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Lindenwood University has announced that Dr. Anthony Clark will become the new director of its Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment (ISEE) beginning on July 1. The founding director, Dr. Kenneth Chilton, is retiring from the university.
"Dr. Chilton laid a strong foundation for ISEE at Lindenwood University, and we deeply appreciate what he has accomplished," said Dr. James D. Evans, Lindenwood president. "We know that Dr. Clark will further enhance this valuable program."
Clark has a doctorate in resource and development economics from the University of Missouri. He taught economics at Lindenwood during the spring semester and will become an associate professor of management in July.
He has taught courses in economics, entrepreneurship, and accounting previously. Clark also was an economist in the telecommunications department of the Missouri Public Service Commission (a division of Missouri's Department of Economic Development.)
"ISEE programs will continue to uphold the basic premise that, under most circumstances, the market system works better as an organizing principle than does any available alternative," said Clark. "This principle applies to environmental issues as well as other important issues facing our economy."
In addition to continuing the Economic Policy Lecture Series that has become a staple on the Lindenwood University campus over the past six years, Clark says he will seek to take ISEE's message out into the community. He plans to develop a series of presentations that highlight the importance and usefulness of economics in everyday life. He also will continue to produce and co-host (with the Division of Management) the local cable television program "Focus on Business."
Clark further plans to expand the economics course offerings at Lindenwood, with the end goal of establishing an undergraduate economics major. He said he envisions conducting select research projects of local or regional relevance--projects that could serve as vehicles for increased collaboration between the university and the community, as well as educational opportunities for Lindenwood students.
Chilton will continue as an adjunct fellow at the institute.
"Since I have been involved with environmental policy issues for three decades now, I appreciate this opportunity to continue to share my views with students and policymakers," Chilton said.


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Yesterday I went down to Modesto to see the San Jose Giants season opener. The baby Giants roster features their 2011 1st and 2nd round draft picks (Joe Panik and Andrew Susac), 2010 2nd round pick Jarrett Parker as well as 2011 SAL all-stars Shawn Sanford and Adam Duvall. On the other side, Modesto started 2009 1st round pick Tyler Matzek who was one of the biggest enigmas in the minors last year, as well as 2010 1st round draft pick Kyle Parker and 2011 SAL All-star Corey Dickerson.
The most impressive prospect was probably Matzek, who struck out 7 in 4.2 innings and was pulled after 85 pitches. He pitched well, striking out the side twice and had his pitch count elevated by a Cristhian Adames throwing error in the first.
On the Giants side, Joe Panik looked good. He made two very nice defensive plays — one leaping to catch a ball, and one ranging to his right, spinning, and making an off balance throw. Offensively, he did a good job of grinding out at bats, which led to him drawing two walks including one that saw him battle back from a 1-2 hole by fouling off tough pitches. He also hit the ball that Adames made the error on, which was likely affected by his speed up the line.
On the other hand, Susac and Duvall had rough introductions to the Cal League. They both had the hat trick at the plate, and had issues defensively. Susac got charged with an error after dropping a pop-up. Duvall, meanwhile, had his range tested in the 9th and did not look great. It is still early and both can and likely will improve, especially Susac as he has a good defensive reputation.
Jarrett Parker had an interesting game. He threw out Kyle Parker trying to stretch a single into a double, and hit the first Giants HR, but also struck out, which was his major problem last season. One thing I did find interesting is that he played RF with Ryan Lollis playing CF. Parker was regarded as a good defensive CF coming out college, but played RF last year in deference to Gary Brown. I thought with Brown moving up they might try Parker back up the middle, but apparently he's mainly a corner OF now.
Speaking of players who have a problem with strikeouts, Ricky Oropesa had a solid game. He singled to CF off Matzek in the first, and showed a solid ability to work the count, but also ended up with 2 K's. He has upside as a three-true-outcomes type player, but his biggest key will be translating his strong raw power into game power, as well as not learning bad habits in the hitter-friendly Cal league.
Lastly, Shawn Sanford had a very solid start. He had some jitters initially walking the first batter of the game, but he calmed down and did not walk anyone else. While he wasn't overpowering, he did a good job of keeping the ball on the ground (9/4 GO/AO) and he really seemed to settle into a groove into the middle innings.
All in all it was an interesting game, but you could definitely tell it was the first game of the year. The San Jose Giants may not have the star power that AA Richmond has, but they should be an interesting team to follow throughout the year.

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I'm waiting for a Lenovo T61 Laptop with a Core 2 Duo T9300 and 2GB RAM to show up and had a couple questions.
1) As of right now, planning on installing 7 i386, but was considering CURRENT. I wanted to see ask opinions on this. I haven't used FreeBSD before (tried in VirtualBox but couldn't get the networking to work, even with trying everything I read online). I have, however, used Linux for about 9 years, so I'm not completely new to using a UNIX-like system, and I know the risks of using a non-release version, but I like having a little more bleeding-edge. Currently, I use Debian testing. I realize that FreeBSD != Linux, which is why I'm asking for input.
I'm going with i386 because I've used both 64-bit and 32-bit and haven't really seen much difference except that the 64-bit can be a PITA sometimes when trying to use 32 bit programs. But, again FreeBSD != Linux, so can I get input on that, as well?
2) How does FreeBSD do on dual-cores? Will it effectively use both cores?
I greatly appreciate any input and I'm really looking forward to finally using FreeBSD.
with FreeBSD 7 you can use Dual Core system , without config kernel and you do not need compile kernel.
>and I know the risks of using a non-release version, but I like having a little more bleeding-edge.
You don't need this kind of bleeding edge, it's sometimes a must with Linux to get the lastest software, which depends on the lastest kernel, running but in $BSD there isn't such an influence. So yes it's nice to have the latest drivers and so on, but you usually want usable drivers too ;-) So in my opinion FreeBSD 7 stable (RELENG_7) is the way to go. There you will get quality to some degree but also the latest MFCed code.
>How does FreeBSD do on dual-cores? Will it effectively use both cores?
Yes FreeBSD 7 scales rather good while using multiple cores.
--> http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scal...%20Preview.pdf <--
use UNIX or die :-)
1) I think you would do just fine sticking to 7. By bleeding-edge, with respect to linux, I believe you are referring to application not necessarily the system itself. FreeBSD Current is the system development which is necessarily tied to the applications. There are except such as when a application depends on something that is only in the Current system.
FreeBSD application are in the ports tree and there is only one offical ports tree.
Now, if I'm wrong and you like running a system where new things are being added to or removed from the kernal and system and one day it may work and then you build the next day and it may not then yeah you want Current.
2) Don't know. I use dual processors haven't upgraded to dual core ones yet.
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -Philip K. Dick
I want to thank you both for your replies. I appreciate it greatly. That link had some good info. Thank you for that. Another question that I just thought of. I've gotten spoiled the last couple years with the whole automounting of external hard drives and flash drives. I did a quick search on here and on Google and all I could find was about how to make GNOME or KDE do it. I use Xfce (I like keeping my system lightweight and I just like it, too). Is there a way to do the automount in Xfce? If I have KDE installed and have it configured for automounting, will that make it work in Xfce, as well? If not, no big deal. I'm in no way scared of command line. In fact, I always have at least one terminal window open at all times (actually, I've started using Yakuake...great app, I think), and I've got no problem using mount/umount when I need to. After all, I did it for years. Actually, that reminds me how surprised I was the first time I didn't have to mount something myself.
Though, on the other hand, I have to admit, sometimes it's fun when things break. I actually enjoy trying to figure something out. But, for a computer I plan on using a lot, stability is #1. If I can throw in having a few new things, too, then cool. But, having a stable OS is the most important to me (I'm trying hard not to start ranting about how Ubuntu got--I won't touch them with a 10' poll anymore).
How often do they update programs in the ports tree?
For automounting you'll want to check out HAL, I use Openbox w Thunar and automount works fine once you get HAL installed and configured.
As for how often is the port tree updated. It's updated daily Which ports and how fast they are updated depend on the maintainer of the port itself.
You can check out http://www.freshports.org/ and even get notification of what ports are updated daily.
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -Philip K. Dick
>so the ports usually are very current.
They are indeed most of the time bleeding edge.
use UNIX or die :-)
>>so the ports usually are very current.
> They are indeed most of the time bleeding edge.
I count that as a bug, and not a feature, actually. But we've been round that before.
I just want to thank everyone for the replies. Seems like everything I was looking for is there. I appreciate all of ya'lls help. Thank you very much. Again, I'm really looking forward to getting FreeBSD up and running.
I have run up to 8 cares on FreeBSD. It scales wonderfully.
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I've run Gentoo unstable, Debian Etch, FreeBSD stable, and now run Debian Sid. I love FreeBSD and Debian, but lack of KDE 4 keeps me from migrating one of my boxes to FreeBSD. Anyway, I agree with one of the posters who mentioned that you use Debian Sid for the latest application releases rather than latest base. Often times, the base should be stable rather than bleeding edge. The apps on the other hand can be the latest and greatest. Ports is generally very up to date and stays that way, so I'd stick with FreeBSD stable.
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GrandCentral, that I use with a bunch of my startup friends, and so far very happy with the service. I myself started using the GrandCentral Service as far back as 2006. Now GrandCentral is planing for a new release according to blog post by co-founder Craig Walker. He mentions that while he cannot divulge the details, for us to expect great many things. At the same time, Craig is asking for requests, feature requests, from you.
I got the news via Andy Abramson's VoIP Watch
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Short review: They have some of the most adorable teens here, not to mention the yearning and burning that's going on between their legs to show you just how much the puberty bug bit them. The quality was high through pictures and videos, and this site is definitely made for those running a higher connection speed. Not a lot of material, but what is here will have you smiling and stroking!
Content Amount: The numbers aren't off of the chart, in fact, they aren't very high at all, and there were questions I had in regards to just how often their updates are actually done, even though it's promised to be regularly. No real extras to spruce things up.


