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In an age of escalating atomization, few pop-culture productions prove death-proof. But somehow, sci-fi cartoon Futurama continues to outwit any Execu-bots determined to pull the plug on the long-running show.
"We try to die, but it's gratifying not to," executive producer David X. Cohen told Wired.com by phone, ahead of Futurama's return to the airwaves with a one-hour special Thursday night on Comedy Central.
Fans have much to look forward to in the second half of Futurama's sixth season.
Cohen is particularly stoked on "Benderama," previewed at right, in which profane robot Bender gains the power — like the show itself, one could argue — to infinitely self-replicate. That puts Earth in danger of becoming nothing more than food matter for a quintillion Benders.
In another clever episode, previewed below, Bender massively increases his processing speed, takes on tremendous powers of computation, improves himself at an exponential rate and "passes the existential singularity and the concerns of mankind," said Cohen.
"It's pretty deep, but there are also a lot of flaming belches," he said. "We pull you in with the mathematical theorems, and we keep you with the flaming belches."
Another Cohen favorite is "Reincarnation," also previewed below, in which the show is filtered through three different animation styles. The first is a black-and-white look reminiscent of Fleischer Studios, the second apes lo-res 1980s videogame style and the third evokes the tropes and traps of Japanese anime, including Bender's proud proclamation, "Mighty Merchandise Robot!"
It's a promising batch of new episodes for a show that, despite ricocheting between networks like a charged particle since its 1999 debut, has remained an inextricable part of the sci-fi universe. After the show was dumped by Fox and syndicated by culture vulture Adult Swim, Comedy Central finally saw the light and gave Futurama 26 new episodes in 2009, and another 26 last year, to be aired in 2012 and 2013.
For those keeping score, that's nearly 70 new episodes — including 16 splintered off from four straight-to-DVD movies — of an award-winning cartoon once left for dead. Throughout the ordeal, a hard-core contingent of fans kept Futurama on life support while the industry snapped out of its soporific infatuation with lesser shows.
While it may come as no surprise to those hooked on Futurama's brilliant hyperspeed merge of fringe science, uproarious comedy and occasional pathos, Cohen said this latest wave of success has caught him off guard.
'Good things come to those with no expectations.'
"You'd think at this point that I couldn't be surprised by the news anymore, but it still manages to surprise me," he said. "Good things come to those with no expectations.
"When they ordered the first batch of episodes, I really thought Comedy Central wanted to hype the fact the Futurama had a new home," Cohen added. "It really had the feeling of a one-off deal, so I had no expectations that we'd have more of them. But I was quite surprised. It just goes to show you: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me four times, shame on me."
Futurama's deathbed conversion has the evolution of entertainment economics written all over it. When the half-hour show appeared in 1999, network television still ruled with an iron fist, although cable was ascendant. Now that streaming media, itinerant downloading, viral marketing and decentralized taste-making have taken hold, fragmentation is paying the bills just fine, thanks.
"The renewal definitely says something about the changing model of entertainment," Cohen said. "When Futurama was on Fox, we had a contingent of hard-core fans that annually put us on the borderline of renewal. Each year, we had to find out whether we were back or not. Cut to years later, we're on cable television, and we have that same number of hard-core fans, but for cable that's a big audience. Combine that with the fact that audiences are generally fragmenting, and we're in a good position. If we hold on to the same number of fans while every other show's fan base is eroding, then our relative stature creeps up every year."
Capitalizing on the misfortune of other shows, and their bloated networks, isn't the only way Futurama has had the last laugh. It has also capitalized on the diverse funding opportunities that have arisen in the wake of the once-monolithic entertainment industry's collapse. Where it once had to strictly rely on Fox for funding, it has since shown that it can create revenue streams from a variety of sources. And thanks to its consistently geeked fan base, it has market share to spare.
"We've shown that you can get by on cable money, plus DVD money, plus international money and now perhaps a few hundred extra dollars in iTunes money," Cohen said. "And that also gives the fans a bit more control. So I'll give them 98 percent of the credit, and we'll take 2 percent."
Cohen said Futurama's seventh season, due in 2012 and 2013, is still in a formative stage. But given next year's noxious odor of apocalypse, he admitted the show might venture where few toons, dead or alive, have gone before.
"We have a presidential election coming up, so we'll probably need another Richard Nixon episode," he said. "He'll be running as the liberal candidate."
Futurama airs Thursdays at 10 p.m./9 p.m. Central on Comedy Central.


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Oh, sweet contradiction—Jeff Bezos in open letter to Author's Guild, 2002:
"When someone buys a book, they are also buying the right to resell that book, to loan it out, or to even give it away if they want. Everyone understands this."
Amazon Kindle Terms of Service, 2007:
You may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In addition, you may not, and you will not encourage, assist or authorise any other person to, bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent security features that protect the Digital Content.
More great Kindle ironies, hypocrisy and 1984 references at Mark Pilgrim's page. [Dive Into Mark via Gadget Lab via BoingBoing]

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Haverhill to Strumer and Helions Bumsptead Loop Cycle Route
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|This is a pleasant road route, mainly on country roads, but with small sections of A and B roads. There are plenty of refreshment opportunities in Haverhill and, depending upon the time of day, there is the possibility of pub stops in Sturmer, Steeple Bumpstead or Helions Bumsptead. There is also a shop in Steeple Bumpstead.
|Landmarks/Pubs for lunch/Sites to see?
|Sturmer - the Sturmer Pippin apple was first grown here. Charlotte Rampling, film actress, grew up at Sturmer Hall before going on the make somewhere in the region of 70+ films.
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|FFCC Felixstowes First Cycling Club
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Delighted and honoured to win the Portfolio award for 'Natural World' in the Travel Photographer of the Year last week. The portfolio of four pictures is taken from my ongoing personal project 'The Lake' - you can see a wider selection from the project on the website: craigeaston.com > travel and landscape series > The Lake.
What the judges said: "Craig's images caught the eye of the judges in the earlier online rounds of the judging but it was only when they saw the sumptuous tones and detail in the prints that their true beauty and quality was fully appreciated."
The prints will be exhibited as part of the TPOTY exhibitions to be held in 2017:
Hull, City of Culture, 18th May - 30th June
Greenwich, London, 4th August - 3rd September


