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The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) was awarded $20,766,306 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – Transit Capital Assistance Urbanized Program funds for the Renovation and Expansion of the CATS North Davidson Facility.
CATS provides fixed route and demand response transit service. Fixed route service is provided through the Bus Operations Division (BOD) and the demand response service is provided through the Special Transportation Service (STS). STS provides transportation to individuals with disabilities certified as eligible based on the Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines.
BOD maintains and operates its bus fleet from two facilities, one located on South Tryon Street and the other located on North Davidson Street.
The South Tryon Facility was opened in 2005 and can support the daily operations of 250 buses and the centralized functions (body repair, paint, and warehousing) for the entire bus fleet. The North Davidson Facility was constructed in 1980 – 1981 to support a fleet of up to 200 transit buses. The building and its systems need to be upgraded and modernized to meet the standards set by the South Tryon Facility and to provide enhanced energy efficiency.
STS currently operates its fleet of 83 body-on-chassis vehicles from leased facilities located at 545 Spratt Street. All STS vehicles are currently maintained by the City of Charlotte Equipment Services Department in a separate facility.
CATS plans to renovate the North Davidson Facility to provide adequate space and an appropriate environment to support operations and maintenance of up to 200 transit buses. In addition, CATS plans to develop a new administration, operations, and maintenance facility for STS on the same campus with the North Davidson Facility.
The North Davidson Street Facility includes a two-story (plus basement) administration/operations building (14,268 square feet), a three-level (including mezzanine) maintenance building (62,116 square feet) and a fuel and wash facility (11,488 square feet). The bus facility was designed to service a fleet of up to 200 buses. At present, CATS' 2030 Plan anticipates a fleet of 463 buses. As a result of the expanding bus fleet needed to serve the region's on-going growth in population and employment, a South Tryon Street Facility was constructed in 2005 to accommodate additional buses and the means to service those vehicles. The bus facility on South Tryon Street houses the administrative activities, a bus maintenance facility, paint and body shop, wash and fuel building, surface parking for 250 buses, visitor parking, and a parking garage with approximately 300 employee spaces.
The renovation and expansion of the North Davidson Street Facility would improve its operation as part of CATS bus maintenance activities, allowing it to service up to its capacity of 200 buses as the fleet expands. The renovation would also address deteriorating facility conditions, upgrade mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, and replace original bus maintenance equipment. The proposed project would include not only renovations to existing buildings but also the construction of a new, multi-level staff parking garage. Finally, plans include relocating CATS' STS to the North Davidson Street site which would improve the operation and maintenance of the STS fleet.
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Highway departments are always looking for ways to repair damaged pavement quickly and in ways that will keep the roadway performing is growing in popularity is precast concrete pavement systems (PCPS). The U.S. Federal Highway Administration ( FHWA ) has adopted this as one of its Highways for Life programs, and there are several demonstration projects under way — as well as many successfully completed projects.
According to the FHWA, the advantages are "improved user satisfaction and positive economic impact due to shorter construction time, off-peak working hours, longer pavement life, and fewer repairs required in the future also resulting in reduced user impact."
There are several approaches to the technique, including some precasters who have made very large sections — up to 36x10 feet — that are post-tensioned onsite.
Others make smaller panels for pavement repair that have embedded dowels or that are tied to the existing pavement using the dowel-bar retrofit method . And one FHWA-funded project used ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) for bridge panels.
The objective for all these approaches is the same: to produce a high-quality repair that can be accomplished quickly, so traffic disruption is as brief as possible. And because the panels are cast already when they arrive at the repair site, work can be scheduled during nighttime off-hours and be completed by the next morning's rush hour.
What's needed is a slab panel, usually cast a full 12-foot lane width and 8 or 12 feet longitudinally. Then some technique needs to accomplish load transfer across the joints to tie the new panel into the existing pavement. There are various ways to do this, including tongue-and-groove, casting dowel bars into the pre-cast panel, and drilling into the existing pavement and affixing dowels that key into the precast panel. Some systems use corrosion-free fiberglass dowels.
Repairs are started by cutting out a damaged section of pavement. "We provide a template the exact size and shape of the precast panel," says Adam Brodal, PE, chief engineer for Roman Stone Construction, Bayshore, N.Y. This allows the contractor to make the cut to precisely match the precast panel.
Then subgrade is removed or graded. Trying to get the exact elevation using compacted fines has met with mixed success. The most elegant approach seems to be setting the precast panel so the top traffic surface is about 1 inch below the existing pavement. An expanding polyurethane is injected beneath the panel through cast-in ports to bring the panel up to existing grade and provide a solid noncompressible base. "We work with Uretek," says Brodal. "I was a little surprised how well it worked, but they really have it nailed down."
Brodal's company has installed more than 800 precast panels for repairs on the Long Island Expressway — one of the busiest highways in the United States. Although the New York DOT is enthusiastic about this method, it's not sold on any of the typical load-transfer devices, but prefers the dowel-bar replacement method of cutting in slots for dowels across the joints after installation of the panels. "We've proposed other connectors, but they want to stick with the tried and true," says Brodal.
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Marker: Tiberius Arms T9.1 Ranger
Condition: Used, but looks very well. Has a few blemishes.
Color: Black
Upgrades: Tiberius Arms Tank in Stock
Known Problems: Original stock's spring is missing, to use the original stock you must take the spring from the tank in stock. There is also a large scratch on the outside of the barrel. It in no way affects the performance of the gun and it cannot be seen when the barrel is in the gun.
Asking Price: $400+shipping
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Trades of interest: Empire Axes, Autococker threaded apex 2 ready barrels (i already have the stock barrel and tip) Prophecy Z2s (Z2 only), Gen 7 rap4's, Nice milsigs, mag fed phenoms. must come with more than one mag
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What is Included: T9.1 ranger with everything as if brand new, 3 first strike ready mags, tank in stock, tippmann holster, dye 12g molle pouch, full clip 3 tiberius 3 mag molle pouch, 12 12 grams, tiberius arms player service pack.
