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Thursday, 12 January 2012
3 years of Essex Eating!
As is now traditional, I like to celebrate this most sacred of occasions by re-capping on the previous year, the good, the bad and downright Antony Worrall Thompson gorging on stolen Tesco cheese and washing it down with cheap wine from the bottle. So, this was 2011….
Best meal I ate in 2011
Looking back, seems like it was a vintage year for eating in restaurants, I ate out loads and loved (mostly) every minute of it. The absolute highlight had to be finally making it to The Sportsman in March. Proving to be everything I'd heard it was cracked up to be, the lunchtime tasting menu blew me away, in fact it was probably the best meal I've ever had.
Saying that, in July I had an absolute belting lunch with Niamh of 'Eat like a girl' at Simon Rogan's London outpost, Roganic. I can't recommend it enough, such beautiful and interesting food.
November saw a visit to Mark Hix's Oyster & Fish House in Lyme Regis as part of a Talisker Whisky tasting event. Bloody hell, it was a treat – very British, very seasonal and incredibly elegant, after years of enviously watching other, more financially flush diners tucking into huge tiered platters of seafood, I finally got to experience it myself, unforgettable.
A tasting menu at The Pony & Trap in Chew Magna has to be another contender; entirely confounding any expectations I may have had, this was easily the best meal I've eaten in Bristol and one of the best meals I've eaten all year.
My recent birthday dinner at Jose Pizarro's eponymous new Bermondsey restaurant Pizarro was also another incredibly memorable meal, sitting up at the bar and watching the chefs cook right in front of us, whilst Jose himself picked dishes from the menu for us to try was an incredible experience, it goes without saying that the food itself was superb.
Best Dish I cooked at home 2011
I still cook loads, but because of the Montpelier Basement supper club I run with 'E', most of the really memorable cooking seems to revolve around that. When I think about it, the daily lunch and dinner cooking seems to have been simplified a bit of late, more quickly thrown together meals using up leftover ingredients.
That said, a fresh Homewood ewe's curd & blood orange salad with croutons tossed in marmalade was a winner back in February, we served this up to the pupils at a Cheese School event and I was really pleased with how it turned out.
Another Ewe's curd based dish, but this time a dessert (It's such an amazing ingredient, equally at home as a savoury or a sweet depending on what you pair it with). Pinched and adapted from a Tom Kitchin recipe, we used the Ewe's curd in a baked cheesecake mousse; we partnered this with spiced shortbread, butterscotch apple sauce and fresh apple slices. This was the dessert we served when we brought Montpelier Basement to the Coach & Horses pub London back in September.
Apart from that, I particularly liked pigeon breast with pontack (a 17th century, old English elderberry sauce recipe); we fiddled with the available recipes heavily to come up with something we could use right away, without maturing for 7 years! And it turned out really well.
How could I forget Celery ice cream! An absolute winner, subtle, peppery and unusual – I made it as an experiment and it didn't turn out half bad at all. 'E' turned her nose up at it, but we gave samples to some of the guests at 'The Basement' and pretty much everyone loved it...so in your face 'E'! Although, I have to say, the whole concept wasn't an unequivocal success. For what I originally wanted to partner with it, see below.
Worst Dish I cooked at home 2011
So, there were a few kitchen disasters last year. Returning to the surprisingly excellent celery ice cream, I thought it'd be great served with some kind of hot Stilton dish. I eventually found a recipe for Stilton fritters and I thought this would be just the thing. No. On it's own, the celery ice cream was lovely, partnered with the hot fritters it tasted like the freakiest, weirdest dessert ever (I envisaged some kind of savoury dish). It just didn't work at all.
Other memorable kitchen disasters were, with a room full of 18 expectant diners, our first course of Keen's Cheddar Biscuits (A tried, tested and reliable recipe) inexplicably failing and strangely melting all over the oven into one steaming massive biscuit and leaving us panicked and scrambling to come up with a last second alternative.
Parsnip crisps – how I hate thee. We had all sorts of problems with these, burning them and when finally getting them right, our perfectly crisp and erect examples suddenly going soft (oooer) they were an absolute pain in the arse.
Oh, and finally apologies to everyone at our New Year's Eve Basement when we filled the room with an acrid burning smell and for the complete absence of pork crackling. In an attempt to crisp it up under the grill, we got sidetracked and forgot about it – setting the whole tray alight.
Best Booze I drank in 2011
I'm all about the food, and often forget to record what I drank with my meal, but every now and again something grabs me by the lapels, gives me a good slapping and makes me sit up and take notice. A bottle of Grüner Veltliner, Soellner Fumburg 2008 at the Pony & Trap in Chew Magna did just that. Amazing stuff.
In general, 2011 seemed to me to be the year I became really aware of natural wine. Friends of ours, F&T are incredibly well informed on the subject, and sampling various bottles with them over the year, and attending an incredibly interesting natural wine dinner at Bell's Diner has left me convinced as to it's virtues. Don't ask me for specific recommendations though, as always I'm guilty of drinking, thinking 'this is nice' and then forgetting exactly what it is I drank. Although I very much enjoyed a Spanish Red Natural wine 'Flos de Pinoso' whilst eating at Soho's DuckSoup.
December saw me invited to Ghent as the guest of 'St Stefanus' beer (or Augustine as it's know in Belgium). The trip left me in no doubt that the Belgians know all there is to know about making amazing beer, the 'blonde' St Stefanus in particular was a bit spesh, but based on what we ate, they could do with a few pointers on food (mashy prawny fishy croquettes…errrr no!)
Worst Dish I ate out 2011
I'm really struggling here, unlike the previous two years no outright disasters spring to mind. Don't get me wrong, I've eaten some incredibly mediocre food and been disappointed on numerous occasions, but for the life of me I can't think of anything that was so truly abysmal and utterly, utterly shit that it deserves the ignominy of being recorded here. Either I'm becoming more discerning in my restaurant/dish choice or food in Britain is improving at a phenomenal rate.
Best Dish I ate out in 2011
Loads and loads of contenders here and probably far too many to list, but here goes…
From The Sportsman, a piece of Roast Lamb from Monkshill farm, which was just over the road from the pub, I'd actually seen the cute ickle lambs scampering around in the fields as I arrived. I mused on this whilst eating the cutlet resting against a piece of braised shoulder accompanied by probably the most amazing mint sauce I've ever tasted (and which I've spent some time trying to replicate – see here).
Next, a dish based around the humble potato, the genius that is Roganic's Heritage potatoes in onion ashes, lovage and wood sorrel. Easily one of the standout courses in what was a lunch packed with amazing food. I was particularly impressed with the incredible sharp savoury taste of the onion ashes. (Onions, dehydrated and reduced to dust using some kind of cheffy wizardry). Amazing.
'That' seafood tower from Hix Oyster and Fish House, a beautifully tiered heap of Dorset seafood Gorgeous lobster, razor clams, oysters, big prawns (quality of life) and mussels. Holy shit, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when this bad boy was plonked in front of me.
The Edwardian gentleman in me (oooer times deux) thought that breakfasting on Devilled Veal Kidneys at Hawksmoor Guildhall was quite possibly one of the most tip-top starts to the day I've had all year. Yes indeed Sir.
Pizarro provided Beetroot Cured Salmon, Capers and an Egg Yolk – essentially a kind of Salmon tartar. Breaking the yolk and mixing it through and then taking a bite was a revelation. Very simple and rustic, yet so effective. I absolutely loved it.
Closer to home for the last couple of dishes – Bristol's Bell's Diner served up an incredibly elegant Chocolate Millefeuille, Praline, Salted Caramel, Pain au Chocolat which was so beautiful to look at and so meticulously constructed it seemed like a shame to eat it. It tasted every bit as good as it looked and impressed me no end.
Finally, at The Pony & Trap in Chew Magna, Grilled Bone Marrow, Brown Shrimp Butter with Capers, Garlic & Lime and Celeriac Puree (with toast to smear it all on) had me tonguing the bone in the most obscene manner imaginable. It was rustic, imaginative and full of flavour. Amazing.
Weirdest Google searches that have led to my Blog 2011
After whisky eating fish
Food poisoning from Halloumi cheese
Full faggot factory (?)
How to get a table at The Ladbury (I think I may see your problem there).
What food do they eat in Essex?
Spied on a parisian store shelf, a châteauneuf-du-pape that cost a tad too little (very specific)
Recepis for porh cheeks (sic)
Pho soup gas bloating
man eat cheese
Best Recipe book 2011
My favourite cookbook of the year has to be the Hawksmoor cookbook. Like the restaurant it's superb, very British and slightly eccentric. The recipes, cooking tips and historical background information are fascinating, oh and I also made a little contribution with a tiny bit of recipe testing for it (check out the acknowledgements, I'm in there and so is 'E').
