working on their dance routines two months ago. "I miss my mom and dad very much," said Jin Chaochao, whose hometown Yuncheng in Shanxi Province is far from Nanjing. "It has been five months since I met them during the Spring Festival."
The "BBBs" captain Pan Huijuan said "we get up early each day to make up and review the moves. At night, everyone has to make a summary about the performances before going bed, so we sleep no more than five hours a day. We are all tired, but we are enjoying being part of the Youth Olympics."
The "Beach Volleyball Babies" performance brings freshness to the competition in the main court, as they danced to warm up, interacted with audiences and form the welcome pass for the players.
"It is a test when we dance in the center of the main court," said the 19-year-old Rao Siqi, the youngest of the "Beach Volleyball Babies". "I am a little bit tense when demonstrating in front of all over the world,"
The beach volleyball babies consist of four men and 12 women from China Pharmaceutical University in Nanjing. They were picked from the "Star of Cheerleaders", which was organised by Lin.
The members of the "Beach Volleyball Babies" are Sun Chenghao, Cui Kangkang, Jin Chaochao, Lu Sihong, Pan Huijuan, Luo Yu, He Xuan, Su Fan, Shen Qian, Wang Huiyang, Rao Siqi, Zeng Weiqing, Sun Xiaofan, Zhang Lejia, Cao Zhouying and Yang Yi.


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Celebs chirp about royal baby on Twitter
When famous people tweet about you as a newborn, you know you're a big deal. Such is the case with the royal baby, who has plenty of celebrity friends rooting for him on Twitter. Here's a smattering of the stars' excited messages.
IT'S A BOY!: The royal baby has arrived
•"Royal baby boy!" NeNe Leakes
•"I don't understand how I'm still doing phone interviews when Kate Middleton is in labor. Don't they have to go cover the crowning?!" Olivia Wilde
• "Keep Calm...and Carry On. #Kate #Labour" and "PREDICTION: A boy, called George, weighing 8lbs 2oz #MysticMorgan," Piers Morgan
• "Push girl, pushhhhhh ! #KateMiddleton #RoyalBaby #excited," Snooki
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• "Really hard to tear myself away from #RoyalBabyWatch. Never would have thought that staring at the same hospital door would be so riveting," Joe Zee
•"#RoyalBabyNames Brandi," Rainn Wilson
•"It's Royal baby day!!!" Melissa Gilbert
•"Ah, the spray of coughed up reporters' crumpets when labour was announced.#royalbaby" Nia Vardalos
•"Somewhere in London, a princess is pooping on a delivery table. Just keeping it real, folks. #royalbaby #goodluckKate," Shonda Rhimes (FYI: Rhimes' pregnant Grey's Anatomy character Meredith Grey worried about this happening to her during delivery!)


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What I mean by not that intelligent is that, even the most "intelligent" christian is less intelligent than an atheist who knows what he/she doesn't believe.
Am I being wrong, or silly?
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Why do you think she wants another wonderful world that a judgmental "boss" created? I'd rather fight the owner of the place, or even DIE forever, then go to a place where I am rewarded for being a slave. I'd rather be a God, and be rewarded, or not rewarded at all.
Who would want to be rewarded for being a slave?
One needs pride, and self-respect, and most importantly reason.
In her way of thinking, it is not a question of wanting the wonderful world. If God is a fact, in her mind,then what one does with that knowledge and with ones time on earth determines his/her eternal life. It isn't about wanting to be a slave, it is about being a creation of this deity, and believing that all one has to do is love the creator the way he supposedly loves his creation (although you would be hard pressed to believe that after reading the first half of the old testament). You see, I get the logic of the beliefs- there is no mystery there, and within the context of the belief system, it makes perfect sense- it's just that none of it is true.
There are definitely the mouthbreathing, knuckledragging, and just plain crazy believers out there, but the christians that really piss me off are the ones who just don't think. They're not stupid - they can walk and chew gum at the same time, use words of more than one syllable, drive, hold down jobs, pay their bills and seem completely normal - but they just don't think deeply about anything at all. No self-reflection, no curiosity about how things really work, no thinking outside the box at all. These are the ones who just believe because they were raised to believe and all their friends believe, and it's something to do on the weekends, and that's good enough for them. When they say "I don't believe in evolution", what they mean is, "I don't know anything about it, I haven't given it much thought, it sounds unlikely, and my pastor said it isn't true - and that's enough for me." Blind, deaf and dumb to everything except what to have for dinner and what's happening on their favorite reality-TV show. These are the christians who really get me. They can be among the hardest to reason with - not because they're christians, but because they just don't care.
Dorris, you hit the nail on the head. I couldn't agree more. Having deep, philosophical discussions with yourself and with others, and asking the hard questions takes work. Most people are just too darn lazy to think deeply or to pick up a book and learn something new. Most of what I know that has been beneficial in improving my intellect I learned after my formal schooling and college education. Yeah, that takes work and time in addition to working a full-time job. But my craving to learn presses on. I'd hate to think that people are too lazy to care, but that's the impression I get.
I kind of disagree with you.I think the problem is that christians, especially the well known ones who write popular apologetic books for example, think differently fundamentally (no pun intended).I have read some of their writings, and they make sound argruments (although they often use fallacious reasoning in order to do so).But when you want to believe something to begin with and arrive at a conclusion at the inception (such as christ dying and then coming back to life), then explaining how and why it is true can be a very thoughtful and well-reasoned.These people think very deeply, they are just on a different track than the rest of us.I think their main problem is that they refuse to challenge their core beliefs, as those on these boards have done.I don't know, maybe that is the definition of not thinking deeply, but I just think they do think long and hard, but only up to that wall that declares "god is real". So maybe the question is, can one be a deep thinker if one is self-deluded?
Putting aside cognitive dissonance, even an intelligent scientist (my PhD supervisor was one and I knew a few others now) can believe be religious (Note: I am not one of them).
This is because they deal mainly with very different things.
Science can neither prove nor disprove religion, as it deals with the way things are in the physical world. The scientific method can only make sense of phenomena that are present in the physical (material) world.
Religions do make claims about the physical world (but do not have the tools to prove those claims). And such claims are increasing challenged by the scientific method.
Generally religions are at their best when they deal with the way things should be in the non-material world (claims about the afterlife).
An intelligent person may use a scientific method to understand the physical world but then it is of no help in the non-physical world, so they may default back to religious explanation.
There are a number of ideas that are being dealt with here.
Might help to clarify:
1. intelligence = cognitive ability divided by chronological age (that is nothing to do with belief);
2. belief is about epistemology: how do we know what we know (how is knowledge formed). An admission that you do not knowing something can be the first step to acquiring knowledge of it ("wisest are those who know they know not").
3. ontology (what is possible in the world) is also important: as noted by me above: religion and science deals with different ontological problems (what is true about the material world vs what is true about the meta-physical world).
4. Not all religious people are theists - is may not be socially acceptable or safe to be an atheist. Just because it is not safe to admit that you are atheist does not make you dumb.
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In 1945, West Virginia author Julia Davis penned The Shenandoah as part of the Rivers of America Series, a landmark collection of books written by literary figures over a period of thirty years. In this classic reprint, now with an introduction by Christopher Camuto, Davis tells the history of the Shenandoah Valley and River, drawing on her own research and the experiences of ancestors who settled and lived in the area. Her book provides a poetic vision of both the river and the valley, preserving a fragment of America's landscape.
Julia Davis Adams (1901–1993) was born in Clarksburg, WV, attended Wellesley College, and graduated from Barnard College in 1922. She began her career as a reporter for the Associated Press in New York City, where she also headed the adoption service of the Children's Aid Society in the early 1960s. She authored two dozen books.
Christopher Camuto is the author of a rough-hewn trilogy on the southern Appalachians—A Fly Fisherman's Blue Ridge, Another Country: Journeying Toward the Cherokee Mountains, and Hunting from Home: A Year Afield in the Blue Ridge Montains—as well as Time and Tide in Acadia: Seasons on Mount Desert Island. He manages a biodiversity perserve, an 80-acre eco-restoration of old farm fields, woodlots, and wetlands, in Pennsylvania.


