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Biofuels are considered as a climate-friendly energy alternative. However, their environmental sustainability is increasingly debated because of land competition with food production, negative carbon balances and impacts on biodiversity. Arid and semi-arid lands have been proposed as a more sustainable alternative without such impacts. In that context this paper evaluates the carbon balance of potential land conversion to Jatropha cultivation, biofuel production and use in arid and semi-arid areas. This evaluation includes the calculation of carbon debt created by these land conversions and calculation of the minimum Jatropha yield necessary to repay the respective carbon debts within 15 or 30 years. The carbon debts caused by conversion of arid and semi-arid lands to Jatropha vary largely as a function of the biomass carbon stocks of the land use types in these regions. Based on global ecosystem carbon mapping, cultivated lands and marginal areas (sparse shrubs, herbaceous and bare areas) show to have similar biomass carbon stocks (on average 48 t C ha-1) and together cover a total of 1.79 billion ha. Conversion of these lands might not cause a carbon debt, but still might have a negative impact on other sustainability dimensions (e.g. biodiversity or socio-economics). Jatropha establishment in shrubland (0.75 billion ha) would cause a carbon debt of 2428 t C ha-1 on average (repayable within 30 year with yield of 3.53.9 t seed ha-1 yr-1). Land use change in the 1.15 billion ha of forested area under arid and semi-arid climates could cause a carbon debt between 70 and 118 t C ha-1. This debt requires 8.613.9 t seed production ha-1 yr-1 for repayment within 30 years. If repayment is required within 15 years, the necessary minimum yields almost double. Considering that 5 t seed ha-1 yr-1 is the current maximum Jatropha yield, conversion of forests cannot be repaid within one human generation. Repayment of carbon debt from shrubland conversions in 30 years is challenging, but feasible. Repayment in 15 year is currently not attainable. Based on this analysis the paper discusses the carbon mitigation potential of biofuels in arid and semi-arid environments.
Topic: Biofuels, bioenergy, biomass, climatic change, land use change, greenhouse effects, carbon accounting, carbon balance, mitigation
Geographic: Brazil
Publication Year: 2013
Source: Journal of Arid Environments 98: 135-145
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.06.015
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CCL22 is one of several Cys-Cys (CC) cytokine genes clustered on the q arm of chromosome 16. Additionally we are shipping CCL22 Proteins (64) and CCL22 Kits (42) and many more products for this protein.
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In oral cancer specimens, CCL22 mRNA was upregulated. Release of IL-1beta from cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) induces CCL22 mRNA expression in oral cancer cells by activating NF-kappaB. Data support a model in which CAF-derived IL-1beta, CCL22, and its receptor CCR4 foster a protumor environment by promoting cell transformation and Treg infiltration.
Th2-associated chemokine CCL22 levels appear to be inversely related to mite sensitization and the risk of asthma development in early childhood.
The frequency of CC genotypes at both SNPs rs4359426 and rs2228428 in C-C motif chemokine 22 (CCL22) and chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 4 protein (CCR4) genes was significantly higher in myocardial infarction (MI) patients compared to other genotypes.
High level of CCL22 is associated with histamine receptor 2 stimulation and thus atherosclerosis.
Both CCL1 and CCL22 were expressed in most breast cancer tissues. CCL1 was significantly over-expressed in invasive breast cancer as compared to normal breast tissue. CCL1, but surprisingly not CCL22, showed a significant correlation with the number of tumor-infiltrating FoxP3+ Treg
This review presents key clinical studies of Multiple sclerosis together with experimental studies in animals that have demonstrated functional roles of CCR4, CCL17, and CCL22 in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis pathogenesis. [review]
MDC might serve as a marker of pharmacological therapy response in major depressive disorder
Data suggest that high levels of CCL17 and CCL22 in endometrium in women with endometriosis promote (1) recruitment of Tregs, (2) immunosuppression of Tregs, and (3) angiogenesis in endometrium. (Tregs = regulatory T cells)
blood CCL22 levels were positively associated with IgE sensitization at age 2. A high cord blood CCL22/CXCL10 chemokine ratio was significantly associated with a higher risk of allergic sensitization at age 3.
Tumor-associated macrophages promote prostate cancer migration through activation of the CCL22-CCR4 signaling axis.
Elevations in serum MDC and BLC were independently associated with the significant risk of early stage lung adenocarcinoma, even in non-smokers and in stage IA patients.
These results showed that the higher levels of CXCL10, CCL20 and CCL22 were associated with ischemic heart disease. The serum levels of chemokines may influence by the certain traditional risk factors of IHD and some studied SNPs, but did not influence by treatment and gender of patients.
CCL22 plays an important role in supporting gastric cancer development presumably by increasing the percentage of regulatory T cells in the tumor microenvironments. CCL22 levels in sera have a predictive value for gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis and the early recurrence.
The CCL22-mediated enhancement of antitumor responses is however not due to conversion, but rather to redirection of existing regulatory T cells to the site of cutaneous overexpression.
CCL22 and IL-37 with a co-localization in non-small cell lung cancer A549 cells inhibited the proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition process
Data suggest that Th1 (IFN-gamma-inducible protein-10 IP-10/CXCL10) and Th2 (thymus and activation regulated chemokine TARC/CCL17) and (macrophage derived chemokine MDC/CCL22) cooperatively play a role in the development of ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
increased amounts released by neutrophils from fibromyalgia patients
Our results demonstrate that CCL22 is expressed in human placenta. Decidual expression was only observed in miscarriage conditions and correlates with Treg infiltration.
Distinctive Treg associated CCR4-CCL22 expression profile with altered frequency of Th17/Treg cell in the immunopathogenesis of Pemphigus Vulgaris.
type I IFN blocks the regulatory T cell-attracting chemokine CCL22 and thus helps limit the recruitment of regulatory T cells to tumors
the subset of peritoneal CD11b(+)CD169(+) macrophages increased and CCL22 expression level decreased significantly during the DSS-induced colitis
Intratumoral administration of anti-CCL22 antibody inhibited B16F10 melanoma growth.
this study shows that intravenous injection of apoptotic cells induces a subsequent increase in CCL22 expression and CCR4+ Treg cells, which contribute to the maintenance of immune homeostasis at least partially by splenic CD8alpha+ CD103+ dendritic cells
CCL22-specific antibodies reveal that engagement of two distinct binding domains on CCL22 is required for CCR4-mediated function.
CCL22 was localised mainly on the cell surface and or in the cytoplasm. Within sections of omental milky spot micrometastases, CCR4 was recognised on or in gastric cancer cells, constituent cells milky spots, blood cells and blood endothelial cells
results show that the IL-4/CCL22/CCR4 axis is involved in the migration of Tregs to osteolytic lesion sites, and attenuates development of lesions by inhibiting inflammatory migration and the production of proinflammatory and osteoclastogenic mediators
CCL22 has a role in Treg skin homing to suppress depigmentation
CCL22 is a novel mediator of lung inflammation following hemorrhage and resuscitation
The immunomodulatory properties of CCL22 could be harnessed for prevention of graft rejection and type 1 diabetes as well as other autoimmune disorders.
Data indicate macrophage-derived chemokine CCL22 as an adjuvant could enhance the immune protective effect of NTHi-P6 protein vaccine to an extent.
islet expression of CCL22 recruits Tregs and attenuates autoimmune destruction of beta cell
Data show that the presence of the Ccr4 and Ccl22 transcripts were detected in brain slices.
These results suggest that CCL22 functions to regulate development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through macrophage chemoattraction and effector function.
role of CCL22 for the recruitment of eosinophils during allergic pleurisy
functionally increased expression during Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection of dendritic cells
Regulatory elements of the CCL22 gene required to mediate a strong and highly specific expression are included in a 4.1-kb promoter region, with the major elements active in dendritic cells and B cells being located in a small proximal 250-bp region.
CCL22 was selectively upregulated in osteoclast-like cells derived from RAW264.7 cells and mouse bone marrow cells upon stimulation with RANKL (receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand).
study provides direct evidence for the presence of CCR4 and its ligands, CCL17 and CCL22, in mouse contact hypersensitivity
IgE appears to be capable of stimulating basophils to produce MDC in the absence of a specific Ag, which may contribute to IgE-mediated and/or Th2-predominant allergic inflammation.
When isolated, only natural killer (NK)-containing cellular fractions secrete CCL22, and the same fraction isolated from metastatic Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC)-bearing lungs secrete higher levels.
This gene is one of several Cys-Cys (CC) cytokine genes clustered on the q arm of chromosome 16. Cytokines are a family of secreted proteins involved in immunoregulatory and inflammatory processes. The CC cytokines are proteins characterized by two adjacent cysteines. The cytokine encoded by this gene displays chemotactic activity for monocytes, dendritic cells, natural killer cells and for chronically activated T lymphocytes. It also displays a mild activity for primary activated T lymphocytes and has no chemoattractant activity for neutrophils, eosinophils and resting T lymphocytes. The product of this gene binds to chemokine receptor CCR4. This chemokine may play a role in the trafficking of activated T lymphocytes to inflammatory sites and other aspects of activated T lymphocyte physiology.
