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The Executive Management Committee at Tai Sophia Institute unites the administrative and academic leaders in a transparent and inclusive shared governance model. This group creates strategic initiatives and manages the Institute's financial and human capital to advance the Institute's mission and vision.
Drawn to Tai Sophia by the values and principles that have so ably guided the Institute, Mr. Vitale was elected President and Chief Executive Officer in August 2010 after serving three years in other executive roles at Tai Sophia, including Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Development and Operations Officer, and Vice President for Business and Finance.
Mr. Vitale brings to his role as President and CEO nearly 40 years of experience as a for-profit and non-profit executive, primarily engaged in strategic business development, operational excellence, and resource development. In 2000, he made a conscious decision to transfer his years of experience as a for-profit executive to the work of socially-minded organizations. As a result, and prior to joining Tai Sophia in 2007, Mr. Vitale moved from the New York area to Baltimore, MD, to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of a large 501(c)(3) public benefit organization whose focus included mental health and education. During his five-year tenure and with an emphasis on SROI (social return on investment), programming revenue grew from $10 million to more than $22 million, with more than 400 direct care workers employed.
Previously, Mr. Vitale served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Corporate Affairs for a highly diverse, international technologies company, which, during his 13-years, grew nearly fourfold to $4.3 billion. His career also includes executive-level business development assignments in the fields of health care and electronics technology. He began his career as a journalist and continues to enjoy writing and photography.
Mr. Vitale earned a master's degree in business administration from Temple University, a bachelor's degree in marketing from Delaware Valley College, and completed the extended executive business development programs at the Harvard Business School and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is a graduate of the Center for Management Design with a focus on organizational change and corporate culture.
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Judith Broida joined Tai Sophia Institute as Vice President for Academic Affairs in 2008. In October 2009, she was appointed the additional post of Provost, and in 2010 was promoted to Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Previously she served as Associate Provost and Dean of Professional Studies at the University of Maryland; as Associate Dean of Public Policy, Planning, and Urban Development at the University of Southern California; and as Associate Dean and Director of the Division of Business and Management at Johns Hopkins University.
In each institution, her goal was to create stimulating and energizing learning opportunities for the non-traditional student and to enhance the quality of the academic experience for faculty, students, and the community. Several of these unique programs, such as the Business of Medicine, have won national awards. Dr. Broida taught graduate courses for more than 15 years at these institutions.
In addition, she worked at a Fortune 100 company and two federal government agencies as head of human resource development. For 25 years, she has been consulting in leadership, strategic planning, board development, organizational change, human resource development, and customer service.
Her undergraduate degree from George Washington University is in sociology/art history. She has two master's degrees—from George Washington University in counseling, and from Johns Hopkins University in management—and a doctorate from the University of Maryland. She was selected to participate in the Leadership Maryland program in 2001, is a graduate of Harvard's Management and Leadership in Education program, was chosen as a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Examiner (State of Maryland), and has twice (2000 and 2002) been named one of the Top 100 Women in Maryland.
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Gail Doerr rejoined Tai Sophia Institute in March 2012. She brings more than 20 years of executive-level experience in marketing and communications within healthcare and in marketing and enrollment management in higher education, including her time at Tai Sophia from 1999 to 2003 as Director of Communications and Outreach.
From Tai Sophia, Ms. Doerr joined the University of Maryland School of Nursing as the Assistant Dean for Communications and Professional Development. In this role, she provided the leadership for positioning the college and its programs within the highly competitive field of nursing. Within the first year of Ms. Doerr's tenure, through strategic branding and communications, the university moved up in U.S. News and World Report rankings from number ten to number 7 among more than 400 national nursing schools. She was responsible for enrollment marketing and enrollment management for baccalaureate, master, and doctoral programs, and successfully launched Maryland's first doctor of nursing practice degree and first clinical nurse leader master's degree.
Ms. Doerr also worked in program and business development and communications for the LifeBridge Health System and Howard Community College. She has consulted on organizational development, as well as marketing and branding, and teaches courses in leadership, change management, and personal values. Ms. Doerr is active in Howard County, serving as the Vice Chair of the Board of Health.
Ms. Doerr holds a bachelor's degree from Mercy College, a master's degree from Fordham University, and post-graduate certificates in leadership and organization development from the Harvard Business School and Georgetown University.
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Deneb Falabella is Associate Vice President for Student Teaching Clinic at Maryland University of Integrative Health. She previously served as Associate Director of MUIH's Master of Acupuncture program from 2006 through 2011, and she has been affiliated with the university since 1999. Her former roles have included serving as a clinical supervisor and teaching as an assistant faculty member.
Ms. Falabella holds a certificate in Chinese Herbal Medicine; retains Diplomate status in Acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM); is recognized as an Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist by the National Association of Detoxification Acupuncture (NADA); and maintains a part-time acupuncture practice at MUIH's Natural Care Center. She is also a member of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture and enjoys being engaged in the community and offering her experience and leadership in the profession.
She has a Bachelor of Art and English from Muhlenberg College and a Master of Acupuncture from the Traditional Acupuncture Institute (now MUIH).
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Louise Gussin brings to Maryland University of Integrative Health a mix of legal and academic experience. She began her service at Maryland University of Integrative Health in November 2008 as director of business services, was promoted to associate vice president for business and administration in August 2009, and was elected vice president for administration and general counsel in June 2010.