Hopping across the channel with regards to cooking style, but not origins (they're firmly Essex) The Galvin cookbook is also a bit special. I haven't had my hands on it that long, but have already pinched a couple of ideas and techniques out of it for 'The Basement' and they've worked really well. I especially like the fact there are explanations for how the dishes work in a restaurant setting and where the cooking can be held and finished off, all really useful.
Strangest thing I ate in 2011
Calves Brain at Racine. Nothing else came close. A French classic, it was actually quite pleasant, until I got to the last forkful and started thinking about what I was eating. My stomach suddenly turned and I came over in a cold sweat.
Must visit restaurants 2011
Ok, first – here's last years list. Not a bad showing, I managed to make it to the excellent Racine, The Sportsman, Oxford's Magdalen Arms and Casamia. Once again a whole load of restaurants I wanted to eat at somehow got overlooked for one reason or another.
Anchor and Hope - London
Racine - London
The Sportsman - Whitstable
The Kitchin - Edinburgh
Magdalen Arms – Oxford
Brawn – London
Casamia – Bristol
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal – London
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road – London
St Johns
So that was then, this is NOW – here's my personal list of 2012 must visit's…be interesting to see how many of these I made it to when I look back in January 2013!
The Kitchin – Edinburgh (I will make it there this year)
St Johns – London (How the hell have I never eaten here?)
Brawn – London
Hedone – London
The British Larder – Suffolk
Le Champignon Sauvage – Cheltenham
Restaurant Sat Bains – Nottingham
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal – London
Zucca – London
Wild Honey – London
The Felin Fach Griffin – Brecon
So there you have it, my third year at Essex Eating.
Stay tuned throughout 2012 for another incredibly exciting year of me stuffing myself silly in restaurants, burning and scorching myself in the kitchen, getting drunk throughout, then recording the whole experience right here in my childish drivel style for your enjoyment. I love it.
Mwah Mwah
16 comments:
- Fiona Beckett said...
Love it too. One of the best food blogs around. We're up for the Champignon Sauvage!
- 12 January 2012 at 17:42
- fran39 said...
Fantastic post, Dan, and so glad you loved my favourite place - The Sportsman.
Here's to the next year! xx
- 12 January 2012 at 17:52
- Kavey said...
Happy Birthday, Dan!
Nice recap! :)
- 12 January 2012 at 17:59
- Food Urchin said...
And it only seems like yesterday that I was changing your nappy, spoon feeding you and teaching you how to blow bubbles. And now you're 3.
Damn they grow up so fast these days *sob*
Happy Birthday mate.
- 12 January 2012 at 18:50
I love your yearly round-up, but it only seems like yesterday that I was chuckling at the 2010 review. Good lord, how time does fly.
Congrats and keep it coming.
- 12 January 2012 at 19:26
- Nick Baines said...
Fucking epic! Indeed, how the HELL have you not been to St. John? You are master historian of London town, in my book you are anyway. We need to correct this SJ issue in 2012. I'm always a willing participant in a St. John outing.
You've had an incredible year Dan my man. In incredible three to be honest. Loved every minute. Here's to another three.
- 12 January 2012 at 19:32
- Dan said...
Fiona - Thanks very much, I'm incredibly flattered you think so! Champignon Sauvage, lets all definitely go soon.
Fran39 - Hey thanks Fran - Oh yeah! The Sportsman is amazing x
Kavey - Thank you madam.
Food Urchin - Mate, I know - how quick I've grown...no seriously, with all this fine dining I've put on about 3 stone. Thanks very much dude.
Feedetgastro - It's gone fast hasn't it? Thanks very much...more drivel from me to come this year for sure!
Nick - Hahahaha I have no idea how I never made it to St John, I used to work literally down the road for years. Lets do it, It'd be great if you fancy an outing. I shall be in touch. Thanks very much for saying so dude, indeed - here's to another 3, at least!
- 12 January 2012 at 20:19
- Gourmet Chick said...
Happy blog birthday Dan! So was your blog a New Years resolution all those years ago? Love this list particularly the google search terms and the line: "How to get a table at The Ladbury (I think I may see your problem there)". Here's to more eating in, eating out and boozing.
- 12 January 2012 at 21:36
- Dan said...
Gourmet Chick - Thanks! That's right, it was a new years resolution to write this blog 3 years ago today. Definitely, 3 cheers to eating out, in and boozing!
- 12 January 2012 at 23:07
- Matt Inwood said...
Belting post, Dan! Great to see that Racine calve's brain anecdote in text on the screen! Some really great meals in there and an enviable list of must-visits for next year -- hope you make them all!
And happy birthday mate! For a long time now you've been one of the most fun and refreshing writers writing about food, and I really hope you get the traffic through the virtual gateways here at EssexEating to prove that: you certainly deserve it. *pounds fist into left breast*
Bring on the next 365 days! And hope to see you through some of that.
- 12 January 2012 at 23:50
- The Little Dinner Lady said...
Brilliant round up, am a relative new-comer to your blog, and am now devoted, I can feel myself getting fatter with every word! Now vowing on some kind of road trip to visit The Sportsman and generally all the other places you rave about. Love your work.
- 13 January 2012 at 11:23
- Katy Salter @ Pinch of Salt said...
Happy bloggiversary! Your blog always makes me chuckle - looking fwd to reading more of yours and E's adventures in 2012.
Ps wierdest searches that lead to my blog:
'Turkish porno fat'
'How can I pinch my friends breast'
- 13 January 2012 at 11:40
- Dan said...
Matt - How incredibly flattering, thank you, it means a lot! Look forward to seeing you out and about soon.
The Little Dinner Lady - Thank you, I'm really pleased that you enjoy it and I have to say, if you just eat at one place this year, make it the tasting menu at The Sportsman...it is amazing!
Katy - Thank you very much, and again I'm extremely flattered that my blog makes you chuckle! Your wierdest searches are even stranger than mine! hahahaha
- 13 January 2012 at 14:25
- Restaurants in Brighton said...
Firstly. a very Happy birthday to your blog & congratulations to you for your 3 yrs old blog. Your post is amazing - lovely pictures, lovely food & booze also. This is the first time I hv come to your blog & will like to visit again to catch up your more more best stories.Wish you a very Happy New Year.Hv a great 2012.Cheers !
- 19 January 2012 at 13:27
- German said...
I just discovered you blog, look great and congratulations. I hope you have a great 2012 as well.
- 23 January 2012 at 17:45
- Dan said...
Restaurants in Brighton - Thank you! Happy New Year Back!
German - Thanks very much, have a superb 2012 yourself.
- 24 January 2012 at 11:15


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From John Main OSB, "God is the Centre of my Soul," THE WAY OF UNKNOWING (New York: Crossroad, 1990), pp. 18-20.
Meditation is a very simple concept. There is nothing complicated about it, nothing esoteric. . . . In essence, meditation is simply being still at the centre of your being.
Being still. The only problem connected with it is that we live in a world of almost frenetic movement, and so stillness and rootedness seem quite foreign to most of us. But in nature all growth is from the centre outwards. The centre is where we begin and again that is what meditation is about. It is making contact with the original centre of your own being. It is a return to the ground of your being, to your origin, to God. . . .St John of the Cross, in his reflections on the nature of meditation, wrote that "God is the centre of my soul." [. . . .]
Meditation is a wonderful opportunity for all of us. . .because in returning to our origin, to the ground of our being, we return to our innocence. The call to meditation, for the early Fathers of the Church, was a call to purity of heart and that is what innocence is---purity of heart. A vision unclouded by egoisim or by desire or by images, a heart simply moved by love. Meditation leads us to pure clarity--clarity of vision, clarity of understanding and clarity of love--a clarity that comes from simplicity. And to being to meditate requires nothing more than the simple determination to begin and then to continue. . . .
[Meditation] is the way of attention. [W]e must go beyond thought, beyond desire and beyond imagination and in that beyond we begin to know what we are here and now in God, "in whom we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28). The way of simplicity is the way of the one word, the recitation of the one word. It is the recitation, and the faithfulness to that recitation every morning and every evening, that leads us beyond all the din of words, beyond all the labyrinth of ideas, to oneness. . . .[M]editation is a way into full communion, oneness of being. In meditation, and in the life enriched by meditation, we just are fully ourselves, whoever we are.
After meditation: William Wordsworth, "Lines Composed above Tintern Abbey," Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol 2 (New York: Norton, 1979), p. 156.
That blessed mood,
In which the burden of the mystery,
In which the heavy and the weary weight
Of all this unintelligible world,
Is lightened--that serene and blessed mood,
In which the affections gently lead us on,-
Until, the breath of this corporeal frame
And even the motion of our human blood
Almost suspended, we are laid asleep
In body, and become a living soul;
While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things.
