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An Urdu Story by Kausar Ali
Once upon a time, in the woods in the northern area of Pakistan, there lived many different kinds of animals. This area is famous for high mountains and very dense forests, and for hundreds of years these animals lived side by side as friends and helped one another in times of need and difficulty.
Sometimes the big bear liked to dance, and all of the animals would get together to see his magnificent performance. The Langoors (long tailed monkeys) would hang upside-down from the branches by their long tails. The elephants would use their long trunks to pick apples and peaches and apricots from the trees and share them among their friends. The snakes, with their beautifully patterned skin, would wrap themselves around the trunks and branches of the trees like brightly coloured banners. And the birds would sing beautiful songs while the hare used the shell of the tortoise to beat out a rhythm on his drum.
Often, by popular request, the proud peacock would display his colourful tail feathers behind him in the shape of a huge fan and begin a graceful dance that would last for many hours. All of the animals would clap and cheer at this impressive display.
One day, after just such a performance by the bear and the peacock, the young hare became jealous that he was not being praised in such a way. He wanted to show all of the animals that he too could do something impressive. The fact that he was being ignored made the hare quite ill tempered. He even began teasing the tortoise. 'How slow and almost dead you are,' said the hare. 'The only thing that you are useful for is as a stick for my drum.'
The tortoise did not like being teased in this way and said, 'You are not being fair. I can do things too!'
'What things?' replied the hare. 'You are simply too slow to do anything. If there was a fire you would even be too slow to escape and so you would perish in the flames.'
The tortoise, always so patient and kind, did not like being ridiculed by the hare and was tired of his friend always bragging about how fast he could run. 'I can escape from danger just as well as you,' said the old tortoise. 'I could even compete with you in a race,' he announced.
The hare was astonished at such a challenge. 'You!' he exclaimed. 'You would like to race with me? Ha, Ha, Ha!' The hare laughed so much that he fell off the rock that he was sitting on and collapsed onto the ground.
When the hare finally dragged himself up from the ground, he looked at the tortoise once more with a smug grin on his face. 'And I suppose you would win this race?' he asked. 'Are you sure you are not dreaming?' And with that, he began laughing some more.
The tortoise was very annoyed with the conceited hare. 'Who are you to make assumptions and doubt my determination?' he asked.
'Ok, Ok,' conceded the hare. 'We will have a race!'
All of the animals had been listening to the tortoise and the hare and they all agreed that the race would take place the following morning at sunrise.
The following morning arrived and the tortoise made his way to the clearing in the forest where the race would begin.
The finish line was at the foot of the nearest hills where the wise owl sat watching over the racetrack with his yellow flag. He was the referee and his decision would be final. The chattering parrot was given the duty of announcing the start of the race, and the hare suggested that whoever lost the race would invite all of the animals to a tasty dinner. The tortoise agreed reluctantly. Now that he was actually going to have to race, he was not at all sure that he would be able to win against the speedy hare.
Both the hare and the tortoise stood at the start line with the other animals standing here and there along the sides of the racetrack. The parrot called out in his shrill voice: 'On your marks, get ready, steady... one, two, three, go!'
The hare immediately skipped and hopped from the start line and in seconds reached a tree several metres away. He sat beneath the tree and looked back at the tortoise who had only managed to move a couple of inches from the starting line. 'Oh, I can't stand this pitiful sight,' the hare said to himself. 'I think I will go and pull out some carrots from the field and have my breakfast while I am waiting for the old tortoise to catch up.'
And so the hare ran to the small field next to the clearing and pulled up some carrots. After munching several of the juicy carrots, the hare began to feel very sleepy. He yawned and looked over towards the racetrack in the clearing. The tortoise was so slow that he had not moved far from his original position. 'What a silly old nutcase,' the hare said contemptuously. 'That tortoise is so slow that I think I will have a little sleep before continuing with the race.'
And so the hare drifted off to sleep in the field. He was so sure he would win the race that he even began dreaming about his victory. He dreamt that all of the animals of the forest were standing along the sides of the racetrack cheering him along and waving their little flags as he flashed across the finish line with the old tortoise far behind.
Meanwhile, the tortoise continued at his steady pace along the racetrack, eventually passing the lazy hare who was still sleeping in the field. 'Have a good rest, hare,' thought the patient tortoise. 'I will see you at the finish line.'
The tortoise smiled to himself and carried on his slow and steady progress until he eventually crossed over the finish line to win the race!
Once the wise owl had declared the tortoise the winner, the old tortoise hid himself behind a small rock and waited for the hare to arrive.
Sometime later, the hare eventually woke from his sleep and immediately began the race again, assuming that the slow tortoise was still far behind. In no time at all, the hare zoomed across the finish and fell to the ground with a thud. 'Hooray, hooray!' exclaimed the hare. 'I've won, I've won!'
It was then that the tortoise raised his head from behind the rock. 'Not really,' he said in his gentle voice. 'I am afraid I have already won the race.'
'How did you get here?' the hare asked in amazement.
'Just like you did,' replied the tortoise. 'I came along the racetrack as quickly as my old feet would carry me.'
'But you are very slow and I am very fast!' exclaimed the hare.
'That may be, but I have won the race. Isn't that right, Mr Wise Owl?'
'Yes indeed,' said the owl. 'You are the winner and the hare is the loser.'
'This is not fair!' cried the hare, barely disguising the anger in his voice. 'We should repeat the race and this time I will show you!'
The wise owl approached the hare. 'This is your punishment for being so arrogant and always thinking that you are better than others,' he said. 'That was your first mistake.'
'But I was winning, you could see!' exclaimed the hare. 'If I had not gone to sleep along the way, this old tortoise would never have won the race!'
'And that was your second mistake,' declared the wise owl. 'You were irresponsible and you fell asleep before the job was done.'
'Well,' said the hare, 'I think the tortoise should be the one to cook for us all as he won the race and it is he who should be the host of the dinner, not me.'
Upon hearing these words, the owl looked very sternly at the cheeky hare. 'This is your third mistake, young hare. It was your idea that the loser should cook the meal, and now you are trying to get out of this commitment. I am the referee and this will not be tolerated.'