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Greenbrier Veterinary Clinic offers both soft tissue and orthopedic surgery services. Each clinic has a fully equipped surgical suite to ensure that your pet is well-cared for should surgery be necessary. For patients undergoing surgery, we have some of the newest monitoring equipment available to try to ensure the safety of your pet while under anesthesia. This includes the ability to monitor electrocardiograms, pulse oximetry, temperature, respiration, and blood pressure–all of which allows us to evaluate your pet's heart and lungs while under anesthesia.
Surgical procedures include but are not limited to spays and neuters, growth removals, oral surgery, minor eye and ear procedures, abdominal exploratories including gastrointestinal surgery, urogenital surgery (ie-kidney stones, bladder stones, tumors, etc.), as well as liver and splenic surgery. Orthopedic surgeries including fracture repair, cruciate ligament, hip surgeries, and dislocations are offered as well. For those procedures that may need a more specialized level of care, specialists are available that come to our clinic or referral to a veterinary surgical specialist. Your doctor will discuss these options with you as necessary.
We focus on an individualized approach to each patient. Our doctors will always put our patients' best interests first to ensure they receive all the things they need to get healthy. We will discuss your pet's condition with you and be sure to give you all of the potential options available to accomplish this goal.
Our clinic has a state-of-the art surgical suite where our veterinarians perform all common procedures, including:
Surgery Services
- Surgical Sterilization
- Surgical Declawing
- Surgical Extraction
- Spay & Neuter
- Soft Tissue Surgery
- Pathology
- Microchip Services
- General Surgery
After performing a complete examination and reviewing your pet's medical state, we will discuss treatment options that may include surgery and put together a plan that suits the needs of both you and your pet.
If surgery is recommended, you can feel comfortable knowing that our doctors will provide appropriate pain relief so that pain is identified and treated if present. Visual assessment and recording of vital signs is done by one of our trained veterinary surgical technicians. A technician is present during the entire surgery and recovery process to maintain the safety and comfort of your pet. We believe that keeping our patients safe and comfortable before, during and after surgery is of the greatest importance and an essential component of your pet's care.


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Now in its second year, Soul of Sonoma (SoS) on the Vineyard is becoming one of Martha's Vineyard's most anticipated annual premium wine and epicurean classics. The event, will be held Saturday, August 10, 2019, and will serve as a unique opportunity to share in the love of all things culinary paired with wine from several premium award-winning black-owned vineyards. This year's theme "La Vie en Rose" will showcase our love for rosé wine--especially in the summer months. Guest are asked to wear hints of blush and pale rose to mark the occasion.
Local Chef Deon Thomas will be preparing culinary delights to pair with your winetasting experience. Winemakers from Charles Woodson Wines and Theopolis Vineyards (among others) will be on hand to share their knowledge and guide guests through their winetasting experience.
Guests will move through a progressive tasting from black-owned vineyards; including a selection of favorites picked by Soul of Sonoma's founder Patrice Davenport. Attendees will enjoy the ways in which food and wine work together to intensify the tasting experience. We will be highlighting our favorite rosés as well.
We would like to personally invite you to join us at the second SoS on the Vineyard and look forward to celebrating La Vie en Rose! Purchase tickets here.


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From the Moon to the Earth
This is not a weather satellite picture: it was taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter when it was 400,000 km (240,000 miles) from Earth! It shows the fully-illuminated Earth on August 9, 2010. You can clearly see North and South America, and the cloud patterns are lovely.
I know, it's a grayscale image and not color, but sometimes that makes a picture even more lovely; your eye isn't distracted by the different hues. And I do love shots of our home planet from space.
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I have been struck by the desire of non-profit organizations to use sweat-free t-shirts in their work and at the same time finding it difficult to find the additional budget to purchase sweat-free shirts instead of standard t-shirts. My aim is to provide a number of resources for sweat-free t-shirts and clothing and, depending on what you are looking for, perhaps one will work for you:
A Few to Start… More Coming Soon.
Alta Gracia – DIY Apparel and an Apparel supplier to many colleges and universities. Based in the Dominican Republic, it meets rigorous labor standards of the Worker Rights Consortium – www.altagraciaapparel.com
Maggie's Organics – a variety of organic, fair trade, sweat-free, thoughtfully sourced apparel and other products www.maggiesorganics.com. It's also worth checking out Maggie's partners section on the website.
American Apparrel – www.americanapparel.com (Main); www.americanapparel.net (Business Oriented)
Out of time. More Coming Soon. Do you know of great sweat-free resources for t-shirts? Please, post below or email me for consideration. Thanks, Mike