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The Federal Reserve is investigating whether traders at the world's biggest banks rigged benchmark currency rates, raising the risk that firms will be penalized for lax controls as regulators look for wrongdoing.
The Fed, which supervises U.S. bank holding companies, is among authorities from London to Washington probing whether traders shared information that may have let them manipulate prices in the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market to maximize their profits, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter, asking not to be named because it's confidential. The central bank's involvement in the probe hasn't been previously reported.
"The Fed has discretion whether to and how much to fine the banks if deficient controls or lack of supervision resulted in traders at these banks manipulating currency rates," said Jacob S. Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor and now a lawyer at Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker PA in Potomac, Maryland.
The Fed punished firms for internal-control lapses last year as it worked with state and federal authorities on cases involving Iranian sanctions and botched derivatives bets. The foreign-exchange inquiry looks at benchmark WM/Reuters rates used by companies and investors around the world.
Those rates are determined by trades executed in a minute-long period called "the fix" at 4 p.m. in London each day. By concentrating orders in the moments before and during the 60- second window, traders can push the rate up or down, a process known in the industry as "banging the close."
'The Cartel'
Deutsche Bank AG, Citigroup Inc., Barclays Plc and UBS AG control more than half of all foreign-exchange trading, according to a May survey by Euromoney Institutional Investor.
Barbara Hagenbaugh, a Fed spokeswoman in Washington, declined to comment on the probes.
Bloomberg News reported in June that traders at banks have been manipulating spot foreign-exchange rates for at least a decade, affecting the value of funds and derivatives. Britain's Financial Conduct Authority, the Swiss Competition Commission and the U.S. Justice Department also are investigating.
At least a dozen banks have been contacted by authorities, and at least 12 currency traders have been suspended or put on leave. Companies including Lloyds Banking Group Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc have announced their own internal reviews of the matter.
Citigroup said last week it fired Rohan Ramchandani, who was head of European spot trading. Ramchandani was part of a message group other traders in the industry referred to as "The Cartel," which is under investigation. He had been on leave from the New York-based firm for almost three months. Ramchandani didn't respond to messages left on his mobile telephone, and his lawyer didn't return a call to his office.
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Sinclair's Bakery March Update
So the last you heard, I was picking up my trailer and just about to get the show on the road. Well, I haven't quite been 'on the road' baking yet, but I have been using the trailer as an 'at home' bakery in my warehouse/home. I've sold at the last three Bozeman Winter Farmers' Markets, plus had a couple of other gigs this week. Below are a few photos to give you a timeline of what's been going on here in Belgrade/Bozeman:
Rye boules from the first market I attended back in February. This one's for you Eric.
Who would've known I'd meet an Italian pizza guru here in Belgrade? Friend and top-rate baker Tommaso Damasco spent time both working with me teaching me the proper way to make Pizza Romano, and in turn he learned to laminate and make croissant dough.
A little bit of parmesan to top off the pastries...
Yes, I got out the silver platters and doilies for the Bozeman Film Festival. I made these Spinach Artichoke puffs and other hors' d'oeuvres for the occasion. I even wore a collared, button-up shirt to play dress-up, but you'll see no evidence of that.
This is looking into the trailer from the entrance. The freezer, fridge and ovens are on the left, the sinks are on the right.
Here's a couple of work benches and cooling racks. The near bench is 2'x4' and is attached to the generator compartment. I put flat-iron back splashes (and a side one here) on the wood surfaces to keep flour from getting behind them. The far table is 2'x6' and to the left of the mixer is an under counter fridge with a 2.5'x4' stainless steel work top.
This is my set-up for the indoor market in Bozeman. Hot Cross Bun 4-packs, just in time for Easter, are in the white boxes on the left.
There you go.
If you want to check out bunches more photos, this is the bakery FB page. I think I have all the photos set to 'public view' so even if you don't have a FB account I believe you can see them. Feel free to 'like' the page. That would be nice :)
Happy baking everyone.


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A healthy diet grows healthier hair.
Hair growth is affected by many factors, including genetics, age, medications, diseases, and yes, your diet. Like your nails, hair requires a nutrient-rich supply of blood to its follicles. A very low-calorie diet could slow its growth and even cause hair loss. But don't be alarmed by occasional fallout―most of us lose 50 to 100 strands a day. (However, if your hair loss seems excessive, consult a dermatologist.)
For the healthiest hair (and body) possible, you should eat a well-balanced diet that includes:
- fatty acids (found in flaxseed oil and cold-water fish like salmon);
- zinc and copper (found in fish, shellfish, meat, and poultry);
- B vitamins (found in eggs, dairy, meat, and whole grains);
- selenium (found in cruciferous vegetables).
Also, keep your hair expectations in check. Typically, healthy hair grows only a half-inch each month, and growth slows with age. In addition, each strand of hair has a life cycle―the length of time it takes to reach maturity, fall out, and be replaced by a new hair―which varies from person to person. If your hair's average life cycle is only two years, it's doubtful that you'll ever have waist-length hair, which would take about six years to grow from a short hair cut.


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Weekly Game Balls: Week 8
The Cowboys are on a nice three game winning streak, everyone is healthy and all is well this week in the Big D. Sunday the Cowboys face one of their toughest divisional rivals when they travel to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles.
For now let's focus on the positive that we can take out of last Sunday's matchup against the battered and bruised Seahawks.
Tony Romo finished the day 21 for 36 with 256 yards and three touchdowns. He hit three different receivers – Williams, Hurd and Austin.
Romo has gone three straight games without an interception, a career best. He is also learning to spread the ball around to whoever is open. He threw the ball to ten different receivers in the Seattle game.
The schedule is about to get tougher through November and December. If Romo can build from these past three games and stay on track, there's no reason to doubt that he has what it takes to go up against top teams in the league.
Romo is also up for the NFL's FedEx Player of the Week for the third time this year.
Great work this week Romo!
This week's defensive/special teams game ball goes to Patrick Crayton.
I know what you're thinking, Patrick Crayton is a wide receiver. However, he is also our punt returner, and damn good one too.
Patrick Crayton has had a punt return for a touchdown in each of the last two games.
Cowboys had signed return specialist Allen Rossum, however he injured himself in his debut with the team, so Crayton went back to his punt return role.
The amazing thing is Crayton was demoted from his WR starting position with the promotion of Miles Austin and since then has excelled on special teams with his two TDs.
Crayton also has the chance to make NFL history if he gets the chance to return a punt for a TD in Philly this weekend. No NFL player has ever returned for touchdowns in three consecutive games. It won't be an easy task, and surely the Eagles are aware of the chance for a Cowboy to make history at their home.
Good luck Crayton, we will be cheering you on!
Congratulations to Romo and Crayton for their great contribution to the victory.
Honorable Mention: Keith Brooking continues to impress, he had 8 tackles, 3 assists and a sack.


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Olympic - Balanced Lifestyle - 8 Week Training Plan
Olympic - Balanced Lifestyle - 8 Week Triathlon Training Plan
author : mikericci
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Why you would want to use this plan
This plan would be used by someone who is time constrained and has very little time to commit to a full bore plan. The workouts are all high quality so if you do miss a workout or two, you aren't ruining the core of the plan, which is high quality above anything else.
This plan was specifically designed for the triathlete who wants to 'cut back' on the hours training while still being able to be race ready. If you are looking to just cut-back and have fun, spend more time with your family and work on personal growth, this is a perfect plan for you.
Plan prerequisites.
*This is NOT a 'build' plan in that we are not significantly building volume. You do not want to train for your first triathlon on this plan. This plan assumes you have been training at a higher level and you want to cut back.
Plan schedule
Every week there are also and optional 'lifestyle idea' section to implement to make your life more efficient and fulfilling.
Background requirements
These minimums constitute the average distance and times for the first few weeks of workouts.
Lifestyle enhancements
Every week in the 'Overall Comments' section of the training plan there are also optional 'lifestyle ideas' to implement to make your life more efficient and fulfilling - Ron is the author of this section. If you need to refocus your life on your family - or just to create more time, these are some great time-saving ideas to use in conjunction with this plan.
What to expect, performance-wise, on this plan.
Performance-wise this plan may surprise you with the race results if you go into the races rested – although the lack of volume could be a hindrance. I certainly wouldn't expect a PR on this plan, nor would I expect to qualify for any special teams or world championships. In general this plan is about maintaining a level of fitness while you are in a holding pattern, and not about getting faster or going further. For example, if you know work is going to take up the majority of your time over the next 6 weeks and training time is limited, this might be the plan to keep your fitness from going south, but the workouts are short enough that you can get them in while in a time constrained circumstance.