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If you've ever had a bottle of Ridge Vineyards Syrah, you've probably checked out the label. And when you checked out the label, you probably saw this …
And when you saw this, you probably did a bit of a double-take, scratched your head, and went, "Wha?"
Ok, maybe not. Maybe you're already familiar with the wines and processes of Côte–Rôtie, in the Northern Rhone. Or maybe you've caught onto some of the contemporarily tradition-minded Rhone offerings from Australia, or Santa Barbara. Or conversely, maybe you aren't familiar with Viognier at all, and just didn't know it was a white varietal.
But for most of us, when first we see this label, the inclination is to wonder at the unexpected juxtaposition of red and white grapes in the same bottle. It just doesn't seem … right, somehow.
There are, however, very good reasons behind why these two do reside together so well. Briefly and colloquially, it's a triumvirate:
1. Texture. Viognier's viscosity makes for a brilliantly smoothing and rounding counterbalance to the tannin-forward granular rusticity of Syrah.
2. Aromatics. Viognier's perfumed floralilty makes for a deliciously decadent interweave with the darker, inkier, earthen aromatics of Syrah.
3. Color & Preservation. Aspects of the chemistry of Viognier serve to keep the parallel tines of fruit and tannin at an even pace along the developmental trajectory of cellar-worthy Syrah. Put another way, Viognier helps keep the fruit, color, and aromatics intact over the long process of tannin-softening.
It's this last rationale, #3, that is truly at the core of the Syrah-Viognier co-fermentation construct. It can get a bit heady when you dive full bore into the chemistry of it all, but it's fascinating stuff, so let me please introduce winemaker Eric Baugher, as he arrives to spelunk you through the caverns of co-fermentation:
The approach we take with co-fermentation of Syrah with Viognier, is to first de-stem the syrah and open the crusher rollers. This allows a high percentage of whole berries to travel through to fermenter uncrushed.
Next, based on calculated weight, we will destem and crush the anywhere between 5-10% viognier on top of the syrah in the fermenter.
We then wait for natural yeast fermentation to begin, and pump-over and irrigate the cap to extract color and tannins.
The typical maceration time (crush-to-press) is 7-8 days total, with twice a day pump-overs given.
The viognier contains colorless flavanols from the skins that extract and conjugate with the extreme concentration of syrah's anthocyanin color molecules. Basically, the theory is that viognier helps stabilize syrah's color; the condensation reactions between viognier's flavanols and syrah's anthocyanins form highly stable polymerized molecules that stay with the wine for life. Once these polymers form, they don't degrade through normal oxidation reactions.
There is also a shift in the color spectrum of a syrah that has co-fermented with viognier. Normally, syrah has a deep ruby color. Once viognier is thrown into the mix for the complex reactions to form, the color will shift from deep ruby to saturated purple/blue. This has a lot to do with light absorption/re-emission quantum chemistry of the anthocyanin complex with the viognier flavanols altering the polarity and electron flow of the multi-six carbon phenol ring that forms the anthocyanim molecule, thus altering the molar extinction coefficient. The absorption of green spectrum light (520nm) by these condensed molecules causes re-emission of red spectrum 700nm plus a stronger re-emission at 420nm (deep purple/blue). That's why the co-fermented syrah/viognier blend works magically, creating an inkier wine. It's strange how this all works, taking a dark grape and cutting it with a white variety, and end up making a wine that is even darker. That's the complexity of quantum chemistry, which I had the pleasure of studying many years ago while obtaining my biochemistry degree.
Now, I should say that this co-fermentation phenomena has been a very traditional winemaking approach taken in the northern rhone valley of France. Through centuries of trial-and-error with many other varietals of the region, the combination of syrah with viognier became the standard. This was decided by making better wine, not by having knowledge of the complex chemistry. The chemistry came along much later to explain why it worked so well.
And that, my friends, is, in a nutshell, not only a mini-dissertation on co-fermenting Syrah and Viognier, but also, an excellent explanation of the relationship between Ridge Vineyards, and technology. Yes, we are pre-industrial at heart, and we still do, for the most part, things the old-fashioned way. But that said, we do have a very sophisticated technical side to us; the distinction is how we deploy it, and to what purpose.
I call your attention to something Paul Draper wrote, in an essay entitled "Pre-Industrial Winemaking at Ridge":
In a synthesis of past and present, we have taken the pre-industrial techniques and applied them in conjunction with the best, least intrusive modern equipment. We've been told that we have the most sophisticated analytical laboratory of any winery our size.
Combine this with Eric's words above:
Through centuries of trial-and-error with many other varietals of the region, the combination of syrah with viognier became the standard. This was decided by making better wine, not by having knowledge of the complex chemistry. The chemistry came along much later to explain why it worked so well.
And what you get is a lovely lil' distillation of the Ridge philosophy on technology. In short, we essentially rely on technology to ideally confirm what we already knew by instinct.
For example, that Syrah and Viognier taste REALLY GOOD together, when co-fermented.
The next incarnation? The 2007 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Estate Syrah. Coming to a tasting room, or a cellar, near you. Soon. Very soon. Sooner if you're an ATP member.
And if you can't wait even that long (i.e. when your shipment arrives), you might want to consider coming to the annual Rhone Rangers event, held this coming weekend in glorious San Francisco. We'll be pouring it there.
Come see Ridge Vineyards, at Rhone Rangers, to enjoy the benefits of citizenship in the United States of Syrah. Three cheers for the Red, White, and You!
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text: A Red Cow, Water, and a Snake? Posted on June 13, 2013 | by Nechama Tamler To think about as you read this week's installment: What do you think about rituals surrounding purification around death/caring for a deceased person? How do you reconcile following laws that make no sense to you? Would you ever obey a law that you can't understand? Why or why not? One might think that the way parashat Chukkat opens, with details about the way one must purify oneself after being in contact with the dead, we would be reading mind-numbing minutia of priestly rites with absolutely no relevance for us today. All this talk about a red heifer and how Eleazar the priest must sprinkle its blood hither and yon, followed by the burning, and how to use the sacred ashes. Whew! So impossibly arcane!! Turns out that the early rabbinic commentators used this particular law of the parah adumah (red heifer) to suggest that the Israelites had two separate categories of law: chukkim (statutes or Divine decrees) and mishpatim (logical laws). The chukkim were (and are) laws that make no rational sense to us on the surface. Why would touching the ashes of a dead red cow purify one from being in contact with the dead? Or why are we still not allowed to mix certain kinds of fabrics (like linen and wool)? The mishpatim were (and are) laws that seem to be based in logic. For example, the laws dealing with interpersonal relations such as not stealing or not murdering. They are rational if one is to build a civil and moral society — that is, they "make sense" to us. The red heifer saga, which opens our parasha, is a prime example of a chok (law; the plural form is chukkim) that makes no sense. Nevertheless, it was very important to have some kind of ritual to draw a sharp line between contact with the dead and re-entry into daily life among the living. On a recent trip, I spent some time in the "Four Corners" area of the U.S., an area of land which belongs to the Navajo Nation. While in the Tribal Lands, I read a fascinating book, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing, by Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., in which she talks about the customs surrounding death in Navajo culture. For example: it is forbidden to touch a dead person; only those who care for the corpse may touch it. After they have prepared the body for burial, the people who have cared for the deceased remove their own clothes, and wash themselves completely before getting dressed again and mingling with the living. When a dead body is removed from a house or hogan, the hogan is burned down, and the place is abandoned. While there are many differences between contemporary Navajo and the Israelites of the desert, we can appreciate that the desert-dwelling Israelites had complex rituals for purification after contact with the dead, and it isn't so completely different from the customs of other tribes. But hold on, that's not all this parasha has in store for us! This parasha also includes the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, the two siblings of our greatest leader, Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) at the beginning of chapter 20. Miriam becomes forever linked to water. Think about the episodes linking Miriam and water: she protected baby Moshe when he was set afloat in the Nile, and she later sang the Song of the Sea as the Reed Sea waters parted to let the Israelites escape into freedom. Some of us have added the "Cup of Miriam" to our Passover seder tables to remember her special link. The rabbis connected Miriam to a magical well with springs of fresh water following the Israelites in the desert, because immediately after the verse marking her death (Numbers 20:1) we read "and the community had no water, and they assembled against Moses and against Aaron." It was as if once Miriam died, the water dried up. So those creative early rabbinic commentators came up with the midrashim (stories) about Miriam's well. Aaron, big brother and life-long partner to Moshe/Moses, dies at the end of chapter 20; the description of his death in verses 24-29 reads like a scene from a movie. It is poignant, filled with ceremony and unstated emotion. Perhaps because the landscapes of the Navajo Tribal Lands are still in my brain, I flashed on Native Americans when I re-read these verses — the descriptive scene of Aaron's death seemed like something I had seen in a movie about the death of a great Native American chief. Finally, we get to the snake/serpent/viper. The G-dcast storyteller focuses on this fascinating little story in Chukkat — the symbol of the snake or serpent. As with some alternative medical therapies, where one may be given the tiniest amounts of an allergen to ingest to counter-act one's allergy, the G-dcast storyteller offers some ideas of how the snake became a healing symbol to counteract its poisonous bites (Numbers 21:6-9). The symbol Moshe/Moses is instructed to fashion is called "Nechash Nechoshet." Biblical scholar and translator Robert Alter quotes medieval commentator Rashi, who remarked that G-d had just mentioned a "nachash" (serpent), but Moshe said: "the Holy One calls it nachash and I'll make it out of nechoshet — a pun." Alter points out that the force of replicating the same letters "reinforces the device of sympathetic magic whereby the sight of the bronze image of the serpent becomes the antidote for the serpents' poisonous bite." And if you want to pursue this depiction of healing in today's medical symbols, take a look at what Wikipedia has to say about the image of the snakes coiled around a staff. Believe it or not, there's a lot more to mine in this parasha, so stay tuned. About Nechama Tamler View all posts by Nechama Tamler →