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Apply Basic Skills in Students Counselling, Professor Alao Urges Varsity Personnel
Personnel, who interact with students in the University setting on a regular basis, especially when they engage in mini helping relationship, must be imbued with attending and listening skills, a senior faculty at the Department of Psychology, College of Leadership Development Studies, Covenant University, Professor Amos Alao, has advocated.
It is pertinent, he noted, that the attending and listening skills, which are the basic skills that must be used during the entire helping process, are understood by the helper. The goal of attending is to communicate to the client that the helper is paying attention, while listening skills means placing yourself in such a way to avoid noises, views, people or anyone who can distract you from listening, he added.
Speaking at the 9th Inaugural Lecture of Covenant University, held on Thursday, April 13, 2017, where he spoke on the topic, 'Can Two Walk Together except They Agree? A psychological perspective of a journey of a helping relationship and behaviour change', the Professor of Counselling, among other recommendations, said that Universities must expose their graduates to more practical skills/experiential learning rather than concentrating on theory; and maintain a visible Career and Placement Office or Centre to help students begin to develop the rudiments of career life and development.
Professor Alao, while sharing his experience as Director, Careers and counselling Centre, University of Botswana with the audience, said that career services were viewed from a broad perspective and operational areas like the Careers Unit, which helps to equip students with career related skills; the Counselling Unit, which provides individual counselling to meet specific needs and ongoing problems of each client; and the Job Placement Unit, which promotes the employability and employment opportunities of University students and alumni.
He interpreted the catch phrase, 'Can two walk together except they agree?' as a journey between two people with one person leading the way and the person being led agreeing to follow. According to him, there is the assumption that there is no coercion and both have decided to walk on their own volition, with the one leading knowing the way and expectation of a positive result at the end of the journey.
"A helping relationship also presupposes that the person seeking help is probably, facing a difficulty, a challenging situation, a psychological problem, in emotional pain, wants to maximize his or her potential, and the individual seeking help believes that he or she could be assisted by the helper because of his/her expertise," the Inaugural Lecturer explained.
A helping relationship, he said, is unilateral, systematic, formal and time limited, while its goals and objectives include changing of a particular problem behavior such as poor interpersonal skills; developing insight or a clear rational and emotional understanding of one's problems; change in one's self perception, self-confidence, or sense of adequacy; and change in one's life style or personality restructuring.
Professor Alao highlighted the three-stage model of helping and behaviour change as the Exploration Stage, which involves helping the clients to explore their thought, feelings and actions; the Insight Stage, which is helping the clients to come to understand their thoughts, feelings and actions; and the Action Stage, which is helping the clients to decide what action to take on the basis of their exploration and insight.
The scholar, whose research activities had transited from focus on issues related to counsellor's characteristics and preparation of students in the 1980s, to focus on issues related to psychosocial adjustment, behavioural problems of adolescents and health related issues in the 1990s, said that future research collaborations are anticipated in the areas of wellness and behavioural issues.
In her comments, the Education Secretary, Living Faith Church, Worldwide, Professor Bridget Sokan, who represented the Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Covenant University, Dr. David O. Oyedepo at the occasion, congratulated the Inaugural Lecturer, Professor Amos Alao for what she said was a very interesting lecture.
She said that, "looking at the various action researches that Professor Alao has engaged in, it is important for Covenant University to have a Careers Placement Office for the students who need to know about what their would-be employers require of them".
While acknowledging that the Inaugural Lecturer was her teacher at the University of Ibadan, Professor Sokan said that it was a privilege for Covenant University to have him as a faculty, adding that through the lecture, he has taken the audience through the process of the helping profession.
Earlier on in his welcome remarks, the Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Professor AAA. Atayero, said that the plethora of media freely available for consumption on the social platform of the cyberspace, depicting violence in uncensored manner, was increasingly making the consumer of the same callous and insensitive.
He added that the buzz words like MAGA, which is 'Make America Great Again', with its uncanny undertone of nationalistic tendencies; and 'Brexit', the result of emotional referendum voting against the establishment etc., were becoming a norm.
Professor Atayero, who averred that the current socio-political ambience of the global arena begs for a discourse on unity, tolerance, mutual respect, empathy and brotherly love, said that it was for this reason that the 9th Inaugural Lecture could not have been delivered at a more opportune time.
"What a joy that the person to do justice to the all-important topic is a seasoned scholar and erudite Professor of Psychology, Professor Amos Alao," the Vice-Chancellor enthused.
The inaugural lecture was witnessed by a large audience comprised of members of the CU Management, Principal Officers, the University Senate, faculty, staff and students, including family members of the inaugural lecturer and guests from all walks of life.


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When starting a business, you will need to decide whether you are selling products and or a service. If you are selling products, you may need to find a supplier, decide on the type of stock you require, map out your ordering process and determine how you will store your raw materials and finished products.
Finding a supplier
Finding the right supplier is a common hurdle for start-ups. The success of your business often relies on the quality of the suppliers you choose, so doing it right can help save you time and money in the future.
The Finding and choosing suppliers checklist from Business Victoria can help you understand what to look for in a supplier. If you're already running a business, you can use it to improve your existing supplier procedures.
The online checklist gives tips on:
- what to check for when choosing a quality supplier
- making a shortlist of preferred suppliers
- setting payment and delivery terms
- how to maintain a good relationship with your supplier
- questions to ask when ordering stock.
Ways to save when negotiating with suppliers
If you're a small business, you may not have the bargaining power of other businesses. However, there are still ways you can try to save when negotiating with suppliers:
- Make sure your suppliers are legitimate – the ASIC Business Checks app is a tool for you to reduce risk when dealing with other businesses. The app will help you ask the right questions and check whether the information you are being provided by the business is legitimate.
- Shop around for the best deal – businesses are also consumers. Make sure you shop around to find the best deal you can get, and don't be afraid to negotiate.
- See if there are any business deals – some companies will have special prices if you are buying as a business with an ABN. Check to see what deals are out there.
- Plan your subscriptions – while it may seem like a better deal to sign up to long contracts, getting shorter subscription periods may be more beneficial for your business cash flow, especially if you're just starting out.
It is also a good idea to check out if there are any services available that may be able to fulfil your business needs without you having to purchase all the equipment yourself. For example, paying for the use of a cloud service may be more affordable for your business than building your own ICT infrastructure.
I am an overseas business - where can I find an Australian supplier?
You can search for Australian companies, their products and services on the Austrade Australian Suppliers Directory.
Contact Austrade directly if you are unable to identify the company you require.
Contact the Industry Capability Network who may be able to assist.
What to do...
- Visit the Finding and choosing suppliers checklist on the Business Victoria website to select the right supplier for your business.
- Read our Managing inventory topic for information on types of inventory, storing inventory, how to manage inventory and calculating inventory turnover.
- Read Payments and invoicing for more on setting payment terms, invoicing and choosing payment methods.
- If your activity is considered a hobby rather than a business, you may need to meet certain requirements to supply and transact with a business. Read Statement by a supplier not quoting an ABN on the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) website.
- Download more planning tools and templates from our Templates and downloads page.