Once you have completed this cycle of training and you are ready to get back on a more traditional schedule here are your options:
Racing on this plan
Only use days 57-63 as an optional taper week if you are racing. If you don't have a race, use days 1-56 and repeat as needed. You can easily insert the taper week every 3-4 weeks of this plan to race.
- Week 1Expand
- Time: 25m
- Distance: 1150.00 yards
- WU: 300 warm up
- MS: 15x50 at sprint RACE START PACE - RPE=9 effort – on 20" rest
- CD: 100 cool down
- Time: 50m
- Distance: 15.00 miles
- WU: 3 mile warm up
- MS: Ride 10 miles at Olympic Race Pace effort
- CD: 2 mile cooldown
- Time: 35m
- Distance: 1600.00 yards
- WU: 400 warm up
- MS: 5x200 at medium effort (RPE = 6) on 20" rest.
- Time: 1h 05m
- Distance: 20.00 miles
- Bike 20 miles at easy effort followed by 4 mile run at easy effort.
- Time: 40m
- Distance: 4.00 miles
- 4 miles off the bike at an easy effort.
- Time: 1h 00m
- Distance: 6.00 miles
- Run 6 miles – middle 2 miles at Zone 4 effort.
- Week 2Expand
- Time: 30m
- Distance: 1300.00 yards
- WU: 300 swim, 100 kick warm up
- MS: 4x25, 4x75, 4x100 all at Olympic race pace - rest is 10" on all.
- CD: 100 cool down
- [url=http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1346]Kickboard Kick[/url] OR
- [url=http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1347]Kick on Back[/url]
- Time: 1h 00m
- Distance: 18.00 miles
- After 5 mile warm up, ride 12 miles at OLY RACE effort, then 1 mile cooldown.
- Time: 40m
- Distance: 1800.00 yards
- WU: 400 warm up
- MS: 12x100 at medium effort RPE = 6 on 15" rest interval.
- CD: 200 cooldown
- Time: 1h 25m
- Distance: 25.00 miles
- WU: 4 miles of warm up
- MS: 3x5 miles at a very good effort - RPE=8/9 effort - take an easy 2 miles to recover in between sets.
- CD: Finally warm down with 2 miles of cooling down.
- Time: 30m
- Distance: 3.00 miles
- 3 miles off the bike as 1 mile medium effort RPE=6, 1 mile hard effort RPE=8/9, then the last mile is an easy effort.
- Time: 1h 15m
- Distance: 7.50 miles
- WU: Start wtih 2.5 miles of warm up
- MS: Then run 3' hard, 3' easy for the next 2.5 miles.
- CD: The last 2.5 miles are just an easy cool down, no concern for pace.
Day 1
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*Note, all new weekly concepts in this section 'build' off of each other. Continue to do the ideas presented in the weeks before.
Week 1:
Email and internet are time traps. It's too easy to start following links that people send you or things that are interesting to you (but not necessary). Before you know it, you are on the internet for over an hour and your life is none-the-better for it.
This week:
- No internet/email after you get home from work.
- Limit weekend internet/email to 15 minutes at lunch and 15 minutes in the evening. Skip the evening internet/email session if your life doesn't depend on it.
1 - Prioritize emails first. If you have time left, surf the net.
2 - Delete emails that friends send you that are just diversionary links to stuff that you know are just 'hey, this is funny' – these are big time traps that don't enhance your life.
3 - Automatically delete emails from people that just 'forward' links from others.
4 - Set a timer if needed to keep yourself in check
READING ASSIGNMENT: Start reading the 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch. This book is indispensible in getting rid of things that don't really enhance your life.
Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
|Print Day
Day 6
|Print Day
Day 7
|Print Day
Day 8
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Day 9
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Day 10
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Day 11
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Day 12
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Day 13
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Day 14
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Wk #1
1150 Yd
4.00 Mi
15.00 Mi
1600 Yd
1h 05m
20.00 Mi
4.00 Mi
1h 00m
6.00 Mi
Week Total
1h 00m
2750 Yd
1h 55m
35.00 Mi
2h 20m
14.00 Mi
1h 30m
Wk #2
1300 Yd
4.00 Mi
1h 00m
18.00 Mi
1800 Yd
1h 25m
25.00 Mi
3.00 Mi
1h 15m
7.50 Mi
Week Total
1h 10m
3100 Yd
2h 25m
43.00 Mi
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My blog used to be called Nappy Valley. But now I've moved to the dizzy heights of Crystal Palace (via a spell as an expat on Long Island, New York). And my Littleboys are long out of nappies.
Saturday, 16 May 2009
Goodbye Nappy Valley?
Well, that much is obvious. The blog was named after the area in which (oh, OK, near which) I live in London. It simply wouldn't make sense in Long Island, NY. Heck, they don't even have nappies in America, they have diapers.
In fact, the name I originally thought of changing to was Diaper Island, but, as someone pointed out to me recently, it does sound a bit like you're swimming in a pile of shit, or living on some kind of sewage heap.
I have thought of other, New York based options - Englishwoman in New York, Nappies and the City, etc. But we won't actually be living in the City, so this might give the wrong impression. It doesn't help that some of the really good expat names are already taken (thank you, Not wrong just different, Mom/Mum and Expat Mum).
Now I have decided to rename the blog once I get out there. After all, until we settle in, I will have no idea exactly where we will be living (we are finding a house once we get there) and what my life will really be like.
I will, of course, be open to suggestions from the blogosphere and we could even have a vote.
But for now, although I've already said Goodbye to Nappy Valley (the place), I'm going to keep the Nappy Valley blog going just for the moment, just in a kind of foreign correspondent manner. (Actually, Foreign Correspondence is quite a good name. Maybe I'll bear it in mind). Hopefully, the next time you hear from me I will be blogging from Brooklyn.
Au revoir......
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- Expat mum said...
Wow - it's here. Your move. I am expecting you to bombard us with ex-patty questions once you get out here.
I'm sure you'll come up with something very creative, but Expat Nappy sprang to mind immediately for me.
- 16 May 2009 at 09:18
- Paradise Lost In Translation said...
Look forward to reading 'New Blog, New Blog' whatever you decdide to call it!
- 16 May 2009 at 16:07
- Iota said...
How exciting! Good luck!
As for names, building on Expat Mum's suggestion, what about The Ex-Patty Diaries (apologies to Potty Mummy).
I like your 'Foreign Correspondence' idea too. How about 'Four in Correspondence' - since there are four of you?
And I like Paradise's 'New Blog, New Blog' too.
I've always wanted to see something clever done with the fact that 'diaper' is 'repaid' backwards - could you work on that?
Looking forward to catching up with you on this side of the Pond.
- 16 May 2009 at 16:27
- Annabel said...
I think you should keep the name! Not because I'm biased (I am) but because I think you've built up such an amazing following and Nappy Valley Girl has become your brand!
- 17 May 2009 at 09:00
- Wife in Hong Kong said...
I'm going to be facing the same problem in a matter of weeks. Does one rename and carry on or redirect and start again? To me you are and always will be Nappy Valley Girl. Couldn't you name it Nappy Valley meets Long Island?
- 17 May 2009 at 09:05
- Potty Mummy said...
Best of luck!
- 17 May 2009 at 09:25
- that girl? said...
Ah Good Luck NV Girl!! Hope it all goes well for you and your family and look forward to hearing all about the move! I read with interest your plans to change blog names as I am about to do the same. Nv in Ny perhaps? Whatever you choose, I'll be reading! Have a nice day!
- 17 May 2009 at 16:42
- Anonymous said...
Good luck! Do let us know what you decide - I'd hate to miss you and your new Super Sized Blog!
- 18 May 2009 at 11:29
- Mel said...
Good luck with your move, hope it all goes smoothly and look forward to hearing your new title!
- 18 May 2009 at 14:46
- Maternal Tales said...
Yeah - definitely think you should try to keep the name as much as possible. Nappy Valley goes Stateside? Nappy Valley relocates? Still Nappy Valley at heart. No longer Nappy Valley. Nappy Valley over and out....endless possibilities!! Good luck with the move...
- 18 May 2009 at 17:07
- Cassandra said...
I feel very strongly about this. DO NOT change the name! It is brilliant. Just replace the sub-heading - from "surviving parenthood..." to "in the US aiiiiiiiiii" or something. You'll still be the same girl and your take on all things American will be fascinating. And Jeez, haven't you got enough change going on in your life? Leave the title and trate yourself to the consolation of continuity! You know I'm right...Cx
- 19 May 2009 at 04:57
- Cassandra said...