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We've already sung the praises of Boris Diaw and his intoxicating fat-guy game, but after the performance he put on during last night's beat down of the Heat, it's worth heaping a little more praise on the thick Frenchman.
Just look at this damn pass. Behind-the-back passes don't get better than this. There was no hesitation here, no loading up or pausing for a beat before finally deciding to let the ball go. This was more reflexive twitch than basketball play, the result of two teammates sharing a consciousness. Watch it again, and notice how Diaw's eyes never for a moment wander toward Tiago Splitter.
Diaw's night was about more than just that pass, though. His 8-9-9 line was a perfect encapsulation of his skill set, and he was involved in some of the Spurs' prettiest possessions of the night.
The Spurs' offense is a beautiful machine. Last night, it hummed loudest while Boris Diaw was on the floor.


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ThinkGeek's adorable iCade is genius. It turns your iPad into a little arcade! Asteroids forever! If it has a drawback, it's that, well, it kind of destroys the iPad's portability. Meet the Bluetooth Duo Gamer controller, which sheds the cabinet for a dock that'll fit in your backpack.
The Duo Gamer looks familiar, like a 6-button controller you use with some consoles. What sets it apart from other mobile controllers, the iCade (Atari's joystick arcade) is its flexibility. The Duo Gamer can be used as a handheld controller, yes, but thanks to its cartoonishly large proportions you can set it down on a surface and use it arcade style. In addition to working with the iPad, it will also work with your iPhone or iPod Touch. (It plugs into the 30-pin dock, so you'll need Apple's adapter to use it with your iPhone 5.)
The Duo Gamer is available now for $80. It's immediately compatible with 10 games, including Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD, Brothers In Arms 2: Global Front Free, Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, NOVA 3, and Order & Chaos. [Gameloft]


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A 41-year-old man was arrested last Friday in Florida for rear-ending another vehicle. He had a blood-alcohol content over five times the legal limit. While a shame, both are exceedingly normal occurrences. What is not exceedingly normal was that, according to police, he also had a "sexual anus plug in his rectum."
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Two of Hugh Hefner's latest girlfriends are moving out of the Playboy Mansion.
20-year-old twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon are heading to the nearby Playmate House, according to E! Online's Marc Malkin.
His third girlfriend, 23-year-old Crystal Harris, will be sticking around – and Hugh, 83 told Marc that their relationship was getting "more serious."
"They will now be friends, but they won't be defined as the girlfriends," Hugh said of the Shannon sisters, whom he added will be touring the country doing promotional work for Playboy.
"They've been hanging out with a lot of the other Playmates and they see these girls traveling across the country to do promotion," Hugh said. "They would like to be doing that, too."
As for E!'s "The Girls Next Door," the magazine mogul said that should the show be renewed for another season, it will follow this latest move in his love life.
"[We'll see] how my relationships are changing romantically and how that relates to Crystal," he said. "I haven't had a lot of luck with marriage… I don't have a good track record and I don't want to screw this one up."
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Three Jays Fined
On Thursday, MLB handed out its punishment to the Jays and Yanks for the bench-clearing incidents that happened in Toronto two nights ago. Matt Stairs, Josh Towers and third-base coach Brian Butterfield each were hit with fines by MLB vice president of on-field operations Bob Watson.
Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, who intentionally hit Toronto's Alex Rios with a 1-0 pitch during the seventh inning on Tuesday night, was suspended for five games and handed a fine. New York manager Joe Torre was suspended one game and fined as well. Also, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and coaches Larry Bowa and Tony Pena were fined.
The minor donnybrook began when Towers plunked A-Rod with a pitch in the third inning. The benches and bullpens cleared twice in the inning — once after the first hit-by-pitch, and again when Towers got into it again with A-Rod and Pena. During the on-field incident, Stairs had to be restrained by some Yankees near first base. I'm not clear on what Bowa or Butterfield did, but apparently it was enough to warrant fines.
Then again, maybe it wasn't. What are your thoughts on the fines and suspensions? Obviously, Clemens hitting Rios came after both clubs were issued warnings, so he was going to get hit with the hardest penalty. It wasn't as clear if Towers' pitch that hit A-Rod was intentional or not.
FYI: I'm not making the trip to Kansas City this weekend. So, no pregame blogs, but I'll update here and there throughout the series, I'm sure. I'll be back to the regular blogging routine during the next homestand in Toronto. — JB
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The blue jays are such a bunch of babies.All this over "The Hey game. Come on! All they did was embarass them selves.
Last night Minn announcers said it was about time bluejays stood up for themselves . That A-Rod belittled the Jays when he made the phoney mine call basically saying "who are you ". I agree they needed to stand together but now they will pay the price. A-Rod's interview after Towers hit him said it all , he ( A-Rod ) will do anything to win the game. I am sure we will see more antics . How long before we see another inury like the one Mientkiewicz suffered. Baseball is not a true contact sport, this is not football
Actually, the plays that could have led to injuries were the hard slides into 2nd base by the Yanks. I don't think either pitch from Towers or Clemens were meant to injure-just make a statement. Hard slides are part of baseball, but these were a bit more than that.
In last nights game, I felt the Yanks were nervous about payback. It appeared to me that both Deiter and Cano got out of the way quicker than normal. I would expect payback for these slides sooner of later. I don't think I'd like to be A-Rod if Matt Stairs or Greg Zaun slide into 3rd base.
I think the thing that's the most disturbing about the whole affair was A-Rod's perfomance that started the whole thing. We were in the 9th, the Yanks were leading by 2 or 3-there was no need.
This is a guy that is the best player in baseball and one of the best all-time. You'd never see a similar unsportsman like action from Wayne Gretsky, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordon or any other sports superstar.
Of course, you'd never catch them taking a lady of the evening to their hotel room either.
A-Rod's got more than one coming to him and the Jays aren't the only team gunning for him. Sooner or later he'll get his. I hope Canseco's new book buries him as deeply as Canseco states it will. Go Jose!!!
You are right gs , I meant to include the slides into second base as reference for the comment about Mientkiewicz. A-Rod is the most talented person in baseball but he abuses not only other teams with his antics but his own team with his demeaning behaviour. I can't give a person like that any respect , he hasn't earn it and he certainly doesn't give it.
Jordan , I don't quite understand the Butterfield-Bowa fines either but maybe they were at each other over the aggressive slides…just a thought
finally back home,
seems like i missed alot i read a bit about the jays and yanks clearing the benches but i had no clue why although i did suspect that a-rod had something to do with it.
nice to see more people posting on here.
Did the jays make any trades/sign someone.
Also the 15 run game should help the jays and jumpstart their offence again. I don't know wat's wrong with halladay but he just isn't the same this year.
Larry Bowa was fined I believe because he came charging out onto the field after A-Rod was hit and he looked ready to throw punches. I assume Butterfield was fined for his comments after the game about the Yankees.
Robinson Diaz's torrid hot start at Syracuse is continuing. He's now played in 13 games since being called up from New Hampshire as a replacement for Thigpen.
In 47 at bats his average is .362 with 9 RBI's and he's only struck out 3 times. Nice contact hitter.
Thank you ukgocats.I am surprised that Butterfield could get fined for his opinion but hey this is baseball.
I highly doubt any major league player would be concerned about having matt stairs slide into them. Matt Stairs?????? How many teams has he played for?? Cant seem to stick anywhere for more than a year, sign of a good player I would guess.
Prima donna's like A-Rod would be extremely concerned about Stairs. He is one tough hard nosed player. How many teams he's played for is irrevelant.
rdcolson-one last point
Just to set the record striaight, Matt Stairs hits for a better average and has hit more Hr's this year than either Giambi, Abreau or Damon.
You guys pay the 3 of these clowns over $52 million this year or an average of $17 miilion plus each.
We pay Stairs $850,000.00 this year.
Not going to K.C. in August, why is that? That is one of the worst places to be in August, it almost makes Florida feel cool. lol…..You escaped K.C. in August, lucky guy.
Good too see the Jays go after A-Rod and stick up for themselves. Never back down from anyone, you show me a team that backs down and I will show you a team that is going nowhere.
What did Butterfield say after the game? I didn't here, Butterfield's father was a executive in the Yankee organazation back in the early 80's. Let me know what Butterfield said if anyone can. Royals have been playing better and K.C. is brutal in August.