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The new season provides plenty of exciting opportunities to stand out, especially accessories-wise where playing with tones, patterns and textures all at once is not only allowed but also highly encouraged. For those who believe that accessories can be the most expressive part of an outfit and see handbags as the perfect way to reflect their view on the new season trends, the newest Tory Burch handbag collection will definitely prove an arm candy inspiration basis. Playing safe as far as handbags are concerned can often translate into missed... Read More


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Rather than going through each of my apps and modifying settings, or tweaking individual browser settings (I use three different browsers) or just being careful not to type non-SSL URLs into the web address bar, is there a solution at the Windows level that will prevent anything from connecting to the web from my laptop unless it's using SSL?
I also have mini apps installed like Gmail checker, etc that connect to the web of their own volition using my usernames, passwords and such, so it goes beyond just web browsers.
The reason I'm asking is I want to work securely on the general Internet when on public Wifi (e.g. coffee shops) without a lot of hassle or having to remember everything that needs to be locked down.
When I'm back home I want to go back to full access mode using any kind of protocol on the web.
If a website doesn't support SSL when I'm out in public then I just don't surf it – that's not a worry to me.


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2014 Madera Fair entry deadline coming up soon
The Madera District Fair is currently accepting entry forms from local residents hoping to compete in a variety of divisions including livestock, floriculture, arts & crafts and more! The 2014 Madera District Fair is "The Place to Bee." and the Fair is celebrating the role of the honey bee in Central Valley Agriculture and you can "Bee" involved too! But don't wait too long to enter because entry forms are due Tuesday, August 12.
This year at the fair there are some amazing competitions. Everything from crafts and cows, to flowers and food; we have something for everyone. According to Madera Fair CEO Scott Sample, "The Exhibit program is one of the most important pieces of the Fair and has a long history of showcasing the best that Madera County residents have to offer. We look forward to see the amazing creativity of our county showcased here at the Fair each and every year."
Competitions are available for both individual and group entry and include numerous competitions for classroom projects. Exhibitor Handbooks are now available at many local retailers and offices in Madera County or on our website at www.maderafair.com. This handbook contains information on the competitions that are available, guidelines for submitting items and all applicable rules.
So don't forget, entry forms are due Tuesday, August 12, but you don't have to wait until then. Send in your entry forms today!
MADERA:Madera District Fair Office, 4-H Office, Evans Feed, Valley Feed, Madera Chamber of Commerce, Madera County Library, Madera Ranchos Library
CHOWCHILLA:Chowchilla Fair Office, Evans Feed
COARSEGOLD:Mountain Feed & Nursery
OAKHURST:Oakhurst Feed, Sierra Star Office Details: 559-674-8511 or maderafair.com


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A couple of the Miles Showell half-speed mastered LPs (cut at Abbey Road) are discounted to £15 at the moment.
Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (sounds amazing, probably my joint-favourite in the series, along with Solid Air). Paging Moosey.
James Brown – Live at the Apollo volume II (triple vinyl) less so, given the limiations of the source material. Still, 3 LPs for 15 quid.
Both come with download cards (for 128kbps mp3, which is a bit tight-arsed)
Highly recommended. Needless to say, I paid a lot more for my copies…


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A third generation New Yorker, firstborn, Akua Lezli Hope has won two Artists Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts , a Ragdale U.S.-Africa Fellowship, and a Creative Writing Fellowship from The National Endowment for The Arts . She's won scholarships for the Hurston Wright writers program and the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. She is a Cave Canem fellow She received an Artists Crossroads Grant from The Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes for her project "Words in Motion," which placed poetry on the buses of New York's Chemung and Steuben counties. She was the guest poet at the Steele Memorial Library's 2003 Festival. UNPACKING, her collaboration with dancer choreographer, Lois Welk, was presented in 2003 at 171 Cedar Arts Center. She was a poet-in-residence at the Chautauqua Institute where she read her poetry, lectured on jazz poetry, and conducted a workshop entitled "Writing Poetry as Mythmaking."
Her manuscript, Them Gone, a finalist in the 2015 Word Works Washington Prize competition, was selected for Red Paint Hill Publishing's Bryant Lysembee Editor's Prize. It will be published in 2018 by The Word Works. Her poem "Metis Emits" won the Science Fiction Poetry Association's short poem award for 2015. Her first collection, EMBOUCHURE, Poems on Jazz and Other Musics, won the Writer's Digest book award for poetry.
She is published in numerous literary magazines and national anthologies including: Strange Horizons, Eye to the Telescope, Breath and Shadow, The Crafty Poet II, The Cossack Review, Silver Blade, Tiny Text, The 100 Best African American Poems (2010); Killens Review, Breath and Shadow, Stone Canoe, Three Coyotes, The Year's Best Writing, Writer's Digest Guides, 2003; DARK MATTER, (the first!) anthology of African American Science Fiction, Time Warner Books; THE BLUELIGHT CORNER, black women writing on passion, sex, and romantic love, Three Rivers Press, 1999; Will Work For Peace: New Political Poems,; MASKS, Earth's Daughters 52; CHAIN; SISTERFIRE, an anthology of Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry, ed. by Charlotte Watson-Sherman, HarperPerennial,; WHAT IS FOUND THERE, NOTEBOOKS ON POETRY AND POLITICS by Adrienne Rich, W.W. Norton, 1993; WRITING FROM THE NEW COAST: TECHNIQUE, Buffalo University; EROTIQUE NOIRE, (the first!) AN ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK EROTICA, Doubleday/Anchor; POETS MARKET, 1992, ed. by Judson Jerome, Writers Digest Books; CONFIRMATION, an anthology of Afrikan American Women Writers, 1983; EXTENDED OUTLOOKS, the Iowa Review Collection of Contemporary Women Writers; and Eyeball; Obsidian II, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1991; Blue Cage, (England); Hambone; African American Review; Catalyst; and Contact II; among many others.
She holds a B.A. in psychology from Williams College, a M.B.A. in marketing from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and a M.S.J. in broadcast journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
She is a founding section leader in the Poetry Forum on Compuserve. She served as a founding section leader of African American Resource Forum and in the Books and Writers section of the African American Culture Forum (American Visions) on Compuserve. She also served as a trainer, area coordinator, and group founder and leader for Amnesty International, U.S.A., in the southern tier of New York. She co-authored a biweekly column on social, political, and cultural issues for the Star Gazette in 1995.
She was a finalist in the 1991 Open Voice competition, in the 1990 Barnard New Women Poets Series with her manuscript Fuel for Beginners, and in the MacDonald's Black literary competition for 1989. Her manuscript, The Prize is the Journey, was a finalist in the 1983 Walt Whitman contest. She is a founding member of the Black Writers Union and the New Renaissance Writers Guild whose alumni include Arthur Flowers, Walter Dean Myers and Terri McMillan. She led the Voices of Fire Reading Choir from 1987 to 1999, performing her work and that of other African American poets.
Akua has given hundreds of readings to audiences in colleges, prisons, parks, museums, libraries and bars. Akua bears an exile's desire for work close to home, and a writer's yearning for a galvanizing mythos.
She also creates sculpture, objects, and jewelry in glass, metal and paper; designs crochet patterns, plays with her cat and the saxophone, sings, and makes good manifest.