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Salesforce.com cuts VARs in on recurring revenue
The new Force.com VAR program lets resellers that build custom apps atop Salesforce.com's cloud infrastructure charge for their own work on an ongoing basis.
VARs that customize applications to run atop Salesforce.com's cloud infrastructure will get a piece of the continuing revenue now and forever.
Under the company's Force.com VAR program, announced this week, resellers pay the vendor $7.50 per end user per month for the base infrastructure, develop products atop it and charge for them what they want.
"If [VARs] take the platform license and build an application with their legal IP on that and charge $49.99 per user per month, they make that margin" for the life of the contract, said Bobby Napiltonia, senior vice president of worldwide channels and licensing for San Francisco-based Salesforce.com.
End user price for Force.com infrastructure ranges from a free trial for one application for up to 100 users to $75 per user per month for unlimited applications and round-the-clock support.
That recurring revenue is very important. Salesforce.com offers traditional VARs a one-time-only 10% referral fee for bringing customers into the company's business applications. Many VARs barked that that model was not attractive. While they make more margin on services than on product sales, many VARs still rely on license sales to fund other activity.
Salesforce.com execs responded that with the way software licenses are discounted, margin on those sales are less than meets the eye anyway. "If VARs get 40% [discount] off product X, they sell it at cost plus 5 and it also costs them 7 to 10 points to carry a product, so there's not much [margin] left," Napiltonia said.
To qualify, VARs must pass a Force.com certification test, training either online or via a week-long class. There is no fee for that education.
Force.com is an example of how Software-as-a-Service pioneer Salesforce.com has grown beyond its roots as a purveyor of hosted customer relationship management (CRM) and sales force automation (SFA) systems. The company claims 120,000 Force.com custom apps now, and many have nothing to do with CRM.
Still, Salesforce.com has cut partners in on recurring SFA sales in some other geographies, including Latin America. But Napiltonia would not say whether the company would consider revamping that model for the U.S.


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Bronze. Size 6. Early Renaissance, probably English. Revolutionary in its construction with the band of rolled brass/bronze, with a pattern imparted by the roller. The bronze flower bud top cast separately and the two joined by brazing. Thus, the ring was sized when made, a huge jump in industrialization at the time! The process of rolling, including sheet for armor was in place in the 15th century. In 50 years of collecting and retailing, we have acquired about two dozen of these, all of small size. Comparison shows that none of the bands were made by the same die and bezels are unique as well. Child mortality was indigenous to the culture and expected. Barely half lived to adulthood. Burial in the churchyard brought you close to God, but space was limited and those nearer our hearts had priority over those whose names were forgotten. Graves were periodically dug up, and the bones removed to storage, making space for newcomers. It happened all over Europe, north to south and no jewelry is preserved with the bones. It is our conclusion after decades of filtering through sparse information, that these rings were produced in England and recovered from graves of children who perished in the Great Plague of 1655-56 in London. Five rope twist band. Nodular flower form bezel. Minor wear with matte brown patina.


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An inventory of wild and weedy relatives has been compiled by USDA scientists and they call it a first of its kind.
Plant geneticist Stephanie Greene with USDA's Agricultural Research Service says the inventory of crop wild relatives were created for conservation and genetic diversity. Over 4,500 plant groups, called taxa, have been put into inventory by the scientists.
Greene says there are many examples of wild native U.S. species that play key roles in the health and productivity of crops grown worldwide. One such plant is the sunflower, which benefited from wild North American relatives with resistance to rust and downy mildew.


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Vicente Garcia Morillo is an illustrator and graphic artist from Madrid and I seriously dig his style, his superb use of the gradient mesh tools and pattern brushes and what not as well as a cheeky bit of added noise gives such a great texture to his images, while they yet still retain an electronic, or not real factor that provides a nice contrast.
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Be Ready flyer design, May Contain Nuts
This flyer is for Be Ready Records' New Year's Eve night, originaly they wanted printed flyers but due to a lack of time they just had a web one, it's not a great flyer by any means, it felt quite rushed, largely because it had to be. But it helped me start to get the hang of the gradient mesh tool which is fantastible.
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Aurelius International Commissioned work
A few weeks ago I was commissioned to create a few web based images for Aurelius international, a secretarial and office support recruitment agency. They didn't want me to spend too much time on it and the size and resolution of the images was very strict as they were to be uploaded to a directory service for businesses. The top one is a basic business card design.
World collabs series
This piece, created by Justin Maller is the first of a series of many where artists and established designers are releasing their .PSD files for the rest of the world to see and use in order to further their own design process and create interesting collaborations, below are some reworkings of the above image by Dawid Cmok.
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We have so many new technological advances in water treatment that it makes these "Water experts" look like clowns. If you don't have all the answers, it better to say "I don't know" than to publish a re-printed article from 1897 and put the weight of your title and reputation on the information. Attend a conference...ask some questions...ever heard of google? Stop spouting what you do not understand. It makes all their PhDs look like they were purchased as Spencer's Gifts.]]>
"I bet no-one within Al Qaeda dreamed that an airplane would turn out to have been such an effective tool, but look at how LEDs are shutting down modern cities like Boston these days. Seven years ago, the things would have been remanded to the DPW, not the bomb squad. "
That's the thing. Assymetric warfare, Low intensity conflict, guerrilla warfare, (insert other names for it here) is fairly easy. You don't *have* to think everything though to mess stuff up. But you do have to think it through carefully to try to avoid / prevent / correct things once they get messed up.
One can speculate all day on the amount of intent or knowledge that the terrorists may have had or may not have had. That isn't really important. They can just keep trying things until one works, and then let our own poorly thought out responses and over-reactions take the job over from there.
That's where we get to Maple Street.
If a sufficently motivated person in a car with little regard for personal safety wanted to disrupt traffic in most any major city, how hard would it be? Now how hard would it be to prevent that same action reliably?]]>
"My real point is that when someone clouds a good point by making nefarious accusations against people's motives, and they know that the ascribed motive is false, it descredits the person making the point."
Please reread my original post. Bruce has discussed a whole range of overreactions to the New York attacks. From overzealous Boston police, to wiretapping US citizens and ineffective airline security, through to disastrous foreign policy. Now you can ascribe these decisions to only several things: incompetence, malice or a little of both.
Note that I'm not talking about the type of malice which which you might describe a fifth grade child who pushes another child off the swings. This is a more subtle thing, tied into xenophobia and fear. Imagine that chlorine bombs had been found in Los Angeles and that authorities had decided the best way to alleviate the security concern was to stop chlorine being used to treat water and sewerage. Imagine that cholera outbreaks resulted throughout LA- would such a situation be tolerated for long?
The sort of malice at work here slips in quietly. An official in the security division issues an order to ban chlorine because their job is security and not water, and at certain level, they don't really care too much about the implications. Cause and effect are removed just enough from each other so that it "isn't their job". Certainly incompetence is a possibility: no one explained to them what chlorine was used for or what might happen if they didn't have it. Or they decided that the reduction in one type of bombing attack was worth a few lives lost to disease, because they didn't understand the possible effects of cholera. Or, mixing in just a little of that malice, without a conscious thought, reduction of bombing attacks which are reported on CNN and effect US soldiers was just that more important than a little extra disease in a dusty backward country where the victims are remote and unconnected.
So, I'm not saying that officials act in this way because they wake up in the morning and think "what evil can I do today?". But rather that a whole collection of ideas have become mainstream in US politics and decision making:
* Iraqis had something to do with 9/11
* Iraq is better off now
* Al qaeda was based in Iraq
* American style administration is superior to whatever backward systems Iraq has/had
* American style democracy and politics are transferrable universally
* We are protecting the homeland by fighting the terrorists overseas
* Or even some confused ideology about protecting Israel and moving toward the second coming.
Many of these things translate into nothing more than a general unease within the western population about Arabs or Muslims. Perhaps at dinner parties we say that this should not stand and that we believe in the principals of equality, but still feel uneasy when we are allocated a Muslim doctor. There is a US administration who decided (for some reasons still not clear), not to follow through on the widely applauded invasion of Afghanistan. Was it oil? Was it something else? Perhaps we will never know, but the case of Valerie Plume makes it clear that WMD was a cover story for the purposes of the UN, and that any evidence to the contrary was quickly suppressed.
I've strayed a little from the chlorine we are here to discuss, but question of motives I think is crucial. Just as with hurricane Katrina, certainly no officials wanted people to die, but they certainly cared less about some than others.
Whenever you have people in power who are emotionally removed from those effected by their decisions, bad choices will happen.]]>
I'm not sure if you have the facts right on this one. I am not advocating the ban, which has disastrous effects... but still, there has been serious loss on lives, easily connected to chlorine bombs.
In areas with degraded infrastructure it's relatively useless. You can put clean water in one end of a pipe and it will come out contaminated at the other end because of undetected breaks and deposits in the pipe. A transported agent like chlorine is necessary to counter the contamination wherever it occurs.]]>
Correct me if I am wrong, but use of chlorine in bombs is not limited to using it as primary payload. Those bombs indeed may be ineffective.
