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You don't always need a 20% down payment in Minneapolis/St Paul
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It is a general misconception that if you want to buy a high-value property, payments of a minimum of 20% are required, but that simply isn't true in Minneapolis/St Paul. As property prices rise across the country, what at one time would have been conforming loans are now jumbo loans. A conforming loan is one that meets the limits set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and generally demand minimum down payment between 3% and 5%. If a conforming loan has an LTV of over 80%, private mortgage insurance is required. Jumbo loans do not need private mortgage insurance, which leads to the mistaken belief that they require 20% minimum down payments.
Jumbo Loans With Less Than 20% Down Payment in Minneapolis/St Paul
Jumbo loans do generally request 20% down payments, and if the buyer can find a 25% down payment they may get a little improvement in the interest rate, but it's not compulsory. Some buyers may be able to make this down payment, but want to keep the cash in hand for other investments.
In the fall of every year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency looks at the national median home value (i.e. the average cost of a house across the country). This figure is matched against the previous year's figure. If house prices in Minneapolis/St Paul have risen over the year, the conforming loan limit will rise correspondingly, i.e. should house prices rise by 5%, the conforming loan limit will do the same. The limits for jumbo loans will be adjusted in a similar fashion. A jumbo loan is any loan for more than the amount of the current conforming limit. For 2018 the conforming loan limit is $453,100 in most areas of the country, and $679,650 for areas where property values are particularly high; these are mainly located in California, Colorado, Florida, Virginia, and parts of the North East.
Because lenders are taking a higher risk when giving a jumbo loan, interest rates on a jumbo loan could be higher than those for conforming loans, however the gap is nowhere near what it used to be. Naturally, home buyers will try to find ways that they can purchase more expensive properties without taking on a jumbo mortgage with its associated higher interest rates and down payment requirements. However, if you're looking at a property which will require a jumbo mortgage and wondering where you will get the money to provide the down payment, it's worth knowing that you don't need to make a 20% down payment, you just need to keep your primary mortgage at 80% or less of the purchase price. Clearly, this gives rise to the question of where the other 20% comes from. The secret is in the loan's structure.
Imagine Minneapolis/St Paul buyers are looking at a $750,000 property, and they only want to make a 10% down payment, rather than the 20% required by a jumbo mortgage. 10% of $750,000 is $75,000, meaning that they will need a mortgage for $675,000. You can't get private mortgage insurance on jumbo loans, so what are we going to do about the shortfall? Firstly, we can take out a loan for $600,000, i.e., 80% of the purchase price. However, that still means that we are $75,000 down on the required amount, even without taking into account any necessary cash reserves demanded by the lender and closing costs. If we were to make a 20% down payment that would be $150,000. Why would we be permitted to make a lower down payment when we don't have MPI? It is possible, if we take out two mortgages in what is frequently called a "piggyback" arrangement.
Good To Go Mortgage may be able to provide you with a loan where the purchase price is made up of a 10% down payment, a first mortgage of 80% LTV (so no mortgage insurance required), then a second mortgage of $75,000 for the remaining 10%. This is known as an 80-10-10 loan because 80% of the purchase price is met by the first loan, 10% by the second loan, and 10% five. An alternative is the 80-15-5 loan, the first mortgage for 80% of purchase price, a second mortgage for 15% of purchase price, and a 5% down payment. Want to see the math?
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This type of loan does come with certain stipulations, and you have to think about what the effect on your monthly repayments might be, and what rate and loan terms are best for each of your two mortgages. Rates and terms will influence the amount you pay each month, as well as the total you will pay over the whole loan term. To get this sort of loan you will need a really high-level credit rating, and you certainly won't be eligible if you had any previous financial problems. This type of loan can only be used for your main residence in Minneapolis/St Paul, not for investment, second homes or vacation homes. However, if you meet the requirements, you can still get that dream home without having to commit your savings or retirement funds to making a down payment.


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Shortly after the 2008 election, I overheard a mother in a store reprimand her very young daughter with the following admonition: "Don't do that, Barack Obama wouldn't like it." She had made a god of a man whose image she had transformed into something worthy of cultlike worship.
The Sandy Hook massacre has prompted us all to ask why. Why did this happen? Some blame it on guns. Ban the guns, they say, problem solved. Sure, that mindset certainly proved to be true when they tried to ban liquor during the Prohibition era. And then there's Timothy McVeigh and his bombing of the Murrah building, which housed a day care in Oklahoma City. Hmm. Should we ban fertilizer too? How about knives and shovels? Grandma's cane? And then there's the other extreme: Arm the teachers, damn it, eliminate soft targets. Problem solved. Yikes.
Of all the talk show fodder I heard over the weekend, Mike Huckabee seemed to be making the most sense. He said, "Gee, we threw God out of the schools, so why are we now surprised that they have become vulnerable to evil?" The truth is, young people like Adam Lanza are suffering from an existential crisis. Their lives seem to have no meaning. They have no sense of their own mission in the grand scale of things. They become overwhelmed by sadness and grief and sometimes act out in the most vile, violent ways. How about giving these kids something to believe in? How about rooting that belief in some continuity, like family tradition. Remember when it meant something to be Irish Catholic? Or a family of Southern Baptists? So many of our people came to this country to gain the right to worship freely. Why is it so easy for us to just walk away and abandon our cultural and religious heritage and not teach our children a sense of who they came from and the values that shaped their family? Is it because so many of us have interrupted the flow of family through divorce?
