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uprate the parent - it's got pointers to the benchmark (i.e. the trial in S. Africa last year) for pigeon data speeds, in contrast to the claims of the story.
To be fair, Pigeon Protocol may be high bandwidth, but the latency is terrible. And Gods forbid you miss a packet.
Is there conversion rate from pigeon to station wagon?
I believe the pidgeon would beat the station wagon as it doesn't have to stop signs, other driver, traffic speeds, and bad maps to follow.
Indeed. It's also not quite as secure; usually, when you drop packets, you don't have to worry about someone else picking them up. Talk about "man in the middle"...
The African pigeon beat broadband last year.
Wow, a year faster than british rural broadband. AND it did it with a smaller packet. As we all know, obtaining low-level services from lady pigeons en route is difficult when your packet isn't relatively impressive.
And how are they dealing with the 100% Peregrine Falcon packet loss problem?
With frickin' laser beams...what else?
Just never use biplanes... that has been tried many times, without any success.
I bet they're lousy for gaming.
Yeah, but upgrading is so easy - just slap a bigger memory card on the pigeon and bam! Instant upgrade!
No messing with the cable companies, no paying extra for the service, so nice.
What is the bandwidth capacity of an unladen swallow?
African or European?
1 bit per swallow, unless being painted/dyed doesn't count as being laden.
*That's* bandwidth....
Well, the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is 11 meters per second. African or European.
http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/ [style.org]
However, as soon as you strap a memory card to the swallow, it is no longer unladen. By definition.
Therefore, the bandwidth capacity of an unladen swallow is zero.
I Went looking for that, and found this instead [wordpress.com].
"Bandwidth achieved by the pigeons was 2.27 Mbps."
Oh, and another [wordpress.com] implementation of carrier pigeon data transfer, now in South Africa. Kinda blows that "there isn't a benchmark for pigeon data speeds" statement away...
There's an RFC [faqs.org] for it!
With tapes-via-station wagon (as your idea was originally stated), though, you have to consider the load time of the data onto tape and tapes into the vehicle, and the time to get the data back off of the tapes.
The LTO spec is fast enough that you need a reasonably quick disk array to keep up with one single tape drive. That really isn't a limiting factor when you compare it to broadband.
Here in the South Eastern US, latency is about to go down but packet loss will go up since Dove season is starting....
Although CP/IP has been implemented several times, amazingly nobody thought to improve bandwidth through the use of memory cards. I assume a new standard will be put out to take advantage of this innovation.
Although CP/IP has been implemented several times, amazingly nobody thought to improve bandwidth through the use of memory cards. I assume a new standard will be put out to take advantage of this innovation.
Yeah, this isn't actually CP/IP since it's not using any of the IP protocols and not breaking stuff up into packets and the like.
This is more of a specialized case of the "station wagon full of mag tape" scenario.
It's hilarious, but it's not technically related to RFC1149.
Yes and my 747 filled with DVDs beets the pants off the latest multi-terabit cross Atlantic fibre.
That means nothing to me. Please use standard units like Libraries of Xongress, telephone directories, African male elephants' weight in micro SD cards.
New unit for data density: Libraries of Congress per Elephant
New unit for data density: Libraries of Congress per Elephant
But what do you use when the Democrats are in power?
New unit for data density: Libraries of Congress per Elephant
But what do you use when the Democrats are in power?
Obviously the smaller Congressional Hearings per Donkey. (The conversion is left as an exercise for the reader).
"Yes and my 747 filled with DVDs beets the pants off the latest multi-terabit cross Atlantic fibre."
I rather doubt that. You seem to be forgetting that you need to burn all that data to DVDs with verification enabled, carefully pack every DVD and load them all, then unpack and manually copy the data back to a machine. Don't forget that when one of those DVDs inevitably fails to properly read on the target system you need to fly back, burn a new one, and return.
Don't forget that when one of those DVDs inevitably fails to properly read on the target system you need to fly back, burn a new one, and return.
There's nothing to prevent someone from building a little bit of redundancy into the system. Reduces your bandwidth some, but it solves that last problem.
With a scalpel?
All this violence for what? Just to take a byte?
Shotgun. Though it may cause some minor network interruption...
The farmer was at 24% upload after 54mins when the first pigeon landed...
Now we can get back to our Monty Python / african swallow posts...
Depending on the roads, it could well be 84 miles by road but substantially less as the pigeon flies.
Sure, data throughput can be pretty awesome, but exchanging public keys must be a bitch.
...of station wagon full of magtape, or so the obselete saying goes.
They considered using a station wagon for this test, but they figured the roads were as poor as the broadband, so they wouldn't have known which they were testing. So pigeons were it.
If you change the conditions of the race, you can just as well make it say just about anything.
If you give the pigeon a 512 KB message, and an identical 512 KB message to be sent via a rural broadband connection, then the rural broadband connection will win.
If you give the pigeon a 64 GB memory card, then you could say that the pigeon has a transfer speed equivalent to 104 mbps, which'll mean it's faster than most broad connections, rural or not. (Assuming an average speed of 60 miles per hour for the bird.)
Aren't we also dependent on the definition of broadband? Which hasn't been formally defined if wikipedia is to be believed.
So why are they calling it poor rural broadband, instead of country-modem, city-modem?
If the data sets are large enough and latency not a problem. Doesn't matter how fast your connection is, FedEx is faster at some point. I mean let's say you have a 100mbit connection that really gets that and is dedicated to you. Going full blast 24 hours a day working at its max theoretical speed with no errors, it can transfer just a touch over 1TB per day. Realistically 800-900GB would be all you'd see, even if things were working well. Ok so suppose you have 5TB that needs to be transferred. It'll take a week of hogging up the connection to do that...
Or you could use FedEx. Copy the data on to 3 2TB drives and send them next day air to their destination. It will be there sooner.
We have a research group that does this all the time. They do JPEG2000 (and other) compression research and the data sets are massive. FedEx is faster than the net for the really big ones so they just send off the HDDs. Low tech but extremely effective.
No matter what, this will always be the case. At some level, sneakernet will be faster. What that level is depends on how fast a connection you can sustain between you and your target.
He'll also have to forgive me if I'm not that sympathetic to farmers. You make a choice when you want to live out in the plains. It has many advantages, such as lower land cost, a lot of privacy and so on. However it has disadvantages, one of them being it costs more to deliver high speed access. What's more, farming is a business, so I don't see the problem if they have to pay more to get a business grade Internet line out there. No matter where you are in the US, you can get high speed Internet. However sometimes it is only the most costly kinds of lines, something like a DS-3. For a consumer that is unreasonable, for a business it is not and make no mistake, that's what farming is.
Because then the carrier pigeon would always win.
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon zooming down the highway with a trunk full of backup tapes".
Same principle. You could probably attach nearly a Terabyte to a pigeon if you tried, if you had the money, etc. and pretty much wherever you sent it in Britain it would have better "bandwidth", that wouldn't prove the point at all. (However, the bandwidth might be fabulous but its latency would be atrocious).
200Mb is a not-unreasonable example
the test is uploading the video to youtube, doing the same test but downloading a DVD iso from usenet obviously would draw some unwanted attention from the various groups 'representing artists and movie studios'
besides, they probably made some guesstimate as to what kind of file-size would provide an interesting match-up. pitting a pidgeon with a filled 32 GB flash card against ADSL wouldnt have been interesting
In rfc 1149 (A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers) [rfc-editor.org] He should find all he needs to configure his pigeon network.
...the network will only support UDP.
The comical stunt is designed to raise awareness of the often woeful broadband speed experienced by many people who live in remote and rural parts of their country.
And I should care because? I live in a rural area with woeful broadband speed. So what?
Send 1 Terrabyte of data accross the country..... Cheapest method?...Ship a 1TB hard drive.
Data will arrive sooner and cheaper than any current broadband connection.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of magnetic tapes!
I pay ~$60 a month for a connection which gets around 50/25mpbs up/down. So let's say I have the same at each end (CA and NY) and transfer my 1TB, it'll take 3.85 days to transfer at an amortised cost of $15. UPS ground service will cost $10 (plus packing materials) and will take about the same time (4 days) - so I'd call that basically equivalent. To get faster (say, 3 days) it's $20 + materials.
Who wins is depending on how you set your contest. And as this is no more than a publicity stunt, it's of course set up in a way that the pigeon is guaranteed to win.
200 MB on a memory card has the same "transfer time" as 16 GB. Yet suddenly the bandwidth is some 80 times as great.
A 10 Mbit connection has the same transfer speed whether it is to the neighbour's or across the ocean. Oh wait that's downstream; upstream is always slower. On my broadband connection uploading 200 MB will take about 45 minutes - downloading the same amount of data is done within 5 minutes. No wonder you pit the pigeon against an upstream.
And why not ask this pigeon to deliver the video file actually to YouTube? Not to some other point from where it's transferred to YouTube? Is that maybe because YouTube is in the US and that's too far to fly for the pigeon?
TFA admits it: "Also the farms connection speed is just 100-200 Kbps (Kilobits per second), so it never really stood a chance of winning but then that's not the point?". It is set up so the pigeon would win. And 100-200 Kbps up is not even that bad assuming ADSL over normal copper, and farms tend to be far far away from the nearest switch. It's one of those things one will have to live with when trying to live away from the civilised world.
Someone should really consider using parroty checks on the data as it arrives.
It should be beyond obvious that some amenities are made economically viable by a large concentration of people, and broadband is one of them.
If it made economic sense (ie, was profitable) to provide those services in rural areas, someone would be doing it. Usually someone *will* provide those services, but not at a cost the end-user will like for casual entertainment use.
Almost always these "rural broadband blows" stories involve around wanting the government to "do something" which usually amounts to a subsidy (my tax money for your service). I generally object to this -- either we end up with a "Universal Service Fee" which is like free money to the telecom providers, as it never goes away, overall higher prices so some mandate can be fulfilled, or some never-ending government bureaucracy like the TVA.
And I think some of this "demand" isn't from 1920s, sepia-tinted people living in rural poverty, but from city people who have made a conscious choice to live in the "country" (thanks to cheap gas) who also want all the amenities of city living but aren't willing to pay for them.
... like health care.
I live in a rural area about 10 minutes from a commuter town which is about 20 minutes from a city of a ~1mil... my broadband is pretty bad. It's line of sight wireless and it's $70/mo for 512k/256k (384 down for $50).
I'm not complaining, I do know where I live and I knew the limitations. But the "pft, move to town, stupid" argument only works if people are not convinced that it's their "right" to have broadband access. With all the recent talk about broadband being like electricity
However really government should be kicking ISP ass to get this improved. Creating jobs in rural areas would solve a host of problems, and not having the network to do it for most the types of jobs you could telecommute to or operate whereever you can get people to live is a major hurtle. One might say that the ISP NOT doing this is doing their host countries a huge disservice and harming domestic economics (and considering MOST are state owned or subsided monopolies, not really fair either).
Think high tech
...could be really nice, but the latency is gonna be murder!
For a 50 mile range a carrier pigeons bandwidth would be 1.9TB per hour. Or 527MB/s or 4.2Gbit/s which is about the same speed as a dedicated OC-96 connection or a Infiniband DDR 1X.
average pigeon flying speed * maximum data it can carry given the current memory technology
64GB SD card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139183 [newegg.com]
"Their average flying speed over moderate distances is around 80 km/h (50 mph),[citation needed] but speeds of up to 125 km/h (75 mph) have been observed"
ht [wikipedia.org]
The simple attachment of the SD card to Pigeon is not RFC1149 compliant
The network transfer includes basic validation of the data transfer at the receivers end. The pigeon method as described does not.
To be fair they should be implementing RFC1149 - Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams on avia
It seems that more and more mathematicians are using a new, high level language named "research student".