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Janelle James is a stand-up comedian based in New York City.
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In Your Dreams with Chris Gethard, presented by Casper #4January 2, 2017
A musical episode this week, featuring dreams with their own theme songs. Comedian Janelle James sings along, and yes, Gary's an ass man. Go to www.casper.com/dreams and use the offer code "DREAMS" for $50 off your next mattress purchase.Listen
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ShockTimer-Plus 3Dv2 Shock Recorder
IST introduced its new Shock-Timer-Plus 3D version 2 (STP-3Dv2) low cost tri-axial shock, temperature and humidity recorder.
The reusable battery powered instrument captures tri-axial shocks above user selected threshold with date/time stamping along with time periodic temperature and humidity atmospherics. The Instrument features Bluetooth wireless data communications for setup and download, trigger alarm indicators, install time delay feature and six month battery life for long deployments and 10,000 reading event memory and data export to standard excel spreadsheet format.
The unit measures 17g full scale and is designed for measuring shipping and handling environmental shock and impact hazards on larger palletized, crated or containerized shipments as well as within actual C-containers.
The new low coat unit pricing is well under $1,000 with published quantity discounts available. Units are presently shipping from shelf stock.
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Who Will Remember Me
In a recent episode of the new television show "Almost Human", Dorian (a robot) asked Detective John Kennex (his human cop partner) "Who will remember me when I am gone?" Detective John Kennex replied "You're a cop. The people you help will remember you."
For a long time, I've been asking myself the same question that Dorian asked. Though I never considered the answer to be as simple as 'the people you help will remember you.' And the obvious truth is that this statement applies to all of us, no matter what your job is. Wether you have an entry level position in a crappy retail store or you're job allows you to travel the world, how often are you willingly sacrificing your time, your energy, or sharing your knowledge and skill for the well being of others?
For me, the answer is never. I never sacrifice my time, my energy, or share my knowledge and skill for the well being of others. Not unless I'm getting paid to. So who will remember me when I'm gone? I guess no one will remember me.......
I have been reading a lot about the recent death of actor Paul Walker. The only "Fast and The Furious" movie I've ever seen came out about fourteen years ago. Suffice to say, I had no idea who Paul Walker was until now. But I obviously live under a rock because the rest of the world is very much aware of Paul Walker.
It so happens that Mr. Walker was a passionate and dedicated humanitarian and the founder of Reach Out Worldwide, a non-profit organization of volunteers for disaster relief. Paul Walker didn't just donate money to help people in bad situations, he was physically involved in aiding those in need. I wonder what kind of world this would be if more people lived a selfless life like Paul Walker did.
Ha.... Imagine what kind of world this would be if high profile people like Jay-Z or Kanye West were more like Paul Walker. How much more inspired or enticed would we be to go out and show the same kindness to others? If I cared as much as Paul Walker did about the welfare of others, I wonder what kind of a person I'd be?
But how would I be able to help other people when I can barely help myself? Or maybe helping others is in fact how I help myself. Because I can't really stress out about the problems that aren't actually real problems in my life when I'm too busy servicing someone else's needs.
I dunno..... just writing and sharing my thoughts. So I'm sorry for any typos.