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Test kit too old??????
Hello fellow fish and plant enthusiasts.....having just got back to being SERIOUS about my precious aquariums, Ive got back into my weekly routine......30% weekly water changes, testing, keeping every speck of dust off of my aquariums,talking to my fish and plants, etc.....I have an API Freshwater Master test kit that Ive had for about 7 years......Im wondering if the reagents go "bad" because of age......In the last 3 weeks, since I started the process of getting my aquariums back in show form,Ive done my water testing....ammonia,0....nitrite,0....nitrate,10,ph ,7.2,thats in my 55 gal. with the 1 lone Anglefish, clown loach, and kuhli loach,...... the other 55 gal aquarium has a significant load of guppies, which most of are fry....a few adults, but not what I would consider a huge bio-load for a 55 gal aqaurium, with 2 outside filters running.....I just tested for nitrate, ammonia, and nitrite in the :guppy" aquarium..ph,7.6......ammonia,0.....nitrite,0....B UT, its showing 40 on the nitrate chart. Now, does this sound normal??? I realize that my filters were so badly neglected that there wasnt probably any "good" bacteria left in them, so should I just be patient,do the weekly water changes, and let the beneficial bacteria develope?? Or, could my test kit be innaccurate, since its not exactly. new....the fish(guppies) seem as happy as can be.....good color, very active, and not showing any signs of disease, stress, etc.....and they go crazy at feeding time....please give me your input, as I appreciate all of your sound knowledge......and thank you, all, for making this site a part of my life.......AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
API test kits usually expire 3 years after opening them so you may be due for a new test kit.
Agreed on the new test kits. If you gonna use them, you might as well get accurate results to work from.
In any case, 40ppm nitrate is nothing to worry over. Just a sign you have nutrients left over for some new plants to thrive from. Try adding some fast growing floaters like salvinia or frogbit.
Truthfully you are not neglecting you filters if they are still providing good water flow. Unless you bleach them, cut the power on them, or overclean the media in them, they will always have beneficial bacteria growing on them. Nitrate is the final product of a working biological filtration system.
The only way to eliminate nitrates naturally other than water changes is anaerobic bacteria living deep withing non-oxygenated soils (occurs naturally not to be concerned with at this time) or finally adding plants that will use the ammonia before the bacteria convert it into nitrate.
So chill, your doing fine you slacker... :red_mouth
Got some pretty old api test kit 3-4yr old and some 6-8 mo old kit.
The old one still work like the 6-8 mo one.
Beneficial bacteria remove ammonia and nitrite- so your bacteria are fine.
They produce nitrate. What you are seeing is normal.
Several ways to reduce nitrate:
1) Less in. If you feed less fish food (especially high protein food) there will be less nitrogen entering the tank.
2) If you are currently using a plant fertilizer, do not add nitrogen. Add the other things. Plants may be able to use the nitrogen best if they have good levels of the other things.
3) Increase removals: Water changes. Larger, more frequent.
4) Encourage the plants to grow faster by seeing that they have the right light, CO2 and the other nutrients that are sort of lacking in fish food. Fish food usually has plenty of N, P and most trace nutrients. Usually lacking in potassium and iron.
API kits usually have a life of about 3-5 years, but some seem to last longer.
GH is the one I have found to not respond after about 5 years. The others seem to give the same results as other kits that I have (several sorts).
What if the kit was never opened, never used? Would it still be less effective? I have one that I've had for probably 3 or 4 years and I'd like to get serious about my water quality. Petsmart has a sale on them, API master test, should I just use the one I have?
The expiration date should be on the bottles.
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Starwood Hotels and Resorts is launching a feature to let guests skip the reception desk and go directly to their room using their smartphone as a room key at some of their hotels. This new method of check-in will undergo a trial run at Aloft hotels in New York City and the Silicon Valley.
Guests who download the Starwood Preferred Guest App will be able to use the app to find nearby hotels and book rooms. Hotels under the Starwood brand include Westin, Sheraton and W Hotels. They have nearly 1,000 hotels in 100 countries.
According to a video from the company, the app will allow guests to find their hotel, then allow them to check themselves in using the app. They'll receive their room number on the app and unlock the door by holding their phone up to the lock.
The hotel chain says that with customers performing so many tasks with the help of their smartphones, such as navigation, shopping and paying for items, the smartphone as a room key is a natural extension of that trend.
If the tryout goes well, the company will add that feature to the rest of its U.S. hotels by the end of next year. Starwood has already experimented with mailing guests a keycard to their room ahead of their hotel stay.
As more and more people become accustomed to using smartphones to book and check in to hotels and companies look for ways to cut costs, this trend could catch on. If customer are showing themselves to their rooms and handling their own keys, it would allow many hotels to reduce the size of their staff.
The Starwood Preferred Guest App is available in the Apple App Store and in the Google Play Store.
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Discussion in 'January 2007' started by roscoe36, Jan 22, 2007.
Me too. By at least 15 points...........
This is hilarious.
I was reading that a day or two ago. The whole thread is hilarious esp, the whole thing about Jamison and his D, and the 4 on 5 stuff
Chat is open.... http://www.pistonsforum.com/misc.php?do=flashchat
Forget D let's put up 110 points.
FIRE THE TWITCHY DOLPHIN PETITION We the undersigned hereby do.......aw hell.....FIRE HIS ASS! The Low
Another very winnable game that was lost and I'm not sure why. I guess it baffles me that the Pistons down by 2 with 15 seconds to go have Sheed jack up a 3. Why not try something a little closer and hope to go to the foul line? Flip's substitution patterns also irritate me no end. He stays with his starters way too long and putting in Maxiell for 3 minutes in this game just won't get it done. Tayshaun plays more minutes than he should but on the other hand Agent 0 didn't beat us tonight but Jamison did. Was that a career night for Jamison?
