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Newborns and sleep…everyone knows these two words don't exactly go together.
So, you read every book on baby sleep training, divided night shifts between you and your husband, and prepared for the worst.
But that was 6 months ago.
Now your baby still hasn't slept through the night, you have no idea what you're doing wrong, and you can't even enjoy this new, exciting time of your life because all you want to do is sleep.
When a your baby is waking up every two hours, a bone-tired exhaustion sets in. I don't know what your exact situation is, Mama, but I understand your desperation for a solution.
In this point, we're going to review the factors that could be interrupting your baby's sleep and, most importantly, the easy solutions you can try to solve them.
Why is My Baby Waking Up Every Two Hours? 10 Effective Solutions to Solve Your Baby's Sleep Problems
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While you read this list, keep in mind that your baby's sleep issues could be caused by one or several of these issues. You might also find that once you solve one of these problems, a new one will arise the next week.
Try not to let this behavior discourage you.
Sleep is a very complex skill your baby needs to learn (a skill that most adults still haven't mastered!). It will like you take one step forward only to take two steps back the very next week, but if you're consistent, I promise healthy sleep will just get easier and easier as time progresses.
I created an easy quick-reference sheet and sleep troubleshooting worksheet to make this process a little simpler. I hope it'll get you through this tricky phase!
(Note: Once you're finished with this post, you might want to check out my post Why Your Baby Won't Sleep: 7 Shocking Things That are Killing Your Baby's Sleep. There is a little information overflow in that post, but we also cover less common situations like environmental preferences.)
1 – Is He a Breastfed Baby?
First of all, let me premise this question by saying that I do not believe your baby won't sleep because he is breastfed.
Early in his life, your baby metabolized breastmilk much faster than formula, leading to more frequent feedings. While breastfeeding can cause newborns to wake more frequently throughout the night, even breastfed babies can sleep through the night by 4 months.
So, what gives?
Breastfeeding may not be the direct cause for your baby's current night wakings, but there are several factors that attached to breastfed babies that might cause them to wake up long after that 4 month mark.
The Solution: Read How to Get a Breastfed Baby to Sleep Through the Night
Okay, maybe it's a cheap-shot pointing you to another article I wrote, but seriously I wrote this article for YOU!
If your breastfed baby is waking up every two hours, there are so many techniques (too many to list here, unfortunately) to combat this totally common problem. In my post, How to Get a Breastfed Baby to Sleep Through the Night, I go over the challenges specific to getting a breastfed baby to sleep through the night and what strategies you can implement to make it happen.
Related post: How to Get a Breastfed Baby to Sleep Through the Night
2. Snack Feeding ("Trained Night Feeder")
Snack feeders, also known as trained night feeders, will wake you up several times a night, just for a snack, whenever the slight inclination hits him. If your baby demands to be fed every two hours during the day, frequently falls asleep during nursing, or is rarely without his bottle, there's pretty good chance you have a snack feeder on your hands.
As parents, we create snack feeders and because of a baby's natural instincts, he very willingly becomes one.
Snack feeding usually begins as a newborn. As newborn your baby will be sleepy all the time. He might struggle to take a full feedings (at that age, full feedings are usually defined as 20 minutes per breast, or about 3 ounces of formula). If you let him fall back asleep without a full feeding, he will simply wake up sooner, because his little tummy was never full, and demand another feeding. He falls asleep again, and the cycle continues until he expects frequent, small snacks.
There are several other scenarios that create a snack feeder:
- Leaving a bottle in the crib
- Allowing your baby to suckle randomly
- Allowing your baby to carry sippy cup or bottle with him throughout the day
- Mistaking hunger cues for another issue (E.g. when your baby wakes at the 45 minute mark, feeding him may be reinforcing a deeper sleep issue)
- Nursing for comfort (this is ESPECIALLY the case during teething when nursing can be such a great relief to your baby)
If you think your baby is a snack feeder, please don't feel bad. These scenarios are everyday, easy instances that any mom faces.
The Solution: Ensure Full Feedings
Breaking your baby of snack feeding is tough. It will make you and your baby uncomfortable. The bare minimum I would do is get your baby on an eat-play-sleep routine. Even if you're not into schedules, using this routine can help this issue tremendously. When you implement this routine, you KNOW when your baby's hungry and you KNOW when it must be something else. It will eliminate mistaking your baby's cues.
Once you have your baby on a set daily routine that he can depend on, you need to tackle the duration between feedings. Some moms go full-force cold turkey. Once again, The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems is by far the best resource I can think of. Page 157, includes a 3 day plan to transform your baby from a snacker to a great eater (her method is gentle, no-cry sleep training). She also wrote a case study for a baby boy that had this exact same issue and the exact steps she and his parents took to break him of it.
If going cold turkey doesn't feel right for you, you can begin by gradually extending the length between his feeding times. It's important to start this step during the day, when you can distract your baby. For example, if your baby is nursing every two hours, the next time he wakes up expecting his nap, try to distract him for ten minutes before giving in. Then, maybe the next day, maybe two days depending on his response, try 15 minutes. Over time, his tummy will get used to larger meals and will be able to hold out longer.
Just remember, ideally you will want to feed your baby first and then have play time. Distraction is a temporary solution until your baby adjusts to longer feedings.
Related Post: How to Get Your Crazy Baby on a Sleep Routine that Works
3. He's not Getting Enough Sleep During the Day
Sleep deprivation is a vicious cycle. The less your baby sleeps during the day, the less he will sleep at night. If he's exhausted, his little body will be completely wired and unable to jump into the deep, restorative sleep that he needs. I can't tell you how many times I've seen other moms turn to sleep deprivation as a solution for sleep deprivation!
It just doesn't work.
If your baby is tired, he will fight sleep. His mind will be wired and uncomfortable, causing him to wake at every transition period during the night.
If your baby is 4-6 months, he should have a minimum of 3 1.5-2 hour naps a day and should sleep about 8 hours a night (this number will move up to 10-12 hours soon!)
If your baby is taking 45 minute catnaps during the day, he will be tired and have more nighttime disruptions.
The Solution: Implement a Consistent Nap Schedule
For now, focus on making sure your baby is getting plenty of sleep during the day. If you fix your baby's daytime issues, the night will follow. Try not to let your baby sleep for more than two hours at a time though, that might translate to too much sleep and cause all new night time wakings!
4. He's Getting Too Much Sleep during the Day
On that note, watch out for letting your baby sleep too much.
You'll know if your baby is getting too much sleep during the day if he prefers to sleep 3,4, maybe 5 hours at a time during the day but still wakes up during the night every two hours or so. A couple things can cause this behavior:
In the beginning, they have no concept of night and day. It'll be a long time before his circadian rhythm (or biological clock), kicks in and helps him differentiate when it's time to sleep or time to party. It's our job to help that circadian rhythm develop as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, some babies are resistant. Maybe they naturally fell into this rhythm in the womb, or perhaps their circadian rhythm development was a little delayed. In any case, he naturally falls into night owl habits if we don't provide enough intervention.
This type of behavior can also stem from a chaotic nap routine. Some mothers find it difficult to wake their baby from a sound nap (if this is you, I don't blame you. If you're exhausted then it goes to follow that you should let your baby sleep!). So, baby can sleep until he wakes and the result is too much daytime sleep.
The Solution: Implement a Consistent 1.5-2 Hour Sleep Schedule
A good rule of thumb for babies 4 months and older is to follow a 2:2 hour wake time/sleep schedule (I include a sample schedule for this in my baby sleep packet). This ensures that your baby has an appropriate play time and nap time.
5. Sleep Regression
Even the best sleepers can develop crazy night habits during sleep regressions. Sleep regressions are a phase where your baby's sleep becomes disrupted. Many times, sleep regressions are tied to a developmental leap or some kind of physiological change.
The most common sleep regressions happen around 4 months (the dreaded 4 month sleep regression), 8-9 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 2 years. If your baby is about to hit any of these milestones, there's a good chance that a sleep regression could be the culprit.
The Solution: Help Your Baby Transition with Varying Techniques
Well, that depends on which sleep regression you're caught up in. The 4 month sleep regression technically isn't even a "regression." In fact, his sleep habits are actually maturing. Your baby is trading his coma-like sleep patterns for a standard 45 minute cycle. Every 45 minutes, your baby moves into a new sleep cycle. For this short amount of time, he will either wake up or move into a deeper sleep cycle.
If your baby is still adjusting to this new 45-minute cycle he might wake up frequently-even at night.