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This lesson plan is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file, "Eisenhower National Historic Site" (with photographs).It was written by Carol A. Hegeman, Supervisory Historian, Eisenhower National Historic Site and edited by Fay Metcalf, education consultant. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
Where it fits into the curriculum
Topics: The lesson could be used in American history units on the Cold War, or in government and world affairs courses for units on negotiation and conflict resolution. Students will sharpen their skills in using primary documents and in interpreting maps and visual data.
Time period: 1950s
Relevant United States History Standards for Grades 5-12
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Objectives for students
1) To define and describe the Cold War.
2) To explain Eisenhower's personal style of diplomacy and how he used it effectively during the Cold War.
3) To describe the role Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm played in easing Cold War tensions.
4) To analyze and evaluate public papers and transcripts of presidential news conferences.
5) To investigate the impact of the Cold War period on their own community.
Materials for studentsThe materials listed below either can be used directly on the computer or can be printed out, photocopied, and distributed to students. The map and photos appear twice: in a low-resolution version with associated questions and alone in a larger, high-resolution version.
1) a map of Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm and surrounding region;
2) readings from transcripts of press conferences and briefing papers,
3) oral history accounts of Khrushchev's visit to Gettysburg;
4) a photo of Eisenhower and Khrushchev;
5) photos and a site plan of Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm.
Visiting the site
Eisenhower National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The site is open daily. It is closed January 1, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25. For additional information, write to the Superintendent, Eisenhower National Historic Site, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Suite 100, Gettysburg, PA 17325 or visit the park web pages.


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|Shawn Morris
LAGRANGE, Ga.—Behind the record-setting running of junior tailback Shawn Morris, the Birmingham-Southern Panthers opened the 2011 football season with a 28-7 road victory over LaGrange College Sept. 3.
Morris of Pensacola rushed for a school-record 193 yards on 15 carries and scored two touchdowns to pace the BSC Panthers.
Birmingham-Southern opens the season 1-0. The LaGrange Panthers fall to 0-1.
After a scoreless first quarter, Birmingham-Southern got on the scoreboard first on the initial play of the second quarter. Junior defensive backAndrew Shannon of Trussville picked off a pass from LaGrange junior quarterback Michael May and returned it 10 yards to the end zone. Following and point-after kick by freshman Dylan Skipper of Cullman, the Panthers led 7-0.
Shannon, who tied for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference lead last season in interceptions with five, returning two for scores, picked off his second pass of the day in the fourth quarter.
After BSC opened the scoring, LaGrange quickly knotted the score. On its next possession, the LaGrange Panthers drove 68 yards in five plays, with the score coming on a 52 yard May to Aaron Duncan pass. Drake Nahrwold's extra point tied the score at 7.
The BSC Panthers would regain the lead just before the half. After the Birmingham-Southern defense stopped LaGrange inside its own five yard line and an ensuing short punt, Morris raced 41 yards on the very next play for the score. Skipper's second extra point of the day made it 14-7.
Birmingham-Southern extended its lead midway through the third quarter on a school-record 88-yard scamper by Morris. Skipper's PAT made the score 21-7. It was the longest run from scrimmage since BSC reinstated football in 2007.
The BSC Panther defense would find the end zone for a second time on the afternoon midway through the final quarter when junior defensive back Cole Rudder of Marietta, Ga., returned a pass by LaGrange quarterback Ed Russ 22 yards for the score. Skipper's kick pushed the Panthers out to the final 28 -7 margin.
Birmingham-Southern finished the afternoon with 16 first downs and 407 yards total offense, including 325 yards on the ground. In addition to Morris' record day, junior quarterbackJimmy Stainback completed 11 of 28 passes for 82 yards and one interception.
The BSC defense held LaGrange to 10 first downs and 164 yards total offense, including just 43 on the ground. On the afternoon, Birmingham-Southern picked off five LaGrange passes. Sophomore linebacker Cameron Budzius of Calhoun, Ga., and senior defensive backMicah Baker of Springville also had picks for the Panthers, who led the SCAC last season with 24 total. Senior defensive end Bryan Jackson of Houston, Texas, recorded eight tackles, including two sacks, to lead the Panthers in that category.
With the win, BSC evened the all-time series with LaGrange at 2-2.
BSC will open the home portion of its 2011 schedule next Saturday, Sept. 10, when it hosts Huntingdon College of Montgomery in the annual Wesley Cup game at 1 p.m. in Panther Stadium.


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Cops Called to Selena Gomez's House — Againby Maggie Malach | PopCrush
Oh, no! Did Selena Gomez have yet another security breach?
As you may recall, the singer had just moved into her new Calabasas, Calif. crib when an intruder was arrested on the grounds. A few days later, the same man was arrested again only hours after being released from custody. Yikes!
TMZ reports that recently Selena had another cause for concern. On Sunday (June 28), the singer allegedly arrived home just before midnight and found her back door wide open. Selena reportedly called the police, but they didn't find a trespasser or any signs of forced entry.
Whether or not Selena left the door open by accident, we totally understand why she'd be shaken up! That's some scary business.
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Films Do Change The World/
Here's hope for a better world in 2013. It will arrive in many ways and one of them is from film. We all love success stories, and this is one of a sideways kind. Many of you probably remember the heartbreaking film I posted here "In Jennifer's Room". Although it reported a most heartbreaking tale, the world is now better for it. Okay, not just because of the film, but because of a concentrated effort of which the film was just part, but still, people are talking... I recently received this note from Robert Rosenthal of Center For Investigative Reporting:
As a result of CIR's reporting, especially the explosive story wereported last month (http://californiawatch.org/node/18695), we havejust learned that the Sonoma Developmental Center where that horrificcase occurred, has just lost its primary license to operate.We have also just reported that the OPS, the department's internalpolice force that routinely failed to protect patients from abuse, hasbeen placed under command of the California Highway Patrol.California Watch reported these developments today:http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/state-threatens-shut-down-disability-center-amid-patient-abuse-18747.Both of these stunning outcomes are testament to CIR's power to tellthis story in innovative ways and get it the attention it deserves -in print publications across the state, a riveting online video thathas spanned the internet, on KQED radio, through tweets, datagraphics, and directly to state officials who made yesterday'sdecision.With the impact and results it had (incouding Jerry Brown signing twopieces of related legislation) this is a key example of the kind of"journalism of action" we are practicing and honing. This is a worldwhere there is a connection between the articulating of a problemthrough deep investigative reporting and the resolution of thatproblem.CIR was keeping the pressure on, planning a town hall meeting inSonoma next month to ensure that issues at the Sonoma DevelopmentalCenter remained in the public eye. Yesterday's announcement does notchange our concern for the welfare of patients in Sonoma or atCalifornia's other four developmental care facilities who have facedsimilar abuses and lack of oversight. We are re-evaluating the beston-the-ground strategy in Sonoma and in other communities to engageofficials and affected families.I will continue to keep you updated on the progress of this story. Wehope you are as proud as we are and that, together, we did change theworld for the better for these most vulnerable among us.
Great kudos go to reporter Ryan Gabrielson and all our dedicated staff at CIR.
If that wasn't enough for you, check out this editorial in the Sacremento Bee. Step by step, by working together, we build it better. Nice work CIR! Thank you!!