All of the animals agreed that the hare was being very cheeky in trying to get out of his promise. He had lost the race and he should be the one to cook the meal.
When the wise owl pointed out that the hare had been arrogant and irresponsible, and was even now trying to break his promise, the young hare became so embarrassed that he lowered his eyes to the ground and used his long, floppy ears to cover his face.
But the wise owl insisted that the hare cook the meal and invite the tortoise and the parrot and all of the animals of the forest.
The hare reluctantly agreed to cook the meal, and it was during this long process of cooking that the hare learned his lesson. He told himself that he would never again be so lazy and conceited. And he would never, ever, underestimate the talents of his friends.
That night, the owl, the parrot, the tortoise, and all the other animals of the forest, enjoyed the wonderful meal that the hare had cooked for them. The friends talked and laughed and ate, and the hare even congratulated the tortoise on his victory in the race!
An Urdu Story by Kausar Ali
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Ordered 550i w 6spd manual. Excited!
I drove my 6spd 2001 540i to 175k so I can't wait to upgrade. This forum is great!
I ordered the executive package (along with the olufsen sound system), m sport package with adaptive drive and IAS. Not sure if I can wait 8 weeks! Lol
I have a 2012 550i with the stick - you're going to love it!!
John S.
Thanks John. I went all out after holding back for years.
I am conflicted. I am going to get a 550i this fall (ED) and would love to get manual transmission. OTOH I live where it snows and so feel like I need to get X Drive which means automatic transmission. Can someone talk me out of this?
The way I think about it is this: It doesn't snow as often as it used to and if it does, the roads and highways are cleared out very quickly. I've done fine over the course of my driving life by switching out summer tires and winter tires as needed. The majority of the time, the roads are dry and that is why I don't feel I need the x drive.
Now, there are some that prefer the (initial) blistering acceleration off the line in either wet conditions or from as they turn. I enjoy that in my wife's x drive but at highway speeds, I feel more comfortable in a rear wheel drive. I really don't like automatic cars or whatever marketing term they are given these days. Grew up driving manual and it is just second nature to me. For real world reaction time, it can't be beat.
So in the end, if you are getting the x drive for snow, see my first paragraph but if you won't it for it superior performance in JUST those categories I mentioned then go for it. Not sure if that helps :-)
Best regards,
John S.
That was my logic and as others have said, snow is cleared up quickly anyway, plus 4WD always gives you false sense of safety and the ability to rapidly accelerate might get you in trouble when braking does not perfrom equally well. It's just better to keep it slow and easy in the snow, period.
Having said that, it absolutely pisses me off when it rains or is slightly wet and the rear loses traction all the time, in 1st, 2nd and 3rd!!! :mad: .... under hard acceleration that is. But then you still have, say 80% dry days to 20% wet, so the answer was clear for me. I'd still go RWD if I could do it over again.
Did I talk you out of it? LOL
Thanks for the words of advice!
I think I'm going with the stick. Aside from the above, I was concened that the 5 series has developed a rep for insulating the driver from the road and worried that the automatic would only enhance that feeling.
Thanks again.
I picked up a 550 w/ the "sportsmans" gearbox in Europe in December, and it was OMFG awesome. Heck of a lot more fun than the (still pretty awesome) slushbox 550 I test drove.
You're going to absolutely love it.
Post pics when you get it.
I too grew up with sticks but I have to ask you. Don't you ever get tired of shifting six times from each light around town? Or do u keep it in a low gear or skip gears (which is what I did sometimes when I was tired of doing 1-5 all the time.)
If I am doing a lot of street driving I tend to start in 2nd and just go to 2,3,2,3,2, etc
As far as tired... to me its the norm so dont really notice it. The only thing I really hate is when I switch back into an automatic and I try and jam my left though the well. :mad: Damn that hurts..
The new automatics are faster, better and more efficient now and there is no penalty in having one. This was marginally debatable with the E60 but there is absolutely no question about it now.
Now, if you are worried about Long Term ownership costs of a complicated automatic transmission, that is one thing, but if you think the manual is going to provide a "sports car" experience in a car this large, it won't. I am not trying to dissaude anyone from going for an MT, in what will be without question our last chance at getting a 5 series MT, just putting out some observations from someone who has driven nothing but MT BMW's.
This is my opinion, obviously, but I suggest you test drive new F10 with automatic first, then somehow a MT (find a newer 335 with the same transmission and pretend you are hauling 1,000 lbs in the trunk) before you jump.
Definitely will try to find one to test drive. My wife has a 2011 335i with MT and I love it but as you say the 5 series is a different animal. I will mention I had one of the last of the toyota 4 Runners with MT which obviosly is large and did not have problems with it in terms of performance.
Most of the time I got 1st to 3rd, 5th and 6th if I am fast enough or if the wheels are turning I go 2nd to 4th and then 6th. My brain hates traffic not because I have to shift often but because I hate sitting in traffic. I honestly never found my self hating the fact that I shift.
Driving an automatic on the other hand irks me because I can't predict (the same way I do with a manual) what dose of acceleration I am getting. It just doesn't feel right. So in the end I don't care if there is traffic or not.
It really comes down to this: I + MT am a much better driver than me + AT.
"Did you test drive the sports auto on an F10? It literally has nothing in common with any "auto" made before it."
I did when I test drove the 550i at the dealer. Now keep in mind, I am too polite to push the car enough to get a true sense of its capabilities. I find it rude to do that when I have a passenger let alone a sales person and with a car that ISN'T mine. So I couldn't really get a good sense. To be honest, I am probably biased towards manual because it is such second nature to me. I don't even think about it and I can tailor my driving style any way I want.
Now I left the test drive THOROUGHLY impressed. Remember however that my baseline is a 12 year old car so my baseline is pretty low (2001 540i 6 spd). My impressions after driving was how FAST AND civilized the car was. Yes it's larger and heavier but I too am at a point in my life where I want a greater dose of comfort without sacrificing sportiness. I feel this 5 has done EXACTLY that. I can only imagine how my car with IAS and DDC will feel like (both features missing from the test drive). Oh and by the way, the steering loading was horrid (but I forgive it given how awesome everything else) was.