There are several ways to help your baby transition through a sleep regression, but it can take a few weeks. Just ensure that you are instilling great sleep habits on your baby, and he will get through this!
6. Growth Spurt
Once again, if your baby has been sleeping great until now and is suddenly waking up for a snack, there's a good chance it can be attributed to a growth spurt. In the early days, you'll probably notice that your baby goes through a growth spurt every month or so. Some major growth spurts include 4 weeks, 6-8 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months.
The dead giveaway to a growth spurt is hunger. If your baby is suddenly waking up every 45 minutes and famished, (and your milk supply is fine), he's probably going through a growth spurting. And you won't have to wait very long for your suspicions to be confirmed: your baby will grow–fast. I remember my daughter gained almost a pound in a week.
The Solution: Let the Baby Eat!
Sometimes, lost sleep due to a growth spurt is unavoidable, but there are steps you can take to minimize these disruptions. The solution is simple: make sure your baby eats a ton during the day. Really focus on getting your baby those full feedings. I am all about following a baby sleep schedule (if you don't believe me, I have an entire series dedicated to setting your baby up on one), but if your baby is hungry, that takes precedence.
If your baby is waking up every 45 minutes during the day, make sure you give him a full feeding. You can minimize these unscheduled wakings by temporarily adjusting his schedule to a shorter one (for example, if your baby is on a 3 hour schedule, shorten it to a 2.5 hour). If you simply aren't producing enough milk to cover his daily caloric needs, supplement with frozen milk. Then, for his last "scheduled" feeding, use pumped morning milk. This milk is high in fat content and may give him the extra push to sleep through a few more hours.
Night wakings may be unavoidable during a growth spurt, but the point is to try to minimize them so bad habits don't develop that you'll have to deal with later.
7. Habitual Night Wakings
If your baby is waking up at the same time every night (almost to the minute!) then it's probably due to habit rather than hunger. Habitual night wakings can be caused from your baby's natural biological clock becoming stuck, getting used to waking because of genuine hunger, a lack of an established bedtime routine, and the simple need to cuddle.
Sometimes your baby will be hungry at this time and sometimes he'll just snack. In any case, if your baby is older than 4 months, you should feel reasonably confident that your baby does not need this nighttime feeding.
The Solution: Break the Habit!
I know, easier said than done right? If a baby enjoys waking up at the same time every night, he may not be too happy when you try to switch things up.
There are a few effective methods you can use to break him of his night wakings habit. If you believe in the cry-it-out methods, this can be extremely effective and quick. Alternatively, you can also use the Pick Up/Put Down gentle method the Baby Whisperer teaches. I used this method until my daughter was six months with a ton of success.
Otherwise, you can try gradual elimination (extending feedings and interact by 5 minute increments) or the wake-to-sleep method.
8. Sleep Props
A sleep prop is any object, person, or thing a baby needs in order to fall asleep. This could be a pacifier, a person, your breast or bottle, a white noise maker, rocking, music….almost anything! On the surface, a sleep prop isn't so bad. I mean, it gets your baby to sleep, right?
The trouble surfaces after your baby's 4 month sleep regression, when his sleep patterns shift to 45 minute cycles. If your baby requires a certain object to fall asleep, he'll naturally rouse at the 45 minute mark, realize that he doesn't have his sleep prop and will scream out his discomfort. The most common sleep props babies become addicted to are:
- Pacifiers
- Nursing to sleep
- Your breast or bottle
- Noise makers (music, white noise machines, the washer or dryer)
- Rocking
- The car
- You
Sleep props are one of the most common reasons for a baby waking up every two hours, but that doesn't mean that these objects are inherently bad for your baby. Pacifiers especially get the brunt of the blame, but honestly, they can be so beneficial. They satisfy your baby's instinctive need to suckle and prevent your baby from nursing to sleep. The issue arises when a pacifier becomes a requirement for sleep.
So, how can you tell if your baby has a sleep prop? The dead giveaway is this: put your baby down for a nap without it. If your baby sleeps fine, you're good to go. If he cries and won't sleep without it, you know you've got a problem.
The Solution: Get Rid of the Sleep Prop
Sleep props suck, especially after 4 months.
If your baby is younger than 4 months, it should be relatively easy to break the habit by going cold turkey. He might fuss for a little bit for a couple of naps (usually a day or so tops), but it's relatively a painless process.
If your baby is older than 4 months, you'll need to use an age-appropriate solution that works for you and your baby. Some moms like to use gradual elimination, which can take a couple weeks. Other moms like to go cold turkey with cry-it-out (this is the most efficient method and will take about 2 days for babies under 12 months).
I used a combination of these two methods to eliminate my daughter's binkie. This approach took about a week. I took away the pacifier at night first and then I eliminated it during her naps.
9. Developmental Leap
When your baby is learning a new skill, there is no better time to practice than in his crib. At 2AM. Every Night.
If you're new to "Developmental Leaps", this concept was heralded by the book, Wonder Weeks. This is another staple baby book that should always been on your bookshelf (or in my case, by my bed). The book suggests that your baby will have biologically timed "leaps" at set points in his life. During this period, your baby might be fussy, losing sleep, or just a grump in general. This fussy period will be followed by a "leap" forward, a point where he explores his new skills and practices them at every opportunity he gets.
I love this book because if my daughter was suddenly cranky for a couple days at a time, I would look in that book and see that, lo and behold, she was in a Wonder Week. It helped me cope with her new, strange behavior, and then encourage her skills to develop as her new ailities emerged a couple weeks later.
So, back to why your baby is waking up every two hours… he might be going through either the fussy phase of a developmental leap OR the learning phase, where he wants to check out his new skills.
I've found that rolling over and standing up are the worst sleep disruptors. Often your baby will figure out how to roll one way, but can't figure out how to roll back. The same goes for standing up. He might be too excited that he's standing to actually sleep!
The Solution: Help Her Practice These Skills during the Day.
Once she masters her new abilities, it's old news. So, during play time, help her practice as much as she can. If she continues to practice at night it's just a dance of either encouraging her to go back to sleep or waiting for her to fall back asleep on her own.
Note: I've downloaded the common Wonder Weeks app as well and honestly, I'd recommend them both. The Wonder Weeks book will give you much, much more detail on the phases your baby will go through, plus creative activities you can try to help her through it (that in itself makes this book valuable to me), but the mobile app makes it so easy to keep track of your baby's progress! It will even give you alerts when your baby is entering into the fussy period.
10. Check for GERD or Infant Reflux
Most of the time, we think of GERD as an ailment that affects only newborns. In reality, severe cases can get worse around 4 months and can last until your baby is a toddler. GERD can be a very painful affliction that can destroy your baby's sleep if left untreated.
Look out for the symptoms of GERD:
- Wet burps
- Frequent hiccups
- Arching like he's in pain (can also be attributed to gas)
- Choking
- Coughing
- Hunger strike
Most babies experience these symptoms at some point, but the key here is frequency and intensity. If your baby is spitting up after every meal or won't even touch solids, get him checked out.
Solution: See a Pediatrician for Treatment and Practice an Eat-Wake-Sleep Cycle
My daughter suffered from mild reflux (it did NOT feel like mild at the time). Several articles and books I read said that the only solution for reflux was to give your baby small, frequent meals (snack feeding).
I tend to stay away from this solution. Snack feeding can exhaust you and foster unhealthy sleep habits later (as you might be experiences already). I've found that an eat-play-sleep routine helped minimize her symptoms.
If you feed your baby at the beginning of his wake cycle, instead of nursing him to sleep, he will have time to digest the food before being laid down again.
That's it, Mama. 10 possible solutions for your baby that is still waking up every two hours. I know this situation is frustrating and I know that you must be absolutely exhausted. Just hang in there. It may not feel like it right now, but I promise that this is a temporary situation (even if it feels like an eternity right now). Don't lose hope. Your baby is capable of getting a good night of sleep, it's just that sometimes she needs a little extra help.
My charge to you is this: look at your daily routine. Are feedings erratic? Do you have a consistent eat-play-sleep routine? If not, I would try my hardest to implement that first.
Then, look through this list again and figure out what resonates. Do you think your baby might be a snack feeder? Has his binkie become a sleep prop? If you go through this list systematically, narrowing your answers down one by one.
Don't be afraid to snag my quick reference sheet and my sleep troubleshooting sheet. I designed these tools based on my own experiences. I hope they help you figure out what's going on so you (and baby) can get a good night's sleep.
Finally, please don't be afraid to share your experiences below. We need to support each other through this crazy time!
Good luck, Mama!