In addition to serving as general counsel, Ms. Gussin serves as corporate secretary, and oversees human enrichment, risk management, and health, compliance, and safety. She is also the university's chief information officer, overseeing campus technology resources, and leading the build-out of the university's campus-wide database and the business and systems integration for online learning.
Ms. Gussin has previously served as: assistant attorney general for the state of Maryland, representing the University System of Maryland and other public higher education institutions; academic director of the legal studies program at University of Maryland University College, serving as curriculum expert for the development of online legal studies courses; adjunct professor at University of Baltimore School of Law and at University of Maryland University College, where she taught several online courses; and attorney in private practice, representing clients in a variety of corporate, real estate, and litigation matters.
Ms. Gussin earned her juris doctorate degree from University of Baltimore School of Law. She also earned a Master of Distance Education and a certificate in Distance Education and Technology from University of Maryland University College. Ms. Gussin earned two undergraduate degrees from University of Maryland University College: a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies.
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Marc Levin joined Tai Sophia Institute in March 2008 as Associate Vice President for Financial Services, was promoted to Vice President for Business and Financial Services in September 2008, and to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in September 2012.
Mr. Levin has more than 20 years of experience in accounting, finance, and operations for public and private healthcare companies. He is proud to use his talents not only to strengthen the financial foundation of Tai Sophia, but also to expand Tai Sophia's impact on the world.
Mr. Levin holds a Master's degree in business administration and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Maryland. Mr. Levin has earned a Master of Art degree in Transformational Leadership and Social Change from Tai Sophia Institute. He is also a certified public accountant and the author of Eight Shifts for Wellness: Practical Transformative Steps to Enhance Health, Wellness, and Well-Being.
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Dr. Lipski is the Director of the Nutrition and Integrative Health program at Tai Sophia Institute. She has been working in the fields of nutrition, holistic health, herbology, and lifestyle management for more than 30 years. Prior to joining Tai Sophia, she served as Director of Doctoral Studies and Educational Director at Hawthorne University.
She has been extensively published in many academic journals and is the author of four books, including Digestive Wellness and The Digestive Connection. Dr. Lipski speaks nationally and internationally, is on faculty at the Institute for Functional Medicine, and serves on advisory boards for the Ceres Foundation and the Autism Help Alliance.
She received her doctorate in clinical nutrition from the Union Institute with a specialization in functional medicine, is board certified in clinical nutrition (CCN) and holistic nutrition (CHN), and is a certified nutrition specialist (CNS).
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Jeff Millison is the Director of the Master of Acupuncture program at Tai Sophia Institute. A faculty member of Tai Sophia Institute since 1992, he currently serves as a clinical supervisor and teaches multiple courses. Mr. Millison served on the board of the Maryland Acupuncture Society from 1992 to 1996 and is certified as a Diplomate in Acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
He has been in clinical practice since 1991 and is the co-founder and co-director of the RiverHill Wellness Center (Ellicott City, MD), a multidisciplinary and integrative center for health and healing.
Mr. Millison is a 1991 graduate of the Traditional Acupuncture Institute (now Tai Sophia Institute). He also earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maryland in 1985, and in 1988 completed course work towards a master's degree in holistic psychology from Boulder College. In 1996 he completed a two-year program in Chinese herbal medicine.
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James Snow is the Acting Director of the Integrative Health Sciences Department at Tai Sophia Institute and has also served as Director of Tai Sophia's Master of Science in Herbal Medicine program.
He has been working in the field of herbal medicine since 1986, completing the herbal residency program at the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine in 1991. Mr. Snow is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild, practicing as a clinician and/or training clinical students since 1994.
He has conducted and published research on the cognitive effects of rosemary, is a contributing author to the Gastrointestinal Nutrition Desk Reference and serves as a reviewer for the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. He is currently working to develop research tools in the field of wellness.
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Michael Tims is Director of Herbal Programs at Tai Sophia Institute. He has taught at the University of Maryland and Montgomery College, and has had broad experience in the herbal supplement industry as a managing partner of Cash Grocer Natural Foods, as a clinical herbalist, and as an academic researcher focused on the chemical ecology of endangered medicinal plant species.
Dr. Tims also collaborated with federal regulators to provide medicinal plant toxicity assessments. He co-developed HerbMed, a web-based herbal database providing access to scientific data on the use and safety of herbal medicine, and he completed an NIH/NIST postdoctoral fellowship developing Botanical Standard Reference Materials.
As the founder of Radix Medicina, a science education and writing business, Dr. Tims provided experimental design support for analytical methods development and field experiments for the herbal products industry, and developed online biology textbooks. He also created a science education blog, Bardo's Calculus, and a blogging collective for writers and artists at the Hyattstown Millstone.
Dr. Tims received his BA in English/Writing from George Mason University and his Ph.D. in the Chemical Ecology of Medicinal Plants from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Cheryl Walker is Director of Graduate Programs in Health Philosophy and Promotion at Tai Sophia Institute. She is also Program Manager for the Institute's Health Coaching and Wellness Coaching graduate certificate programs. She previously served as director of Tai Sophia Institute's Transformative Leadership and Social Change (TLSC) program and was a faculty member in the TLSC program for 10 years. She also served as Dean of Students from 2000-2005.
Ms. Walker has been a senior consultant and executive coach with a leading international organization development firm, consulting and coaching in the areas of leadership effectiveness, communication skills, team building, conflict resolution, diversity, change management, and transitional strategies. She has a comprehensive understanding of organizational change and has been intimately involved with helping organizations through challenging transitions. Her work has involved organizational restructuring, change management, cultural renewal, downsizing, and strategic redirection. She also brings to her work at Tai Sophia Institute more than 30 years as a successful small business owner.