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A day in London with Storksak
A day in London with Storksak
2015-05-01 - We asked our favourite London mum, and creator of Mother Pukka, Anna Whitehouse to spend a day out in her hometown and share her hotspots while using her Storksak + Bugaboo bag to cart around nappies, lippy, and a spare digestive or two.
Fashion writer (she's worked for Grazia, Time Out and Stylist) and mother Anna Whitehouse recently founded Mother Pukka – a blogzine 'for people who happen to be parents'. With honest comment, reviews of everything from baby raves to babycinnos and vlogs – the latest one showed how to rock the playground-friendly version of the 70s trend– it's about showing people that having kids is not the end, just the beginning. Here she shows us her favourite London spots.
Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibition
While the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibition is everything I'd hoped for and more – think 200 examples of the fashion God's finest work – we love hanging out in the V&A's John Madjeski Garden with a soya cappuccino (plus requisite babycinno) and a slab of their freshly-baked Victoria sponge. Big plus to this vast courtyard: The water feature is perfect for some kid splashing while you grab that caffeine fix.
The exhibition runs until 2 August 2015; Vam.ac.uk
Alice in Wonderland High Tea
High Tea has truly become 'a thing' in the last few years – from popping candy popsicles to rum-infused scones, it's all gone a bit mad. But for the most beautiful spread in town, my daughter and I head to the Conrad St James for the Alice in Wonderland High Tea. Think queen of tarts, 'eat me' macaroons and toadstool cakes that'll redefine how you eat cake.
From £35 per person; afternoontea.co.uk
Angie's Little Food Shop
This recently-opened brunch spot in Chiswick delivers the perfect brunch line-up. Think mushed avocado and poached eggs on toast, freshly-flipped pancakes and the best coffee in West London. That's not to mention the array of cakes – from coffee and walnut mini loafs to perfectly-baked raisin scones – that'll give you the ultimate sugar high.
Aesop, Lamb's Conduit Street
For Scandinavian-style boutiques and cool accessory shops, Lam's Conduit Street in London's Holborn offers welcome respite from all the chaotic city madness around Oxford Street. Even better, my favourite organic beauty brand, Aesop has just landed here - the Parsley Seed Facial Cleanser fixes everything.
Trellick Tower
While I love heading to the park with my daughter, I'm always looking for new ways to branch out beyond the swings. The 31-storey Trellick Tower in Westbourne Grove is a grade II listed building and has become beloved of movie crews and photographers looking for a gritty backdrop. It was the location for the film Shopping with Jude Law and Sadie Frost, while Damon Albarn used it in his music videos. We love it for the incredibly vibrant graffiti alone.
5 Golbourne Road, Kilburn, London W10 5PL
The Dove
One of my favourite London walks is along the Thames from Chiswick to Fulham. Along with beautiful views of the Thames, this route offers up a host of incredible pubs along the way. My favourite by far is The Dove – it was the favoured pub of Charles II and Tommy Cooper and serves up a mean beef roast with all the quintessentially British trimmings.
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Yolanda Foster is finally opening up about two health scares that nearly destroyed her life.
The fourth wife of music producer David Foster — and the newest member of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" — says she broke her back in three places while giving birth to son Anwar 13 years ago.
"They gave me potassium, which induces the contractions, and my son had an allergic reaction," she reveals exclusively to The Post.
"His heartbeat stopped. And rather than waiting to do an emergency C-section, I kind of pushed him out in a panic. I ripped my lower back and had to have a triple fusion."
The former Dutch supermodel admits the youngest of her three children "probably wouldn't have made it" had she not raced to complete the delivery.
The physical trauma left Foster, 48, bedridden for more than a year and led to what she calls "a terrible bout with depression."
"I have a huge scar on my stomach," she reveals. "And [my son] always looks at it and says 'That was me, right?'
"It was really a struggle. A lot tougher than getting on the Beverly Hills Housewives."
Just a few years later, Foster faced her own mortality again when doctors discovered a tumor on her thyroid.
"My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thank God she is still alive today. But it has been in the family," she says.
Surgery eventually revealed the growth to be benign, and Yolanda — who was raised on a farm in Holland — dodged another bullet.
"But I did have a scare and all the drama that comes with it," she admits.
The product of a lower-income family, Foster lost her father when she was just 7.
"From an early age on I had a strong sense of having to provide for my family," she says.
At 13, the blooming beauty took her first job as a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant. Three years later, she was discovered by modeling icon Eileen Ford.
"I am just a normal girl from next door who has always worked hard and didn't get anything for free in life," she says.
But in 2003, Yolanda did walk away from her 8-year marriage to developer Mohamed Hadid with a $6 million Malibu mansion, more than $3 million in cash and $10,000 in monthly spousal support.
The payments ended when she married Foster, 62, last November.
Yolanda says she agreed to join "Real Housewives" this year after previously turning down an invitation at the beginning of Season 2.
Despite a pre-existing relationship with Lisa Vanderpump (who she knew through Hadid), Foster says she is closest to fellow newcomer Brandi Glanville.
"Some of the other girls, they right away started having issues with me," she says. "Some of them I never had an in-depth conversation with."
This won't be Foster's first foray into unscripted television.
She can be seen in Holland on the reality series "Hollywood Vrouwen" (Hollywood Women), about a group of Dutch women who live extravagant lives in Los Angeles.


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Baltimore City firefighters were called to two fires Thursday morning amid the snow storm, but a spokesman said call volumes were lower than usual.
Firefighters were called to the 1200 block of North Decker Avenue and the 2600 block of Greenmount Avenue, where firefighters had some difficulty getting into the house because snow blocked the doors, said fire spokesman Ian Brennan.
"We haven't had any reports of anything freezing," he said, referring to fire hydrants. He said residents — in addition to sidewalks — should clear areas around fire hydrants to make them accessible in case of a fire.
In preparation for the storm, he said, the department placed additional units on call, including an engine, truck, and eight medic units.
"During these types of emergencies, there's the potential for more, multiple car accidents. … It will allow us to respond without as much of a drain" to resources, he said.