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Baltimore's new speed camera company says it took in $18 million in revenue last year — a nearly 10 percent increase from 2011 — but still lost money, thanks in part to a rocky start in the city.
In a statement to investors, Brekford Corp. of Anne Arundel County said the company lost $1.2 million in 2012, in part because it had to buy and install new cameras for Baltimore to replace the old ones. In addition, the firm said, more motorists than expected in other jurisdictions where it runs cameras failed to pay their tickets.
Company officials did not respond to requests for comment. In a statement, C.B. Brechin, Brekford's CEO, said that despite the costs, the Baltimore contract was a boon for the company.
"We consider 2012 a watershed year for Brekford, primarily due to our selection as the official vendor ... for the City of Baltimore," Brechin said. He noted that Baltimore's two systems represent the largest combined speed and red-light camera program in the country.
The company took over operation of the city's 78 speed and 81 red-light cameras Jan. 1. The cameras had to be replaced, however, because the previous vendor, Xerox State & Local Solutions, took necessary software, Brekford officials have said.
City officials say that some cameras are now working, though public data do not show any speed camera citations issued this year.
Brekford is now replacing all of the cameras. City officials have said that for the speed cameras alone, the cost will be more than $4 million, with the city paying about half and Brekford half.
Brechin predicted that the Baltimore cameras would start producing revenue for the firm after April.
A relatively small firm in competition with bigger companies for municipal contracts, Brekford took in $18.3 million in revenue in 2012, which was 9.5 percent greater than 2011, when the company took in $16.7 million, officials said.
"The Baltimore program will more than triple Brekford's market presence in 2013 with respect to managed traffic enforcement cameras," Brechin said.
City government took in $19.2 million from the speed cameras last fiscal year, and has brought in more than $48 million since 2009 when the cameras were first installed. Each month the speed cameras are offline, the city could be losing around $1 million in revenue.
Brekford also runs speed camera programs in smaller jurisdictions, such as Laurel, Salisbury and Hagerstown.
After an investigation into the city's old camera system last year, The Baltimore Sun documented scores of erroneous tickets, including one violation issued to a minivan that was sitting motionless at a red light.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appointed a task force to review the camera system and issue recommendations. The group last met in January.


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What are you doing this week? We offer up our favorite picks for the days ahead:
- Fans will have the chance to say goodbye to Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown, with a viewing at the Howard Theatre (620 T St. NW). The casket arrived at the Howard Theatre early Tuesday, and was placed right below the stage. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; free.
- Artomatic continues its month of art events "by artists, for everyone." Located in a former office building (1851 S. Bell St., Arlington) slated for demotion, Artomatic offers 10 floors of art by more than 1,000 artists, plus performances, live music, film, fashion, workshops and seminars. Through June 24; free.
- The RAMMYs -- DC's Oscars of dining -- are coming! Now through June 18, visit any of the nominees for Beverage/Mixology Program of the Year, and order their signature RAMMY cocktail for a chance to win two tickets to the annual gala on June 24. Nominees are Bourbon Steak, ChurchKey, EatGoodFood Group, Estadio and Room 11. More info here.
- Capital Pride kicks off its 11 days of fun -- including movies, parties, awareness-raising events, a gala, and of course the parade -- running now through June 10. The first night's offerings include the Heroes Gala & Silent Auction, the DC Latino Pride fair, and Capturing Fire: Queer Spoken Word Summit and Slam. See complete schedule here.
- Catch "Dr. Strangelove" at this week's NoMa Summer Screen (L Street N.E. between 2nd and 3rd NE), where 2012's theme is a tongue-in-cheek "The End of the World?" You may also find free food, special events and food trucks. 7 p.m. food and music; 9 p.m. film.
- The Styleliner mobile boutique heads to Bar Dupont (1500 New Hampshire Ave. NW) for an ice cream social and pop-up shopping. Even better, 10 percent of sales benefit Women Thrive Worldwide. 5-8 p.m.; $9.
- Get cleaned up for an All White Party at the Dirty Martini (1223 Connecticut Ave NW). This isn't your ordinary party. The White Party includes a fashion show, trunk sale and a best dressed contest. VIP admission 6 p.m.; general admission 7 p.m.; $15- $110.
- DC Brau and Crunkcakes celebrate a dual release party at Little Miss Whiskey's Golden Dollar (1104 H St NE). Sample the new crunkcakes, the Brau Rickey (DC Brau Citizen lime cake infused with bourbon, and topped with bourbon lime buttercream) and the Fat Cat (DC Brau Penn Quarter Porter chocolate cake infused with bourbon, filled with salted bourbon caramel sauce). You can also enjoy crunkcake minis with a free Leopold Bros. Whiskey tasting. The first 24 guests can nom a free crunkcake. 7 p.m.; no cover.
- Paint in the park with an outdoor ArtJamz session set to coincide with the Golden Triangle Concert Series. Local rock band No Second Troy will perform this week in Farragut Square Park (17th Street NW). Your ArtJamz ticket includes the use of paint and brushes, plus a canvas you get to keep. 5:30 p.m.; $30 for ArtJamz; concert free.
- Five hundred trombones at Nats Park? We're not making this up! Inspired by the song "76 Trombones" from their upcoming production of "The Music Man," Arena Stage brings together many, many 500 trombone players. Participants can stay after the game for free; their friends and families can attend the Nats battle the Atlanta Braves for just $10. 5 p.m. musicians' registration; 6 p.m. performance; 7:05 p.m. game; $18 and up.
- Capital Pride continues with the annual men's kickoff party at Ziegfeld's/Secrets (1824 Half St. SW) and the annual women's bash at Phase One Dupont (525 8th St. SE). Or celebrate the launch of the Official 2012 Capital Pride Guide with the Washington Blade at Town Danceboutique (2009 8th St. NW). Dance with this year's cover boys and catch a drag show at 10:30 p.m. Enjoy $3 drinks between 10 and 11 pm. Men's party 9 p.m.-3 a.m.; women's party 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Washington Blade party $5-$10 cover.
- The 20th annual Capital Jazz Fest features India.Arie, Anita Baker and George Benson as just a few of the jazz and soul legends set to perform at Merriweather Post Pavilion (10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, Md.) -- not to mention Bill Cosby. 6:30 p.m.; $52.50-$165; through Sunday.
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- Stretch out on the lawn at Crystal City Water Park (1750 Crystal Drive, Arlington), where Vintage Crystal will keep the wine flowing every Friday in June. Sip slow while you enjoy calming music by local DJ Adrian Loving. 7 p.m.; $5.
- Catch "National Treasure" for free during Movies on the Potomac at National Harbor (Md.), next to the marina. Note: no coolers with food or alcoholic beverages permitted. Sunset; free..
- DC Swimming Pools Now Open
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55 Years Ago
The Santa Ana Creepers at the 1957 NHRA Nationals • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
We don't know the history or the whereabouts of the Creepers Car Club of Santa Ana, California, but when we found these photos from the 1957 nhra Nationals we came unglued. The super-sleek and downright badass little digger you see here is lettered proclaiming it as "The Creeper". Upon closer inspection, the club plaque reads "Creepers Santa Ana".
After pondering for a few minutes it dawned on us that this crew from California had done what many others had to attend the Nationals that year—they drove across the country dragging a wild machine behind them. Their hope was to break a speed record or win a trophy with The Creeper.
These guys must have looked like a bunch of misfits as they made their trek. Camaraderie, skill, coolness, and the need for speed bonded this group together. This is definitely what a hot rod/custom car club should be about. If the characters involved didn't wake up every middle American town they breezed through, then their little Austin sedan and its crazy paintjob definitely did! Man, we sure would like to hear the stories of this adventurous group and their Mailliard Automotive–sponsored asphalt rocket! These speed freaks accomplished what they set out to do at the 1957s Nats; they took first in the "B" Competition Class!