Ok first thing to say is good 4th qtr, but we screwed up the 3rd qtr., which cost us the game.. A good come back to take the lead, but a touch foul by Sheed in the end, a bad set up play for Sheed to take a 3 when they weree only down by one and then a botched play in the last 5 seconds by Tay ends the Pistons streak at 3. Missing 7 ft's doesn't help either. You can't play passive for a quarter and expect to win a game vs one of your chief competitors.. Give the wiz some respect and play them tougher at their crib....I bet they look at Jamison a little closer in the next game...35Pts
Now I have to deal with this Wiz @#$@%. Ok, Ill be there next Tuesday and the results better be different. Damn, these losses at home don`t sit well with me, and to the Wiz.....who play terrible on the road, go figure. It will be very difficult to beat this team in DC, so another loss wouldn`t surprise me.
I don't understand.... okay. the opposing team is up by one and you have 10 seconds to score. do you: a. let the clock run out b. run plays for two points in the paint c. go for the foul and try to win at the free throw line d. shoot a three are you telling me that's the best play as a coach he could think of? wow. i'm done! i can't take this team seriously until after the trade deadline. somebody stick a fork in me. please trade Sheed. give me any PF that plays in the post/paint and has no range (so we can erase those type of plays from the play book).
lmao@ the petition. Washington is no joke. Teams taking them as a joke are going to pay. Sheed taking the last shot??? I can't recall him hitting too many buzzer beaters.
Same old, same old. Haven't we seen this game before? We can't win consistently when we give up more than 90 points in the regular season. Maybe the coach will get it. We do not have a western style offense to be able to win games consistently at 100 points. We have to play defense to win. We go into a drought and the other team keeps scoring. Then, we are behind and we have to make a major effort to catch up and hope to get lucky. We do not control the games with our offense like the Suns. Way too many open looks in crunch time by the opposition. This is not Piston winning basketball. Agree, the last second three was not the way to go. Let's get back to the Webber play book.
I won't give you any crap. I'm not happy about this either and it's only one regular season game. But this is not a good sign. :(
Re: I don't understand.... Agreed, its going on ever since we got him. Sometimes he makes them and sometimes he doesn't.
Leaders Rebounds C. Billups 9 Assists R. Wallace 5 Steals A. McDyess 2 anything wrong with this graphic? lol Awesome 4th Quarter though, this team still has heart, though apparently not the athletic ability.
The one who set up this shoot must be a ****, nevertheles they executed the plan well, the rock just didn't drop.
I agree. Sometimes have that one quarter when the team gets away from the game plan. For about 6 mins of the 3rd No sharing, no effort on the glass - one and done for the Pistons where Wash was getting all kinds of 2nd chances. Continuation? I did not see a whole lot of difference between Arena's 2 continuation calls in the 4th and Rip's 2 which Rip did not get. Thats a possible 12 point swing. Give Wash some credit. They hit the big shots and Coran Butler was 4-4 from the line in crunch time. Note - Pistons out-boarded the Wiz 47-36. Rebounding was a concern here after the 3 wins. Kind of a hollow stat now but worth noting.
Don't feel like writing much. Bit under the weather, and man I am depressed from watching a loss. Well, its not the loss, its that 3 Sheed took with us down only 2 points. That is truly depressing. I'll start writing and see what I can remember as I go. Tay stayed aggressive much of the game, doing quite a bit of damage around the basket. I remember seeing a lot of hooks from him tonight, more often than not they went in. Rip hit some shots early, including a couple of 3's. Seems he disappeared somewhat after that. Webber was a huge factor in our scoring early, either from his own scoring, his passes, or just promptly passing out of a double team, lettint the team swing it to the open man. He started the scoring with a jumper, and thendrove baseline to put us up 4-0. The one gripe I got is Flip went down to an 8 man rotation in the first half, when it seemed like the perfect night for 10 to counter all of Washington's energy, specifically on the inside game. Maxiell did get some burn in the 2nd half, which got us back into the game at that point by the way, but man, we could have used both JMAX and Dale Davis in large amounts both halves. Delfino helped hold Butler to near zero points. Thats good defense considering Butler is a 20 point scorer. Delfino also hit a few shots. Complaint though, Flip Saunders used him way too little as a point guard, and Hunter way too much as one. In this game, Hunter was no match at all for Arenas, and he did nothing to get plays going on the offensive end. Not a good fit for this game. I do like Dyess, but hey, Flip is way too easily seduced by a few made jumpers. Dyess hitting jumpers does not add to our post game. Playing Dale Davis, a guy who can bull his way around down inside, and JMAX is the way to go. Keep all three of these guys in the rotation, but no way try to overuse Dyess. Billups did no scoring hardly until the 4th, when he lit it up with some 3's and free throws. Seems both him and Rip missed too many at the line tonight though. That hurt us. Yes, Washington hit some shots down the stretch. But why was the game so close? Chris Webber is a starter, but no, he is not a 36 minute per game player. Remember the knee surgery Mr. Saunders? Back off on his minutes. Gee, how many times do you have to be reminded by Joe Dumars out back of the wood shed to develop the bench. Overplaying starters does not help that. Ok, out of energy. Hate the loss. Love the Pistons. GO PISTONS!!!!!
Re: I don't understand.... I don't see how this is on Sheed if the coach called that stupid play.
Re: I don't understand.... I was like to look for my remote control to flip my tv when he hoisted the 3 at wide open. Could be the worst plan with the best execution recently.