However, chlorine is important, if not essential, to produce a whole range of dangerous explosives, such as the flash powder, Armstrong's mixture, Cheddite, and more... so I believe that statement above is misleading.]]>
I agree, and we need to use hindsight to try to get better forsight.
My real point is that when someone clouds a good point by making nefarious accusations against people's motives, and they know that the ascribed motive is false, it descredits the person making the point.
For example, I'm pretty conservative, but I'm not a fan of Bush. Having said that, I do understand why he has done some things even when I don't agree with them. So when I defend him against what I consider to be unfair accusations, some people debate me--which is great an I enjoy it. This blog has changed my mind on many things. However, when someone accuses me of drinking GOP Kool Aid, being an undercover agent for BushCo, or being an idiot, I tend to tune out their arguments because I know I'm none of those things. Whether it is a blogger, or the president, one's valid points are discarded if crazy accusations and insults are tossed in. That's my point.
Thanks for challenging my mind, Bruce. I appreciate it.]]>
I just commended the author for giving an honest assessment without malice based on political bias. Your post if far more politically biased than mine. I don't know if you're the pot or the kettle.
I'd rather spend my energies doing something good than waste it on hurting political points.
As I feared, this thread has went downhill.
It's a shame.]]>
Of course it wasn't intended. We're seeing all sorts of revenge effects from post-9/11 security measures, and for the most part they're unintended effects of not thinking things through clearly.]]>
It probably wasn't even the intention of the 'terrorists' to cut of the chlorine supply. They were probably just experimenting with new chemicals to see if they could make explosives out of something the US would be reluctant to restrict.]]>
If you take a step back and avoid your own political bias, perhaps the motivations become clearer. Was the US intent in Iraq really only to remove a tyrant? If so, where are the troops in Zimbabwe, Korea, Saudi Arabia or Pakistan? Perhaps there was a little more to this than altruistic US officials who want a better life for all Iraqis.
Perhaps the mandate to stop bombings which look bad on CNN overwhelm any consideration of side effects. Do you really believe that officials are ignorant of what chlorine is used for and what might happen if it is excluded from the country. Why do I suspect that the US 'green-zone' have their own water supply?]]>
Irakies are collateral damage, that doesn't count.
(if you find cynism, you can keep it)
German leaders of WWII were rightfully put to trial for the very same things the current american government has done to Irak.]]>
What do you mean? Number of casualties in Iraq since 2003 is already over one million.
@'Good post...' the entire Iraq embargo/ invasion is indefensible, so pls don't bother...]]>
Now, we're doing it all over again.
Can killing off most of the population of a nation be called genocide?
If not, what are we doing????]]>
The article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20974791/]]>
@Durable Ally: Water plants also need a reliable source of energy.]]>
UV will kill anything incoming to the treatment plant, but it won't stop stuff from growing in the pipes between the treatment plant and where the water is used.]]>
It's rather simple: exploiting the perceived risk of "terrrists!" multiplies the actual risk of spreading cholera.
I think the previous post by "Study History, and Remember" was right on the money: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and they are us!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_sanctions from the footnotes section:
Between 1991 and 1998, reported Unicef, 500,000 Iraqi children under the age of five died. "If you include adults," said Halliday, "the figure is now almost certainly well over a million." In 1996, in an interview on the American current affairs programme 60 Minutes, Madeleine Albright, then US ambassador to the UN, was asked: "We have heard that half a million children have died...is the price worth it?" Albright replied, "We think the price is worth it."
Don't feel guilty, though. All that collateral damage were simply "future-terrorists" we had to extinguish to protect our way of life ---> http://tinyurl.com/39pqr4]]>
UV disinfection needs a reliable source of energy to operate.]]>
Well, cholera is to be expected.]]>
Twilight Zone, "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," March 4, 1960.]]>
Great post.]]>


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Prep - Year 6
St Peters Primary School at Springfield offers a supportive and nurturing environment for all our students.
Our goal is to help our young people reach their individual potential and to develop the competencies they will need for further schooling, study, work and lifelong learning. This ensures they will be equipped to participate fully in and contribute to our local and global society.
The safety and wellbeing of each student is of utmost importance to us at St Peters. We aim to develop good citizens who are respectful, responsible and caring through our Pastoral Care program.
We foster high expectations of academic and personal growth for learners. Throughout the day, our programs are designed to develop students' confidence, resilience, persistence, organisation and getting along skills. Our Social-Emotional Learning Program, You Can Do It, helps to build a positive mind-set as well as encouraging students to set goals and targets for their learning.
Recognising the importance of community is a high priority in our Primary School. Our Year 6 Leadership program promotes service to others, accepting responsibility and being a good role model. This is continued in our Buddy program which includes our Kindergarten, Prep and Year 1 students connecting with our Years 4–6 students.
To cater for the different stages of development, our Primary school has two sub-schools – Lower Primary and Upper Primary. In Lower Primary, our Prep to Year 3 students are exposed to rich, stimulating, learning environments that promote literacy and numeracy skills with an added focus on social emotional learning. Early intervention is a high priority in our Lower Primary classes.
Our Upper Primary year levels take part in an iPad program which gives students the opportunity for immediate feedback and higher participation. iPads are a tool that can be used to achieve learning intentions in ways not previously possible. In this sub-school, students are also encouraged to develop independent learning skills.


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Following 12 years of arduous work and continuous efforts by numerous researchers who have formed part of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), we now proudly present the fruits of the tenth assessment.
The road has been long and difficult, but the conviction regarding the foundations and need for it have kept this indicator current. When the idea of this type of index was proposed in 2004, we had little to guide us. The amount of published data was minimal, and the idea of a need for and right to these contents by the public was practically null.
Today, the context in the Americas and around the world reassures us that we chose the correct path. The importance of transparency as an active exercise on the part of the public institutional structure has become an undeniable need and is something that people demand.
The crisis of legitimacy, lack of governance and questioned political class are causes and symptoms of a model that, today more than ever, needs to be updated and draw on all means available to provide for an empowered and demanding public.
Justice cannot be the exception, and this is one of the major challenges that we must face. As an institution that promotes justice system modernization processes in the Americas, JSCA has decided to take the lead.
Click here to view the 10th version of the Iacc.
Global Iacc Results
The first observation that can be made is that Chile has placed first, as it did in the previous version. However, as we will see, its score is quite a bit lower than it was last time.
It is followed by Guatemala, Paraguay, Costa Rica and Colombia, all of which were assigned scores over 60%.
The average of the 34 countries measured is 37.97%, which is lower than the result of 42.95% for the ninth version. One interesting result is that only 15 countries fall above the average, that is, fewer than half.
Given that this average is very sensitive to extremes, the median can also be taken as a point of reference. It falls between Canada and Mexico (36.33%), suggesting that half of the countries come in above 37.36% while the other half is lower than 35.3%. This result is also lower than the median of 42.95% reported in the previous version.
Global Results by Groups of Countries
The countries in the "Very High" group remained unchanged, but did change position within the group. The average score was over 10% lower than the results in the previous edition.
The countries grouped as "High" saw their average drop from 63.86% to 55.59%. Only the Dominican Republic, Panama and Colombia remained in this group. The composition of the "Medium" group and its average both changed. Only Canada, Uruguay and Argentina remained, and the average dropped twelve points compared to the ninth version.
Only Nicaragua and Jamaica remained among the countries from the "Low" group. Bolivia, Dominica, Guyana and Belize rose from "Very Low" and only Mexico dropped from the "Low" category. The average dropped from 30.66% to 28.99%.
Judicial Branch Ranking
Among the judicial branches evaluated, the country with the highest score was Chile, as was the case in the previous version. However, its score was 20% lower than in the last report.
It was followed by Peru, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic and Honduras, all of which had scores over 60%.
Note that there has been limited mobility among these countries with the exceptions of Peru and Honduras, which increased their ranks by ten and five positions, respectively. The average obtained for the Judicial Branches of all countries is 45.98%, which is slightly lower than the 46.35% reported in the previous version. Seventeen countries fell above this number (precisely half of them).
The median is located between Ecuador and Panama (45.71%), which is down from the 49.21% reported in 2014.
Public Prosecutor's Office Ranking
In contrast to the previous version in which Costa Rica ranked first in this category, this year Colombia led the ranking with a score of 70.26%.
It is followed by Guatemala, which rose from seventh place, Chile and Paraguay, which dropped on spot each, and Honduras, which jumped five places.
Only three countries obtained scores higher than 60%, and nine met over 50% of the guidelines.
The average was 29.95%, which is a little over 6% lower than the ninth version, when it was 36.01%. Half of the countries fall above the average, which shows that the high scores that were pushing the average up in the last version were not reported this year. Only one country obtained a score over 70%.
The median is 28.81%, notably lower than the ninth version, which was 41.07%.
If we compare the current mean and median, we can see little difference, but there is still a greater concentration of lower scores, while the median continues to be slightly lower than the average.
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The concept of up-selling and down-selling is used in SAP CRM marketing extensively. While the configuration is pretty straight forward, the concept needs to be understood first by students who are just getting started with SAP CRM Training. I will explain it with a couple of examples. Cross Selling is used in SAP SD as well and this concept could also be used by students current undergoing SAP SD Training as well.