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After getting swept by the Angels this weekend, the Yankees limp into T.O. six games under .500, sitting in fourth place, a half-game back of the Jays and 12.5 back of the Red Sox.
It looks really good on them.
Seeing the names of the pitchers who'll toe the rubber for the Yanks in this series - Matt DeSalvo (1-1, 5.29) and Tyler Clippard (1-1, 3.60) , sandwiched around the aging Andy Pettitte (3-3, 2.66) - it gives a modicum of hope to us here.
That is, until we remember that Mickey Brantley is still the Jays' hitting coach.
Monday, May 28, 2007
A visit from the Evil Empire ain't what it used to be
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- rozeguy said...
After seeing that bush league trick that a-rod pulled tonight to distract the Jay's third baseman, Yanks should be totally embarrassed by this guy. What a clown. Standing up out of a slide to throw an elbow at second base against Boston and of course the famouse "slappy" incident during the AL championship series in 2004. This guy is an embarrassment to the Yankees.
- May 31, 2007 at 12:12 AM
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Brogan Berry finished the season second on the season assist list with 169 (photo courtesy of Gil Talbot).
SRYACUSE, N.Y. – The Harvard
women's basketball team suffered an 87-68 loss Thursday night
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Tournament at the Manley Field House.
Sophomore Brogan Berry led four Crimson players in double figures as she scored 15 points on the night on 6-for-10 shooting, including 3-for-6 from beyond the arc. Freshman Victoria Lippert added 13 points and junior co-captain Christine Matera tallied 12 points. Junior Emma Markley scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds.
The home team jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead to start the game, but Lippert got the Crimson on the board with a three from the right side. Syracuse's Tasha Harris responded for the Orange with a trey of her own to regain a five point lead. Lippert hit another three and Markley added two more to cut the Syracuse lead to just two at the 16:26 mark of the first half.
Syracuse scored 11 unanswered points from the field over the next four minutes to increase their lead to 13 (23-10) before junior Jackie Alemany grabbed a rebound and laid it in for two points to halt the Orange run.
Matera scored her first points of the game on a three at the 6:39 mark to get the Crimson within 15. Syracuse responded and continually increased their lead as the half progressed.
Harvard trailed 55- 30 going into the locker room at the half.
Out of the break the teams traded points until a jumper from Markley sparked a 15-2 run in the middle of the second to cut into the Syracuse lead. In the final 12:19 of the game, Harvard outscored Syracuse 30-16.
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Beyonce's Dress Size May Shock You [PHOTOS]by Amy Sciarretto | PopCrush
Beyonce's white lace dress, which hugged her curves and showed off hints of skin, was the talk of the 2014 Grammys.
The gown, designed by 'Project Runway' alumnus Michael Costello, was a mannequin sample and either a size 2 or a size 4, proving how tiny Bey really is. Even more, it was found by her stylist on Instagram of all places.
It was a high pressure sitch for the designer, who told E!, "We didn't have any of her sizes or measurements. The dress was just made to fit a sample mannequin. It's smaller than a size 4. She is tiny! That dress is at least a 2/4. She looks amazing. I just love the way it all came together. Ty [Bey's stylist] knew it was going to fit."
Bey is on the taller side at 5'7″ and she is known for those knock 'em dead curves. We would never have expected Bey to be such a tiny size. Not like it matters, though, since she is gorgeous regardless. But she is a patron saint for gals with curves and hourglass figures.
Costello was stressed because dressing Beyonce is a MONSTROUS deal for a young designer. She can have her pick of any designer there is, from Chanel to Tom Ford to Balenciaga to Elie Saab on down. But he answered the challenge because it's Bey! You don't handle the Queen with anything but ultimate care.
"At first I was a little concerned with the pieces I gave," he confessed. "Maybe it needs to be smaller or bigger? When you send something to Beyoncé, you're just a little concerned, but Ty knew. Ty knew the fit."
In order to have it ready for Bey and the Grammys, Costello and his team had to put in an extra day of work to finish the neck, back, hem and to do other assorted sewing. The dress was inspired by New York City, specifically a Winter Wonderland, like snow falling onto the fabric.
Just in case, Costello left nothing to chance and created extra items for Bey. "I made four other pieces that night for Beyonce, so that Ty had good options," he said.
Bey's stylist Ty found the dress via the wonders of social media! Costello had followed Ty on Instagram and fate dictated the rest. "Michael ended up being an Instagram follower of mine, I followed him back, and his designs were beautiful," Ty admitted.
Here is the dress from the (bare) back! Ooh — sexy.
And from the side. Bootay alert. Good Lord, her body is cut from stone.
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South Bucks CTC Midweek Section
Despite being the midweek group of a relatively small semi-rural district the Midweek section is one of the most dynamic member groups in CTC.
About 260 planned rides, a weekly informal ride plus five weeklong holidays is an astonishing programme for a group that began as a fortnightly Wednesday group of friends.
And with their level of activity have come commensurate increases in turnout, especially in the last year. Turnouts regularly exceed 50 riders spread over five widely differing groups and special events will get as many as 70. The logistics of planning refreshments and facilities for these large numbers are the success of the group, everyone is catered for.
Many midweekers are retired but the group attracts the unemployed, shift workers, fitness buffs, students. It has a particularly strong female attendance, often outnumbering the men. It is very much valued as a social network for those who might otherwise become isolated because of their unsocial work hours or rural environment. It is also very popular with guest riders from other areas who travel for the company and the outstanding Chilterns scenery.


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More than two years after he resigned in disgrace as governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer is back in the news.
One day last week, he was musing about running for office again. The next, his name was floated as a possible CNN regular contributor. There he was yet again, the subject of a poll in which voters told him to forget about reviving his political career – at least this year.
As Spitzer continued his quasi-comeback, a parallel, if fictitious, scenario played out on "The Good Wife," the CBS standout series that will end its first season Tuesday night as TV's best new drama.
All indications are the show, inspired by the Spitzer mess and other gubernatorial shenanigans, will conclude the season with the title character mired in the deep end of the pool of moral ambiguity that's slowly pulled her in during the first 22 episodes.
A quick recap: Alicia Florrick (Juliana Margulies) is married to the former state's attorney for Chicago, who was taken down by a sex scandal that's clearly his fault, and corruption charges that might not be.
Alicia, the mother of two teenagers, goes back to work at a financially and ethically challenged law firm where her boss is an old law school pal who always wanted to be more than just friends.
As her husband Peter (Chris Noth) has wended his way from prison to house arrest to freedom, we've seen Alicia confront constant dilemmas, making increasingly difficult choices – all of which she's rationalized as necessary to meet her primary goal: keeping the family together.
Alicia has gone from avoiding cases involving her husband to making a deal with the devil who is Peter's political consultant (Alan Cumming) to save her job. The price: she tacitly agrees to back the comeback campaign Peter is about to launch. She does so at the expense of a now-former colleague who stands to become a formidable foe.
If this sounds like soap opera terrain, the folks behind and in front of the camera have deftly avoided melodrama in favor of intelligent adult drama that's often at least a step ahead of the viewer. Helping the matter is that the storyline usually is the backdrop to strong "Law & Order"-type plots that would be enough drama for most programs.
"The Good Wife" manages to weave disparate elements into each episode. Unlike the "Law & Order," the individual stories aren't ripped from the headlines, but the premise of the show is.
Which offers another level of interest as the real-life stories head in directions that the creators of the "The Good Wife," a show partially built on unpredictability, probably couldn't have imagined.
Spitzer isn't the only scandal-tarred member of the gubernatorial hall of-shame back in the public eye this month. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted reuniting with the Argentinean woman who stole his heart – and his senses. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, seeking a delay in his corruption trial, got the ear last week of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
As for the wives, Jenny Sanford divorced her husband and wrote a memoir. Patti Blagojevich, who shares a foul mouth her husband, infamously ate a tarantula in the Costa Rican jungle while taking his place on "I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!"
In the middle, we have Silda Spitzer, who literally stood by her husband's side amid his downfall and has remained with him. Even as Eliot Spitzer revives his life in the limelight, his wife hasn't publicly shared her anguish, though her private hell has been chronicled in two books about the scandal.
Alicia Florrick does a good job at not betraying what she's feeling, because she knows doing so might hurt her kids – and maybe because she's still figuring things out. But life-changing choices likely will be made on Tuesday's season finale.
The title of the episode is "Running," which pretty much captures the ambiguity that is the show's essence. Will Alicia stand by Peter's side as he announces his run for office or will she run from him into the arms of her boss? Will she stand by her man or stand up for herself?
Perhaps those are the wrong questions – on "The Good Wife," matters of good or bad, right or wrong, stay or go, are never quite that clear cut.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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June 29, 2011
Nissan Recovery Stories
At 2:46 in the afternoon on March 11, an unprecedented disaster struck Japan, claiming over 24,000 lives and threatening the safety and livelihoods of millions in the country.
For Nissan, some five staff and 17 family members perished in the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami, with more than 50 dealerships and parts suppliers damaged, as production across Japan shut down completely.
At the Yokohama headquarters, which felt the quake although 250 kms away, an Earthquake Crisis Committee of executives met within minutes, but the magnitude of destruction and potential impact on Japan and Nissan had no blueprint.
The response would test the resilience and imagination of company staff, with heroes emerging to help lead Nissan, its many customers and stakeholders to safer ground.
For Miyagi branch manager Hiroyuki Sato, who lost two staff and was himself listed among missing after the tsunami struck, a slow evacuation from the disaster zone gave insight into how great its impact.
"I had seen the tsunami with my own eyes from the coastal town of Onagawa, and roads were now covered with debris and impassable. On the fourth or fifth day... I could finally contact the office by cell phone, and when my boss answered, he exclaimed: "You're alive." I apologized for worrying others, and then I contacted the dealer president and other executives to tell them that I had survived. I learned about the status of our customers, the dealership and the showroom."
Amid the growing tragedy, commitment to those losing cars and family mobility remained top priority, while the company offered Nissan LEAFs and other vehicles to relief efforts.
Masaki Kobayashi, president of Nissan Prince Miyagi, said resources were deployed to deal with the crisis and help those most in need.
"Miyagi Prefecture is very big and the area near the ocean felt the brunt of the tsunami, while other areas basically just endured the earthquake. We have 26 car outlets, and there was tremendous damage at five new and two used car outlets. We tried to get vehicles from centers like this to the coastal and damaged areas, while also looking to come up with a recovery plan, but at the same time, gasoline supplies became thin. Our customers and our own staff couldn't drive around, and this went on for two weeks. It became very important to direct all company resources in the same direction."
Slowly, vehicles made it to the disaster zone, while at the Iwaki factory in Fukushima, General Manager Nobuhiro Ozawa and team faced their own extensive structural damage.
Ozawa's plant produces over 370,000 Nissan and Infiniti engines yearly, and Iwaki's "Gambappe" recovery -- even after a second quake struck in early April -- became a symbol of Japan's resilience amid the tragedy.
"Everyone was safe -- we were lucky. Our factory infrastructure, though, except for electricity, was completely down with damage very serious. Skylights, cables and apparatus hung from the rafters, and we really couldn't enter the factory immediately. We thought it would take a very long time to recover."
That moment came mid-May, marked by a return Iwaki visit by CEO Carlos Ghosn.
However, Nissan's parts and car pipeline had faced an equal test after the earthquake.
A huge vessel with 600 Nissan LEAFs left Yokohama just before disaster struck, but Japanese ports and highways were then closed, with cars and auto parts for export or transfer destined to sit without resourceful action.
At the logistics centers of Honmoku, Kyushu, Aichi and Fuji, which see 400 container shipments daily, the lockdown of the supply pipeline became General Manager Kiyoshi Onoe's problem to solve.
After immediately ensuring his team and facilities were safe, a comeback strategy was mapped out.
"After the earthquake, we really focused on reviving operations, knowing we couldn't do it by ourself. It required huge support from many, but two key factors emerged: Colleagues from 10 overseas factories came to Honmoku -- not to obtain their own car parts, but instead to sort out worldwide factory allocation and to share existing supply, thus prioritizing market needs. These factories had stopped overtime and weekend work, so that helped in our resume shipments without confusion. The other key was staff at Honmoku, Kyushu, Aichi and Fuji never gave up in trying to ship parts and reopen the pipeline. That was the biggest factor in recovery."
Today, Honmoku and other Nissan wharfs, factories and dealerships are now back on-line through the overwhelming team response to the crisis. Still, the impact of that day in March will be felt for years, although Nissan can look back on its staff's heroic response to the greatest natural disaster in Japanese history and know its people stood tall.