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Variables Within Homemade Functions
Hello everyone,
How can I ensure that variables in my home made function do not
conflict with variables with the same name outside the function? Say
I have a variable, t, whose value in my notebook is 17. I've brought
in a function from another notebook, myFunction, that contains a
variable named t, and in running the function, t will take on a
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'Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier had forecast the departure of Benning and Houda late last week, so their new jobs were not a shock to the organization. The top of the team's scouting department has been left bare, though, as Don Luce, director of player development, didn't have his contract renewed and Terry Martin, director of professional scouting, took a job with Colorado.'
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Virtual Global Taskforce alongside Homeland Security and Interpol Joined by NetClean
Child sexual abuse material is being shared online at an alarming rate. The need for global cooperation between the private, public and law enforcement sectors is critical to stop the problem. Today, NetClean is pleased to announce that it has joined the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), working alongside the likes of CEOP, INTERPOL and Homeland […]Read more


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5 Ways You Save Money with the Paleo Diet
In these tough economic times, we all want to save money, right? The Paleo Diet or Caveman Diet Plan produces some pretty amazing results not only for your health, but also for your pocketbook. And can you believe that it tastes great, too? 1. No more packaged and processed foods. These typically are far more expensive than the natural originals and far less healthy. And the money part should be obvious. The food companies want to make a profit. So … Continue reading


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John Bradley, Director
Heinrich Schütz (1585 – 1672)
Op.7, SWV279-281 & German motets
With a band of period instruments
8 pm
Pre-concert lecture at 7 pm with Emerson Morgan
Tickets: $25 – General Admission
$15 – Students, Seniors & Early Music America (EMA) Members
Tiffany Lim, Jennifer Little – Soprano
Andrea Swenson – Alto
Aaron Peisner – Tenor
Erik-Peter Mortensen – Baritone
Robert Olson – Bass
Jennifer Griesbach – Organ
Patricia Neely – Violone
John Bradley - Conductor
Polyhymnia presents the music of Heinrich Schütz in a concert featuring the solemn and elegant Musikalische Exequien. Composed during 1635-1636, the three works of the Musikalische Exequien or German Requiem, were commissioned for the funeral services of Henry Posthumous Reuss, Count of Gera, who died on December 3, 1635. Schütz, profoundly influenced by his time in Venice perfected a Germano/Venetian hybrid style of which Monteverdi himself would be envious. The texts for the three works come from scripture, St. Augustine, and the German Reformers, including Martin Luther, Johannes Gigas, Johannes Leon, Ludwig Hembold, and Nikolaus Hermann, who together represent the best of early German language hymn composition. Count Henry himself chose the texts that his friend Schütz so eloquently set to music. Viewing this celebration of life and death though the veil of Lutheran theology and German culture (so profoundly influenced by the Thirty Years War raging during the time of the composition) provides a glimpse into the personal spirituality not only of Count Henry, but of Heinrich Schütz as well. It is believed that Count Henry, at his own request, heard at least some of the work on several occasions as a preview of his own exequies. Also on the program will be selections for Geistliche Chor-Musik, and the double-choir motet Ich bin die Auferstehung.
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Polyhymnia creates vibrant, historically informed performances of music from the courts and cathedrals of the Renaissance world. Working with museums and libraries, liturgical historians and educational institutions, Polyhymnia preserves and revives masterworks of the choral literature composed in Europe and the Americas between the years 1450 and 1650. Since 2000, Artistic Director John Bradley has been preparing original editions of music for the ensemble in repertoire including numerous modern premiers of works which have remained unperformed since the 16th century.


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- Choosing A Breeder (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/choosing-breeder/)
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Why puppies NEED to stay with their moms and siblings
I've seen it said over and over on the board - that puppies need to stay with their mom and siblings until 7-8 weeks of age - but I don't think anyone has ever really explained why. I thought it might be helpful for those people looking to purchase a puppy to know why it's so important.
Puppies can start eating solid foods between 3-4 weeks of age. Some pups can be weaned (stop nursing on mom) as early as 5-6 weeks of age.
Just because a puppy is eating solid food and not nursing does NOT mean they should be removed from the bitch.
The bitch is not just a milk factory and cleaning lady. She will have a VERY great influence on the puppies early development. Her actions and reactions will help (or hinder) in shaping the puppies temperament.
For example, let's say I threw a metal pan into the whelping area so that it makes a very loud noise. If the bitch runs and hides from the noise in fear the pups will see this and most will react the same way. The puppies think "If MOM thinks it's scary then so do we".
But if the bitch either doesn't react or approaches the pan, the pups will see this and react the same way.
A dogs' temperament is influenced by nature (the genetic material used to create the dog) and nurture (the way the dog was raised as a puppy).
The bitch (at least a GOOD bitch) will also maintain order in the puppy pack. A bully puppy that constantly picks on the others can find themselves being reprimanded by mom. A puppy that plays too rough with a sibling might just get a "time out" from mom.
These actions by mom help puppies learn what is acceptable and what is not and they learn how to behave around other dogs (both puppies and adults).
Puppies need to be with their siblings to learn about dog body language, dog social skills and bite inhibition.
When puppies play with each other and one gets too bitey, the other pup will cry out and move away. After a couple of these encounters the offender learns that if they bite too hard the fun stops. That's natural bit inhibition.
Puppies learn the same thing when they interact with their mom - bite too hard and you get in trouble! :)
Thanks for posting this. It is surprising the number of people on this forum that get puppies prior to 8 weeks. On the TV show, Too Cute, there was a GSD family that kept the pups with the mom until 12 weeks and exposed them to many things. I wish my pup went through something like that.
We had kittens abandoned at our business, I found them at 5-6 days old and even though I was able to raise and bottle feed them, there are many things they missed not having a real cat mom around to teach them. The babies really do benefit from being with mom and siblings.