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Bibb sheriff's deputies and firefighters responded to an accident on I-475 northbound Friday night.
A news release from the sheriff's office says it happened around 11 p.m. near the Thomaston Road exit.
Employees from businesses in the surrounding area said they heard what sounded like five or six small explosions after the collision.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze after fighting and containing the fire. The northbound lanes of accident have reopened, but the exit remains closed.
A news release from the Bibb Sheriff's office states that Nicholas Deonte Owens was driving a 2006 Volvo station wagon that collided with the fuel tanker exiting I-475.
Owens told deputies that he had gotten into his car after having a domestic dispute with his wife.
He said he saw the tanker pulling onto Thomaston Road from the interstate, and he decided then that he wanted to end his life.
The release continues, saying that Owens accelerated, jumped a curb and hit the tanker portion of the truck.
The tanker burst into flames, burning Owens' legs. He told deputies that he got out of his car and walked to the Thomaston Rd. bridge, planning to jump. Macon police officers pulled Owens from the bridge and turned him over to sheriff's deputies.
The driver of the tanker, Byron Cummings of Macon, told deputies that he had just filled his tanker with 7,500 gallons of gasoline and 500 gallons of diesel fuel just before the accident.
Cummings was not injured.
Owens was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia and transferred to the Augusta burn center Saturday morning.
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I tried reading The Jungle on my own as a self-propelled venture to explore the greatest or most important novels of the 20th Century.
Now, I found this book in a book store, and was intrigued by what I read about it from other sources. (Internet, the always trustworthy quotes on the ostentatious special anniversary sleeve, etc.)
It wasn't until I actually tried reading it, it was then that I had passed the figurative event horizon: I got caught in the maelstrom and lost the Falconer. (Purely puerile melodrama... ^_^)
I was surprised, unpleasantly, to find no dialogue in this book. I found myself reading through the first chapters actually waiting for the characters to develop themselves, and not have Upton tell me about them, or infer or interpret their actions and feelings, etc for me. (First rule of writing: Trust in your work, trust in your readers.) I found there to be no way to attenuate my ennui from having my hand held throughout the story of jejune characters and their sub-standard living and working conditions, save the occasional tour through the slaughterhouse. But even that was absent of lyrical and rhetoric minutaie that could have captured my interest and sustained me long enough to finish this whole story. And it's a little frustrating when the author insists on telling you "You can't help but humanize these pigs." I'm pretty sure that we could have done that ourselves, without your sprinkling your metaphor cliffnotes. (PS: The addition of Cliffnotes, or explanation of your own works is what lowered the initial intrinsic value of T.S. Eliot's Wasteland. But that was before Upton's time, so it's not HIS fault.)
To all those that perpetuate the "historical significance" of this book: WE GET IT! But believe me, this is no "Uncle Tom's Cabin." (And even that was a gross over-exaggration used to blanket a finite dissection of Pharisee-esque and, as far as economic afairs are concerned, irrational Southern slave owners.) I do agree that everyone in high school should read this, if not for anything but to prove that you can write something so artless and jejune containing nothing more than puerilely acerbic glutting and still be considered a great success and important figure in the history of the great benefit of future American generations. (At this point I would like to point out that I have said the previous statement with a facetious undertone. I'm not sure if you could tell, but if you liked this book and found it helpful throughout the book, then: Your welcome! ^_^)
To summarize, reading this book was like watching a cheap horror movie that was a collaborated attempt by both Michael Moore and Michael Bay: cheap story filled with glutting into the Socialist agenda where you try and look past it for the macabre pot-of-gold at the end of this oil-stain rainbow, but are ultimately disappointed when you realize that there is as much substance to this story as any Michael Bay or Michael Moore film, and definitely worth only a minute fraction of the amount of time you would spend watching either of their films.
IF you do happen to enjoy either of those ingenuous Pharisees, then you will definitely love this book.
You've been warned.
PS: If you do want to see a movie with the same Socialist propoganda, but with alot better gore, watch George Romero's Land of the Dead. Slightly more entertaining.