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Homeless Lose a Longtime Last Resort: Living in a Car
Cities in Silicon Valley, Elsewhere Crack Down on Vehicle Dwellers Driven Out of Apartments by Rents
PALO ALTO, Calif.—In the three decades he worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley, Fred Smith never imagined he would spend his golden years homeless.
But three years ago, Mr. Smith could no longer afford an apartment here, so he moved into an aging Winnebago camper. The 70-year-old showers at a gym where he has had a longtime membership. For most meals, he eats $1.20 orders of eggs or fish patties at McDonald's.


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'tis the season for savings and here are some of the best deals of the year from one of our favorite manufacturers. 26 newly discontinued Spydercos are on sale at close out prices while their supplies last. It's your time to save some cash on a wide variety of excellent designs that we will be sad to see go. Check them out at www.knifecenter.com.
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We built our reputation on delivering a superior finished product. Our artisans are talented, artistic, and personable - and are diligent about minimizing the disruption associated with a remodel project. Whether you are restoring an old house, remodeling a kitchen or building an addition, we will work with you to achieve the results you want.
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The first commercially available vinyl playing jukebox in 20 years has been unveiled by Sound Leisure, a musical manufacturing company, who drafted in a production team of pensioners to help work the aged mechanisms.
The company, based in Leeds, West Yorks., will go into production of the 'Rocket Jukebox' this summer after its prototype was unveiled at the Classic Car Show to the admiration of vinyl lovers old and new. But unless you're already an established rockstar, or just live for the music, each jukebox will set you back a cool £8,000. Managing Director of family-run business Sound Leisure, Chris Black, 46, said: "We are officially now the only jukebox manufacturer in the world to now be producing a vinyl jukebox - and its fantastic.


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Flames recall goaltender Danny Taylor from Abbotsfordby Staff Writer / Calgary Flames
CALGARY, AB – The Calgary Flames announced today they have recalled goaltender Danny Taylor from the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League. Miikka Kiprusoff will not travel to Dallas due to his wife's pregnancy and the imminent birth of their second child. Additionally, Leland Irving had minor elective surgery on March 12th. The surgery went very well and he is expected to return to play within 2 weeks.
Taylor has appeared in two games with the Flames this season recording a 1-1-0 record including his first career NHL win on March 3rd versus the Vancouver Canucks. Born in Plymouth, England but raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Taylor has backstopped the Flames affiliate in Abbotsford for the past two seasons. This season he is currently first in the AHL with a 1.96 GAA and fifth in save percentage .924%. Taylor was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 7th round (221st overall) of the 2004 NHL Draft.
BORN: Plymouth, England DATE: April 28, 1986
HEIGHT: 6'1" WEIGHT: 176 lbs.
CATCHES: Left
DRAFTED: LAK - 7th round, 221st overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent on February 6, 2013.


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The American Anthropological Association seeks photos of anthropologists in "the field" for use in the new website, This is Anthropology. We hope to collect a wide variety of images of anthropologists in action who represent the breadth of our field and the diversity of our discipline.
Submission Details
- We seek photos that primarily feature an anthropologist, although other additional individuals present in the photo are allowable if the submitter has permission to use the image in this way.
- Photos should be in .JPG or .TIFF format. We recommend submitting high-resolution images, up to 5MB.
- Photos can be submitted online at: http://www.aaanet.org/customcf/anthro_pics/index.cfm.
- The deadline for consideration is 5pm on Friday, July 27, 2012.
About the New Site
This is Anthropology, designed primarily for a lay audience of students and parents, features information about anthropology, about anthropological careers, the skills we use and how to become an anthropologist. It also features the ability for anthropologists themselves to make profiles and use an interactive map to list projects, affiliations and the schools they attended.
Please contact Jason Miller at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The man behind Apple's successful stores now has even more power at J.C. Penny.
Ron Johnson, the former senior vice president of retail operations at Apple and the current CEO of J.C. Penny, will now also oversee the company's marketing and merchandising.
Former Target executive Michael Francis had been in charge of the marketing but he abruptly left the company on Tuesday.
J.C. Penny did not explain the reason for Francis' departure after only eight months on the job.
Johnson took over as the head man of the struggling department store last November after more than 10 years and making millions of dollars at Apple.


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HATFIELD, England, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- European astronomers say they've discovered a planet orbiting a nearby sun at just the right distance for an Earth-like climate that could support life.
The star, 44 light years away has three planets, they said, and one of them is in the so-called Goldilocks Zone, the limited band of distance from a sun where temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist.
The team of German and British astronomers said the planet is likely receiving about the same amount of solar energy as Earth gets from our sun.
"The star HD 40307 is a perfectly quiet old dwarf star, so there is no reason why such a planet could not sustain an Earth-like climate," Guillem Angla-Escude of Germany's University of Goettingen told Sky News.
Of the more than 800 planets that have been discovered outside our solar system since the early 1990s, only a handful are in their star's habitable zone.
Fewer still are planets in the zone that rotate, as the one around HD 40307 does, to create a daytime and nighttime, which increases the chance of an Earth-like environment.
"Just as Goldilocks liked her porridge to be neither too hot nor too cold but just right, this planet, or indeed any moons that it has, lie in an orbit comparable to Earth, increasing the probability of it being habitable," astronomer Hugh Jones of the University of Hertfordshire in Britain said.
The finding was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.