Congrats OP! Your car is going to a rare beast. Fully loaded, but with 6MT
No regrets so far.
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DailyAccess Hires Krikorian
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MOBILE, Ala., June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DailyAccess Corporation today announced that Kris Krikorian is joining the company as Regional Sales Director for the West Coast Region.
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"Mr. Krikorian brings to DailyAccess sixteen years of retirement plan industry experience in various areas such as external 401(k) sales, advisory services, relationship management, and plan administration. He previously served with Putnam Investment, Fidelity Investments, Principal, Wachovia and most recently Newport Group," said Mr. Tommy Thomasson, President and CEO of DailyAccess.
"We are excited to have someone of Kris' talent and experience join our organization to drive business in the near and long-terms in such an important region of the country as the West Coast," continued Mr. Thomasson.
"As we continue to execute our sales and distribution strategy, bringing sales talent of Kris' caliber certainly enhances our ability to deliver quality, experienced and professional sales support to the advisory community that we serve," said Dale Essenmacher, Executive Director, National Sales.
"I am honored to be an integral part of DailyAccess Corporation's dynamic growth," said Mr. Krikorian.
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DailyAccess Corporation delivers a comprehensive suite of integrated and easy-to-use employee benefit plan services supported by solutions-based technologies and personalized client service. The suite of employee plan services includes; defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans, cash balance plans, non-qualified plans, flexible health plan benefits; actuarial services, and investment advisory services through its wholly-owned subsidiary, InterServ®, LLC; group benefit advisory services through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Resolution Benefits Design, LLC. All services are available as comprehensive integrated benefits packages or as individual components.
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Mumbai: John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, ex-flames, are still in news though they have broken up since long and gone to their respective new arms. The reason of their being in news and on even headlines is because of their throwing mud on each other. Well, Bips is the one who is witnessed doing this more than John Abraham. The latest we heard is that Bipasha Basu has been thrown out of the cast of the film 'Shootout at Wadala' – all thanks to John Abraham (hmmm).
This is what happened that Bipasha has recently spilled the beans about John and even gone on saying that in her life, all men were looser. The heartbroken Bips went vocal about Abraham's ditching behavior and all that in the media. John then wasted no time at all to show his anger over this by asking the producer of the movie 'Shootout at Wadala' to throw Basu out of the project. Since in the industry male actors always have their say, the producer had no option but to obey what was asked to do so by John. This shows that in a broken relationship, forgetting and forgiving seems much impossible.
As per the reports, Bipasha's character in the movie was a cameo called Chitra and she was also roped in to do an item song. And she had just one small shot with John. The announcement of Bipasha's exit from the show was recently made and the crew members have even confirmed it. And they say the obvious reason behind Bipasha's exit is the tiff between the two ex-lovers.
Now we have to wait and see what Bipasha does after John's this act that made her lost a project. Certainly this babe will come up with something nasty but what nasty, for this, fasten the belts and wait the time to turn.


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Over the past couple of blog posts, you've learned about the "unthinking side" of yourself, which includes the gut reactions and snap decisions that happen underneath the radar of your consciousness. You've also learned about the "thinking side," which is the systematic, logical planning system that makes sure the impulsive self does not always get its way when you are making financial decisions.
Now, think for a moment about the reasons why the unthinking/automatic system can overwhelm your thinking/controlled system. In other words: Why do your impulses take over your behavior, even when you have the best intentions to stick to a financial goal?
Here are five reasons:
- Ego depletion. This is also known as regulatory depletion. Think about all of the situations you encounter in a day which require you to regulate your behavior, hold back distressing emotions, suppress certain things you want to say or do, or choose from an overabundance of options. Scientists have discovered that all of these tasks drain your supply of self-control and make it more difficult for you to persist in the face of obstacles. Regulatory depletion means that if you've used up much of your supply of self-control on one task, you have limited self-control available to use on the next task, even if it is a completely different task.
- Cognitive overload. Basically, the more you have on your mind, the easier it is to give in to temptation.
- Emotional overload. The more stressed you become, the more difficult it is to maintain self-control.
- Lack of awareness. If you aren't aware that a given situation is one that could cause you to lose sight of your financial goals, your self-control can be obstructed.
- Overpowering urges. Sometimes, an urge is so powerful that it saps every bit of energy required to maintain self-control. For those who have good inhibitory control and who have cultivated discipline in their lives, this happens less frequently. But no one is completely immune to overpowering urges.
In the next blog post, you'll learn several strategies for strengthening self-control.
Until then, ponder this: Which one of the five conditions listed above do you think is most problematic, either for yourself or for other people?


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I like to use the search feature on this site, to find certain posts. But once i search something and find an article, then click on it to read, then wehn i hit the back button, it says the page has expired. That gete really annoying, cause then i have to type all teh stuff in again, and it will only let me goto one post, then it says webpage has expired.
I thought it was my computer, but i tried it on 2 others and the same thing happened. Any ideas?


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It's hard to imagine being told to leave
your device at home and to enter a Wi-
Fi-free zone for most of your working
day. Yet that is what schools all over the
country are asking students to do on a
daily basis. Participants in the SchoolCIO
Technology Summit working group on "The Future of Mobile
Computing" were unanimous in their belief that we can no
longer afford to ask students to "power down" when they
enter the classroom. Here is how they are addressing this
issue in their schools:
"The pent-up demand for
BYOD and 1:1 is a tidal wave
and it's going to come,
regardless of our readiness
for it. Either we surf or we
Ron Chandler
(CIO, Los Angeles Unified
School District, CA)
"We describe our approach
to BYO as the 'school bus
model.' Our district provides
buses to bring students to
school, but we don't tell
them they can't get a ride
or drive their own cars. It's
their choice."