Lauri - My (Lacy) breeder also swears that the early foundations of potty and crate training can be introduced to the puppies after they are 4-6 weeks of age (after mom stops cleaning up after them). If the breeder has the correct whelping area for them. Do you think this can happen as well?
mom teaches them some of this already lilie
she will teach them to poop away from the main nest
Absolutely! If they are give an attached area to the whelping box they will cross over and do their business there. They prefer not to soil their bed area so given the opportunity they will take it. This is why I advise not to use small crates or partitons. If they gotta go they gotta go, if given some space with newspaper and they will utilize it.
I have used the early neuro stimulation on litters (days 3-16) as well as played puppy cd's. (This would not be dance music, ;), it's all kinds of sounds...trains, planes, crying babies, kids on playgrounds, dog shows, on and on). All 3 items listed (potty area, early neuro stim, sounds) do make a difference.
Great post, thanks for taking the time to write it!
Great post. Thanks for sharing.
I have had dogs go on time, and I have had pups go to their new homes as late as a little over a year old. Older puppies take a little longer to adjust, but do just fine.
Personally, I like to manage the pup during a good portion of the 3-16 week (roughly) super-socialization period, where learning tends to be more long term or concrete. After that period socialization still is important, but it doesn't do the same kind of stuff that early socialization does.
As a buyer having that pup from weeks 8 to 16 means that puppy leaves his litter -- huge change and latches onto his new owner. At this point the socialization is done with the puppy alone, not with his mom and/or litter, where puppies can run on the group confidence. It must sink or swim, and it must rely on its own and your confidence to manage all the things he will now need to experience without his litter.
The 3-8 week time frame is an awesome time for puppies to be introduced to sights and sounds while he is relatively safe with his dam and mates. If you see a cat walk by your area while your dam is right there, you can look to her and see that she is not concerned, ok, then what is this thing, it isn't going to eat me. Same with children, and other types of distractions.
But spending 12 weeks in the litter will only be helpful if the breeder can dedicate the time and energy to start taking the pup out and about individually. For the majority of the cases, having your puppy at the breeders where they have 4 or more adult dogs, 5 or more puppies (small litters are a toss up as a breeder's experience may be better and they will probably be able to give individualized attention to 4 or less puppies), is probably not as beneficial as with you beyond the 8 week point.
You can devote much more time to getting the puppy used to all the things that are common in your everyday life.
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It is a rare - and sad - thing these days to drive down a road or highway and not pass a roadside memorial.
A simple white cross or a bunch of flowers, they mark a place of tragedy; great meaning for some, but maybe a distraction for the everyday driver ...
So why do some people choose to mark roadside memorials, what role do they play in the grieving process, and should they be regulated in some way by the local authorities?
Susan Welsh is a social researcher at Charles Sturt University in New South Wales and she is exploring the meaning and role of roadside memorials for her PhD. She is talking to Warren Boland.
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They are a reminder to others that "accidents" happen, and we are not un-breakable.
Be careful, stay alert and attentive, & behave yourself out there on the roads.....!
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I think it's really interesting. but that means getting a zine together, am I right? (I'm sorry, I don't really know much about book clubs)
count me in if you're starting one (:
yeah, it sounds neat. I can never read the books fast enough for a book club, so a zine club would be better in that regard. But, it would mean everyone would need to get a copy of the same zine, which may be hard. With books you can get them a the library.
It would be really good for people who write zines, to see what other people have to say about what works in a zine and what doesn't
A blog I read does a cookbook club. Where they choose a cookbook, they let each other know what they are going to meet and then they meet up every couple of months and bring the dishes, so they get to review the cookbook and the food at once. I think this is a neat idea. You could do that with zines, too. Lots of cookbook zines. Or you do a general DIY zine how-to club. And people would bring the projects they make....I am totally procrastinating from working on my zine by telling you all this stuff. Okay gotta go. :-)
Well, two questions. is this a real life club, as in people of the same city meet in person to talk? or we could discuss online? if it's an online thing, I am way into that idea. WAY into it. ha. we could chat here. i've only used the chat feature of WMZ once. it should be utilized.
the other question, i guess isn't a question. but yeah, might be a bit tough to get the same zine into everyone's hand, but that will be part of the challenge.
Ok, river child, this is your idea! you're the president, make it happen! pick our first zine and tell us how to get it! we should have like 2 weeks. (one week to obtain the zine, one week to read it?) or maybe 3 weeks? depends on the zine and how hard it is to get. then someone else can pick out our next one. we should just rotate on who picks the zine.
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I don't think it would seem to be a stretch to think that JJ was an upgrade over Herrman on the defensive end.
I respect you. Like you, I've been pimping this strategy (yesterday in a different thread, prior in others). Unless Joe and his draft team determine that there's a guy at #9 that is a total stud; I'm totally onboard with trading down a little bit and possibly getting an additional pick to go along with a player that we're considering at #9 anyway. I think this at least needs to be investigated further to determine if there is a team out there who wants our pick and has something that we want in return.
...unless we are playing Dallas. (I like your Avatar by the way. I recognize that black market T-Shirt anywhere.)
I do. Herrrrrman locked up Dirk in a 46 pt loss once and did an admirable job against LBJ as well. It may not be much, but it is mores than JJ has done.
He may be caught in SF/PF "tweener" land like Jerebko.
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I don't think Jonas has ever stopped Dirk Nowitzki.
I see Ernie beat me to it a few posts back.
How tall is JJ? I was picturing him more of a Kenyon Martin who coud never quite get over the top instead of the KG, Duncan and Sheed's who all topped 6'11. At least this cat has actually played both positions before.
Jonas is listed at 6'10 and Walt Herrrmann was able to perform lockdown defense that one time at only 6'9.