How on Earth did I manage to spell "treat" so wrongly?! SOZZA x
- 19 May 2009 at 04:58


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Now, as you can see, the retardos in these pictures are really getting into, whatever they're getting into (a.k.a LET'S PARTY!). And well, I'll try to expalin it all, but it gets kinda technical.
Ozie and I are looking pretty wasted in one of those pics, I'm sure you'll have no problem guessing which. That was pretty much the end of the evening, and we stoped for breakfast. The little cleaning lady must have been very jelous of our beauty because she kept yelling "No no no pictures" even after I put the camera away. Bop.
The rest is pretty much us at clubs, and yeah, that.
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Wii U Sales See Huge Jump In Japan Last Week
Thanks to new bundles and the release of Wii Party U, The Wii U outsold every console but the 3DS XL last week in Japan.
The Wii U has struggled to find an audience since its launch, but things are looking up in Japan at least.The Wii U sold 38,802 units compared to the previous week's measly 2,598 units, a 1,500% increase. Many are attributing the increase to impressive Wii Party U sales, which debuted as the sixth best selling game last week behind games like Pokémon X & Y.
For our review of Wii Party U, head here. For some of our own ideas on how to fix the Wii U's sales, head here.
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I am very happy that the Wii U was able to claim this small victory in Japan. I am still a huge fan of the Wii U. It's off-screen play options have proven invaluable when I want to play something like Assassin's Creed or Wind Waker HD, but don't want to rob the TV from everyone in my household. I am surprised to see Wii Party U as the catalyst for sales boost, though. I didn't realize that game had such a large audience.


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The Range's Brett Dillon and The Dallas Mavericks' Donnie Nelson host the Lonestar Legends Radio Show every Thursday from 6-7pm. This week, join them at Dodie's in Frisco, with special guests Jason Eady & Randy Brown!
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I'm in the process of building a new PC for gaming and am trying to decide whether to install Linux on this PC but am not sure if I can do what I want. Any advice would be helpful.
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Can I use the Linux machine as a print server, I have a Lexmark X7170 all in one which I will connect to the Linux box and need to be able to print from the Windows PC, also, would I be able to scan from both or would that cause problems.
I was also considering using the Linux PC as a mail server, connecting to my verizon email account downloading all mails and then connecting to the Linux box from the Windows PC to retieve emails. Would this be over complicating things. My Linux/Unix skill are very basic but I flet this would be a good way to improve them.
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Are You Secretly Sabotaging Your Workout Routine?
Have you been putting in hours at the gym and trying to eat healthy but still not seeing the results that you want? Do you find yourself making excuses for why you can't seem to reach your fitness goals?
"I can't look like that because of my genetics."
"I love to eat."
"It's too much work."
Any of those sound familiar to you? The list can go on and on. However, before you go blaming your lack of results on genetics or time, here are some common mistakes you could be making to sabotage your workout routine.
If you are like me, you absolutely love the gym. I would definitely consider myself a gym rat. I can spend hours in the gym lifting weights, running on the treadmill, striking heavy bags, etc. The harsh reality is that training too much does not allow your body to properly recover. My best advice is to listen to your body. Rest when your body and muscles feel tired, and you will find that your body will perform better when you hit the gym again.
Lack of Sleep
I think any parent will agree with me when I say there's no such thing as "enough sleep." When my kids are finally down at night, that is typically when I want to get things done. Cleaning, laundry, and dishes can be done the next day, so try to get some sleep while you can. You will be surprised at how much better your body performs during your workout just from you getting enough sleep.
Performing the Same Exercises
Consistency is highly recommended in any workout routine, but performing the same exercise routine and using the same amount of weight every time you exercise will only lead to little or no results. Get past your body's comfort zone to avoid a plateau. There are so many different ways to switch up your workout routine. You simply need to get creative.
Trying to "Work Off" What You Eat
This is a very common mistake that I have learned from. We are all guilty of believing that a cheeseburger won't affect your results if you burn off those extra calories the next day. Unfortunately, exercise is not an excuse to eat what you want. We all love food, but eating the proper foods isn't about dieting. It's a lifestyle. There ARE delicious foods out there that provide nutritional benefits and will help you reach your fitness goals.
Unhealthy Habits
This is not just about eating unhealthy foods. There are unhealthy habits that will hinder your fitness goals. Smoking and alcohol can have a negative impact on various parts of your body. Smoking can reduce your physical endurance, and consuming too much alcohol can weaken your muscles and dehydrate your body, which in turn will have a huge impact on your performance in the gym.
Whether you are new to exercise or you are just getting back into a fitness routine, don't let these challenges deter you from getting the results you desire. Stay motivated and stay on track!


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Knowledge is power.
So, the more a wheat farmer knows about the insect pests that are likely to infest his crop, the better he'll be able to control them, says Texas AgriLife Extension entomologist Chris Sansone.
Sansone handed out a bit of useful insect knowledge at the recent Big Country Wheat Conference in Abilene, offering identification tips and control options for the usual suspects, including grubs, aphids, greenbugs, Hessian fly, fall armyworm and grasshoppers.
He said white grubs or June bugs follow a three-year life cycle. The second year may be the most damaging. "They feed heavily in the second year," Sansone said. "Damage in the third year, when it emerges as an adult, is limited."
He said Texas is home to several species of white grub and they may have different life cycles. "Damage can be severe."
Seed treatments
Gaucho and Cruiser seed treatments "will help but do not offer perfect control," Sansone said. "Gaucho is the better grub material."
Barley yellow dwarf (BYD) is a virus carried by an aphid. Gaucho may be a good option for control. "Treatment also may depend on when the aphid moves in. If it comes in late, wheat can tolerate it better."
Sansone said farmers "can't spray out BYD. And a few aphids can spread the disease. Seed treatment will help." It's a preventive measure because "we can't tell if aphids are carrying BYD."
"Greenbugs are always an issue, but we've seen fewer the last few years because of seed treatments. Also, Tam 112 has resistance so we recommend it if you have greenbugs."
Seed treatments go on early, Sansone said, and a lot can happen to a wheat crop from planting to maturity. "So we might not always see a financial advantage (with seed treatments)."
Hessian fly
Hessian fly can destroy a promising wheat crop. "They are moving west," Sansone said.
Resistance may be the best control option, but should be combined with other strategies. "Duster and Coronado are resistant and we know resistance is effective on Hessian fly, but we also know that the fly can change."
Other control options include area-wide planting delay, seed treatments, rotation (helps a little), crop destruction and alternate crops for grazing. "We can't rely on just one practice," Sansone said.
The fly is adaptable, too. "It will wait on a one-inch rain and moderate temperatures to emerge in the fall. Delayed emergence, however, often do not build to high numbers.
"A seed treatment may reduce numbers for the first generation, but resistant varieties are still our best option."
Fall Armyworms
Sansone expects fall armyworms, "will be an issue this year, so farmers should be aware of their planting schemes. If grazing, late planting is not recommended because you can't delay grazing."
Control threshold is 10 to 12 larvae per square foot. Wheat may be at risk as long as 210 days after planting."So what we do today may not be effective tomorrow. It's important to know yield goals."
Grasshoppers should be "stopped at the borders," Sansone said, before they move into the fields. "They usually come in the spring," and may move into wheat from rangeland and roadside ditches. Populations had begun to decline in August.
Dimlin is the best control option, Sansone said, "but only on grasshoppers without wings."


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Lady K embraces Ramone after hearing that their friend was jumped in an apparent hate crime and is now in the hospital. Many youth escape the brutality of their families only to face something much worse on the streets. Gay homeless youth are often beat up for the sexuality. There have been several murders that remain unsolved.
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3rd District Juvenile Court State Supervision Probation
Qualifications for State Supervision Probation
- State supervision is a sentencing category within the Juvenile Sentencing Guidelines Matrix.
- Youths qualify for state supervision based on the severity of the presenting offense, criminal history and aggravating or mitigating circumstances.
- Probation officers may also recommend to a judge that a youth be placed on state supervision probation if the officer can articulate that the youth's score on the Protective and Risk Assessment warrants such placement and that the services available through state supervision probation would address the youth's needs and are not available outside of the state supervision sanction.
- Youths requiring residential treatment shall not be recommended for placement on state supervision.
- Probation officers shall make a sentencing recommendation to the judge based on the final guidelines calculation or other factors as stated above.
Placement on State Supervision
- Only a judge can order a youth to state supervision probation.
- Only youth ordered to state supervision shall access state supervision funded programs.
