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My friend, Catholic writer Paul Snatchko of Between the 'Burgh and the City tagged me for a meme that has been working its way around the Roman Catholic blogging circles. Then a short while later, another fine Catholic writer, Kim Luisi of Faith, Fiction and Flannery tagged me as well. The gist of the meme is to reveal your favorite devotions. Now I do not consider myself extremely devotional, but I do have some regular practices and you are about to learn what they are!
The Rosary – If I were to retrace my steps of return to the Roman Catholic Church over 20 years ago, you would find the path of the Rosary. (In fact I have retraced some of those steps, you can check that out right here.) I usually pray the Rosary once a day and often in my car on the way to work. I have many Rosary beads, but I usually pray with the very beautiful ones pictured below. They were made for me by Episcopalian blog friend, Kirkepsicatoid (aka Maria Evans) who I have had the pleasure of meeting in person. I'm pretty ecumenical!
My Morning Prayers – I don't know if this counts as a devotional in the truest sense of the word, but I am listing it here. God has given me many gifts, but consistency or a sense of real discipline is not among them. I have trouble with regular patterns, what can I tell you. The one thing I do daily, almost without fail, is to awaken with words of thanks to God on my lips and then I spend some time in prayer. I read The Magnificat (where the aforementioned Paul Snatchko works!), Richard Rohr's Radical Grace, I spend some time just being quiet and I write in my journal. At various times of the year, such as Advent and Lent, I might add something else, but the other things are my daily acts.
Now for what it is worth, I found that when I was in the hospital recently, I could not touch one of those books. I had Mark bring them to me… they sat right on my table, unopened. For some reason, I turned to my phone and decided to use the iBreviary app that I had downloaded. Each day, I did use that to pray instead of my books or journal. As it happens, the day after I got out of the hospital, Dennis Poust interviewed me for an Our Sunday Visitor article about Catholic apps – what timing. You can read that right here if you wish.
Novenas – For various feast days, I do write my own novenas and pray with them. For those who might not know what a novena is, it is a 9 day prayer. Right now I am making a novena to St. Dominic, his feast day is August 8 and he is very special to me. This is a famous painting of St. Dominic and St. Francis meeting. They were contemporaries, but I am not sure that there is evidence to support that they really met.
Sharing Faith Online – Like Paul, I am listing this as a devotion. When I first started blogging with my old (long gone) personal blog, I inched into faith posts. Then I did more and more. I began my church blog and that was another outlet. Now I often cross-post on this blog and my church blog… I am fully outed as a person of faith.
This has been a rich 3+ years of blogging and I have made many friends of faith, Roman Catholic and beyond. In particular, I have a number of Episcopalian blog friends – I actually connected with them first, way back in 2007. There are also people of other Christian denominations along with folks of many other traditions.
It has been a great blessing to meet many of my faith blogging friends. The support and love and prayer that comes from this is a gift beyond measure and important part of my faith life and practice. I present some photographic evidence of such meetings…
I went to mass at Fr. Austin Fleming's (The Concord Pastor) parish in May 2009.
The top photo is of Jane, Paige and Paul, May 2009. The lower one is of me with Diane Roth in November of 2007.
I think I made my point about faith blogging and being devotional!
OK, that's a lot of photos and tags. Phew – I am done in. In any case, the whole idea of forming an online faith community really means something.
Who will be next? I tag Mary DeTurris Poust, Peace Garden Mama, Paul Brian Campbell SJ, and Not A Virgin But Occasionally A Martyr.
Or anyone else who might like to take this on!


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It is encouraging to see a dialogue has begun into how changes in gun laws, mental health policies and addressing the prevelance of violent images in our culture can reduce the potential for more mass killings, such as that witnessed at a Newtown elementary school one week ago.
Some have criticized this rush to tackle these issues, particularly concerning gun control, as exploitation of a horrible tragedy. Yet the political reality is that if the emotions of the moment are not brought to the debate the forces against change will almost certainly prevail. Time is on their side.
This is most true when it comes to the gun issue and debating limits on the Second Amendment right to bear arms, but it is also a reality that it will be difficult as time goes on to muster support for better mental health treatment in a time of budget limitations and large deficits.
Trying to measure how violence in video games and movies may contribute to the increase in such despicable acts, and then place reasonable limits on access to the images among young, impressionable minds, is another complex challenge and brings into play another constitutional amendment - the First.
