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Books on beer and wine
Recently the library expanded its collection of beer books (as well as BBQ) in memory of former employee Chris Ducko, and there's a little bit for everyone. If you are curious about beer, a guide to all things beer and the many games that go along with it is available. If you enjoy food and grilling, Chef Ted Reader's companion book tells you how to taste and pair beers. Interested in making your own beer? We've got you covered with two books that include 100+ recipes. And finally, if beer isn't your thing, we even added a project book on how to build your own home winery.
The Book of Beer Awesomeness
Brewing British-style Beers
Extreme Brewing
The Homebuilt Winery
43 Projects for Building and Using Winemaking Equipment by Steve Hughes
We were able to purchase these books due to the generosity of the family of the much-beloved former Building Manager, Chris Ducko. In the coming weeks look for more posts on this topic, including a guide to beer and brewing in the Princeton area, and a full listing of all books at the library related to beer and brewing!
About the author: Ben Bakelaar is the Library Systems Administrator and has been exploring craft beer as well as brewing his own beer since 2008. He currently runs a homebrewer's meetup at Harvest Moon in New Brunswick, NJ, is a contributing blogger to Love2Brew.com, a homebrew supply store in North Brunswick, NJ, and occasionally volunteers at the Harvest Moon brewery.
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Sunday, December 02, 2007
Lord, Give me Strength
"And if I were a fuzzy, wuzzy bear, I'd thank you Lord for my fuzzy wuzzy hair, but I just thank you, Father, for making me 'me'"
And they wonder why the Church of England is losing its congregation!
79 comments:
- Alfie said...
Did the fuzzy wuzzy bear have a name perchance?
- December 02, 2007 11:34 am
- washbrook1948 said...
I find that very poor taste.Sorry - December 02, 2007 11:35 am
Whatever happened to "Hymns - Ancient and Modern" ?
Let's hope the vicar didn't start playing his guitar in accompaniment. - December 02, 2007 11:39 am
It is extremely insulting and demeaning to bears to call them fuzzy wuzzies and has strong overtones of racial abuse. I call for all Church of England hymn writers to be put to the sword immediately. The Archbishop of Canterbury must issue a global apology to all bears everywhere who have ever existed, as a necessary first step. Only by these means can we rid ourselves of the cancer of bearism within our society.
- December 02, 2007 11:44 am
Wasn't the whole problem that the fuzzy-wuzzies didn't like the name of the bear?
- December 02, 2007 11:45 am
But did it have a good tune? ;)
- December 02, 2007 11:45 am
- Iain Dale said...
Washbrook, I agree, the whole hymn is in poor taste. Or are you saying the church of england is beyond critisicm? In my view it is in this case beyond parody.
- December 02, 2007 11:48 am
Poor Miss Gibney
Over a hundred years ago she could have look for help from Gordon of Khartoum known to history as a Hero. Today she looks toward Gordon of Kirkcaldy known to history as Mr Bean. - December 02, 2007 12:00 pm
Maybe it was a contemporary nod to current bear politics?
Anyway, we now are assured that God loves bears -- Paddington is overly sensitive here, there is no need to sir the bear masses up into a frenzy. - December 02, 2007 12:01 pm
- SimonW said...
There's more:
In fact a whole CD, from the USA - December 02, 2007 12:09 pm
- washbrook1948 said...
Ian .
Why didn't you publish the whole hymn.
Are you also saying are you beyond critisicm?(YOURS)
CORRECT SPELLING criticism. - December 02, 2007 12:14 pm
- Andrew James said...
Iain, I agree. Having attended a C of E primary school, I was forced to sing along with this drivel in assemblies. This 'hymn' alone played a considerable part in my transformation from agnostic to atheist.
- December 02, 2007 12:19 pm
This is from the Butterfly Song, originates in America.Another line is 'I thank you Lord for raising my trunk'. The same guy has also penned another song idealy suited to NuLab called 'I just wanna be a sheep, Baa Baa Baa Baa.' Lines include 'Don't wanna be an hypocrite..cause they're not hip to it. Don't wanna be a goat....nope,Haven't got any hope...nope.
- December 02, 2007 12:20 pm
- Will B said...
We used to sing that song in Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Northern Ireland.
- December 02, 2007 12:25 pm
- Paul Walter said...
I think you ought, for copyright puspoes, credit the writer of that hymn, "The Butterfly Song", who is Brian Howard. Indeed, it has its own website www.butterflysong.com.
It's actually a very popular hymn with young families, and is therefore helping to bring a new generation into our churches. If we stuck with "Hymns Ancient and Modern" we'd be left with the odd Maiden Aunt and Retired Colonel in the pews. - December 02, 2007 12:27 pm
- Cox says said...
That's a children's song trying to explain a concept in children's terms. What were you expecting at a Christening, Noel Gallagher?
- December 02, 2007 12:28 pm
Andrew Marr today describing Labour as having broke 'the rules' - 'framed as laws'.I complained to the BBC about this on Saturday.LAWS were broken - NOT RULES.The BBC will do anything to sublimilaly form opinion in favour of Labour.
- December 02, 2007 12:29 pm
- Alex said...
We have family services in our village with hymns like that and others following the Book of Common Prayer. The family services have congregations of 50+ people and the BCP services get 5 or 6. End of discussion.
- December 02, 2007 12:30 pm
- Chris Paul said...
Washbrook may perhaps be referring to yourself repeating this story to an audience of millions (er, ish) rather than to the children's hymnal that includes it?
Hopefully you sang with gusto? Avoiding offence to anthromorphically inclined pagan parents. - December 02, 2007 12:35 pm
I prefer the old forms, with phrases like, 'as ye shall answer for it on the dreadful day of judgment.'
- December 02, 2007 12:38 pm
- Paddy Briggs said...
The full, ghastly, lyrics are here:
http://tinyurl.com/27xj7z - December 02, 2007 12:47 pm
So that's what he meant by Suffer Little Children.
