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Official BeastFan park visit thread
Posted 24 March 2010 - 01:36 PM
The BeastFan
Posted 15 April 2010 - 06:51 PM
1. Diamondback
2. Beast
3. Vortex
4. Racer
5. Flight Deck
6. Delirium
7. Drop Tower
Most of the trip will be spent getting photos for the site as well. I will try to get photos of most of the major rides as well as some atmosphere shots, not to mention Planet Snoopy. So, if you have requests for pictures, please post here so I can get the shots you want. I'm still contemplating whether to stay for the first Beast night ride...sounds a bit ambitious for opening day (they are open from 10-10 though...)
Posted 15 April 2010 - 07:20 PM
We don't have that many photos of ride loading platforms.
I don't really have any preferences on what rides you take pictures of. Just take a look at the RG's and see which rides need photos more.
By the way... You just lost The Game.
Posted 15 April 2010 - 08:09 PM
Posted 17 April 2010 - 01:52 PM
I got to the park at 8:45 am. Since it was so early, the season pass processing was fairly unbusy, so I got that done within a minute or so upon arrival. This was my first opening day at Kings Island. It certainly felt different for sure. A sense of anticipation you don't feel on any other day, as this is a mark of summer's coming.
The gates opened at 9 and gold pass holders (such as moi) got ERT on Diamondback and Beast. I hit the SRL on DB and only waited about 15 minutes compared to the actual lines 25-30 at the time. It felt soooo good to ride her so early in the season. It definately still has the new coaster sense about it and it just purred along its course. I rode in 3-1, and the trim on the hill before the MCBR actually provided air even when engaged. The rest is still as great as ever. It was a tad cool, and with the splash, it was even more so around the Rivertown area. Next I hit my baby in 1-2. It was running a little rough in some spots, but still awesome. It was fairly quicker for a day ride as well.
After that, it was around 10:30, so the rest of the park was up and running, so I headed to Vortex. I rode in 6-1, which surprisingly was just as smooth as teh 5th car but with much more air and hang time. It was very, very smooth as well. Next I went to X-base to check things out. FoF's queue extended beyond Racer, and Firehawk presented the theme of the day, if it was Vekoma, it was down. Firehawk, Invertigo and Flying Aces were all down during the time I was there (Invertigo opened as I left..) So I passed that and went to Racer, of which only the Blue side was running. Most of the morning was relatively uncrowded, so some rides were at reduced capacity. Vortex and AE only ran 2 trains, Racer only had one side running. Racer was unusually good today. It rained the day before today, and Racer's rails were still a tad damp, which ment it just burned through its course. All the hills aside from the lift and the turnaround had near ejector air. It was incredible, one of the best Racer ride's i've done in a while (1-2 was the seat). Adventure Express was lenghty in wait at the time, so I headed to Action Zone and Flight Deck. Last year, it was a tad jittery due to lack of paint, but it seems to have been smooothened a bit. It was an average ride for what it was. After that, I ate lunch on I-Street at LaRosas.
After that, as said, it got really crowded really fast. Most of the lines were at least an hour on each ride, or so I thought. I headed to Delirium which only looked about a 30 minute wait, but then it broke down. I went back to AE with high hopes only to be rewarded for a bit of patience. It was walkon on my return journey to it. Sat in 2-1 and it did its Arrow Mine thing. There's usually this big jolt at the base of the lift, and they seemed to have gotten rid of that. The first lift seemed a bit faster than usual as well. After that, things were worse, so I left.
I did get mass pictures. The only rides I didn't get were FoF, Adventure Express, Firehawk, White Water Canyon and I didn't get up to the Eiffel Tower. About 3/4 into my stay, my battery died (which seemed fast as it was fully charged when I got to the park, something else to check on I guess). I got a ton of Diamondback, Vortex, Racer, SOB, Flight Deck, Invertigo as well as shots of every other ride, a lot of atmosphere shots, a few noticable buildings like Feasthaus, a lot of the Eiffel Tower and I-Street, and some misc. as well.
As for Planet Snoopy, I was thoroughly impressed from the moment I caught eye of it. Every ride looked brand new, even Woodstock Express which is an original ride with the park, turning 38 this year. All the theming was high quality, both in visual aspects and use of material, it was a much brigher, easier going enviroment, and was well occupied by Peanuts characters. The surrounding music was top notch as well (though I did catch a few Disney tunes in the mix O.o).
Also to note is that Backlot's coasters are striped of theming as KD's are, but to a lesser extent (some had headlights, some had grills, etc). They didn't look as bad as I thought and I'll get used to them I guess. Also, AE had seatbelts added, which add nothing to the restrain system what-so-ever IMO. Also on AE is the fact that the recordings from the Paramount days are still present, which surprised me a lot, but I guess its not a big deal as the Indiana Jones theme isn't playing anymore. As much as the park is stripped of Paramount/Nick theming, Spongebob 3D is still present seemingly at FX Theater by Vortex. That'll be CF's next thing to change I guess. They aren't known for those type of simulators to my knowledge.
Also....this may be something irrelevant, but I did see some wooden stakes, perhaps markers in the grassy as you go between Backlot and DB...
Posted 17 April 2010 - 08:17 PM
This side of eternity is short - make the most of it.
Coaster Count - 115
Posted 18 April 2010 - 06:51 PM
Posted 24 April 2010 - 10:03 PM
Here are some to stir up some forum discussions.
My pretty new gold pass, complete with parking and ERT on Diamondback and Beast every morning (the later makes me one happy BeastFan )
The new park map, complete with a map without Son of Beast (though we can all see its there, c'mon KI, make a decision already!!!)
The Gold Pass entrance to head to Diamondback/Beast for the ERT.
Amazingly, Cedar Fair hasn't stripped KI of everything Nick yet. Spongebob 3D is still advertsed at the FX Theater (the theater between the Racer turnarounds)
Another thing new at Kings Island for 2010, trash can #9791!!! It seems quite popular as about 2000 people have frequented it! (anyone who can get the trivia behind that number gets a cookie)
Oh snap!!!