Up-selling Scenario : Let's say an Agent is speaking with a Customer to sell a particular mode of a Laptop ( say a 13″ macbook ). The Agent might also try to "up-sell" the customer to buy a Macbook PRO if the agent feels that the customer is willing to spend more money on the product
Down-selling Scenario : Same scenario as above – instead the Agent might "down-sell" the customer to buy a 13 " macbook with a lower speed processor or lower memory if the Agent feels that the customer is not ready to buy the 13 " macbook at the quoted price.
Cross-Selling Scenario : Same scenario as we started out with Up-selling – instead the Agent might also sell the customer a "Time-machine Capsule" ( A Mac back-up product ) or poly-urethane sleeves for the macbook or some other accessories associated with the macbook.


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Explore some of the lesser known Japanese green teas. While Sencha, Hojicha, and Genmaicha are already quite well known, Japan does have many other teas to offer. Our bundled Hojicha, Konacha, and Kukicha is a small exploration pack, perfect for anyone looking to expand their tea horizons. This sampler highlights both baked Sencha tea (Bancha) and Japanese ingenuity focused on use of all parts of the tea leaf and plant (Konacha and Kukicha).
Each sample package has 14 grams of tea, enough for at least four 8 oz cups. This sampler pack includes one each of:


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Living nonviolently to our earth (PART 2) WILD; FOOD & SHELTER
Spring is a time of flourishing and looking to the future – we will continue with our question from PART 1 , looking on a larger scale and to the outdoors.
There will be natural building workshops, a talk about the 1000 simple shelter's project, learning wilderness/foraging skills & adding spring wildflowers to the peace garden.
We will be looking at the food systems & taking part in a nonviolent action of reducing food waste by making soup: Disco Soup style!
more information to follow 🙂


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Before Installation
Before you begin the installation, it's worth considering backing up any critical files in the event of a problem occurring. DO NOT install the memory while the computer is in standby or hibernation mode. Ensure that the system is completely powered down.
Grounding Yourself
This is simply done to remove any static electricity from your body so that accidental zaps don't damage your memory modules. While your computer is still plugged into the wall, touch a metal part of your computer. If you leave your computer you will need to ground yourself again. Alternatively, you can invest in an anti-static strap and clip yourself to a grounded piece of metal.
Once the computer is completely shutdown, remove all plugs and the power cable from the computer. As you are upgrading a notebook it is also important to remove the battery.
Always keep the memory modules in their anti-static bag until you are ready to begin the installation. Handle the modules only by the edges and don't touch the gold pins. No tools are required to remove or fit memory modules and using tools can cause damage to the modules.
Removing the Battery.
1. Slide the battery release latch to the unlock position.
2. Slide the other battery release latch to the unlock position.
3. Slide the battery and remove it from the computer.
Removing the Base Cover
1. Remove the screws that secure the base cover to the computer.
2. Lift up the base cover and remove it from the computer.
Installing the Memory
1. Locate the memory slot on the base of the notebook.
2. To replace an existing memory module, spread both clips on either side of the memory slot to release it. To remove the memory module from the slot, hold it by the edges and slide it out at a 45 degree angle.
3. To install the new memory, hold the module at a 45 degree angle and align the notch on the module with the notch located in the memory slot.
4. Gently push the module in then down until the clips on both sides click to lock the module in place.
5. Make sure the module is firmly in the slot and that's it's not moving. Otherwise, reinstall the module by repeating steps 2 to 4.
6. Replace the base cover by reversing the instructions for its removal.
7. Replace the battery and any removed accessories.
You're done! Once you have closed your computer and reattached all the accessories that were connected, it's time to switch it on. No software or settings will need to be changed as the computer detects the memory upgrade automatically.


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Past, Present and Future in Two Sentences
"There was once a thriving planet here; full of life. But that was before they destroyed themselves."
Personal Belongings
Writer's Block
You're beautiful. Who, you ask? You! Turn off your television. Turn off the radio. Turn away from the advertisements. You're more beautiful than you know. Who, you again ask? You! Your fat thighs are really not as bad as you think. Your ugl...
Eternity happened before you. Didn't notice, did you? The doctor pulls you forth into the world. Why? You gather the courage to hold hands with Stacy in 4th grade. For what? You get your first kiss when your 14. So? You have your first alcoholic ...
As the door slides open and the air rushes in, all of their conversation is muted. He sits there, shaking, trembling, shivering; he is petrified. She squeezes his hand tighter and smiles at him. "I've done this a million times," she h...
That awful buzz wakes me. I get up off my Tempur-Pedic and turn off the Timex. Still in a daze, I head to the bathroom and brush with some Crest. I grab my Schick and get my morning shave. In the shower, I Irish Spring before some Head and Shoulders. I...
I could see the shadows passing under the closet door. I closed my eyes and tried not to breathe. At 7:13 tonight the door was smashed in and three men entered the house. I was up in my room when this happened. I heard several gunshots and closed mysel...
7:27am My alarm has been going off for 27 minutes; I'm going to be late for work again. They told me three times ago it would be my last time. I wipe the vomit from my face and get dressed. I run some water through my hair and comb out any bits o...
The Book Long Forgotten
With a tiny splash the droplet hit the page, causing the ancient ink to run in tiny rivers. He blinked and looked up as he ran a hand over his forehead; he had been sweating. How long had he been reading? He looked down at the dusty tome and realized h...
The Note
The next morning, as I walk to the large circle of stones, something catches my eye. Tucked between two of the rocks is an brown piece of paper. Opening it, it nearly crumbles to dust in my hands. The text is scratched in a shaky script and reads as fo...
The Note
The next morning, as I walk to the large circle of stones, something catches my eye. Tucked between two of the rocks is an brown piece of paper. Opening it, it nearly crumbles to dust in my hands. The text is scratched in a shaky script and reads as fo...
The Dream
As I turned I saw her staring down at me. She reached out a hand and said something. I could not hear her, but I could see the words. Her beautiful lips mouthing her love for me. As I turned again my tears were carried off into the breeze. The ocean be...
pop culture
1d: a point 2d: a line 3d: what is considered reality 4d: if you said time, you are wrong. i have seen over the wall. seen through the wall. no no no. sight has nothing to do with this. this is beyond sight. beyond sound. beyond mortal comprehension. i...
The Reading Room
She stood up slowly, her back cracking and aching from the long crawl. She stood now in a room, no larger than a guest room with floor-to-ceiling shelves brimming with leather bound books. And on a dais in the center of the room sat an old tome, larger...
I stood there and watched, marveling at my friend. Where I was calm and cool, he was viscous and vivacious. I would watch and follow as he wandered through the battlefield running and screaming. He was drawn to them, to the helpless. A man was pinned d...
Click. His eyes opened. He could taste the metal of the gun, but he was not dead. He took the gun out of his mouth and stared at it. Apparently that bullet was a dud. For a full hour, Jason sat on the couch, gun in hand and stared. He was alive. He had...
"Good morning sir, welcome to Dick's Sporting Goods. How may I help you?" I asked politely, wearing my most genuine smile. He looked up at me and ran a hand through his hair while he cleared his throat, "It's ma'am.&...
The Fires of Hades
He stood there panting, watching, waiting. Every muscle in his body was alight with a teatherball yellow flame from effort. Blood slid down the blade and splashed like sand into a small pool. The demon watched him, searching him for weakness. The other...
I place the plaque into my satchel and followed my partner back onto the ship. I never got used to that feeling, holding something long forgotten. To behold something that belonged to a long dead society, one older than even the world I was born on. ...
Leap of Faith
Hello, my name is Scott Drigs
Time Travel: Six Feet Deep
At first I screamed, I cried, I kicked, I clawed. Alone. The darkness was so black that I thought to be swallowed by it. Then eventually something inside me broke. Then nothing. The velvet began to droop, and for the longest time a piece of it tickled ...
61% of Relationships Start in the Workplace
Even in her hazmat suit she was beautiful. I watched as she bent down, her curvy form still visible, even in that bulky suit. She touched the goop that formed under the body and rubbed it in between her gloved fingers. She turned to me, those beautiful...
The Voicemail
"You have one new message," the soft robotic voice says, "today, 12:31pm." "It's me…you," from what you can tell, it's your own voice on the phone, and you seem to be hysterical. "Now is your ...
In the Attic
He took a last breath and stepped off the chair. The rope went taught and he bounced a bit. He heard a snap, but it was partially to be expected. Soon it wouldn't matter. 13 hours later he still hung there in the attic. The recoil had broken his ...
A Little to the Left
Koji had failed her. He would not be forgiven, he could not be forgiven. She had died because of him. The dark man, with skin like rich soil, had looked her straight in the eyes and drew up his sword. Koji let out a cry, hurled his katana and watched a...
Bang Bang Bang!
Diving, rolling, sneaking, you make your way through the building. You stop and press flat against the wall and listen as a guard passes nearby. Once out of sight you realize you were holding your breath. With a smile you continue. At the end of a long...
Far Beyond the Rainbow
The journey was not easy as I quickly found out. The mice and geese were mostly just food for the werewolves, there was a very uneasy truce between the dwarfs and the trolls, and the captain would retire early to his quarters each night and drink until...