When something goes terribly wrong it is appropriate to ask questions, investigate and make changes. After the nation witnessed the failure in preparedness and emergency response to Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, the federal government moved quickly to examine what went wrong and what needed to change. So too did Connecticut when it experienced two major storms in 2011 that caused prolonged power outages. No one claimed it was exploitive to move quickly to examine and address the shortcomings in those instances.
We applaud President Obama for assigning Vice President Joe Biden to lead an interagency examination of possible changes that could reduce the chances of more mass shootings. This would form the basis for legislation or, in some instances, changes in executive policy. The vice president will report to the president next month.
Here in Connecticut, home to the horror that shook a nation, a discussion has also begun among lawmakers on issues of gun control and mental health services. The fact that the weapon used in the attack was apparently purchased legally is reason to question whether state laws on assault weapons, already among the toughest in the country, need to be tightened.
This newspaper sees no constitutional guarantee that citizens have access to assault weapons designed for battlefields and law enforcement, or to large capacity magazines that have only one purpose - allowing someone to keep shooting and killing without interruption. Thorough background checks, including of other family members who may have access, should be required of anyone obtaining a weapon. And loopholes that make gun purchases too easy at gun shows need to be closed.
The last time Congress passed a law limiting access to assault weapons, in 1994, it was so full of exceptions it was largely ineffective, and then allowed to sunset in 2004 without further debate.
We recognize that others have a far different perspective on the issue of gun rights. Achieving any legislation on gun control will take compromise.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in D.C. v. Heller struck down the District of Columbia's handgun ban, finding that the Second Amendment prohibits governments from banning access to a handgun for self-defense. But the ruling also allowed for reasonable limitations on the Second Amendment. Many in the public now seek such reasonable limitations.
Some gun advocates will argue that reducing access to assault weapons by law-abiding citizens will not reduce gun crimes or mass killings because criminals will get the guns. But the experience in Australia, where assault weapons were banned after a gunman killed 35 people using semi-automatic weapons, suggests otherwise. Firearm homicides dropped 59 percent in the decade after the tough gun laws passed and there have been no gun massacres.
After a week of silence since the Newtown tragedy the National Rifle Association comments today. We urge them to bring something useful to the discussion, other than its typical response of - "no, nothing should change."
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Altay and Novosibirsk video diaries Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Altay and Novosibirsk video diaries Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Russia & C.I.S. View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ogni stradaJoined: 22 Jan 2009Posts: 24Location: Novosibirsk Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:03 pm Post subject: Altay and Novosibirsk video diaries Hello everyone, If anybody is looking for some information about Novosibirsk or Altay, please check out my video diaries on youtube: 'Camping in Altay' and 'Life in Novosibirsk' respectively. There's a bit of personal content on there, as it was originally intended as a means of updating family and friends in the UK. However, some may find information on there relevant. Thanks for watching, and please excuse this shameless attempt at self-promotion. Best wishes, Mark Back to top anubistaimaJoined: 02 Nov 2004Posts: 110Location: Thailand Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:37 am Post subject: Link? Or can you send me the link by pm? Not easy to find just by name. Thanks! Diana Back to top ogni stradaJoined: 22 Jan 2009Posts: 24Location: Novosibirsk Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:17 am Post subject: Hi Diana, As I remember you moved to Vietnam, hope all is going well there. Here's a link to my Altay videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI1Wrui8294 And a link to Novosibirsk diaries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZ9Xu6O2Lw Interested to know if it makes you feel a tad nostalgic. Best wishes, Mark Back to top coledavisJoined: 21 Jun 2003Posts: 1838 Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:15 pm Post subject: Yes, especially the snow-clad woods. Back to top mayumi_kaneyukiJoined: 16 Sep 2010Posts: 12 Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:07 am Post subject: Thanks for Novosibirsk diary ))) I was born there, it was nice to see it ))) Back to top jnanagirlJoined: 01 Dec 2010Posts: 15Location: Hawaii Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject: Thanks for the insider videos Thanks so much for posting your videos for all of us. I appreciate the inside view of Novosibirsk and your apartment, particularly since I dream of Siberia from time to time. Hope you can laugh in retrospect about the disturbing elements of your camping trip. *Burning down the tent!!!!