Matt Federoff
(CIO, Vail School District, AZ)
"Each initiative is going to be
unique because the culture
from one district to another
is so different. There is no
'one-size-fits all' approach
to one-to-one or BYO."
Debbie Rice (Director of Technology,
Auburn City Schools, AL)
Tools They Use
• Hewlett Packard Procurve
centralized wireless system to
manage all mobile devices, both
district and student owned
• Lightspeed content filtering and
authentication system
• Acer netbooks and Apple iPads
to supplement the BYO program
• Lightspeed's My Big Campus for
collaboration and student file
• District-based cloud file storage
maintained by Novell
Auburn City Schools is moving
into the seventh year of a one-to-one laptop program involving all students in
grades 8 and 9. District leaders initially chose to target the junior high
grades because research showed that the most common dropout year was 9th
grade. The district is confident that through these resources and tools –
accompanied by continuous support and wrap-around professional development –
their students now leave the district better prepared and more adequately
equipped for a constantly changing world. Test scores confirm this; students in
both participating grades scored higher than 90% proficiency on the Alabama
Reading and Math Test in Spring 2011.
The district's technology
plan is closely aligned with its district-wide accreditation plan. "It's
important to start with your educational goals," explains Debbie Rice. "What
needs are you trying to meet? How will the technology implementation help meet
them? We prefer to call the technology tools 'resources' to make it clear that
all about supporting the curriculum."
The planning process started
early, with students invited to test out the laptops under consideration for
purchase. They and the teachers agreed on a convertible tablet as their choice,
giving students the flexibility to type or script based on their learning style
or preference. The teachers received their computers a full year before the
students, giving them plenty of time to get comfortable with the devices and
explore ways of using them in the classroom. Professional development sessions
focused on components of Intel's K-12 Blueprint model and other approaches that emphasized
transforming teaching and learning with support from 21st century
In addition to curriculum
planning and professional development, the third element that Rice stresses
when talking about one-to-one is building a robust infrastructure. After all,
she says, "If the network isn't working, nothing else about the program can
work." In planning their wireless infrastructure Auburn Schools installed an
enterprise solution that assisted with configuring, deploying and managing
their multi-site wireless LANs (WLANs) from a single management console. Auburn
installed one access point per classroom, along with wired connections as
backup, providing redundant wireless connectivity and load balancing between
access points when needed. The district is also moving to a mobile device
management solution locating mobile users and their devices to gather real-time
positioning data for those users and devices.
The administrators and
teachers in the Auburn City Schools feel strongly that economic disadvantage
should NOT mean educational disadvantage. Which is why they continue to be
committed to their junior high one-to-one program. The district is considering
BYO for the schools not currently involved in 1:1 – starting with the
elementary grades where the teachers seem most receptive. For the 15% of high
school students who don't have devices to bring from home, the district
provides a laptop check out program where students are allowed to check out
laptops through the media center for nightly use when needed.
An important consideration in
moving to BYO, adds Rice, is setting unified policy that addresses legal and
privacy issues – especially for students younger than 13 where government
regulations are the strictest. She is currently researching options for a
private cloud environment that would offer privacy and security along with
flexible access to online resources.
* iPads for elementary schools* Trapeze (now Juniper) enterprise wireless network
solution, with a main controller that allows one-point control of access points
across the district * Moodle Learning Management System is locally hosted
allowing teachers a closed private cloud solution* DyKnow Classroom Management Solution allows teachers to
manage student tablet use during instructional time
Eric Callis
Director of Technology, La Grange
Highlands School District 106, IL
Ron Chandler
Chief Information Officer, Los
Angeles Unified School District, CA
Matt Federoff
Chief Information Officer, Vail
School District, AZ
Carl Fong
Executive Director, IT, Orange
County Dept of Education, CA
Phil Hintz
Director of Technology, Gurnee
School District 56, IL
Debbie Rice
Director of Technology, Auburn
City Schools, AL
Matt Underwood
Superintendent of Schools, Lago
Vista ISD, TX
Craig Williams
Director of Information Services,
Illinois School District U-46, IL
The Keys to Mobile Computing, K-12
• You don't have to choose between BYO and one-to-one programs; student-owned devices can be
supplemented with school-provided ones and vice versa.
• It is important for schools moving to BYO to consider equity issues. School leaders need to think
about all the ways to support families with solutions that make it easy and affordable to buy
devices (from the district or elsewhere) and get Internet access at home.
• In building your wireless infrastructure, plan for more than a one-to-one ratio—anticipate several
devices per person. Do a spectrum analysis and focus on overall bandwidth, access point
distribution, and load balancing.
• Consider moving from Acceptable Use to Appropriate Use policies with a focus on positive ways
of using the technology rather than banning it.
• Be aware of state regulations governing such issues as leasing, self-insuring, and the sale of
district-owned technology. Take the time to figure out solutions tailored to these parameters.
• Whether you call it insurance, a care plan, or a fee, consider having every family contribute at least
something to a one-to-one program to help cover maintenance costs.
• It's time to rethink the money we are spending on textbooks. Digital content and mobile technologies
allow schools to access free/open content and pay only for what you really need and plan to use.
• Consistency and continuity are important considerations in districts with grade-specific one-to-one
programs. Once students have had 24/7 access, there will be "push-up" demand on the grades
that follow. How will you meet that need?
• Before launching your own program, talk to or visit at least 10 districts and cherry-pick what works
for you.
• Thorough planning is important, but anticipate that you will need to modify as things unfold.
Always be prepared to go to plan B (or C or D).
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EUROFOX was established by Erwin Steiner in 1993, with the business objective of offering new and innovative solutions for back-ventilated cladding facades. From this beginning a diverse range of systems and assembly methods has been developed for which you won't find anything comparable on the market. The comprehensive knowledge about the market demands and the international orientation of the company make EUROFOX to an universal system provider. The own production line, established in 2001, gives EUROFOX the necessary flexibility to realise individual solutions and to guarantee the highest possible product quality within a short lead time. The inventiveness and the high readiness for innovation of the employees are documented by a huge number of international patents.