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Having just rolled back into town after a trip to Great Falls, Montana,I feel like I have been to another planet and have a bit of catching up to do back home in Bellevue. I mean, the brand new Safeway just opened, and I missed opening day but did visit yesterday. I learned they will soon be having wine tastings.
In the meantime, all the free food samples will have to do.
Having never been to Montana, I didn't know what to expect except I knew there were going to be some cool dive bars like the "world famous" #1 dive bar as voted by GQ magazine the SIP N DIP.
It's a cool, tiki bar with a woman named Piano Pat singing faves like Sweet Caroline in the evenings. Behind the bar is a swimming pool that is glassed in, and at night a swimming mermaid dives in and entertains the crowds.
We're not in Bellevue anymore Toto! I guess if I have a complaint about the "new" Bellevue, it's that it no longer has any character. It use to have a few "colorful" places like the Sip n Dip back in the day.
And, then we found this amazing business opportunity on the corkboard at a little bar somewhere in Montana:
Where else would you find a chance to buy a restaurant, bar + fitness center? Is that like a "sports bar"?
Here's another thing you will NEVER see along Bellevue way:
It's a place on the main drag in Great Falls, Montana that features poker, liquor to go, AND a hair salon? The Hi Ho has it all. One stop shopping.
Did I mention the Silver Dollar Saloon? This place is a huge tourist trap along the highway into Great Falls. It has oodles of tacky tourist items for sale. And, a casino/bar/restaurant too. This town loves to multi task.
Here's me with my new men friends:
At least they don't talk back and they just sit and listen. Sort of quiet types.
Well, it's good to be back. Montana's a nice place to visit.
Oh, and I got my fix of deep fried foods and great tartar sauce.
Stay tuned for some interesting upcoming Bellevue events.


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Let's raise the gas tax.
There are several reasons we need to discuss this now. One is that plummeting gasoline prices make the idea very timely. Also, people will be asking you this week what you thought of President Obama's State of the Union address. Even though he did not mention the gas tax, bringing it up will allow you to avoid having an opinion on whether it's time to close the capital gains stepped-up-basis loophole.
The gas tax raises much-needed money for roads and mass transit. Our roads, you may have noticed, are falling apart. Every time you hit a pothole, yell: "Raise the gas tax!"
Even more important, it encourages Americans to use fuel-efficient cars. While we're all happy as clams about falling gas prices, every gallon produces more than 19 pounds of planet-warming emissions. We just had the hottest year on record. The ice floes are melting. Walruses keep piling up along the Alaskan shore, where the babies can get squashed.
Raise the gas tax and remember the walruses.
Plus, it's not really a tax! Or at least not necessarily. Just ask Ronald Reagan. When he entered office, Reagan said he didn't see the likelihood of a gas tax increase "unless there's a palace coup." But then, you know, stuff happened and The Great Communicator discovered that a levy on gasoline wasn't really a tax, but merely a "user fee." So no problem at all, and under his administration the, um, fee was more than doubled.
Ah, Ronald Reagan. Perhaps you noticed, during the State of the Union, that President Obama was urging Congress to bring the capital gains tax back up to Reagan-era levels? Who'd have thought? We live in ironic times, people.
But about the gas tax. It was also raised under George H.W. (The Good One) Bush, and then again under Bill Clinton. Remember Al Gore breaking the tie in the Senate? Ah, Al Gore.
And that was it. The federal gas tax, currently 18.4 cents a gallon, is not indexed for inflation, and it has not gone up since 1993. The Highway Trust Fund, which pays for the federal highway construction program, keeps falling deeper into the red. It's currently scheduled to implode sometime this spring.
The White House has been very clear about its lack of enthusiasm for solving the problem with a gas tax increase. Mainly, the objection is that if Congress wouldn't pass Obama's proposal to pay for early education with a tobacco tax, it's not going to fund road repair with a gas tax. This is a pretty good point. However, deeply cynical souls could also argue that the current majority likes road construction more than preschool.
During the State of the Union, Obama made his pitch for another idea: reform the tax on overseas business profits, creating a one-time-only windfall of revenue for the government to use in a mega-road-building spree.
Three reasons the gas tax is a better idea:
1) Walruses.
2) Half the members of Congress are eyeing that very same windfall to pay for their own pet programs.
3) Only works once. "It's just a coward's way out," says Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican. Genuine fiscal conservatives hate the idea of paying for permanent ongoing programs with one-shot revenues. Corker has been known to complain that he's been in the Senate for eight years and never saw Congress permanently solve a problem.
Last year Corker and Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat of Connecticut, floated the idea of raising the gas tax 12 cents over two years. "Our bet when we went out on a limb last year was that we could position it as a topic for serious discussion this year, and I hope it's going to pay off," said Murphy.
And it's working, sort of. A number of prominent Republicans have been muttering things like "nothing is off the table." Senator James Inhofe, the new chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and a man whose position on global warming makes him an enemy to walruses everywhere, has said a gas tax is "one of the options." An option that is not off the table! Truly, the worm has turned.
On the other hand, Representative Paul Ryan, the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, recently announced: "We won't pass a gas tax." That would seem to be somewhat discouraging, but there are still these gleams of hope that Republicans might come around since:
— You can call it a user fee. (Ask Ronald Reagan.)
— President Obama doesn't like it.
— Compromise is possible. Many conservatives hate the fact that the Highway Trust Fund also helps support mass transit and invests in things like highway beautification and bike paths. There might be some room for give here. Let's throw something in the fund under the proverbial bus. I nominate "transportation museums."
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The Music of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 2, Vol. 1 will release Dec. 10. The second installment will highlight original songs from the ABC drama Nashville, and will be released courtesy of Big Machine Records, ABC Studios and Lionsgate.
Buddy Miller produced the new project, which features the voices of actors Connie Britton (Rayna Jaymes), Hayden Panettiere (Juliette Barnes), Charles Esten (Deacon Claybourne), Jonathan Jackson (Avery Barkley), Clare Bowen (Scarlett O'Connor), Sam Palladio (Gunnar Scott), Chris Carmack (Will Lexington), sisters Lennon and Maisy Stella (Maddie & Daphne Conrad), Aubrey Peeples (Layla Grant), Chaley Rose (Zoey Dalton), Will Chase (Luke Wheeler) and more.
1. What If I Was Willing
Performed by Chris Carmack / Written by Billy Montana, Randy Montana, Brian Davis
2. Can't Get It Right
Performed by Sam Palladio / Written by Matthew Perryman Jones, Lily Costner
3. A Life That's Good
Performed by Lennon & Maisy / Written by Sarah Siskind, Ashley Monroe
4. Ball And Chain
Performed by Connie Britton, Will Chase / Written by Tammi Lynn Kidd, Paul Kennerley
5. This Town
Performed by Clare Bowen, Charles Esten / Written by Jaida Dreyer, Andrew Rollins, Cory Mayo
6. Trouble Is
Performed by Hayden Panettiere / Written by Kate York, Marv Green
7. Playin' Tricks
Performed by Charles Esten / Written by Justin Davis, Sarah Zimmerman, Adam Wright
8. Why Can't I Say Goodnight
Performed by Clare Bowen, Sam Palladio / Written by Angelo Petraglia, Kim Richey
9. Tell Me
Performed by Aubrey Peeples / Written by Jaida Dreyer, Andrew Rollins, Cory Mayo, Jody Stevens
10. Wayfaring Stranger (A Cappella Version)
Performed by Chaley Rose / Public Domain
11. Share With You
Performed by Lennon & Maisy / Written by Garrison Starr
12. How You Learn To Live Alone
Performed by Jonathan Jackson / Written by Mary Gauthier, Gretchen Peters
13. Can't Say No To You
Performed by Hayden Panettiere, Chris Carmack / Written by Sarah Buxton, Jedd Hughes, Gordie Sampson
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Sumatran rhinoceros were once distributed from the Himalayas to Sumatra, Indonesia, but currently have been extirpated from most their historical range. The world population of Sumatran rhinoceros is estimated to have decreased from 600 animals in 1985 to less than 300 in 1995 with the current population believed to be around 200 individuals. On the island of Sumatra, the location with the largest number of Sumatra rhinos in the wild, animals are distributed among 3 discrete populations, but to date, no systematic surveys have been conducted to estimate the population size of rhinos at these locations. We will assess the distribution of Sumatran rhinoceros on Sumatra using the data from an island-wide large mammal patch occupancy survey along with a Sumatran rhino survey conducted in Gunung Leuser National Park. We will estimate the change in occupancy, and the local extinction and colonization rates, with the overall goal of guiding the the conservation of Sumatran Rhinos in the wild.
Federal Staff: 95
Masters Students: 239
Phd Students: 142
Post Docs: 53
University Staff: 240
Students graduated: 701
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Thayer (Island Girls, 2013, etc.) returns to the sunny shores of Nantucket, where two friends from different backgrounds share childhood memories and the same man.