Ms. Walker received a bachelor's degree from Antioch University and has a Master of Leadership from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. She also holds a Master Certified Coach (MCC) certification from the International Coach Federation.
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CROSSVILLE — The Tansi Couples League invites members old and new to a meeting and sign-up March 26 at the Thunderbird Activity Center. Meeting begins at 10 a.m. The league will begin play Tuesday, April 9. For more information, please call 788-2039.
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Everyone is looking forward to Memorial Day, otherwise known as opening day for Lake Tansi. With it, Memorial Day will bring the onset of warm weather, vacationing and will set the tone for the Thunderbird Recreation Center, where children's activities will abound under the direction of Stephanie Tanksley.
TSUD has state permit, new commissioner
William Corbin, the newly selected commissioner for Tansi Sewer Utility District, attended his first meeting in official capacity on April 9. Corbin was selected from a list submitted by the board to County Mayor Kenneth Carey Jr. last month.
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Snack Shack is now the Quack Shack
The Snack Shack, located at the beach, is under new management this year. It is being leased to Sheere Britt, who has 27 years of experience in the foodservice industry. Britt has made a lot of big changes, taking the snack shack and completely remaking it into a much more enjoyable experience for all property owners and guests and now calling it "The Quack Shack."
Ruby P. Ketner and Dottie De Witt Memorial Award winners
Linda Carothers and Judi Hartman are being honored with the Ruby P. Ketner and Dottie De Witt Memorial Award.
Lake Tansi Small Pan Fish Anglers Club called to order with season's first tournament
The Lake Tansi Small Pan Fish Anglers Club held their first meeting of the season on April 2, bringing to order the club's events and dates and a season full of fishing days and frying nights which will continue every other Tuesday through October 15.
Benefit Golf Tournament set for May 8
The Hospice Board of Directors will host its 22nd annual Benefit Golf Tournament on Wednesday, May 8, at Lake Tansi Golf Course, according to tournament co-chairs Don and Sherry Koch. This event will raise funds for the only non-profit hospice organization in our local area. Hospice of Cumberland County provides comfort and care for the terminally ill as they spend their final days with dignity, surrounded by family and friends in homes and in our 6-bed residential facility, Cumberland House.
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On May 11, the Crossville Post Office will hold its annual food drive to help "Stamp Out Hunger" in America. The United States Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers' (NALC) have partnered together for 21 years to create one of the most successful food drives in the nation.
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Thinking of running for local office this year? Circulating a petition to get on the ballot begins this Tuesday, February 19. To many, running for local office can be a daunting task.
In order to assist candidates through this complex process, the League of Women Voters of Lehigh and Northampton Counties has created a Running for Local Office Handbook. It is designed to give someone thinking of running for local office, or working on a friend's campaign, an understanding of how to qualify for local office and how to manage the campaign.
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Ok, this is my first and only internet forum and what's confusing to me is replying to somebody's reply. In the last system, we wrote directly to them and everyone could tell to whom the comment was addressed. There doesn't seem to be this feature on this, should I just write their name, like Hi Miss Moonbunny, and go on with my reply?
Well, that's something I'll have to investigate and work on to see if there is another way. If anyone is familiar with Admining an SMF forum and can enlighten me, I'm all ears.
One good thing about the quote system is that it makes it a little easier for a poster to reply to a lot of people at once. Rather than making many new posts, each to a seperate individual, you can now just do one post encompassing all the posts/quotes you would like to reply to...does that make sense?
That makes lots of sense, but is there any way to tell when someone has replied to you, then? I've been playing with the profile options & figured most things out (i think), but haven't been able to nail that one.For instance - sahmommi, will you be notified that you have a message because i quoted you, or MadMadge will you be notified ... or something else completely? I think Venus replied to one of my posts, but the top of my screen says "you have 0 messages, 0 are new."...confuzled li'l monkey here.


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Look for the tinfoil hat!! LOL,LOL,LOL.
Eric Beauford said:We have traced the responses to this thread and they are coming from inside the house!
Did we ever decide if head hunting is ethical?
Does A Duck Have A "Water-Tight" Ass?
I haven't had to tell a lie to get past gatekeepers. And I'm not religious so it's a non issue.
BTW, I was corporate HR for 13 years and raided all the time! Don't fool yourself thinking we aren't adding that value. Not everyone WILL do it, but my teams always did.
Fortunately, today, we've societally "evolved" to self-indulgent morally relative situational ethics, so no longer need to ask that question regarding gatekeepers, unlike 32 years ago when I became a 3rd party recruiter.
As a 10 Commandment (not chapter and verse) traditional Reform Jew married to a Catholic/Italian balancing morality with our "evolved" world I wouldn't say I lie to gatekeepers--just not completely forthcoming on the true intent of the phone call. Usually a "confidential" matter only able to be discussed and that they'd "likely" remember a previous interaction qualifying that response ever so slightly. All's fair in love, war, and in business protecting your family........right?
As an Executive recruiter I offer an opportunity and nothing more. The decision is theirs! I will never twist, manipulate, or force someone to take my job. Over 15 years I have had more thanks than anything!
The fact is, you do not have to be dishonest to successfully recruit.
It's just the path of least resistance for many, though for my money the truth is easier to remember.