Best. Patio. Ever.
Here's one of the spots of clearing I saw behind Backlot. This is the smaller of the two with only a bit of stripped land with straw on top. Doesn't look like much would fit here...however...
This is the clearing that has me thinking. Its enough to fit a few flats or so. If you look closely, there are wood stakes in the ground.
Also, in that area around Backlot, the Starlight Experience is being set up. There are lights strung on a lot of trees there. I can't wait to see that area lit up!
Posted 30 April 2010 - 06:02 AM
Park Count = 47
Ride Count = 297
Posted 30 April 2010 - 09:54 AM
I took some pictures of the trains. Its in the set of pictures I added to the Ride/Park galleries.
Posted 30 May 2010 - 07:12 PM
Posted 13 June 2010 - 10:55 PM
Posted 14 June 2010 - 09:04 PM
Posted 24 June 2010 - 09:34 PM
So, for those who've been there I need any and all advice feasable. I do have some questions...
1. Best place to eat?
2. Any good shows?
3. Other ride recommendations?
4. I've been looking up other things to do near Santa Claus, so if anyone has any recommendations in reference to that, I'd appreciate it.
Posted 25 June 2010 - 12:32 PM
This side of eternity is short - make the most of it.
Coaster Count - 115
Posted 27 June 2010 - 05:53 PM
So, in order for me to do one of those mass coaster trips like some people do, I need to do it with an equal minded group, which isn't looking good (perhaps with KIC and KIE members, but thats iffy at best). Money is a big factor in this as well. Trust me, if I had it my way, I'd have double the coaster count from my 63 credits by now, especially considering the fact I've been to huge coaster hot spots like Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida and Southern Tennessee/North Carolina/Georgia.
Posted 31 July 2010 - 10:14 AM
I got a later start than anticipated due to having to take care of some things in the morning, but I got a lot in that day. Got to the park around noon. My first order of business was to check out the Royal Fountain. Why you ask? Kings Island recently ran a promotion with the Susan Koman Cancer Foundation to let people buy pink rubber ducks for a chance to win prizes (not sure about the details) In any case, part of the fountain was pink and I did get pictures. As many of you know, I am all to familiar with certain medical conditions and am equally supportive of anyone with any other disease similar circumstances, so it made me real happy to see something like this come together. Kudos to Kings Island for that.
Onto the rides. I then headed left of the entrance and went over to Action Zone. I checked a few of the rides and saw fairly long waits, so I headed towards the end of the area and started the day on Flight Deck. For a Friday, it was more crowded than I expected. A lot of the rides early in the day had an average of a 20-40 minute wait. I spent 25 in the queue until I boarded Flight Deck. I rode in seat 4-2, practically the dead center of the train. Most of the rides ran well today. Flight Deck ran pretty smooth that day with a few bits of rubbing in the far helix, but otherwise good.
I left Flight Deck and for that matter Action Zone. I planned to return after lunch, which would be a while since I had a few other rides I wanted to hit early. Next up was Racer, the blue side (former forwards side). Racer was a real surprise today. I rode in seat 1-2 and it really delivered. It felt really brisk in pacing and the air was great. They actually raced them as well, unlike opening day. I think the red side is a bit ahead all the time, for even when released together, red always gets to the chain just before the blue side, and their chain lift is slightly faster (by like .1 mph, but still noticable). Its great when they're racing because all that racket a woodie makes is doubled and its pure bliss.
Next up was Vortex. This was one of the longer waits, up to 30 for today. It was like that all day from what I saw, and this and Beast ran 3 trains, though a certain other coaster took a while to wake up to the crowds today, but that'll come later. Rode in one car behind the illustrious 5 car, in 6-1 for the leg room. What can I say, I'm still amazed that this part of the train delivers as Ron Toomer imagined. It was very smooth even through the 2nd hill section, the forces were superb on most of the elements, and paticularly today, it was a bit more intense through a lot of the curves, mainly the curve into the brake run and the helix. That bright orange is starting to blend in better than last year and the ride looks rather hansom now. I'm still dreaming that it may have the chance to get trains similar to Carolina Cobra, but its still a great ride reguardless.
Onto Rivertown. I started back to Diamondback, wanting to leave my baby for last before lunch. However, I went to Beast first instead, having spotted a no-no on KI's part. I first saw the green train atop the lift, stopped, and empty. There is only one possible explination for that, and I looked towards the train shed, and what did I see? The yellow train was being transfered back to the circuit. I wonder if that's something they do a lot, being they start with 2 trains and get caught off guard and put the 3rd on. I don't get that...
So, I did Beast while Diamondback crews got their act together. A fairly long queue line adding up to 20 minutes, but worth it. Rode in 1-2 and we were off. To be honest, the Beast ran a tad rough in the day, like an old man, angry and hating the world. It shimmied a lot even in the non-wheel seats, but that gave the 2nd tunnel, the valley before the 2nd lift and the helix a bit more character. Pretty interesting day ride.
Finally it was onto Diamondback and having seen 3 train operations in affect. This was the a short wait despite a part of the queue turn stiles being filled, probably 20 minutes. Grabbed 5-1 (5th car, center seats) Great ride as always, and even better due to something we coaster enthusiasts wag our finger at. The trims on the hill before the MCBR provided absolute perfect floater air. I was pinned to the lapbar the entire hill. The rest of the ride delivered up to par and the spalsh was a pleasant top off to a great first half of the day. I did notice something different. I don't feel that shimmey like some of you reported, but there was this rattling sound on the bottom of the first drop (happened reguardless of what train).
I ate lunch at the Festhaus in Octoberfest. I lucked out and came in to see one of the shows starting up, known as Seen on TV. It features tunes from TV shows from the 1950's all the way up to the 90's. That along side LaRosas Pizza, fries and a drink was neat. The show was great, especially when they brought up pictures of the paticular show's footage on tv's around the building. Even better, when they got to Brady Bunch, the TV's showed footage of the episode where they visited Kings Island. Very, very nice (Racer was in patriotic colors!!!, KI BRING THAT BACK!!!)