Thayer describes the idyllic shores of Nantucket with cheerful prose: "the sun, fat and buttery as one a child would draw in school," shines on a sea that "winks blue and turquoise" on the beaches where Emily and Maggie meet every summer to play. Their love for the island may be all the two girls have in common. Emily's mother, a wealthy New Yorker, wants nothing to do with the islanders—including Maggie, whose mother is a poor seamstress. Though Emily's mother disappears too often to cause any real friction between the girls, Emily and Maggie realistically grow apart as they go to college, start careers and meet boys. Emily's romance with Maggie's brother, Ben, seems doomed when he asks her to downgrade her lifestyle to match his just as rich Cameron Chadwick asks her out on a date. When Emily finds out she's pregnant, she's not sure if the baby belongs to Cameron or Ben, but she rolls the dice and tells Cameron it's his after Ben refuses to answer his phone. It's debatable whether Emily is acting in the best interest of her child or avoiding responsibility, but her internal struggle is compelling as she tries to keep her unhappy marriage together. Emily might have made a different choice had she known that Cameron impregnated Maggie after a one-night stand. In a maddening twist, Maggie decides not to tell Emily that Cameron fathered her child. We'll never know if Emily would be enraged or pleased that her daughter and Maggie's might be half sisters. Still, their reunion is sweet when an unexpected tragedy brings Emily back to the island.
Money corrupts, but love prevails, making it easy to overlook the flaws in this friendship.


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2018 WESPY Awards Nominees Announced Along With A Few Winners
Nominees for the 13th annual Windsor Essex Sports Persons of the Year (WESPY) awards and several winners were announced during a breakfast-press conference held at Grill 55 Restaurant on Tuesday morning, March 6, 2018.
Several nominees were present during the announcement including nominees Kyle Breitner, Melanie Cardinal, Karlie Moore and Jim Morgan (pictured above from left to right).
In addition this year's female and male legacy award recipients (Marilyn Hollan and Eddie Chittaro), Sports Community Service Award recipients (Rob McIntyre of Holy Names H.S.) and Knobby Knudsen Volunteers of the Year winners (Melanie Cardinal of Sandwich S.S., Egidio Mosca of Caboto Club Soccer, and Jim Morgan of The Windsor Clippers) were revealed.
The annual WESPY's banquet and awards ceremony pays tribute to the Windsor Essex sports community including athletes, coaches and administrators from all disciplines.
For the first time gymnastics will be a recognized sporting category at the event. To celebrate this year's keynote speaker is gold medalist, Romanian-born Nadia Elena Comăneci, the first gymnast in history to score a perfect 10 during competition while at the 1976 Olympic Summer Games in Montreal.
The 13th Annual WESPY Awards is set to take place at the Caboto Club on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. For more information or to purchase tickets visit: http://www.thewespys.ca
Female Nominees for the 13th Annual WESPY Awards
Dennis Fairall Track & Field Award
Karlie Moore – Sandwich S.S. / Border City Athletics Club
Jasmine Scott – Kilgo – Sandwich S.S. / Border City Athletics Club
Chloe Walker – Vincent Massey S.S. / Windsor Legion
Ed Jovanovski Hockey Award
Kristen Swiatoschik – Southwest Wildcats / St. Thomas of Villanova H.S.
Krystin Lawrence – Windsor Lancers
Savannah Bouzide – Southwest Wildcats/ General Amherst S.S.
Softball Award
Madisyn Clark – St. Clair College
Megan Lumley – St. Clair College
Lauryn Debono – Windsor Wildcats
Soccer Award
Emma Collins – St. Anne H.S.
Melanie Jubenville – St. Clair College
Jade Samping – Holy Names H.S. / East Side Kickers / Windsor Lancers
Tim Hommel Volleyball Award
Paige Phills – Riverside S.S. / South County Bandits
Caylee Parker – Riverside S.S. / Genesis Volleyball Club
Carleigh Bailey – Windsor Lancers
Swimming Award
Maddie McDonald – Windsor Aquatic Club / Walkerville S.S.
Julia Marcuzzi – Windsor Essex Swim Team / Tecumseh Vista Academy
Maddy Lavoie – Windsor Essex Swim Team / Leamington District H.S.
Parasport Athletes Award
Corbin Watson – Essex – Kent Ice Bullets
Jessica Matassa – Essex – Kent Ice Bullets
Matthew Debly – Rugby Canada
Wrestling Award
Jessica Hodgkin – Sandwich S.S. / Windsor Wrestling Club
Ella Doornaert – Sandwich S.S. / Windsor Wrestling Club
Brooke Fletcher – Tecumseh Vista Academy / Windsor Wrestling Club
Golf Award
Melanie Burgess – Windsor Lancers / Roseland Golf and Curling Club
Jasmine Ly – Kingsville Golf C.C. / Holy Names H.S.
Meagan Schauer – Essex Golf and C.C.
Basketball Award
Emily Prevost – Windsor Lancers
Lucia McElwain – Essex District H.S.
Shannon Kennedy – St. Clair College
Alexandra Jubenville – Winstars Gymnastics
Lindsay Chia – Rose City Gymnastics
Daniel Hodare – Windsor Alpha Gymnastics Academy
Male Nominees for the 13th Annual WESPY Awards
Dennis Fairall Track & Field Award
Tyler Jones – Sandwich S.S. / St.Clair College
Corey Bellemore – Windsor Lancers
Noah Costa – Vincent Massey S.S. / Windsor Legion
Ed Jovanovski Hockey Award
Michael DiPietro – Windsor Spitfires
Liam MacDougall – Lasalle Vipers
Tyler Scott – Essex 73's
Soccer Award
Jamar Kelly – Windsor TFC
Korede Adepitan – St. Clair College
Kyle Vizirakis – Windsor Lancers / Windsor TFC
Baseball Award
Jack Zimmerman – Windsor Jr. Selects / Windsor Lancers
Connor McKenna – St. Clair Green Giants
Kyle Breitner – St. Clair College / Tecumseh Thunder Sr.s
Tim Hommel Volleyball Award
John Moate – Windsor Lancers
Brad Gyemi – Windsor Lancers
Jorden Fehr – Leamington District H.S.
Swimming Award
Luca Chandussi – Windsor Essex Swim Team / Villanova S.S.
Samuel Zang – Windsor Essex Swim Team / Maranatha Academy
Ethan Fazekas – Windsor Aquatic Club
Gino Fracas Football Award
Daniel Metcalfe – Windsor Lancers
Michael Herzog – Holy Names H.S.
Brandon Reaume – Windsor AKO Fratmen
Adam Slikboer – Windsor AKO Fratmen
Wrestling Award
Dante DeLuca – Holy Names H.S. / Essex Wrestling Club
Alex Dufour – L'Essor H.S. / L'Essor Wrestling Club
Anthony Papia – Sandwich S.S. / Windsor Wrestling Club
Golf Award
Thomas DeMarco – Essex Golf and C.C.
James Hill – Beach Grove Golf & CC
Bryce Evon – Roseland Golf and Curling Club / Windsor Lancers
Ali Mansour – Kennedy Collegiate
Mike Rocca – Windsor Lancers
Maurice Jones – Windsor Express
Horseman Award
Tim Myers
Gord McDonnell
Lindsey Kerr
Major Award Nominees for the 13th Annual WESPY Awards
Coach of the Year
Rocky Thompson – Windsor Spitfires
Dave Cooper – St. Clair College / St.Clair Green Giants
Rob McIntyre – Holy Names S.S.
Female Athlete of the Year
Kristen Swiatoschik – Villanova H.S. / Southwest Wildcats
Emily Prevost – Windsor Lancers
Karlie Moore – Sandwich S.S. / Border City Athletics Club
Male Athlete of the Year
Mike Dipietro – Windsor Spitfires
Andrew Garant – Windsor Clippers Lacrosse
Lionel Sanders – Tri – athlete / Ironman Competitor
Ken Dryden Executive of the Year Award
John Savage – Memorial Cup Committee / Windsor Spitfires
Maladen Moric – Windsor Essex County Soccer
Carey Vigneaux – Winstars Gymnastics
Mickey Renaud Captain's Leadership Award
Adam Slikboer – Windsor AKO Fratmen Football
Amanda Simke – Windsor Lancers Softball
Shannon Kennedy – St. Clair College
Team of the Year
Holy Names H.S. Football
St. Clair College Men's Baseball
Windsor Spitfires Hockey
Knobby Knudsen Female Volunteer of the Year
Melanie Cardinal – Sandwich S.S.
Knobby Knudsen Male Volunteer of the Year
Egidio Mosca – Caboto Club Soccer
Jim Morgan – Windsor Clippers
McTague Law Firm Award for Courage and Determination
John DeNapoli Sports Community Service Award
Rob McIntyre – Holy Names H.S.
Female Legacy Award
Marilyn Holland
Unifor Local 444 & 2458 Male Legacy Award
Eddie Chittaro
Update / Related Article:
2018 WESPY Awards Winners Honoured At Biggest Most Diverse Ceremony Yet


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'Lady Montbarry, Miss.'
Agnes was writing a letter, when the servant astonished her by announcing the visitor's name. Her first impulse was to refuse to see the woman who had intruded on her. But Lady Montbarry had taken care to follow close on the servant's heels. Before Agnes could speak, she had entered the room.