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Teamlist Tuesday is here with #NRL Teamlists and officials for Round 12 confirmed.
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9 hours ago
Newcastle lifted the tempo in the last 15 minutes to come from behind and beat the New Zealand Warriors 36-26 in a National Rugby League match at Ericsson Stadium.
Newcastle halfback Andrew Johns scored a try and kicked six goals from six attempts to maintain an impressive record against the Warriors, whom he has beaten nine times against one loss.
For the Warriors, it was a frustrating start to the season, after they had raced to a 16-0 after 30 minutes through three tries, all from accurate kicks.
They were helped by a significant first-half penalty count, at one stage 6-1 in their favour, and by some handling errors by the Knights.
After 16 minutes, standoff Lance Hohaia kicked ahead early in the tackle count and saw the ball sit up nicely for centre John Carlaw to cross untouched.
Halfback Stacey Jones missed the conversion, and was to end the match with three goals from seven attempts, although most were from out wide.
Six minutes later, a Jones crosskick found winger Francis Meli in open space and with the simple task of crossing over.
Jones was again in the action in the 27th minute when his bomb to the opposite sideline was plucked out of the air by winger Henry Fa'afili.
Just when it looked like the Warriors were taking firm control, the Knights closed the gap with two quick tries shortly before halftime.
Firstly, second rower Steve Simpson pierced a weak defensive line to cross, then lock Ben Kennedy forced his way over close to the ruck.
Johns converted both times to bring Newcastle back to 12-16 at the interval.
The Warriors extended the margin early the second half with Jones again playing a role, before Hohaia chased down his own kick ahead to score in the corner.
The Knights hit back again, with a Johns break from quick penalty tap producing a converted try for winger Timana Tahu to close the score to 18-20.
Hohaia then chose the moment to score a superb individual try, slipping tackles directly from a scrum deep in Newcastle territory.
But from there, the momentum swung towards the Knights as they lifted their intensity.
A Tahu try and then one by Johns, both converted, put the visitors in the lead for the first time, before winger Anthony Quinn sealed victory with a late effort.
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland NZ. Ref: Tim Mander. Crowd - 16,291.
Warriors 26 Tries: Carlaw, Meli, Fa'afili, Hohaia 2 Goals: Jones 3/6
Knights 36 Tries: Simpson, Kennedy, Tahu 2, Johns, Quinn Goals: Johns 6/6
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Jose Santiago, the former state representative who is accused of violating a restraining order taken out against him by a former girlfriend, was arrested Saturday in Lawrence, said Police Chief John J. Romero. He was arrested on a warrant outside a club on Essex Street at 12:30 a.m., Romero said.
Santiago ran unsuccessfully in November for a seat in the House of Representatives. He previously had served in the House before he was defeated in 2002 by his former campaign manager, William Lantigua, now the mayor of Lawrence.
The Eagle-Tribune newspaper reported Santiago began working as a temporary employee in the Lawrence public works department in late November, at the same time a public works employee was fired while on unpaid leave to care for his dying wife.
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Submission + - Accent Monitoring: Innovation or Rights Violation?
theodp writes: After almost a decade of sending monitors to classrooms across the state to check on teachers' articulation, the NY Times' Marc Lacey reports that a federal investigation of possible civil rights violations has prompted Arizona to call off its accent police. The teachers who were found to have strong accents were not fired, but their school districts were required to work with them to improve their speech. Interestingly, one person's civil rights violation is another's 'wonderful little phenomenon', which is how PBS described the accent neutralization classes attended by Bangalore call center workers who toiled for the likes of IBM and Microsoft. A 2004 NY Times Op Ed also celebrated the practice. And on its website, IBM Daksh notes that 'To make sure that customers all over the world can understand the way our people speak, every new hire is trained in what we call voice and accent neutralization.'. So, is accent monitoring and neutralization a civil right violation, as the U.S. Depts. of Justice and Education suggest, or is it an 'innovation', as IBM argues?


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The group for lovers of Fanfiction. Write and Discuss all of the GIO members Fanfiction here. Original Works from GIO members!
Hello, I'm blaze6106, and some of you may know me. I like writing Fanfiction. I have already posted a couple on this site. I tried looking for a group, found one, but it isn't very good. No ones has bothered to post in it, or do anything with it, and since I can't edit or moderate that one, I decided to create my own.
The idea came while reading this thread on the GIO Bronies Group page. People began to talk about Fanfictions and ones they liked and things. I know the Bronies page has a place to write My Little Pony related Fanfictions, but what about all the other great fandoms out there? That's why this page exist. It is here so people can write Fan Fictions, discuss them, give criticism, and more.
I'm going to start putting up things on here relatively soon. I'm going to pull from my backlog of Fanfictions, and even try to continue some old ones. Please anyone who joins the group, feel free to write your own, on the group blog page.
1. This page is for GIO member's ORIGINAL fanfictions. Please do not copy other fanfictions and claim them as your own, or even post them in the blog page at all. They can be discussed and linked in the forums, but not on the blog page itself.
2. Please post all of your Fanfictions in the group blog page. There people can comment on them. Do not post them as forum post. The forums should be used as a place of discussion. Blogs are for actual stories themselves.
3. Forums will be used as group discussions, giving advice, Fan fiction ideas, Artwork based on Fanfictions, Discussion of GIO and other fanfictions, and just general randomness. I will try to be lenient on the Forum post, but try to keep most of it Fanfiction related in some way.
4. No Flaming. We want to encourage people to write, and help them with it. No matter what you think of a Fan Fiction, please be constructive. All GIO members are allowed, even if they do not have that much writing experience.
5. Any Fandom is allowed.(That includes My Little Pony, even if there is a page for that. I suggest posting there though, but I will not make you take it off this page.)
6. Please keep content in the guidelines of Game Informer Online. No very explicit language (unless censored) and no heavy Sexual Content. Basically, keep it PG-13.
That's all can think of as of right now. If you have anything to add let me know.
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Just to let you know, I believe you need to be a group moderator to post into the Blogs tab in this group
Anyway I can change that?
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Yeah Drym is here!
If your interested in posting a Fanfic, I'll have to make you a manager, since thats the only people who can post blogs, so let me know.
This is going to awesome! Looking forward to this
I hope your right!
Hello good GIOers! Yeah, I've never done a fanfiction before, but I guess I'll give it a shot. It may be awhile though because of my 31/31 thingie with Jolt next month. Looking forward to this though.
Awesome. Thanks Hannibal... even if you were kind of forced in XD. You should really give it a shot.
Great job making this group Blaze! I look forward to giving any insight where it's wanted and helping out however I can.
Cool. Glad your here.
Well, I look forward to what comes out of this group.
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What to consider when buying flood insurance
Meteorologists predict that the Atlantic hurricane season, which officially started June 1 and lasts until Nov. 30, will be more active than usual. Consumer Reports Money Adviser notes that that forecast, plus the extreme weather in other parts of the country, might prompt you to buy flood insurance for the first time.
Or you might be forced to buy it. In recent years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been rolling out new flood maps of the entire country, reclassifying some moderate-risk flood zones as high-risk. Homeowners who live in these new "special flood hazard" areas and have federally secured home loans will have to buy coverage.
In addition, some mortgage lenders are requiring flood coverage for houses outside high-risk zones. And a 2012 law reduces federal subsidies on mandated coverage for mortgage holders living in high-risk areas, which could mean that they'll face significant increases in premiums.
Though you might be able to buy a homeowners insurance rider to cover, say, a sewer backup that floods your home, your best — and often only — option to protect yourself from naturally occurring floods is a government-sponsored flood policy. Even if you don't live near a body of water, flood insurance can be a wise purchase because it includes more than the overflow from rivers, streams and ocean tides. Also covered are mudflows and pooled water from oversaturated or still-frozen soil, and paved driveways and parking lots that divert rainwater into basements and crawl spaces. In fact, those events account for many claims. The National Flood Insurance Program, the FEMA division that administers most residential flood insurance policies, says that more than 20 percent of claims are filed by homeowners in medium- and low-risk areas. A survey this spring by the Consumer Reports National Research Center found that almost 30 percent of homeowners affected by superstorm Sandy last October could have benefited from flood insurance, but they didn't have it.
Policies can be as little as $129 a year; the average flood policy costs $625 annually but can cost thousands for the maximum coverage in high-risk zones. But you could lose much more from just a few inches of water. The average residential flood claim between 2007 and 2011 was almost $30,000, the NFIP says.
According to Consumer Reports Money Adviser, property owners and renters can buy flood insurance if their town participates in a federal program that requires it to implement certain "floodplain management" measures; more than 21,000 communities do. Communities that go further — requiring new homes in flood-prone areas to be raised, for instance — can earn their residents flood insurance discounts.
The agent or company representative who sold you your home-owners policy can sell you a national flood-insurance policy. Or go to the Agent Locator at flood-smart.gov, the FEMA website for national flood insurance. Before you buy, you can get an estimate of your premium on the site. (Fill out the red "One-Step Flood Risk Profile" on the home page.) And you can see where your home sits on the FEMA flood map for your neighborhood, which contributes to your premium (type "flood maps" in the search box).
Flood insurance usually has to be in effect for 30 days before you can use it. Coverage is capped at $250,000 per dwelling and $100,000 for your home's contents. Most installed items, including major appliances, some carpeting, paneling, bookcases, cabinets and window blinds, are covered; detached garages and debris removal also are included. Clothing, furniture, electronics and valuables such as artwork and furs worth up to $2,500 are insured under personal property coverage.
A few private insurers offer excess insurance above the $250,000 federal limit. Depending on your location and level of coverage, it could cost several thousand dollars more. Consumer Reports Money Adviser warns that you still might be liable for out-of-pocket costs that aren't covered by either homeowners or flood coverage.
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Former Blues player and manager Ruud Gullit has told Chelsea that they have virtually no chance of retaining the Champions League title and also reckons that Roberto Di Matteo could be set for an early exit.
Di Matteo's European champions face Juventus in Turin on Tuesday and are in danger of crashing out at the group stage, with the Italian's job apparently on the line.
They are currently second in Group E, level on points with leaders Shakhtar Donetsk and one point ahead of the Italians.
But Gullit thinks the club he played for and managed will struggle to make an impact on the competition even if they go through to the last 16.
"Chelsea winning it last year was a surprise, I don't think they can do it again. They are trying to change the way they play and are having mixed results, so they will have to work very hard to reach the latter stages again," the Daily Mirror quoted Gullit, as saying.
According to the report, the Dutchman, who was at the club between 1995 and 1998 both as a player and a manager, thinks Chelsea will need some more time to experience any further European success.
"I think Chelsea can be very strong in England. Di Matteo has bought some players who are more attacking than before. They will take some time to adjust the way they play and they will go on more ups and downs before they reach the top again," he added. (ANI)