Secular humanism just doesn't work at all, but it is especially disastrous for the really sensitive kids, the ones who aren't an easy fit, or who feel deeply, and have a greater need to ascribe meaning to their outcast status. Just telling kids to "be a good person" just doesn't cut it. They need to feel a greater sense of belonging to the Master Plan that God has for each and every one of us. They need to know that we came to this planet to have a spiritual experience, to grow in character and selflessness, not to gratify our immediate needs or to fix our discomfort with whatever escapist means are available to us. And yes, they do need rules to live by like the Ten Commandments or any other code of ethics one ascribes to, universal tenets meant to oversee the growth of mankind through the centuries.
The opposite of faith isn't hatred, it's fear. Adam Lanza lived in fear. He was an object of ridicule and had no capacity to connect with others. His Mother was a survivalist. She obsessed about doomsday events and prepared for the worst, thereby feeding her son's fear that destruction was imminent. What if Nancy Lanza had been a woman of faith who surrendered her fear to a Higher Power and went about her life with hope and confidence? Maybe if she had emulated the joy and Grace that comes with believing in a Higher Power, some of that would have rubbed off on her son? Jesus said that every hair on our heads is counted, that God takes care of even the smallest sparrow, so why then do we obsess about being in control when clearly we don't need to be? What if Nancy Lanza had taught her son to pray instead of how to use a gun? What if his Father had taken him to church on Sunday or to a nursing home to visit the lonely instead of letting him languish for hours in front of a violent video game?
This is the type of conversation we need to be having. When God isn't at the center of our lives, we tend to put something else to fill the void. Children don't need video games, or target practice, or a politician to worship. They need a sense of purpose. Don't we all?
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French Montana is being sued by his current manager for allegedly making lucrative concert deals behind her back.
TMZ reports that Debra Antney, who is Waka Flocka Flame's mother and runs Atlanta-based management company Mizay Entertainment, claims that she and French entered into an exclusive management contract with French in November 2010.
In the lawsuit, Antney claims French secured several concert appearances without her knowledge or consent, cutting her out of her 20% management fee.
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DENVER (AP) — The opening months of Colorado's recreational marijuana industry have seen a rise in fiery explosions as pot users try to extract potent oil from the drug at home laboratories.
Hospital officials say more people are being seriously burned and injured trying to make hash oil.
The golden concoction can be up to 80 percent THC, marijuana's intoxicating chemical. Devotees say one or two drops can produce a more euphotic high than a joint.
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I find myself looking into buying a decent bike for the first time in my life (previous bikes having all been gifts or walmart specials). As such, I find myself trying to figure out what a lot of the terms, names, and numbers mean. Fork materials? Tire styles/sizes? Derailleur brands? StackExchange sites are great for answering specific question, but aren't entirely ideal for people who don't yet know enough to know what they need to ask. The unknown unknowns, as it were.
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Chemotherapy uses anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. Cytotoxic means toxic to cells.
Cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs disrupt the way cancer cells grow and divide, but they also affect normal cells. These healthy cells can usually repair damage caused by chemotherapy but cancer cells can't and eventually die.
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Since 1988, Southern Colorado AIDS Project (SCAP) has provided comprehensive and individualized care to men, women and children in Southern Colorado living with HIV/AIDS. SCAP maintains offices in the metropolitan centers of southern Colorado of Colorado Springs and Pueblo, with some staff travelling to outlying counties. Today, this regional office provides HIV-specific programs and services in a 25-county area of Southern Colorado. Services are provided at no cost, and are offered without regard to age, sex, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender expression.
Counties served (25): Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Elbert, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Las Animas, Lincoln, Mineral, Otero, Park, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Saguache, and Teller.


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Inviting municipal leaders from across the nation to spend nearly a week in your city requires great measures of confidence and hospitality. It is bold exercise in peer review, not unlike inviting Martha Stewart and Miss Manners to attend a dinner party you're hosting, or inviting renowned golf architects Pete Dye and Tom Fazio to play a round on links you've built.
So last month, when the City of Phoenix welcomed more than 3,500 mayors, city councilpersons and municipal planners to town for the National League of Cities' 2011 Congress of Cities and Exposition, it was no small undertaking.
The event, held at the Phoenix Convention Center, featured four concurrent conferences—Green Cities, Economic Development, Infrastructure and Your City's Families. Civic-minded attendees heard from prominent speakers and issue experts, participated in leadership training sessions, attended leadership training sessions and visited mobile workshops across metropolitan Phoenix.
"Mobile workshops highlighted everything happening in Arizona cities, from sports to sustainability," Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon said.
When all the educational sessions and site tours and were over, Phoenix's peers left impressed.
"We had a great time in Phoenix," said Bluffton (Ind.) Mayor Ted Ellis, who was elected as the new president of the National League of Cities during the congress. "Coming to Phoenix allowed our members a number of opportunities to explore innovative ideas and programs in the city and the surrounding area. Between various workshop sessions and mobile tours, the city and the Greater Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau provided an in-depth exploration of the most pressing challenges cities are facing today."
The mobile workshops took participants to the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, Civic Space Park and Downtown Public Market, and several City of Phoenix leaders leant their voices and expertise to the cause. Mayor Gordon and Councilman Michael Johnson spoke at the opening general session, Councilman Bill Gates spoke at Green Cities Conference opening session, and Deputy City Manager Rick Naimark spoke at the biomedical campus mobile workshop.
Phoenix Art Museum hosted 300 attendees at the Board of Director's Dinner, and the Arizona Science Center was the site of the congress' closing event on Nov. 12. Spouses of attendees were treated to tours of Desert Botanical Garden and downtown, and youth delegates experienced "Zoo Lights" at the Phoenix Zoo.