- December 02, 2007 12:50 pm
If it's any consolation to the CofE, I remember repeatedly being given that hymn to sing as a pupil in a Catholic primary school 20-25 years ago. I've just discovered I still know the tune and many of the words, and it's only marginally less irritating than "He's got the whole world in his hands".
I think they realised these hymns were more suitable for children than adults, however. - December 02, 2007 12:51 pm
- Savage44 said...
It's a children's song ... what's wrong with singing a children's song at a christening service? It's been around for over 30 years and in my experience has been a favourite of Sundayschool children for all of that time, especially if you do the actions for all the different animals. It actually contains quite a reasonable message: we thank God for making us, and praise Him in whatever way we can, not worrying about what colour, size, shape (or fuzziness) we might happen to be :)
- December 02, 2007 12:52 pm
I remember going to a Christening with childish hymns like that, I felt like the attendees were being treated like retards.
- December 02, 2007 1:02 pm
Look up Christus Vincit on Google - the fight for decent church music is back in business. Paul Inwood must be brought to account for insipid melodies and profiting from unbearable mass settings.
- December 02, 2007 1:04 pm
The old CofE can't win with the likes of you, Iain. If they try to get with the times, you accuse them of selling out.
If they stick to the party line on homosexuality you accuse them of being homophobic.
Heads you win, tails they lose...
And I think your criticism rings rather like the criticism of West Ham by a Man Utd 'supporter' who has not been in a football ground in the last decade..Think about it. - December 02, 2007 1:12 pm
I think a huge number of non-churchgoing but otherwise practising Christians would agree wholeheartedly with you...
- December 02, 2007 1:12 pm
- NotYetDoc said...
To be fair it's a good deal more uplifting than many of the other hymns you could have heard.
Also - it's children's hymn and a favourite at that; one that's been sung on 'Songs of Praise' and is used by just about every school in the land! - December 02, 2007 1:19 pm
Fuzzy wuzzy wuzza bear
Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy wuzzy wuzzn't fuzzy, wuzzy. - December 02, 2007 1:21 pm
- Theo Spark said...
The Fuzzy Wuzzies don't like it up em!!
- December 02, 2007 1:30 pm
Well, I went to my parish church this morning and we had three rousing traditional advent hymns from Hymns Old and New, which we use alternatively with the New English Hymnal, and all three are probably in A&M too - but does anyone use A&M any more - it lacks lots of the hymns people enjoy singing?
BUT if it had been a christening we would likely as not have had a song that the Sunday School and smaller children knew (we have a successful Sunday School and about 20% of our congregation are children). And the bit you quoted seemed reasonably sound, theologically!
The Vicar (well, she is the Vicar but we call her our priest) doesn't play the guitar - but our organist can switch to the piano for that sort of music (and compose himself where necessary).
And OUR congregatiuon isn't shrinking - nor, on aveage are congregations in our rather liberal Diocese - Southwark - December 02, 2007 1:34 pm
- strapworld said...
Was that before or after they danced and waved their silk flags? or before or after they spoke in tongues.
That was what happenned at a christening I attended....my own children's! I thanked the vicar who said
'Call me George' - December 02, 2007 1:48 pm
Will 'Glad-Handing' at Labour Party functions henceforth be known as 'GRAND-HANDING'?
- December 02, 2007 1:50 pm
My guess is that it was an evangelical church, if it had songs like that. (I refuse to call them hymns). And by and large, it is those churches which are growing in numbers...
- December 02, 2007 1:56 pm
- Cranmer said...
This is not a 'hymn': it is a children's song for use within the context of children's ministry. It may help (or not!) to see the entire lyric:
If I were a butterfly,
I'd thank you, Lord, for giving me wings;
And if I were a robin in a tree, I'd thank you Lord, that I could sing;
And if I were a fish in the sea, I'd wiggle my tail and I'd giggle with glee;
But I just Thank You Father, for making me - ME!
'Cause you gave me a heart and You gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus, and You made me His Child
And I just Thank You, Father For making me - ME!
If I were an elephant,
I'd thank you, Lord, by raising my trunk;
And if I were a kangaroo, I'd hop, hop, hop, right up to you;
And if I were an octopus, I'd thank you, Lord, for my good looks;
But I just Thank You, Father, for making me - ME!
'Cause you gave me a heart and You gave me a smile,
You gave me Jesus, and You made me His Child
And I just Thank You, Father For making me - ME!
If I were a wiggly worm,
I'd thank you, Lord, that I could squirm;
And if I were a crocodile,
I'd thank you, Lord, for my big smile;
And if I were a fuzzy wuzzy bear,
I'd thank you, Lord, for my fuzzy, wuzzy hair;
But I just Thank You, Father, for making me - ME!
'Cause you gave me a heart and You gave me a smile,
You gave me Jesus, and You made me His Child
And I just Thank You, Father For making me - ME!
Okay, okay, it's not quite up to linguisic majesty of His Grace's Prayer Book, but children love it, and they love doing the actions. When did you last do the actions to a song, Mr Dale? (You don't have to answer that...)
It beggars belief that the vicar chose this for an exclusively adult service, so His Grace has no doubt that its inclusion was for the sake of the children, all of whom, Mr Dale, the Prime Minister reminded us we must suffer to come unto us. - December 02, 2007 1:58 pm
One good website for a serious analysis of the direness of so many modern hymns is:
Clothilde Simon - December 02, 2007 2:00 pm
How would a fuzz wuzzy "bear" thank the Lord or know about the Lord. Why didn't the parents put a stop to this ridiculous piece of thought fascism. My God! Thought fascism at the baptismal font!
The CofE is the most militantly anti-Christian organisation in Britain. I loathe them.
Was the vicar in a clerical collar or sweats and trainers? - December 02, 2007 2:09 pm
Ho Ho Ho;
Hee Hee Hee;
Just send the money. - December 02, 2007 2:19 pm
It's losing its congregation because it peddles superstition, and because we're no longer in the dark ages. Doesn't really matter how they dress it up, a more educated society always abandons superstition.
- December 02, 2007 2:31 pm
Even granting the point that it's a children's "hymn", why would you play a children's hymn at a baby's christening - a holy service?