* Back to top ogni stradaJoined: 22 Jan 2009Posts: 24Location: Novosibirsk Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:32 am Post subject: Thanks a lot for the feedback. Quite a cathartic experience making the videos. One thing about Siberia, there's rarely a dull moment (architecture not withstanding of course). With regards to the lady burning my tent down - yes, it is a source of amusement now. I'll be dining out on that one for a few years. Although at the time, it was a 'low-point'. This incident was an exception however; 99% of the time here foreigners are treated with humbling levels of kindness. Even she was quite friendly, prior to crossing her 'vodka threshold'. I've recently posted a few more videos on Youtube. There's currently eight in total about Novosibirsk and the existing ones relating to Altay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK15WURrp3k Thanks again, Mark Back to top ogni stradaJoined: 22 Jan 2009Posts: 24Location: Novosibirsk Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:35 pm Post subject: Hello everyone, I was recently interviewed on Russian morning television - the Siberian equivalent of `Frost versus Nixon' to be precise. The presenters were eager to hear my thoughts and insights regarding current economic trends. Other questions included: "Without thinking of good or evil, show me your original face before your mother and father were born." 'What is the sound of one hand clapping?' You know, the usual stuff. In reality the interview was about impressions of life in Siberia and some anectdotes relating to my more colourful experiences here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axjyAYzx0LM&feature=related Peace and bread comrades. Back to top ogni stradaJoined: 22 Jan 2009Posts: 24Location: Novosibirsk Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:49 am Post subject: Added a few more videos. please check them out Back to top jnanagirlJoined: 01 Dec 2010Posts: 15Location: Hawaii Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:06 pm Post subject: Added New Videos? Hi Mark, Added more videos where? I can't find them on youtube, do you have a link? Haven't looked at this forum for some time and hope you are doing well, wherever you are. Best Regards, Gloria Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Russia & C.I.S. 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In 2008, this paper gave Harper an endorsement, fulled with a bunch of caveats, almost a way of covering themselves, while simultaneously giving approval. A mere month or two later, Harper's actions proved their "growing into the job" thesis was laughable, but I suppose when on is bent one endorsing, you find rays of light regardless. I took pleasure in the fact, that once again, the supposed left wing media, was an illusion created by ideologues, with no basis in fact.
Here we are in 2011, and as EXPECTED, The Globe and Mail, formerly Canada's great paper has endorsed Harper again. It's a strong word "endorse" because it gives sanction to action, it gives the stamp of approval to a campaign, what has transpired. Let's forget about the Liberals, NDP for a moment, and just assume their presentations don't deserve endorsement. This fact then, doesn't automatically mean endorsement is guaranteed based on a relativism. No, you are ENDORSING someone, you don't weasel out using the opponent plan to find admirable qualities, you are saying we ENDORSE this man, his party, their behaviour. If you have problems with said party, you can simply endorse no one, and that in and itself is really a testament to a certain integrity, a standard. However, this paper, in another example of falling stature, has ENDORSED Stephen Harper. Let's review then what they have ENDORSED:
- a party that changes its budget 17 days later, completely undercutting any fiscal credibility, refusing to explain the changes, rationale, costing.
- a party that purposely misleads Canadians on the BIGGEST military expenditure in history.
- a party which has promised Canadians a package of goodies, based on unforeseen events, using dicey math, all in a brazen attempt to change the rules on what constitutes a "promise"
- a party which has purposely distorted the nature of Parliamentary democracy, the very core principles upon which this nation exists
- a party which limits accountability, a Prime Minister who manipulates the press with unilateral rules and constraints. In a democracy, the attempt to avoid scrutiny is alarming, particularly when it involves flipping the bird to YOUR OWN MEDIUM.
- a party which does background checks on audience participants and attempts to sanitize their presentation in such a way that is snake oil salesman-like visually.
I could go on and on, but how any paper which prides itself on its high journalistic standards, an entity which supposedly stands for integrity, could ENDORSE this behaviour escapes me. Again, fine, don't endorse the Liberals or NDP, but that decision doesn't DEMAND you ENDORSE this most shameful of campaigns, the likes of which simply has no PEER. The Globe and Mail has endorsed the politics of fear, the notion of unaccountable democracy, the idea that a budget is fiction, the precedent that one can lie about military expenditures with no recourse, THIS IS WHAT an ENDORSEMENT means. The paper doesn't get to separate the totality and cling to certain arguments, an ENDORSEMENT is just that, you've sanctioned this behaviour, you've told Canadians it's fine to run this type of campaign, these tactics, you've given it your blessing. I will never look at The Globe and Mail the same, it has only reaffirmed that it's part of the problem, not any solution for those of us who aspire to a true HIGHER standard. Shame on The Globe and Mail, shame indeed, you have failed, again.