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Ivan Martinetti needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 118 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
BlueTurtle is a new company that is directing its efforts on raising awareness about and working towards the elimination of PLASTIC marine debris, specifically in the North Pacific Gyre known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. BlueTurtle will be focused on education, source elimination and cleanup of our oceans and beaches.
Our target demographics includes just about anybody concerned with the environment, plastic pollution, endangered species impacted by it (i.e. turtles, albatrosses, etc). Logo MUST be designed to appeal to as wide of an audience as possible.
Design should have two components:
1. a UNIQUE and DISTINCTIVE logo image of a sea-turtle communicating our mission (see overview).
2. a UNIQUE and DISTINCTIVE logo for the brand name "BlueTurtle" (the two words must be physically written as one with a design solution clearly discerning the two, whether by capitalization or some other effect). Font, size, alignment, orientation, placement and color(s)/shade(s) should all be primarily in the function of communicating our mission.
The design should be clean, simple, effective, attention-grabbing and instantly communicate our mission to any viewer, regardless of their age, sex, language, geographic location - whether they are interested in and/or sympathetic to our mission or not.
NOTE: If a design gives our test audience any association to any existing corporate heraldics (JetBlue, for example), your design will not be appropriate.
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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (LSCC) Drops 5.17% on January 15Equities Staff Follow |
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (LSCC) was one of the Russell 2000's biggest losers for Friday January 15 as the stock slid 5.17% to $4.40, a loss of $-0.24 per share. Starting at an opening price of $4.50 a share, the stock traded between $4.33 and $4.57 over the course of the trading day. Volume was 3.41 million shares over 15,564 trades, against an average daily volume of 2.59 million shares and a total float of 117.91 million.
The losses send Lattice Semiconductor Corporation down to a market cap of $518.78 million. In the last year, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has traded between $7.66 and $3.25, and its 50-day SMA is currently $5.71 and 200-day SMA is $5.37.
Lattice Semiconductor Corp designs, develops and markets programmable logic products and related software. It also provides design services, customer training, field engineering and technical support.
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is based out of Hillsboro, OR and has some 784 employees. Its CEO is Darin G. Billerbeck.
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Residents will get a chance to air their views Jan. 23 before a final vote on pay raises for the next Terrebonne Parish Council and president.
Residents will get a chance to air their views Jan. 23 before a final vote on pay raises for the next Terrebonne Parish Council and president.
The council, acting as its Budget and Finance Committee, voted 8-1 Monday night to approve the recommendation to raise its members' salaries. A recommendation to increase the parish president's pay passed unanimously.
Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet recommended the two ordinances, noting that raises would not take effect until after newly elected officials take office in 2016.
Claudet will not benefit from the raise; he must leave office at the end of 2015 because the Home Rule Charter imposes a two-term limit on parish presidents.
"I'm the one who is bringing this forward," he said during the meeting. "Not one council member has spoken to me about this. It's just my belief after being here four years that it takes a real serious commitment of both time and energy to perform these duties and do them well. Again, it is not for this council, it is for the future."
Council members' annual salaries would rise from $12,660 to $17,064. That's an increase of $4,404 or 41 percent. An exception is the council chairperson, whose yearly salary would rise from $14,244 to $19,200. That's up $4,956 or about 35 percent.
The nine members' raises combined would cost taxpayers an extra $40,188 a year.
It would be the members' first pay raise since 1998.
The parish president's salary has remained at $75,782 since 2005. Claudet has recommended a separate ordinance that would set the salary at the average of Terrebonne's three other parishwide elected officials: the sheriff, clerk of court and assessor. Unlike the council members' salaries, the parish president's would be adjusted yearly to reflect that average.
Parish officials said those three positions each earn more than $100,000 a year.
A public hearing will be held during a council meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 23 on the second floor of the Government Tower, Main and Gabasse streets in Houma. The council will cast a final vote on the matter during the same meeting.
Councilman Pete Lambert, who cast the sole vote against the council members' raises Monday, said their pay increase isn't necessary; however, he is in favor of one for the parish president.
Lambert said he expects the measure will be voted down when it's brought to a public hearing Jan. 23 and said if council members are in it for the money they are in the wrong business.
"I'd do this job for nothing," he said in an interview this morning. "Everything I make from this job I donate it back to charity. I've always done this and will do so until I leave the council. What everyone else does is up to them."


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Once again the Evansville Assoc. of Wabash Men completed a great project for WABASH DAY, our 8th successful year. The ECHO Health Clinic Pediatric and Prenatal facility had 5 exam rooms that desperately needed repainting. ECHO is a not-for-profit health care provider to the indigent and underinsured in the Evansville area and would rather use its funds for its patients than to hire a painting crew, especially since if professional painters were hired the clinic would have to close while the work was done.
WABASH DAY offered the perfect solution. Peter DeYoung, Eric Strehl '91 and his son Jared, Paul Parkinson, Joe Armentano, Mark Schnepper and Thom Liffick gave up their Saturday to completely repaint the 5 exam rooms in bright, vibrant (some would say loud) colors. Through Herculean effort the drab tan rooms were transformed into cheerful inviting spaces for kids and their families. Thanks to all the participants of this year's event. I want to particularly thank Eric Strehl for sticking with me the last 3 hours so that the job could be completed in order to be ready for patients Monday morning.


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Here are the results of last week's poll.
- In the Bedroom (2001)
- The Insider (1999)
- The Quiet American (2002)
- Quills (2000)
In the Bedroom wins and goes into my queue.
Here's the deal: every week, I will be calling for suggestions of films to be added to my Netflix queue. Each person makes one suggestion and one alternate (in case I have seen one of your suggestions). The next week, when I call for new suggestions, we begin a one-week voting period to select the film to be placed immediately into my Netflix queue to be reviewed the weekend after (because I'll already have my Netflix queue selections for the coming weekend). Then, you'll find out what I thought in my weekly Morning After feature on Monday morning.
Sometimes a genre gets stuck in the rotation and it makes for a rough viewing schedule. Starting this week, I'm going to be asking for suggestions that fit a specific genre so each week can be a bit spicy. The genre or event listed each week will be posted at the end of this post.
To help decide what to pick, here is a list of what I've seen (or at least that I have personally logged).
Full List of Films I've Seen (updated through 3/10/11; a small number of titles may be missing still)
Here's what you need to post today (and through next Wednesday):
- Below, please provide your suggestions to add to my Netflix queue.
- Next, please rate each of the following entries in order of preference. Item 1 will be most preferred, 2 next most preferred and so forth.
- An Education (2009)
- Frozen River (2008)
- In the Valley of Elah (2007)
- A Single Man (2009)
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The Hotel Albatross is a run-down, small 'pub' in the rural town of Black in the Australian outback. The book is written from the perspective of one of the female owners. The vast majority of the book is full of little anecdotes about characters who frequent the pub, like Bev, the large wife of the president of the football club who sells meat raffle tickets every Friday night. It also tells of the several workers in the pub, like the cook who can mak...


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This is Fat Albert In The Hood Part 5 [Sexual Eruption] in this episode Fat Albert see's this girl chilling in the park named Jada he been on his hustle and wants to Bump & Grind he spits his game to her and take her back to Clubhouse to get him a piece. After a few weeks she hits Fat Albert over the head with some bad news thats gone mess his world up. Watch the show to find out what that is?
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Stir the bread crumbs, Pecorino Romano, garlic, parsley, mint, salt and pepper, to taste, and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a medium bowl to blend.
Drizzle a heavy large baking sheet with about 1 tablespoon olive oil, to coat. Spoon the filling into the mushroom cavities and arrange on the baking sheet, cavity side up. Drizzle remaining oil over the filling in each mushroom. Bake until the mushrooms are tender and the filling is heated through and golden on top, about 25 minutes. Serve.