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The Illinois State Police has been unwilling to provide additional information about the death last month of a retired teacher from Bettendorf, Iowa, along Interstate 88 in Lee County.
We object.
The deceased man, Lee Catlin, 65, was found dead the morning of Nov. 13 on I-88 just west of Dixon, next to the Hoyle Road overpass, with his feet pointing toward the road.
His body was right where at least two motorists, whizzing past at interstate speeds, saw him, alive, about 12 hours beforehand, around 8:40 p.m. Nov. 12. Both called 911 and told the dispatcher that they saw a man lying alongside the roadway, waiving his arms toward traffic.
The dispatcher connected one caller, a truck driver, to Illinois State Police District 15, based in Downers Grove – the district that covers the Illinois Tollway. According to a 911 transcript, the trucker gave specific information: The man was on the eastbound side of the highway, lying near the overpass, half on the grass, half on the shoulder, near the 51.5 mile marker.
Both callers were assured that police would respond.
The police say they did respond and found nothing.
The next day at about 8 a.m., Catlin was found in the location identified by the passing motorists. By then, unfortunately, he was dead. His car was found less than a mile west of there.
What on earth happened?
A man in distress was noticed by motorists traveling at highway speeds. Yet the state police, given specific information about his location, failed to find him?
We requested information on how many police officers responded to the scene to search for Catlin, when they responded, where they looked, and how long they looked.
The incident report should contain that information.
However, the Freedom of Information Act officer for the State Police denied our request for that report, stating that the case is "an active investigation."
We assume he means a criminal investigation, which is one of the exemptions for disclosure allowed by law – even though an autopsy conducted Nov. 13 by the Lee County coroner's office determined that foul play was not a factor in the death.
Five weeks later, the public is no closer to learning the reason that police did not find Mr. Catlin until it was too late.
Why don't they want the public to know?
That is unacceptable.


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Real estate transactions for issue of 1/8/13
16th Ward
Sonata Land Co. 3 to Luck of the Irish L.P. at 91 Barry St. for $45,616.
Mary Baumgart et al. to Donald Fitzgerald at 521 Fisher St. for $3,500.
Gregory Tucciarone to Lighteningbolt#1 LLC at 2412 Patterson St. for $53,500.
Steven McLuckie to Roman Campbell at 2116 Wenke St. for $8,000.
17th Ward
Richard Locaitis to Jeffrey and William Arndt at 1924 Larkins Way for $125,200.
Matthew Simmons to Kerri Coriston at 66 Pius St. 204 for $170,000.
RAG 2 Inc. to Estate Home Builders Inc. at 1719 Sidney St. for $110,000 by sheriff's deed.
Richard Latuska to Jennifer Lauer at 1711 Wharton St. Unit 2303 for $256,000.
18th Ward
Gemstone Properties Co. to Christopher and Kristin Quick at 408 Arlington Ave. for $179,000.
Jon Replogle to RE 360 SS Partn. 10 L.P. at 979 Manton Way for $26,000.
Michael Jenkins to Errol Parker at 503 Michigan St. for $8,000.
VSV Properties LLC to Intissar LLC trustee at 433 Winton St. for $10,319.
19th Ward
Jonathan Huska to RAC Closing Services LLC at 346 Augusta St. for $106,250.
RAC Closing Services LLC to Joseph and Ruth Ann Martinelli at 346 Augusta St. for $65,000.
Bonnie Belisle Lorenzini to Daniel Dolecki at 187 Meridan St. for $146,000.
John Jeffrey Shaffer to Paul Gitnik and Gene Svrcek at Rutledge St. for $40,000.
LG Ltd. Inc. to EHD Solutions Inc. at 738 Wills St. for $46,000.
29th Ward
Christine Wacker to Sameera Philyaw at 2390 Almont Ave. for $121,250.
Alma Bersani to Daniel and Dennis Eggerton at 1611 Brownsville Road for $15,000.
Estate of Jean M aka Medvid to David Martinez and Brandy Davis at 915 Brownsville Road for $25,000.
Realty Choice Investments LLC to Leon Konigsberg et al. and Renea Konigsberg at 113-& 1/2 Kirk Ave. for $65,000.
Housing & Urban Development to Brandon Wentzel at 119 Madeline St. for $19,500.
David Welsch to Bank America NA at 328 Merritt Ave. for $3,271 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $77,337) by sheriff's deed.
Krzysztof Wasilowski to Vladimir Shabanov at 132 Nobles Lane for $4,500 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $40,950) by sheriff's deed.
Estate of Lois Henk to Cherry Hill Development Trust 100313 at 313 Sprucewood St. for $23,500.
30th Ward
Shqipe Latifi to Kevin Latimer at 331 Rochelle St. for $37,000.
Mt. Oliver
Lisa Knerr to Federal National Mortgage Assn. at 453 William St. for $1,638 by sheriff's deed.


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Top 10 countries for LEED
LEED projects can be found in over 140 countries and territories around the world and on six out of seven continents — there are no LEED projects in Antarctica, but you never know what the future holds.
To provide a better view of LEED's impact globally, we've ranked the top 10 countries for LEED outside of the U.S.. Looking at the gross square meters of certified space around the globe, we came up with the list below.
What's changed over the last year?
Canada, China and India have always led the way for LEED projects and in the last year they certified a combined total of 13 million gross square meters.
The top ten countries together, represent 61 million gross square meters of LEED-certified space. That's an increase of 41% from last year.
Brazil, which ranks seventh for LEED-certified gross square meters of space and fourth for LEED-certified projects, recently certified two stadiums in preparation for the 2014 World Cup games. They have the largest number of certified stadiums and the only platinum certified stadiums outside the U.S.