I then decided to hit the lesser capacity rides to burn off the food. Invertigo was next. This, Drop Tower and Delirium were about 40 minutes a piece, which I timed it with a future visit to X-Base so I could do my Beast night ride. It would work out in the long run. Anyways, rode Invertigo in 7-2 (very end facing the lift). It ran really well today, super smooth through the cobra roll and lots and lots of positive g's. Very worthy of being the most intense coaster in the park, or so I thought (later you'll find out).
Drop Tower was next. As most of you know, I am not the biggest fan of free-fall. But, this time around, I felt much more comfortable. I'm starting to think I'm getting used to it. I rode it, was a bit nervous going up, but I came off feeling awesome, but not such to where I lost a little composure. They do a cruel thing with the ride program though. If you look at a picture, the ride is colored different as you go up. It starts black, goes to purple, green, red and finally yellow. Once it gets to the yellow section, it crawls the last bit up, making you wait longer and the anticipation more of an affect. Whether it was planned or not, it certainly sent people for a loop wondering when their impending doom was going to take place. Then, 7 seconds after stopping, the thump was heard and we headed earth-bound. A great one-two punch after riding Invertigo.
I then headed across Action Zone and landed in Delirium's line. 40 minutes later, I sat with 49 other people for a go around. It did a lot in calming my nerves after surviving near death by falling. A pleasantly intense ride as it really pours on the positive g's as it goes into full swing, and on the crests, it had really good air time, boarderline ejector at times if the seat was positioned right. Simply loved my favorite non-coaster ride. A worthy replacement of the late King Cobra.
I then headed back towards the rear of the park. Walked passed Sling Shot and onto Adventure Express. The line was longer earlier in the day, but by mid-afternoon, it shortened substantially, probaby 10 minutes for my turn. I chose to be a bit adventurous (pun intended) and went for the front seat. Still one if not the best mine train running, great corners (a place where Ron Toomer transitions are appreciated), good pacing and they even keep the themes going including playing the Indiana Jones theme in the station (Paramount doesn't have to know ) Another great ride from coming out of Action Zone.
I then walked through Coney Mall contemplating, and when X-Base came up, I went in. Locked my things up and headed to Firehawk. Longest wait of the day topping an hour. I don't get on it much due to the wait, but for that reason, I chose to ride it that day. My single rider status lucked out as I managed to grab the front seat on this as well. 2 minutes later, I was simply blown away! Its absolutely fantastic in the front seat! It was in a good way intense with great positive g's, great weightlessness on the horseshoe and rolls, and it really poured on the fun in the area leading up to the inline twists. I may have to bring this into top 10 on my rankings. It may have beaten the B&M inverts and possibly Dragster on my list, no joke. Well worth the wait.
I kept my things in the locker and headed into the AC bliss of Flight of Fear. I do appreciate that CF keeps the theming going inside the building. The video, whilst a tad corny, does set up the ride perfectly (rode 3-1). The ride itself went well...until the MCBR where, again, it came to a near stop. However, the 2nd half was more intense than what I thought due to the slowdown. Its still as intense as ever including that wonderful corkscrew finale.
Back through Coney Mall, Vortex was still long for the wait, but I wanted something different. Turned towards Rivertown, but went for Backlot next, which would round out most of the major rides for me. A 15 minute wait was there was until I boarded row 3-1. They finally closed up the car mold having filled in the former grill and lights and added the Kings Island insignia on the fronts of the cars and removing the windows. Still a great little ride. The fire from the helicoptor section is something you really feel, something I didn't really notice on previous rides. They did have the lights on in the tunnel, which while it was nice to see what the track did in how you could see the trick track, I prefer it pitch dark as it adds to the suspense on what would otherwise be a mediocre ride. Really great lateral g's as well through the s-curves and overbank as well.
By now, it was 9 pm, so I went back to Beast. I waited a while so I could get in line at just the right time. I waited until 9:15 before I joined the queue, so I could be in the station for the closing fireworks and make sure it was perfectly dark. All that came together and at 10:10, I was in the front seat for the night ride. Waiting as long as I did, the track got used to the lower temperatures and made for a smoother ride compared to the mid-afternoon ride. The cooler air also did much in adding a layer of erieness to the ride along with the fact there was overcast at night, so you couldn't see the stars/moon which made it even darker. It all cumulated to a great summertime night excursion on the Beast. Truth be told, I got a little personal with the ride. Upon the brake run before the 2nd tunnel, it felt a little lack-luster. It felt it took its merry time through the tunnel. As we screamed back into the hillside, I called the ride an old man. I think it kind of responded for it really seemed to pick up the pace as it dove into the lowest point with phenominal speed and lateral movement. The helix was absolutely spactacular in the darkness.
This usually ends my Kings Island TR's, but a pleasant surprise still awaited me. I remembered about the Starlight Experience set up between the Eiffel Tower and Backlot. It can be easily seen anywhere as the tower is lit up with color lights and twinkling lights that line the tower and LED's near the base. The tree's are lit with a unique purple/red/blue tone with other shapes such as stars, Peanuts characters and different designs that strobed with remixes of Peanuts tunes (the X-mas theme song as one of them). It was really nice to walk through after the epicness of the Beast at night and with International Street and the Royal Fountain lit up nice, it was a great ending to the day.
I did get lots of pictures, paticularly action shots of Firehawk and Invertigo which I didn't catch on opening day.
One thing I did notice was a little activity by SOB. No, I didn't see trains on the track or anything, but rather, off towards the base of the lift and that last swooping section, I saw clearing. I didn't catch any markers though, but something is up over there, no doubt about it.
I'll try to post pictures later. Hope you enjoyed the TR!