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Meet Elite Rider Cara Applegate
Age: 32
USCF: Category 1
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Current: Asheville, NC
Profession: Accountant
Cara has been for cycling for over 13 years. Her husband is a coach with Carmichael Training Systems, and an elite rider. Together they have 3 National Champions wins in the tandem division. Cara has claimed numerous first place titles in Road, Cyclocross, Time Trialing and Mountain Biking.
How long have you been racing?
2010 marks my 14th season of competitive racing.
Who or what inspired you to start racing?
I had a void to fill after my competitive swimming season ended, and cycling was an easier sport to adapt to as a bulky swimmer than running. Ultimately what keeps my coming back is the thrill of competition and a desire to maintain lifetime fitness.
What do you do for a living?
I am the Controller for a solar energy installation company, FLS Energy, Inc. I am also CEO of the Applegate household.
What race are you most proud of?
In the 2009 Master National Criterium Championships I placed 2nd, largely in part to acting on my instincts and perfectly timing the race-winning attack. I was certainly not the second strongest woman in that field and I love that in cycling being the strongest rider is not always the race defining criteria – though it certainly helps.
What do you do for fun when you're off the bike?
Once a week I meet-up with a group of French speakers and talk about random fun stuff, in French. I volunteer my time to cycling as Treasurer for two separate teams (I just can't get enough of numbers). I am also in my second year of beekeeping (if they survive the winter), and I keep a pathetic veggie garden that I hope my bees will pollinate. Mostly, though, I eat, sleep, and dream bicycles.
What was your first bike?
My mom and dad bought a pink huffy from a neighbor, I think when I was 8. I tried to ride no-handed on it and crashed and stopped riding it for a good while. My first "racing" bike was actually an incredibly old steel framed bike with original components and downtube shifters, in the era of first generation STI shifters. You'd be surprised what you can make go fast around corners…
What's your dream spot to go for a ride?
Many years ago my husband and I spent a week in the southeast of Spain, where the mountains parallel the sea. It was an incredible experience to be able to climb into the mountains and then descend down to the water, all in a warm climate. Time may have distorted my memory of the traffic there, but it was wonderful to be able to spend one ride next to the ocean and in the mountains as well.
Any pre-race rituals or routines? Something you can't race without (pre-race meal, warm-up, lucky charms)?
Absolutely not! Depending on the length of the race, I do like to get in a good warm-up, as the fitter I am the harder it seems to get moving, but many years of racing has taught me to go with the punches. The most important thing is to remain calm and focused. I've found that convincing myself that I'm ready for the race, regardless of situation, is worth almost as much as the most perfect pre-race preparation.
Favorite music to train to?
No music. Just the sound of my bike and traffic whizzing by on the road, or the trees creaking if I'm riding in the woods.
Any nicknames for other team members? For yourself?
I have a tendency to add "kins" to dear people's names, or "ita"… So Laura is Laurita, Evie is Eviekins… Once upon a time my nickname was Lazybones, a perfect misnomer. Now most people just mispronounce my name enough that it could be considered a nickname. (Pronunciation = Car-uh, not Care-uh)
What are your goals for this upcoming season?
My husband and I will attempt to reclaim the Masters Tandem Road Race National Title (yeah, Shogrens, we're taking it back!), and will also undertake a new race – the Leadville 100 mountain bike race, on a tandem.
Any advice for an aspiring racer?
Relax, have fun, ride your bike, and think big picture.
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|2015 - Big West Coach of the Year
|1999 - Big West Coach of the Year
Paul Stumpf is in his 20th season as the head coach of the UC Santa Barbara women's soccer program.
Stumpf enters the 2018 season as the program's leader in coaching victories with 175. Overall, his teams have amassed a 175-156-44 record. Stumpf became the program's all-time winner on September 9, 2010 when the Gauchos defeated William and Mary, 2-0.
The 2017 Gauchos battled injuries and finished at 6-8-5.
In 2016, Stumpf's team jumped out to a 10-1-1 record and it was the best start for the program in three decades. UCSB finished with an 11-6-2 mark. In 2015, the Santa Rosa native earned his second Big West Coach of the Year honor after guiding the Gauchos to a 13-6-1 mark and a second-place finish in the Big West Conference. The 13 wins were the most by a Santa Barbara team since 2002.
In 2009, Stumpf guided UCSB to its second straight Big West tournament title and NCAA Tournament. One year earlier, he led the program to its first Big West Tournament title and first NCAA Tournament bid since 1991. 2008 also marked the fifth time that Stumpf has guided the Gauchos to at least 10 wins. He has led the program to records of .500 or better in seven of the last 10 seasons, including, at one point, four straight seasons of 10 or more victories, the first time the program accomplished that feat since 1988-91.
In 1999, Stumpf took over a Gaucho program that had won a combined five Division I matches in the preceding two years. Immediately, he transformed the team, leading UCSB to a respectable 8-9-1 overall mark and a 5-4 record in league, earning him Big West Coach of the Year honors. The following year, the Gauchos were 9-9-1 overall and 4-4-0 in the Big West. 2001 was truly a breakthrough year. After opening the season with a record of 0-3, UCSB went 11-4-1 the remainder of the way to finish with its best record in nine years at 11-7-1 overall and 7-2-0 in the Big West, good for second-place.
In 2002, Stumpf's fourth year in Santa Barbara, the Gauchos went 13-5-2 overall and 6-2-1 in Big West play. Once again, UCSB entered its final game of the season with an opportunity to win the league title. In 2003, the Gauchos went 11-6-4 overall and 5-2-2 in the Big West, good for another second-place finish. In addition, Stumpf guided UCSB to the Big West Tournament Championship match. In 2004, after opening the season with a 1-3 record, the Gauchos went 12-3-2 the remainder of the way, including 7-1-1 in Big West play, to finish with an outstanding 13-6-2 mark. The 7-1-1 league record was good enough to earn UCSB its first-ever Big West regular season championship. In fact, for the second year in a row, Santa Barbara advanced to the championship match at the Big West Tournament. 2004 was also the program's fifth straight season with a .500 or better mark.
In 2006, despite a 7-7-6 overall record, the Gauchos were back in the thick of the Big West race, tying for the regular season crown with a 5-1-1 mark. In 2007 Stumpf's crew suffered through an injury-riddled campaign, finishing 6-10-4 overall and 3-4-1 in league.
Stumpf is responsible for the on-field coaching as well as recruiting and scheduling. His recruiting efforts have paid huge dividends in the past several years. In fact, in the past 13 seasons, Gaucho players have earned six Big West Offensive Player of the Year honors and three Freshman of the Year awards. His 2008 recruiting class was ranked 38th in the nation by Soccer Buzz Magazine, the highest ever achieved by UCSB.
On the field, Stumpf's coaching specialty is on the defensive side where he can put his organizational skills and work ethic to good use. In addition, he oversees fundraising and alumni involvement.
As a player, Stumpf had success at the junior college level before moving on to San Diego State. Stumpf was a two-year starter at Santa Rosa Junior College, a team that was nationally ranked both years. In 1984, as a sophomore, he was selected Junior College All-American. At San Diego State, Stumpf was also a two-year starter. When he was a senior, the Aztecs finished with a 14-3-4 overall record and were ranked 17th in the nation.
Following his collegiate career, Stumpf played for the San Diego Nomads in the Western Soccer Alliance. In 1987, Stumpf and the Nomads won the Western Alliance, beating the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 in the championship match.
In 1988, he suffered a career-ending injury, losing a kidney after taking a knee in the back. While Stumpf's injury was a tragedy, it was also a turning point. With his playing career ended, he opted for the next best thing, coaching.
Before arriving at UCSB as an assistant coach in 1998, Stumpf spent two years as an assistant at Humboldt State while he completed his graduate studies in kinesiology. In addition, he spent several years as a club coach in the Santa Rosa and Sonoma areas.
Stumpf, who earned his diploma for completing an NSCAA Coaching course, is a 1989 graduate of San Diego State. He enjoys surfing, golfing, hiking, backpacking and traveling in his spare time.


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Paul Bosley is national marketing director for First Financial. His health club industry experience includes working for Titan Management Co., Healthclubexperts.com, Q Sports Clubs and Bally HTCA/Holiday Health & Fitness Centers. He has a bachelor's degree in Health Science & Recreation Management and is studying to get his associate's degree in accounting. He has spoken at the Club Industry and International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association conferences. For more information about leasing, please contact Paul at (800) 956-7313 or by e-mailing email@example.com.
In today's lending environment, I am asked frequently if any lending is being done. The good news is that lending is indeed being done. The bad news, however, is that as a direct result of our prolonged recession, many funding sources have gone out of business and have exited the leasing business. This erosion of lenders has put additional demand on those remaining funding sources that have a finite amount of capital to lend. As a result, the underwriting criteria of remaining lenders to approve a lease application have become more stringent.
In a typical lease transaction, the security collateral offered to a lender is the fitness and nonfitness equipment being leased. The value of the leased fitness equipment depreciates immediately after installation. When you consider a fitness center lease from a lender's perspective, what do you think the fitness equipment is worth if the lease defaults and if the lender tries to resell it after two years of use? Considering what remanufactured fitness equipment typically sells for compared to new machines, it falls to about 50 percent of the value.
In some cases, major equipment vendors will guarantee a lease approval for a lender to secure the sale of their line of equipment on a recourse basis. In these cases, the lender is approving the lease transaction based upon the lease application with the understanding that in the case of a default, the vendor will remove the equipment and make the lender whole. This service is a profit center when the lessee pays as promised and a cost of doing business in the case of a default to the equipment company.
Club owners also need lockers, security systems, computer systems, software, removable flooring, refrigeration equipment, vending machines and signage to build a new club or to remodel an existing fitness center. Because a club owner needs this equipment in the normal course of conducting business, these items can be included in the lease as a soft cost rather than a hard asset since they have more limited resell value in the case of a default.
The keys to lease approvals are cash flow, credit and collateral.
- Cash Flow – The key to receiving a lease approval is positive cash flow. Most underwriters' formulas add net income to a portion of depreciation (since depreciation is a noncash expense) and the resulting free cash flow must exceed the amount of the annual lease payments for the amount requested in the lease by some margin. As an example, if the company shows a $75,000 net income with $50,000 in depreciation, an underwriter may consider that at least $100,000 is available to repay the new lease. If the lease request requires annual lease payments of $50,000, the lease probably will be approved. If the lease payments require annual lease payments of $120,000, the request will be denied because the cash is not there based upon history to repay the new lease. Typically, the only documents accepted by lenders to verify cash flow are tax returns, financial statements prepared by CPAs and business bank statements. Internally prepared statements are only considered when a company shows a history of net income on a consistent basis.
- Credit – Business credit scores for companies are recorded by Dunn & Bradstreet and Paynet. All existing club owners should periodically check that the information reported about your company is correct. The lease transaction is guaranteed by all owners with more than a 10 percent equity position in the company. Consequently, personal credit plays a large role in lease approvals. A 700-plus credit score is now required from "A" lenders, and credit scores of 650-plus are typically required by "B" lenders. The biggest differences between "A" and "B" lenders are that "A" lenders will approve leases for higher amounts and the monthly payments are less per thousand. Understanding this concept is a key in determining the effect of partnerships on a corporation.
- Collateral – Not everyone has a 650-plus credit score, and not everyone owns a company that reports a net income. Some funding sources offer leases to applicants who offer collateral in addition to the equipment being purchased. Collateral typically is in the form of marketable stock, CDs or real estate. In the cases of real estate, lenders use a formula to reduce the stated amount of the property, and from that amount, an outstanding mortgage is reduced to determine the security amount offered. As an example, if a property is appraised at $250,000, the underwriter reduces the amount by 20 percent to $200,000. If there is a $100,000 mortgage on the property, the collateral considered on the lease is $100,000. Generally, if the property has more than one mortgage, it will not be considered as collateral for a transaction.