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The first third of the day will be an example driven lecture that will be as tight as I can make it and still include all of the important foundational information that I can pack in. We will talk about the history of relational databases to get a feel for why we have the database environment that we currently have, then terminology, the data modeling process, a practical overview of the normal forms, and a bit about implementation. If it sounds like a lot in two hours, then you are right, but it is information that is essential to understand what we are doing the rest of the day (and hopefully the rest of your career!)
The second third of the day will be the class designing a database "together". I will have distributed a set of requirements for a database for us to design as a class, each person taking a turn to add an element. As we add elements, the class will be able to discuss if the item added is correct or not, simulating a typical meeting with N * 2 opinions from N persons.
The final third of the day will be a small team design session. I will distribute requirements to the class, broken up into several groups, and they will take them and do the design... Probably an hour later, I will take a picture of the design and put it up on the big screen for us to look at and discuss. This is a task I have done each time I have done this pre-con, and it is always interesting to see the several different ways the models turn out. Sometimes I learn a way to think about the problem that I hadn't thought about (and sometimes that is a good thing.)
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Stats and facts from the 2014/15 Premier League season, provided by Opta...
Crystal Palace have now won two league games at Anfield. Alan Pardew played in the first (1991) and managed them in the second
Leicester became the first club to overturn a two-goal deficit against Manchester United in the Premier League when they beat them 5-3 in September.
Swansea became only the third team in Premier League history to beat both Arsenal and Man United home & away in the same season (along with West Ham in 06/07 and Chelsea in 09/10).
Relegated Hull have never won a Premier League fixture in May (D4 L9).
The four managers to defeat Mourinho this season all had names starting with P: Pardew, Pochettino, Parkinson and Pulis.
George Boyd became the 4th player to play for two relegated teams in the same PL seasons (along with Mark Robins in 94-95, Steve Kabba in 06-07 and David Nugent in 09-10).
Liverpool ended the season with their worst ever Premier League defeat (1-6) and it was the first time they've conceded 6+ goals in a league game since losing 7-2 to Tottenham in 1963.
Chelsea lost only four games all season (in all competitions), a record low for a team in the Premier League era.
Jose Mourinho has only lost two PL games by three goals (3-0 vs Middlesbrough in 2006, 3-0 vs WBA in 2015) and James Morrison played for the opposition in both.
QPR became the first team to lose their first 11 away games in a top-flight season since Liverpool in 1953/54.
Against Man Utd in May, Arsenal failed to have a single shot in the first-half of a PL game for the first time since November 2004 v Liverpool.
Ander Herrera scored with six of his seven shots on target in his debut Premier League campaign.
Sammy Ameobi scored eight seconds after coming on as a sub vs Tottenham, the fastest goal as a substitute Opta have recorded in the Premier League.
Sadio Mane's hat-trick for Southampton against Aston Villa took just two minutes and 56 seconds, the fastest ever seen in the Premier League.
Olivier Giroud scored in six consecutive Premier League games in Feb-April, the first Arsenal player to do so since Emmanuel Adebayor in 2008.
Liverpool ended the season with 52 goals, the same number that Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge scored between them in 2013-14.
Harry Kane won his team 24 points with his goals this season, more than any other player.
Kane became the first Tottenham player to score 30+ goals in all comps in a single season since Gary Lineker in 1991-92.
Robbie Fowler (twice) and Chris Sutton are the only players to reach 20 goals in a PL season at a younger age than Harry Kane this term.
John Terry became the Premier League's all-time highest scoring defender (39).
Southampton became the first team in the Premier League era to score five goals in the first-half of a match and five goals in the second-half of a match in the same season.
Diego Costa became only the fourth Chelsea player to reach 20 goals in a Premier League campaign (after Hasselbaink, Drogba and Lampard).
Diego Costa has reached 10 PL goals in just nine games; the only player to reach double figures in fewer is Mick Quinn (6).
Sergio Aguero was the top scorer in all competitions amongst Premier League players this term (32) as well as winning the PL golden boot (26).
Sergio Aguero now has 10 goals in seven Premier League games against Tottenham.
Alexis Sanchez became the first Arsenal player to score 20 goals in his first season at the club since Thierry Henry.