Who held the baby while they did all the hand moves? - December 02, 2007 2:35 pm
So opinion going against Iain on this one then?
- December 02, 2007 2:45 pm
oh careful Iain, you've insulted the fish car sticker types. 40 lashes for you.
Seriously, in the context of a children's hymn its surely fine, and it has a non-judgemental message which is refreshing from any religion. I know my 3 year old would love it, if I was minded to send him to Sunday School, which I'm not. - December 02, 2007 2:58 pm
- Julie said...
I bet the kids loved it.
- December 02, 2007 3:00 pm
It's the last line I loathe "... for making me ME"
Me, me, me.
Remember the advertising slogan "I want it, I want it the way I want it, and I want it NOW"?
Not so far removed.
What happened to humility? - December 02, 2007 3:05 pm
Catholic services are worse! As a "Proddy" attending Catholic services with my Catholic husband I expected the music and hymns to be of high quality - Pergolesi, Mozart etc. I was in for a cultural shock.
Most Catholic hymns are ghastly and seem to have been written by nuns 20 years ago.
My general rule in life is that if a hymn has the C (copyright) symbol after it's title it will be awful.
Torymory - December 02, 2007 3:15 pm
- Johnny Norfolk said...
I gave up on the Church of England years ago. Just another leftie organisation with no understanding of real life.
- December 02, 2007 3:18 pm
I always thought the "fuzzy wuzzies" were what Cpl Jones in Dad's Army believed "wouldn't like it up 'em".
I suppose that, as in any other area of life, there will always be something a bit off. I am Salvation Army, and also a great fan of Graham Kendrick, so I have access to a lot of VERY good material!
Don't forget others such as Hillsong, Michael W Smith and the rest, and there's a lot of great Christian music out there. I'm sure you already knew this, and weren't about to be swayed by oddities such as that you mentioned in this post. I think you're just being deliberately provocative :-)
Even so, there is no harm in my mentioning just a few examples of what is really good about this part of the musical sphere... - December 02, 2007 3:25 pm
In response to the poster known as "savage44", I'd say there's nothing wrong with children's songs at christenings. It's just that there is so much really great material out there nowadays, that it seems a shame to miss out on it all.
Trust me on this (as Pete Tyler would say!) -- our Singing Company (the Salvation Army's junior choir) perform some absolutely stunning stuff, in styles from blues to rap, with occasional solo parts.
One of my personal delights, when a visiting musical Section from another Corps is with us for our Sunday morning service, is when our Singing Company does their bit. Talk about socks being blown off!
The young folk have their own ministry, and it is a really good one! I'd encourage any Christian church to take a look at what is around nowadays, and see just how much the children and their audiences enjoy and appreciate their performances. I am often very moved, and frequently elated, by what the kids can do, adding to the wealth of great material that is around these days. - December 02, 2007 3:34 pm
- cassandra said...
The Christian Church has become infested with hand wringing moral weaklings who seem to have got very confused about their national role? Instead of the Patriotic and fierce moral guardians who stand for western values AND would have the moral guts to defend them to their last breath, we have timid, self hating, guilt ridden moral relatavists who will swallow any old left wing garbage they are fed!
I cannot even bear to look at that bearded idiot in charge without wanting to put a bullet in him. - December 02, 2007 3:42 pm
I used to sing that when I went to school.
- December 02, 2007 3:45 pm
So 'ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan / You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man.
Rudyard Kipling - December 02, 2007 3:52 pm
Alex said: "We have family services in our village with hymns like that and others following the Book of Common Prayer. The family services have congregations of 50+ people and the BCP services get 5 or 6. End of discussion."
Not quite the end. At our church, worshippers are given a £10 note each as they leave and numbers are increasing dramatically. If we want even bigger congregations we may increase the amount of money we give, or move the service to a less threatening venue. - December 02, 2007 3:53 pm
- Devil's Kitchen said...
When I was boarding at prep school, we had to go to the Family Service at the local parish church every Sunday.
One of the regular "hymns" sticks in my memory, so here are the words in toto...
My God is so big,
So strong and so mighty,
There's nothing he cannot do.
The rivers are his,
The mountains are his,
The stars are his handywork too!
My god is so big, etc...
[Repeat ad infinitum or at least until small children are screaming with the hideous boredom of it all.]
There were actions that you had to do too. Oh yes, there were. Next time I see you, I can show you because I remember them too; however, they were so banal that you can probably imagine what they were anyway. The only one that you may stumble on is "mighty": just think "Rodin's Thinker" and you'll get there.
The whole thing was tawdry, humiliating, patronising and buttock-clenchingly embarrassing...
DK - December 02, 2007 3:55 pm
I must admit I had a similar experience last year at a school Harvest Festival.
As I stood there singing "plough the fields and scatter" I was suddently struck by a profoundly shocking thought. As an ex farmer's son I was probably the only person in the entire urban middle class congregation of 250 who had actually ever sat on a tractor and ploughed or scattered.
A Hymn that is now utterly meaningless to most people - perhaps we should be singing "buy Freetrade and swipe my Switch card at M&S" - December 02, 2007 3:59 pm
My son got a Transformers Advent Calendar. My Mum said "What happened to Christmas I thought it was about Jesus". My 8 year old daughter quipped "Transformers Jesus in disguise."
- December 02, 2007 4:06 pm
Hi Iain,
I tend to agree with you, it is certainly true that these sort of hymns shouldn't be sang in church of england churches. However I think we should be a bit accepting as it was a christining and there was probably young people there.
I also have a queston for you, who do you think will win the Liberal Democrat leadership election? And how do you think Vince Cable is getting on, should he have stood?
Ned Lamb. LiberalTalk24.blogspot.com
Norfolk - December 02, 2007 4:26 pm
Last one i went too the vicar/priest/pervert wittered on about lottery tickets and getting in to heaven no hymns one prayer bish bosh out in 15 mins.To be fair it was a mostly RAF do and there have been cuts.
- December 02, 2007 4:27 pm
- Iain Dale said...
Ned, nice of you to drop by, and good luck with your nee blog. I read about it on Nich Starling's.