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Spider and Web Gothic Mismatched Earrings
-- zinc alloy charms
-- earrings measure approximately 1.75 inches long (4.5 cm)
-- includes clear rubber earring backs
-- choose from silver plated, surgical steel, titanium or sterling silver ear wires
Women's Necklace Sizing
When choosing a necklace length, think about the style of the necklace, the size of your neck, and your clothing.
Chokers and princess style necklaces look great with almost everything, but you may prefer a necklace with a longer chain when wearing a top or dress with a higher neckline. The choker size works best with graphic tees so your necklace doesn't cover up any part of the shirt design.
These lengths work for adult women and teens who are average-sized; those with larger or smaller necks will want to size up or down accordingly.
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Men's Necklace Sizing
The standard length is perfect for most men as it will work with most men's clothing, but men with a larger or smaller neck will want to size up or down accordingly. This size should sit right at the collarbone.
The medium size should sit right below the collarbone and is also a great length for necklaces with a pendant or medallion.
The long size should hit above the breastbone, while the extra long will hit below. These lengths look good with plain shirts and tees and are great for layering.
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Bracelet Sizing and Measuring
To measure for bracelet sizing, first determine the style of bracelet you will be wearing. For bangles and cuffs, you should measure, using a standard soft measuring tape, around the span of your hand. These types of bracelets often do not open or expand and must fit over your hand in order to be worn. For bracelets with clasps, measure around your wrist. After you have obtained your measurement (in inches), add 3/4" to 1" to determine your bracelet length.
All fripparie rings are adjustable. You can adjust your ring yourself after receiving it, or it can be sized for you prior to shipping. Measure your finger circumference with a standard metric measuring tape.
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Your jewelry should be stored carefully after each use. Wipe down with a cotton ball or very soft cloth. Pieces should be stored in individual bags within your jewelry box to prevent harm and maintain the maximum life span of your jewelry.
Sterling Silver & Silver Plated Jewelry
Jewelry pieces with sterling silver or silver plated components can tarnish (turn black) very easily. Items should be kept in a sealed plastic bag with a piece of anti-tarnish paper to prevent oxidation. An anti-tarnish strip will be included with your order. The paper will start to change color when it's losing its effectiveness and should be replaced at this time. You can purchase more strips here. You can also store your piece in a bag without an anti-tarnish strip, but this will not be as effective. An alternative to the strips, you can use a stick of white chalk wrapped in cheesecloth or muslin, or a silica pack. Both of these methods will also absorb moisture.
Many of the silver pendants and charms I use in my pieces have been purposefully blackened in whole or part. These have been given a light coating of a microcrystalline wax that both protects the patina and prevents it from further oxidation. These pieces should be handled carefully so the wax stays on the piece. It may eventually need to be reapplied. These pieces should also still be stored with anti-tarnish paper as clasps, chains and other parts are not treated with the wax.
Cleaning with silver polish will remove any oxidation. Treatment with these cleaners is not recommended to preserve the look of your piece. Chains and clasps can be treated if the pendant or charm is removed prior to cleaning. Be sure to use a cleaner suitable for silver plate. Do not use cleaners for sterling silver.
The silver plating on jewelry can wear off eventually. Proper care and minimal handling will ensure this happens later rather than sooner.
Copper Plated, Copper & Brass Jewelry
Much like silver jewelry, copper and brass pieces can also oxidize if not stored properly. It will darken and then turn green or blue, much like copper roofing tiles. These pieces should also be stored in a sealed plastic bag with an anti-tarnish agent. One strip will be included with your order.
Pieces that have been patinated to a green or blue hue will be coated with a microcrystalline wax to protect the patina and prevent further oxidation. Please handle these pieces carefully.
Cleaning with solutions is not recommended. Chains and clasps can be cleaned if the pendant or charm is removed prior to cleaning.
Gold Plated & Filled Jewelry
Gold plated and filled jewelry does not tarnish, however, care should be taken so the plating does not scratch or wear off. Store in a soft bag and handle minimally as the natural oils on your fingers and hard use can cause the plating to wear off faster. Gold filled pieces are more resilient than gold plated pieces, but are also more expensive.
Pewter Jewelry
Pewter does not tarnish like silver, however, most pewter charms and pendants are used in conjunction with sterling silver and silver plated items. Please follow silver care instructions.
Alloy Metal Jewelry
Bronze, silver and gold tone alloy metals will not tarnish on their own, however, the chains and other pieces used with them will tarnish. Please follow the appropriate care instructions based on the metals used in your piece.
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Please contact fripparie for a return authorization prior to returning any item. Items may be returned within 14 days of delivery. All items must be returned with original retail packaging in new, unworn condition. Earrings, ear cuffs and hair accessories may not be returned unless they are still sealed in the retail packaging. Items with customization that cannot be resold will incur a 15% restocking fee. Original shipping and handling is not refundable. Buyer is responsible for return shipping.
If your item arrives damaged, please contact fripparie as soon as possible after receipt to arrange for a refund or replacement.


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OUTCOME DOCUMENT: The 17th Global Major Group and Stakeholder Forum
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The purpose of this site is to document Lego projects and share them with other enthousiasts worldwide. It is dedicated mainly to the building of large Lego Technic objects to which functionality is added, so that they work as in real life.
Bucket wheel excavator
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This is a scale 1 : 100 model of the Krupp 288 bucketwheel excavator.
These machines work in the open pit browncoal mines in the German Rhineland, near Aachen.
This is what it looks like in reality, 220 m long, almost 100 m high and a weight of 13.500 tons.
The Lego model is driven by 13 motors and has infrared remote control.
It has 12 tracks, each pair of them driven by an XL motor. Even with a very big reduction, these 6 motors can hardly set the thing in motion.
The bucket wheel. The model has 12 buckets while there are 18 in reality.
Here the product falls from the buckets onto the first conveyor belt.
The first conveyor runs along the length of the digging boom.
It ens in the center of the coal or sands drops on a conveyor which is in the undercarriage.
Here the product comes out of the undercarriage and is transferred onto the discharge boom.
The discharge boom rest on a separately driven and steered vehicle.It has 3 tracks and the model is driven by 1 medium motor. It is used to keep the discharge above the conveyor belt that runs along the length of the mine, to the power station, or in case of digging overburden, to the opposite side of the mine, where the sand is redeposited.
The digging boom is hoisted up and down by 2 winches, which are located at the end of the counter boom. From here the hoisting wires run to the top of the stationary tower.
The wire is looped multiple times between the stationary tower and the moving tower, which is 1 part with the digging boom.


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A contest for everyone (Canadians). Think you might have the best recipe in town?
Think its worth$250,000 ? Then you should sign up for this.
Open call auditions are happening all over Canada, and right here in my neck of the woods! I am planning on taking a friend or two along with our mouth watering dishes to serve the judges. This is going to be a blast, just to watch all the comings and goings.
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When I was young and naïve I thought I could ride from Colorado to California by bike. So I tried, and failed. If you've ever ridden in Wyoming or Nevada, you're probably thinking – "He doesn't know how lucky he was!"
True, but failure taught me a thing or two about touring and those lessons were not forgotten on my Alps tours of 1985-86.
My trip lasted all of two days. Having just graduated from college and with nothing better to do, I set off one summer day from Fort Collins, heading north on Hwy 287. Everything went well until I reached Laramie, Wyoming.
Then, like a chapter out of A Series of Unfortunate Events, things took a turn for the worse. I continued riding west on Interstate 80 (it's legal) through mile after mile of sagebrush. The road stretched to the horizon, an endless ribbon of pavement.
A rainstorm blew by and cooled me off, I almost rode into the back of a parked moving van, and when I finally stopped for the night, I had no place to sleep. Without a tent all I could do was lie down next to the road in my sleeping bag as 18-wheelers roared by through the night. Mosquitoes from miles around came to check out the crazy cyclist.
Morning couldn't come soon enough. I got up and ate a candy bar and set off, already tired. This was just the beginning. I would have thieves try to steal my touring bags at night and 105 degree temperatures in Cache Creek Canyon outside Woodland, California.
Hurricane winds
Wyoming is famous for its cowboys, its antelope, and its wind. As I headed west, the wind headed east. This was not just any wind. It was a steady 40-50 mph hurricane. Even on the descents I had to pedal. My thumb came out and fortunately someone took pity.
I got a lift into Rawlins and climbed aboard the Train from Hell. This was 1974 in the early days of Amtrak, when freight had priority. My train arrived in Sacramento 24 hours behind schedule.
Lessons learned
After that disaster, here's what I learned about distance touring:
1) Bring your credit card. Ride long and hard, then find a hotel where you can take a hot shower and have a good meal.
2) Go with a friend or two. Consider the savings when the cost of the hotel room is divided two, three, or four ways.
3) If you choose to ride across the country, start in California and follow the winds east (for the most part).
4) Ride through lush green countryside where there are plenty of hotels and towns along the way. That would be Europe and some parts of the U.S.


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