Attendees also got an up-close look at some of downtown's newest developments, including the expanded Phoenix Convention Center, METRO light rail, Arizona State University's Downtown Campus, CityScape, and the Sheraton and Westin hotels.
"This event was almost a decade in the making, and what better time to showcase downtown Phoenix than right now?" said Councilman Johnson, who, as the President of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, led tours and spoke at a number of events. "The feedback I received from conference attendees has been overwhelmingly positive. NLC attendees were impressed with the quality of conference workshops, tours and other amenities Phoenix offers our visitors."
The 2011 Congress of Cities generated an estimated $8.7 million dollars in direct spending for the city. It also gave city leaders the opportunity to demonstrate to their peers that Phoenix is a diverse and welcoming destination for meetings and conventions—a fact that has been clouded by the national debate over Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law.
The NLC expressed opposition to Arizona's SB1070 immigration law last year, and the group had felt pressure from some corners to pull the 2011 Congress of Cities out of the state. Instead, it chose to conduct the event in Phoenix as planned, and took the opportunity to add Immigrant Integration training seminars to the agenda. These seminars allowed attendees to learn about different programs and policies to integrate immigrants into the community—economically, socially and culturally.
Rebuffing critics who called for a boycott, the NLC reaffirmed its decision to host the Congress of Cities in Phoenix, citing the following reasons:
• To support Phoenix and Arizona cities and towns. The City of Phoenix and Arizona cities and towns have actively opposed to the state's actions. As the nation's oldest and largest organization representing cities nationally, we are going to Phoenix to support the efforts of the City and other Arizona cities and towns.
• To promote and encourage constructive local action to integrate immigrants into the economic, social, and cultural fabric of cities through conference programming, training, and education.
• As a continued call for comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level.
The National League of Cities is dedicated to helping city leaders build better communities. Working in partnership with the 49 state municipal leagues, NLC serves as a resource to and an advocate for the more than 19,000 cities, villages and towns it represents. More than 1,600 municipalities of all sizes pay dues directly to NLC and actively participate as leaders and voting members in the organization.


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I was getting the Sunday blues last night when I saw a report on "60 Minutes" about people who have the Sunday blues every night.
This group is called the "99ers," or people who have exhausted their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. These are not people who are simply relying on the government for food stamps to help make ends meet. These are out-of-work professional people, almost all of whom have a college degree, and some have master's degrees and doctorates. These are people in their 50s and 60s who had good-paying jobs, some earning $70,000 or more, before they were laid off. More than two years later, they're still out of work. Their 401ks, their IRAs and their savings accounts have all dried up.
The 99ers featured in this report live in the San Jose, CA, area. Some of them go to free food pantries. One woman was happy—happy—to earn $30 from a recycling plant after pulling out bottles from trash cans. Utterly disheartening.
So what does this mean for the fitness club industry? We hear that the Baby Boomer market is the one to target for health club operators. They're the ones (about 46 years old to 64 years old) who have disposable income and can use some exercise for those creaking joints and sagging muscles.
Well, guess what? A growing number of those folks don't have the money for health clubs right now, and they haven't had the money for more than two years. Future employment looks bleak. They're going after three or four menial clerk jobs in their areas that 2,000 others are applying for, too.
The industry really needs to re-focus its target market. The industry consensus is that 85 to 88 percent of Americans don't belong to a fitness center. There's a reason for that: Most of them simply don't want to join.
It's time to go after the young, the Generation Ys (teenagers to those around 30 years old) and the Generation Xs (those in their 30s to early 40s) who are already club members. The 30-somethings likely have young kids, and that's an important demographic for the future of this industry. These two groups have that disposable income, are used to coming to the club and haven't yet had their livelihoods, hopes and dreams absolutely crushed by this depressing recession.


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Many Jewish communities worldwide know Shin-shinim ("Shnat-sherut" – Service Year) emissaries as young, dedicated Jewish Agency shlichim who work tirelessly to bring Israel to life abroad. Working within Israel, in parallel, are thousands of other volunteers who have dedicated their time to giving back to local communities.
Each year 5,000 senior high school students send out applications, requesting that the government defer their army service (and therefore their adult lives) for a year, in order to take part in the program.
The 2,000-2,500 successful candidates volunteer all around the country in all sorts of communal institutions and programs with the aim to raise their sense of social responsibility, strengthen their leadership skills, and to get to know other populations within Israel's societal mosaic.
Amir Tzur and Alon Werman are two such Shin-shinim.
"I decided to volunteer because this country gave me so much in my 18 years, and now that I am an adult, it is time to carry my weight as a citizen," says Tzur.
Alon and Amir, who both grew up on kibbutzim in the North of Israel are volunteering at The Jewish Agency Nitzana Educational Eco-Village just a few kilometers from the Egyptian border. Alon and Amir underwent an intense two month training period on the secrets of the desert before they began guiding groups themselves.
Their work encompasses leading school children, teenagers, and families; Israelis, Masa Israel Journey participants, and tourists alike; sharing this unique part of Israel with them. They feel their service is educational, teaching about nature and eco-friendly lifestyles, about recycling and respect. They also teach their groups what it means to be environmentally conscious and why that is important.
"I feel that I am making a change in people," says Amir. "Seeing a change in even one person is an incredible feeling. If I can influence even one person to not litter, or to recycle their plastic bottles when they leave here, then I have made a change for the better of this country."
Amir adds, "Every night when I go to sleep, I think that today here at Nitzana, as a Shin-shin, I did things that were not just for myself. I have started to really think not just about my needs, but about the needs of others."