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Great review hunny. We were also at Birmingham and we had an amazing time. Four best friends from Staten Island who go out of their way to embarrass each other and within 18 months have become worldwidely famous. Unfortunately we weren't able to get meet & greet this time (for five of us) but determined to get some in October. If we can only get one, I'm gonna be really selfish and have it for myself, after all I introduced the rest of my family after finding the tv programme by chance the early hours of one morning when my pain in my back was so severe and I was feeling so sorry for myself. Usually I sit in the dark and have a bit of a cry but for some unbeknown reason I put the tv on and have never looked back. My sister also has a debilitating condition and I told her about Impractical Jokers, and now she puts the tv on when she can't sleep. Just love these guyz and their fan base has gone global in such a short time. XxReplyDelete


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Oct 14, 2017 10AM-4PM
308 E 9th St, Unit 503
Los Angeles, California 90015
Hardware requirements
Laptop running Windows
*see below for Mac users
Software requirements
Rhino 5 ver.SR3 or newer
(free trial version)
Grasshopper 1
(available free)
Recommended for
Some Grasshopper Knowledge
Jason King
Biayna Bogosian
*The specific plugins used in this workshop will not run on the beta version of Grasshopper for Mac. If you are a Mac user and would like to join, consider installing Windows on your machine via Boot Camp.
GIS in Grasshopper
Geographic information systems (GIS) allows us to visualize, generate, and analyze geotagged data in order to better understand relationships, patterns, and trends in the natural and built environment. Advancements in GIS technologies have influenced almost every imaginable discipline in the past three decades. The fields of architecture, urban design and urban planning are amongst the fields that have been drastically influenced by the application of GIS technologies and thinking.
This one-day workshop introduces the GIS to Grasshopper workflow to the participants. Through the introduction of series of plugins such as Meerkat GIS, Elk, and Mosquito, we will understand how various types of GIS data can be accessed and utilized in Grasshopper.
Topics Covered
- What is GIS?
- What are GIS data types.
- Where to look for GIS data.
- How to export vector data from QGIS.
- What are projection planes.
- How to work with Meerkat.
- How to work with Elk.
- How to work with Mosquito.
About the Instructors
Biayna Bogosian and Jason King are co-founders of Somewhere Something and have over two decades of combined experience in architecture, design technology, and teaching. We strive to make our workshops fun and informative, helping participants integrate new design technologies into their workflows.


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Renowned mobile stock market exchange Robinhood has just announced its plan to launch a new zero-fee cryptocurrency exchange.
Robinhood established itself as a user-friendly platform for entry level investors in the stock market. They plan to expand their operation out of traditional stocks and into the ever growing world of cryptocurrency.
Sign up for Robinhood here.
Little is known about the upcoming launch other than that it is scheduled for February 2018-stating, "Robinhood Crypto will initially be available to customers in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, and New Hampshire. We plan to add support for more states soon."
At this time they offer tracking of 16 crypto currencies, listed below.
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- Bitcoin Cash
- Litecoin
- Ripple
- Ethereum Classic
- Zcash
- Monero
- Dash
- Stellar
- Qtum
- Bitcoin Gold
- OmiseGo
- Lisk
- Dogecoin
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The ethical implications of incorporating managed care into the Australian health care context
Date of Submission
Recommended Citation
McCabe, H. M. (2004). The ethical implications of incorporating managed care into the Australian health care context (Thesis, Australian Catholic University). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4226/66/5a8f563814e5f
AIMS Managed care is a market model of health care distribution, aspects of which are being incorporated into the Australian health care environment. Justifications for adopting managed care lie in purported claims to higher levels of efficiency and greater 'consumer' choice. The purpose of this research, then, is to determine the ethical implications of adapting this particular administrative model to Australia's health care system. In general, it is intended to provide ethical guidance for health care administrators and policy-makers, health care practitioners, patients and the wider community. SCOPE Managed care emerges as a product of the contemporary, neo-liberal market with which it is inextricably linked. In order to understand the nature of this concept, then, this research necessarily includes a limited account of the nature of the market in which managed care is situated and disseminated. While a more detailed examination of the neo-liberal market is worthy of a thesis in itself, this project attends, less ambitiously, to two general concerns. Firstly, against a background of various histories of health care distribution, it assesses the market's propensity for upholding the moral requirements of health care distributive decision-making. This aspect of the analysis is informed by a framework for health care morality the construction of which accompanies an inquiry into the moral nature of health care, including a deliberation about rights-claims to health care and the proper means of its distribution. Secondly, by way of offering a precautionary tale, it examines the organisational structures and regulations by which its expansionary ambitions are promoted and realised. CONCLUSIONS As a market solution to the problem of administering health care resources, the pursuit of cost-control, if not actual profit, becomes the primary objective of health care activity under managed care.;Hence, the moral purposes of health care provision, as pursued within the therapeutic relationship and expressed through the social provision of health care, are displaced by the economic purposes of the 'free' market. Accordingly, the integrity of both health care practitioners and communities is corrupted. At the same time, it is demonstrated that the claims of managed care proponents to higher levels of efficiency are largely unfounded; indeed, under managed care, health care costs have continued to rise. At the same time, levels of access to health care have deteriorated. These adverse outcomes of managed care are borne, most particularly, by poorer members of communities. Further, contrary to the claims of its proponents, choice as to the availability and kinds of health care services is diminished. Moreover, the competitive market in which managed care is situated has given rise to a plethora of bankruptcies, mergers and alliances in the United States where the market is now characterised by oligopoly and monopoly providers. In this way, a viable market in health care is largely disproved. Nonetheless, when protected within a non-market context and subject to the requirements of justice, a limited number of managed care techniques can assist Australia's efforts to conserve the resources of health care. However, any more robust adoption of this concept would be ethically indefensible.
School of Philosophy
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Access Rights
Open Access
372 pages
Degree Name
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I am so excited to introduce Dr. Kevin Davis as the new Director of the Forge Dallas Missionary Residency program. I have personally known Kevin & Holly over the past three years in the context of a friendship and mentorship. Sharon and I coached Kevin and Holly as missionary residents. Kevin then took the next logical step of becoming a coach in the missionary residency program this past year. Now Kevin will take the reigns of leading the residency.
Below is a biographical sketch of Kevin who I warmly welcome as our new Missionary Residency Director.
Kevin Davis is the Forge Dallas Director of Missionary Residency Program. He works alongside the Forge Dallas team to develop, lead, and manage the missionary residency program with the goal of training men and women to live as missionaries where they're already doing life. He and his family are passionate about living as missionaries in all the places they live, work, and play by demonstrating and announcing the good news of God's reign as revealed and embodied by Jesus Christ. Kevin and his wife, Holly, value communicating this good news through friendship, blessing, and sharing stories of life and faith.
Kevin met Holly while pursuing an undergraduate degree in mathematics at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Both are originally from Dallas, but did not meet and fall in love until Kevin asked Holly to dance one Thursday night at a quaint dance hall in central Texas. Upon graduating UMHB, Kevin attended Truett Seminary at Baylor University and completed a M.Div. degree. Kevin and Holly married and took on a bi-vocational lead pastor role at a wonderful little church in north Texas during this season of life. While pastoring, Kevin and Holly were blessed with their two kids, Blair and Braylon, and the opportunity for Kevin to complete a Doctor of Ministry degree at Baylor.
God used Kevin's experiences as a pastor and graduate student to show him the biblical, theological, and practical basis for he and his family to reorient their life and ministry around engaging their world as missionaries. This journey has brought Kevin and his family to McKinney where they are putting down roots and learning to live as a family on mission in their neighborhood, through their work as a high school math teacher and social worker, and through their local gym where they enjoy exercise and community.
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The Navy has stopped using targets featuring Muslim women in hijabs at the new SEAL training range in Fort Story, reports The Virginian-Pilot.
According to The Blaze, the Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) National Director Nihad Awad wrote a letter to Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense stating concerns against using such training methods.
"Using a Muslim woman wearing a religious head scarf with [verses from the] Quran behind her as a target for our nation's military personnel is offensive and sends a negative and counterproductive message to trainees and to the Muslim-majority nations to which they may be deployed. This is yet another example of why the Department of Defense needs to fix what appears to be an ongoing problem by consulting credible scholars and experts to review all training and training materials related to Islam or Muslims."
Though Panetta's office declined comment, according to the Virginian-Pilot, Lt. David Lloyd, a spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Group 2, confirmed the targets would not be used.
"We have removed this particular target and Arabic writing in question from the range in the near term, and will explore other options for future training."
Yet, many are concerned that the issue of bias in military training goes further than this isolated scenario. "This is a welcome first step, but a serious and comprehensive review is needed to deal with the issue of Islamophobia in military training,"Awad said in a CAIR press release after the Navy announcement.
However, according to an earlier article by The Virginian-Pilot, the training site includes everyday, real life situations taken from actual raids where SEALs had to quickly decipher between real threats and innocent civilians.
The new Navy facility is a 26,500-square-foot building with 52 interconnected spaces costing 11.5 million dollars and display markets, schools, bathrooms, bus stations and other common scenes from combat zones.