The BeastFan
Posted 03 August 2010 - 05:09 PM
Posted 03 August 2010 - 10:39 PM
Thank You Vicarious Chair
Posted 05 August 2010 - 10:38 PM
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Posted 22 August 2010 - 08:12 PM
So, got together with a big group of friends (about half the band ended up in one group with others scattering about). Our first stop was none other than Rivertown to tackle Diamondback. It was certainly a cool day that day and best of all, uncrowded. This was due to a couple things. There was an overcast sky early in the morning, kind of hinting rain though it didn't, and just across I-71, there was the tennis tournament (the recent one you've guys have probably seen on sports networks, yeah, its by KI), and traffic in Mason/Kings Mills is usually horrendous during that event. The max wait we had was 30 for Firehawk. Diamondback was much shorter; probably a 10 minute wait and they were indeed running all three trains from the start (unlike previous times where they start with 2 and add one later...ugh). Diamondback purred in the early afternoon run (I rode in car 4, outer rows). Smooth as always and it was a bit brisk on top, making for an exhilerating ride.
We decided to do what was close and went to my baby. 15 minutes of waiting was all there was between the front entrance and row 6-2 (aka- 2nd to last row). We decided to go for the back, and the Beast really let us have it. The day rides are usually a tad more wild and vicious than at night, and being in the back really let us get hammered by it. Luckily, I was not on the wheel seats (6-1 or 6-3), so it was bareable. It was really wild in the wisping section towards the 2nd lift and the double helix. Lots of laterals all around. We tried for Backlot, but saw a 45 minute wait (not worth it IMO) so we went for Vortex. I ended up in a surprising seat, 4-1, just in front of the infamous fifth car. Usually, the 2nd through 4th cars are a bit rickety to say the least, lots of head banging if you don't hold onto the restraints enough. 4-1 didn't deliver as much, and in being able to keep comfortable, I was able to enjoy one of the most intense Vortex rides I've ever done. Great floater air down the first drop, actual ejector air on the 2nd ascent, great g's on the loops, batwing and helix, so much that I greyed out on all of them, and sweet, brisk hang time on the corkscrews. A definate surprise for me.
After that, we got hungry and decided on lunch. We ate at the Subway by the Racer, where I had a turkey sub. It was just right for me (probably the lightest thing in the park), and along side a blue Icee, it hit the spot. Pretty decent for $10. To burn of the food, we went for a cross park trek and ended on Flight Deck. This late in the season is starting to take its toll on the paint. Some of its gotten so bad, its bleeding pink (the reds faded into the thin grey parts). Its absolutely horrible looking now, and unless a repaint comes either this season or next, I see it going the way of Big Bad Wolf unfortunately (which would kind of make sense given the status of a certain wooden Mt Everest next door). The first drop and 2nd hill are still up to snuff, but the lower s-curves and helix are quite rattly. Doesn't look good for it (BGW fans, I may begin to feel your pain in watching a great Arrow suspended coaster crumble). Flight Deck, btw, was in 3-2. After that, we went for Delirium. One of the longer waits at 20 minutes, but it was well worth it. I love to look up as it crests before it swings, especially at full swing. I'm probably one of the few members on this sight that enjoy flats such as Delirium. Certainly worthy of my favorite flat ride (unless I find a good Top Spin somewhere...)
We stuck with the major rides and worked our way to Firehawk. This was the longest wait of the day at 30 minutes. Rode in the 4th car, and its still a blast to ride. The back half of the train really lets it whip around the loop and barrel rolls, adding another dimension of intensity to it thats rather nice. It really yanks you down the first drop back there as well, and I took note in that I find it rather quiet as well. You can hardly hear it in the far back of the course (aside from the lift sounds).
We started to tire, so we did the natural thing a college band would do, we headed to Planet Snoopy. First up was Surf Dog. For a ride in that area, it was rather nice. Its something that looks that it would end up in Coney Mall or Action Zone. Its really a neat ride, especailly as it gets up to full speed and really rockets up those vertical spikes. The spinning is a big plus. After that was the new and improved Boo Blasters on Boo Hill, the ride that replaced Scooby Doo and the Haunted Castle. It was slightly better than the Scooby version, but still doesn't come close to Phantom's Theater's level of awesomeness. I scored a 950 btw. Alas, we were down to our final hour and half, and being by Diamondback, we decided to give her one more ride before departing. Ended up this time on 3-2, the seat I've done the most by far. A great way to end the day. With a half hour to spare, we hit a show at the International Theater that focused on Motown hits which went well. I feel KI could use a new show facility for the calibur shows CF produces really belong in indoor facilities. And to end the day on a even better note, we caught the end of the Reds/Dodgers game where the Reds won 5-2, making them 5-1 on their usuall west coast trip of doom (though the opposite now, we're ahead of St Louis 3.5 games now).
Didn't get any pictures as I wanted to enjoy this trip. I plan on one more KI trip before they go to weekends only. As for news on SOB, I did find some big differences in the clearing by the Rose Bowl and last hills. Its cleared a bit more, plus there are white objects, either walls or tarps, in that area as well. I'll re-post this info in the KI thread for further discussion. Anyhow, any comments on my PTR would be nice!
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Dr Zaid Khalil on Rt 123 in Vienna is a man of intelligence, integrity and heart. He is thoroughly and extremely knowledgeable about medicine interactions as well as diagnosing and getting to the bottom of complex issues. He never fails to be kind, caring and concerned. Therefore I nominate him for Best Doctor in Vienna.
Jessica Bryan
9:02 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Dr. Scott Gerrish is the BEST doctor in Vienna! He really is so consideration; he and his team really strive to make you feel pampered!
Larry Oskin
7:00 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012
Dr. Scott Gerrish, owner and medical director of Bellini Salon & MedEsthetics is the BEST! Very talented, driven, entrepreneurial, skilled and best of all -- he is absolutely wonderful with his patients and staff.
Loladè Onipedè
8:37 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
Dr. Scott Gerrish is hands down the best doctor in Vienna!
Bonnie Garnto
6:34 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012
I have also heard that Dr. Christopher Bonacci is one of the best In the area.