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The body of gunman who killed 27 people and himself in Newtown, Connecticut, this month in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history has been collected by his family from the state medical examiner's office, a spokesman for his father's family said on Monday.
A location and date for Adam Lanza's burial was not disclosed. His father, Peter Lanza of Stamford, Connecticut, claimed the body, said the spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Connecticut's chief medical examiner released Lanza's body on Dec. 27, a spokesman for the office said.
Police say Lanza, 20, shot and killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, in her home on Dec. 14 before forcing his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killing 20 first-grade students, six faculty members and himself.
"Like so many of you, we are saddened, but struggling to make sense of what has transpired," Peter Lanza said in a statement the day after the shooting.
Peter Lanza and Nancy Lanza divorced in 2009, and Adam Lanza continued to live with his mother in Newtown about 5 miles (8 km) from the Sandy Hook school.
Police have so far offered no motive behind the attack. Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance has said it will likely be months before a final report on the incident is released.
The shooting ranks as the second deadliest at a U.S. school or college, exceeded only by the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, which left 32 people dead.
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Saving Earth one cup at a time – but only if that cup contains coffee
Posted by TheShot on 23 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends, Fair Trade
Earth Day couldn't pass last weekend without a multitude of feel-good press releases from coffee peddlers. We already knew that our coffee could support Ernie & Bert's ambiguously gay lifestyle on Public Television. Now we read about how our coffee could save chimps, help solve the energy crisis, and even how it could stamp out poverty and save planet earth itself. That's a lot for one cup of coffee — especially when a couple years ago all you could hope for was that it didn't taste like an oil change.
So I should get the warm fuzzies now that my cup of coffee just nudged Mother Theresa of Calcutta out of line for canonization by the Roman Catholic Church, right? Wrong, actually. Not to take away from the many good things going on around coffee, but for some reason coffee has attracted all the kooks-with-causes like flies to a bug lamp. When did buying coffee get to be like wearing ribbons at the Oscars? These days you can't even smell a morning cup without subscribing to at least four causes and a making a dozen more statements about your personal morality. What gives?
Cause Coffee or Cause + Coffee?
The cynic might say that the best way to sell coffee these days is to package it with rich man's guilt relief. Certs has Retsyn (a.k.a. "vegetable oil"), and my coffee saves the Western Wood-Pewee. But if it were merely that, why isn't tea given anything close to the same treatment? Tea is nearly as popular, with as rich a history, and is harvested by the poorest of the poor in the world. And yet to buy a cup of tea today, consumers seem free to buy the Sri Lankan Child Labor Exploitation Blend with impunity — no questions asked.
The fact is that the world problems of hunger, poverty, exploitation, etc., go far beyond coffee. Trying to solve these complex issues as coffee-related problems is commendably better than doing nothing, but let's not kid ourselves.
My advice: buy the best coffee your wallet and conscience can afford. Then donate cash to the causes of your choice. Every time someone has tried to meter out charity and activism by piggybacking it on a commercial product — whether it be socially conscious mutual funds or long distance telephone service that donates a percentage of profits to charity — consumers have always ended up with weaker products, less control over their charitable contributions, and less effective donations. If the research and choices involved are too much of a headache, pick your causes and labels and outsource it all by proxy. Otherwise, nothing beats D.I.Y.
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The Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, was sent to jail today for violating travel restrictions that are a condition of his being free on bond as he awaits trial on eight counts of perjury and other felonies. The travel restrictions were tightened after Mayor Kilpatrick was accused of assaulting a sheriff's deputy who served a subpoena on him. Mayor Kilpatrick is a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention.
In May 2007, Kilpatrick received this glowing endorsement from Barack Obama, who called him a "great mayor" who is doing an "outstanding job." My favorite part is where Obama says that Kilpatrick "is going to be doing astounding things for many years to come:"
Obama said he was "grateful to call [Kwame Kilpatrick] a friend," but that was then and this is now. The Mayor is obviously radioactive, but his situation poses a delicate problem for Obama. Kwame's mother, Carolyn Kilpatrick, is Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. She faced a tough re-election race this year, mostly because of her outspoken support for her son, but Obama never endorsed her. She won the Democratic primary anyway, narrowly, on Tuesday.
Now Obama may need the Kilparticks' support in order to carry Michigan, which appears to be in play:
Adolph Mongo, a political analyst and former consultant to Mayor Kilpatrick, said that Obama's support would be a "tremendous endorsement" for Carolyn Kilpatrick in terms of the good perception it would generate amongst voters. But he suggested it might be more important for Obama.
"Barack Obama cannot afford to snub the congresswoman and the mayor," Mongo said. "The mayor is the only one in Detroit that has the machine to turn out the vote."
So, does Obama's friend the "great mayor" get thrown under the bus, or not? Time will tell.
SCOTT adds: Also astounding is the linked New York Times story on the latest developments in the Kilpatrick case. Reader Terence Finan points out that the Times story provides another installment in the game that Don Surber titled "name that party!"
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Tumbling through the blogosphere
Recently the visual/spatial learner in me is enjoying the life of a visual blogger using tumblr. Knewd is experimental tumblog aggregates memorable digital breadcrumbs I come across in cyberspace - this is my way of both sharing and archiving bitz i already knewd in a rather naked and open manner.
Tumblr the easiest way to get content on the web I've come across. Organising, valuing and automating the metadata/content produced via the traditional inquiry based learning process is still for me currently the most exciting area of ICTs in education.
Very quickly we are seeing metadata becoming hyper-connected content and the ability of users to quickly see this metadata in context. This picture is a snippet from the archive of my scrapbook from the last few months.