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6. | staunch | ||
To stand over some one; to scare and threaten some one (standing infront of a person cracking your nuckles invoking fear in person at train station and them stepping back against fence) *next day*
"i hear you were trying to fucken staunch him at the station cracken your nuckles n shit" |
1. | staunch | ||
1. very loyal and committed - adjective
2. Stop or restrict - verb 1. He was a staunch supporter of the cause
2. The medic staunched the flow of blood from the wound |
2. | staunch | ||
to stab, usually with a kife of glass
what hapens to cunts that ark up you arkin' cunt? i'll staunch ya
3. | Staunch | ||
1. Large and Seaworthy (definition not used) 2. Just all out awsome, the best thing ever. Usally used to describe food, games, movies or musicbut can also be used in thousands of other ways. Devin: "That chicken parmi was so staunch"
Gazza: "Yer it was almost as staunch as Leborns 54 points last night" |
4. | Staunch | ||
When someone comes by you or from behind and goes "KSSSSSS!" or "TSSSSSSS" really loud and sharp.
The sound is hard to explain but is easy to do (make a 'k' sound immediately followed with a long (1 second) 's' sound). At the same time you have to sort of quickly lunge your face towards theirs so it scares them more adding to the sound. Also to make it easier for you, pretend to be talking to someone that is relatively behind the person you are going to staunch so that you will be a tad closer to the staunchee so that they will have less reaction time (they will sometimes have time to see you begin the staunch and start to duck straight away). If you obviously see them flinch or blink massively then you yell "STAAAUUNCHEEDD!!!" and laugh loud. Chit : "blahblahblah tom blah-KSSSSSSSS!!"
Staunchee: *mad flinches or something* Chit: "STAAUUNCHEEDD!!!" |
5. | staunch | ||
1. big, muscular
2. to (put the staunch on) as threatening/scaring them 3. to be smooth infront of girls 1. that blokes a staunch
2. i put the staunch on some kids yesterday 3. i saw u putting the staunch on those ladies |
7. | Staunch | ||
noun. To steal, rack, pilfer, acquire illegally, borrow without asking and without intention to return. "Did you see that fucker? He just staunched my phone!"
"Damn, your mates girlfriend is HOT!. Keep her away from me or she is so getting staunched..." |


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Toulouse Shootings: Mohamed Merah – Sarkozy's '9/11′ Patsy
The first round of French elections take place on April 22nd. Two weeks later Sarko and his 'socialist' opponent, Francois Hollande, battle it out to see who gets to be Emperor of France. Sarkozy was looking at certain defeat in early March, until he got his '9/11′ in the form of an 'Islamic terrorist' patsy. The question remains, who really killed those soldiers and Jewish school children and teacher in Toulouse and Montauban?
The Sott Report, featuring yours truly, investigates:
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Area of island: 73 sq. km/28 sq. miChief place: Thíra (Firá)Santorini or Thíra (Thera, the Wild Island; Italian Santorino or Santorini, after the island's patron saint, St Irene), the most southerly of the larger Cyclades, and the smaller islands of Thirasía (9 sq.
Approach by Sea
Although many visitors now come to Santorin by air, the approach by sea, entering the crater from the northwest, is an experience which should not be missed. After passing the gentle green slopes on the outside of the island the boat enters the huge central basin, almost totally enclosed by sheer rock walls.
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At the northern tip of the main island of Santorin (Santorini), clinging to the rim of the crater, is Ía (Oia), a trim little town of whitewashed houses that until WWII was the island's economic and commercial center. Steep paths zigzag up the wall of the crater to the town from Ammoúdi Bay, to the west, and the little harbor of Áyios Nikólaos, to the south. The basin is closed off by the island of Thirasía (on the right) and the southwestern tip of Thíra, visible in the distance beyond the Kaiméni islands.
Firá / Thíra is the principle tourist town on Santorini, with white homes and terraces, and blue domed churches perched on the hillside looking out over the sea.
Ancient Théra
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The Kaiméni islands (reached by boat from Skála on Santoríni) are the cone - still active - of a volcano. A visit to the islands is fairly strenuous and not particularly spectacular.There are records of the emergence and disappearance of small islands in this area in 197 B.C. and between A.D. 19 and 46; volcanic changes took place in the year 726, probably on Palaiá Kaiméni (to the southwest), and in 1457 there was a non-volcanic rock-fall. Mikrá Kaiméni (to the northeast) came into being in 1570-73; in 1650 there was an eruption northeast of Thera (Koloumbos Bank); in 1707-11 Néa Kaiméni emerged from the sea; and between 1866 and 1870 there were further violent eruptions, when the island of Afroéssa, southwest of Néa Kaiméni (and later joined to it), was formed by masses of boiling lava. The George Crater (alt. 128m/420ft) on the southeast coast of Néa Kaiméni, named after King George I of Greece, still occasionally emits sulfurous vapors (most recently in 1956), and can be climbed on its north side from the bay between Néa and Makrá Kaiméni; the climb takes about half an hour.Boat owners like to put in at Néa Kaiméni for a day or two in order to expose the hull of their boat to the warm sulfurous water and thus cleanse it of seaweed and barnacles.
Khristiana (Askania)
Some 18km/11mi southwest of Santorin are the islets of Khristiana (alt. 279m/915ft) and Askania (143m/469ft), the most southerly of the Cyclades.
Archontiko Argyrou Museum
The Archontiko Argyrou Museum is located in a neoclassic mansion with painted walls and traditional furniture from the 19th century. Although the real draw is the building itself, museum displays a variety of historical artifacts.