Thanks Slippy. Been meaning to watch that. In other Moultrie news: Chat: Chat with Chad Ford - SportsNation - ESPN
This conspiracy theory might be a conspiracy. Moultrie is projected to go lower than #9. Houston LOVES this Moultrie kid. Houston has TWO 1st round selections. Pistons "threaten" to snag Moultrie Houston swaps #14 and #16 for #9 and a 2nd rounder. Detroit uses #14 and #16 to select what's left of all of the guys that have been discussed (Leonard, Zeller, P. Jones, Sullinger, T. Jones, Teague, Hensen, etc.) - getting TWO of these guys instead of Moultrie.
...This is what I've (and KGREG too!) been talking about: Detroit Pistons Draft 2012: Don't Be Surprised If They Move Down | Bleacher Report
That's an excellent point - don't forget almost everybody's trying to psych other GM's out at this point.
I'd rather the Pistons try and lure Joe Kleine out of retirement than draft either of the white centers. Sorry if that comes off as racist.
Racist. You won't find any White Centers at the White Castle. Tiny hamburgers. Tiny cheeseburgers. It's outrageous kid.
I will wait until draft night to do that.. actually, I'll wait until it's our time to pick to trade or not. If Drummond is gone, then the big men available will be something like this: John Henson Arnett Moultrie Meyers Leonard Tyler Zeller Perry Jones Fab Melo Jared Sullinger Other players in the 9th to 16th range that are not PF or Centers are: Austin Rivers Jeremy Lamb/Damien Lillard/Dion Waiters (one of the 3) Kendall Marshall Terrence Ross I would trade the 9th and a 2nd round (our last pick) to houston's 14th and 16th picks. And maybe when it's our turn with the 14th pick again I will try to trade that and OUR other 2nd round pick (or maybe future 2nd round pick) for Bostons 21st and 22nd pick. Ending up with: Pick 16th Pick 21st Pick 22nd Unlikely... I know.. But what you guys think?
I think I like having 14, 16 and a 2nd rounder better.
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Good work truck and has been very reliable, but has a driveability issue with the motor. Best description I can give you is that it "runs stupid". Still runs and drives and will take you where ever you want to go. Comes with set of fresh, professionally rebuilt and machined cylinder heads for you to swap on and cure the blown gasket/cracked head that is fouling cylinder #7. Beyond that, I'd probably replace the O2 sensor, clean the TBI, and test the other sensors. This is what I get out of cylinder #7 every few months:
Truck has rust (mostly in the rockers), but comes with a lot of body parts to swap on. Mileage is unknown due to speedo having failed at some point in its life and was swapped out. Assume 150k+. Also has the other usual "old Chevy" issues, such as slow-moving windows, etc.
Transmission professionally rebuilt with hardened sun shell, new converter, new cooler lines, etc in January 2010. Transfer case leaks.
Swapped out the radiator a few months ago. Comes with correct factory shroud (not yet installed).
Axles are a 10b/14bSF set, 4.10's, open. Comes with another set of knuckles, spindles, lockouts, backingplates, and a NIB Pro-Comp raised steering arm. New Spicer front axle u-joints and brakes in Spring 2010.
One of the steering arm holes is slightly enlarged, causing an occasional wobble when you hit a bump. That's what the good 2nd set of knuckles is for. I was going to swap them on with ball joints and the raised steering arm to knock it all out at once.
Wears 315/70r17 on H2's. Comes with 2 new tires.
Unknown brand 4" lift. Front springs, rear blocks. Front spring bushings replaced about a year and a half ago. Rear blocks replaced this past winter.
Truck comes with entire 2nd core support (same year) to swap on, clean front and middle doors, 2nd set of matching front captains chair seats, another matching center console, 2nd rear HVAC assembly, 2nd set of tinted cargo windows, and some other stuff.
Seats are in pretty good condition considering the truck's age & mileage with cracks in the piping, but no tears.
AM/FM/CD player neatly installed in the factory center console.
H4 conversion low-beams.
2" receiver with 4 & 7-pin wiring.
Some stuff doesn't work, but nothing that cannot be corrected (some grounds need to be cleaned, etc).
A lot of people have seen me drive this truck all over the place and they know it has been very dependable. Its just gotten tired and needs some upkeep. I don't have the space or time to do the work anymore.
$1300 as-is with the fresh heads and all the spare parts I have for it. No trades. Clean title in my name. Will drive home to wherever you're going just the way it is and all the spare parts should fit in the back, too.
If you're the do-it-yourself type and are already familiar with Chevy trucks of this era, the truck will serve you well. The heads and front end part swaps are probably a weekend's worth of work for someone with tools and maybe a couple weekends if you wanted to change the core support out at the same time that you are working on the motor to knock it all out.
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Right, not sure where to ask this... but it's about rebirth.
It is possible someone could be more inclined to behave or think in a certain way because of conditioning before their 'current' life? I am often careful not to say 'past lives', but you know what I'm getting at...
I mean, could it be possible that I have always been more comfortable sitting in certain ways or thinking certain things BECAUSE somewhere back in this particularly Kammic stream there were other Buddhist practitioners? It's little things I've noticed, like my earliest memories are of me debating existentialism with my primary school teachers (although I didn't know what it was at the time... looking back it's clear what I was debating). As a child I used to sit in the full lotus position, now and I've only ever been able to sleep in the lalitasana position (which drives my wife mad because we don't have a big bed). I've always had this sense that the 'first person perspective' of the universe wasn't quite right. I have a clear memory of being VERY young and walking down the road and thinking "am I walking forwards or is the road moving backwards". Things like this have always ran through my mind. I've ALWAYS been a pacifist, always tried to avoid aggression (although anger is something I am always battling with).
Could part of my decision to be a Buddhist now be the result of Kammic conditioning in 'past lives'?