I also use Tumblr here to aggregate my web2.0 wanderings - this automated process of organising, valuing and automating the metadata I produce via the traditional inquiry based learning process is for me currently the most exciting area of ICTs in education. The select and organise aspects of inquiry based learning are facilitated by the process of tumblogging even more when you add.
As @dswaters pointed out at the recent ECAWA unconference I am not the most social creature online these days! I do engage with some discussions on email lists and a little bit more lately on Twitter but in general this year I have not really been joining in the dialogue of the blogosphere as much. I have been considering the reasons behind this, and think it is simply that I am so busy with the new job, but most of all I think it's because if I am going to engage with a discussion I feel I need to really immerse myself in the discussion to have my contributions be of any use.
This general demeanour leaves me missing out on a fantastic project is going on in the edublogosphere called the 31 day comment challenge. I would love to be part of it but instead I am just going to write about how cool it is instead :-). Sue Waters makes some valuable points here about the fact "that commenting on blogs is a crucial aspect of blogging conversations for achieving the greatest learning," and this is put in context by an insightful reference to Derek Wenmoth's diagram The Four C's of Participation in Online Communities. Maybe I'll be up for the next one.
My voluntary work on building the new ECAWA website and exciting Community Bookmarking project has taken up more time than expected. This will be an interesting project to watch unfold - currently we are still taking votes to see which social bookmarking tool we will use. The reception at the ECAWA unconference - thanks guys - was a positive one so I hope the wider community sees the value in tapping into and aggregating our collective intelligence.
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| Ahoy! This here is the 1st Featured Article.
"Monkey D. Luffy" has been featured, meaning it was chosen as an article of interest.
Monkey D. Luffy,[1] also known as "Straw Hat Luffy" and commonly as "Straw Hat",[7] is the main protagonist of the manga and anime, One Piece. He is the founder and captain of the increasingly infamous and powerful Straw Hat Pirates, as well as one of its top three fighters.[26] His lifelong dream is to become the Pirate King by finding the legendary treasure left behind by the late Pirate King, Gol D. Roger.[27] He believes that being Pirate King means having the most freedom in the world.[28]
He is the son of the Revolutionary leader Monkey D. Dragon,[29] the grandson of the Marine hero Monkey D. Garp,[30] the sworn brother of late "Fire Fist" Portgas D. Ace and Revolutionary Chief-of-Staff Sabo, and the foster son of Curly Dadan.
By the time Luffy and his crew left the East Blue for the Grand Line, they had defeated all the strongest pirate crews of the eastern seas, with Luffy himself defeating all their captains. This earned him the highest bounty of the East Blue at 30,000,000. He has since gained a worldwide reputation for causing trouble, challenging the Shichibukai, the Marines, and the Yonko, additionally committing felonies and actions which were deemed threatening by the World Government. Furthermore, in the majority of these confrontations, he has emerged as the victor. He has gained a reputation for being "reckless" and, in some cases, "insane", after causing an incident in Enies Lobby, assaulting a World Noble at Sabaody Archipelago, entering and escaping from Impel Down (while indirectly causing a large-scale riot in the process), and joining the Battle of Marineford. He is, therefore, infamous for being the only known pirate to not only deliberately attack the three most important government facilities, but also escape from all of them alive after facing incredibly powerful opponents in each one. The additional fact that he punched a World Noble with full knowledge of the consequences, as well as his heritage, has caused Luffy to be labeled as a "Dangerous Future Element", earning the wrath of Fleet Admiral Sakazuki and Marine Headquarters.[31]
At the beginning of the Levely Arc, Luffy's achievements were compiled, greatly inflating his infamy, which was already immense to begin with. This includes his relationship as a sworn brother to both the late commander of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates and the son of Gol D. Roger, Portgas D. Ace, and the Revolutionary Army Chief-of-staff, Sabo; the fleet that unofficially formed under him; the infiltration operation of Big Mom's territory, Totto Land, where he defeated the Sweet Commanders Charlotte Cracker and Charlotte Katakuri, attempted an assassination on Charlotte Linlin herself, while destroying her castle (unintentionally), and created a prompt alliance with Germa 66, the Sun Pirates, and the Fire Tank Pirates before escaping after the assassination failed. Though his capabilities were slightly exaggerated by the press, his achievements were great enough for him to be officially titled the "Fifth Emperor of the Sea".[32]
These acts, among other things, have given him his current bounty of 1,500,000,000. Having had a bounty of 300,000,000 prior to his arrival at the Sabaody Archipelago, Luffy is one of eleven rookie pirates who simultaneously reached the Red Line with bounties over 100,000,000[33], a group which would go on to be referred to as the "Worst Generation".[34]
Luffy has black shaggy hair, round black eyes, and a slim muscular build. He is renowned for his trademark straw hat (from which he gets his nickname "Straw Hat Luffy"), which was lent to him when he was young by the legendary pirate captain, "Red-Haired" Shanks,[35] who in turn received it from Gol D. Roger.[36] He wears short, blue trousers with cuffs, sandals, and a sleeveless red vest. Luffy also has a scar with two stitches underneath his left eye (which he earned by stabbing a knife under his eye to show Shanks that he was tough and not afraid of pain)[37] and short, messy black hair. He was severely wounded by Akainu in the Battle of Marineford,[38] leaving a large X-shaped scar on his chest.[39] Appearing to be scrawny underneath his shirt, he has a surprisingly well-built physique. He is quite short since he appears dwarfed by most individuals in the series (though it must be noted that characters in One Piece are often very tall by real-life standards).