I know and like both Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne. I suspect Nick will just about do it but I think it will be very close - which of course is not an ideal result for the LibDems as a strong mandate for the winning candidate would be better. As I have said, I think Nick's campaign has not been impressive and that Chris Huhne has been far more articulate.
Regards to your father! - December 02, 2007 4:40 pm
- Cox says said...
Wendy Alexander will be praying for strength as Strathclyde police have just launched and enquiry into her dodgy dealings!!
- December 02, 2007 4:42 pm
2:31 PM - "... a more educated society always abandons superstition."
To which "more educated" society do you refer - either contemporary or in history?
If in history, did it survive? - December 02, 2007 4:54 pm
Who chose the song, the vicar or the parents?
I've no idea what the policy of the church was, but at our church:
- Children of parents who go to the church anyway get Christened during the normal Sunday morning service (so the Rector and the Director of Music pick the music.)
- Children of parents who are just turning up because they think that a Christening is a nice reunion party to get everyone who came to the wedding back together, and that church is just SO lovely, get put into an extra "Christening service"... at which the parents get to choose the music, just like they do at weddings.
Or are you objecting to the song having been written in the first place? - December 02, 2007 5:01 pm
- washbrook1948 said...
- December 02, 2007 5:13 pm
who's jealous of the fuzzy wuzzy's hair then? Andrew Neil has more than Iain (although less brains under it)
- December 02, 2007 5:25 pm
- Chuck Unsworth said...
@ Cox,
And she's denying any 'intentional wrongdoing', too. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7123534.stm
So that's OK, then. If you do not 'intend' to break the law then it's not a crime. All of a sudden there's a new clause in the legislation exonerating those who 'do not intend' to break the laws....
What was that about ignorance and excuses?
Lord, give me strength, also. - December 02, 2007 5:26 pm
- washbrook1948 said...
sorry about my last post - December 02, 2007 5:28 pm
- simonh said...
It's worse than you think. Apparently the people ho go to these church services believe they have an invisible father who watches over them and that when they die they will go and live in the sky.
I fear we are losing the battle against the infantilisation of British society - December 02, 2007 5:28 pm
Dear Fellow-Tories, in fact, dear World,
The BBC website is quoting Geoff 'Buff' Hoon as saying about Gordo Brown "he has a real reputation around Parliament ... as someone frankly not that interested in matters of money, certainly so far as it affects him personally and as far as it effects the party."
Now, forgive me for having an elephantine memory, but is this the same Gordon Brown who according to Wikipedia "served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007, becoming the United Kingdom's longest serving Chancellor since Nicholas Vansittart in the early 19th century"? The one with the ferocious attention to detail, command of his brief, the 'Iron Chancellor', etc.
If NuLab's defence of Gordo is that he is fnancially illiterate, then that's my flabber completely gasted. What will next week bring? - December 02, 2007 6:25 pm
Back to the topic of the post, most of us in churches that have a healthy number of kids aren't stuck using children's stuff that was around when we were wee ones. For an example of good modern kids' worship listen to some of the samples here.
- December 02, 2007 6:48 pm
According to attendance figures for the C of E in 2005 published earlier this year, congregations were down about 1 per cent compared to the previous year but the number of children attending was increasing.
I don't go to the family services at my local church because I don't like the music but others do.
I don't sneer at them. I just accept that different people have different tastes. Do you take my point? - December 02, 2007 7:42 pm
- Vienna Woods said...
Our family are Catholic and we attend church every Sunday. Being English I had some problems coming to grips with some of the Austrian church music, which quite frankly included an awful lot of "unsingable" tunes which sometimes left me miming (and not very successfully). On the other hand, there are a great many hymns which are very beautiful, some of which have been written during the last 20 years or so. I always thought we had some delightful children's hymns in the UK, but I suppose they'll try anything nowadays to try and get people to church regularly. Our priest refers to them as "Christians on Wheels" as they arrive initially in a pram, next in a limousine for the wedding and make a grand exit in a hearse. The only time one sees a full church is at Christmas and Easter and at these times I often think of Betjamins poem, "Diary of a Church Mouse". Maybe the kids should instead read this and understand it!
- December 02, 2007 8:03 pm
Sorry Iain, usually agree with you but not on this one! There is nothing worse than too many long, dull hymns in a service, which really puts people off going to church.
If you at least throw in one or two livelier ones like this one (which incidently has a great tune!), whilst retaining the traditional hymns as well, I can't see how anyone can have cause for complaint. - December 02, 2007 8:10 pm
Thankyou for your thoughts, I understnad what you are saying about the campaign. I am sure you can guess who I am supporting. I am new to blogging (created my blog in the last week)as you can see if you have seen my blog it is developing.
I will pass on my regards to dad.
Ned - December 02, 2007 9:16 pm
Fuzzy-wuzzy was a name coined by British soldiers in the Sudan in the 19th Century for the locals who teased out their hair and allegedly did it up with camel dung. The expression was still current in the Merchant Navy forty years ago.
They weren't talking about teddy bears.
It doesn't seem a suitable expression for a spiritual song of today. - December 02, 2007 10:22 pm
- The Secret Person said...
If I was a fuzzy-wuzzy (i.e. Sudanese) bear, I'd thank the Lord, I wasn't called Mohammed
- December 03, 2007 12:32 am
- The Secret Person said...
Is this really about a fuzzy-wuzzy bear, fuzzy-wuzzy being an old Army name for the Sudanese and we've only had one passing reference to Gillian Gibbons' situation
If I was a fuzzy-wuzzy bear, I'd thank you Lord for not calling me Mohammed. - December 03, 2007 12:34 am
- Chris Paul said...
The conservative party in song:
Me me me me me!
"God, it's good to be selfish sometimes" - I believe that's what they say? - December 03, 2007 12:34 am
fuzzy wuzzy wuz a bear
a bear waz fuzzy wuzzy
if you cut the hair of a bear
he wuzn't fuzzy wuz he?
Hope you had a nice day.