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I AM NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE TO THIS SERIES! I had huge expectations for this book, The Bitter Kingdom did not disappoint.
The Bitter Kingdom was everything I wanted, plus some. It's basically the badass save-Hector-and-the-world show. A lot happens here, and it is all woven together beautifully. It's intricate and crazy and infinitely fun. Saving the world isn't simple, and Rae Carson pieced it together in a fantastic way.
We've watched Elisa develop from a insecure girl to a full-blown queen worthy of the title. This is character development at it's finest folks. Like, take notes. She's negotiating and scheming and she never would have done that before! Then there is Hector. I LOVE HECTOR. He's a certifiable badass and loyal and so madly in love with Elisa that I cried. No joke, I cried. As far as characters go, they felt so bloody real that I want them in my life. This can be said about all of them too. The relationship between Mara and Belen was fantastic. Then there is Red, a new character to The Bitter Kingdom that made me so happy! We can look at Storm, too, and see crazy development in him.
I'm attached to this world and don't want to let go. I want more! A seperate series about Belen and Mara? Maybe Red when she grows up? Some Rosario? Enough questions are left open that *could* fuel more books. I'm begging here. Please give me more. Please.

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If there's one thing you'll notice as you get older, it's that life gets less and less exciting --- that is, if we let it. When we're young, we rarely think about what's happening the next day, and live in the moment. We don't worry about the past or the future, or get bogged down with things we should do. We just enjoy ourselves. It's about time we all started bringing these principles into our daily lives!
If you want to have a more exciting lifestyle, forget your monotonous existence and have more adventures, here are 11 things you can do:
1. Get Rid Of The Meaningless Tasks To Make Room For More Excitement
Take a long, hard look at your life and figure out which tasks you can get rid of to make more room for excitement. Do you find yourself scrolling social media sites pointlessly? Figure out what you can get rid of so you can bring more excitement into your life. You should use your time wisely. Scrolling isn't a distraction from life, it is life.
2. Shake Up Your Boring Morning Routine
If you have the same morning routine, try changing it up so you have a routine that actually energizes you and makes you want to tackle the day. Could you start the day by reading a chapter of a book you love? Could you go for a quick run to get those endorphins pumping? Don't get out of bed every morning and rush around to leave for work. Leave plenty of time for yourself to get things done and enjoy the morning. It'll set a better tone for the rest of your day.
3. Rearrange Your Home
Maybe your home life could be made a little more exciting with a rearrangement of furniture? Simply changing a few things around could give your home a brand new look, make it more practical, and keep things fresh. There are apps and things you can use online to help you figure out the most practical arrangement for your home.
4. Find Fun Things To Include In Your Home
There are so many fun things you could include in your home, depending on who you live with and how you enjoy using your home most. For example, if you love singing in the shower, looking for the best shower speakers could be a great addition. If you and your family love your movie nights, then a big high quality TV could be great. You don't always have to include expensive things - a big beanbag, or even a hammock chair could make your home more fun to spend more time in.
5. Have A Makeover
Maybe you could make your life more exciting by having a makeover. When was the last time you changed your hair color? You could even do something far less committal and change your makeup. Try a new lipstick shade. Just do something fun and don't think about it too much!
6. Set Out To Learn Something New
If we're not working on bettering ourselves, then what's the point in life at all? Just because you don't plan on becoming a professional seamstress, for example, doesn't mean you can't take a class to learn how to do it. You'll meet new people, improve your skills and confidence, and who knows where else it could lead you? Think of something you've always wanted to do, from learning an instrument to learning a new language. Don't think too much about it and just see how things go. You only live once!
7. Plan An Exciting Trip
Plan an exciting trip, or better yet multiple exciting trips that you can take either alone or with friends. Bear in mind that traveling alone and traveling with friends can be two completely different experiences. When traveling alone, you can learn so much about yourself. You also have an itinerary that's all your own, as you're the boss! Traveling alone should be embraced, rather than frowned upon. However, you should still travel with friends if you can - after all, after a certain point, when there are families and houses to take care of, they won't necessarily want to travel anymore. Plan as many trips as you can - travel is one of the only things you can spend money on that can actually make you richer!
8. Spend More Time With People Who Make You Feel Alive
If you have people in your life who make you feel alive, make sure you spend more time with them. There will of course, be some people who you wished you could get away from, but make sure you make the most of those who you feel bring out the best in you. Socialize more, even if you can only arrange a quick coffee catch up.
9. Take A Big Leap Of Faith
Is there something that's been on your mind for a while, but you'd need to take a big leap of faith to do it? For example, moving to a new city, signing up to an expensive course, or doing something else that makes you a little scared? It's good to do things that scare you. If something scares you and excites you at the same time, then it's probably worth doing.
10. Say Yes More Often
If you find yourself saying no to things constantly, try saying yes more often. Say yes to that after work drink. Go on that date, even if you don't think it'll go anywhere. Just start being a yes person, instead of a no person. Say yes to life and you'll be surprised at where it could take you.
11. Wear Something Bolder Than Usual
Why not wear something a little bolder than usual? The things we wear can have a huge impact on our confidence. You might find that you feel unstoppable when you wear something bright and bold. You could even start small, by incorporating bright shoes, for example.
Which of these 11 things will you try for a more exciting lifestyle?
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Our goal is to upgrade your meter and provide you with your own self-service "dashboard" capability to manage your account, just as you do with many of your other online accounts. Advanced Metering Basics Advanced, two-way digital metering is a safe and proven technology that is widely used across the US. More than half the utilities in the country are already using this technology. AMI is a building block for a more efficient electric system, often called the smart grid. It will provide many benefits to customers and greatly improve operational efficiencies. The meters will: Empower you to make energy-saving choices Improve customer service and outage response Help you and the PUD save money How Does Advanced Metering Work? Advanced, two-way digital meters will connect homes and businesses to the PUD and will collect customer meter reads automatically. This means that: Advanced digital meters record customer energy-use information throughout the day, just as today's meters do. Customer energy-use information is sent several times a day to us, using radio frequency (RF) waves. This is similar to the wireless communications used by cell phones and WiFi. The meters will transmit data for a maximum of 90 seconds per day. Once it's within our secure firewall, the information will be matched up with customer accounts for billing and other customer service activities. Fast Facts Similar to your existing electric meter, the new digital meter is installed on the outside of your home or business. Actual data transmission using RF occurs in milliseconds or less than one minute per day. Many of your existing appliances and mobile devices, such as microwaves and cell phones, transmit far higher RF levels and often are much closer to you than a digital meter. Questions about advanced meters? Ask Us! Or read our FAQs En Espanol Pregutas Frecuentes Sobre Events Advanced Metering Community Meeting - Wenatchee/Pybus Date: 04/11/2017 Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location: Wenatchee, WA Address: 3 N. Worthen St. Website: http://www.chelanpud.org/learning-center/advanced-meters Pybus Public Market - south end of building Comparing Advanced Metering To Current Meters Transitioning to advanced meters is a bit like upgrading to a smart phone from a land line phone—both technologies work, but the smart phone provides a better user experience and allows customers to stay even more connected to what matters to them. Current meters Are manually read by meter readers every month, creating opportunities for billing errors and estimations. Require meter readers to drive more than 200,000 miles annually to record customer data. This creates vehicle fuel costs and produces pollution from vehicle trips. Cannot alert the utility to power outages (Chelan PUD currently relies on customer phone calls to know when the power is out). Do not have built-in safety features. Advanced meters Uses secure wireless communications to send energy-use information directly to us. Enables customers to view their energy-use information daily. This can empower you to make energy- and money- saving choices. Alerts us to power outages, enabling a faster outage response. Creates more reliable customer billing. Advanced Metering reduces several manual processes, helping to ensure meters are read correctly and customers are billed accurately every time. Provides added safety features like sensors that can detect increasing temperatures. Share Chelan County PUD Advanced Meters page on Facebook Tweet Chelan County PUD Advanced Meters page Share Chelan County PUD Advanced Meters page on LinkedIn"


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Červená Fox Gets Tattooed And Lets Followers Watch LIVE
Follow Červená Fox on Periscope to watch her be tattooed live, ask questions and get to know the tattoo model.
Tattoo model, fire performer and tattoo apprentice Červená Fox has been live streaming her tattoo sessions over on her Periscope account.
Periscope works like Snapchat in that its videos are instant. You can watch users broadcast live, see the videos for 24 hours after, but then they are gone forever.
If you missed Červená's video last week, you'll have to wait for the next one!
The tattooed star also has big plans for her YouTube channel, and posted the below photo last week:
"Filming with @Stephenone (IG) today at New Wave Tattoos (Lal Hardy's) for A Pound of Flesh / Kingpin Tattoo Supply. Subscribe to my channel to be the first to see it."
All photos from her Facebook page.