Before the Timeskip
Similar to most of his male crewmates, Luffy has the same outfit throughout most of the series, as opposed to the rest of the crew (especially Nami and Nico Robin), who change frequently. Luffy may wear a different outfit to suit the climate of an island (like a hooded parka on Drum Island[40] or desert robes in Alabasta[41]) but will switch back to his trademark red vest and blue shorts after the adventures on that island are over. Despite this, he will wear his usual outfit in different colors and has been known to sport other miscellaneous items on his person from time to time like in Thriller Bark and Sabaody Archipelago. According to Eiichiro Oda in 37 Volume SBS, Luffy does not know how to dress stylishly so sometimes he is advised on how to dress by more fashionable team members, Nami, Usopp, Sanji and Robin.[42]
- During the Drum Island Arc, he wore two parkas, the first being a dark red parka with fur on the cuffs, hood, and hem,[40] and then a checkered, hooded parka with the colors white, orange and bright yellow, which Nami wore in the beginning.[43]
- During the Alabasta Arc, he wore desert robes consisting of a dark red robe with three white rings decorated along both of the sleeves and a light blue wrap over his head.[41]
- During the Skypiea Arc, he wore a black wristband around his left wrist with a white bangle over it.[44] In 37 Volume SBS, Oda said that two members of his crew lent him accessories: a black wristband by Usopp and a white bracelet by Sanji.[42]
- During the Long Ring Long Land Arc, Luffy wore an afro on his head, dark red shorts, and red bandages on his feet, getting an image of a blue flaming skull and crossbones painted on his chest as well, when he was fighting Foxy.[45]
- During the Enies Lobby Arc, he wore black shorts which had more pockets than his blue shorts (However, Luffy noted that he couldn't fit his meat in them.).[46]
- During the Post-Enies Lobby Arc, Luffy wore a white T-shirt with the Galley-La Company emblem on it in red; red liners around the top, shoulders, and collar; and navy blue shorts.[47]
- During the Thriller Bark Arc, he wore an orange vest and red shorts.[48] After the battle against Moria in Thriller Bark, Luffy wore a dark decorated, jeweled armband around his left bicep, given to him by Nami.[49] This armband was later revealed to be a map that leads to Captain John's lost treasure, which Buggy sought for some time - leading to Luffy handing the armband in for Buggy in exchange for his services at helping him navigate through Impel Down.[50]
- During the Sabaody Archipelago Arc, in the manga, he wore a blue vest and red shorts (which can be seen on the cover of volume 52). In the anime, he wore the same blue vest, but with dark blue shorts.[51]
- During the Amazon Lily Arc, Luffy wore a light blue vest with red shorts.[52]
- During the Impel Down Arc, Luffy wore his outfit from his stay on Amazon Lily until after his fight with Magellan, at which point he replaced his light blue vest with a bright yellow vest given to him by Inazuma.[53]
No matter where he is, Luffy wears his Straw Hat through absolutely everything, though at the start, the hat was prone to get knocked off his head easily, forcing Luffy to either put it aside or have someone hold onto it during fights. From the Alabasta Arc onward, he has gotten a string strap for it, which was sewn on by Nami, allowing the hat to hang from his neck during fights.
During his return to Marineford to give a silent prayer, Luffy was briefly shown with four characters written on his right arm spelling
3D2Y,[54] with the 3D crossed out to symbolize that the Straw Hat Pirates should meet up in 2 years (2Y) rather than the 3 days (3D) as planned after fleeing from Bartholomew Kuma.[55]
After the Timeskip
After those two years, a few things have changed. Luffy wears an open, long-sleeved red cardigan with four buttons (which shows the X-shaped scar covering most of his chest he received by then-Admiral Akainu), with a yellow sash tied around his waist, somewhat reminiscent of Gol D. Roger's outfit. He has grown slightly taller and is shown to be significantly more muscular due to his training. This can be seen in his slightly thicker neck, more pronounced deltoids, and better-defined chest.[56] During his fight with Sanji, Luffy loses one of his top teeth after being struck by a Diable Jambe Joue Shot directly into his face.[57] However, it grew back after he drank a bottle of milk.[58]
- During the Punk Hazard Arc, Luffy wore a long winter coat with red and white horizontal strips, along with yellow ear muffs, which he stole from one of Brownbeard's Centaur Patrol Unit.[59]
- During the Dressrosa Arc, Luffy wore an open, short-sleeved shirt with a sunflower pattern, along with his standard blue shorts and yellow sash. He also wore a fake beard.[60] Upon entering the tournament for the Mera Mera no Mi in the Corrida Colosseum, he wore Viking-style armor, complete with a sword and shield, until it was stripped from him due to a violation of the weight restriction.[61] Upon revision to the weight restriction, he added a cape and wore the same Viking style helmet he wore previously. Along with his registration number '0556' on the back of his shirt, obscured by his cape.[62] When he recovered after his battle against Doflamingo, Luffy wore a red tank top along with his standard shorts in brown.[63]
- During the Whole Cake Island Arc, Luffy wore an open, fancy white cardigan with puffy sleeves along with his standard shorts in red. He also had a decorative scarf wrapped around his straw hat after landing at the Seducing Woods, though he appears to have lost it during his battle with Charlotte Cracker. These clothes were eventually torn to shreds after several battles and he later dons a new outfit to meet with Capone Bege; a red suit jacket with a brown shirt and a red ascot along with red formal shorts. He also fitted a black fedora to the top of his straw hat.[citation needed]
- During the Wano Country Arc, Luffy wore a red yukata with patchwork mon of a blue rounded sun on a cyan background and a yellow obi. He also had a topknot on top of his hair. He also had the Nidai Kitetsu he borrowed from Tenguyama Hitetsu.[citation needed] Before beginning the assault on Onigashima, Luffy received a set of samurai armor from Hitetsu.[citation needed]
In the Movie 3, he wears a red shirt with the number "01" in black in the middle. You also momentarily saw a deer costume consisting of a fur coat and two branches as antlers.