Cesc Fabregas assisted 18 goals, only two short of Thierry Henry's single season record of 20 in 2002-03. 18 was a personal record for Fabregas after his previous best of 17 with Arsenal in 2007-08.
Wayne Rooney became the first player to score 10+ goals in 11 successive Premier League seasons.
But it took Wayne Rooney 560 minutes to attempt his first shot on target in the Premier League in 2015, due to his ill-fated spell in central midfield.
Eden Hazard missed the 10th penalty he took in the Premier League (his first failure) but scored the rebound.
QPR's Charlie Austin and Burnley's Danny Ings scored or assisted 55% and 54% of their team's goals respectively in 2014-15.
13% of Stoke's Premier League goals in 2014-15 came on the final day against Liverpool.
Villa scored 31 league goals this season. Their lowest ever in a single league season before this campaign was 36 in Division Two in 1969-70.
Manchester City finished as the top scoring team (83) in the Premier League for the third time in the last four campaigns.
With five in 2014-15, Peter Crouch has scored 47 headed goals in the Premier League, more than any other player.
The QPR v Leicester game in November saw 52 shots, the most recorded by Opta in a single Premier League game.
Thibaut Courtois has kept 12 clean sheets in his debut Premier League season. Petr Cech kept 24 in his first campaign (04-05).
West Ham have ended their last 23 top-flight seasons with a negative goal difference.
QPR's Rob Green made more errors leading to a goal than any other Premier League player (6)
QPR's Richard Dunne became the first player to reach double figures for own goals in Premier League history (10).
West Brom kept 10 clean sheets in 18 games under Tony Pulis, more than any other Premier League club in that period (Jan 10 onwards).
Sunderland were shown 94 yellow cards, a record in a single Premier League season.
Gareth Barry became the first player to pick up 100 yellow cards in the Premier League – to date he has 104.
Lee Cattermole equalled a Premier League record by collecting 14 yellow cards in a single season. All 14 of Cattermole's bookings in 2014-15 were for fouls.
Hazard saw 23 opponents booked for fouling him in the Premier League this season.
Newcastle's Moussa Sissoko picked up five bookings for dissent, more than any other player.
Everton finished in the bottom half of the table for the first time since 2005-06.
Stoke have finished ninth for two seasons in a row. This is the first time they've had two successive top-flight top half finishes since 1975.
Villa finished the season in 17th place; their lowest finish since 1994/95 (18th) and their lowest in a 38 game season since 1990/91 (17th).
If the Premier League had started when Alan Pardew had taken over at Crystal Palace, the Eagles would have finished sixth.
Didier Drogba (28) featured in more Premier League games than Diego Costa (26) this season.
Angel Di Maria completed 90 minutes in the Premier League only seven times this season.
Burnley made fewer substitutions than any Premier League team this season.
Aston Villa were the only team to not to see a substitute score for them in the Premier League in 2014-15.
On the final day Petr Cech played his 333rd Premier League game for Chelsea; only two goalkeepers have played more for a single club (Jaaskelainen 379 for Bolton, Given 354 for Newcastle).
Arsenal named six teams with the same line-up in April-May, the first time they'd done this since 1994.
Champions Chelsea topped the table for 274 days of the season, a record in the Premier League era. Last season's title winners Man City were top for only 15 days.
Leicester City spent longer at the bottom of the table without being relegated than any side in Premier League history (140 days).
For the second successive season, the team bottom of the Premier League at Christmas stayed up.
John Terry became only the second outfield player to play every minute for a Premier League title winning side (along with Gary Pallister in 1992/93).
Man City were the only side not be involved in a 0-0 draw in the Premier League this season.
The last time Burnley were in the Premier League prior to this season (2009/10), Chelsea ended up as champions, won a domestic cup and both Hull and Burnley were relegated.
Sunderland's total of nine 0-0 draws is the joint-most by a team in a 38-game season.
Burnley outran their opponents in 37 of their 38 games this season (failing to do so only away at West Ham).
QPR v West Ham in April saw fewer successful passes than any other Premier League game in 2014-15 (337).
Santi Cazorla made 154 successful passes against Sunderland in May, the most by a player in a single Premier League game in 2014-15.


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CARSON, Calif. – The New England Revolution goes in search of a fresh start on Wednesday night as the second half of the 2014 season begins with a visit to the LA Galaxy.
Kickoff between the Revs (7-8-2, 23 pts.) and Galaxy (6-3-6, 24 pts.) is set for 10:30 p.m. ET from StubHub Center, with both Comcast SportsNet and 98.5 The Sports Hub covering the action.