The two small islets of Kamenes, made of black stone created by the volcano, can be seen from Fira on Santorin. The islets can also be visited by a launch from Fira.
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Stop right there -- this is the city you're looking for. Well, if you're searching for the best representation of just how clever you can get with SimCity's newly-added curvy road tool, that is! Audio Engineer Dave Driggers used this feature to prove that creating cities with windy roads opens up the opportunity to take your creativity to far, far away places, as evidenced by his city inspired by everyone's favorite little companion 'bot. When Dave isn't manipulating roads to resemble famous robots, he works on integrating the sound systems into the game as well as implementing audio-related gameplay features.
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Audio Engineer Dave Driggers: I've always been a fan of sci-fi movies. And I've had this little toy robot forever, which inspired it. But it came about because one of our designers, Chris Schmidt, held a contest asking everyone in the studio to create something cool, and that's how I ended up submitting this.
But I actually wasn't planning to make it. I was just playing with the road tool and I was like, "I wonder if this would look cool here." And then after a few hours I got sucked into the design and was having fun with it. It's really easy to get distracted by just playing the game. Then I realized, "Oh, wait – I have real work to do!" [laughs]
MD: Did you have any trouble making this a fully functional city?
DD: No. There was plenty of space to put what I needed. And nothing about the shape or design of the city conflicted with functionality in any way.
MD: So are you saying that if we can find some open land somewhere, we could build a real-life representation of this city right now?
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DD: I'd settle for a robot house.
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DD: Definitely. So I saw that model of our oil refinery looked a lot like the panel that sits next to the robot's eye, so it worked out really well.
MD: What's next for you?
DD: Good question! The tools continue to progress, so I'm always looking forward to creating new things.
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Curvy roads might be a nice
Curvy roads might be a nice addition, but to me lack of grid means one thing - lots of space wasted, and hard time putting the roads so that I can fit what I want and where I want. It's not really a problem when location of buildings doesn't matter that much, but it does in SimCity. You need to place proper building in key location so that they have adequate coverage. Imagine replacing buildings in an existing city, when you can't place police station because you lack half a meter. And then you have to demolish half a block to squeeze buildings in more efficiently to make more space. This, or demolish one more building to make space and have rest of it being unused.
Now, if buildings could dynamically adapt their plots to available space then it would be something
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Yes... that's the reason why
Yes... that's the reason why I like Cities XL 2012 !!! In Cities XL, we can build curvy roads and when we place parks or zones, they automatically get the size of the «Square» and the game builds trees between buildings...
Take a look at this (Music is from Simcity 4, but it's Cities XL) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Std9VwmDE-M
This tool helps to customize our city and make it more beautiful...
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That's not exactly what I
That's not exactly what I meant. In Cities XL building sizes don't change. It's just free space leftovers that have their texture changed to pavement or park. For example, if you are only missing 0.5 meter in witdth, but have extra 1 meter in length you still won't be able to plop the building. I would like the building to resize itself slightly to fit this changed space, and possibly become slightly smaller / larger to some extent - like 10% margin
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Ok, now I understand... did
Ok, now I understand... did you play Simcity Creator (Wii) ? The game has exactly the same problem...
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I'd like to know... will we
I'd like to know... will we be able to build curved bridges ???
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Yes, I'm pretty sure I saw an
Yes, I'm pretty sure I saw an image of a curvy bridge somewhere on the 'Net...
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Maxis keep it up.............
Maxis keep it up...................
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Thanx Maxis So much.........
Thanx Maxis So much...............Really Nice game.................
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Looking fun. :)
Looking fun. :)
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Finally, this blog let me
Finally, this blog let me comment!
While I was originally shocked at no terraforming, and always online - I trust you, Maxis. I am adoring the graphics - just hoping there is enough space and also hoping there wont be as many gaps in between homes. But it's looking awesome!
Even though people are complaining because of features they wanted etc, remember guys things can come in updates. Ocean Quigley said on Twitter about being able to place transporation connections where we want could happen.. he said " out of question for ship. maybe later". So you know - things will probably change, and only SimCity 4 had proper terraforming.
Can't wait for this, love the soundtrack, love the developers and how in-touch they are with us, love that it's online too. Make this awesome so you can spawn loads of SimCity games: and please, EA, don't go crazy with DLC buildings like with The Sims Store D:
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Those "updates" were one of
Those "updates" were one of my bigger concerns. I would expect diluted version of Simcity 4 with many missing features, or reduced to their basics AND DLCs restoring those features to their SC4 state. It's foolish to expect that EA would provide any meaningful updates for free.
I wish I could still have the trust you do. But after Spore and seeing how Maxis relies on Sims it's hard. Hell, it's 10 years since they made SC4 - how can I expect they still can do good city building games?
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I'm sure he turned off the
I'm sure he turned off the grid for the screenshot... the grid is ESSENTIAL, I don't think they removed it.
PS: we want more screenshots please!
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Graphics are so smooth and
Graphics are so smooth and fine, that's good. Not that kind of Atmosphere I anticipated but this still looks cool. We'd like to see more "legit" screenshots :)
I kinda overcame the rage from the lack of terraforming and city size....still not happy with the online thingy. Cool game though, keep it up, I can't wait to see if this game can CHALLENGE Simcity 4 ;)
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Hear that? That's the sound
Hear that? That's the sound of your entire fan-base canceling their pre-orders.