Daisy; - December 03, 2007 1:19 am
Yowzuh! I'm a paid parenting blogger, but even I think that is just toe-curlingly awful.
Remember, back in the old days they had dreadful, sappy songs for children too: you don't see those in the hymnals. There's a good reason, too: they're dreadful! Church is supposed to be elevating, and dumbing things down is an act of hostility, not accomodation. Children do understand more than we think, and Cranmer's right that this is better suited for Sunday School than an actual church service. At a proper service, it's time for the formal stuff, it's time for the real thing.
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The stars of country music hit the red carpet outside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for the 45th annual CMA Awards, broadcasting live on ABC on Wednesday, Nov. 9. On the carpet, the evening's two dominant themes seemed to be "blondes in white gowns" (Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes, Kimberly Perry) and "dudes you wouldn't expect to see at a country awards show" (Lionel Richie, John Oates, Glenn Beck).
Early in the evening, it seemed like this year's CMAs would be all about introducing country's next generation. Relative newcomers like Jason Aldean, the Band Perry and Lady Antebellum won most of the early awards, and the CMAs gave plenty of stage time to fresh faces like Thompson Square, Eric Church and "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery. But in the end, the big awards went to familiar names: Taylor Swift (Entertainer of the Year), Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert (Male and Female Vocalist of the Year), Sugarland (their fifth consecutive Vocal Duo of the Year award—they're the "Mad Men" of the CMAs!).
As far as the performances went, most of the show's memorable moments involved non-country artists joining forces with Nashville veterans: Kenny Loggins and Blake Shelton, Natasha Bedingfield and Rascal Flatts, Gregg Allman and the Zac Brown Band, Grace Potter and Kenny Chesney, Lionel Richie and half of Nashville (at least that's what it felt like). But nothing topped a rousing Glen Campbell tribute featuring Vince Gill, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. Sometimes, the old classics ("Wichita Lineman"!) are still the best.
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Kate Upton graces the cover of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue, barely suited up in Antarctica's early spring weather of about 24 degrees Fahrenheit. (With wind chill, it felt like minus 20 degrees).
Upton doesn't show any signs of goose bumps in the pictures. She no doubt got the chilliest assignment of the 17 models who posed for this year's swimsuit issue on seven continents.
Those logistics are the work of Sports Illustrated's senior editor for the swimsuit issue, MJ Day, and her team, who spend most of the year on the road shooting. For this year's 50th annual issue, years of negotiating visas and access paid off in shots on each of the world's seven continents. (Sports Illustrated, like CNN, is a division of Time Warner.)
Antarctica was "the 'Hail Mary' pass of our year," said Day, using perhaps the only sports metaphor applicable to the issue, on newsstands Feb. 12. "I could have had a blizzard. Kate could have had shivering fits you could not shoot around. (Instead) we had six days of perfect weather."
Day packed coats and wool socks for that trip in addition to the items more typically in her travel bags: Some 500 to 800 bathing suits, double stick tape, clothespins, safety pins, binder clips, liners from the cups of bathing suits (for use as knee pads), suntan lotion, bug spray and flip-flops.
While Day is a veteran road warrior traveling to many places most people will never see, even she was taken by her adventures this past year. Here are Day's favorite spots from her year's travels on each of the continents.
Antarctica: Kodak Alley
The Sports Illustrated team traveled to Antarctica in early December (early spring on the frozen continent) on the Abercrombie & Kent ship Le Boreal, enjoying a rare "six-day stretch of perfect weather" on the journey from Tierra del Fuego.
"Antarctica was my favorite place on Earth," said Day. "I'm one of the most jaded travelers you will ever meet, but the whole thing was a religious experience. Spend your money. It's worth it."
On the journey, they crossed a channel called Kodak Alley, where twilight arrived around midnight. "The sun sets in a shade of orange and mountains turn pink -- not a hint of pink, but as if someone poured pink paint over the mountains. You can't sleep because it's too awe-inspiring. Sleeping is not important. Seeing this is."


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Congratulations City of Los Angeles
October 18, 2012 at 9:30 am | Posted in Bike News | 3 CommentsOctober 18, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif. –
The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) congratulates the City of Los Angeles on its designation today as a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community. This award recognizes the City's remarkable progress since its Honorable Mention last year, including the creation of over 60 miles of new bikeways in the last fiscal year. Events like CicLAvia show the incredible appetite Angelinos have for riding when given safe opportunities to do so. More and more bike lanes on the streets are allowing people to experience bicycling the other 363 days of the year. As our bike network grows, Los Angeles is quickly becoming a community in which people make everyday trips by bike.
Half of all trips in LA County are three miles or less. Shifting even a fraction of these trips to bicycling will reduce congestion, clean the air, and improve our health. Just doubling the current number of miles traveled by bike in the County would take the equivalent of over 30,000 cars off the road. And, LACBC's bike counts show that adding bike lanes works. On streets that added bike lanes between the 2009 and 2011 counts, ridership more than doubled. In these economic times, bike infrastructure is the most cost-effective congestion reduction strategy available. Adding bike lanes to a street improves safety for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians, and provides everyone with greater mobility options.
However, a Bicycle Friendly Community is about more than just bike lanes, and the City of Los Angeles has advanced by leaps and bounds in these areas as well. The LAPD has been a national leader in engaging the bicycle community, recently appointing a local liaison officer in each of the City's four divisions. The City's "Request a Rack" program has made getting a bike rack as simple as filling out an online form. Bike corrals, which can fit up to 16 bicycles in the place of one automobile parking space, will soon be coming to business districts throughout the City through an expanded pilot program. In the next few weeks, a Bicycle Parking Ordinance that would ensure that all new businesses and apartments provide bike parking for their customers, employees, and residents will be before City Council.
A Bicycle Friendly Community also includes creating a culture that appreciates and values bicycling, and Los Angeles has shined thanks to the ingenuity and dedication of the advocacy community, in partnership with the City. It was the bicycle community that brought the idea of CicLAvia to the Mayor and made it happen. During Carmageddon II last month, when Angelinos were asked to stay out of their cars, over 100 people took to their bikes for LACBC's Tour of the Westside. Similar numbers came out to C.I.C.L.E.'s rides in the Valley and Wolfpack Hustle's all-city ride. Bike Valet is now a regular feature at major events around the City. Angelinos want to ride their bikes.