Since July 2011, EUROFOX is a company of the Hilti group, which headquarters are in Schaan in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
EUROFOX is continuing to operate under its current name as a Hilti subsidiary after the takeover in 2011.
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Marx, Capital V1 Section 4: The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof
"A commodity is therefore a mysterious thing, simply because in it the social character of men's labour appears to them as an objective character stamped upon the product of that labour; because the relation of the producers to the sum total of their own labour is presented to them as a social relation, existing not between themselves, but between the products of their labour. […] There it is a definite social relation between men, that assumes, in their eyes, the fantastic form of a relation between things. In order, therefore, to find an analogy, we must have recourse to the mist-enveloped regions of the religious world. In that world the productions of the human brain appear as independent beings endowed with life, and entering into relation both with one another and the human race. So it is in the world of commodities with the products of men's hands. This I call the Fetishism which attaches itself to the products of labour, so soon as they are produced as commodities, and which is therefore inseparable from the production of commodities."
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Heritage Oaks Bancorp Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Results - 1/23/2014
PASO ROBLES, Calif., Jan. 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heritage Oaks Bancorp ("Heritage Oaks" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:HEOP), a bank holding company and parent of Heritage Oaks Bank (the "Bank"), reported net income of $1.6 million, or $0.06 per dilutive common share, for the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with $3.1 million, or $0.10 per dilutive common share, for the fourth quarter of 2012. The decline in net income for the fourth quarter of 2013 as compared to the same quarter a year ago was primarily due to a $1.7 million reduction of gain on sale of investment securities and mortgages and $1.1 million in merger and integration costs related to the pending merger with Mission Community Bancorp.
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $10.8 million, or $0.37 per dilutive common share, compared with $13.0 million, or $0.44 per dilutive common share, for the same period in 2012. The decline in net income for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared with the prior year was primarily due to an $8.8 million increase in income tax expense resulting from the reversal of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance during 2012.
Income before taxes grew $6.6 million, or 58.7%, to a record level at $17.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to the prior year despite the additional $1.1 million in merger and integration costs recorded in 2013. The improvement in income before taxes for the year ended December 31, 2013 is primarily attributable to a decline in the provision for loan losses in 2013 driven by improved credit quality performance in the Company's loan portfolio and higher gains on sale of investment securities.
Full Year 2013 Highlights
- Gross loans grew 20.0% to $827.5 million at December 31, 2013 compared with the prior year as we continue to expand agribusiness, commercial, and residential lending activities.
- Total deposits grew 11.8% to $973.9 million at December 31, 2013 compared with a year ago, resulting from our focus on building new and expanding existing client relationships. Non-interest bearing demand deposits grew 6.8% to $291.9 million from the prior year and represent 30.0% of total deposits at December 31, 2013.
- Loan credit quality continued to improve with classified assets declining $15.9 million, or 31.0%, to $35.5 million, and non-performing assets declining $7.2 million, or 41.6% to $10.1 million at December 31, 2013 compared with a year earlier, both metrics at the lowest levels since 2007. Net charge-offs to average loans declined to 0.03% for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared with 1.32% a year earlier. The Company had no Other Real Estate Owned ("OREO") at December 31, 2013.
- Regulatory capital ratios at the end of the year remained strong at 10.2% for Tier 1 Leverage Capital and 14.2% for Total Risk Based Capital. During 2013, the Company repurchased its Series A Preferred Stock and related warrants issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("UST") as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program—Capital Purchase Program (the "TARP CPP"). With the repurchase of the Preferred Stock and related warrants, the Company has fully exited the TARP CPP program with the UST.
- The Company is continuing its efforts to complete the merger of Mission Community Bancorp, which was announced in the fourth quarter of 2013. The transaction is subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.
"2013 has definitely been an exciting and rewarding year for the Company's customers, shareholders and employees," stated Simone Lagomarsino, President and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Oaks Bancorp. "We are pleased to have accomplished many of our goals for 2013 including; achieving strong growth in customer relationships, a significant improvement in the credit quality of our loan portfolio, and decreasing the effective duration of our securities portfolio. We also resolved many of the issues which were a result of the financial crisis. This included terminating the Memoranda of Understanding with the Company's regulatory agencies, repurchasing the TARP CPP preferred stock and related warrants, and returning the Company to a position of strong financial performance. The year culminated with our announcement of the pending merger with Mission Community Bancorp, which would allow our combined resources to provide enhanced products and services to the communities we serve along the Central Coast of California."
"As we look forward to 2014 our focus will be to complete the merger and integration of Mission Community Bancorp and to continue to grow our business both organically and through other strategic opportunities," said Ms. Lagomarsino. "Given the lower interest rate environment, all banks continue to face net interest margin compression. We believe the merger with Mission Community Bancorp would provide us with the opportunity to leverage our operating platform over a larger asset base," said Ms. Lagomarsino. "We will continue to look for opportunities to increase efficiencies in our operations during 2014."
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Oxford dictionary shuns not so "faboosh" words
By Isabel Coles
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Are you a tanorexic partial to a bit of flashpacking, but hate your cankles?
If you're not lost for words already then you are either ahead of the linguistic curve or privy to the secrets of a little-known vault at the Oxford University Press.
There, filed away and stored alphabetically on small white cards are the words submitted to but deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
The thousands of words denied a place in the dictionary, which describes itself as the definitive record of the English language, are consigned to the vault because they are either too odd or have not gained enough currency in common usage.
"They are simply words that we have not included in our dictionary up until this point because we have not yet seen sufficient evidence of their usage," Fiona Mooring, senior assistant editor of the OED's new words group told Reuters in an e-mail.
"Tanorexia," an obsession with getting a tan, "flashpacking," glamorous backpacking, and "cankles," thick ankles are just three of the quirky words on record in the non-word vault.
A new word is not included in the OED unless it has "caught on." To make the cut, there must be several independent examples of the word in writing over a "reasonable" length of time.