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Hey Sim City fellas! Well, as
Hey Sim City fellas! Well, as a SC fan player, I must show my opinion. So, I think by now, at the creation stage, the curving tool must be improved to make the curves more smooth. I say, its too retangular at some parts, you can notice that. I hope there is news about that coming soon. Thanks for Maxis to brings us this awesome edition. Bye.
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As much as I appreciate Maxis
As much as I appreciate Maxis being so forthcoming with the development process for SimCity, they seem to be really talking bout the "curvy" roads as if they are some anticipated feature that is supposed to drum up my excitement. I know SimCity has never had curved roads before, but CitiesXL has already done them. This isn't a new feature that is going to set SimCity apart from any competition. What I would like to see discussed is how zoning will work with curved roads. In CitiesXL, "zone" placement was implemented very poorly in CitiesXL (not really zones but individual building placement). I would like to see how zoning in a 3D environment will work with the infrastructure.
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Good comment... Maxis only
Good comment... Maxis only speaks about curvy roads, but there are so many features that we would like to know !!! Maxis needs to beat Cities XL...
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it looks like one of the
it looks like one of the towns from the Sims 3...
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The map is not big enough to
The map is not big enough to build a city. You built an R2D2 town. The maps are too small. Curvy roads don't make up for everything you left out. I'm not buying.
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There's less than 50
There's less than 50 buildings in that city. I would like to see a fully maxed out population cap city using every square inch of allowable space.
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I think maxis meant that City
I think maxis meant that City sizes were actually SC4 "Smalls," not mediums. Notice this "small" SC4 city is about the same size as this SC5 City http://imgur.com/a/JY9F3#13.
This is a medium city Maxis, http://imgur.com/a/JY9F3#18
-It's 4x bigger than this picture.
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The image isn't supposed to
The image isn't supposed to show the size of the map - in fact, you can't even see the boundaries so you can't really know how big the map is.
The purpose of the screenie was to show curvy roads and how you can use them to make custom-shaped neighbourhoods.
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The map is 2048*2048 meters,
The map is 2048*2048 meters, the same as a medium city in SC4.
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Looks more like a robot
Looks more like a robot village. Hardly big enough to accommodate a football match. Another example of Sim City getting dumbed down. Graphics are looking quite nice though. Besides from that.. not much else to say really.
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All of you complaining over
All of you complaining over the size of cities, Maxis has said that they are still experimenting with the city-sizes. And it may haved been zoomed in so you wasn't able to see the complete city.
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sorry meant the complete area
sorry meant the complete area of the city
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I think that online playing
I think that online playing could be a great opportunity for players, but not like it's developed for this game. I want to be able to build a supersize city with 10.000.000 of people in a supersize region with farms, lakes, mountains…
It's so hard to think an oline playing with regions instead of cities? I mean, I have my region that I can handle as I want and I have neighbourhood regions, if my neighbour wants we can communicate and create a commercial net or even bad relationship (why not).
I think that like this can be functional and everyone could be happy, EA have the online and people have its own region.
Furthermore I thought about some kind of award if people reach some target, like Olympic Games (f.e. if the city has at least 5.000.000 and Sport structure and other stuff…), or Football world cup, or winter games or cultural prize…but I think that is a little too big. I would love a game like this.
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To those of you complaining
To those of you complaining about people complaining. Complaining is useless when it is not constructive, but most of these people ARE giving constructive criticism. If they kept their mouths shut how can anyone know what they wanted. Maxis cannot say they did not hear the community.
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As far as I can tell, looking
As far as I can tell, looking at the images shown, there will be Sim City 4 buildings, that's nice. Nevertheless, just out of curiosity: How many buildings in total are expected to this version?
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omg, curvy roads, that's nice
omg, curvy roads, that's nice, but the game is still crap nonetheless. /:
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Is that one of the cylons
Is that one of the cylons from Star Trek? Awesome!
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No, that's R2D2 from Star
No, that's R2D2 from Star Wars. I think the factory as an eye wasn't convincing enough
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Yeah I know, I just making
Yeah I know, I just making fun of Maxis a little for making this "Hai guise, I can drawed robot." post.
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Who would i get in touch with
Who would i get in touch with to do beta testing. I have been a fan of simcity since the very beginning. I love it.
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This is not a Maxis game.
This is not a Maxis game. This is an EA game. Maxis died a long time ago. I'm excited about it but given EA's history, I'm waiting until the reviews are in before I buy.
Curvy roads and simulating every single resident are both cool features. If the "city" pictured here is the actual map size, then it's way too small. Hopefully city sizes at release will be bigger. But maybe they won't and EA will sell us the large map pack DLC for 5 USD lol.
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Curved roads look like a good
Curved roads look like a good feature, especially for circumventing hills, however, this city is very very small; i could pee across it. I would like to see a larger representation of something that is fully functional, representative of something a player might actually make.
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Nice picture. Party on Garth!
Nice picture. Party on Garth!
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I have always loved the
I have always loved the Simcity series and I don't have much to complain about with this new simcity. Although I do have two major problems with this new game. They are the textures and some of the buildings that i've seen in the previews and in the trailer. The textures just seem to me like they have no depth or realism in them and when I was watching the trailer i saw alot of perfectly smooth looking surfaces that seemed to resemble plastic. My only other criticism has to do with some of the skyscrapers that were shown in the gameplay trailer. Let's face it, not every skyscraper is the Chrystler Building. But aside from these issues the game sounds absolutely spectacular and I plan to be playing it for hours on end.