LACBC is proud of the City's accomplishments so far, but we're far from done. New bike projects are on their way, for the first time creating a connected citywide network of bikeways like we have started to see in downtown. This award is well deserved, but we must now take it to the next level using all "Five E's" outlined in the Bicycle Plan: Engineering, Education, Enforcement, Encouragement, and Evaluation. We thank the League of American Bicyclists for honoring the City's hard work and hope they'll be back in future years with another color of metal.
Founded in 1998, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) is the only non-profit organization working countywide for L.A. County's 3 million cyclists through advocacy, education and outreach. LACBC brings together the diverse bicycling community in a united mission to make the entire L.A. region a safe and enjoyable place to ride.
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NFL Saints Bounty Thread
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
Dave, can I get your input on this latest information?
New Vilma filing targets alleged Warner bounty, Cerullo's credibility The bounty case definitely isn't over. In a new court filing opposing the efforts of Commissioner Roger Goodell to obtain a dismissal of Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma's defamation lawsuit, Vilma takes aim at two key factors: the alleged bounty on Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner prior to the 2009 NFC divisional playoff game, and the credibility of former Saints assistant Mike Cerullo. The overriding goal is to persuade Judge Helen Berrigan that Goodell knew the allegation of a bounty on Warner was false, or that Goodell made the statement with reckless disregard as to whether the claim of a Warner bounty was true or false. This enhanced legal standard applies in cases of defamation brought by public figures. Along the way, Ginsberg calls Goodell's statements "wanton and malicious," "fictional," and "inflammatory," and Ginsberg writes that Goodell accused Vilma of engaging in "quasi-criminal" behavior. In making the argument that the case against Goodell should proceed, Vilma's lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, explains that the NFL's May 2, 2012 press release states that "multiple independent sources . . . confirmed" that Vilma offered the bounty on Warner. Ginsberg then alleges that, ultimately, the only source was Cerullo. "Even former Saints defensive coordinator Williams, the mastermind of the alleged Bounty Program, does not contend that Vilma put a bounty on Warner," Ginsberg writes. The lawyer for Vilma next contends that the league knew or should have realized that Cerullo's story was false. "[A]s Goodell well knew," Ginsberg writes, "Cerullo was fired for his incompetence and repeated and material lies to the Saints which caused him to miss several weeks of the 2009 season." (Cerullo has denied that he was absent from work, in a recent letter to Tagliabue.) Here's the kicker from Ginsberg: "The Saints were so concerned about Cerullo's stability, as Goodell also knew, that, when Cerullo was terminated, Saints head coach Sean Payton also was forced to obtain police protection at his house for fear that Cerullo would seek some type of retribution." (Cerullo has denied that he held a grudge against the team.) Ginsberg likewise points out that Cerullo's story has changed, arguing that "Goodell was well aware of these inconsistencies during the months before he imposed discipline on Vilma but nonetheless kept polluting Vilma's reputation publicly with this fictitious allegation." The attack on Cerullo includes not only his motives but his accuracy. Ginsberg writes that Cerullo allegedly told NFL investigators in November 2011 that he had taken "detailed notes" about the bounties offered as to Warner. At the hearing before Tagliabue, Cerullo admitted that he made no notes during the defensive team meeting before the game against the Cardinals. As to the spreadsheet of pledges for the Favre bounty a week later, Cerullo now says the numbers were "inaccurate," and that "I don't know what I was trying to do with this document." We know what Ginsberg is trying to do with his latest document. He's trying to show that the league trumped-up its case against Vilma based solely on the testimony of a former Saints employee who is, in Ginsberg's apparent view, mistaken and/or corrupt. And while Ginsberg continues to push the notion that Vilma didn't offer $10,000 as to Vikings quarterback Brett Favre (and that, as Tagliabue concluded, if it happened it was simply "talk" and not a real offer), it's clear that the defamation case against Goodell will be driven by the notion that the league knew or should have known that the allegation of a Warner bounty was false. Saints Fan Since 1967 |
(This post was last modified: 12-14-2012 01:05 PM by AsylumGuido.)
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
(12-14-2012 12:21 PM)phocis850 Wrote: I'm tired of hearing about this crap. Its been all year with the same crap over and over. As the admin I can't just ignore the thread and have to come in a check it every now and then. Phocis, I'm sorry but you are incorrect. It is not just the same crap over and over again. Yes, three or four members come into this thread every so often to spout the same crap, but most of us have moved on to the much different and current subjects involving the case. Your "spot-checking" has probably missed this fact. Some of the most interesting parts of the whole ordeal are just now coming to light with the leaking of the appeals testimony and the upcoming Vilma vs. Goodell case. I am as sick of the same old crap as you and have repeatedly asked that handful of members to just avoid the thread so the rest of us can continue sharing opinions and discussing the news. I really feel you would be remiss in closing this thread as it is still serving a purpose. This whole thing is not over. It is just now beginning and this thread gives those of us with a real interest a place to share. Saints Fan Since 1967 |
(This post was last modified: 12-14-2012 01:48 PM by ATLBound.)
Post: #1863
RE: Saints Bounty Thread
Sorry Guido, but I don't really care either way. If it stays up, then I will discuss what is interesting. If it doesn't, then that's fine too.
Post: #1864
RE: Saints Bounty Thread
(12-14-2012 12:21 PM)phocis850 Wrote: Lol. That's funny. Our 2007 season was lacking any performance at all. So that there are no claims of unfairness, what will the result be for any member posting about the saints bounty scandal after today? Temp ban? Warning? |
Post: #1865
RE: Saints Bounty Thread
I don't believe it will go that far. We don't need to hear about it anymore. Follow along on news sites and other forums etc. When the case is closed then we can have a brief discussion about it. Until then everything will continue to be hearsay and the final outcome is just an opinion. Let's bring to focus back on the Falcons and not the Saints.