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Camp Unbeatables
Week 1: December 23, 26 and 27 Week 2: December 30, January 2 and 3
Doral Legacy Park
8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ages 5 to 14 years old.
We strive to provide children with the necessary life skills and tools to be successful in today's world.
Years of serious fun
Campers attended
Snacks eaten
Games played
Meet The Unbeatables!
The Unbeatables are a crew of 5 superheroes with the power to possess the tools, tips and tricks needed to be successful in all aspects of life and transmit those powers to any child who wants to be like them. The Unbeatables are used in every aspect of camp from training and presentations to sports and activities.
Fit Freddy
Freddy is a healthy young gentleman, both phisically and mentally. He follows a balanced diet everyday and exercises regularly.
Caring Carol
Carol is a sweet and very compassionate young lady. She is always helping people around her.
Clever Cleo
Cleo is a stylish and smart girl. She likes to get good grades and dress in the latest fashions.
Friendly Felix
Felix is an extrovert and sociable guy. He loves to spend quality time with his friends and family.
Achiever Ay-jai
Ay-jai is a go-getter and hard working young guy. He is pretty clear about what attaining goals in life means: planning and consistent effort.
Camp Unbeatables is a fun, interactive, dynamic and innovative program, designed by Life Coaches, teachers and sports trainers.
Participants will learn important life skills, and enjoy a complete curriculum of indoor and outdoor activities that will have them wanting to come back day after day.
Weeks are packed with activities where kids will learn and practice leadership skills and get tips on how to better interact with friends and family for a successful social life!Learn more
Kids will learn about basic financial skills and careers from guest speakers and special presentations.Learn more
We offer an array of indoor and outdoor sports activities; where kids can practice good sportsmanship and learn how to maintain a positive attitude!Learn more
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Weeks are packed with activities where kids will learn and practice leadership skills and get important tips on how to better interact with friends and family for a successful social life!Register Here


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I realized a couple of weeks into my current work fiasco that there weren't many years that I could labor so very hard for so little money. I knew I needed to make a real effort to explore my possibilities for working smarter, not harder. Still unsure of what I wanted to be when I grew up, I tried to really open my heart and my mind to careers that would bring me a sense of fulfillment...along with a sweet paycheck.
It wasn't long after I declared my search to be a sincere one that a girl in one of my spinning classes asked me about a particular style of yoga. She knew I'd practiced for more than ten years and I was honored to weigh in with my opinion. A bit later she was discussing the same topic with the spinning instructor and I heard her say, "Well, my nutritionist said that Bikram yoga burns 900 calories a class." And of all of the words that were said that entire day, nutritionist rang in my ears over and over and over. After work and kids and bedtime I managed a few minutes to peruse the net. Nutritionist led to Dietitian and a great calm fell over me. I was home.
It is no great secret that of the few regrets I carry with me, the greatest is that I didn't finish my college education.
Now that's about to change.
I have enrolled at JCCC to begin classes this summer taking prerequisites for the Dietetics distance program from K-State. It will likely be a three year journey to my ultimate destination and I couldn't be more excited.
And now that I've told the world (or at least all fifteen of my readers), I guess I have to follow through on it. Gee, I wonder what I'll wear on my first day of school...
Airing it out, clean or otherwise since 2008
(For entertainment and recreational purposes only)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
As Giddy as a School Girl
Posted by Some kind of Jennifer at 8:48 PM
Labels: college knowledge, Dietitian-to-be, working girl
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Hi Jennifer! I'm adding your blog to my Google Reader. It's great! I love your style of writing.
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Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting Party is Dec. 8
Join the Downtown Museum District on the grounds of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) and Texas Energy Museum at 500 Main Street for the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Party from 4 - 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8.
Children and their families are invited, once again, to celebrate the holiday season with hands-on activities at this festive celebration complete with a visit from Santa Claus. Admission is free and open to the public.
"We look forward to the Holiday Tree Lighting event every year around Christmas time," said AMSET Curator of Education/Outreach, Andy Gardner. "It's a great opportunity for the museums of downtown Beaumont to come together and provide the community with free family fun during the holiday season."
Bring the entire family and light up the season by creating festive ornaments, decorating holiday cookies, and visiting with Santa Claus before mailing a letter to the North Pole. Other activities will be provided by area museums, attractions and businesses.
Completing this afternoon of holiday fun is the lighting of the Christmas tree at 6 p.m. by Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames. Children are encouraged to decorate the tree with the ornaments they created, and take one home for their own decoration.
Presented, in part, by Mobiloil Federal Credit Union and Flint Hills Resources, the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Party is a great holiday celebration where children and their families have the opportunity to explore the excitement that downtown Beaumont museums and arts organizations have to offer and light up the season with free, family-oriented fun.
For more information, call (409) 832-3432 or visit www.amset.org.


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If you or someone you know wants or needs to have the opportunity to visit with a professional personal counselor, Newman University's counseling referral service is available.
- Short term professional personal counseling with a licensed counselor is available for students at no cost.
- Services are available for all currently enrolled students.
- All referrals and services are confidential.
- If needed, assistance with transportation can be provided.


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Another CES announcement – this device will plugin in your car – and give you a suite of controls, information and reporting to your smart phone or a webpage. Look out teenage drivers.
We first caught wind of Delphi and Verizon's new Vehicle Diagnostics service a couple of days back. Today we got to see the thing in action at the Pepcom event here at CES. The hardware is a small black plastic box that should plug into most cars sold in the US after 1996. Once inserted, it communicates wireless with your Android or iOS handset or tablet. The Delphi rep we spoke with started things off by pointing out that it does more than just the diagnostics implied by its name — and that's certainly the case. There's a long laundry list of functionality here. He certainly had a lot to talk about.
On a base-level, we're talking geo-fences, performance alerts and map tracking — it can also mimic key functionality, so you can lock / unlock and remotely start up the engine if your vehicle supports such things. As we said, there's a long list of functionality here — pretty impressive all in all. In fact, the Connected Car Service app takes a bit of getting used to, due to all the features. We'll let the Delphi rep take you through it the app after the break.
via Delphi / Verizon's Vehicle Diagnostics hands-on (video).