'I beg to apologise for my intrusion, Miss Lockwood. I have a question to ask you, in which I am very much interested. No one can answer me but yourself.' In low hesitating tones, with her glittering black eyes bent modestly on the ground, Lady Montbarry opened the interview in those words.
Without answering, Agnes pointed to a chair. She could do this, and, for the time, she could do no more. All that she had read of the hidden and sinister life in the palace at Venice; all that she had heard of Montbarry's melancholy death and burial in a foreign land; all that she knew of the mystery of Ferrari's disappearance, rushed into her mind, when the black-robed figure confronted her, standing just inside the door. The strange conduct of Lady Montbarry added a new perplexity to the doubts and misgivings that troubled her. There stood the adventuress whose character had left its mark on society all over Europe-the Fury who had terrified Mrs. Ferrari at the hotel-inconceivably transformed into a timid, shrinking woman! Lady Montbarry had not once ventured to look at Agnes, since she had made her way into the room. Advancing to take the chair that had been pointed out to her, she hesitated, put her hand on the rail to support herself, and still remained standing. 'Please give me a moment to compose myself,' she said faintly. Her head sank on her bosom: she stood before Agnes like a conscious culprit before a merciless judge.
The silence that followed was, literally, the silence of fear on both sides. In the midst of it, the door was opened once more-and Henry Westwick appeared.
He looked at Lady Montbarry with a moment's steady attention-bowed to her with formal politeness-and passed on in silence. At the sight of her husband's brother, the sinking spirit of the woman sprang to life again. Her drooping figure became erect. Her eyes met Westwick's look, brightly defiant. She returned his bow with an icy smile of contempt.
Henry crossed the room to Agnes.
'Is Lady Montbarry here by your invitation?' he asked quietly.
'Do you wish to see her?'
'It is very painful to me to see her.'
He turned and looked at his sister-in-law. 'Do you hear that?' he asked coldly.
'I hear it,' she answered, more coldly still.
'Your visit is, to say the least of it, ill-timed.'
'Your interference is, to say the least of it, out of place.'
With that retort, Lady Montbarry approached Agnes. The presence of Henry Westwick seemed at once to relieve and embolden her. 'Permit me to ask my question, Miss Lockwood,' she said, with graceful courtesy. 'It is nothing to embarrass you. When the courier Ferrari applied to my late husband for employment, did you-' Her resolution failed her, before she could say more. She sank trembling into the nearest chair, and, after a moment's struggle, composed herself again. 'Did you permit Ferrari,' she resumed, 'to make sure of being chosen for our courier by using your name?'
Agnes did not reply with her customary directness. Trifling as it was, the reference to Montbarry, proceeding from that woman of all others, confused and agitated her.
'I have known Ferrari's wife for many years,' she began. 'And I take an interest-'
Lady Montbarry abruptly lifted her hands with a gesture of entreaty. 'Ah, Miss Lockwood, don't waste time by talking of his wife! Answer my plain question, plainly!'
'Let me answer her,' Henry whispered. 'I will undertake to speak plainly enough.'
Agnes refused by a gesture. Lady Montbarry's interruption had roused her sense of what was due to herself. She resumed her reply in plainer terms.
'When Ferrari wrote to the late Lord Montbarry,' she said, 'he did certainly mention my name.'
Even now, she had innocently failed to see the object which her visitor had in view. Lady Montbarry's impatience became ungovernable. She started to her feet, and advanced to Agnes.
'Was it with your knowledge and permission that Ferrari used your name?' she asked. 'The whole soul of my question is in that. For God's sake answer me-Yes, or No!'
That one word struck Lady Montbarry as a blow might have struck her. The fierce life that had animated her face the instant before, faded out of it suddenly, and left her like a woman turned to stone. She stood, mechanically confronting Agnes, with a stillness so wrapt and perfect that not even the breath she drew was perceptible to the two persons who were looking at her.
Henry spoke to her roughly. 'Rouse yourself,' he said. 'You have received your answer.'
She looked round at him. 'I have received my Sentence,' she rejoined-and turned slowly to leave the room.
To Henry's astonishment, Agnes stopped her. 'Wait a moment, Lady Montbarry. I have something to ask on my side. You have spoken of Ferrari. I wish to speak of him too.'
Lady Montbarry bent her head in silence. Her hand trembled as she took out her handkerchief, and passed it over her forehead. Agnes detected the trembling, and shrank back a step. 'Is the subject painful to you?' she asked timidly.
Still silent, Lady Montbarry invited her by a wave of the hand to go on. H
Falling from nobility, Zen Luo became a humble slave and served as a human punchbag for his former cousins. Inadvertently, he found a way to refine himself into a weapon and a legend started because of that. With a strong belief in never surrender, he strove for revenges and pursued big dreams. Warriors from various clans contended for hegemony and the world was stirred. Relying on the body that was comparable to a powerful weapon, Zen beat his numerous enemies on his way to the immortality. Would he succeed eventually?
enry approached, attentively watching his sister-in-law. Agnes went on.
'No trace of Ferrari has been discovered in England,' she said. 'Have you any news of him? And will you tell me (if you have heard anything), in mercy to his wife?'
Lady Montbarry's thin lips suddenly relaxed into their sad and cruel smile.
'Why do you ask me about the lost courier?' she said. 'You will know what has become of him, Miss Lockwood, when the time is ripe for it.'
Agnes started. 'I don't understand you,' she said. 'How shall I know? Will some one tell me?'
'Some one will tell you.'
Henry could keep silence no longer. 'Perhaps, your ladyship may be the person?' he interrupted with ironical politeness.
She answered him with contemptuous ease. 'You may be right, Mr. Westwick. One day or another, I may be the person who tells Miss Lockwood what has become of Ferrari, if-' She stopped; with her eyes fixed on Agnes.
'If what?' Henry asked.
'If Miss Lockwood forces me to it.'
Agnes listened in astonishment. 'Force you to it?' she repeated. 'How can I do that? Do you mean to say my will is stronger than yours?'
'Do you mean to say that the candle doesn't burn the moth, when the moth flies into it?' Lady Montbarry rejoined. 'Have you ever heard of such a thing as the fascination of terror? I am drawn to you by a fascination of terror. I have no right to visit you, I have no wish to visit you: you are my enemy. For the first time in my life, against my own will, I submit to my enemy. See! I am waiting because you told me to wait-and the fear of you (I swear it!) creeps through me while I stand here. Oh, don't let me excite your curiosity or your pity! Follow the example of Mr. Westwick. Be hard and brutal and unforgiving, like him. Grant me my release. Tell me to go.'
The frank and simple nature of Agnes could discover but one intelligible meaning in this strange outbreak.
'You are mistaken in thinking me your enemy,' she said. 'The wrong you did me when you gave your hand to Lord Montbarry was not intentionally done. I forgave you my sufferings in his lifetime. I forgive you even more freely now that he has gone.'
Henry heard her with mingled emotions of admiration and distress. 'Say no more!' he exclaimed. 'You are too good to her; she is not worthy of it.'
The interruption passed unheeded by Lady Montbarry. The simple words in which Agnes had replied seemed to have absorbed the whole attention of this strangely-changeable woman. As she listened, her face settled slowly into an expression of hard and tearless sorrow. There was a marked change in her voice when she spoke next. It expressed that last worst resignation which has done with hope.
'You good innocent creature,' she said, 'what does your amiable forgiveness matter? What are your poor little wrongs, in the reckoning for greater wrongs which is demanded of me? I am not trying to frighten you, I am only miserable about myself. Do you know what it is to have a firm presentiment of calamity that is coming to you-and yet to hope that your own positive conviction will not prove true? When I first met you, before my marriage, and first felt your influence over me, I had that hope. It was a starveling sort of hope that lived a lingering life in me until to-day. You struck it dead, when you answered my question about Ferrari.'
'How have I destroyed your hopes?' Agnes asked. 'What connection is there between my permitting Ferrari to use my name to Lord Montbarry, and the strange and dreadful things you are saying to me now?'
'The time is near, Miss Lockwood, when you will discover that for yourself. In the mean while, you shall know what my fear of you is, in the plainest words I can find. On the day when I took your hero from you and blighted your life-I am firmly persuaded of it!-you were made the instrument of the retribution that my sins of many years had deserved. Oh, such things have happened before to-day! One person has, before now, been the means of innocently ripening the growth of evil in another. You have done that already-and you have more to do yet. You have still to bring me to the day of discovery, and to the punishment that is my doom. We shall meet again-here in England, or there in Venice where my husband died-and meet for the last time.'
In spite of her better sense, in spite of her natural superiority to superstitions of all kinds, Agnes was impressed by the terrible earnestness with which those words were spoken. She turned pale as she looked at Henry. 'Do you understand her?' she asked.
'Nothing is easier than to understand her,' he replied contemptuously. 'She knows what has become of Ferrari; and she is confusing you in a cloud of nonsense, because she daren't own the truth. Let her go!'
If a dog had been under one of the chairs, and had barked, Lady Montbarry could not have proceeded more impenetrably with the last words she had to say to Agnes.