In the G-8 Arc, he infiltrates as a Marine cook, wearing a white cook uniform, a blue scarf on his neck, and a white cook hat covering his straw hat.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 5) and Episode 4, Luffy is first introduced.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 2 (p. 8) and Episode 1, Luffy debuts in the present.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 703 (p. 16) and Episode 633, Luffy's alias in Dressrosa is revealed.
- ↑ Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary, Luffy-tarou is romanized.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 91 Chapter 914 (p. 7) and Episode 900, Luffy's first alias in Wano is revealed.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 91 Chapter 916 (p. 8) and Episode 903, Luffy's second alias in Wano is revealed.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 1 Chapter 2 (p. 3), Luffy's epithet is written in the title of the chapter.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 66 (p. 162), Oda explains the blood types of the world and reveals Luffy's blood types.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 4 (p. 28), Luffy's age is revealed.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 598 (p. 1) and Episode 517, Two years pass in the storyline.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 69 (p. 66), Luffy's post-timeskip profile is revealed.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 15 (p. 90), Luffy's birthday is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 79 (p. 186), Birthday Calendar.
- ↑ Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 10 (p. 46), Luffy's height is revealed.
- ↑ One Piece Yellow: Grand Elements (p. 19).
- ↑ One Piece Blue Deep: Characters World (p. 186), Luffy's post-timeskip height is revealed.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 90 Chapter 903 (p. 17-18) and Episode 879, Luffy's sixth bounty.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 800 (p. 8) and Episode 745, A Pirate Alliance Fleet attacks the Yonta Maria Grand Fleet, stating Luffy's bounty to have risen to 500,000,000.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 801 (p. 15-17) and Episode 746, The Straw Hat Pirates are given new bounties after Dressrosa.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 601 (p. 11) and Episode 521, Luffy's fourth bounty.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 435 (p. 16-17) and Episode 320, The crew members' bounties for attacking Enies Lobby are revealed.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 23 Chapter 213 (p. 22) and Episode 128, Luffy's and Zoro's bounties after Alabasta.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 11 Chapter 96 (p. 6) and Episode 45, Luffy's first bounty is put by Brannew in the wanted list.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 30 (p. 104), Gomu Gomu no Mi is confirmed to be a Paramecia.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 62 Chapter 606 (p. 5) and Episode 525, Caribou identifies Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji as the "Monster Trio".
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 44-45) and Episode 4, Luffy first reveals his dream to Shanks as the latter leaves Foosha Village with his crew.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 52 Chapter 507 (p. 9) and Episode 400, Luffy states his belief that the Pirate King has the most freedom in the world.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 432 (p. 16-17) and Episode 314, Garp reveals Luffy's father to be the revolutionary Dragon.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 431 (p. 19) and Episode 313, Luffy reveals Garp to be his grandfather by just addressing him as "Grandpa".
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 57 Chapter 557 (p. 12) and Episode 466, Akainu is the first person to identify Luffy as Garp's grandson, as well as Dragon's son.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 90 Chapter 903 (p. 7-8), Luffy is declared "the Fifth Emperor".
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 51 Chapter 498 (p. 10-11) and Episode 392, Luffy along with Zoro are revealed by Shakuyaku to be two of 11 Super Rookies due to their bounties.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 67 Chapter 664 (p. 10) and Episode 589, Brownbeard explains the Worst Generation.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 46) and Episode 4, Shanks gives his straw hat to Luffy.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 603 (p. 6) and Episode 523, Roger is seen wearing the same straw hat Luffy currently wears.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 5) and Episode of Luffy, Luffy stabs himself underneath his eye to prove his toughness.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 59 Chapter 578 (p. 10) and Episode 488, Akainu's attack goes through Jinbe and hits Luffy.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 598 (p. 1) and Episode 517, Luffy's large chest scar is revealed.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 133 (p. 5) and Episode 80, Luffy's first Drum Island outfit is seen clearly.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 18 Chapter 161 (p. 5) and Episode 96, Luffy's Alabasta outfit is seen for the first time.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 37 (p. 26), Oda explains where Luffy has a black wristband and a white bracelet and how he dresses stylishly.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 17 Chapter 146 (p. 14-15) and Episode 87, Luffy puts on Nami's parka to keep himself warm.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 26 Chapter 244 (p. 4) and Episode 158, Luffy begins wearing a black wristband with a white bangle.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 33, Luffy's outfit for the Davy Back Fight is seen in color.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 39 Chapter 368 (p. 5) and Episode 258, Luffy dons a pair of black shorts so he can carry meat in its pockets.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 432 (p. 3) and Episode 314, Luffy's post-Enies Lobby outfit is seen in full.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 46 Chapter 442 (p. 2) and Episode 326, Luffy's Thriller Bark outfit is seen in full.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 50 Chapter 486 (p. 5) and Episode 378, Luffy takes an armband from the treasure trove on Thriller Bark, and Nami lets him have it because it doesn't have any gems on it.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 54 Chapter 527 (p. 8-11) and Episode 424, Luffy hands his armband over to Buggy in exchange for being led to Ace.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 50 Chapter 490 (p. 15) and Episode 385, Luffy's Sabaody Archipelago outfit is seen in full.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 53 Chapter 516 (p. 3) and Episode 410, Luffy has Marguerite remove the frills from the clothes that she prepared for him.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 55 Chapter 539 (p. 8) and Episode 441, Inazuma provides Luffy with a new vest alongside his shorts and straw hat.