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wikiHow to Make a Donut Bun
Two Methods:Using a Sock or FormUsing Two HairbandsCommunity Q&A
Create a perfectly shaped hair bun using a sock or store-bought form for this trendy and polished look. You can also create a looser, more casual donut using a couple of hairbands. In a few easy steps you can style a beautiful donut bun perfect for everyday wear or going out at night.
Using a Sock or Form
1Buy a donut form or find a clean sock. Donut forms can be purchased in the hair accessories section of the drugstore, but it's just as easy to make your own with a sock. You want a large, stretchy tube sock that's easy to roll. Use an old pair because you will be cutting the toe off.
- It's best if you have a sock that's similar to your hair color, but any sock will work.
- If using a store-bought doughnut form, skip to step 4.
2Cut the toe off the sock. You now have one long tube that's open at both ends.
3Roll the sock down. Take the top edge of the sock and roll it down toward the bottom edge. The sock will begin to form a doughnut shape. Make sure it's tight and evenly shape.
4Put your hair into a ponytail. The ponytail can be high or low, depending on what style you like. If you want your bun to look full, tease your ponytail a bit to create more texture. If you want it to look smooth and sleek, comb your hair straight.
- A donut bun will hold best in second or third day hair, since it's not as slippery. Use a little dry shampoo if your roots are oily.
- If you're working with clean hair, spray it with a light coating of hairspray to add a little texture to your hair so it will stay in the bun.
5Pull the ponytail through the hole in your sock donut. Make sure all of your hair gets through the hole. Slide the sock donut a few inches down your ponytail so that the tips of your hair are sticking out of the hole.
6Spread the tips of your hair around the sock or donut form. Tuck the tips under so that your hair is evenly spread in a donut shape, covering the sock or form.
- This step takes the longest, because you want to make sure your hair is completely covering the sock or form. Try to spread it out evenly without leaving any gaps.
- If your hair isn't thick enough to cover the sock or form, you may want to start over with a smaller sock.
7Roll your ponytail into the sock or form. Begin rolling it down toward the base of your ponytail to create a growing donut shape. Make sure your hair is getting neatly rolled into the donut. Keep going until the donut is flat against your head.[1]
- Is your hair too short to roll? No problem! Simply gather your hair over the donut form or sock in a donut shape. Use a hairband to secure the tips of your hair in place.
- For extra hold, use bobby pins to secure the tips of your hair in place.
8Check the donut to make sure you can't see the sock or form. Use two mirrors to view the back of your head. Your hair should be completely covering the sock or form to hide it from view.[2]
9Use bobby pins and hairspray to hold it in place. If the donut seems a little loose, pin it against your head using a few bobby pins. Use firm-hold hairspray to keep your hair from getting messy.
Using Two Hairbands
1Put your hair in a ponytail. Gather your hair and put it up in a tightly secured hairband. Either a high or low ponytail works equally well.
2Tease your ponytail. This will help make it easier to handle as well as giving your donut bun more volume. To tease your ponytail, hold it out straight, insert a comb near the tips, and backcomb toward the base of your ponytail.
3Gather your hair into a donut shape. Do this by finding the center of your ponytail and evenly gathering your hair around its base, so that your hair forms the shape of a donut. It may take a few tries before you're able to gather it evenly.[3]
4Secure the tips of your hair with as second headband. Holding the donut shape in place with one hand, use a second hairband to secure the tips of your hair around the base of your ponytail. Wrap it around several times to make sure the bun doesn't fall out.
- At this stage, check your donut bun in the mirror. Make sure the hair is evenly gathered into a donut shape.
- If it feels too loose, use a third hairband to keep the tips of your hair in place.
5Pin the donut bun against your head. Use two or three bobby pins to secure it flat against your head. This will help to prevent it from falling out.
6Finish with firm-hold hairspray. This will keep the bun from falling out as you go about your day.
Community Q&A
Will it come out neat and tidy and secure?wikiHow ContributorIt depends on how well you end up doing the bun. Practice a few times to get more comfortable with the process. When you are ready, use hairspray to get the neatest look.
I usually wear a donut bun for gymnastics competitions, but when I do my tumbling, it always becomes a bit loose. How can I make it stay tight?wikiHow ContributorUse more bobby pins and hair spray. It will seem like you're using too much, but it will result in a tighter bun. The thicker your hair is, the more of both you will need to use.
Which method is easiest for a beginner to try?wikiHow ContributorI personally feel like the second method works better. From experience, the first one is easier to mess up, and more likely to cause tangles.
How can I make a bun with a donut if I have long, thick hair?wikiHow ContributorYou have to roll it enough, and use a lot of hairspray and bobby pins. I have long, thick hair, and the first method works better because it makes a large bun, but doesn't look like I have two buns in my hair.
Will a black donut bun work with dirty blonde hair?wikiHow ContributorYes, it will work, but not as well as a blonde donut bun. Just make sure you have evenly spread your hair around it to hide the donut, and it will be fine.
What can I do if I don't have hairspray?wikiHow ContributorTry bobby pins or hair clips. You should be able to find them at the Dollar Store or in the hair accessory isle of a grocery store.
How can I deal with hairs that stick out from my bun?wikiHow ContributorUse hairspray and smooth the hair down with your hands. Use bobby pins to pin larger strands of hair down.
How do I put the elastic band over the donut bun without having any hair sticking out?wikiHow ContributorMake sure you cover the full donut bun, then get an elastic band and put it over the hair that's on the donut bun.
Can you use elastic bands if your doughnuts are too big for hair bobbles?wikiHow ContributorYes, as long as you don't do it too tight, otherwise the elastic band might harm your hair by pulling it.
How can I make a bun without a sock or donut?wikiHow ContributorJust make a ponytail and twist your hair and then wrap it around your ponytail.
Do you need to use bobby pins?
- Try not to make the bun too tight, or it can hurt your head after a while and might give you a headache.
- If it's the sleek look you're going for, a scrunchie or decorative hair tie can cover up messy patches around the bun.
- Use a bigger donut for longer hair.
- The store bought donut is made with a mesh material that allows the pins to go through, unlike the sock.
- The bun will need to be tight so before you do anything make sure your ponytail is tight.