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Caesar Hotel
- Free WiFi
- Collect nights
Caesar Hotelfrom £93
- Standard Room
- Single Room
- Executive Room
- Deluxe Room
- Family Room
- Executive Single Room
More great choices
What's around Caesar Hotel
Top spots nearby
Recommended by this property
- Hyde Park (14-minute walk)
- Natural History Museum (20-minute walk)
- Queen Mary's Gardens (23-minute walk)
- Oxford Circus (26-minute walk)
- National Gallery (36-minute walk)
Getting around
- London (LHR-Heathrow) 41-min drive
- London (LGW-Gatwick) 85-min drive
- London (LCY-London City) 58-min drive
- London Paddington Station 8-min walk
- London Marylebone Station 23-min walk
- London Kilburn High Road Station 5-min drive
- Bayswater Underground Station 8-min walk
- Lancaster Gate Underground Station 8-min walk
- Queensway Underground Station 8-min walk
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 140 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Pets allowed *
- Up to 33 lb
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle *
- No parking
Payment types at the property
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- 24-hour room service
- Fitness facilities
- Sauna
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- 24-hour business centre
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 200
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
- Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
- English
- Spanish
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Also popular with travellers from the UK
Special features
DiningXO Restaurant – This restaurant only serves breakfast.
Caesar Hotel's small print
Also known as
- Caesar Hotel London
- Caesar Hotel
- Caesar London
- Caesar Hotel Hotel
- Caesar Hotel London
- Caesar Hotel Hotel London
- Caesar Hotel Hotel London
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms. These are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag and hen parties.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
Mandatory fees
Deposit: GBP 50 per stay
Optional extras
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of GBP 16 per person (approximately)
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of GBP 30 per pet, per night
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Recent reviews
Fabulous 8.6 From 445 reviews
Beware of the dungeon - Executive Room(s) in basement are to be avoided
Beautiful bijou hotel - service impeccable. Booked an executive room and it was surprisingly spacious - bearing in mind other reviews and an expectation that London rooms are always on the smaller side. Had to wait for cooked breakfast on a busy Saturday morning but when it arrived it was cooked fresh so happy to wait rather than the usual sort of buffet fight. In all a great stay.
It was ok, furnishings a bit old fashioned and maybe could be updated but overall a good stay
We chose this hotel as it was close to Hyde Park for BST. It's 15 minutes walk from Paddington station which was pleasant with some lovely architecture The hotel itself is situated in a quiet residential square. As two older females we felt safe in this area. The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming, and the full English breakfast was the best I've had for some time. The selection of buffet breakfast cheeses, bread, ham, fruit and pastries were also plentiful. The twin beds were comfy though the shower room was small. I had booked an Executive room and was disappointed to be allocated to a basement room with the outlook of an internal courtyard and adjoining doors to the next room. The floors are hardwood so we could hear our neighbours moving around underneath the gap between the doors. Slightly perturbing at gone midnight. Had we stayed for longer I'd have asked for another room. We would definitely return here but would be mindful of room location. All in all a little gem in a popular area of London.
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The results were dispiriting. The enemy had all the advantages: stealth, anonymity and unpredictability. No one could pinpoint the country from which the attack came, so there was no effective way to deter further damage by threatening retaliation. What's more, the military commanders noted that they even lacked the legal authority to respond — especially because it was never clear if the attack was an act of vandalism, an attempt at commercial theft or a state-sponsored effort to cripple the
What some participants in the simulation knew — and others did not — was that a version of their nightmare had just played out in real life, not at the Pentagon where they were meeting, but in the far less formal war rooms at
After that, the trail disappeared into a cloud of angry Chinese government denials, and then an ugly exchange of accusations between Washington and
These recent events demonstrate how quickly the nation's escalating cyberbattles have outpaced the rush to find a deterrent, something equivalent to the cold-war-era strategy of threatening nuclear retaliation.
So far, despite millions of dollars spent on studies, that quest has failed. Last week, Secretary of State
"States, terrorists and those who would act as their proxies must know that the United States will protect our networks," she declared in a speech on Thursday that drew an angry response from Beijing. "Those who disrupt the free flow of information in our society or any other pose a threat to our economy, our government and our civil society."
But Mrs. Clinton did not say how the United States would respond, beyond suggesting that countries that knowingly permit cyberattacks to be launched from their territories would suffer damage to their reputations, and could be frozen out of the global economy.
There is, in fact, an intense debate inside and outside the government about what the United States can credibly threaten. One alternative could be a diplomatic démarche, or formal protest, like the one the State Department said was forthcoming, but was still not delivered, in the Google case. Economic retaliation and criminal prosecution are also possibilities.
Inside the National Security Agency, which secretly scours overseas computer networks, officials have debated whether evidence of an imminent cyberattack on the United States would justify a pre-emptive American cyberattack — something the president would have to authorize. In an extreme case, like evidence that an adversary was about to launch an attack intended to shut down power stations across America, some officials argue that the right response might be a military strike.
"We are now in the phase that we found ourselves in during the early 1950s, after the Soviets got the bomb," said Joseph Nye, a professor at the Kennedy School at Harvard. "It won't have the same shape as nuclear deterrence, but what you heard Secretary Clinton doing was beginning to explain that we can create some high costs for attackers."
Fighting Shadows
When the Pentagon summoned its top regional commanders from around the globe for meetings and a dinner with
Participants in the war game emerged with a worrisome realization. Because the Internet has blurred the line between military and civilian targets, an adversary can cripple a country — say, freeze its
"The fact of the matter," said one senior intelligence official, "is that unless Google had told us about the attack on it and other companies, we probably never would have seen it. When you think about that, it's really scary."
William J. Lynn III, the deputy defense secretary, who oversaw the simulation, said in an interview after the exercise that America's concepts for protecting computer networks reminded him of one of defensive warfare's great failures, the Maginot Line of pre-World War II
Mr. Lynn, one of the Pentagon's top strategists for computer network operations, argues that the billions spent on defensive shields surrounding America's
"A fortress mentality will not work in cyber," he said. "We cannot retreat behind a Maginot Line of firewalls. We must also keep maneuvering. If we stand still for a minute, our adversaries will overtake us."
The Pentagon simulation and the nearly simultaneous real-world attacks on Google and more than 30 other companies show that those firewalls are falling fast. But if it is obvious that the government cannot afford to do nothing about such breaches, it is also clear that the old principles of retaliation — you bomb
"We are looking beyond just the pure military might as the solution to every deterrence problem," said Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, in charge of the military's Strategic Command, which defends military computer networks. "There are other elements of national power that can be brought to bear. You could deter a country with some economic moves, for example."
But first you would have to figure out who was behind the attack.
Even Google's engineers could not track, with absolute certainty, the attackers who appeared to be trying to steal their source code and, perhaps, insert a "Trojan horse" — a backdoor entryway to attack — in Google's search engines. Chinese officials have denied their government was involved, and said nothing about American demands that it investigate. China's denials, American officials say, are one reason that President Obama has said nothing in public about the attacks — a notable silence, given that he has made cybersecurity a central part of national security strategy.
"You have to be quite careful about attributions and accusations," said a senior administration official deeply involved in dealing with the Chinese incident with Google. The official was authorized by the Obama administration to talk about its strategy, with the condition that he would not be named.
"It's the nature of these attacks that the
Nonetheless, the White House said in a statement that "deterrence has been a fundamental part of the administration's cybersecurity efforts from the start," citing work in the past year to protect networks and "international engagement to influence the behavior of potential adversaries."
Left unsaid is whether the Obama administration has decided whether it would ever threaten retaliatory cyberattacks or military attacks after a major cyberattack on American targets. The senior administration official provided by the White House, asked about Mr. Obama's thinking on the issue, said: "Like most operational things like this, the less said, the better." But he added, "there are authorities to deal with these attacks residing in many places, and ultimately, of course, with the president."
Others are less convinced. "The U.S. is widely recognized to have pre-eminent offensive cybercapabilities, but it obtains little or no deterrent effect from this," said James A. Lewis, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies program on technology and public policy.
In its final years, the Bush administration started a highly classified effort, led by Melissa Hathaway, to build the foundations of a national cyberdeterrence strategy. "We didn't even come close," she said in a recent interview. Her hope had been to recreate Project Solarium, which President
Ms. Hathaway was asked to stay on to run Mr. Obama's early review. Yet when the unclassified version of its report was published in the spring, there was little mention of deterrence. She left the administration when she was not chosen as the White House cybersecurity coordinator. After a delay of seven months, that post is now filled: Howard A. Schmidt, a veteran computer specialist, reported for work last week, just as the government was sorting through the lessons of the Google attack and calculating its chances of halting a more serious one in the future.
Government-Corporate Divide
In nuclear deterrence, both the Americans and the Soviets knew it was all or nothing: the Cuban missile crisis was resolved out of fear of catastrophic escalation. But in cyberattacks, the damage can range from the minor to the catastrophic, from slowing computer searches to bringing down a country's cellphone networks, neutralizing its spy satellites, or crashing its electrical grid or its air traffic control systems. It is difficult to know if small attacks could escalate into bigger ones.
So part of the problem is to calibrate a response to the severity of the attack.
The government has responded to the escalating cyberattacks by ordering up new strategies and a new United States Cyber Command. The office of Defense Secretary
The new Cyber Command, if approved by Congress, would be run by Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, head of the
But many in the military, led by General Chilton of the Strategic Command and Gen. James E. Cartwright, the vice chairman of the
Mrs. Clinton went down that road in her speech on Thursday, describing how a country that cracked down on Internet freedom or harbored groups that conduct cyberattacks could be ostracized. But though sanctions might work against a small country, few companies are likely to shun a market the size of China, or
That is what makes the Google-China standoff so fascinating. Google broke the silence that usually surrounds cyberattacks; most American banks or companies do not want to admit their computer systems were pierced. Google has said it will stop censoring searches conducted by Chinese, even if that means being thrown out of China. The threat alone is an attempt at deterrence: Google's executives are essentially betting that Beijing will back down, lift censorship of searches and crack down on the torrent of cyberattacks that pour out of China every day. If not, millions of young Chinese will be deprived of the Google search engine, and be left to the ones controlled by the Chinese government.
An Obama administration official who has been dealing with the Chinese mused recently, "You could argue that Google came up with a potential deterrent for the Chinese before we did."Continue reading the main story


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Location: Lindenbaum Pavilion
From: Wednesday, February 13 at 4:30 pm
For Grades K-4
Spend an hour helping others as a family. We'll make sandwiches for Central's Breakfast Program, a social justice opportunity that gives those in need breakfast and a bagged lunch every Thursday and Friday morning. Children must be accompanied by an adult.


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Today, as it would make perfect sense to, I wanted to talk about Christmas. I feel like this year has flown so fast (cliché, I know) and this month is the only time that I've had to just slow down and fully relax. But I wanted to give you something slightly different to what I've done in the past. So I decided on a Q&A.
#1 Do you do anything to countdown to the day?
Most years I just have a generic chocolate advent calendar. This year it was One Direction (I'm not sorry).
#2. When do you put up your Christmas tree and/or other decorations?
We've never really had a set date to put up decorations in our family but it normally happens around the 14th or 15th of December.
#3. What goes on top of your tree?
Almost every year it's an angel or a star, although I'm sure one year we had Homer Simpson....
#4. What do you eat for your Christmas meal and when do you eat it?
We always have a full Christmas dinner, except with Chicken instead of Turkey and Yorkshire Pudding, which are apparently not part of the traditional dinner, who knew? And it's always for tea instead of lunch.
#5. Do you have any family Christmas traditions?
Christmas for us always starts on Christmas Eve. We go out in York (my nearest city) with the whole family and have a meal there before going to my Grandma's house for the evening. We're all allowed to open one present there, and have to leave the rest for Christmas Day.
#6. Do you leave anything out for Santa? If so what?
When I was younger we used to leave out Whiskey and a carrot for Rudolph. When I got a little older I started to question why our family left Whiskey when all of my friends gave Santa milk and my dad wasn't too sure how to answer....funny that...
#7. When do you open your gifts?
It's the first thing we do on Christmas Day. When I was a kid I used to get up as early as I could get away with because I was just so excited. But now I'm a teenager I've decided that I love those few more hours in bed just a little bit more...
#8. What's on top of your Christmas list?
This year I'm really after Glastonbury festival tickets. I haven't been since I was two years old and it would be great to go again. But given the facts that they sell out in about 3 minutes, are £175 each and I can't go without my parents until I'm 16, I'm seriously doubting my chances. Realistically this year all I really want is books, movies, music and chocolate (of course).
I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to everybody reading this. 2014 has been incredible and you and these articles have really helped make that. I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a fantastic 2015! See you in the New Year!