Current Form: Revs see second half of 2014 as a clean slate; Galaxy unbeaten in seven
With 17 regular-season games down and 17 more on the docket, Wednesday night's visit to StubHub Center officially kicks off the second half of the Revolution's 2014 season. Mentally it offers a chance for the Revs to put their recent struggles – five straight losses – behind them and move forward into the home stretch.
"We understand the last couple games have really been difficult, but each loss has been, in and of itself, a different circumstance," said head coach Jay Heaps. "That said, 17 games in we're in a position where we control our destiny going into the second 17 games. I look at it as a restart and a new season starting today."
Heaps isn't completely writing off New England's five-game losing streak, however, admitting there are multiple areas in which his side needs to improve going into the season's second half. Chief among those continues to be the club's Achilles heel of conceding the first goal early in matches.
"That's a real problem, but it's not something you can just say, 'OK, stop letting in goals.' It's not something that simple," Heaps said. "The key is to make sure that we're approaching each game with that mindset, knowing that that's a time when we're vulnerable and an area where we have to get better."
Conversely, LA has scored first in each of its last three matches as part of a seven-game unbeaten run (4-0-3) in league play. The Galaxy's true strength is in its depth, as Robbie Keane (7G, 4A), Landon Donovan (3G, 4A), Gyasi Zardes (4G, 1A) and Stefan Ishizaki (2G, 3A) spearhead a potent attack.
"You have to respect LA," said Heaps. "They're probably, for me, if not the best team, one of the best teams in the league. They're dangerous from all over the place and we have to respect that and find ways to show our strengths, as well."
Past Meetings: Revs hoping to replicate recent success against the Galaxy
Since dropping three straight to LA between 2009 and 2010, New England has turned the tables in this series, going 3-1-1 in the last five meetings spanning the past four years.
Revolution fans will fondly remember the last time these two sides squared off as five different players scored to lead New England to a 5-0 rout of the Galaxy on national television. Young guns Diego Fagundez (1G, 2A) and Kelyn Rowe (1G, 2A) had breakout performances as the Revs rolled to a memorable victory in Foxborough.
WATCH: Five different players score to lead Revs to 5-0 triumph over Galaxy
New England also found success on its last visit to the Galaxy more than two years ago, riding goals from Rowe (the first of his MLS career), Chris Tierney and Saer Sene to a comfortable 3-1 win.
Injury Report: Dorman sidelined by knee injury suffered last weekend against Chicago
The knee injury which forced Andy Dorman off the field midway through the first half of last weekend's loss to the Chicago Fire will unfortunately also keep him out for the foreseeable future. The injury – suffered under a challenge from Fire defender Bakary Soumare – was officially diagnosed as a sprained MCL.
READ: Dorman expected to miss 10-12 weeks after being placed on Disabled List
Scott Caldwell replaced Dorman for the final 60 minutes of that meeting with the Fire and looked sharp in his first league appearance since mid-May, making him a potential option from the start against the Galaxy.
"I thought Scottie did a great job," Heaps said after Saturday's game. "Scottie came in and had no warm-up time and went in and was really chomping and biting and trying to make plays."
As for the Galaxy, Bruce Arena's side boasts a league-best defense (13 goals conceded) despite the absence of two contributors along the backline. Former Revolution defender James Riley is likely to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus, while Todd Dunivant is currently sidelined by an abdominal strain.
Final Thoughts: Revs prepared to "will the ball into the goal" to snap out of scoring funk
"It's just on us as players," forward Patrick Mullins said when asked what the Revs need to do in order to snap their recent scoring funk. "If it takes willing the ball into the goal or doing a gritty play, we need to make that breakthrough. I think we have ability to play, but sometimes when you need a goal, you just need to find it any way you can."


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by Kevin Dicciani
Black Friday may seem like a day of bargains to you, a discount-filled romp around malls and retail stores, but underneath all of the slashed-percentage signs and sales tags lurks a day of insidious theft – and it's only three days away (or two if you're going to abandon your family on Thanksgiving).
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office released a press release today warning shoppers of the different types of scams that lie ahead, and how you, the consumer, can protect yourself from them. Now, if you have a grain of common sense, these warnings should come as no surprise to you, and neither should the ways you can protect yourself. But, for safety's sake, I'll give you a few of their examples of how these thieves can rob you blind for everything you have while you're checking out that new 12-speed blender.