- You can use the excess hair to make a braid around the bun.
- Leave two strands on your shoulders before doing this. Once you finish, braid both strands and then pull them up, and wrap over your head to your ear. Pin it, and you have a halo braid bun style!
- You can do this while your hair is damp, so after a few hours when you take it out you will have curls! It's best to do it before you go to bed after taking a shower. In the morning it's ready to go.
- Leave excess pieces of hair loose for a messier, casual style.
- If you are doing the sock method, use a sock similar to you hair color.
- If the excess hair coming out of your bun is long but not long enough for it to wrap around, hide them with a scrunchie.
- Make sure the hair is brushed well and has no frizz before you start.
- A preformed doughnut bun shape can be purchased from drugstores or beauty supply stores to be used in place of a sock. Their benefit is that the material mimics the color and texture of natural hair.
Things You'll Need
- Brush
- Sock or donut form
- 2 elastic bands
- Bobby pins
- Mirror
- Hairspray
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Just wanted to drop a quick note of thanks for a day out on the river on Sunday. Your shop did a great job getting everyone out on the Roaring Fork and all the folks I talked to had a blast.
Dale Ratliff took Jenn Wittman and myself out for a wade trip and he did a terrific job – 100% top notch and professional. I was impressed with Dale's patience and enthusiasm being out with a never-ever fly angler. Jenn and I both caught fish and had a great time.Thanks again for an excellent day in Aspen.
Best regards,
Will Rice,
Freelance Writer
Dear Chris,
On Friday July 18, you set me up on a trip with Dale, one of your more seasoned guides. Although I consider myself an intermediate level fly fisherman, I believe this trip with Dale raised my fishing abilities. One quality I noticed about Dale was his awareness of what I was doing. He made careful observations of my technique and suggested some subtle adjustments in my presentation and hooking that increased my success at landing fish. On a personal level, Dale has a balanced approach and I believe this is a result of his life experiences, his travels and this is evident by his ability to relate to his clientele. I would not hesitate to recommend Dale to any of your potential clients or my own fishing friends.
I usually don't hire a outfit to take me out on trips, rather learn by a lot of trial and error. Before Friday, I had not picked up my rod for over 8 months. However, Dale's instruction has given me to confidence to put myself in the 10% of people that catch 90% of the fish.
Thank you and I look forward to future trips with Dale.
All the best,
Hi All,
The highlight of my short visit to Aspen was learning more about my new passion-flyfishing-in the knowledgeable company of your guide Scott. Since taking up the sport this spring,I have had several experiences with fishing guides. And ,by far Scott has been the best! His patience,knowledge and humor made for an unforgettable learning experience.
Thank you Scott, and thank you Aspen Flyfishing!!!
Jessica Swift
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So how about this for a perfect day of fishing; In Aspen for a wedding in late August. Meet Roger at noon on Friday afternoon- wife at the spa, got an afternoon to kill. Beautiful weather- warm but not hot. Gear all set up, we're on the river in no time. First fish is a 17" wild brown trout with bright orange spots. Ultimately netted 20-25 fish. Another 5 to 10 LDRed. Only one trout out of all of them under 14". Biggest was close competition between the original Brown and a Rainbow both in 17" – 18" class and both close to 3lbs. All native/wild fish with vibrant colors, broad shoulders and sweet spots. Huge runs downstream. Huge jumps 2' to 3' feet in the air. Caught fish on nymphs. Caught fish on dry flies. After 2.5 hours, we called "mercy", feeling a wee bit gluttonous. Was back at the Little Nell, poolside with a cocktail, by 4:00… and that, Aspen Flyfishing, is no fish tail.
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Context-oriented programming
Keays, Roger & Rakotonirainy, Andry (2003) Context-oriented programming. In 3rd ACM international workshop on Data engineering for wireless and mobile access, 19 September 2003, San Diego, USA.
In an environment where computing power is ubiquitous, software engineers need to cater for many different variables beyond their control. They face what has been termed the pervasive problem. Their products need to be adaptable and portable, yet still retain a simple code base. Context-Oriented Programming (COP) is a new method of programming which aims to alleviate these problems by incorporating context as a first-class construct of a programming language, much in the same way that variables, classes, and functions form the first-class constructs of many modern languages. A context-oriented program is one with many 'gaps' or 'open-terms', and the context-filling operation completes such a program by dynamically selecting portions of code from a repository of candidates to fill these gaps. This selection process is based on the execution context of the program and a description of the open-term's requisites. This paper describes the requirements for COP, focusing on this fundamental operation of context-filling. An implementation which meets many of these requirements is also presented.
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I have long believed in having duplicates of my favored carry weapons, going back well before any restrictions were on the horizon. Something as simple as a broken sight or other part can bring about the immediate need for a secondary weapon, and I have, indeed, had sights break, and experienced a mainspring failure. I have several, each, GP100 sixguns, and SP101 fiveguns, and pairs of .223 Mini-14 and .308 Browning BLR rifles.
I had several .40 SIG P229 pistols until recently, but have been phasing them out, with just one now, as I hope to be
authorized to switch to a 9mm Glock duty pistol soon. (Cumulative snappy .40 recoil is becoming painful to one of my aging, aching wrists.) If I do switch duty pistols, to my G17 or something else, I will double-up, or more, on that model, too.
So, yes, I believe in secondary carry guns, to the point I normally carry more than one at a time.


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"Zadorov made huge strides in his first season with the Knights, developing a reputation as a physical, two-way defender. He jumped up in the rush at a moment's notice and displayed soft hands around the goal area. He can make a strong first pass and start the rush offensively. Zadorov plays a solid defensive game, underlined by a bruising and punishing physical style. He has the size, at six-foot-four and 200 pounds, that can stand to add another 30 pounds of muscle once he fills out. He's far from a finished product, but his development is on the right track towards becoming a big-time defender."