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Kutch Craftswomen Collective // India
Anika Embroidered + Mirrored Raw Silk Clutch
Why we love it
Our regal looking rectangular Anika Embroidered + Mirrored Raw Silk Clutch featuring green, with and black embroidery, pearlized buttons and three prongs will add a pop of color to your outfit, whether heading out for the evening in t-shirt and jeans or a ball gown. Adorned with finely embroidered mirror work on the front, the Anika clutch is a timeless classic that evokes strength, power, and positive energy. Whether searching for a compliment to a special outfit or looking to add a unique piece to your wardrobe, look no further. These embroideries help preserve a tradition that has been passed on for centuries, often offered as customary gifts in weddings, dowries, and spiritual ceremonies.
Meet our artisans
The Anika clutch is handmade by the nomadic Rabaris craftswomen part of the Kutch Craftswomen Collective who have passed on their needlework tradition from generation to generation. The women are part of a cooperative of 1200+ rural artisans from 11 ethnic communities across 65 villages in arid interiors of Kutch, India. Providing socioeconomic empowerment to women, the collective preserves traditional Kutch embroidery - a beautiful and heavily detailed form of Indian traditional embroidery which originates from the Kutch region of Gujarat in North Western India. The embroidery techniques comprise a combination of stitches and mirrors, or 'abhla.' These small mirrors and sometimes even beads are used along with embroidery, placed decoratively along geometric patterns.
The details
- Made of 100% orange raw silk with black cotton interior and lining
- Fine black, green, orange and white embroidery on orange raw silk, including detailed mirroring and pearlized buttons on front flap
- Includes zippered pocket inside clutch, which is closed with two white pearlized buttons
- Dimensions: 6.2" h x 8" w x 0.5" thick
- Weight: (0.2 lbs) X 100g
- Origin: Kutch, Gujarat - India
Why choose INA + ILIA?
- Receive one of a kind, high-quality, conscious products rooted in positive energy
- You know where your home decor products are made, and who makes them
- Our makers are paid fair market wages
- Empower artisans and their communities financially and socially
- Help them share and sustain traditional crafts
Our gift to you
With every INA + ILIA purchase, you will receive a free rainbow moonstone as a token of our thanks for supporting global female craftswomen. Rainbow moonstones harness energy to help women to recognize and embrace their personal power and inner strength. It teaches us confidence, and emanates great life force, vitality and overwhelming joy. By connecting our customers with female artisans around the world, we hope to help you ignite your own inner light and create a conscious home.


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Our summer editorial interns are in the building. They will be blogging this summer letting you know more about themselves and their time spent at TARGETjobs together with some helpful tips on employability. Hope you all join me in giving them a big warm TARGETjobs welcome.
Here they are:
Hi, I'm Harriet. I'm currently in between my second and third years at Durham University. This summer I'm working as an editorial intern here at TARGETjobs in Wallingford until my term starts again in October. At university I study English literature, co-run a student theatre company, work on my college's toastie bar, write for various uni publications and have researched and presented for Durham Student TV. Over the past few months I've really started to think about what I'm going to be doing the year after next and of possible ways to avoid staying in my pyjamas all day and eating ice cream for every meal. This seems to be a good time to begin planning and refining my answer to the question 'what do you want to do after graduation?' from 'yeah… um, the media?' to something less likely to kill a conversation. Lots of you will, I expect, be in the same boat as me – or similar ones. I'll be sharing my findings about the graduate world that is fast approaching, as well as writing about my thoughts and experiences from here at TARGETjobs.
Hi, I'm Hollie. I've just graduated from Glasgow University and I'm an editorial intern here at TARGETjobs. I took the 'scenic route' through higher education – a change in unis and a switch of courses meant that I was a student for over five years. As a result the thought of entering the real world is slightly daunting! Now I have a degree in mathematics and English literature under my belt, and like some of you I'm in the process of looking for a graduate scheme that appeals to me. I'm going to be spending the next few months researching what's on offer and applying to various things so I'll be keeping you updated on my progress. The application process can be scary as there's often a lot of competition and rigorous interviews but the important thing is to keep trying. Most people have to apply for a few different jobs before they're successful so just remember to see any rejections as good practice runs for the future. I've already had one pretty disastrous interview but stay tuned and I'll tell you all about that later! If you have any questions about my hunt for graduate employment you can get in touch with me at firstname.lastname@example.com or @chocaholliec.
Interesting fact: I once shaved my head for charity and spent the following few months resembling a potato
Hi there, I'm Craig. I'm an editorial summer intern for TARGETjobs currently working with the editors on productions such as Guardian UK 300 and TARGETjobs IT & Technology.
I am a fourth year student of English and Latin at the University of St Andrews and the editor-in-chief of the independent student newspaper, The Saint. In previous summers I have been fortunate enough to work briefly in the editorial departments of different publishing houses and I am now confident that I want to pursue a career in editorial. So, if you're interested in student journalism and/or publishing, read on, and I'll share what I've learned so far about the two industries. I'll also keep you updated with what it's like to be an intern for TARGETjobs and what makes working for a media company like GTI different to working in newspaper offices and publishing houses.
Interesting fact: This summer I will be wading through McNae's Essential Law for Journalists; if you're a wannabe hack, watch this space for legal minefields and how to avoid them!
Slightly more interesting fact: I am a keen fan of drag racing, and head to Santa Pod whenever I can!
Hi bloggers, I'm Laura and I'm one of the editorial interns at TARGETjobs. I'll be working here over the next couple of months and will keep you posted on my experience. Currently, I'm half way through my degree in Law with study in continental Europe at the University of Bristol. This means that over the summer, alongside working here at TARGETjobs, I'll be frantically trying to keep up my French reading (or not) for my year abroad at the University of Poitiers starting in September.
Luckily, this also means I've still got two whole years to go before I seriously need to focus on graduate jobs and my career path, which seems a long time now, but, as I've been reminded repeatedly by parents, teachers and lecturers, preparation is key! I don't have a job at uni as the hours just don't allow for it, but during the holidays, I've done various jobs and work experience placements, on which I'll say more in a later post (if you can handle the suspense…)
At the moment I'm weighing up a career in journalism and the more obvious (though far from easy) route into legal practice. Often my thoughts on what I want to do after graduating change literally from one day to the next, so I am by no means set on a specific career path as yet! However, I'm looking forward to sharing my insights into the big wide world of work with you over the next few months.
If you have any questions or want to know more information, feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow my blog http://laurasbookcase.blogspot.co.uk/