Christine Keady
9:31 am on Saturday, July 7, 2012
Dr. Jenkins with Vienna Family Medicine is amazing. I've gone to him for 15 years and the depth and breadth of his knowledge is encyclopedic and his bedside manner is fantastic.
For dentists I always recommend Dr. Papastergio on Park. He takes a lot of pride in his business and has the latest and greatest tools to do the job.
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7:53 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
If you want to look and feel your best, you can do no better than Dr. Scott Gerrish at Bellini Salon and MedSpa. Dr. Gerrish is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in all the state of the art procedures in his field. You will receive the highest standard of professional care and be cared for by a compassionate and very caring Doctor and staff.
Amelie Krikorian
5:04 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
LOL looks like a vote from his wife or some other relative....
Christine Keady
12:28 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
One more recommendation - Dr. Bath for orthodontics! He has an impressive setup next to the Madison McDonalds, a friendly staff and was able to put our 11 year old at ease when he fitted her for braces. I also like his approach and willingness to discuss different options. Highly recommend you check him out when look for an orthodontist in Vienna.
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6:12 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
The best pediatrician is Dr. Schwartz at Advanced Pediatrics. We love Dr. Martin and Dr. Yoo as well.
Erica R. Hendry
10:25 am on Monday, July 23, 2012
Hi everyone, just a reminder that nominations closed July 9 and voting is now open. Cast your vote!
Melissa Grigorian
1:26 am on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Dr. Gerrish is awesome! My vote is for him.
Janice Brophy
1:31 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Bellini Salon and Dr. Gerrish, Best Salon, Best Doctor!!
Kimberly Maher
6:06 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
My husband and I are big fans of Dr. Joffee for a family practitioner. He is conscientious about following through with all concerns and ensuring to the best of his ability that each of his patients has all of their concerns addressed.
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12:29 pm on Thursday, August 16, 2012
We love Dr. Schwartz. My children are now approaching 23 and 21 years old and will need to move out of the practice, very sad!!!
Anne Neuman
7:30 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
Dr. JenkIns is a great GP. Takes hMe to cOnsider your overall health.
Anne Neuman
7:33 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
Dr. Martin @ Advanced Peds is the best pediatrician. He is patient, thorough, and a good communicator with parents & children alike.
Nicole Trifone
10:25 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
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- Classics/Art 248 Greek Archaeology and Art
- Classics/Art 250 Roman Archaeology and Art
- Classics/History 255 History of Ancient Greece
- Classics/History 256 History of Rome
- Political Science/Philosophy 263 Political Theory I
- 6 credits in 297 and 397, independent work.
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Required: Language competence, as certified by the relevant department (equivalent, for example, to Latin 222, French 222, German 222, or Spanish 285), and 22 credits distributed as follows:
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- History 233 Medieval Europe
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- History 235 Britain in the Modern World I
- Humanities/Social Studies 140 Medieval and Renaissance Culture
- Political Science/Philosophy 264 Political Theory II
- Humanities, 8 credits that deal with the art, literature, philosophy, or music of Western Europe in the period from c. 1100 to 1700
- 6 credits in 297 and 397, independent work.
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Required: Language competence, as certified by the relevant department (equivalent, for example, to French 222, German 222, or Spanish 285), and 22 credits distributed as follows:
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- Anthropology 247 Contemporary Europe
- History 101 Making History
- History 236 Britain in the Modern World II
- History 238 The Making of Modern Germany
- History 239 Tyrants and Tunesmiths: Opera, Politics, and Society in Modern Europe
- Political Science 255 Pluralist Systems: Comparative Politics of European Government
- Humanities, 8 credits that deal with the art, literature, philosophy, or music of Western Europe since 1750
- 6 credits in 297 and 397, independent work.
To be taken in the semester preceding that in which the student will take the 397 course, this project is designed as preparation for Senior Independent Study. The student may request to work with any instructor currently teaching in the program who will also be teaching on the Grinnell campus during the following semester.
The subject must be arranged with a faculty adviser (preferably the instructor of the Guided Reading Project 297, above) before the end of the semester preceding the independent study. The study should result in either a substantial essay (about 25–30 pages) or a creative accomplishment such as a photographic essay, film, dramatic production, paintings, etc. of similar magnitude. The latter will require some written explication as well. Occasional colloquia consisting of all students and faculty engaged in these projects will be held to exchange ideas and methods.
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In the past decade, nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) has witnessed steadily increasing attention from control theoretists and control practitioners. The practical interest is driven by the fact that today's processes need to be operated under tighter performance specifications. Often these demands can only be met when process nonlinearities and constraints are explicitly considered in the controller. By now, several NMPC schemes exist that guarantee stability if the full state information is available. Often in practice, however, not all states needed for the application of NMPC are available by measurement. Thus, they must be recovered by a suitable state observer from output measurements. While, in principle, the combination of a stable state estimator with a stabilizing NMPC scheme does lead to asymptotic stability, nothing in general can be said about the resulting region of attraction. Often only local stability can be guaranteed. This problem is of substantial practical relevance, since even small observer errors can lead to significant performance decrease or possible instability of the closed loop. This talk examines the output feedback NMPC problem. After a short review of NMPC and an introduction to the output feedback problem we turn to the question of how to achieve more than local stability in the output-feedback case. After outlining several possibilities to achieve this goal we focus on the use of high gain observers in combination with nonlinear predictive controllers. It is shown that under certain conditions the combination of a high-gain observer with an NMPC controller does lead to stability of the closed loop with a non-local region of attraction. Furthermore, the performance of the state feedback predictive controller can be recovered up to an arbitrary degree by increasing the observer gain and decreasing the NMPC controller sampling time. The resulting controller is applied to an inverted pendulum-car system to explicate some of the key properties. The talk concludes with possible generalizations to the proposed output feedback NMPC controller.