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(illustration from the book by Warwick Goble)
Title: Indian Myth and Legend
Author: Donald A. Mackenzie
Illustrator: Warwick Goble
Year: 1913
Comments: This book is a retelling of the Ramayana that you can read in one week. I relied so heavily on this version of the Mahabharata in the Public Domain Edition, so I have not made it a reading option here. For the Ramayana option, I would recommend doing that only if you did not read the Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana; if you read Narayan instead, then reading this version of the Ramayana is a good option!
Free Online: See all the links at Freebookapalooza; the links below are to the Sacred Texts presentation of the book.
Length: one week. I've divided the reading into two parts: Part A - Part B.
The Poet of the Ramayana
Brahma's Command
Two Great Kingdoms
A Childless Maharajah
Horse Sacrifice to Obtain Offspring
The Demon King of Ceylon
Gods Appeal to Vishnu for Help
Birth of Rama and his Brethren
Stories of Childhood
Vishwamitra takes away Rama and Lakshmana
Forest Battles with Rakshasas
Breaking of Shiva's Bow
Sita is Won
Choice of an Heir
Rama is Favoured
The Hunchback's Plot
Fulfilment of an Old Vow
Prince Bharata Chosen and Rama Banished
A Faithful Wife and Loyal Brother.
The Rape of Sita
The Maharajah's Doom
Tale of the Hermit's Son
A Curse Fulfilled
Death of Dasaratha
Bharata Refuses the Throne
Visit to Rama in Exile
Loyalty to a Dead Sire
Javala the Sceptic
Bharata Honours Rama's Sandals
Wanderings of the Exiles
A Love-stricken Rakshasa
Jesting ends in Bloodshed
A War of Vengeance
Rama's Great Victory
Ravana's Cunning Plot
The Magic Deer
Rama and Lakshmana Lured from Hermitage
Sita Taken Captive.
Rama's Mission Fulfilled
Rama Laments for Sita
The King of Vultures
Story of the Demon
Revelation after Death
Rama forms an Alliance with the Apes
Slaying of Bali
The Rainy Season
Sita's Life in Lanka
Hanuman the Spy
Discovery of Sita
Battle with Giants
Building of Rama's Bridge
The Worship of Shiva
Invasion of Lanka
The War with Demons
A Serpent Noose
How the Sleeping Giant was Slain
Rama and Lakshmana Wounded
Hanuman carries a Mountain to Lanka
Lakshmana Slain and Restored to Life
Ravana seeks to kill Sita
The Fall of Ravana
Sita's Ordeal of Fire
Rama's Return to Ayodhya
Second Exile of Sita
The Horse Sacrifice
Rama's Warlike Sons
Sita Returns to the Earth Mother
Ascent of Rama.