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
(12-14-2012 12:46 PM)AsylumGudo=110483 Wrote:Phocis, I'm sorry but you are incorrect. It is not just the same crap over and over again. Yes, three or four members come into this thread every so often to spout the same crap, but most of us have moved on to the much different and current subjects involving the case. Your "spot-checking" has probably missed this fact. Some of the most interesting parts of the whole ordeal are just now coming to light with the leaking of the appeals testimony and the upcoming Vilma vs. Goodell case. The decision is final. Please post links to other places for those members to stay updated. |
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May is the height of school activities and celebrations. We celebrate graduations, achievements, academic awards and our high schoolers often attend their first prom.
So many youngsters are so busy with school, sports, theatre and friends that preparing for their prom is like taking another course. You have to order prom tickets, get a dress or tuxedo, ensure a safe ride and of course plan for an after prom party. One of the last minute items often overlooked are flowers.
Exotic Flowers design studio in Roslindale and all of our Boston floral designers have been making prom corsages and boutonnieres for a combined work knowledge of over 100 years. Our local Boston flower designers have made the traidtional to the unusual.
Most popular these days are rose boutonnieres for the gentleman and rose wrist corsages for the ladies. Whether your prom is at Catholic Memorial, West Roxbury High School or Latin Academy, the staff at Exotic Flowers wants to be a special part of your prom.
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At Exotic Flowers in Boston and Lombardi Florist in Roslindale, we often say ' every day is Mother's Day.' This statement may seem trite, but it is on point. Every day is Mother's Day. Mother's Day may be celebrated on the second Sunday of May, but Mother's Day should be celebrated every day.
What better to show your mom, grandmother or anyone you call 'mom' how much you appreciate them than fresh flowers from Exotic Flowers, Boston's Premier Florist.
Mother's Day at Exotic Flowers in Boston begins weeks in advance. The vases for Mother's day floral arrangements arrived weeks ago. The packaging and direct mail pieces were designed months ago. The outdoor garden plants were seeded locally in Boston's inner city in January. Every day from May 1st through May 12th, cut flowers will be arriving from Ecuador, Maine, New Jersey, Costa Rica, Columbia, California and Holland. We are floral importers. Every one of the fresh cut flowers in our Boston floral design studio has been hand selected and tested to exceed the needs of all our New England flower buyers and recipients.
This year (2013) entrust your Mother's Day flowers to your local Boston florist. We have been a family owned and operated florist for over 75 years. Do not leave your Mother's Day order to chance. She is too important. Flowers should not be left at a doorstop in a cardboard box. Her flowers should arrive artfully arranged and hand delivered.
Okay so you have ordered your flowers for Mother's Day, she gets them from Exotic Flowers and loves them. Now it's Mother's Day and she really should not have to cook, do you order in ? Call a caterer ? Most of us make the call on dinner, lunch or brunch. Mother's Day is the busiest restaurant day of the year in Boston. Check out our top five choices for Mother's Day. By the way, if you are caught between flowers and food; the Koran tells us that flowers are food for the soul.
Dining Al fresco on Mother's Day or having a large event ? You cannot beat the atmosphere, energy, food and once again beautiful planters at Towne Stove & Spirits on Boylston Street in Boston. Ask for TerriLynn Haak, she is among the best in the business.
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* Looking to stay away from the crowds and traffic of the Back Bay and Downtown Boston ? Why not ring up Delfino Restaurant in Roslindale ? Master Chef Stephen Judge has been creating the best Italian food for more than ten years. His menu specials are out of this world and perhaps the only area restaurant who can fuse both Northern and Southern Italian along with steaks and seafood. This restaurant is a cannot miss.
Or you can make an effort and cook at home. But with restaurants like these, why bother ? She deserves the best.
Whether you call it Secretary's Day, Administrative Assistant's Day or Administrative Professionals Day, Boston bosses are usually befuddled regarding what to order for the holiday. Naturally flowers are the best choice and even scientifically proven to increase production at work.
Boston bosses often find themselves at a loss for the card message for their admin.
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"They say a combined effort can break down the wall of impossibility. Thanks for helping break down the walls !"
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"Someone once said that ingenuity plus work equals miracles. Thank you for all the miracles you perform every day."
Secretaries is not just for admins. Do you have a house manager or personal assistant that make your day better ? From the nanny in Newton to the home health aid in Arlington... show them your appreciation with flowers.
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Patriot's Day in Boston is filled with an abundance of activities for all Bostonians and New Englanders. From revolutionary battle reenactments to the 11am Red Sox game to the Boston Marathon, this day is a major holiday in Massachusetts. In 2013, Patriot's Day happens also to fall on April 15th. While April 15 is synonymous with Tax Day, this year it is also Jackie Robinson Day.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tells us that 42 is the answer to everything in the universe. Perhaps. But today I just want to share the 42 things we love most about being a florist in Boston in honor of the great Jackie Robinson.
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A simple "Thank You" can go a long way to motivate employees and build loyalty. Administrative Professionals Week (APW) offers an ideal opportunity to show appreciation - and formally reinforce the value of an employee's contributions. The Society of American Florists offers this simple guide to help smart managers put the benefits of proper office etiquette to work during APW and year-round.
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Be sure to order early as Professional Secretary's Day is one of the busiest floral delivery days in Boston.
Do not worry too much about using the term secretary. If the Secretary of Defense does not a have a problem with it, your admin. should not either.
Growing up Jewish always brought a host of questions this time of year. Did we really have to do the whole "matzah thing" again for an eight-day stretch? What was the deal with eating fish on Fridays? And that most perplexing of all mysteries – what do colored eggs, jelly beans, and rabbits have to do with commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
The sacrifices of the unleavened Passover diet were difficult enough for a bread-obsessed, food-focused kid, but watching my friends make what seemed to be drastically reduced abstentions with Lent and gorging on spiral ham, Peeps, and Cadbury eggs at Easter made this time of year even harder to swallow.