Rolf Findeisen graduated with an engineering degree in Technical Cybernetics from the University of Stuttgart in 1998 and an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1997. From mid 1997 to the end of 1999 he was a research assistant at the Automatic Control Laboratory at the Department of Electrical Engineering at ETH Z³rich. At the end of 1999 he joint the newly founded Institute for Systems Theory in Engineering at the University of Stuttgart. His main research interests are in the area of nonlinear model predictive control, output feedback control and optimization based control.


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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: "If I Was From The United States, I'd Vote For Obama." "This isn't an endorsement President Obama will claim. Hugo Chavez, the socialist president of Venezuela, told state television: 'I hope this doesn't harm Obama, but if I was from the United States, I'd vote for Obama.' Chavez, who like Obama is seeking re-election, also called the American president 'a good guy,' reports Reuters. 'I think that if Obama was from Barlovento or some Caracas neighborhood, he'd vote for Chavez,' said the Venezuela leader." (David Jackson, "Obama Gets Endorsement He Doesn't Want — From Chavez," USA Today, 10/1/12)


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Bonnie Wright & Daniel Radcliffe filming the epilogue of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.. More pictures @ Blog Hogwarts. Plus nother video of Emma drinking Butterbeer @ World Of Wizarding under!
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May 26, 2010 @ 08:42 am Dumaa♥ said:November hurry the fuck up! I am so going to the theme park this summer! |
May 26, 2010 @ 08:54 am Anonymous said:Oh my gosh it's Harry and Ginny's kids James Sirius, Lily Luna, and Albus Severus! Weird seeing Daniel and Bonnie aged. I can't wait to see the rest of the movie! =D |
May 26, 2010 @ 09:36 am MollySmellsOfFlowers said:Wow they look great. I mean not like fake old but actual old. and the harry potter world looks AMAZING. |
May 26, 2010 @ 09:50 am Effy said:Anonymous said: theyre only supposed to be in their late 30's..... not 60's I now, right? .. still, I can't wait to see te others too, too bad this scene is gonna be in movie 8 |
May 26, 2010 @ 10:25 am Anonymous said:infact they're supposed to be 36.... they look about 65... especially dan. |
May 26, 2010 @ 04:19 pm Rachel said:I am REALLY looking forward to seeing this movie, but does November have to be so far away! |
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Airdrie Storm's comeback stymied by the Cochrane Lions
In most sports, two minutes is not a long time. However, in Canadian football, it can make or break a game.
With less than 120 seconds remaining in their game, the Cochrane Lions eked out a 43-40 win over the Airdrie Storm, Sept. 8.
The Airdrie Storm scored first on a touchdown by Jordan Baldwin, his first of six in the game, and spent the first half trading leads with Cochrane. The back-and-forth scoring continued throughout the second half, but the Storm came out with a renewed spirit and refused to let the Lions run away with the game.
�At half time we talked about correcting our mistakes,� said Storm Head Coach Steve Kemp. �In the second quarter, we made some mistakes and they capitalized. We adjusted and it showed. The boys were fired up and they really dictated the pace.�
It came down to the wire, and the Storm was two minutes away from a victory when a Lions player bobbled and caught a long pass before falling into the end zone, giving them a three-point lead. Despite some solid offensive drives spurned by Baldwin, the Storm was unable to close the gap and fell to the Lions.
�It was disappointing,� said Kemp. �The good thing was they left us lots of time to respond. We were driving the ball and Baldwin was playing his usual self. It was disappointing, but we were also happy for the challenge.�
While Baldwin once again led the team in scoring, Dawson Jyles emerged as a secondary scoring threat. While he wasn�t able to crack the scoreboard, several of his rushes led to the Storm�s six touchdowns. Jyles has been one of the surprises this season for Kemp, as the game against the Lions was only his third time ever playing football.
�You could see as the game went on that he was getting more comfortable,� said Kemp. �He�s a heck of an athlete. The more carries he got, the more confident he became and the faster he got. It�s very exciting to have another threat to go along with Jordan.�
Despite the loss, Kemp said the game against Cochrane was a boost to the Storm�s confidence, mainly in that it shows the players they�re able to come back and win no matter the score or team they�re playing. That confidence is translating onto the scoreboard.
�The offence is playing with a lot of confidence,� Kemp said. �We are fortunate to have the O-line and running back that we have. It doesn�t matter what�s in front of them, they�re going to execute well. They never feel that anything�s out of their reach.�
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A few backs I visited New York City taking in some of the many sites like the Empire State Building for the views, Grand Central Terminal for the oysters, Central Park for waffles & dinges, Harry's Bar for steaks, the American Museum of Natural History for stars and stuffed animals and the MoMA for modern art.
The department of Architecture and Design at the MoMA had 14 video games on display including PacMan. Are video games art? They sure are.
I also found an interesting piece by Philippe Decrauzat entitled D.T.A.B.T.W.H.A.H.E.
Here's a short F# snippet to generate similar text blocks:
// Generate text from Philippe Decrauzat's D.T.A.B.T.W.H.A.H.E. 2010 let print (s:string) = [| for y in 0..s.Length-1 -> [|for x in 0..y-1 -> s.[x] for x in y..s.Length-1 -> s.[y] |] |> fun cs -> System.String(cs) + System.String(cs |> Array.rev |> Seq.skip 1 |> Seq.toArray) |] |> fun ys -> [|yield! ys; yield! (Array.rev ys |> Seq.skip 1)|] |> String.concat "\r\n" print "A HAPPY ENDING"
F# for Trading
While I was in New York I also gave a talk on F# for Trading at the local F# User Group:
Thanks for all the kind feedback.
Tate Modern
I work round from the corner from the Tate Modern in London. Last week I popped in and on my exit through the gift shop I picked up a book with the title Null Object and a postcard of a painting called Hyena Stomp by Frank Stella:
I liked it as it reminded me of the end of level sequence in Robotron 2084 & Llamatron:
As an aside, I've been having a lot of fun recently making bleeps and beeps, more often found in 80s video games, with Korg's Monotribe analogue synth.