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CALGARY — Approximately a dozen people from across the country have come forward in hopes of adopting the dog that killed a newborn baby boy in Airdrie earlier this month.
"I've had probably 10 to 15 different phone calls or e-mails," said Darryl Poburan, manager of municipal enforcement for the City of Airdrie. "To get phone calls from people from Ontario and Winnipeg and other parts of the country — this story obviously went national. It's interesting to hear from all the concerned people who would like to take the dog instead of having it euthanized."
On Feb. 15 RCMP responded to a home in Airdrie, where a two-day-old child had been bitten by the family husky.
The baby was taken to Alberta Children's Hospital, but was pronounced dead 12 hours later.
The child's parents, Rob and Rhonda Fradette, have said they have no idea why their pet attacked, calling it an "unthinkable, tragic accident."
No decision has been made yet on the fate of the female husky, which is being held at a Calgary facility.
Poburan said a consultation is scheduled to take place later this week between the Fradette family and a dog behaviour specialist.
"Whatever recommendation the dog behaviour specialist makes, that's what would happen," Poburan said. "If they think the dog could be adopted out and trained, then that's what would happen. If they think the dog needs to be put down, then that's what would happen."
While the Airdrie tragedy is rare, it's not unusual for animal lovers to respond with empathy to dogs that have made the news.
Calgary Humane Society spokesperson Christy Thompson said whenever a shelter animal has been spotlighted in the media, even it's for a negative reason, people take interest.
"We've had that quite a few times," Thompson said. "Where an animal has been highlighted in any way, positively or negatively, there's a pretty high response from the public. First of all, to find out what's happening with the animal, but we also get a lot of inquiries about wanting to adopt."
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WASHINGTON — The FBI has launched a website aimed at catching bank robbers.
The website features surveillance pictures of bank robbers about whom the authorities are seeking leads and tips.
Visitors can also search for bank robbery investigations and see them plotted on a map.
Timothy Gallagher of the FBI's Washington field office says the FBI uses electronic media in so many of its cases now and the new website is simply a utilization of that technology. He says the FBI website gets a lot of Internet traffic already, and this initiative is a way to encourage people to help the FBI in solving crimes.
Digital bus shelter billboards are also going up in the District of Columbia, featuring the website address and surveillance pictures of wanted bank robbers.
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My Grandma made me laugh at the weekend but it got me wondering whether.she was rude.She and Random woman (RW) were waiting at a deli counter to be served. They each had a ticket. My Gtandma's number was.called. At the same time RW stepped forward. My Grandma explained it was her number but RW had none of it. She actually got in Grandma's face and said none too nicely that it was her number . Grandma pointed out to her "If you.had your ticket number the right wayround you would see it's my number..." RW was apologetic after that. Really was Grandma rude? The story made me laugh though.
She was rude for getting in her face. "I'm sorry that's my number" would have sufficed...I think anyway.
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Urban informal sector and unemployment in third world cities: The situation in Nigeria
AbstractThe paper examines the role of urban informal sector in unemployment and poverty reduction in Nigeria. It explains that unemployment as one of the macroeconomic problems could be reduced through the informal sector participations provided it is well supported and managed through accessibility to credit and the like. Studies that have been carried out on the informal sector explain that those caught up in urban poverty resort to the informal sector as a survival strategy. It is against this background of increasing urban poverty and decline in formal employment opportunities in Nigeria that the paper tries to look into the issues of whether or not the informal sector is a panacea or a solution to unemployment in Nigeria
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Red clay? No problem for Shelby Rogers.
Grass? Maybe the same.
Rogers already has kicked the clay off her tennis shoes and started winning matches on grass in England. The Charleston 20-year-old, who is projected to move into the world's top 140 on Monday as a result of a first-round victory in the French Open, is one win from qualifying for the WTA Tour's $235,000 Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England.
She picked up a victory over former world's 14th-ranked Eleni Daniilidou on Saturday when the 30-year-old Greek retired while trailing Rogers, 6-0, 4-1. Rogers will take on 5-2 Kurumi Nara of Japan today (9 a.m. Charleston time), with the winner advancing to the main draw of the 64-draw Birmingham tournament.
After being eliminated in the second round of the French Open, Rogers switched quickly to grass as the singles top seed in qualifying in a $75,000 ITF event in Nottingham, England, winning a three-set first-round match there. She lost her second match. She also teamed with Australian Olivia Rogowska to make the Nottingham doubles quarterfinals.
Rogers' family, mother Starley and stepfather Jim Gabrish, stayed a week in France, and were thrilled by being at courtside when Shelby posted her initial Grand Slam tournament victory. They are now back home on Daniel Island.
What's next for Shelby before returning to the USTA's national training center in Boca Raton, Fla.? She plans to play Wimbledon's qualifying tournament, according to Charleston coach Bryan Minton.
Former Wando standout Catherine Martin signed a tennis grant with Wofford on Thursday. Martin trains under Bryan Minton in Family Circle's ITA Elite Program. After helping Wando to the Class AAAA state final in 2011, Martin was online-schooled as a senior.
Minton said Martin "has developed an excellent all-around game through hard work and determination over the years and she is just now coming into her own."
Alex Martin, Catherine's older sister, spent her sophomore year at the University of South Carolina after playing for Texas in 2011-12, posting a 6-11 singles record for the Gamecocks at Nos. 5 and 6. She went 3-1 in doubles.
The Lowcountry Tennis Association added five state titles last weekend in 18-and-over league competition after earlier winning three 40-plus state crowns. Last week's state titlists were a 4.0 men's team from Mount Pleasant Rec captained by John Fanning, a 2.5 women's team from the Daniel Island Club, a 4.5 women's team from LTP Tennis, and a 5.0 women's team and 3.0 men's team from St. Andrew's.
Registration for next weekend's Pine Forest Country Club's Wounded Warrior mixed doubles tournament will close Monday. Contact Joshua Strimple (firstname.lastname@example.com) or register online at www.charlestonclassic.org. Competition will be in 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and open.
Columbia's Hayley Carte won girls 18 singles and doubles titles at the recent Belton championships to break Charleston native Ryan Young's overall Belton record of 15 titles (1994-2003). The doubles title was Carter's eighth, tying the record of Charleston native Katie Coleman (1992-2000). Summerville's Adam Elliget teamed up with Wood Benton of Spartanburg to win the boys 18 doubles crown, Elliget's sixth doubles title. Emma Navarro of Charleston was a doubles titlist in girls 14 and Jared Pratt was a winner in boys 14 doubles.
Registration opened this weekend for league tennis' summer combo doubles and will continue through June 30.
Several local players stood out in last weekend's Southern Senior Cup Team Championships in Huntsville, Ala., helping the South Carolina team to a fourth-place finish while taking the Gil Stacy Memorial Cup, which goes to the state with the most individual wins.
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So, to attempt to help the situation, I installed an after market "high-flow" air filter, and the first complete tank of gas i got almost 24MPG out of it - mixed driving, mostly stop/go city (I drive all over repairing copiers). My driving habits havent changed.. I feather-hypermile the throttle like crazy.
Is there such thing as too much hypermiling? I have been babying the throttle a lot more to get every bit more of mileage i can get.. is it too much?
I thought, maybe I'm crazy, so I started tracking my mileage last month on fuelly. It doesnt reflect my fillups with the older "stock" filters. I filled my tank again just tonight.. Its the first full tank after my last full tank which i got almost 24mpg.
Maybe I'm trying too hard and its working harder to run??
my fuelly acct: http://www.fuelly.co...zyman03/impreza
My air filter:
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DailyDirt: Making It To Mars
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
- There are a lot of stumbling blocks to getting to Mars -- such as choosing a rocket propulsion system, designing a human-friendly landing vehicle for the Martian surface, and various other problems related to bringing along everything people need to survive while still having enough fuel to do it. None of these problems sound impossible to engineer solutions for, but it'll be expensive. [url]
- NASA is working with 3D printers to create almost anything an astronaut would need while in space, without having to manufacture it before the long journey to Mars. One of the items that could be printed: pizza. (Yum. printed cheese.) [url]
- Curiosity's Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) has been collecting data on radiation levels that future astronauts might face on their journey to Mars -- and the exposure levels are nothing to sneeze at. NASA has defined some limits for its astronauts, and a trip to Mars could easily exceed those limits. [url]


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DIY Infinity Scarf
Hosted by: Westland Area Library
The event will start on: Jul 17, 2013 6:30 PM
And will end on: Jul 17, 2013 7:30 PM
Location: Westland Area Library
Address: 4740 W. Broad Street Columbus, OH 43228
DIY Infinity Scarf Scarves are all the rage! Do you love wearing them? We can teach you how to make your own for FREE!! It involves a plain or printed t-shirt and a little time. Come to our program and we will help you create your own Infinity Scarf. You can bring a t-shirt or we will have some for you to choose from. This program is for Tweens and Teens-Ages 12 and up. Registration only and this class is limited to 30. Please call 614-878-1301 ext. 232
Westland Area Library, Wednesday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m.


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Submission + - Santa Clara County Bans Happy Meal Toys (latimes.com) 2
The L.A. Times is reporting that Santa Clara County officials have voted to ban toys and other promotions that restaurants offer with high-calorie children's meals. "This ordinance prevents restaurants from preying on children's' love of toys" to sell high-calorie, unhealthful toys, said Supervisor Ken Yeager, who sponsored the measure. "This ordinance breaks the link between unhealthy food and prizes." Supervisor Donald Gage, who voted against the measure, said "If you can't control a 3-year-old child for a toy, God save you when they get to be teenagers." The vote was 3 — 2 in favor of the ban.
I guess toys, and not parents, are dictating the eating habits of the next generation. Won't somebody think of the children?