Principles of State Supervision
State supervision was instituted in the state of Utah in 1997 in response to the need for a more intensive level of supervision for chronic offenders. The goal of state supervision probation is "to prevent high-risk juvenile probationers from further penetrating the juvenile justice system by providing individualized, intensive services and interventions while maintaining the youth at home." State supervision probation is considered an intermediate sanction between probation and community placement with the Division of Juvenile Justice Services. Youth who are placed on state supervision are generally more serious offenders and therefore are supervised at a higher, more intensive level than regular probation. Mandatory weekly office visits are expected with random field visits to the youth's school, employment and home. More programs and funding are available for youth who are at this level of supervision. The programs range in intensity from after school educational classes to short-term out-of-home residential or wilderness placements.
State Supervision Probation Process
State supervision probation begins the moment a judge enters an order for state supervision. State supervision probation is an indefinite period of time and can only be terminated by court order. At the court hearing, youth are placed on house arrest for three weeks as an alternative to being placed in detention (some youth are placed in detention depending on the seriousness of the crime). Usually within two working days, the youth and family will receive a phone call or visit from a probation officer who will set an appointment for an orientation during which time the youth will learn about the State Supervision Probation Order, house arrest and drug testing. The first month of state supervision probation is an assessment and planning phase* in which the probation officer will interview the family and youth, and speak with school officials and allied agencies to gather as much information as possible in order to best help the youth and his or her family. This information will be entered into an assessment tool on the computer called the Protective and Risk Assessment (PRA). The PRA identifies each individual youth's risk factors and protective factors. Risk factors are those things that put youth at risk for future offending, and protective factors are those things that protect youth from future offending. The probation officer then identifies the top three risk factors that directly relate to the offense that brought the youth on probation. Those three risk factors become the focus of the correctional plan or set of goals that the youth must complete before successful discharge from probation. The philosophy behind this process is that if the youth changes the risk factors that brought him or her onto probation into protective factors, then they will most likely not be referred to juvenile court in the future.
* If the youth is ordered to state supervision following probation, there is not an additional assessment phase.
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Mom plants garden to honor daughter who died from flu
TACOMA, Wash. - A mother who lost her five-year-old daughter to the flu is planting a garden in her daughter's memory.
Rebecca Taylor is planting three roundabouts in her daughter's memory.
Scarlet Anne Taylor died in December 2014 after being sent home from school with what seemed to be a common cold, but things quickly took a turn for the worse.
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Catalino Lucas Diaz
Authorities said the man had a package that was later destroyed with a water cannon. The incident prompted a security lockdown in the area for more than three hours. Authorities said the package didn't contain any dangerous items. A Secret Service spokesman says a man identified as 66-year-old Catalino Lucas Diaz, possibly of Florida, is in custody pending charges. The man jumped the fence along the northeast side of the White House, closing the area along Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Park from 11:10 a.m. to about 2:30 p.m.
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GS News - Bethesda opens Battlecry Studios
Based in Austin, Texas, Battlecry Studios will be headed up by industry veteran and former BioWare staffer, Rich Vogel.
Based in Austin, Texas, Battlecry Studios will be headed up by industry veteran and former BioWare staffer, Rich Vogel.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Star Wars games is in one handy video, presented by Danny O'Dwyer.
Star Wars Galaxies executive producer Tony Tyson looks back fondly on the now-defunct massively multiplayer online game.
Sony Online Entertainment letting player performance in remaining months decide whether the Rebels or Imperials will ultimately emerge victorious.
LucasArts, Sony Online Entertainment pulling plug on long-running Star Wars-themed MMORPG by the end of the year; trading card games also being taken offline.
MMOGs remain dark as publisher "will only restore operations when we believe that the network is secure"; DC Universe make good detailed.
[UPDATE] Sony Online Entertainment confirms info on 10,700 European bank records may be stolen along with credit card details of nearly 13,000 and personal info for 24.6 million customers after ...
Sony's MMORPG arm discovers "issue that warrants enough concern" to shut down its PC service temporarily; update due later today.
Being a brief list of news and updates in the world of online games for January 26, 2010.
Sony Online Entertainment offering free character transfers in lead up to trimming of intergalactic MMOG's world count from 25 to 13 next month.
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: After years of secrecy, LucasArts opens the book on its ambitious second PC MMORPG; BioWare's Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk explain why it's a bigger project than all ...
John Riccitiello tells Conde Nast Portfolio that BioWare's mystery massively multiplayer project is a third installment in the Star Wars series.
Formerly semi-independent MMOG specialist now officially part of Sony Computer Entertainment; Sony Pictures exec departs.
Nintendo promises daily updates to fighter site, Warcraft dev makes a wish come true, Star Wars MMOG gets a new chapter, Bethesda reveals more postapocalyptic concept art.
Original MMO game, three expansions, bonus DVD land in stores this November for $29.99; extra content includes exclusive in-game item.
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They were great antagonists of the Cold War, the avowedly Red-hating American president and the world's most powerful communist.
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Meeting his Soviet counterpart privately in the Oval Office, with only a translator accompanying them, Nixon said the world's safety hinged on their mutual trust.
"Mr. Brezhnev and I have the key, and I think that our personal relationship will unlock the door," Nixon said. He did not tell Brezhnev that they were being tape-recorded.
The exchange, the only known recording of a superpower summit, is part of the last 340 hours of Nixon's secret
In all, the 17-year release of Nixon's tapes represents about 3,700 hours of surreptitiously recorded conversations in the White House and at
But the final tapes show a different side of Nixon: An outspoken cold warrior who was trying to reduce tensions between the U.S. and the Communist world.
The 94 new tapes, released Wednesday by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, reflect Nixon's conversations from April 9, 1973, to July 12, 1973, shortly before his secret taping system was exposed and discontinued.
During the period reflected in the new tapes, Nixon was fighting to keep the Watergate scandal from destroying his presidency. He had talks with world leaders such as Willy Brandt of West Germany and Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. His concerns ranged from the Vietnam peace settlement to the ongoing standoff in the town of Wounded Knee, S.D.
The weeklong summit with Brezhnev followed Nixon's visit to Moscow the year before. In their Oval Office meeting on June 18, 1973, Brezhnev invoked Russian folklore and declared it a good omen that it had been raining in Moscow when he left. And it was "a double, extra good omen" that it was also raining in
Nixon seemed amused by Brezhnev's cigarette box, which had a special timer that only allowed him to retrieve a cigarette at intervals. "That's a way to discipline yourself," Nixon said.
Apologetically, Brezhnev said he had hoped to bring some of his family to America with him, but his wife had taken ill and his grandson had university entrance exams. He said he hoped for a "gentleman's agreement" on key issues, and to cultivate a "real, lasting relationship between our two countries."
Brezhnev remarked on the size and power of the United States and the Soviet Union, and said he hoped to deliver a speech in which he would "crush" the theory that the two superpowers were inevitably antagonistic.
"Are we to blame for being big? Are we to blame for being strong?" Brezhnev said. "Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union can turn themselves into a Luxembourg, where the entire army is made up of 78 policemen."
Brezhnev said he looked forward to meeting Nixon soon at Casa Pacifica, Nixon's San Clemente home, an invitation the Russian leader had initially resisted. "I like to hear the sound of the sea," Brezhnev said.
"This is an amazing conversation," said Luke Nichter, a professor at Texas A&M University-Central Texas who studies Nixon's secret tapes. "They're talking about ending the threat of nuclear war in the world. What strikes me is how much they agree on the need for the biggest nations to get along with each other."
Timothy Naftali, former director of the Nixon Library who is now a fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington, D.C., think tank, said the conversation with Brezhnev reflected "a friendly banality, rather than a restatement of Cold War rhetoric."
Though Nixon had become a hero to the conservative right in the 1940s and 1950s as a fierce anti-communist, the right had criticized him harshly for his visit to communist China in early 1972. "By the early '70s, he is looking for ways to reduce international tension," Naftali said.
The new tapes reflect Nixon's thinking on China a year after his visit, with his understanding that an aging Mao Tse-tungwould not be in power much longer.
In a May 3, 1973, meeting, Nixon asked veteran diplomat David K.E. Bruce to infiltrate the Chinese social world and evaluate up-and-coming leaders, saying he believed "the Chinese-American relationship can be the great linchpin of peace in the world."
Nixon said he saw the Chinese as potentially "the ablest people in the world." He cautioned his diplomat that the Chinese were "very subtle," explaining: "They're not like the Russians, who of course slobber at flattery and all that sort of thing."
He instructed Bruce to report to him through back channels, avoiding the
"I'm supposed to be the No. 1 Red-baiter in the country," Nixon said. "I have earned that reputation for what you know very well. Had we just continued the policy of just a silent confrontation and almost non-communication with the [People's Republic of China] … in the end we would reap a nuclear war. No question."