The parking lot bait and switch
You leave Best Buy empty-handed and depressed because some jerk bought the last few iPads in stock for his 8 kids.
So you wallow and saunter in self-loathing out to the parking garage where you see a man in a suit leaning up against a dusty AMC Pacer. He's whistling and we all know that anyone who whistles is friendly, so you nod at him. He interprets your nod to be an invitation to a black market deal, and he approaches you with the brightest of smiles.
He holds out a box – just like the boxes iPads come in – and he tells you he felt like hanging around a parking garage to sell the extras because he's a "good guy." You shake him off at first but your politeness doesn't go over well with him. He tells you he'll sell you one for $100. You're suspicious. He coaxes you by dropping the price $5. You think of your kid and how much he's going to cry on Christmas morning. You hand the man $95 bucks.
Do you open the box? No. That would be rude to do in front of the merchant. If it's a fake, you think, your kid will never know the difference. I mean, he's only 9, right, you say? He gets in his Pacer and speeds off.
On Christmas morning when your kid opens the box, it's full of thumb tacks and orange peels.
Don't park next to a van
While you're stuffing your car full of presents you notice a white van parked next to you. You're intuition tells you there's something off about it, something eerie. Then you see the first season of Swamp Men in one of your bags and you forget about the van. While you're day-dreaming about noodling catfish, the van door slides open and someone pulls you in and slams the door.
They strip you of your wallet, keys and pants (hey, they're nice curdoroys) and knock you unconscious. They take all of the presents out of your car and even steal your radio.
Next thing you know, you wake up pantless next to the Chinese Buffet – but luckily, the thieves left you Swamp Men.
Avoid Holiday Screensavers
The next time you're on the Internet and you consider purchasing a holiday screensaver to express your cheer – please, I beg you, don't do it. Ole Santy Claus and his parading reindeer are nothing more than puppets, a siren song for the festive fellow who wants to showoff his knack for seasonal cyber-decorations.
The District Attorney's office gave this warning: "A recent search for a Santa screensaver that promises to let you "fly with Santa in 3D" is malicious. Holiday-themed ringtones and e-cards have been known to be malicious too."
To be honest, I didn't really know you could download screensavers anymore. I thought they disappeared a long time ago along with the floating toaster and dancing Jesus. At first I thought "fly with Santa in 3D" was an LSD reference. Either way, just because I'm ignorant doesn't mean you should be, so skip-over the cyber-malarky.
"I'm away from home" social media posts
Remember that kid in school who used to always brag about what snacks his mom packed him for lunch? And then when he went to the bathroom, what happened to them? Someone ate them. Yeah, don't be that kid. The rules apply to social media, too.
You're going to Jamaica and you can't contain your joy because the resort you're staying at brought back the banana boat. On Facebook, you post a picture of your head superimposed on someone else's body riding a banana boat, and you give away the dates you'll be away and what airline you're flying, and exactly how many miles you're from your house. Then you go on your little vacation.
Now, out of the 857 friends you have on Facebook, the odds are probably like 1-in-6 that one is a criminal. The picture of you on the banana boat is attracting a lot of attention on Facebook and is steadily climbing to the top of the feed. This criminal sees your photo and laughs heartily at your social detachment before he sees that you're away for a week. He browses through your pictures and notices a flat-screen television – the exact brand he wants, he needs – in the background of a photo from that margarita party you threw at your place. He drives over to your place (your address is on your personal info), waltzes in your place, whistles loudly, and steals your TV.
When you come home your house is completely ransacked. You immediately get on Facebook and display your rage. The criminal 'likes' your status and proceeds to watch Dancing with the Stars on his new TV.
Be smart. Don't accept cheap iPads from strangers, park next to suspicious vans or post your whereabouts on Facebook. Have a great shopping season.


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Go East, young man: Discovery mania sweeps the town
Vast hordes of history buffs have descended upon the bucolic hills of Albemarle. They've come from all parts West to tramp about the homesteads and talk of keelboats and Indian relations.
One gung-ho pilgrim left Nebraska last October in order to reach Charlottesville in time for the official kick-off. He planned to travel by Calistoga wagon, and couldn't be sure of the roads.
For those who've been living under a rock or some other uncharted locale, January 18 marks the 200th anniversary of secret Congressional approval of an expedition through the Louisiana Purchase to find a Northwest Passage. While the expedition did not actually get under way until the following year (and then from St. Louis), Charlottesville has nonetheless become headquarters for the gala opening of the official Lewis and Clark Bicentennial.