Inspired by Llamtron I've created a simple animated version of Hyena Stomp in Silverlight:
Why not sit back and relax with some art inspired music:
A few years back I put together a simple Fractal Zoom in Silverlight using gray scales.
Time for a little makeover with color:
Hold down the mouse button over the Mandelbrot and move the mouse to highlight a rectangle, then release the mouse button to zoom in on that area.
To get a nice colour progression I used the HSB color circle:
let H,S,L = 0.95 + (10.0 * n), 0.6, 0.5
Then created a colour lookup table using a list comprehension:
[|for i in 0..maxIteration -> let n = float i / float maxIteration let H,S,L = 0.95 + (10.0 * n), 0.6, 0.5 let H = H - floor H let r,g,b = RGB.FromHSL(H,S,L) 0xff000000 + (r <<< 16) + (g <<< 8) + b|]
For the HSL to RGB conversion I converted Colin Eberhardt's accepted Stack Overflow answer from C# to F#:
double v; double r, g, b; if (A > 1.0) A = 1.0; r = L; // default to gray g = L; b = L; v = (L <= 0.5) ? (L * (1.0 + S)) : (L + S - L * S); if (v > 0) { double m; double sv; int sextant; double fract, vsf, mid1, mid2; m = L + L - v; sv = (v - m) / v; H *= 6.0; sextant = (int)H; fract = H - sextant; vsf = v * sv * fract; mid1 = m + vsf; mid2 = v - vsf; switch (sextant) { case 0: r = v; g = mid1; b = m; break; case 1: r = mid2; g = v; b = m; break; case 2: r = m; g = v; b = mid1; break; case 3: r = m; g = mid2; b = v; break; case 4: r = mid1; g = m; b = v; break; case 5: r = v; g = m; b = mid2; break; } } ColorRGB rgb = new ColorRGB(); rgb.R = Convert.ToByte(r * 255.0f); rgb.G = Convert.ToByte(g * 255.0f); rgb.B = Convert.ToByte(b * 255.0f); rgb.A = Convert.ToByte(A * 255.0f); return rgb;
let v = if (L <= 0.5) then (L * (1.0 + S)) else (L + S - L * S) if v > 0.0 then let m = L + L - v; let sv = (v - m) / v; let H = H * 6.0; let sextant = int H let fract = H - float sextant let vsf = v * sv * fract; let mid1 = m + vsf; let mid2 = v - vsf; match sextant with | 0 -> v, mid1, m | 1 -> mid2, v, m | 2 -> m, v, mid1 | 3 -> m, mid2, v | 4 -> mid1, m, v | 5 -> v, m, mid2 | _ -> L, L, L else L, L, L |> fun (r,g,b) –>
Voila, happy zooming :)
This is a meta post to coincide with posting over 100 articles over 4 years, going back over some the more popular along with some of my own personal favourites. I started blogging regularly back in 2007 on the Applied Games Group blog, here's a selection from there:
Then in 2008 I started this blog with the motivation of keeping a record of some of the things I've learned while improving my technical writing skills with a view to working on a book. This week in collaboration with Tomas Petricek I signed a book deal with Manning.
Many of the posts are written during my daily commute from Cambridgeshire down to London, which takes just over an hour. The ideas for posts come at different times, more often when I'm away from my computer taking a walk or a cycle or having a bath. Once an idea has solidified in my mind, I usually start by writing a working title, an opening sentence, a brief outline and then fill in the gaps.
Most popular articles
More often than not it's the articles I least expect to be popular that are. Typically early views come from Twitter, and then from link sites like Chris Alcock's Morning Brew and Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew. My biggest traffic spikes have come from CodeProject.
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A selection of interesting technology and some minor rants.
Mini Games
My interest in programming started with video games, and I still enjoy writing mini games. I typically write them in Silverlight so that I can embed them in the blog.
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Introductions to some of my open source projects on CodePlex.
Thanks for all the feedback, it really helps, don't be shy :)
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Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Business Opportunity Rule: I am AGAINST this policy due to the fact that I DO NOT want my PERSONAL information such as name, address, phone number, suppliers, etc., given out to complete strangers without my permission. You never know in today's society what kind of psycho might end up with your personal information. I am also concerned about identity theft. This rule should NOT be passed. The dishonest ones won't comply with it and will just go on scamming people. The only thing given to other people who want to join an organization is the NUMBER of participants in their area.


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The Canyons Resort hosts Santa Skis Free and celebrates World Snowboard Day with "Boxzilla" this weekend.
December 12, 2009
(Park City, Utah)— On Saturday, December 19th, Santa Skis Free at The Canyons Resort. The first 50 guests who don St. Nick's attire will ski or ride for free. Guests must be in FULL costume, no partial costumes will count.
Registration will take place at the top of the Cabriolet in the Resort Village from 8:00am to 9:00am.
On Sunday, December 20th, in celebration of World Snowboard Day, The Canyons' terrain park crew will be building "Boxzilla" in the Adventure Park located off Saddleback Express. Boxzilla will be a 196 foot long, continuous, combo box. There will be random jams throughout the day for giveaways by Oakley, KAB rails, Pow gloves, and of course The Canyons Resort, plus Honest Tea will be giving out samples.
Also, Santa will be on the slopes at The Canyons from December 23rd to December 25th handing out treats to all the good skiers and boarders. Look for Santa at the Flight of The Canyons gondola, as well as throughout the entire resort, from 10:00am - 2:00pm.
Visit http://www.thecanyons.com/events.html for all the latest information on events at The Canyons.
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One more quilt square, and ZOMG reprint!
I have one more square done for the Quilt Square Thing. Even having finished the ^2 blanket and five quilt square thingys, I still haven't made much of a dent in the Wool-Ease. It all fits in a very large tote bag now, though, which is a step in the right direction!