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I am still wanting to see a viable long term storage solution for the waste, with at least one example of a spent rod finding a final and safe resting place. Otherwise the tail risk of nuclear power is just a myth.
How about like the french. We reprocess what we can, and bury what we can't. Safe and Effective.
Better than the french we can use next generation feeder breeder reactors to eliminate the already minimal transportation and mechanical processing risks.
It's too bad that the only new reactors currently under construction in the US aren't using such a design.
How about like the french. We reprocess what we can, and bury what we can't. Safe and Effective.
Why like the French? We do this in Canada, Japan does it and so does South Korea. It's not exactly "new and exciting" technology, the US is the odd-man-out like usual because of nimbys and environmentalists.
Why must we always blame "the environmentalists"? Fuck, the US has less restrictive environmental regulation compared to Canada and Japan, and those countries have "the environmentalists" as well.
Maybe it's because our rotten fucking system can't build anything in a cost efficient manner, without pork? Maybe some other reason?
Why must we always blame "the environmentalists"?
When they stop being a big part of the problems, we'll stop blaming them. Ever hear of the phrase "exporting the pollution"? That's environmentalists admitting that they chased off industry.
Maybe it's because our rotten fucking system can't build anything in a cost efficient manner, without pork?
That's what you get when you make industry too expensive to operate unsubsidized. Subsidies and rent seeking long predate the environmentalist movement, but it destroyed a bunch of otherwise competitive industries.
This one can't be laid at the environmentalist's feet. The ban on re-processing is purely political and appears to be specifically to make nuclear power look much less attractive than it actually is. Follow the money.
You mean, like the French, who were TRYING to reprocess spent fuel, and abandoned the project? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superph%C3%A9nix [wikipedia.org] That was the closest that anyone came in making a commercial breeder reactor. All other programs are research programs, who are not scheduled to put out enough electricity to function as an actual commercial plant.
Breeder reactors are a bitch to work. As far as I know, there is no successful commercial program on the horizon.
Breeder reactors are a bitch to work. As far as I know, there is no successful commercial program on the horizon.
The Russians have had some luck - the BN-600 reactor has a load factor comparable to their conventional reactors. How *safe* it is I'm not sure, but the reliability's not bad for such an old design.
The French reprocessing plant is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COGEMA_La_Hague_site [wikipedia.org]
There's a list of all of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fuel_reprocessing_plant#List_of_sites [wikipedia.org]
Sorry - that was bad wording. I should have said "to build a reactor that reprocesses its own fuel", which is a breeder reactor. Reprocessing is definitely possible, but it means that you need other types of reactors to use the change in fuel. In general, reprocessing plants take spent uranium fuel rods, and then produce plutonium, MOX, or a variety of other fuels, based on the process used. In short, it doesn't solve the problem of nuclear waste, it just changes it.
Breeder reactors are a bitch to work. As far as I know, there is no successful commercial program on the horizon.
Maybe if Clinton hadn't cancelled funding for the EBR2 [wikipedia.org] in the 90s, we would have viable reprocessing reactors today and be processing existing nuclear waste.
It's like saying that there are lots of valuable mining opportunities out in the asteroid belt. It's technically true but the cost involved in taking advantage of it means no-one is really interested while there are better options.
The problem with waste consuming thorium reactors is that no-one has a proven design for a commercial scale one, and all the research ones have had major issues. When you are looking at spending billions of private and taxpayer money on a new nuclear plant it is rather hard to justify spending billions more to make it a thorium one that might run into expensive problems, especially when demand for other forms of clean energy make them a much more attractive proposition.
Reprocessing of nuclear waste doesn't have technical or economic hurdles, our reasons for not doing it are all political.
Please point to a working commercial breeder/fast breeder reactor. The french project was abandoned because its costs had ballooned way beyond projections, with constant technical problems being the main reason. If it would have worked, the French would have accepted it. But it wasn't, and so the French closed it down.
There are methods of reprocessing other than breeder reactors.
Okay, let's go for some information from a non-cartoon propaganda source. First of all, India's experimental 500MWe reactor will definitely not be going online this year. It has exceeded the sales pitch for time and money by a factor of 2, and still counting:
The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is a 500MWe fast breeder nuclear reactor presently being constructed in Kalpakkam, India.[1] The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is responsible for the design of this reactor. As of 2007 the reactor was expected to begin functioning in 2010.[2] As of April 2011, it was expected to be commissioned in 2012.[3]As of July 2012, it was expected to begin operations in 2013. As of February 2013, it was expected to begin operations in September 2014.[4] Total costs, originally estimated at 3500 crore (35 billion) Rupees are now estimated at 5,677 crore (56 billion) Rs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype_fast_breeder_reactor [wikipedia.org]
Secondly, this reactor does NOT use a thorium fuel cycle. "It will make use of MOX fuel, a mixture of PuO2 and UO2." (same link above). Rather, what it does is OUTPUT processed thorium that can be used to jump-start a later, hypothetical, thorium-based reactor. In other words: The current project is just "Stage II" in India's 3-stage nuclear program, which has taken since the 1950's to even get to this point. Stage III is now hoped to be a reality maybe around 2050:
According to replies given in Q&A in the Indian Parliament on two separate occasions, 19 August 2010 and 21 March 2012, large scale thorium deployment is only to be expected "3 – 4 decades after the commercial operation of fast breeder reactors with short doubling time".[66][31] Full exploitation of India's domestic thorium reserves will likely not occur until after the year 2050.[67]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%27s_three_stage_nuclear_power_programme#Stage_III_.E2.80.93_thorium_based_reactors [wikipedia.org]
I have yet to see a nonviable solution to storing nuclear waste. The problem is that no one wants viable, they want perfect. The standards are being set by the fearful, with the design to not really make storage safe, but to make it impossible in order to kill the industry.
The long term waste is a known quantity, and needs to be addressed. But it is nowhere nearly as pressing a concern as the global CO2 levels are.
We have to bring down the CO2 emissions dramatically, and fast. Doing this through renewable energies would be nice, but it is a pipe dream at best. At least for now. We have to go nuclear, and do so on an far more aggressive scale than we are using it now, if we are to survive long enough, to be able to harness the still elusive fusion and renewable energy bonanza, the greens and the lawmakers are still clinging to.
Solution to that is ban NIMBY environmental lawsuits from greenpeace et al that prevent the construction of a repository. Lawsuits have kept the construction or consideration of repositories from happening for literally decades. The result has been that we can't build new plants that are built to better standards and instead we built a generation of coal power plants that caused far more environmental harm.
Want to get real about helping the environment? Get greenpeace and similar anti-nuke fascists to back
It only takes 20 years because of all the governmental permits, lawsuits and protests that delay the project. Implement a strict but reasonable inspection scheme for every step of the way, and without all the other bullshit it wouldn't take more than 5 years to first criticality.
So as nice as it would be to have more nuclear energy; the window of opportunity is gone.
China [world-nuclear.org] has 17 nuclear power reactors in operation, 28 under construction, and more about to start construction.
Chinese nuclear capacity will be 58 GWe by 2020, 200 GWe by 2030, and 400 GWe by 2050.
China has been able to close 71 GWe of small inefficient coal burning power plants since 2006, cutting annual coal consumption by about 82 million tonnes and annual carbon dioxide emissions by some 165 million tonnes.
Nuclear power has the lowest deaths per TWh [nextbigfuture.com] of any form of energy -- and that includes things like Chernobyl and Fukushima, the latter of which had a curious focus given that far, far, far more people were injured, displaced, or killed by the actual tsunami as opposed to any radiation events, now or in the future.
Direct deaths from fossil fuel sources -- including even naturally occurring radiation from conventional fossil fuel energy sources -- far outstrip any deaths that have ever occurred, or even will occur with even the most extreme statistical projections, from any nuclear power source, including accidents. That's right: there are more deaths from "radiation" from the byproducts of fossil fuel sources than there are from nuclear power, including accidents and waste.
This [nytimes.com] is what we should be worried about:
"Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 percent of the global total, according to a new summary of data from a scientific study on leading causes of death worldwide. Figured another way, the researchers said, China's toll from pollution was the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population."
There is a reason China has 30 nuclear plants under construction, while the US just approved its first new plant in 30 years.
The only way they can keep the price down is to nationalize it, and even then you have to have a very specific regulatory and business culture (like France) to make it work in abundance. Otherwise, the exclusive private club financing the construction of nuclear power plants will find ways to jack up the prices, essentially holding the ratepayers hostage once the community has made a commitment to having the new plant. IOW, nuclear literally puts too much power in too few hands to the extent that it gets abused immediately.
The war mongers (neoconservatives) love nuclear power the most because while they promote the scamming of consumers at home, they spread fear about its development in any country that has not put itself up for sale to Wall St. or become a client state to US military contractors.
I've got quite a few friends who are anti-nuclear power and they constantly site Chernobyl, 3-mile Island and Fukushima...
The problem is that they refuse to travel to enjoy the fresh air [google.com]" in Beijing. I spent 3 weeks there in February, and let me tell you, after about 3 days there my nose was constantly congested. Within about 4 days of returning to the US, it cleared up. That air is not too fresh.
Also on the few days when it is clear there, the Japanese complain because all the smog has blown it's way into Japan.
Here [xkcd.com]. Refined nuclear fuel has roughly a million times as much energy per gram as any chemical source. Even counting the ore and refining, you just have to move much less stuff to get your energy - 1/100 to 1/1000 as much.
With increased safety levels, Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (a.k.a. LFTRs) would have even better results.
Then, take another step: Consider the Cost-Effectiveness of LFTRs, from construction to safe storage of waste, per Mega-KWH of electricity produced.
Now, what's the best choice, out of these 3 alternatives...?
All of this has been obvious to anyone with more than two brain cells not sold to some lobby group.
The reasons that nuclear is so disliked is not polution, it is danger. When a coal or gas plant blows up, tough luck for anyone inside. When a nuclear plant blows up, tough luck for everyone within many miles.
That, and the fact that we still don't know what to do with the radioactive waste.
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. -- James Bryant Conant