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John Paul II Catholic School is one step closer to opening its doors.
The Most Reverend Robert E. Guglielmone, Bishop of Charleston, blessed and broke ground this month at the future site of the school.
He was joined by community, school and diocesan leaders.
Pope John Paul II Catholic High School is the Diocese of Charleston's newest school. It will be built central to the Diocese's Lowcountry Deanery on S.C. 170 near Okatie.
"This is a historical day," said Bishop Guglielmone. "Over the past few years, the school's planning committee has been working, and praying, diligently to build a Catholic junior and high school in the Lowcountry Deanery. That dream is now one step closer to reality."
Financial pledges to the school totaled nearly $8.5 million as of mid-December.
Of that, $3 million was a gift from the Richard D. Ennen Charitable Remainder Trust; $5.5 million was raised from area parishes and friends of Catholic education.
The ultimate fundraising goal is $12 million.
"It has been a long and bumpy road leading to the groundbreaking; however, our planning and fundraising committees never lost sight of the ultimate goal," said Helen Ryan, a retired school principal and co-chair of the capital campaign.
"Our perseverance and commitment show that by staying the course, we can create something very special for the students we will serve and for the community."
When the first phase of construction is completed, the school will be a two-story building of 30,000 square feet and an all-purpose athletic field. Future plans include additional buildings, playing fields and a gymnasium.
"I believe the opening of John Paul II Catholic School is an act of God in which many of us were privileged to participate.
"This Catholic school will provide leaders for the church, community and nation! It will prepare our young people in affirming the Western values that made our nation great while equipping them to serve a world community," said Monsignor Ronald Cellini, Pastor of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church and President of John Paul II Catholic School.
In September, Christine Paul was appointed principal of John Paul II Catholic School.
Paul has more than 20 years of experience in four different Catholic schools, including 15 years as an administrator.
"Our goal is to provide a top-notch, high-tech experience infused with Gospel values so our students will develop the intelligent worldview and compassionate, kind spirit of our namesake, Pope John Paul II," Paul said.
Officials plan to open the school in August 2013 with about 120 students in grades 7, 8, 9 and possibly 10.
The school will add one grade each year until it serves 500 students in grades 7 through 12.


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Americans as a whole say they know more about the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and they told surveyors that they are better prepared for the law to take effect. But among the uninsured, more than six out of 10 people say they have done nothing over the past year to better understand how the law will affect them, the survey found.
People who have questions about the new law are running short on time to find answers and then sign up for coverage. Most Americans who fail to sign up for health insurance by March 31, 2014 at the latest may face penalties of $95 or more, and that amount could increase over time.
For those who live in Grand County, local health care reform advocate Charlie Kulander and others like him are here to help.
As a certified application counselor, Kulander cannot offer residents any advice about the health insurance plans that might work best for them. But he can guide them through a complex application process that changes every day, as healthcare.gov administrators work to improve the glitch-plagued website.
Kulander said he sympathizes with people whose eyes glaze over as they sift through information about deductibles, co-pays and out-of-pocket maximums. After all, much of his time as a certified application counselor is spent doing just that. But he said it ultimately pays for applicants to take their time and make sure that they understand how to browse through the new website.
"There are still enough problems and red flags that everybody needs to look at [their applications] and make sure that their subsidies and cost-sharing calculations are [correct], because that hasn't always been the case," Kulander said.
Right now, for instance, low-income Utah residents who may qualify for federal Medicaid subsidies aren't getting them.
According to Kulander, the healthcare.gov website is not referring their applications to the Utah Department of Workforce Services, which administers the Medicaid program in the state.
As a result, the department currently cannot determine if those people are actually eligible for Medicare funding.
Despite those problems, Kulander believes the much-maligned healthcare.gov website is becoming more user-friendly as time goes on.
"You're not running into those glitches that you were before," Kulander said. "People who are getting through – especially those without children – are getting incredible deals as long as their income is within 100 percent to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, which [probably includes] the majority of people here in Moab."
Just recently, he said, he helped a local couple find a $0 deductible plan for $19 a month.
Despite that success story, Kulander acknowledges that health care reform advocates have their work cut out for them as they try to promote the new insurance exchanges.
"Everything has been rocky for so long, and I think that took a toll on people's enthusiasm," he said.
Moving forward, though, he predicts that there will be a groundswell of interest in the healthcare.gov marketplace as the March 31 deadline approaches.
"Once word gets out about the many benefits of the ACA, hopefully this slow parade will turn into a stampede," he said.
Anyone who is hoping to be covered at the start of the new year must register by Dec. 23. Information about the application process can be found online at: www.healthcare.gov/how-do-i-apply-for-marketplace-coverage/.
Kulander and his wife Jill are also available to meet with potential applicants from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Thursday at the Moab Free Health Clinic, 350 South 400 East For more information, call the free health clinic at: 435-259-1113. Kulander can also be reached at: 435-260-2147.


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Alex Winter on Sounds of FilmBy Angelo on Tue, 09/01/2015 - 9:17pm
Tune into the Sounds of Film on WUSB this Thursday at 6 P.M. to hear Tom Needham's exclusive interview with Alex Winter, the star of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and the director of the film Deep Web. The film Deep Web, which is narrated by Keanu Reeves, is about Silk Road, Bitcoin and the politics of the Dark Web. The movie is part of the Port Jefferson Documentary Film Series on Sept. 21st. Also on the show is legendary Brooklyn music producer, Martin Bisi, who is featured in a new documentary Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio. Martin Bisi is known for his work with Brian Eno, Bill Laswell, Afrika Bambata, John Zorn, Sonic Youth and the Violent Femmes
Tune in to 'A Few Words' this Monday from 6-7AM to hear my discussion with Mike Meginnis, author of Fat Man and Little Boy.By emsobel on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 12:15pm
"Meginnis has written one of the best, most natural novels about the atomic bombs."
-The Millions
"Impressive…Straddles a hybrid genre of historical magical realism."
-The Japan Times
In this powerful debut novel, the atomic bombs dropped on Japan are personified, born on impact as Fat Man and Little Boy. Their small measure of humanity is a cruelty the bombs must suffer. Given life from death, the brothers travel west from Japan to France and later to America. Their journey is one of surreal and unsettling discovers, and author Mike Meginnis transforms these symbols of mass destruction into beacons of longing and hope. The winner of the 2013 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize, Fat Man and Little Boy pulses with magical realism in an unprecedented approach to its tragic subject matter.
Tune in to 'A Few Words' this Monday from 6-7AM to hear my discussion with Mike Meginnis, author of Fat Man and Little Boy.
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Galaxie 500 and Luna's Dean Wareham to appear on Tom Needham's The Sounds of FilmBy Angelo on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 10:00am
Tune into WUSB this Thursday at 6 PM to hear Tom Needham's exclusive interview with music legend, Dean Wareham, on the Sounds of Film. Dean is well-known for his influential and critically acclaimed alternative bands Galaxie 500, Luna and Dean and Britta. He has scored two films for director Noah Baumbach, Squid and the Whale and the current, Mistress America. In 2010, Dean was commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum to compose and perform songs for 13 Screen Tests - short, silent portrait films made by Warhol in the mid-'60s. He, then, embarked on a two year tour of museums, opera houses and cathedrals performing tracks from 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen. Dean is also the author of the autobiographical Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance.
This week on Jazz On The Air: Joseph BenzolaBy Angelo on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 6:21am
After cohosting tributes to Ornette Coleman in June and Jack DeJohnette last week, Joseph Benzola will be joining Mr. Edison this Sunday on Jazz On The Air on Wusb-Fm to talk about his new album "Tuareg" as well as playing some previously un(der)heard gems.
Marilyn Carino on Jazz On The AirBy Angelo on Fri, 08/07/2015 - 1:17pm
WHEN: Sunday August 9 5:00 p.m. EDT
This week's Jazz On The Air on Wusb-Fm will be featuring Marilyn Carino who'll be showcasing her new album, "Leaves, Sadness, Science" as well as some of her faves from other jazz folk. Mr. Edison, the host, will also be celebrating Jack DeJohnette's birthday during the second half of the show. It's gonna be fun.
PETA spokeswoman Ashley Byrne, on 'A Few Words' this week.By emsobel on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 10:02pm
'A Few Words' airs alternating Monday mornings from 6-7AM and attempts to cover two main subjects: dissident politics and indie literature (usually through updates on popular activism to address the former and interviews with authors to address the latter).
On this episode i'll discuss the #ShellNo movement by Greenpeace activists which successfully stopped an Arctic drilling ship, the Department of Homeland Security's monitoring (and implicit intimidation) of the BlackLivesMatter movement, the overly harsh punishment of anti-fur activists being tried as domestic terrorists under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act as well as a half-hour interview with Ashley Byrne, a Campaign Specialist for PETA, about Cecil the Lion and PETA activism in general.
Long Island Music Hall of Fame Inductees Chuck D and Eric B. Make Guest Appearances on WUSB's The Sounds of FilmBy Angelo on Thu, 07/30/2015 - 9:44am
On Thursday at 8 P.M., two of hip hop's biggest stars, Chuck D. and Eric B., will be making guest appearances on the Sounds of Film Radio Show, which airs on Stony Brook's WUSB. The two music legends will be performing at Nile Rodger's FOLD Festival at Martha Clara's Vineyard on August 5th. They will be speaking with Long Island Music Hall of Fame's Vice Chairman Tom Needham about their upcoming performances and music careers.
2015 WUSB BenefestBy Angelo on Fri, 07/24/2015 - 8:53am
The 2015 WUSB Benefest is a benefit to raise funds for equipment upgrades and the ongoing operations of WUSB Radio, 90.1 FM in Stony Brook. This festival includes many of the best names in the Long Island music scene, and is the largest grouping of performers ever to come together for the benefit of WUSB, 90.1 FM in Stony Brook.
WHERE: Katie's of Smithtown
45 West Main Street, Smithtown, NY
WHEN: August 22 and August 23
For more information visit http://www.wusb-benefest.com/
WUSB Sponsors Alive After Five: A Celebration of Women in the ArtsBy Angelo on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 10:32pm
We're excited to be a part of Alive After Five: A Celebration of Women in the Arts, this Thursday July 23.
Please visit their Facebook Event for more information. We hope to see you there!
Upcoming Guests on The Sounds of FilmBy Angelo on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 10:20pm
Tune into Tom Needham's The Sounds of Film on WUSB this Thursday at 6 P.M.to hear an exclusive interview with Robert Scheer, author of They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying America. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Truthdig, the website that features regular columns by Chris Hedges and Amy Goodman. Other guests on the show include actor and singer, Donny Most, who is most well-known for playing Ralph Mouth on Happy Days, David Letterman Show writer, Steve Young, who will be appearing at the Cinema Arts Centre with his show about the unique world of Industrial Musicals, and cellist, Peter Gregson, who composed the score for the film A Little Chaos.