In other news, ZOMG! They're reprinting Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting!! I don't even do Fair Isle, and I know what a big deal that is. This book is basically legendary and has been out of print forever. People are really hoping that, with the huge positive response this is already getting, they'll also decide to reprint some of her other very hard-to-find books, such as Aran Knitting, which goes for $200 used if you can find it (seriously). I think Fair Isle was going for close to that before the reprint was announced. I'm tempted to preorder (even though, as I said, I don't do Fair Isle!) just to make sure I can get a copy when it comes out.
The one Alice Starmore book I do have is The Celtic Collection, and I've not yet knit anything from it, though I did buy yarn for something out of it. The only reason I haven't actually knit it up is because it's a fingering-weight project that, to get gauge, I need to do on 2mm needles. And it's a sweater. On the bright side, having put it off for a few years means I've gone down two sweater sizes, so woohoo! Less knitting FTW! :D (I am planning on starting that project this year.)


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Sunday, 25 March 2012
My Week That Was - Mostly Outside & Sunny Weather
So its that time of the week again for my week that was! The weather has been wonderful this week - warm and sunny so this has meant lots of fresh air for us all which is always a good thing!
was Ladybirds again. As usual we had tears and protests and screaming to get him there and inside, so I left as quickly as possible so he could get on and get over his upset. I did, however, hang around outside because I knew that all the children and staff were outside enjoying the sunshine and I could see them all over the wall on my way back to the car. After about 10 minutes, out he came clutching a book and not crying anymore - he looked so small but I left then in case he saw me. He spent most of the session outside but he also did some painting with stickle bricks, and this week was the first week he ate all his lunch! That must be a good sign!
Back home and at tea time I let him help butter the bread and spread marmite on it for his tea, which he enjoyed doing very much.
Burton kept asking me for something at breakfast, I thought it was a biscuit to which I told him no! He went on and on for about 10 minutes until I realised that it wasn't a biscuit he was after but a picnic!! Bless him, so I let him and his 'friends' have one for breakfast
After lunch I took the boys to our local soft play centre which they both really enjoyed.
we popped to our local park before lunch and met Burton's cousin Ben and his Granma, so they boys could run around before lunch to work up an appetite. Back at Granma's house in the afternoon the boys played outside on the ride on tractors, the swings and the trampoline - lots of fun!
When we arrived there was a parcel for us from Warner Brothers which Burton was very excited about opening because it contained a Happy Feet DVD goodie box!
We have now watched Happy Feet twice already this week!
we travelled up to my Mum's late morning so I collected her and we headed to Clarks to get Burton's feet measured as I have been meaning to do so for the last couple of weeks. He has gone up a shoe shoe size and he ended up with some blue dinosaur shoes. Having the widest foot side, there are never many styles to choose from - I had the same problem growing up. Afterwards we popped into Sainsburys and took the boys into the cafe for a spot of lunch......on the floor, on the table, on the chairs lol!!
Once back at Mums we took Shadow out for a walk and Burton was very happy because Grandma let him take the lead all by himself! We also went to a park where Burton tested his new shoes out well by jumping and running up and down the wooden climbing frames, and on the grass !
we met a friend and her son at the soft play centre which Burton was happy about as he had someone to run around after!
Later on back home while Jenson slept, I let Burton do some painting which is a first in our house! He enjoyed it and I did too!!
Daddy took Burton out on his bike, and then we all headed over to Granma and Grampy's to play outside as it was such a glorious day. Burton had great fun helping Granma with some gardening and saw some worms and got a bit muddy which he was most pleased about!
He also helped wash his uncle's car which again was ruin because it involved lots of water! Needless to say I was glad I bought a change of clothes for him as he got soaked!
has been a brilliant day! Soooo much fun and I am still smiling about it! After a slow start to the day due to Daddy watching the F1 coverage, I packed a picnic and we went to The Big Sheep which is a local tourist attraction and one which I have never visited before. Burton found it very amusing watching Daddy and then Mummy go down the death slides!! It was also lovely seeing the lambs ;Jenson was trying to touch one on the nose and Burton had a go at feeding one!
A perfect day and ending to my week :)
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Today looks like an amazing day Jenny, we need to take Mads to a farm soon I think. And such lovely weather for it too. You sound like you have had a lovely week and I love looking at all your photos, they are so great. I am glad nursery is getting easier and how cute you watched him, I bet it was reassuring to see that he looked ok and had stopped crying. It must be getting a little easier each week. x
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You are exactly right about the name issue. I have seen her correct atleast two different interviewers after they called her Lisa.
"If a man comes to you there obviously has to be a connection."- I totally disagree with this statement that Lisa Raye made in her interview. "Connections" are made all day every day that turn out to be disasters.
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- Tyler Perry Opens Up About Being Molested & Abused On Oprah
I am not easily moved to tears, but I cried twice during this episode: first during the first ten minutes of the show when he described just the tip of the iceberg of the abuse. 2. When he made sure to thank Oprah for her encouragement through her show.Tyler Perry deserves every dime that he earns and every bit of success in the world. I am looking forward to the show on 11/05 where other men will be able to free themselves of the bondage that their abusers placed them under.
Thank Jesus for Tyler's beautiful aunt (who inspired Madea) who was there for support. Tyler's dad makes Joe Jackson look like a saint. Tyler is a better person than me. If my dad treated me that way, he wouldn't see a dime of my money.
Many blessings to you Tyler
- Monica & Shannon Brown Are Getting Married
I am so happy for her. - Videos: Lala & Carmelo Anthony's Wedding & Arrivals
Dice looks great. She should dress up more often. - MaShonda's Wikipedia Gets Hi-Jacked
Yes, unfortunately it seems as if it's Mashonda's jealousy that caused Swizz Beatz to get other women pregnant while they were married. He had no choice. Also, I wouldn't exonerate Mashonda's ex-husband in this. His camp could be responsible for this. They need to leave Mashonda alone. This story gets a chile please……On a positive note, her son is gorgeous in the picture with her
- More Photos of a Beaten Rihanna To Leak
I agree with TamelaJ. Who shops around pictures of someone who has been beaten?
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