'Advise your interesting Mrs. Ferrari to wait a little longer,' she said. 'You will know what has become of her husband, and you will tell her. There will be nothing to alarm you. Some trifling event will bring us together the next time-as trifling, I dare say, as the engagement of Ferrari. Sad nonsense, Mr. Westwick, is it not? But you make allowances for women; we all talk nonsense. Good morning, Miss Lockwood.'
She opened the door-suddenly, as if she was afraid of being called back for the second time-and left them.
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I have to report, and give my opinion on something that has shook me to the core.
During the recent election, Proposition 8 was passed to take away the legal recognition of a gay marriage in California. I saw news of this yesterday. I'm not gay, and as I've never really been either way for or against the sexual preference of others, I actually found it strange that I kept trying to figure out 1 question in the back of my head all day long yesterday: "Why would someone vote against gay marriage?".
Throughout the day I saw different videos on this subject, most of them showing people talking in a rather angry fashion about how gay marriage should not be allowed, but never saw any REAL justification coming out of the pitiful holes in their head. These people just seem absolutely ignorant, disrespectful, and selfish to me. Do they really think that this is how the modern world should operate? Why do you think that you have the right to indiscriminately take the right away of entire population of people that just wants to be left alone to be happy? I hope that a look at the rest of the people in the demographic that voted for does not show other such beliefs to be just as ignorant and self centered as this decision.
I also saw a clip that put a lump in my throat, which was immediately followed frustration and anger at those that would do this to another person. It was a short byte during a news report about the protests that have erupted over this decision. It was a very sad looking guy choking out 1 sentence that will stick with me for a long time: "I have never felt less like a human being". It was hard to watch the look on this guy's face, and I can't get the image out of my head.
People who know me may be surprised that I would write a blog post such as this, let alone even take the time to even blog. But I have lots of respect for those that can embrace true happiness. A trait which is all too often taken for granted and not see for what it really is to someone. It's like that old couple slowly making their way down the sidewalk. He's barely hobbling along with a slight limp with a look on his face of confusion at the world. She's hunched over and confined to a walker and in an obvious struggle with pain in each step she takes. I always catch myself at first taking the selfish road and thinking to myself "Gosh, I hope my health holds up the rest of my life so I don't end up in that situation." Just as I think that thought they look at each other with a look that nothing could possibly interrupt or distract them from, followed by a simple kiss and a smile of happiness that seems to raise the surrounding temperature a few degrees. This to me is an example of TRUE HAPPINESS. We should all be truly blessed to ever find happiness at this level.
It's this same sort of happiness some possess with each other that will pull their families through what may be the worst chains of natural, economical, and war-time disasters our society or generation may ever face. To those of you who have voted for Proposition 8, YOU are taking this happiness away from people. Who do you think you are that you think you have a legitimate reason to take this away from them? Can someone fill me in on what that reason is?
What would you have to say about a mother and kids left behind one fateful day in September, 7 years ago? If you could vote to give them back the happiness they'll be missing with out a husband and father, would you do it? Does that make you any different than those that took this happiness away from them? You should be ashamed.
I was just married this June. It made me happier than I ever dreamed it would have. Yes, DREAMED. For these people, they are already struggling with the acceptance of the general population. You Prop 8 supporters continue to try to infect and disgust everyone else with that same lack of acceptance. The right to a legal marriage between 2 happy people is more than a dream, it's about equality. Think about what it would take for you to be in a position to "have never felt less like a human being". Of all the causes you could possibly support in these tough times, you pick this?
I may not be the best writer to convey my feelings and opinions, so I end these thoughts with the words of Keith Olbermann's Special Comment from last nights episode of Countdown. This may be one of his best ever, and drives home a point that can be said no better than this:
To my best friend, love, and new wife Karen: As we are both as happy we have ever been together, let's forever strive to find a higher sense of happiness and never let anything or anyone stand in the way of it. I Love You. 'To Blave.'
To all those that this has affected: keep fighting against this injustice, there are many of us out here that are behind you!
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What the NHS should do, see, is put together a new Word document template for Harry & I. It'd save them time in the long run.
Dear Mrs. Hairy Farmer,
Further to your outraged phone call of { }day { }th of { }, we can only offer you our most insincere apologies. We acknowledge that you/your son [delete as applicable] have been unacceptably pissed about, and we shall be assiduously seeking out an explanation as to why our unmotivated and lacklustre administrative staff have, once again, presided over a balls up of your medical affairs.
Kind regards,
The National Health Service.
This is utter tedium:
I was given a date of Monday 6th September by {secretary's name redacted} after my original February surgery date (scheduled almost exactly a year ago) was cancelled because of my back-to-front heart that eventually turned out to be nicely front-to-back after all. Then I was briefly pregnant, which confused things, and then the Consultant finally noticed that I was fat, so I trudged away and lost 2 stone. I needed to lose 3, but heigh-ho. I called a month ago to enquire if we were still on for the 6th, and {redacted}'s junior flunkey told me to come in for a pre-op session. So, I sorted childcare and dutifully drove the 62 mile round-trip to be interviewed by a nurse, have my nose swabbed for MRSA, pee in a pot, and give myriad vials of blood for various unspecified tests.
By last week I had heard nothing, and was consequently darkly and deeply suspicious that Something Was Wrong, but I was also Too Bloody Busy to ring and sort it out. I finally rang up this morning, to be greeted by {redacted}'s answer phone message saying she was back in the office Monday 30th August, and to please leave a message. I demurred. This ansaphone is a prodigious promiser of patient contact that never materialises, so I kept dialling other numbers until I eventually found V, and unloaded my problem onto her. She told me that my file was certainly sat on {redacted}'s desk (who, V told me, left for a fortnight's holiday on Friday 27th August, and will not be back until the 13th Sept…) with a post-it saying 'anaesthesia review required.' Furthermore, I was – get this! – not in the theatre diary for Monday 6th.
V did her best. She tracked down VIP Consultant, who is performing my Lap/Hysteroscopy in tandem with my own Very Nice Lady Consultant; he told her that as I was not his patient, she would need to see VNL Consultant, who is absent this week. He was of the opinion, however, that I would indeed need an anaesthesia review before surgery. (I interpreted this as 'still too podgy', which is absolutely fair comment if so. I've lost very little weight from around my middle at all, and my tummy looks 7 months gone still. Not ideal flesh for poking keyhole-surgery probes through.)
V relayed this to me, and followed it up with 'Oh! I've just seen another post-it that says you really need the date confirming for definite because you were supposed to be going on holiday that week and you didn't want to cancel if you didn't have to!'
So, they DID know that it was meant to be Monday 6th, then.
I judge that I probably made the blameless V take enough of a rocket for her team in order for her to pass it on with gusto, while keeping her sufficiently on-side to take pity on me. She said that October had plenty of scheduling space, so let us hope that the correct alignment of weight, reviews and surgeons can be achieved before November. I'm not getting any younger here, peeps.
This pissing-down cloud does have a silver lining.
My wondrous parents – who don't get lauded nearly enough on here, btw, because they are The Best (Grand)Parents, Ever – have booked a holiday cottage big enough for all of us for a week from this Saturday. My plan was to go in for surgery on Monday, and stagger down to Falmouth on Tuesday, clutching painkillers possessively to my chest, absolutely irrespective of what shape I was in, having missed half the holiday. Now, I get a nice full week in dry, sunny Cornwall. Annnnd that is what we call a Hint. Are you listening to me, Met Office? Are you?
So, all in all, today could have gone better. Much better. I have a rotten sore throat again, a printer that I spent 2 whole frustrating bastard hours I won't see again trying to fix, a to-do list that is laughing at me, a toddler with half-a-day-spent-at-home cabin fever who is Very Spectacularly Not Getting The Hang Of Pants but who can (for instance) illicitly capture a large pack of chocolate sprinkles and make (pretty good, actually) faces on the floor with them, did I mention the really sore throat, a barn-sized pile of laundry avec an extra bucket of aromatic urine-soaked-and-shit-stained pants and trousers that I have only had time to quickly rinse, a bruise from where I was kicked when Harry didn't want to share his gluesticks while we were making an (autumn!) leaf collage, no internet on the main PC and no working landlines downstairs for complicated telephone-line fault-resolution reasons, two part-time jobs that both need a full-time week at least spending on them, (except I can't telephone anyone because of the sore bloody throat and the line fault), a little boy (taken to the park by a despondent, despairing mother at 4pm) who is desperate to pal up with, giggle with, and chase other small children but can't keep up because he keeps falling over when he runs, and who doesn't know what to do when they ask him 'Why don't you say anything?', and a whiny post that I initially wrote at 3.3opm but promptly got eaten by bloody WordPress and necessitated me having another go, because I do so enjoy a moan!
I sat quietly down in my favourite armchair a couple of hours ago with a sigh of profound relief as John took Harry up to bed. I was minding my own business – and was naturally immediately stung by my first ever wasp.
It had obviously read my last post. Well, I had the last laugh, anyway, coz I killed the cheeky bugger. Except… it didn't quite… die.
You'd think having your head removed from your thorax would slow you down, yes?
Not necessarily! This is a little peculiar, but nevertheless, I bring you… a wasp snuff flick. Enjoy!
Never say you don't get variety from me.
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