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Hang on guys... I think we've
Hang on guys... I think we've missed something in the update here. Look at the houses. I mean look keenly. Not all of them have one, but most of the houses have gardens now.
Well that makes me feel a bit better. Up to now all the pictures of residential properties have been devoid of horticultural realism... something that made me feel uneasy. How can you have a city simulation where only buildings, vehicles, and people are simulated without giving them a realistic environment to simulate within?
Also, curvy roads? Wow. You know, people already modded SC4 to have curvy roads. Oh, and CitiesXL already did them back in '09. I will however be impressed if you have managed to make them well enough to prevent the usual graphical errors that seem inherent to the whole 'curved road meets a junction or suddenly stops being curvy' scenario... anyone who has played CitiesXL will know what I mean. 800ft wide crosswalks, and traffic lights marooned far, far away from their stop lines...
Also, surely we have reached a point where the simulator is advanced enough to manage not to block a driveway, or carpark entrance, or even ambulance port, with a lamp post. This is something that used to seriously piss me off especially when I had spent hours in Lot Editor making it so if a police station, clinic, and fire station were built together, they'd share a communal car park and then poof, both entrances to the car park have a lamp post blocking them. Gurr!
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I am disappointed so far.
I am disappointed so far. First - we have this stupid "blur". I zoom in to see everything in detail - instead I see half of my screen blurred. And the "miniature" effect is great in photos, but when I play SC I'd like to see a city - not a miniature.
I'm also disappointed by rumors of online-only gameplay. What if I don't like online-only gameplay?
And I'm also (again) disappointed by small cities. It seems that maps (and I mean maps where I can place buildings, not some "regions") in SC5 will be smaller than in SC4. And I fing SC4 maps TOO SMALL. I want to build one huge city (not five small cities, but connected in a "region"). I know that new engines and graphics rather support beautiful and shiny, but small cities. And that's what I don't like. I'd be perfectly fine with SC4 graphics but optimised to play on GIGANTIC maps.
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Uh, Maxis, spambots. Kill em.
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Same size as SC4's medium cities? Ah. was hoping for larger. You'll never run out of space in CitiesXL, for example.
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Dolly Rocket
Photo by Craig Lammes
Dolly Rocket
Photos by Craig Lammes, Cynthia, Inc Photography
Posted Jun 23, 2009
Tell us about yourself and your alter ego.
Dolly Rocket is confident and aggressive. And let's not forget extremely stubborn. Danielle is all of those things, but to a much lesser degree, though Danielle is willing to apologize sometimes.
I don't really see my roller derby personality as an "alter ego" so much as just one side of me. The really competitive and controlling side. I'm interested in lots of other things, and sometimes those personality traits come out in other aspects of my life. And sometimes outside things bleed into my roller derby life, making my roller derby persona seem more… human.
What is your favorite position to play and why?
I really like to Pivot, I am definitely most confident there. I'm trying to learn some new positions right now, though that position is pretty engrained into my brain, so it's hard to break my pivot habits. I like pivoting because it really forces you to think about the pack holistically. You have to know how your every move will change the pack dynamics, and affect the people around you. You also have to react to what is going on in the game and communicate that with everyone. It's definitely a high stress position, which I like, and I like the multi-tasking. Plus, I'm a complete control freak and I like telling people what to do. And that stripe is so slimming!
I also like jamming, though I don't get to do it very often anymore, since we've lost some pivots this season on our travel team and I'm having to pick up some more playing time in that position. But jamming is really fun. It is definitely a high-pressure position, but its way more calming than being in the pack. You spend half of the jam by yourself chilling out and doing laps. If I need a break from all that thinking and getting pounded, I ask to go in and jam. Of course jamming requires a lot of thinking and getting pounded, but it's a different kind. Mostly you can just rely on your reaction time and footwork, and all you have to worry about is the clock and one other girl as opposed to nine.
How do you balance your real life with your derby life?
Uhh, I don't? Ha! Well, here's the math:
Practicing 4-5 days a week + dating a rollergirl + the insane schedule CCRG has made for its players this year = not a lot of free non-derby time.
But, I consider those non-derby nights really precious and try to use them wisely. I make sure to do fun things on those nights (baseball games, yoga, open skates, football games, going out to eat, dancing, drawing, cleaning the house in my underwear, movies, shopping), and insist on a time limit for the amount of derby Joy and I can do together so our relationship doesn't become totally about derby all the time. I also try not to do so much derby admin while I'm at work, but it's hard when the computer is right there in front of you.
Have you played for any leagues/teams besides the Charm City Rollergirls?
I played for Providence Roller Derby from 2005-2007. I played with New England Roller Derby (NERD) that one time. And I played with the Boston Derby Dames on the Boston Massacre once. I'm playing with the Flying Shiny Object Posse at ECE this year! Beware the Persian cat with wings.
I'm a bit of a derby hoe. I'll play anywhere with anyone as long as they will have me.
Who is your favorite rival team to play? Do you have a rival rollergirl?
Well, Joy Collision and I won "Best Rivalry" for the CCRG 2008 season.
But my favorite team to play would have to be my Providence girls. I am really proud of them; they came back from a really difficult year last year to improve leaps and bounds. It does make me a little sad to not be playing in a Riveters dress anymore when I see them all (especially out on that dance floor, they can school anyone), but they are a really great, positive group of girls. And I like lining up against Craisy Dukes, 'cause I know how happy it makes her.
What is your best move on the track?