- ↑
One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol.
60 Chapter 594 (p. 10) and Episode 511,
Luffy's picture in the newspaper shows him with
3D2Y written on his right arm.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 52 Chapter 511 (p. 10) and Episode 403, Luffy tells his crew to meet up at the Thousand Sunny in 3 days.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 61 Chapter 601 (p. 12) and Episode 521, Luffy's post-timeskip outfit is displayed in full.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 84 Chapter 844 (p. 5-6), Luffy loses a tooth after being struck by Sanji.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 85 Chapter 858 (p. 12), Luffy and Brook drank milk, his missing tooth grew back.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 67 Chapter 662 (p. 10) and Episode 587, Luffy is seen in his new, stolen outfit on Punk Hazard.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 701 (p. 13) and Episode 630, Luffy's outfit in Dressrosa prior to entering the tournament is seen.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 704 (p. 9) and Episode 633, Luffy dons a Viking-style set of armor for the upcoming tournament.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 704 (p. 12-14) and Episode 634, Luffy wears a cape over his registration number after removing his armor.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 796 (p. 11) and Episode 740, Luffy's outfit prior to leaving Dressrosa is seen.


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Finally some reliefMonday, September 17th, 2007
Fall can only be just around the corner. The nights are beginning to cool and our streak of consecutive days above 90 degrees has finally been broken. I for one am ready. Fall is my favorite time of year. The leaves turning, cool nights, and finally the smell of wood smoke in the air. I can hardly wait. Again this year I find myself with so many things to do to prepare for winter and no time to do them. The hay must be finished, wood needs cut, potatoes are still in the ground, everything on the farm needs some sort of maintenance, and fencing would help relieve some dependence on hay. That's just off the top of my head too. I'm sure there is tons more.
On a high note I finally got the remnants of the old trailer cleaned up and hauled away. Thanks to Dave Rose and his dump truck and the loader on the 6000 about 8 hours is all it took. Unfortunately the renter is not keeping his end of the bargain. I gave the folks 3 months free rent to clean up the small stuff and they have not done that. Seems terribly unfair that you try to help people and get taken advantage of. We made the mistake of putting the utilities in our names and now the bills are overdue. Such is life I guess.
I took a trip to my local Mahindra dealer and finally got the parts to fix my mowing machine and brush hog wheel. It's nice to go look at all the pretty red tractors and dream that if I had one of each model what I could do. I was disappointed that they did not have a 7010 Cab on the lot. I'm ready to make a deal on one, but know the best deal is on what is on a dealers lot. I did see Mahindra implements on the lot though. I must say they seem to be very well made. I'm not sure about the prices, but the quality seems to be good.
After all we have been through with the poultry houses it seems as though the universe is talking to us about them. First off we have already spent quite a bit of money preparing a site and beginning on the pad only to find out definitively we would not be in compliance on that site. I'm disappointed to say that Cobb led us astray in that aspect. They still say there would be no problem, but who in their right mind would take such a risk. We will either change the site or eat the loss. Either way I have lots more productive land now. To me it seems that it's not meant to be, but maybe I am just too easy to give up. I have always held tight to the notion that the old folks here speak to us. Maybe not in words, but through their past. I can't tell you how many times I have asked myself what would papaw do, or what would uncle Pete do?
Kingsford will be unveiling a new product soon. We will begin making Kingsford charcoal with real Hickory. Hickory has long been a favored grilling wood and now we are going to put it in and on charcoal briquets. Our first scheduled run is in November, but I believe it is already being made and sold in test markets.
Well lots to do so until next time stay safe and as we say at Kingsford………………………Slow Down and Grill!


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Note: the project text below was written in advance of the 2016 presidential primaries.
2024: Two terms of the Trump-Sanders administration have left global finance in disarray. Income inequality has skyrocketed, while ever more stringent emissions regulations have severely hamstrung the ultrarich in their unquenchable desire for the low-risk, high-return shares in uninhabited urban real estate. Simply put, emissions-adjusted construction costs now outpace investment returns in the most obscene high-rise developments. All the while, the pleasures of the city slip further from the grasp of its full-time residents.
Spekulatius is a solid timber tower in which the volume is subdivided into condo shares that double as carbon offsets. In contrast to the gleaming steel and glass constructions that we are accustomed to seeing, this tower functions as a carbon sink by virtue of the carbon dioxide absorbed by the trees that supply its structure. As long as the condos remain uninhabited (that is to say, solid), their status as investment vehicle remains intact. Three observatory levels are cut through the tower and interconnected by a double promenade of circulation cores through the solid mass, creating new urban public spaces that operate as twenty-first century plazas: zones of relief from the economic determinism of the contemporary metropolis.
Spekulatius was commissioned for 5 x 5 : Participatory Provocations organized and curated by the editors of CLOG.
Project team: Tida Osotsapa
Structural Engineer: Brett Schneider


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I think "coffee black" or other similar combinations can be correctly used only in certain structures like "I like (to have) my coffee black", and cannot be used in others (e.g. you can't say "This is coffee black".)
As for the "mission impossible", it can be used as a movie or a newspaper article title or in technical language. In such cases the linking verb "be" can be omitted, so you get "Mission Impossible". But do not trust me, it's only IMHO.
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