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Available Now on DVD
ROH vs S.C.U.M
From the day Kevin Steen, Jimmy Jacobs, and Steve Corino cemented their alliance over the fallen body of Davey Richards those were their goals and Ring of Honor their unfortunate victim. No soul on the ROH roster was safe from the wrath of those three men and with the ROH World Title in their possession, the battle was on to save the soul of ROH from those poised to bring it down.
This is the story of how Ring of Honor's battle raged against S.C.U.M while men like Jay Lethal, Eddie Edwards, El Generico, BJ Whitmer, and Mark Briscoe fell victim to the onslaught. This is the tale of how the S.C.U.M threat grew along with their numbers as the future of Ring of Honor hung in the balance. Alliances shifted, championships were won and lost, and it ultimately came to a head inside Steel Cage Warfare!
Now, for the first time, the war between ROH and S.C.U.M has been captured in this 3-Disc DVD set! This collection features many never before released matches and moments from 'Ring of Honor Wrestling' TV like Nigel McGuinness' rallying cry following the '11th Anniversary Event', Kevin Steen's excommunication from S.C.U.M, his TV battle with Adam Cole, Inside S.C.U.M, and the battles in Baltimore that brought the war to its end!
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Jimmy Jacobs & Rhett Titus vs. Michael Elgin & BJ Whitmer (Texas Tornado Match)…Honor In The Heart Of Texas…6/1/13
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Jay Briscoe vs. Matt Hardy (ROH World Title Match)…ROH TV…7/20/13
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The time has come for a manifesto regarding gay civil rights, and Bishop John Shelby Spong provides a really good one:
Thursday October 15, 2009
A Manifesto! The Time Has Come!
I have made a decision. I will no longer debate the issue of homosexuality in the church with anyone. I will no longer engage the biblical ignorance that emanates from so many right-wing Christians about how the Bible condemns homosexuality, as if that point of view still has any credibility. I will no longer discuss with them or listen to them tell me how homosexuality is "an abomination to God," about how homosexuality is a "chosen lifestyle," or about how through prayer and "spiritual counseling" homosexual persons can be "cured." Those arguments are no longer worthy of my time or energy. I will no longer dignify by listening to the thoughts of those who advocate "reparative therapy," as if homosexual persons are somehow broken and need to be repaired. I will no longer talk to those who believe that the unity of the church can or should be achieved by rejecting the presence of, or at least at the expense of, gay and lesbian people. I will no longer take the time to refute the unlearned and undocumentable claims of certain world religious leaders who call homosexuality "deviant." I will no longer listen to that pious sentimentality that certain Christian leaders continue to employ, which suggests some version of that strange and overtly dishonest phrase that "we love the sinner but hate the sin." That statement is, I have concluded, nothing more than a self-serving lie designed to cover the fact that these people hate homosexual persons and fear homosexuality itself, but somehow know that hatred is incompatible with the Christ they claim to profess, so they adopt this face-saving and absolutely false statement. I will no longer temper my understanding of truth in order to pretend that I have even a tiny smidgen of respect for the appalling negativity that continues to emanate from religious circles where the church has for centuries conveniently perfumed its ongoing prejudices against blacks, Jews, women and homosexual persons with what it assumes is "high-sounding, pious rhetoric." The day for that mentality has quite simply come to an end for me. I will personally neither tolerate it nor listen to it any longer. The world has moved on, leaving these elements of the Christian Church that cannot adjust to new knowledge or a new consciousness lost in a sea of their own irrelevance. They no longer talk to anyone but themselves. I will no longer seek to slow down the witness to inclusiveness by pretending that there is some middle ground between prejudice and oppression. There isn't. Justice postponed is justice denied. That can be a resting place no longer for anyone. An old civil rights song proclaimed that the only choice awaiting those who cannot adjust to a new understanding was to "Roll on over or we'll roll on over you!" Time waits for no one.
Lots of good stuff in it, and I don't know about you, but I'm adopting this one. I reserve the right to continue to debate with select idiot homophobes because I like watching their heads explode. Otherwise, for the most part, the debate is OVER and we have won. I especially like this point from Spong:
In my personal life, I will no longer listen to televised debates conducted by "fair-minded" channels that seek to give "both sides" of this issue "equal time." I am aware that these stations no longer give equal time to the advocates of treating women as if they are the property of men or to the advocates of reinstating either segregation or slavery, despite the fact that when these evil institutions were coming to an end the Bible was still being quoted frequently on each of these subjects. It is time for the media to announce that there are no longer two sides to the issue of full humanity for gay and lesbian people. There is no way that justice for homosexual people can be compromised any longer.