Well, I think the best thing a pivot can do would be to catch a jammer 19 feet in front of the pack, and slow her down until you are 19 feet behind the pack. Then, bump her and dump her to the ground. Get back into position, and do it again. I've been known to do that once or twice. My fav though is a two-parter. I catch the jammer and pull her into the pack and then scream "hit hit hit hit!" until one of the blockers comes and makes her fall down. Its all about the teamwork. I also like yelling at the refs and tapping my head when they don't give me my grand slam points.
Where do you see flat track roller derby in 10 years?
Well I'm hoping in 10 years roller derby is a legitimate professional sport. It takes a lot out of us girls to do what we do, and it would be amazing to see skaters in the future playing professionally, being compensated for their hard work and bringing the sport to the next level. If rollergirls could focus on roller derby full time, the skating and the admin, there are no limits to where the sport can be taken. I don't see how audiences could not find the sport to be the most exciting thing ever, it was designed that way.
Strangest fan encounter?
After I had been living in B'more for about two months, I was in a clothing store looking for cuteness, when someone started yelling, "Dolly Rocket?!" I was surprised that someone would recognize me after only having played one or two games with CCRG, but that wasn't the case. He was in Baltimore and had recognized me as a skater from PRD! He was all sad that I had moved, and he and his friends wound up giving me some T-shirts with rocket ships on them that my former league mates mailed to me later.
Or there was the time some guy showed up to a CCRG event with a neon yellow T-shirt he had made that said "Dolly Rocket & Joy Collision-Jamming Without Lube" that had little drawings of both of us on it. He had the shirt made by a T-shirt company in New York that the founder of CCRG was working at the time. She was the one who took the order, and obviously immediately called Joy and I to tell us about this weirdo. Despite the crude shirt, he wound up being a very nice guy, and gets very excited when he sees either of us around town. He had us sign the shirts and said he was going to have our names embroidered over the signatures. Small world, right?
Or there was this time a really cute rollergirl I'd never met before sent me a fan email after seeing my team play at ECE. We've been dating now for two years.
What is your best roller derby memory?
Other than that fan email? I would say the one skating moment I look back on most fondly was Dust Devil '06. It was the first ever roller derby tournament, and it was really awesome to see the scale what all of us rollergirls were creating. It was a great moment of validation for me, and for all rollergirls that were there I'm sure, to feel that all of your care and hard work was amounting to something bigger than just you in your hometown. Plus it was really inspiring to see all of these other more experienced teams and skaters play for the first time. I went home with a lot of new drills ideas and a big desire to work my butt off and get better. My whole team was really invigorated by the event, and it changed the face of roller derby.
Why are you a rollergirl?
I like sports. I've played sports my entire life, hockey, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, cross country, softball… you name it. And if I was on the team, I was probably the captain of it. Sports was always a really big part of my life. After high school, I went to the Rhode Island School of Design, which was an arts college that had no competitive sports teams. By my sophomore year I was about 20 pounds heavier and miserable. I really needed some kind of physical outlet to keep me sane, and I wanted to meet people outside of my really narrow social circle at art school. I started looking into local sports teams, and wound up seeing a poster for Providence Roller Derby in my school cafeteria. I thought, "why not, I'll give it a shot". Well I tried it, and it was better than any sport I had ever played. It was faster, harder, and more intense, and the people were way more interesting. It was nice to finally find a sport where you could be a jock but also be creative. I felt like I had finally found something that covered all of my interests, forced me to meet interesting people (I'm usually a hard core introvert) and was constantly challenging me physically and mentally. I still feel that way today, so I guess that's why I'm still around.
Any advice for newbies?
1. Go to practice. When you are at practice, focus. Give every drill your full attention while you are there, you can goof off after. There is no point in doing a drill half way. The girls that can attend practice the most and can focus the most while they are there are the ones that improve quickly. The ones that improve quickly get placed on teams and get more playing time. The ones that get more playing time/experience, get better. See how that works?
2. Care. You should want to become an expert at what you are practicing. Watch a lot of footage, look at pictures- and not just of your league. Expose yourself to as much derby as possible. Especially the rules!
3. Every experience is a learning experience. You got your butt kicked? Learn from it. You kicked someone's butt? Learn from it. You just watched the two best teams in the world play each other? Learn from it. You just watched the two worst teams in the world play each other? Learn from it. You can learn what to do from good examples and what not to do from bad examples. Using every experience as a learning experience also helps to keep things positive.
4. Set manageable goals for yourself. Like, if your goal is to "Be totally bad ass!" (yes, I've had skaters that tell me that was their goal before verbatim- I won't name names), try to break it down into something more simple and tangible, like say, being able to sprint for two minutes straight, being a more aggressive and physical blocker, or learn how to cut to the inside line. Write down your goals for the practice, goals for the week, goals for the month and goals for the season, and review them before every practice. It will help you remain focused during the practice, and help you not get overwhelmed with the amount of stuff you have to learn before reaching your ultimate goals. Don't get discouraged if your bad ass-ness it doesn't happen right away. Learning how to play a sport takes time!
5. Have fun! Don't ever forget your original reasons for joining roller derby. Even though it's a really fun sport, it can also be stressful and time consuming. Make sure you don't let the work parts take over the fun parts.
Anything else you want the derby world to know?
I'm actually very nice. I've gotten some hate mail before from fans and other skaters, I guess they don't share my sense of humor. But, ask anyone that knows me; I'm nice dammit!


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