On April 30, 1973, Nixon spoke by phone to top aide H.R. "Bob" Haldeman, who along with aide John Ehrlichman had just been forced to resign by the Watergate scandal. Both of them would be convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
"Hope I didn't let you down," Nixon told Haldeman, adding: "God damn it, I'm never gonna discuss this son of a bitch Watergate thing again. Never, never, never, never." He said, "You're a strong man, God damn it. And I love you. And I, I love John and all the rest and by God, keep the faith."
The day after, Nixon tells Rep.
"It just made me sit there, damn near cry, because I knew the problem it was, and I think both of them have done a good job," Ford replied. "Despite one of these, these damn critics."
Nixon's secret tapes helped drive him from office the next year; Ford, who had become vice president after the resignation of


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Season the turkey with the salt and pepper and coat evenly with the flour. Place a wide-mouthed, straight-sided saute pan over medium heat. Add the 1/4 cup olive oil to the pan and once hot, sear the turkey in the pan until golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes per side. Remove the turkey from the pan, and pour off the fat from the pan. Use a paper towel to wipe the pan and return it to the stove. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the pan. Once the oil is hot, add the onions, carrots, celery and tomato paste to the pan and saute, stirring occasionally, until the mirepoix and tomato paste are slightly caramelized, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic to the pan and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Deglaze the pan with the red wine. While the wine is reducing, add the mushrooms to the pan and continue to reduce the wine until it is nearly completely evaporated. Stir the stock into the pan and add the bay leaves and thyme. Bring the stock to a boil and return the turkey to the pan. When the stock returns to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the turkey, covered, until the meat is fork tender, about 2 1/2 hours, turning the turkey midway to ensure even cooking.
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I approve, John Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: ***** IEEE 802 Executive Committee List ***** [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Lynch, Michael (RICH1:2H50) Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:29 AM To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: [802SEC] +++10 Day EC Email Ballot (Closes no later than 11 May 2007)+++Motion to approve Doc. 18-07-0026 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO [IMT.TECH]+++ Dear EC members, During the March Plenary meeting it was decided that 802.18 would work by conference call to develop an input on IMT Advanced requirements for the May meeting of ITU-R WP8F. To that end there were six conference calls held. The EC was provided summaries of each of those calls. On 30 April 802.18 met by conference call to vote on the final document. The pool of eligible voters included the chairs of the participating WGs, and a quorum was present. A roll call vote was conducted and the document, 18-07-0026, was approved. The tally was 12/0/0. This document is not meant to be the only input from IEEE 802 regarding IMT Advanced. It may be that there will be additional inputs to ITU-R WP8F on this topic and others. This input proposes changes to an existing ITU-R WP8F document. The normal format for submitting a document such as this to ITU-R is with the changes tracked. We realized that this can make review of the document more complicated. What 802.18 has done is to provide the EC with two versions of Doc. 18-07-0026; one with change bars and one without. Both are available at http://ieee802.org/18/, in the March 2007 meeting documents folder. As was agreed when this process was started there will be parallel ballots in the EC and in the WGs that participated. The 30 April meeting directed me to present 18-07-0026 to the EC for approval. Motion: Moved by Mike Lynch, seconded by Roger Marks To approve document 18-07-0026-00-0000 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO [IMT.TECH] as an 802 document, authorizing the chair of 802.18 to do necessary editorial and formatting changes and, using the document as a "template", create the appropriate input to ITU-R WP8F. Informative: This document provides ITU-R WP8F with the views of IEEE 802 on the topic of IMT Advanced requirements. This ballot opens at midnight CDT Tuesday 1 May and closes at midnight CDT Saturday 12 May 2007. Regards, Mike +1 972 684 7518 (ESN 444 7518) Voice +1 972 684 3774 (ESN 444 3775) FAX +1 972 814 4901 (ESN 450 9401) Mobile ---------- This email is sent from the 802 Executive Committee email reflector. This list is maintained by Listserv. ---------- This email is sent from the 802 Executive Committee email reflector. This list is maintained by Listserv.


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It was a spectacular fourth day of competition here in Lake Nahuel Huapi. The men's and women's freestyle double eliminations got underway exactly on time at 11:00am this morning.
The wind was yet again in full force and competitors were out on their smallest kite sizes, mostly on 7m. Dutch rider Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED) had nothing less than a successful day defeating fellow slingshot teammate and single eliminations winner, Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUS) twice in the men's double elimination final.
Zoon wins his first full PKRA event title this season here in Bariloche by executing super powerful tricks in his stylish fashion such as a risky mega loop with a late 360 rotation.
The wind conditions today were forceful to say the least making some tricks extremely dangerous for all competitors. Yates, rode powerful heats but unfortunately crashed a few times during the final earning him second place in the doubles. French rider Sebastian Garat (RRD, FRA) also had a rewarding day by impressing the judges in two consecutive heats with his clean executions in risky wind conditions earns a third place title.
In the women's division, freestyle single eliminations winner Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP) defeats Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA) in the double elimination final. Both riders are no stranger to powerful tricks however Pulido earns yet another event title while Kajiya takes second place here in Bariloche, Argentina.
Polish rider Karolina Winkowska (Slingshot, POL) had a few nifty tricks up her sleeve landing complex tricks such as a 313 and blind judge in her heat against Kajiya but would not be enough to move her up the ladder. Winkowska will be taking home third place.
The final discipline of the day was the long distance race. Racers rushed out on the extremely choppy water in hopes of speeding across the finish line first. What a site to see watching these brave racers overpowered on 7m kites skimming above the water surface at high speeds.
These fierce and gnarly racing conditions did not stop John Heineken (Ozone, USA) or Caroline Adrien (Cabrinha, FRA) who managed to cross the finish line first. Out of the six regular races and the one long distance race held today, both Heineken and Adrien managed to finish first in six of the combined seven races.
The wind forecast for tomorrow is predicting excessively strong wind speeds ranging anywhere from 40 to 50 knots. Let's see what's in store at the skippers meeting tomorrow morning at 10:00am.
Freestyle Double Elimination Results
Men Results:
1. Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED)
2. Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUS)
3. Sebastien Garat (RRD, FRA)
Women Results:
1. Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP)
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Intel does HD with G965 chipset
Integrated graphics with HDMI support
Computex 2006 Although Intel officially announced the P965 chipset yesterday, today's press briefing contained some further information about the other chipsets in the 965 family, aka 'Broadwater'. Intel talked about the G965 for Viiv and Q965 for vPro. As we reported earlier, the integrated graphics core will indeed be known as GMA X3000 for the G965, but on the Q965 it will be the GMA 3000.
There was no talk about 3D performance at all during the presentation, as Intel concentrated on video playback performance. The marketing bumf mentions clock speeds of up to 667MHz for the GMA X3000, although there's no mention of the speeds of the 3000. The GMA X3000 supports DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 3.0 as well as OpenGL 1.5, but most importantly it's up to Windows Vista Premium standard.
Gigabyte's G965-based board, the GA-965G-DS3
Intel Clear Video Technology is the marketing name for Intel's PC-to-TV connection technology and there will also be support for HDMI built into the G965 chipset, although it's unlikely to be standard on all motherboards. The G965 supports 720p, 1080i and 1080p HD resolutions and it'll do de-interlacing. Intel even claims to be able to play one HD and one SD video stream at the same time using the GMA X3000.
The GMA 3000 is the business solution and can, with the help of what's known as an ADD2 card, output to two displays simultaneously. The ADD2 cards slots into the x16 PCI Express slot and tend to have a DVI connector to which the second display is connected.
Somehow Intel seemed to have forgotten the Q963 chipset, which was mentioned in the marketing material but not in the presentation itself. The part is a cut-down version of the Q965 and doesn't support an external graphics card interface or ADD2 cards.
Gigabyte's Q965-based board, the GA-965QM-S2
All three chipsets support a 1066MHz frontside bus speed, use new ICH8 South Bridge and provide HD audio. No firm launch date for either model was announced. ®
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MODERN MINUTE: Mark Garrison on the Power of the Consultation
"It doesn't matter if it's the first time I am seeing a client or the 100th," says Mark Garrison, owner of the Mark Garrison Salon in NYC, "each client gets a consultation every single time he or she sits in my chair." Garrison points out that the consultation is the most important part of each salon visit.
"I want to know what is going on with her, discuss any new ideas she may have or ideas I may have. Knowing I could cut her hair with my eyes closed, the proper consultation raises the bar in professionalism and gives the client that extra attention."
Most importantly, Garrison adds, "Never take your client for granted. You must always think of a new idea...or someone else will think of it for you."


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Kris Jenner Explains Khloe Kardashian's Daughter's Name True
By Taylor Fields
April 16, 2018
In a post on social media, Khloe Kardashian revealed the name of her new baby girl: True Thompson. And if you're wondering where the baby's name came from, never fear, Kris Jenner is here ... to explain.