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AVONDALE, Ariz. - When the fighting stopped, the oil had dried and the last of the wrecked cars had been towed away, Brad Keselowski found himself on the brink of a first Sprint Cup title for himself and team owner Roger Penske.
AVONDALE, Ariz. � When the fighting stopped, the oil had dried and the last of the wrecked cars had been towed away, Brad Keselowski found himself on the brink of a first Sprint Cup title for himself and team owner Roger Penske.
Only he wasn�t in a celebratory mood.
He entered yesterday�s race at Phoenix International Raceway trailing five-time champion Jimmie Johnson by seven points and had the better car all day. And moments after Keselowski raced his way into the lead, a blown tire caused Johnson to crash and take his battered car to the garage for repairs.
�I wanted to take the points lead by winning a race and not relying on a failure,� Keselowski said.
It was just the beginning of the drama in the most chaotic race of the year.
�I�m more just disappointed in the quality of racing than we saw,� Keselowski said. �I thought it was absolutely ridiculous, and I was ashamed to be a part of it.�
Kevin Harvick snapped a 44-race losing streak by beating Kyle Busch on a pair of late restarts, and crossing the finish line ahead of a melee that broke out because NASCAR failed to throw a final caution flag for an oil spill on the track.
It was the final exclamation point in a sequence that included Jeff Gordon slowing his car on the track to wait for Clint Bowyer so he could intentionally wreck him as retaliation for several weeks of on-track contact between the two.
It led to a full brawl inside the garage between the crews for the two drivers, with Bowyer sprinting from his car to join the fracas. He was held back by NASCAR officials from entering Gordon�s hauler.
�It�s pretty embarrassing,� Bowyer said. �For a four-time champion, and what I consider one of the best this sport�s ever seen to act like this is pretty ridiculous.�
Both drivers and their crew chiefs were called to the NASCAR hauler for a meeting with series officials, and police officers stood outside on guard.
Gordon said he�s had problems with Bowyer all season and had reached his limit.
�Things just got escalated over the year, and I�d just had it,� he said. �Clint has run into me numerous times, wrecked me, and he got into me on the back straightaway and pretty much ruined our day. I�ve had it, fed up with it and I got him back.�
But Keselowski was livid, questioning the double-standard a week after he was criticized for racing hard on the final restarts against Johnson last week at Texas.
He could have wrecked Johnson for the victory, and three years ago he might have done just that. But Keselowski was only aggressive � yet clean � and even after losing the race was condemned by some of his fellow competitors.
Three-time champion Tony Stewart said Keselowski had �a death wish� and Kyle Busch said some drivers wouldn�t give Keselowski a break on the track because he raced Johnson too hard on the last restart.
�It�s the double standard that I spent a whole week being bashed by a half-dozen drivers about racing hard at Texas and how I�m out of control and have a death wish,� he said. �These guys just tried to kill each other � they should be ashamed. It�s embarrassing.�


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A four-month investigation by Savannah-Chatham police detectives into the thefts of vehicles from multiple dealerships resulted in the arrest of 12 people and the recovery of dozens of items taken in burglaries, thefts and auto break-ins.
Police presented charges to most of the suspects Monday. Charges included weapons offenses, burglary, theft, fleeing to elude and traffic violations, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.
Arrested were:
• Kenneth Allen, 19, of Dukes Way: burglary, providing false name to police, obstruction, theft by taking, auto; two counts of burglary, second degree; theft by taking; probation violation.
• Barsheen Lang, 21, of Glenbrook Road: commercial burglary, three counts of burglary and one of burglary second degree; two counts of criminal damage to property, first degree; two counts of theft by taking; criminal use of an article with an altered ID; possession of drug-related object for use; criminal damage to property, first degree.
• Kareem Wall, 20, of Ventura Boulevard: theft by receiving stolen property and theft by receiving stolen property, auto.
• Brandon Williams, 18, of Sheridan Drive: theft by receiving stolen property; theft by taking; speeding; reckless driving; no proof of insurance, no seat belt, adult; no permit; fleeing/attempting to elude officers, first degree; state custody hold for the Statesboro Police Department; and probation violation.
• Stephen Walker, 20, of Vermont Avenue: theft by taking, auto.
• Malik Saheed Stephens, 18, of East 38th Street: theft by receiving; fleeing to elude. Police say other charges are pending.
• Devontae Hinton, 20, of Woodhouse Lane: theft by receiving stolen auto.
• Alyscia Taylor, 18, of West 60th Street: hindering apprehension or punishment.
• Marvin Bryant, 22, of Marian Circle: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; obstruction by fleeing; three counts of burglary; three counts of theft by receiving.
• Jeffery Williams, 23, of Auburn Street: theft by receiving stolen property; use of a firearm by a convicted felon in the commission of a crime; fleeing to elude; obstruction; contempt of court; seven counts of theft by receiving.
• Derrick A. McDaniel, 25: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; theft by receiving stolen property, firearm; obstruction; loitering or prowling; reckless driving; two counts driving with a suspended or revoked license; two counts of leaving an accident while failing to provide aid or information; probation violation.
• Jawyan Pringle, 30: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; obstruction of an officer with injury; conspiracy to violate the controlled substance act; and two counts of probation violation.
All suspect were also charged with violating Georgia's Street Gang/Terrorism Prevention Act, Miller said.
Central Precinct detectives, with help from Downtown Precinct detectives, began the investigation after five vehicles were stolen following a burglary at Vaden Nissan in Statesboro, Miller said. Police started recovering the cars in Savannah, some of which were being used by perpetrators of other crimes, he said.
Soon, other burglaries were being committed in Savannah, where keys were being stolen and vehicles taken from premises, Miller said.
Two vehicles were taken from Dan Vaden Nissan on Nov. 6; two more from Dan Vaden on Nov. 9; nine from Fuller Chevrolet in Rincon on Nov. 20; 14 from Savannah Toyota on Dec. 7; an undetermined number stolen from Grainger Nissan in Garden City on Dec. 24; and one stolen from Critz Buick-GMC on Jan. 3, Miller said.
Some were recovered immediately, found hidden in parking lots of apartment complexes and along residential streets, Miller said, adding that some of the others were used for crimes.
Police received information confirming the alleged thieves were using them for criminal purposes and, in some cases, selling or leasing the keys to others, Miller said.
Police recovered all the vehicles, but not before some of them were damaged in crashes.
The investigation also led to the recovery of stolen items, including firearms, computers, large-format televisions, electronic games, iPods, digital cameras and 15 smartphones, Miller said. Also recovered were prescription pills, cocaine and marijuana, he said.
Metro police began making arrests Dec. 27 and eventually took 12 people into custody.
The arrests included one of two men in a pickup pursued into Savannah by Liberty County authorities in which a metro patrol car was rammed and the truck overturned on the Armstrong Atlantic State University campus. A stolen gun and another weapon and stolen items were recovered from the wreckage, Miller said.
Two were arrested after a foot pursuit and police canine search on Critz property grounds, he said.
Miller said detectives are continuing to investigate the crimes associated with those charged and anticipate the numbers of crimes, crime types and suspects to grow.
Pick up Tuesday's Savannah Morning News for more on this story.


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Society Scene Broward Week of April 18, 2012
Kids Ecology Corps' Eco-action Learning Director, Lee Gottlieb, explains how the mangrove propagules leaves grow to fourth grade students in S.O.L.A.R. Club at Embassy Creek Elementary School located in Cooper City. Kids Ecology Corps is a nonprofit organization that provides eco-action community service programs for children and adults. For more information, visit www.KidsEcologyCorps.org.
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Imagine the cost of getting a world famous architect — say, Frank Gehry or Zaha Hadid — to design a rug for your home. How much would that cost? For an answer that might surprise you, look to Arzu Studio Hope, a U.S. nonprofit organization that has launched 10 hand-knotted wool rugs designed by Gehry, Hadid, Michael Graves, Robert A.M. Stern and others.
The Masters Collection is produced by highly skilled female weavers in the remote, poverty-stricken province of Bamyan, Afghanistan. Each made-to-order rug takes six to nine months to produce and is sold as a numbered piece, with an artist statement and information about the weavers who made it.
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The following partial list of park rules and regulations is provided to help ensure that your visit with us is as safe and enjoyable as possible. A comprehensive list is posted at each park for your convenience. If the park has camping, specific camping regulations are available at the park office. Please be responsible for the safety of yourself and your family.
To contact our Safety Section directly, e-mail: email@example.com.
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It is Fur Rondy time here in Alaska in Late February. Fur Rondy is a tradition that is over 75 years strong. While this may not sound like a long time for some people it is considered a very long time by Anchorage standards. I took this pano on top of the Big Air Expo ramp for a bird's eye view of the festivities.
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 710,231 residents (as per the 2010 United States Census) live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska is the least densely populated state of the U.S.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska