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Apache Design's Totem Software Adopted by Fujitsu Semiconductor for Power Noise and Reliability Analysis
Released : 07 Dec 2011
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) announced that Totem™ software -- from its subsidiary Apache Design, Inc. -- has been deployed by Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited to analyze and optimize all their custom integrated circuit (IC) designs. This includes analog, memory, high-speed I/O, PMIC (power management IC) and RF ICs that are used in wide variety of consumer, mobile and communications electronic products. As custom IC designs increase in complexity, engineers face the challenges of meeting stringent performance and reliability targets, especially at 28-nanometer (nm) and below manufacturing process nodes. Totem -- a complete power noise and reliability platform for analog/mixed-signal chip designs -- was selected by Fujitsu Semiconductor for its ability to handle large designs and analyze global noise coupling, which can impact chip performance and reliability. It was also chosen for its integration with existing analog design tool environments, a feature that offers improved productivity.
"Apache's Totem enables us to accurately model and simulate power/ground, substrate and package/PCB noise coupling at the full-chip level for advanced process technologies," said Masaru Ito, director of the technology development division, IP and technology development and manufacturing unit of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited. "By using Totem, we can explore the impact of noise coupling on the circuit's performance and determine if critical layout changes are needed early in the design process, allowing us to increase productivity and lower the risk of re-spin."
"The successful adoption of our Totem platform demonstrates how designers can depend on Apache to deliver products that meet the needs of leading custom designs," said Dian Yang, general manager and senior vice president at Apache. "Totem enables designers to optimize for better performance, lower product cost, meet specifications, and help mitigate design risks."
About Totem
Totem is a full-chip, layout-based power noise and reliability platform for analog and mixed-signal designs. It addresses the challenges associated with global couplings of power/ground noise, substrate noise, and package/PCB capacitive and inductive noise for memory components (Flash and DRAM), high-speed I/Os (HDMI and DDR), and analog circuits such as power management ICs. Totem-CSE considers the impact of full-chip SoC substrate noise and obtains an accurate substrate injection signature for all digital components. It accurately analyzes noise coupling effects at every time-point using a single-kernel solver, and enables designers to account for all global noise impact on their designs. Totem-MMX is a transistor-level power noise analysis and verification solution for static and dynamic power integrity from early design stage to sign-off. It addresses the verification of IP designed using full-custom or semi-custom techniques for both analog and mixed-signal designs.
About Apache Design, Inc.
Apache Design, Inc., a subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., is a leading provider of innovative power analysis and optimization solutions that enable the design of power-efficient, high-performance, noise-immune ICs and electronic systems. Apache's comprehensive suite of integrated products and methodologies advances low-power innovation and provides a competitive advantage for the world's top semiconductor companies. The company's differentiated simulation software solutions help lower power consumption, increase operating performance, reduce system cost, mitigate design risks, and shorten time-to-market for a broad range of end-markets and applications. Learn more at: http://www.apache-da.com/.
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS brings clarity and insight to customers' most complex design challenges through fast, accurate and reliable engineering simulation. Our technology enables organizations ― no matter their industry ― to predict with confidence that their products will thrive in the real world. Customers trust our software to help ensure product integrity and drive business success through innovation. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs over 2700 professionals, many of them expert in engineering fields such as finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, embedded software, system simulation and design optimization. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners in 40+ countries.
Visit www.ansys.com for more information. The ANSYS IR App is now available for download on iTunes and Google Play. ANSYS also has a strong presence on the major social channels. To join the simulation conversation, please visit: www.ansys.com/Social@ANSYS.
ANSYS and any and all ANSYS, Inc. brand, product, service and feature names, logos and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of ANSYS, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States or other countries. All other brand, product, service and feature names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Modules for course C603 | BSC/SPSC
BSc Sports Science
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2019–20 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the years: 2018–19; 2020–21.
Find out more about studying and applying for this degree.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
40 credits from:
- JXH-3001: Research Project (40) (Semester 1 + 2) The aim of this module is to allow studnets to complete a research project in an area of mutual agreement with their supervisor in the school of sport, health and exercise sciences. Students will have the opportunity to produce an original piece of research work and integrate knowledge and skills developed previously durning the course at undergraduate level (e.g. research methods).or
JXC-3001: Prosiect Ymchwil (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- JXH-3054: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
JXC-3054: Traethawd (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- JXH-3031: Stress & Performance (10) (Semester 1) The module explores research and theoretical standpoints within the field of stress and performance. Real life stress and performance case studies that the lecturer has encountered with athletes will be explored at depth within the module content. Class time will consist of a combination of lectures, individual exercises, group discussions and formative assignment practice.or
JXC-3031: Straen a Pherfformiad (10) (Semester 1)
- JXH-3033: Research in Psychological Skil (10) (Semester 1) or
JXC-3033: Ymchwil mewn Sgiliau Seicolego (10) (Semester 1)
- JXH-3034: Personality & Ind Diffs (10) (Semester 1) Early theories (psychodynamic theories and derivaties) and later theories of personality, including different methods of assessment and application, self theories (e.g., self determination, self discrepancy), the Big Five, the Giant Three; specific personality traits (e.g., neuroticism, narcissism, perfectionism, optimism) in relation to sport and exercise performance; body-centre personality theories and their relation to sprot and exercise performance and health; "high-risk" sports, including affect/emotion regulation and individual differences in sensation seeking and risk-taking.
- JXH-3037: App Sport Sci of Elite Perf (10) (Semester 2) This module will include: Training theory and advanced training techniques of the elite performer; Physiological assessment of performers; Issues in doping in elite performance; Preparation for competition.
- JXH-3039: Environmental Physiology (10) (Semester 1) This module aims to develop students¿ understanding of the effect of environmental extremes on the physiological responses to exercise and the effects of environmental extremes on exercise performance. The module will focus particularly on physiological responses to exercise performed in hot, cold, deep sea and microgravity (space flight) conditions.
- JXH-3047: Disability Sport & Rehab (10) (Semester 2)
- JXH-3050: Skill Acquisition (10) (Semester 2) Class time will consist of a combination of lectures, individual exercises and group discussions.
- JXH-3055: Biochemistry of Exercise (10) (Semester 1) This course will introduce into Biochemistry and especially in metabolic pathways and their interaction in different tissues with focus on exercise response. Knowledge will be provided on how metabolism is regulated on the cellular and systemic levels. Students will learn how nutrition and exercise will impact metabolism acutely and chronically. Connection between metabolic processes and health and training outcomes will be addressed. This module is important for all students seeking improved insight in Physiology and Nutrition. Students who are aiming for a Nutrition-MSc are highly advised to select this module. Biochemistry might be compulsory for their future studies. Basic biochemical techniques will be explained and trained during the course.
- JXH-4002: Performance Psychology (20) (Semester 1) Group cohesion; Collective efficacy; Leadership; Goals. Catastrophe models; Processing efficiency theory; Conscious processing hypothesis; Ironic effect theory; Attention control theory.
- JXH-4007: Performance Physio (20) (Semester 1 + 2) Part A (Semester 1) will commence by reviewing the link between physiology and physical performance. This is followed by detailed examination of endurance activities with emphasis on muscle oxygenation and metabolism and the implications for fatigue. A final consideration will be some alternative models of fatigue in endurance activities. Part B (Semester 2) examines some of the other factors that exert a major influence on performance, such as basic and applied aspects of strength and power, and alterations in immune function.
- JXH-4018: Sports Injury Rehabilitation (10) (Semester 2)
- JXH-4019: Psych of Injury & Rehab (10) (Semester 2)
- JXH-4022: Effective Coach Practice (10) (Semester 2)
- JXH-4023: Psychology of Effective Coachi (10) (Semester 1)


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Photo: I writes in the mornin', I writes in the ev'nin'… I writes 'tills I lose my mind… You like the roll of toilet paper I'm using instead of buying the box of kleenex like a classy person? I'm the classiest! (shhh, don't tell mom! She'd kill me!)
This is me on the phone with The Husband, describing my bout with the pestilence:
"Yeah, I mean, it's probably not a big deal. the boys came home with this on Friday and they are already better. I am pretty sure the snot ran clear the whole time. Not a huge thing at all. I bought some orange juice. Should knock it out by Wednesday."
This is me in my head as I moved away from my desk and took a pencil and notebook to bed:
"Yeah, I mean, I'm gonna write for an hour freehand and then go to sleep. I'm not going to fall asleep in the bed because I'm totally excited about writing this scene."
This is me this morning when my alarm went off at 5am:
"Yeah, I mean, I could get up right now and sleep at my desk, or I can give myself another 30 minutes just to power through and then that still gives me a good 90 minutes to write. So… zzzzzz"
You get the picture?
Sleepy, sick mamas make poor decisions.
I could write a list as long as my arm of all of my accomplishments in the last 3 days, though none of them are the things that I wanted to do. And, mind you, I've done those things without any aid: The Husband has been out on business since Sunday night. He returns in a few hours, thank God! It's been me, my feisty toddlers, two writing projects and a head cold.
hahaha, that sounds like the title of another novel! I might be legitimately feverish while I'm typing this… I might actually be a little crazy!
I actually have good news to report. I made crossed a major milestone in my novel two days ago, and I'm still on track to finish my first draft before the end of the year. Three out of Four portions are now written and I have a clear path to finish the arc of the story. That's major, because this portion was challenging to write (and will need some incredibly intensive re-writing. Ground up.) and it took me far longer to get through it than I thought it would. So I have only a week to outline the final portion and then one month to write it. I can do this… I can totally do this…
Of course, there is give-and-take in the universe, so while I made major headway on Vi, I'm so behind on Meadowlark. I am not done with the first draft yet, and it's Wednesday. For context, for the last two weeks, I've been done with first draft of each act by Sunday and had a week to revise and rewrite before Friday. At this rate… I'll be lucky if I can publish on Saturday… Friday is pretty impossible. Good news? I'll probably hit the 50,000 word mark by Monday morning.
You know what else? I revised that knitting pattern. Yup, I sure did. I think I've reworked it (on paper) to make it be the way I want… Even found some videos on how to knit a hole for a thumb and bought a new pattern with great instructions and…
No, I didn't start it! I thought about it while the kids were running around like maniacs… but I didn't. Not til December 1st!! Or at least until Meadowlark Act Four is published next Friday.
I told you! I'm sick and I'm sleepy! My brain is not running on all cylinders!
Alls I want in the universe is a bowl of soup… too much sodium to justify it… maybe I'll put on a pot of chicken and rice tomorrow…
When my trials are over, though, I did purchase my first 6-pack of stout for the season! I went in for my usual Sam Adams Cream Stout, but the lovely man who owns my local liquor store (a legitimately classy establishment. More wine seller than liquor store, actually…) highly recommended Harpoon Chocolate Stout, so that's what I went with. Now, I'm not gonna lie, I actually prefer Shipyard as my New England local brewery of choice (when I'm not drinking Sam, which is still my preferred brand). Usually, when I see a bottle of Harpoon it's a damnable IPA (I hate IPAs). But the my guy totally had me sold when he he said in all seriousness, "it's like a chocolate milkshake, but it's a beer." Alright, bro. I've gotta try it. But not until I feel better.
Am I off to nap? Nope. Gotta keep writing! Maybe if I push, I can get this draft done tonight, which means that I can print it and furiously revise all day and night tomorrow and have it published by Friday afternoon…
Watch me. I can do it!
(seriously. fever dream. I think I'm gonna go to the doctor….)