In an Instagram post of her own, Kris posted a photo of pink balloons, along with the caption that reveals the name True actually runs in the family! Apparently, True was the first name of Kris's grandfather and the middle name of her father. She wrote:
"I'm so excited to welcome my precious little granddaughter True!!! FUN FACT... my Grandfather's name on my Dad's side was True Otis Houghton....my Dad's name was Robert True Houghton...so i am so excited Khloe named her daughter True!!! #lovebug #familytradition #family @true"
And, if you'll notice the very last tag in that caption, it links to what is now True's official Instagram. That's right! True Thompson is already on the Gram y'all! Although nothing has been posted to the account yet, the little one already has over 35,000 followers (at the time of this article).
So, there you have it! True is an actual name that actually runs in the Kardashian family -- or at least the Houghton family, anyways.
Khloe welcomed little baby girl True into the world on April 12th. True's father, Tristan Thompson, was in the delivery room for the birth in Cleveland, but was seen leaving the hospital shortly after. The state of Khloe and Tristan's relationship is up in the air following the NBA player's cheating scandal, with some outlets reporting that Khloe has forgiven Thompson, while others are reporting the Kardashian family is furious at him.
After Khloe made the big baby name reveal, social media erupted with reactions, many of which related to Tristan's numerous reports of cheating. And some of them relating to the Nickelodeon show starring Keke Palmer, True Jackson VP. Take a look at some of the reactions below.
I guess someone has to be a True Thompson because it sure ain't Tristan pic.twitter.com/3gU6BcI8If— Gina Ownby (@ownby_gina) April 16, 2018
True Thompson sounds like Khloé Kardashian got sick of answering questions about Tristan Thompson's cheating and just decided, "My daughter's name is the answer. It's True."— Francesca Bacardi (@OriginalFresca) April 16, 2018
How Khloé gonna name her baby True Thompson when her daddy didn't stay to True to her momma??? #Kardashians— Rikki Lee (@rikkinotbobby) April 16, 2018
did she name her baby True Thompson because rumors about Tristan cheating were.....true? pic.twitter.com/wzN5aq1oXT— jessica (@jessica_lynn423) April 16, 2018
Khloe Kardashian has named her baby True Thompson. I prefer Karma tbh. #truethompson— Rishma Dosani (@Rishma_Dosani) April 16, 2018
"True Thompson" pic.twitter.com/ntCAF61rwk— Kellie Baldwin (@kelliebaldwin) April 16, 2018
the first thing that came to mind after seeing khloe kardashian name her baby True Thompson pic.twitter.com/1VTObFQi8d— justin (@JUSTlNW) April 16, 2018
"Khloe Kardashian names daughter True Thompson."— heidiee (@benzoxkings) April 16, 2018
I think we all know who the REAL True is, am I right? pic.twitter.com/l3TYZqMbW0
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willette needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
My name is Dr Willette Davis and I have been devoted to teaching patients and now the general public about things that they can do to be as healthy as possible especially using cooking videos, exercises and motivational pep talks to improve their mental toughness to make it in this crazy world.
My audience is mainly women aged 25-65 They are actively taking care themselves and their families. They are educated, They have disposable income.My audience is looking for guidance on how to live a more fruitful and empowered life
I want a logo that brands my name and/or initials because this logo will be used on my website and all of my business communications.
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Why stop at "Made in the USA" when you could have "Made in Maryland"?
A group that advocates for local manufacturers is hoping that folks shopping for Christmas, Hanukkah or other upcoming holidays will opt for gifts with that distinction. The Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland has launched a Made in Maryland gift guide, urging residents to "buy local this year."
"There's a lot of truly unique things," said Mike Galiazzo, president of the institute, which isn't charging for inclusion on the list. (Companies that want to be added can submit a listing here.)
Among those on the list: Nuts and candy from the Baltimore-based Barcelona Nut Company, "personalized jewelry" (your family's faces here) by ShapeShot in Owings Mills, which specializes in 3D portraits, and from Stevensville-based Paul Reed Smith Guitars -- what else? -- guitars.
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Summer Brews are the best - refreshing, flavorful, citrus-y and light. The original Summer Brew is beer mixed with vodka lemonade. Delicious. However, I'm a huge fan of wheat beers (Boulevard, Blue Moon, etc.) topped with an orange... so, I created my own version of a summer brew with fresh squeezed orange juice, vodka and wheat beer. I garnished it with fresh blue berries and an orange slice to make it colorful and fun... it is, after all, a cocktail.
Orange & Blueberry
Summer Brew
4 cocktails
3 oranges, 2 juiced, 1 sliced
1/2 cup of water
1 tablespoon of sugar
1/4 cup of vodka
4 wheat beers (ex. Boulevard, Blue Moon)
Fresh Blue Berries
Mix together the fresh orange juice, water, sugar and vodka just before the party - keep it cold in the refrigerator, then add the beer and garnishes when served.
Summer Brews are great for outdoor parties - more refreshing than wine on these hot summer evenings.
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Volker Ilgen has spent one-week researching at the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen on behalf of the town archives of Offenburg. He traced back 40 biographies in the archives searching information on their persecution. "In March/April 1945, more than 600 prisoners were abused to defuse bombs and...learn more
The memorial of the SS Special Camp/Concentration Camp Hinzert and the International Tracing Service (ITS) have presented first results of the joint research project "When love is turned into a crime" on 13 May 2013. In the focus of the project are the fates of the so-called "Germanization-Poles". Most of...learn more
At the beginning of April 2013, a seminar was held in collaboration with the Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center and the House of the Wannsee Conference at the International Tracing Service (ITS). Fifteen educators from twelve different regions of the Russian Federation visited the ITS in order to learn...learn more
The annual meeting of the members of the association "Lebensspuren" (traces of life) has taken place this time at the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen. The association represents the interests of children who were born or raised in homes of the "Lebensborn" (spring of life). Lectures as well as a...learn more
Andreas Weigelt spent three days at the International Tracing Service (ITS) reviewing the document collection for the concentration camp Lieberose. Under the auspices of the parish, a commemorative book of Lieberose will be published next year. "At the ITS I can not only research the documents, but I can also...learn more
The Department for Historical Research and Education at the ITS presents three exhibition banners on the subject of "Early Post-War Testimonies". Testimonies, u.e. statements of survivors, can be found in the ITS collections in many different forms and formats. "Early Post-War Testimonies" are also the subject of this...learn more
The touring exhibition "Looking for Traces – The Death Marches as Reflected in the Documents of the International Tracing Service (ITS)" will be shown at Konrad-Zuse Museum in Hünfeld until late April. It provides its visitors with an insight into the ITS documents on the subject and introduces individual fates as well...learn more
16 wives of mayors of towns located in the Waldeck Frankenberg district visited the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen yesterday. "Whenever we come together once a year, we meet in another place to come to know by and by all other places and communities", said the Arolsen mayor's wife Sabine van der...learn more
In cooperation with the Red Line pilot project and IKARus, the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen held a two-day training program in mid-March on "Language and Viewpoints – How Homophobic Views Are Developed and Abandoned." With a total of 16 participants, the aim of the training was to create an...learn more
Archivist Monique Leblois-Péchon from the French National Archives has paid a two-day visit to the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen studying the digital database and research methods for individual fates and topics. The French National Archives that had received a copy...learn more


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It's turning into a good week for jacked-up, plastic-clad city things. Yesterday we saw the new Fiat Panda Cross, and today Vauxhall has shown the production version of the 'Adam Rocks', a taller, chunkier version of its chi-chi city car.
Unlike the Panda Cross, the Adam Rocks - described as 'a funky urban mini-crossover, no less - remains front-wheel drive only, but stands 15mm taller than the standard Adam, atop revised suspension.
As you'll have spotted, there is much plastic cladding about the bumpers and arches, but more interesting is what's above the window-line.
Unlike the standard tin-roofed Adam, the Rocks comes with the option of a full-length, electrically folding canvas top, much like that in the Citroen DS3 cabrio or Fiat 500C. Vauxhall says it retracts in just five seconds, and has no impact on body stiffness or luggage capacity.
The Adam Rocks will be available with Vauxhall's shiny new 1.0-litre triple we told you of yesterday, in either 89bhp or 113bhp flavour. There are also 1.2- and 1.4-litre four-cylinder petrols available.
This being an Adam, there are many 'personalisation' options available, including that paintjob ('Goldbusters', inevitably) and a new interior trim described as 'peanut-coloured'. Because, let's be honest, who hasn't gazed upon the contents of a packet of dry-roasted and thought, "Damn, I need that shade inside my car…"?
Anyhow. The Adam Rocks will go on sale this summer in the UK. No word on prices yet, but expect a modest jump over the equivalent Rock-free Adam.
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