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President Mugabe's increasingly bizarre and destructive behavior continues to threaten his nation with complete disaster as hunger and cholera increase without any immediate hope to alter their devastating impact on people. Armed police took a leading Zimbabwean human rights campaigner and eight other activists to a maximum security prison where their fate is unknown. The High Court of Zimbabwe ordered their release and treatment in a hospital, but Mugabe is oblivious of other nations or any other authority but his own distorted and mentally unbalanced view of reality. All nine men are in police custody and no one knows if they will continue to be beaten or, at some point, even killed. Some were picked up at gun point by police who are carrying out the orders of the Supreme Leader to crush any and all opposition to his rule.
On one hand, Mugabe says he is willing to go through with a power-sharing agreement he accepted in September. On the other hand, he continually arrests, beats and tortures men and women who supposedly would be in the coalition government. African nations stand idly by while millions of Africans face the prospect of famine and illness. Is this what the fight against colonialism was all about?


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Truly great stadiums are sometimes referred to as the cathedrals of sport. And for any Arsenal supporter, a visit to Emirates Stadium is almost a religious experience. But for the first time visitor it's something else. Something bigger.
In America, stadiums often rise seemingly out of nowhere. In some cases you can literally see them for miles as you approach. But after emerging from Holloway Road station several hours before kickoff. You could be understandably confused until you get your bearings. There was no wave of fans heading in one direction and the 60,000-seat stadium was nowhere to be seen.
I arrived in London the day before with my wife. Aside from a three-hour layover in Heathrow airport a number of years ago, it was my first time in the UK. For most first-time visitors, a trip such as this is about Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London. But for me, it was all about the N5.
Armed with a lack of sleep and riding the eight-hour time difference between London and our hometown of Portland, Oregon we had an idea in our heads of what we were about to encounter. If we could find it.
Sheepishly, I asked a security guard at a local shop the best way to get to stadium. A funny look and two steps of instruction and we were on our way. We crossed Holloway and started walking down Hornsey Road. And after just a few steps, I got my first glimpse of the Heroes Together mural. And then the steel and glass. And finally the cannons and Armoury Square.
A beautiful site.
Despite the strong desire to just explore and risk spending a month's salary at the Armoury, bigger plans were afoot. I rang my boss, the managing editor of Arsenal.com who came outside to sort our tickets and give us a tour.
And what a tour! We saw everything from the Arsenal.com studio to the Diamond Club. We walked through the tunnel, stood pitch side and were nearly soaked by some freakishly powerful sprinklers. We stood in the flash rooms where post-match interviews take place and met Arsenal legends Charlie George and Ray Parlour. We even ate lunch with former Gunner and current MatchDay Show host Stephen Hughes.
And that could have been enough. I could have left London completely satisfied had the day stopped there. But all of it was building to what is bound to be one of the most memorable moments in my life. Shortly before kickoff, I stepped onto the pristinely manicured pitch and walked a few yards toward the Arsenal players. Meeting me was Robin van Persie. A friendly greeting. A shake of the hand. Me handing him the USA.Arsenal.com Player of the Year award for 2010/11. And of course a few pictures for posterity.
The takeaways from that experience: Emirates Stadium is really, really big. Per Mertesacker is really, really tall. Robin van Persie strikes me as a genuinely nice guy. And the pitch was perfection, but did not actually feel like walking on a cloud.
The next 90 minutes don't need to be re-hashed. It was Arsenal. We won. And I was there. In the 17th row. And to top it off, we attended Arsène Wenger's press conference after the match.
Emirates Stadium is every bit as spectacular as you would imagine. The facilities are amazing. The sightlines are impeccable. And airlines could learn a lesson or two from the comfort of the seats. The stadium is a marvel of modern engineering and it's a beautiful site in an incredible city. It was simply the high point of my visit.
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There was water in the bilge, but not that much. Had the pump been staying ahead of the leak, and I just happened to arrive at the boat just as the battery died? Or did the battery die for some other reason, and the pump had just been waiting for juice to pump out a weeks worth of drips from the stuffing box? While my brain tried to fit all the pieces together, it suddenly dawned on me that the water level was not receding.
Cutting to the chase, what I discovered was that the shaft that connects the pump motor and the impeller had broken. When the water level rose high enough to activate the float switch, on came the pump. But since it wasnt actually pumping, it just continued to run until it drained the battery.
The normal response, I think, is to pull the old pump, take it to the nearest marine supply store, and buy an identical replacement. Or, if the original one seems to have failed due to low quality, maybe buy a different brand, similar in size and capacity. Back at the boat, in goes the new pump, the dead battery gets a charge, and it is on to other things.
The problem, for me, is that this was a relatively expensive pump, and I doubted that it had run all total more than a couple of hoursnot including the time it ran after the shaft broke. When I opened it, the cause of the failure was obvious. The shaft had suffered catastrophic corrosion. Water marks on the housing were testimony that the shaft had spent its entire life half-submerged. That there was always water in the bilge had long troubled me because it can find its way into the laminate. However, it had always seemed prudent to equip my boat with the largest pump that would fit the narrow sump. That was one rated at 2,000 gallons per hour. The outlet port measured 1 1/8 inches, and a hose run of nearly 10 feet was necessary to reach the discharge fitting at the stern. Whenever the pump shuts off, the column of water in this hose drains back into the bilge. I did the math, and it worked out to be more than a half gallonenough to submerge the pump up to the shaft.
I could reduce the size of the discharge line to reduce the amount of water that would drain back, but that was even more self-defeating because it would severely reduce the bilge pumps capability. The ability to deal with flooding had to take precedence over keeping the bilge dry. Didnt it?
This was a problem with no solutionuntil I recognized that it is really two problems. I needed a bilge pump that would leave the bilge nearly dry, and I needed a bilge pump that would handle serious flooding. Who says they have to be the same pump?
I bought the smallest automatic pump I could find500 gph modeland installed it in the lowest part of the bilge. A pump this size has a 3/4-inch outlet, but since I wasnt concerned about the capacity of this pump, I used a reducer to connect it to 1/2-inch discharge hose. Ten feet of 1/2-inch hose will hold less than a pint of water.