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco on Friday morphed into a Gotham City wonderland, where caped crusaders fought mischievous villains aboard cable cars and on sidewalks, for a little boy who celebrated his win against cancer by becoming "Bat Kid" for a day.
Five-year-old Miles Scott was cheered on by thousands of fans as he whizzed around the city with his crime-solving partner Batman — rescuing a damsel in distress from a train track, arresting comic book foe the Riddler at a bank and chasing the Penguin through a ballpark — in a Make a Wish Foundation project.
Even President Barack Obama got in on the caped crusade, releasing a short video on the website Vine to say "Way to go Miles, way to save Gotham."
The nonprofit Make a Wish foundation worked with the city of San Francisco to stage the event for Miles, who has battled leukemia since he was a year old. His cancer went into remission in June.
"This is closure for us," his father, Nick Scott, told supporters. He added that it has "been a long three years" for the boy and his family.
After his day of heroism, Miles was greeted by a cheering crowd of people outside City Hall, where he received a key to the city from Mayor Ed Lee. The boy is from the small California town of Tulelake, which is on the border with Oregon.
"Bat Kid, you won our hearts with your courage and your story," Lee told a bashful Miles, who remained quiet, but smiled and wore a mask and cape during the ceremony. "The streets are much safer because of you."
The San Francisco Chronicle put out a special "Gotham City Chronicle" edition with a front page article about Miles' exploits written by Clark Kent, the alter ego of Superman.
"The whole city has focused on making this wish happen," said Make a Wish spokeswoman Jen Wilson. "It has taken all of us by surprise."
The production, which involved recreating comic book action scenes in some of the city's busiest places, including Union Square and the AT&T Ballpark, used dozens of performers, production staff and hundreds of props.
Wilson said the organization initially hoped to have a couple hundred people volunteer to be a part of the awards ceremony crowd. By Thursday night, over 12,000 people had RSVP'd through the organization's website.
Kelly Bermudes, a 23-year-old San Francisco State University student who heard about the event on Facebook, joined the crowd in her Batman logo T-shirt.
"I actually cried when I read about it," Bermudes said. "I found it really touching that a whole city would do something like this for a child."
The Make a Wish Foundation grants requests, ranging from Disney World family trips to royal-themed sweet 16 bashes, to children between the ages of two-and-a-half and 18 with life-threatening illnesses.
Make a Wish raises funds through donations from individuals and corporations and partners with businesses, governments and other organizations to fund wishes.
The Phoenix-based organization was founded in 1980 and has 61 chapters across the United States and has granted more than 226,000 wishes for children in the country and abroad.
The U.S. Department of Justice put out a fake criminal indictment against the Riddler and the Penguin that credited Miles for his "heroic actions." It said the two villains would serve at least 24 years in prison and ironically said "good luck with that" to any attempt they might make to appeal.
"Because even if you get out of jail someday, you will never succeed in your criminal actions as long as Miles, aka 'Batman,' aka 'Batkid' is looking out for the citizens of Gotham," the mock indictment said.
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Scott,elshout wrote:Thanks for your responses Toy Maker. At least you were polite in your responses. Some of the members are condescending. However, I can't imagine the AL-VI's would outperform my Mark IV Platinums. The ribbons are smaller and only one woofer.
F1nut – I am sure there are some speakers out there that outperform the Carvers, I was hoping to identify which ones.
I was hoping there were a few of you who have compared speakers and heard some that are superior to the Platinums.
As most on this forum like to upgrade, I would like to upgrade to a larger, quality pair of speakers. I like it clear and loud. I really like the Platinums, but I would feel I downgraded if the replacements had less bass or less "clear" volume than the Platinums.
Has anyone heard the Legacy Focus or the Tyler Acoustics Woodmere?
I had the Legacy Focus for about 8 years. I also have a pair of Plat 4's that I bought new in the early to mid 90's. Focus are very nice speakers with plenty of low end grunt. They have gone through many upgrades over the years. The Newer Focus are more transparent and open than my originals. I would vascillate between the Plat's and the Focus as my mains. They both had their strongpoints. The Focus were a little brighter in the upper & midrange frequencies and had a tad more bass. I preferred the Plat's in the midrange, soundstage and vocals. Both speakers can play at extreme volume levels. Focus are much more efficient and require less juice to make them sing.
Recently traded my Focus for new Legacy Whisper XD's. PM me if interested in more details.


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I heard John Graham-Cumming on TWiT #269 talk about the project he has started to build - 173 years later - a full scale realization of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Amazingly, it's never been done (only partial models exist).
Now, we are talking about a truck-sized, steam-powered machine that is Turing-complete and features (without silicon or electricity) "modern" ideas like instruction pipelining. The ultimate steampunk project. It also has a serious educational and academic aspect (including to digitize all of Babbage's plans and notes).
Due to significant private support coming forth, the pledge target has apparently been reduced from 50,000 to just 10,000 signatories. At the time of writing, John only needed another 6358 pledges of $10/£10/€10 each to get the project moving.
Now I don't often get behind fundraisers and campaigns, but this strikes me as one of those once-in-a-lifetime follies you cannot help but support. And all for about the price of the cheapest bottle of wine in the shop around the corner.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
The Ultimate Steampunk Project needs $10
Posted by Paul Gallagher at 11:59 PM
Labels: Deep thoughts, Innovation
3 comments:
- Jhon said...
what is the name of this goldy machine...It seems it is primitive computer?
- John Devos
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- Web Designers said...
@ Jhon The machine you are inquired about is first digital computer, You forget the ancestor of all modern computer today.
- Tanya
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- idealsvdr said...
Impressive! This ultimate steampunk project also has a serious educational and academic aspect.
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Here are the specs.
Lothar Walther barrel in .177 19" long
Timney trigger for a 1903 Springfield set at 1 pound
Boyds Featherweight Thumbhole stock in Sky Blue limited run Ripple Laminate
Ninja Pro V2 SHP Regulator set at 1300psi
UTG Leapers Accushot 3-12x44 Compact scope
Air tube, breech and lower is 7075 aluminium
Air tube has a working pressure of 4600 psi (I'll never fill that high)
Air Arms 8.4 pellets @ 820FPS
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Sitting in the air-conditioned comfort of a darkened opera house, hearing the first notes of an ably-played overture as the audience quiets in anticipation of the curtain going up, seeing the faint outlines of the set and the first actors taking their marks – those are the sensations of live theater at its best.
Sitting in the air-conditioned comfort of a darkened opera house, hearing the first notes of an ably-played overture as the audience quiets in anticipation of the curtain going up, seeing the faint outlines of the set and the first actors taking their marks – those are the sensations of live theater at its best. And Fort Totten Little Theater is at its best with the current production of "The Pajama Game."
This ensemble of talented people, both on stage and off, have put together a solid rendering of this light musical about a serious subject – union and management discord. The setting is the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory where the union is fighting for a seven and a half cent raise. The new supervisor, Sid has an altercation with one of the workers, resulting in a confrontation with the Grievance Committee. Gary Fulsebakke as Sid and Misti Koop as Babe, the Grievance rep, are standouts with their powerful voices, both singly and blended together. Sid declares his intent to stay put with "A New Town is a Blue Town," and later in the first act he does a tender turn with "Hey There," sung in response to his recorded voice. Babe denies her attraction for Sid as she and the sewing room girls perform "I'm not at all in Love." Later as they admit their feelings for each other, Babe and Sid duet on "There once was a Man."
The love story theme evolves and is echoed by the on again-off again relationship of Hines, the time manager, and Gladys the owner's secretary. Played with broad comic strokes by FTLT returnee Chris Fixen as Hinesy and newcomer Angela Morford as Gladys these two characters have their own problems getting along. Hines and Mabel, Sid's secretary, played by veteran Eileen Gray do a very funny piece called "I'll Never Be Jealous Again," but of course the green-eyed monster rears its ugly head in the second act. Then there is "Pres," the union local president portrayed with zest by Rich Johnson to the nth comic degree, who has a definite eye for all the factory ladies as he schmoozes and charms his way through "Her Is."
The second act begins at the union rally. The factory workers led by Pres and Gladys sing and dance "Steam Heat," designed to fire up the workers. Back in Babe's kitchen she sings a sweetly plaintive reprise of "Hey There." Hines and the factory girls perform "Think of the Time I Save."
The action shifts back and forth from the factory to Babe's apartment, from the company picnic to a dive called "Hernando's Hideaway," which brings me to what I considered the highlight of the production. Gladys and Sid dance a very funny seductive tango while Gladys vamps her way through the song, followed by a cleverly lit rendition of "Hideaway" by the whole company. Of course all the difficulties are resolved and everyone has a happy (and very funny!) ending.
This is not the first production of Pajama Game I have seen, but it is the best. Years ago the play was staged by a professional company at Manitoba Theater Center. It was classy, fast-paced and, well, professional. This version has been cobbled together by FTLT's group of dedicated volunteer performers, set designers and builders, choreographers, singers, dancers, musicians, music directors, stage managers, costume designers some of whom are new and many of whom have done this for decades. It is a joy to watch.
Misti Koop in her first turn at directing for Little Theater does a fine job of getting the best out of each performer. Rachel Markestad's well-paced piano interludes helps move the set changes along smoothly. Miki Noltimier's expert choreography is evident in the clever dance routines.
The lighting as handled by Dilyn Plemel enhances the sets and performers. Someone to keep an eye on in future FTLT productions is Gavin Brown. Not only did he produce a very humorous performance as Peter, he practically stole the show as he crept on stage to remove two prop chairs in his off-stage role as stage manager.
Kudos to FTLT! Performances continue through July. Call the ticket office at 662-8888 for reservations. You'll be glad you did.