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How To Build A Home Sauna Designed for ALL skill levels. Sets up on cement, pavers, a deck, PT wood or any indoor space, and can be relocated!
Prefab Home Sauna Kits assemble easily with pre-built insulated walls and ceiling panels that screw together and sit on a base of your choice, yet are still portable. Prefab home sauna kits can be disassembled and moved to another location. Thus, they're often called Prefab Modular Sauna Kits — making building our saunas simple, quick and easy. These home sauna kits require no framing or general construction work. A non-permeable floor is all that is required. Typical choices are a plywood base covered with non-permable flooring, cement slab, brick, pavers, or tiles. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
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It's been a while since I've participated in Illustration Friday. It's kind of a challenging prompt "Tribute". Yesterday I was working outdoors and was thinking, it would be a nice "tribute" to spring to sketch a leaf. We are FINALLY seeing spring in these parts. With a series of 70-plus degree temperatures, spring has been just busting out all over!
When you sketch a leaf or flower, you notice things you wouldn't when you admire it from afar, and the bulk of leaves on a tree. So I was appreciating how this leaf and the flower near it was constructed, the number of blades, the structure of the veins, the number of petals and pistols. I noticed, too, that I started impatiently to draw it, but quickly settled down to enjoy the process. And I'm so used to drawing on the computer, once I had the line drawing, I wanted to preserve that and make multiple copies to colorize, always having the original line drawing. Funny how that is. Oh, and what kind of tree is this…? I'm not sure, but the leaf looks like it might be a Maple of some sort.
Maybe this will encourage me to start sketching again. It's been a long time.
A quicky warm-up for Illustration Friday. What a fun topic! So many ways to go with this. And I'm keeping the Easter theme going.
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My contribution to this week's Illustration Friday prompt, "Glow". The coloring is messy and ugly, but the idea was fun to try and pull off quickly.
This is the final iteration of a piece I did for Illustration Friday a few weeks back, using the word-prompt "tree". It went from a boy and dog in a tree, kids in a tree, SNOWmen in a tree, and now back to the first idea. And when I thought THAT was done, I added the boxes, bulbs, and ribbons. I think it's finished. I have not had the urge to fix or change anything. A good sign! And now I'm using it for one of my Christmas cards this year. Merry Christmas!
A very apt Illustration Friday prompt for this week, as the snow begins to fall. Below if my contribution. Check out the others by clicking on the link above!
An illustration for Illustration Friday's word prompt, "Stretch". These guys are playing some sort snowman's version of Badminton, me thinks.
I worked up several different ideas for this Illustration Friday prompt, but finally just decided to do a quick character study-sketch of a cute rat. I like playing with the sloppy digital brushes, too.
For Illustration Friday…Two spot illustrations, here. I wanted to just play around with the line, colorizing, lettering and layout. Not sure what stories these might tell, if any.
My contribution to Illustration Friday. The word-prompt this week is "Tree".
Hi all…Love can be a haunting experience sometimes, eh?
I'm making my Illustration Friday posting for this week into a free Halloween greeting card. I guess this also has a "romantic" theme to it, as it's entitled "Monster Love". I'm sure, though, that it will work across the board for a broad-range of Halloween occasion you might have.
Just click on the image below for a pdf version to download and print out. Enjoy!
Illustration Friday's are a good opportunity to experiment with style as well as mediums.
Above: Jesus walks on water. Though I don't think the passages denote it to be a nice, balmy day, as is depicted here. He looks more at play!
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Red-End and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society (2009)
- Studio: Independent
- Release: October 10, 2009
- Director: Bethany De Forest, Robin Noorda
- Writer: Robin Noorda
- Cast: Unknown or Not Available
Video archive for the film Red-End and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2009. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Happy viewing!
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5 Ways to Save Money in the Bathroom
Sometimes we just don't think about it. How much are you spending on supplies that you keep in your bathroom? How much money are you spending every day as you go about getting ready to head out of the house?
I don't know about you, but it bothers me how much money I spend on things that I don't even think twice about using. We have to shower, we have to use the restroom… so how do I save money on things that are unavoidable?
1.Water consumption: Toilet. If you have an older model toilet, then the average water use can be anywhere between 3 gallons to 7 gallons per flush. There are ways to significantly drop this number, however. The first way is to install either a low-flow toilet flush or a dual flush valve, like this one, to only use the water you actually need to flush the toilet. The other is to go a little "old school" and use bricks or sand filled bottles in the tank to displace the amount of water it takes to fill the tank, thus conversing the amount of water the toilet uses. I use 3 20-oz. bottles filled with sand in mine. But, I'm
cheap frugal like that.
2. Soap and shampoo. Here's where it gets a little tricky. We all love our fancy soaps and shampoos that tout claims of fixing damaged hair, leaving us smelling like a mountain spring. I'm not going to lie: I have some of these expensive products. I just do not use them on a regular basis. I use them when we have family events or outings, or when I know it's "Date Night" with City Spouse. All other days, I'm just going to work, who cares how I smell for the first 10 minutes I'm there? After that, I'm just going to smell like the shop and tow motor fumes anyhow. 🙂
I actually make and use my own handmade soap. Really! For the cost of soap in a month, I make enough for darned near the whole year. I make a batch, set back how much we will use for 6 months (which isn't a lot. Homemade soaps last way longer than store-bought.) and then list the rest on Etsy or gift it to family & friends to use. I do the same thing with shampoo. I make my own shampoo bars, and they work so much better on my hair than any shampoo I've ever purchased. Ok, these aren't really cheap to make… about $7 a bar, but it lasts me (with past-my-shoulders hair) about 2 months, and I do not purchase conditioner.
3. Water consumption: Sink. I'm guilty of this: letting the water run way longer than I need to in order to brush my teeth. Just the act of turning off the faucet while you are brushing for your recommended 2 minutes can save up to 8 gallons of water!! Even filling up the sink uses less water! So, shut that water off, people!!
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4. Paper & toiletries. I'm a fanatic about the kind of toilet paper brands we use. I know there are "bargain" brands out there, that seem like a great deal when you purchase them, but how much are you really saving when you have to use twice as much?? I use Amazon for all of my bathroom supply (paper) purchases. I typically purchase this, and with the Subscribe & Save option, it comes out to only $0.65 per roll! Plus it saves me money & time by not having to drive to the store. I also do this for paper towels and tissues, so it's not difficult to make sure you have enough subscriptions to get the best discounts.
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