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Rants on Cycling and on Life:
Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera
One of my favorite things about DC, when I did a quick glance of the pic, I thought it was taken in Europe somewhere... Italy? France? Then I spotted the Chevy Truck and realized, nope DC. I miss that city more than I ever expected.
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Bukavu is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated on the border with Rwanda. This locale has left it hard hit by some of the recent political unrest.
Get in
You can reach Bukavu from Rwanda via the borders of Cangungu, from Burundi via the border of Uvira, and from Goma via Lake Kivu or by Road. Due to unresolved wars that continue to this day, as well as the massive crossing of goods over the Rwanda/DRC border, the border crossings can take a great deal of time, as well bribes. Do not approach expecting to be able to buy a visa at the border. Have it beforehand and also be prepared to wait and still possible bribe.
Get around
Bukavu is mainly a dollar economy, so plan to use Congolese francs only for small purchases. For shopping, check out the SuperMarket Asante, between the Mayor building and SONAs, in front of the Bukavu Cathedral.
For lunch and dinner, try the Cafe and Restaurant Asante at Supermarket Asante, located between the Mayor Building and SONAS.
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Steven Jovetic has already had what most sportsmen would term as a 'battling career' - despite being at the tender age of 23.
In a warm-up game leading into the 2010-2011 season, the Montenegrin forward suffered a horrific knee injury, which caused the striker to miss the entirety of the following campaign.
However, Jovetic has shown enormous mental and physical character to fight his way back to full fitness, and has been putting in some pivotal performances for his club, Fiorentina - performances which have not gone unnoticed. Jovetic has scored 12 goals this season in the Seria A, with his clinical finishing and phenomenal ball control proving to be a consistent threat to the opposition.
His direct style of play was particularly apparent in the World Cup Qualifier against England, which only helped to further his reputation. Clubs such as Arsenal and Manchester City have been reportedly tracking the young forward, and whilst he remains committed to La Viola's cause, he has implied a potential move away from Florence this summer. According to the Daily Express, Jovetic stated: "I just think about getting Fiorentina into Europe... In June, we'll see."
Should Jovetic decide that a move to the Premier League is the best destination in order to further his career, there will be intense speculation as to which team would be best suited to his talents.
A move to Manchester City would prove to be enticing, due to their newfound riches, and ability to consistently challenge for titles - however, if he were to move to the Emirates and join Arsenal, there is a far higher chance of Jovetic experiencing first-team football on a regular basis, which is arguably what a young striker needs.
Either way, a move to one of Europe's elite is certainly not out of reach for such an immensely talented player.
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MPs have rubber-stamped plans for tougher financial services regulation after approving the final version of the financial services bill.
MPs' approval of the bill followed amendments proposed by the House of Lords to broaden the mandates of the regulatory bodies created by the legislation, the Financial Times has reported. The changes included handing the FCA a mandate to ensure access to financial services.
Under the bill, the Financial Services Authority will be abolished and replaced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)and Prudential Regulation Authority. It will now go to the Queen for royal assent.
The bill hands the FCA authority over benchmarks such as Libor, while the Bank of England will be granted greater discretion to wind up of rescue failing investment groups.
Treasury Select Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie earlier this week warned that the amendments to the bill were being rushed through parliament.


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Monday, December 22, 2008
Our Family's Christmas Photos: 1945 - 1960
Riddle: What did the salt say to the pepper?
Olden Times
Grampy and I have all the photos from our parents, also all those of his Grandmother Pike and my Grandmother Trout.
Grampy says:
There are no Christmas photos in my family, and no traditions that I can recall. I remember great presents one year, 1952, when I was a 5th grader living at 48 North St. in Portland ME. I got an erector set, a chemistry set and ice skates. Dad must have had a really good year.
When I was 13 and living in the country in Gorham, ME I went in the woods behind our house and cut a Christmas tree, then made popcorn strings and construction paper chains to decorate it.
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Neither of my parents had any Christmas photos of them as children, and the few from my childhood were taken by an uncle and aunt if they came by on Christmas Day. They had no children, but had a good camera and used expensive color film.
Traditions I remember:
-singing carols with my grandmother at the piano
-opening one present on Christmas Eve
-decorating the tree and the living room with much red and green construction paper and crayon artwork
-getting a Christmas doll (even though I never cared for dolls after I learned to read, and they stayed untouched until next Christmas when they were carted up to the attic, then replaced).
-a new book from my grandmother. Her favorites were nature or animal books such as Thornton Burgess, Walter Farley's Black Stallion or Island Stallion series, Albert Terhune dog books, or the Lucy Fitch Perkins twins series, Augusta Stevenson's childhood of famous Americans series, or Gene Stratton Porter. My parents didn't allow Bobbsey Twins or Nancy Drew (they weren't in the library, either), and no interesting books that I knew of were being written for girls. Of course I read all of Laura Ingalls Wilder many times from the library.
Photo: 1955
Another few years and that stocking will touch the floor!
Notice the red and green construction paper Christmas banner with cut-out letters.
-my Christmas Stocking was a major present. It was one of my long tan ribbed lisle (cotton given a silky texture by mercerizing) stockings, held up with that instrument of torture, a garter belt, which I wore nearly all year long. Schools didn't allow girls to wear pants back then, even though boys wore flannel lined corduroy, thick knee socks and gum boots (greenish rubber knee-high boots that laced at the top) to school in winter. I walked to school, so my legs froze all the time, as these stockings weren't very thick or warm. They were, however, very stretchy, which made a great Christmas stocking. The same stocking was used each year, since it never recovered its shape after the first year's load of goodies.
Santa, a.k.a. my grandmother, always filled my stocking by spending money she couldn't afford from her tiny WW I soldier's widow's pension. The stocking was so long it would have cost a fortune to fill, so she improvised. Since it was thumb-tacked to the fireplace mantle, to make it appear full after it was filled she turned over a cuff at the top to whatever length was needed before re-tacking it. It always had new shiny pennies and a huge navel orange in the toe, hard candy, ribbon candy, peach blossom candy (peanut butter filling in a thin crunchy hard candy shell), a roll of Life-Savers, a popcorn ball, homemade cookies, gold-colored foil-covered chocolate coins in a little gold-colored mesh bag, a new pencil and walnuts in the shell.
You may think this was a lot of candy, but remember, it was only twice a year that I had any candy at all, at Christmas and Easter, since I couldn't go trick-or-treating. Also, one of my parents' rules was that I could only eat one piece a day, and the candy cane had to be broken up into several day's worth. Sticking out of the top of the stocking was a candy cane and best of all - a rolled up comic book!
My parents didn't allow 'funny books' (as comic books were called back then) in the house, or even for me to read them, but each Christmas a miracle occurred and they were overcome by the power of Santa. Apparently they felt that one "Little Lulu" a year wouldn't rot my mind too badly. I could happily have read one a day (or one an hour) for my entire childhood.
My best childhood memories are from my grandmother's kind, loving heart - not only on Christmas but every day that she lived.
Dad and I on my new sled in the dooryard.
Same sled, same coat, different snow.
1948 My grandmother and I (age 6, 1st grade). Mom got her first pressure cooker, later to blow its top and peel the paint off the ceiling over the stove, throwing a thin layer of food in all directions.
I'm 7, in 2nd grade. Note my trusty steed Silver in the background, also the Buckaroo board game.
I'm 8 years old, in 3rd grade.
This year's doll, "Bonnie Braids", is Dick Tracy's baby in the newspaper comic strip ('the funnies' or 'funny papers' as we called them), the only doll I asked for. Also a toy typewriter and "Go to the Head of the Class", a great board game. I loved playing it with Ruth, my favorite cousin.
You can see how thrilled I am to get 3 dolls this year. The tiny one is from the "Dolls of All Nations" monthly series at the A & P Supermarket.
I'm in 5th grade. The fireplace mantel was always a catch-all. Mail, pipe tobacco, knick-knacks, one mitten or glove, seasonal decorations, etc. The picture and motto were brought by my grandmother from New Jersey when she bought the house in 1937.
I'm a 6th grader, holding a new camera instead of a doll!
Click on this photo to enlarge it, and see Foley's Ice Cream Stand out of the window, a Route One landmark for many years.
On top of the piano is a stack of 78 rpm record albums and my View-Master.
My new board game Edu-Quiz was battery powered - when the wire was touched to the right answer, a tiny red light bulb lit up.
I'm a 7th grader. The top of the piano was as much of a catch-all as the fireplace mantle!
Mom wearing a fancy "dress-up" or "company" apron, which was put on after the cooking was done in a work apron.
I'm in 8th grade.
The only photo of my Grandmother Trout with her grandchildren.
Notice the Hews Body Co. calendar on the wall. Dad worked there for several years. It was on St. John St. in Portland, between the rotary at the end of the bridge into Portland and Union (train) Station.
I'm a 14-year-old freshman, (9th grade) going to a Christmas school dance. My dress had a shiny gold medallion pattern all over and a gold plastic belt.
We've only had a television set for a year and a half.
Rob rented a dinner jacket for the school Christmas formal - the Snow Ball.
Back in the days of 'going steady,' his and hers shirts were sold. These had a modern paisley print.
I crocheted these mittens, labeled His, Hers and Ours (a large one with no thumbs and 2 cuffs).
Riddle answer: Season's Greetings
Posted by GenealogyGrammy at 6:57 PM
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I remember playing with those blue mittens: His, hers & ours"
The picture of Great-grampy & you on the sled is the only time I've ever seen him smile with his own teeth!
I only remember him with dentures.
The 5th grade photo of you with a book is such a natural pose. You can still be caught in that same exact position!
- December 25, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Those mittens are absolutely precious! Do you still have the pattern? What a wonderful post. How young were you two when you got married?
- January 2, 2009 at 1:15 AM
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