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Representative of American pragmatism and playfulness, emphasizing the traditions of the brand, the line celebrates the classic and the casual, while articulating what is to come, for both women and men.
Raf Simons celebrates American fashion traditions with a cinematic eye for the Fall 2017 collection.
Entitled 'Parade,' in the collection one material impacts another and one style impacts another — often in the same silhouette. Cohabiting, cross cultures of clothing find new forms: not the old, not the new, but the necessary. The collection is a celebration of this diversity, the diversity of America itself.
"It reflects the environment," says Raf Simons. "All of these different people with different styles and dress codes. It's the future, the past, Art Deco, the city, the American West…all of these things and none of these things. Not one era, not one thing, not one look. It is the coming together of different characters and different individuals, just like America itself. It is the unique beauty and emotion of America."
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To: David Lifferth,
Subject: Support SB97S03, Fund Education
Date: Mon Apr 06 21:44:04 MDT 2015
Dear Utah State Representative – District 002 Lifferth,
Utah is widely recognized as a well-managed state with a strong economy. At current levels of investment, measures of our state's educational achievement show that we have fallen to the middle of the pack. This trend is perilous to our economic future.
Utahns want the legislature to invest in education while maintaining Utah's attractive tax climate. We need to keep pace with enrollment growth and we need to improve educational outcomes. SB97SB03 makes changes related to school property taxes and funding. By doing so, SB97S03 will bring in $75 million in additional funding to education. The average cost to a family is about $48 and to a business is $348 annually. We can no longer delay funding education. We must outline comprehensive investments to ensure the needs of schools and students are met.
I have been an educator for 34 years. Please, please, please fund education and support Gov. Herberts 6.5 WPU. We have suffered through times when the state was going through the recession and now that there is money please restore our funds.
Please make education funding a priority so that we can prepare our young people to be among the most educated workforce in the nation. Please invest in Utah's future prosperity by supporting SB97S03.
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A man was talking to a hometown radio station on his cell phone Monday when a fellow Boston Marathoner approached him during the interview and saw the shiny medal around his neck.
It was only a few hours since two bombs blasted near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, eventually killing three and wounding almost 200 others. Several members of the health club industry were affected by the blasts, including a Charlotte Athletic Club personal trainer whose shock in the aftermath was captured on the cover of the New York Post.
Greg Hall was one of the lucky ones. He had finished the race just 35 minutes before the bombings. He did not hear the blasts while getting his bag and changing clothes four or five blocks away.
Hall, from Kansas City, MO, writes a regular sports column on his blog and is a frequent tweeter. Prior to the Boston Marathon, he organized a sendoff for Kansas City-area runners who also were participating in the marathon. He publicized the event on Twitter and wrote about it on his blog.
After the blasts that he did not hear, Hall walked closer to the commotion. He had heard it might have been a bomb, but he was in denial. His fears, however, were soon realized.
With a journalist's instinct, Hall got to within half a block of the crime scene and used Twitter to pass along information. Sometime later, he heard another explosion.
"ANOTHER bomb just went off right by where I'm standing," Hall tweeted. "People running, screaming, crying. INSANE!"
The boom Hall heard turned out to be a controlled explosion by the police, friends from back home tweeted Hall. Back in Boston, police ushered people out of the area. Mothers grabbed their children.
"That scene will live with me for quite a while," Hall said Tuesday upon returning home after a sleepless night. "What I saw in just the amount of rescue and fire first-responders was just overwhelming. It's just amazing how quickly people move."
Standing on a park bench safely out of harm's way, Hall turned away from his live radio interview and acknowledged the man, who could not speak English. He realized the man was one of many marathoners who did not get to finish the race. He had to have been from some far-away country, Hall thought. When would he ever return to Boston? He would cherish this medal.
"Take it," Hall said, and he took the medal from around his neck and offered it to his compadre. "Take my medal. It's yours." The man graciously declined and walked away.
And that was that. Volumes of stories of kindness and giving have filled Boston the past 24 to 48 hours. People in luxurious homes offering stranded marathoners a place to shower, to stay. People giving blood. People giving comfort.
It's that kind of spirit that will drive Hall, a three-time Boston Marathoner finisher, back to Boston next year.
"I feel like I kind of owe it to them," Hall said. "Yeah, I'm going back. I'm not letting the cowards win."


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If you won $6 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do?
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If I won
- $500,000.00 in S&P 500 spider $5,500,000.00
- $500,000.00 in a NASDAQ spider $5,000,000.00
- $13,400.00 pay off house $4,985,600.00
- $700,000.00 50K each for Grandkids $4,285,600.00
- $100,000 building for business $3,285,600.00
- 3 vehicles with equipment for business
- $100,000.00 $3,285,600.00
- Taxes $2,000.000.00 $1,285,600.00
- $500,000.00 100k per kid
- 20K per yeareach for 5 years
- so they won't have to pay taxes $785,600.00
- Play money $785,600.00 $0.00
- Apply for Government Bailout
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If I Won...
1. Pay off my Debt... $4800 / 5,995,200
2. Buy the Local CoffeeShop ...$35000 / 5,960,200 (so my soon to be teen girls have a place to wrk... it would be a good experience)
3. Buy (4) Used Trucks: 2 Maintenance Crews, Install Crew and an F450 Stake Bdy Dump (set spending @ $15K each)... $60,000 / 5,900,200
4. Allocate 1 million between three children @ 333,333.33 each... $1,000,000 / 4,900,200
5. Set up COMPLETE CHARITY LAWN SERVICE for Ronald McDonald Houses and Non-Profits and keep them maintenanced for free $100,000 / 4,800,200
6. Purchase a 100+ Acre Tract of land in the rural coastal area, dig a huge pond: selling the filtration sand and part of the timber virtually payoff the land... $60,000 / 4,740,200 ( after sand, dirt & timbers sold)
7. Donate $100,000 worth of Landscape Materials to Habitat for Humanity to be used over the course of a year... $100,000 / 4,640,200
8. Purchase All Used (but still great condition) Equipment for the crews and I, $75,000 / 4,565,200
9. Put my Assisted DIY Program in Place and build an office & yard for Architectural Landscape & Outdoor Design... with an area for maintence and training of the staff and public (KNOWLEDGE is POWER! if you train people and help them to understand then you have somewhat harnessed that power)
$300,000 / 4,265,200
10. Build a simple humble house on the aquired property... $100,000 / 4,165,200
11. Give each one of my syblings $100K (6)... $600,000 / 3,565,200
12. Give each one of my parents $150K (2)... $300,000 / 3,265,200
13. Donate $50,000 to TLPC local Turf Assoc. that offers training and certification courses... $50,000 / 3,215,200
14. Give my ex-wife $100K for putting up with me (15) yrs.and giving me (3) great children... $100,000 / 3,115,200
15. Pay the first round of taxes... $1,250,000 / 1,915,200
16. MOST IMPORTANTLY GO BACK TO WORK...... and not worry about being the BIGGEST..... JUST THE BEST!!!!!!!!!
....and yes I know that this may sound a little far fetched, or the humble way.
But I firmly believe that the very country we live in was founded on the back bone of guy ( and girls) like us the Entrepenuer.... the ones that are not afraid to strike out and make something from nothing... thats one of the reason that they got on the ships and sailed to an unknown land, to make something for themselves from virtually nothing.
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1. Give at least 10% to my church
2. I would thank my friend (for giving me the ticket since I don't play the lottery) and give him $50 for the ticket!!!!
3. Pay off my debts
4. pay off my family's debts
5. Buy a used 4X4 dodge quad cab
6. buy a nice lawn mower trailer for pick up and delivery
7. buy some commercial property
8. pay a friend of mine to build a big shop on this property
9. buy all new tools for the shop
10. invest at least $4 million and keep on investing the interest since I would anticipate being able to live off my shop.
Like someone else said, be the best. I don't want to be the cheapest or the the biggest unless I can be that while being the best. Being the best will get the best paying customers. You can sleep at night knowing you are the best (not from a self pride point of view but since you know you did your best for your customers today and that they could not have obtained a better service if they had gone to anyone else).
Well, It's hard to say for sure. I know I'd pay off all debts, & do the same for my mother, my brothers, & in-laws. I'd invest a big chunk of it (probably in local realestate- Prices are so low right now that it's retarded.) Or just ivest & live on intrest. I don't know if I'd continue with this business, honestly.... probably not.
I'd end up selling it off. Let's get real here. If I were suddenly worth millions I'd have a much harder time dealing with some of the customer quirks & personalities to make a lousy $30. So, I'm sure I'd start a new business though. But something with a little less stress & headaches. I've wanted to open a website for t-shirts for a while, Not like Jamie did with Friction clothing but more like funny t-shirts. I have a list of great ideas for shirts that I'll put out someday. I'd go on tour with my band in style -Bus, Roadies, etc. & have fun with that for a while. It'd be cool to not really care weather or not the band was making or spending money.
I think I'd put an addition on our house & stay right here and just try to enjoy life a little more.
My girlfriend will beat the crap out of me with a frying pan & take it all
, I wonder what she'd do with all that money?
I think it's quite a fascinating topic because it makes you think about the things you really would like to do. Then it opens the door a bit to give you a moment to think, why aren't you doing those things?
Sometimes I wonder if we all live two different lives. One where we do what we do just because it's easy or we fell into it or it fell onto us. And another where we dream of what we would rather be doing but could only do if......
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