The passage of time and the onset of maturity have given me a more accepting take on the practices connected with these Spring festivals, but I'm still left with unanswered questions regarding my Christian brothers' and sisters' Easter observances. An attempt divine some answers via an Easter-themed google search may have given me more than I bargained for in the "things that make you go huh?" department. It should come as no surprise that the internet is filled with an abundance of informational sites that pop up when you type in "What is Easter?", so grab a big proverbial grain of salt for my findings, and let's dig in!
1) Did you know that depending on whom you believe, the name Easter stems from the pagan goddess Ashtaroth, goddess of Spring and Fertility, or the Egyptian fertility goddess Astarte, or the Anglo-Saxon fertility goddess Ostara. or…the commonality of all of these goddesses and their names leads me to my next point, which is…
2) Were you aware that the Christian holiday of Easter evolved from pagan celebrations honoring their fertility goddesses upon the arrival of Spring? There are even descriptions of families celebrating their savior's resurrection by decorating their homes with flowers and bunnies, painting and hiding eggs, observing 40 days of abstention ending in a worship service at dawn and a ham dinner with all the fixings. Only these weren't early Christians, they were Babylonian families celebrating the resurrection of their god Tammuz, who was led back to life by their fertility goddess Ishtar. Sounds a bit like Easter, only the events just described took place over 2,000 years before the birth of Jesus!
2) Did you know that the celebration of Easter wasn't commonplace in America until nearly 100 years after the country was founded? The Puritans who arrived on our shores seeking freedom to observe religion in the manner they saw fit were leery of the pagan festivals connected with the arrival of Spring. These misgivings about the "chiristian nature" of certain holidays included Christmas as well. The appearance of Easter as a celebration of the mystery of faith (the death, resurrection and ascension to heaven of Jesus) became more commonplace shortly after the Civil War.
3) Lastly, the connection of rabbits and eggs to the holiday is somewhat murky, but both served as symbols of fertility and life dating back to some of the earliest pagan practices, and seemed to accompany the transformation of pagan spring festivals into what is more commonly known as Easter.
None of this, of course, is shared with any intention other than to illuminate some lesser known aspects of a celebration that is a mainstay in our lives. As is often the case, the celebrations and traditions that have been a part of many of our lives for as long as we or our parents and grandparents can remember are not necessarily what we might have expected. The research (if you can refer to a google search as such!) leaves us with the impression that no matter what the explanation, these times of year are likely descended from universal and time honored celebrations of man, hope, life, faith, and family brought on by the burst of life that arrives with Spring each year.
Most importantly, keep in mind that Spring and the arrival of the holidays like Easter and Passover create a wonderful time to gather with friends and family, be grateful for our many blessings, and send lots of beautiful arrangements from the folks at Exotic Flowers as a token of that gratitude! Happy holidays, and Happy Spring!
Jonathan Bornstein
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BCP inside Azure
mercredi 18 avril 2012 05:57
I need to transfer data to SQL Azure database. I am looking at BCP as a possible method. I am quite familiar with using BCP, when the data files are located on-premise. The questions I have are,
1. Can BCP be used from within Azure?
2. Can I have files in Azure storage and have BCP utility access them?
3. What are the pre-requisites to be able to use BCP within Azure? What are the components to be installed?
Thanks for the help
Toutes les réponses
mercredi 18 avril 2012 07:021. Yes, you can
2. Transfer of data between SQL Server instance and SQL Azure not supported
Because BCP is a bundle utility for SQL Server(Azure) and can not access Azure Storage directly
I think you need to develope proper application for transferring data from Azure Storage to SQL Server(Azure)
You will need to look up StorageClient library
3. You only need excutable file (BCP)
If you need more detailed information, please follow the link below
I hope my answers helpful for you
mercredi 18 avril 2012 09:43
Thanks for the reply.
I did not quite understand the second point. Sorry if I am a bit dense. If I cannot access Azure storage to run bcp utility, and I need to have an application to move the data from azure storage to SQL Azure, I really would not need to have bcp running on the cloud. Am I missing something here?
I came across this article that talks of loading data to SQL Azure. One of the scenarios presented here, is having data located inside Windows Azure and BCP is used a tool to load the data.
I am trying to find out more if Azure storage can be used along with bcp and if yes, how that could be achieved.
Any help is appreciated.
jeudi 19 avril 2012 11:35
How about using DACPAC and SQL Azure import export
-Sachin Sancheti
vendredi 20 avril 2012 05:01
Thanks for the URLs you provided. I am evaluating DAC PAC too along with other options - SSIS, Data Transfer among others. Before zeroing in on any one of them, I want to understand how BCP can be used when the data source is in Azure and the target database is SQL Azure.
I have not found any resource that provides information on this. Any help in this direction is appreciated.
mardi 24 avril 2012 15:36
Hi Vani,
To your initial question. I see no reason why you could not create a Windows Azure Worker Role (or a Windows Azure VMRole) that would execute your BCP scripts on a regular basis all within the Windows Azure environment. You certainly could get the files from your Blob Storage and then execute a BCP script to take and load all of these into SQL Azure. As an alternative, you could create a similar application on-premises that would download files from Blob storage and then BCP them up to SQL Azure. I am pretty sure this second alternative is not what you would want to do since it would be incredibly innefficient to download the files from Azure and then BCP them back up.
For the first option, it would be by far the most efficient, but also the most costly because you would need to pay for a small instance of Windows Azure.
Cotega - SQL Azure Monitoring -
mercredi 2 mai 2012 08:29
Thanks for the reply and detailed explanation.
I apologize for the late response. I was out of office for quite some time
samedi 12 mai 2012 12:47
BCP and openquery not supported by Azure , at least 1 year ago that was the case.
The feature is not enable , and I do not believe that sp_configure can run and configure it in Sql Azure.
Suggest , to add all the data in local database, with bcp , or whatever script or feature you want , and then create and upload your db to Azure.( you can use Management Studio to create the Upload Script.)
If database in Azure Already exists , then use the Sync feature to sync your data with the on premise db.
There are a lot of options available , I believe this is the easier way.
P. Velachoutakos


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