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SP Business School
Designing Business. Defining Tomorrow
SP Business School Achievers' Function
The annual SP Business School Achievers' Function is to recognise students who have excelled in their studies; or brought honour to the school through their success in external competitions or other activities.This year's function was held on 12 February 2011 at the SP Auditorium. The event was graced by the Guest of Honour, SP Business School Director Dr Timothy Chan as well as by many lecturers from the Business School. Family members and friends of the award recipients were also invited to the event.A total of 158 award winners were invited to receive their accolades. These award winners included those who were:- awarded the SP Scholarship, a prestigious bond-free award given to those who have excellent academic results, demonstrated strong leadership qualities and diverse talents. The scholarship is worth $2,500 every year and is subject to stringent renewal criteria every academic year. In addition, SP Scholars receive a one-time subsidy of $1,000 for purchase of a notebook computer.
- listed on SP Business School Honour Roll for at least three consecutive semesters. Each semester, students who achieve a high Grade Point Average and are in the top 10% of the cohort are admitted into the SP Business School's Honour Roll. This category is to recognize students who have been on the Honour Roll for 3 consecutive times over the last 3 semesters. It is a remarkable feat.- the top students in their respective Diplomas based on their semester average for all modules taken in each academic year.- granted prestigious external scholarships from sponsors such as Singapore Technologies Telemedia, PAP Community Foundation, CNG, the Goh Foundation, the Lien Foundation, NTUC Fairprice and many more.- winners of external academic competitions such as the National Management Competition, NTU HR Youth Forum, 7th International Marketing Competition etc.- winners at sports competitions such as the Poly-ITE Games and national level sports.- elected Presidents of SP levels CCA groups. CCA is an integral part of our education system to drive home the message that holistic development goes beyond good academic grades. Student Presidents of CCA clubs and societies are elected based on their leadership abilities and willingness to undertake the challenging roles associated with each CCA.
Following the awards presentations, the event proceeded with a sumptuous lunch buffet outside the auditorium. Proud and satisfied faces of the award winners and their families could be seen all around. Pictures and congratulatory hugs were given to cherished lecturers and students alike.Award recipient Shim De Jac ended the day proclaiming, "Today was definitely the most important event in my life! I am certain that all my hard work and effort paid off and I hope that my achievement will be a motivation to all my friends and students of SP."It was a satisfying day to see the outstanding students of SP Business School being recognized for their efforts and to be able to share the occasion with their lecturers, families and friends.
Onward to Achievers' Function 2012!!David TanChairman – 2011 Achievers' Function Organizing Committee
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Not a collective in thrall to pop's more frivolous moments, Glasgow's Mogwai have nevertheless carved out an unchallenged niche for themselves as the unassuming Caledonian kings of instrumental loud noodling. And for the most part at the Royal Festival Hall, numbering occasionally four of six, but mostly five, they stood still before an audience who looked like the band and played their songs. That was it. For all that they were cheerily welcoming, a visual spectacle it wasn't and frustratingly they lacked the musical élan and bravery to make the most of their approach or to take something familiar, render it wordless and reclaim it as their own, as John Coltrane did with My Favourite Things in 1960.
Instead, for all that Mogwai are essentially a badly dressed, 21st-century Shadows, they were not without fascination, most notably on the slow-moving glacier that was The Lord is Out of Control, which, with its keyboard belching, sinister Euro undertow and Barry Burns's distorted vocals resembled early Kraftwerk; the more pumped-up, loud as war, Master Card or the frazzled, Glenn Branca-infused cacophony that was Rano Pano.
Their near-wordlessness left Mogwai on the edge of a musical precipice and their refusal to put on any kind of show rendered them undeniably pure (if not a little dull), the uncompromising combination also left almost everything they did sounding unfinished. Yet, frustratingly, when they did utilise Stuart Braithwaite's proper vocals and a more conventional song structure on Take Me Somewhere Nice, they lost some of the curious, hypnotic alchemy that makes them potentially special.
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Rated 4 / 5 stars
loved it
the controls were a little messed up, otherwise, it was great
P.S. that falcon has one hell of a right claw
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
So ya...
@Pikerobo FLAME ON!
Though seriously he did bring up th controls as well and I have to agree. They are a little much. I can't complain much I played the game, had fun and chuckled at the fact this silly thing was doing so. The music was kinda catchy. Graphics I mean it was based of ColecoVision so not the best by modern standard but god for this parody. The bonus levels were random yet a nice break up from the main game...thouhg the sudden change from not just hitting the number buttons threw me for a loop. Over all 9/10 mainly it was the controls I think there could have been something done with them just can't say what to improve them atm.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
You know what's weird?
I can't actually tell if that backstory was true or not. Oh, how I'd love it to be XD
In other news, this is a brilliant ColecoVision parody, with awkward, annoying controls, high difficulty, and awesome retro graphics. I honestly did like the idea of a falconry game...why hasn't anyone else thought of doing a game like this?
Once again, Mr. Fulp, you have outdone yourself. 5/5 9/10.
Rated 3 / 5 stars
I couldn't think of a title
I enjoyed playing this game. although i found that only being able to go clockwise to be kind of a pain, and I'm restricted to one screen. maybe if there was more playing field and more movement options
Rated 1.5 / 5 stars
Wow, this is surprisingly awful.
What IS it with you guys and your obssesion with pure shit? I am not saying this to troll: This may be the worst game I ever played in my entire life. period. I don't care who I'm saying this to. In coding, the controls sound pretty normal. But the human mind can not maintain to control 7 different actions, all used for different things, in a set course like that. Especially since they're all bundled up together. I know, all you have to do is it the right keys, right? Well that's easier said than done. Who the hell has that kind of reflexes and memory?
And WHY THE FUCK aren't the bonus levels on a separate menu? No one wants to go through this whole shit more than once. Most of them are near-impossible as it is without playing the game again! Oh, what's that? Practice? How can you PRACTICE on this?!? If anything, this game is based more on LUCK than on skill, you just have to be careful not to fuck up and keep your brain in-tact.
I was going to give it a 5, but changed it to 3 so you'll learn your lesson. The next time you have an old, rare, and expensive game in your collection that you cherish, do NOT share it with the rest of us.


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