Next, I glassed in a plywood bridge several inches above the deepest part of the bilge. This would be the mounting location for my new high-capacity pump. Because the bilge is wider at this bridge, I was able to install a pump with twice the capacity of the one that failed. I dispensed with the float switch for this pump, wiring it instead to a clearly labeled switch in the main saloon.
Shouldn't the high-capacity pump also have a float switch you might ask? When I am aboard it clearly does not matter, but let's consider what happens if a hose fails while the boat is unattended. An inch-and-a-half hole six inches below the waterline will admit water at the rate of about 1,900 gallons per hour. The 500 gph automatic pump will have little effect in this situation, and my 30-foot boat will sink in less than six hours.
Connect the high-capacity pump to a float switch and maybe it can keep up with the leakbut for how long? The pump draws 15 amps. It will drain a full group-27 battery in six hours. Then the boat begins to fill.
For an unattended boat, an even better configuration is to put the high-capacity pump on a float switch but also wire the switch to an outside alarm horn to make sure the trouble does get someone's attention. Combine that with a plaque mounted next to the companionway hatch providing more than one emergency telephone number, and you give yourself an excellent chance of dealing with the unthinkable without sustaining any serious damage.
These days my bilge stays bone-dry, and my expensive, high-capacity pump sits high and dry, unlikely to ever need replacing. Two pumps optimized for differing objectives is such a clearly superior approach that I am still shaking my head at how obvious this should have been. Maybe reinventing the wheel every now and then isnt such a bad idea.
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Coping with anxiety
16/07/2013 , 12:31 PM by Joanne Shoebridge
There are very few of us who don't experience stress and for some, anxiety has become a permanent feature of life. But what is the long term damage from constant, unrelenting stress? You may not be able to change the stressors that cause your anxiety.. but there are things you CAN do.. the latest research points to exercise. It's much, MUCH more important than you think. Dr Sue Page explains why.
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Picnic Beans with Dip RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
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Here's a fun way to enjoy fresh-picked beans...with a creamy well-seasoned dip. I first enjoyed it at a friend's house and have made it for several years. Try the dip with other vegetables, too, such as broccoli, celery and carrots. -Martha Bergman, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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- 1 pound fresh green or wax beans
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
- 6 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon dried savory
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
- Place beans in a large saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and rinse with cold water. Chill until serving.
- In a blender, combine the remaining ingredients. Cover and process until smooth. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve with beans for dipping. Yield: 1-2/3 cups dip.
Originally published as Picnic Beans with Dip in Taste of Home June/July 2002, p25
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Reviewed May. 10, 2010
"Loved it! I made this as our appetizer for Mother's Day."
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2010
"This beans and dip combination is delicious! I wish I could get fresh wax beans, but so far I've made do with just the green ones."


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After a long debate on whether to create a Vader, Stormtrooper, or Boba Fett costume, I finally decided Boba Fett would be the most fulfilling. I am looking for a helmet resource. Bobamaker's looks very nice, however, I wanted to ask about the Mystery Helmet. Where would I find a kit resource for Mystery and what price range is it. I tried the email link on TK409, but the email came back rejected.
Thanks in advance for your help. The work I have seen here is quite impressive and I'm hoping mine turns out half as good as these!


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500-Calorie Dinners: 30-Minute Dinners (Page 9)
Fragrant Fish Soup
239 calories
Lemony rice, delicately flavored broth and gently poached tilapia are topped with a colorful blend of vegetables and herbs. The aromatic mint provides fresh and complex flavor. To round out your 500-calorie meal, serve with one from each group:
Serve with:
• Toasted whole-grain baguette (2 inches)
132 calories
• Garlic & Herb Pita Chips
117 calories
Choose one side:
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128 calories
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WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Senior right-hander Chris Munnelly needed little help Wednesday night in Wilmington as he surrendered just two hits in seven scoreless innings of work as No. 1 UNC (26-2) claimed a 10-0 win at UNC Wilmington (21-9).
The win gave Carolina head coach Mike Fox his 1,200th career win and his 661st win at UNC.
Munnelly matched a career high with eight strikeouts and did not walk a batter as he improved to 2-0 on the year. The Winston-Salem, native retired the first 13 batters he faced Wednesday night and turned in five 1-2-3 innings in the win.
The Tar Heels provided Munnelly plenty of run support on the night as they jumped out to a 5-0 lead after three innings.
Carolina grabbed a 1-0 lead thanks to a two-out rally in the first as Colin Moran singled to center and Skye Bolt was hit by a pitch to bring Cody Stubbs to the plate. Stubbs laced a double the opposite way into left center field to plate Moran and give UNC a 1-0 lead.
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Two more doubles followed the Bolt home run as Cody Stubbs and Brian Holberton sent two-baggers to left field and right field with Holberton plating Stubbs to make it 5-0.
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Mike Zolk pushed the lead to 7-0 as he lifted a shallow fly ball just over the diving second baseman to plate Holberton and Russell.
Carolina added a single run in the seventh after Cody Stubbs opened the inning with a leadoff single and came around to score on a Michael Russell fielder's choice.
The Tar Heels tacked on a pair of unearned runs in the eighth inning to provide the final tally.
Colin Moran and Cody Stubbs each tallied three hits on the night, while Stubbs, Skye Bolt and Mike Zolk all registered two RBIs apiece.
Up next for Carolina is a visit from Maryland for an ACC series in Chapel Hill.


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so when I put my helmet on, my beard sticks out the bottom! I am NOT trimming my beard, have not trimmed it since I got married about 9 months ago so I was wondering if anyone had a solution to hiding a beard. I was thinking of just tieing a bandana across my face as i did when sanding the bondo and tucking the end into my neck seal.
figured I would check ehre to see if anyone had run into this issue and how they fixed it.
happy friday everyone


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