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Unlock the Best Cheats in Saints Row 2's
April 22, 2017 - Saints Row 2 is free on Steam and GoG - here's how to unlock infinite ammo, spawn weapons / vehicles and more.
What's After Saint's Row 4 For Volition?
July 18, 2013 - In an interview with IGN, Volition has explained what's next for Saint's Row, and what else the studio's interested in.
June's PlayStation Plus Perks Are Outrageous
June 5, 2012 - In case you missed it, PlayStation Plus users currently have access to seven free retail games and five free PSN games. So what are they?
The Top PSN Games of January '12
February 15, 2012 - Wondering what everyone was buying off the PlayStation Network last month? Wonder no more!
December's Best-Selling PSN Games
January 20, 2012 - December is in the books, and Sony has revealed which PSN games, DLC, PSP games and PSone Classics sold best during the course of the month.
November's Best-Selling PSN Games
December 7, 2011 - It's about that time again! Check out what sold best on PlayStation Network last month, including PSN games, DLC, PSone Classics and more.
Bought Saints Row 3 on PS3? Get Saints Row 2 Free
November 16, 2011 - THQ and Sony promised PS3 owners exclusive content for Saints Row: The Third and didn't deliver. So PS3 gamers get Saints Row 2 for free.
October's Top 20 Best-Selling PSN Games
November 7, 2011 - Sony has revealed the 20 best-selling digital games on the PlayStation Network for last month. So let's find out what they were, shall we?
September's Top 20 Best-Selling PSN Games
October 10, 2011 - The results are in. Come see which 20 games sold best on the PlayStation Network last month.
This Week on the PSN (09.20.11)
September 20, 2011 - Your weekly dose of new PlayStation Network goodies includes plenty of Resident Evil-related freebies and discounts for PS+ subscribers.
Last Saints Row 2 Add-on Announced
June 11, 2009 - THQ has announced the third and final downloadable add-on for Saints Row 2.
Saints Row 2 Corporate Warfare DLC Now Available
May 28, 2009 - THQ Inc. today announced that the second downloadable content pack for Saints Row 2, titled Corporate Warfare, is now available for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.
More Saints Row 2 Content
May 20, 2009 - Following last month's Ultor Exposed downloadable content, Volition will be putting out the next round of new material in a download called Corporate Warfare. Scheduled to be released on May 28 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, players will get another mission arc that involves the Ultor Corporation and more. A few new vehicles, multiplayer maps, achievements, and options for customization will be included as well.
Intelligent Design
May 14, 2009 - Once upon a time, developers had a small handful of tools to work with. A modern Word document uses more kilobytes than an entire 'old school' machines. The development choice was easy, then – focus on the functionality and, with a little help from the player's imagination, let the form take care of itself. Back then, the only clue players had as to the content/plot of their cartridge was the box art. Without it, they would have little or no idea about what was actually going on. An obvious example is Adventure on the Atari 2600 (well, obvious to old people I guess). The box art shows a sweet dragon and a bad-ass castle locked in mortal combat. In game? A chicken foetus and a toy fort. This side-by-side comparison of Bank Heist, another classic 2600 title, highlights the point pretty well. Despite the obvious disconnect between the concept art and the reality, Bank Heist was good fun, especially when you slid the difficulty switch from A to B to activate hard mode. Since then, developers seem to have been playing catch up, trying to make amends for the fugliness of these early games. The majority of resources (budget, man power and technical) are now largely devoted to making a game look as 'realistic' as possible – a process which often results in plastic-skinned creatures from the Uncanny Valley that walk a lot like they just sharted. Bundling resources into this quest to make unsettling (and often unbelievable) character models means something has to give and, more often than not, it's the gameplay. We think it's time developers went back to the basics and we think you should too. Let's try putting our universal fixation on graphics to one side for a moment, and consider the Old God of game development – the level design.
Ultor Now Exposed
April 23, 2009 - If you've been waiting for the day when you can control adult film star Tera Patrick in a videogame, that day has finally come. The first Saints Row 2 downloadable content pack, Ultor Exposed, is now available on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. The pack sends Tera on a new mission and includes new vehicles, multiplayer maps, customization options, and cooperative play. Ultor Exposed will set you back $10 on both digital services.
Saints Row 2 DLC Delayed
April 15, 2009 - Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed, the first slice of downloadable content for THQ and Volition's off-the-wall open world game, is to miss its previously slated April 16 release by a week.
Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed
March 30, 2009 - Saints Row 2 is about to get its first downloadable add-on.
Saints Row Movie Planned?
February 25, 2009 - 50 Cent is apparently interested in a making a Saints Row movie.
Saints Row 2 Head-To-Head
January 8, 2009 - Saints Row 2 is the follow-up to the thug-core hit that originally came out as an Xbox 360 exclusive in 2006. The sequel picks up five years after the end of the first game and tasks players with putting their gang, the 3rd Street Saints, back together after having fallen into disarray. Saints Row 2 is a brash riff on the open world Grand Theft Auto formula, but without the heavy melodrama and fixation on tragedy. You'll find an unapologetically comic rendering of gang turf wars brought to life with an outlandish cast of characters and enough thuggish one-liners to fill out a Wayans Brothers movie. For more thoughts on the game, click here to read Nate Ahearn's IGN review.
Top 25 Cheats of 2008
December 22, 2008 - As 2008 comes to a close, we're kicking back, safe from the cold outside, controllers in hand and comforted by our favorite video game cheats of the year.


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LLP Formation-Easy and Online
As compared to a private company, the number of compliances are lesser in case of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). It is very easy to form a LLP, as the process is very simple as compared to Companies and does not involve much formality. There is less paperwork as incorporating it can be done online and it is formed in much lesser time.
Capital Requirement
There is no minimum capital requirement to form a LLP. An LLP can be formed with least possible contribution. Moreover, contribution can also be in the form of tangible or intangible property or any other benefit to the company.
Lesser Compliance
As compared to other body corporates, Limited Liability Partnership has lesser compliances to be done. Unlike other body corporates, it is not mandatory for LLP to get its books of accounts audited.
Limited Liability
As the name suggests, liability of the owner is limited. LLP is a separate legal entity, and is liable to the full extent of its assets but liability of the partners is limited to their agreed contribution it. Further, no partner is liable on account of the independent or un-authorized actions of other partners, thus individual partners are shielded from joint liability created by another partner's wrongful business decisions or misconduct.
Separate Legal Entity
LLP is a body corporate and a legal entity separate from its partners. It will have perpetual succession. Irrespective of the changes in the partners, it shall continue to exist as a separate business entity. It shall continue to exist till it is formally wound up, liquidated or by any other means shut down.
Improve Credibility
LLP is an alternative corporate business form that gives the benefits of limited liability of a company and the flexibility of a partnership. This enables third parties to build trust in it as compared to partnership and proprietorship firms.
Unlimited Partners
Unlike limited companies, there is no limit on the number of partners in a Limited Liability Partnership. To incorporate a LLP minimum requirement of partners is 2 however there is no maximum limit.
Other benefits
- Renowned and accepted form of business worldwide
- Body corporate can be a partner of an Limited Liability Partnership
- It is treated on a par with partnership firms for income tax purpose, thus it is not required to pay Dividend
- Distribution Tax like companies
- It will have more flexibility as compared to a company
- Operates on the basis of an agreement
- Provides flexibility without imposing detailed legal and procedural requirements.
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