What did we do to deserve the honor?
We have Lewis and we have Clark, which puts us way out ahead. York, the only slave to make the cut as a member of the expeditionary force, was also a local, though he chose freedom in St Louis at the end of the trip. James Monroe negotiated the terms of the Louisiana Purchase, through which the Discovery Corps would scramble for two years. But the ace in the hole is Mr. Jefferson, who dreamed and bought the American West and then dispatched the melancholy Lewis and the gregarious Clark to explore it.
And so the Commencement of the Commemoration (as it really is called) will be held at Jefferson's Monticello. It's a sold-out event, featuring Tex G. Hall, president of the National Congress of American Indians, and Robert Archibald, president of the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. Unfortunately absent will be George W. Bush, President of the United States, who about a month ago declined the offer to attend, apparently tied up with his own version of the Northwest Passage– the search for weapons of mass destruction.
For those who didn't register in time for the Monticello events, never fearthere's a wide array of symposia, concerts, and exhibits around town to choose from. Discovery Corps authors alone are making appearances at the rate of about 4.2 per day.
Among the many scholars, atlas designers, adventure writers, and preservationists are a Shawnee historian and a recipient of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame's Wrangler Award, as well as the editors of two separate editions of Lewis & Clark's journals. You be the judge– whose is the finest abridged version of two years worth of beaver spottings and pigeon roastings?
You re-enactors out there can help make a flat-bottom boat at Darden Towe Park or sample portions of tongue grass salad and palatable paste at Michie Tavern. The former is a project of the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center, and the latter is the work of a renowned "paleocuisineologist" whose recipe book is the Official Cookbook for the National Council Lewis & Clark Bicentennial.
There's singing, there's dancing. There are fifes, tom-toms, and exhibits devoted to the flora and fauna of the trail. There's an 80-foot piece of chainsaw art depicting Seaman, the first bi-coastal Newfoundland. The sculpture came even farther than the Calistoga wagon guy to make it for the opening.
It's Lewispalooza out there, in your own back yard. So strap on your Powder Guns and Rifle Frocks, and explore the goings-on. Or just go virtual at www.monticello.org/jefferson/lewisandclark/schedule.html and stay under your rock.


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A text in the night put Roy Condrey on the trail of the dead.
"Did you know that your house is haunted?" read the letters glowing on his screen. It wasn't a message from beyond, but rather came from one of the tenants in the properties he rents out to supplement his income as a software project manager.
But the text got him pondering: Even if you suspected you had a paranormal force inhabiting your home, how could you tell if someone died in it?
Thus was Diedinhouse.com born. The site cross references between public records and other databases to find who used to live in a particular U.S. address, whether they're alive or not, and if they died while in the house. It can tell prospective homebuyers information the seller isn't obligated to disclose, which can sometimes lower a house's final price.
The night the idea was germinating, Condrey sat in front of the computer and began searching for answers. He discovered it's not that easy to electronically dig up a body under your roof.
(Read more: What inflation? Halloween candy prices in check)
From one source he could get a list of everyone who lived in the house. Then he had to check each name against another list to see if they were alive. Other databases and searches could turn up clues as to whether their death happened at the address itself. Few states require sellers to disclose if anyone died in the home, even if it was a murder-suicide that everyone else in the neighborhood knows about.
By and large, it's let the buyer beware ... of ghosts.
In that informational void Condrey saw opportunity. He grabbed a few programmer pals, and in June of this year his website was spawned. In the first five months, it sold a few thousand reports for $11.99 per U.S. address searched. A few Halloween-minded media mentions later and it's now selling a thousand per day.
"I can't confirm or deny ghosts," said Condrey. "I want to know if I'm moving into Andrea Yates' house where she drowned five children in the bathtub."
It's like a Carfax for haunted houses.
Besides the curious and those in the spooky spirit, the site is also getting traction among ghost hunters.
More from NBC News:
Think twice about a claim on home insurance
Cocoa shortage, rising prices threaten chocolate bars
LinkedIn back online for most after 'experiencing some issues'
Leslie Self, 36, a caregiver and pro bono paranormal investigator in Craig, Colo., has used a Diedinhouse report for six of his recent clients.
In one case, a couple was bedeviled by knocking sounds in the night in the home the woman inherited from her grandmother. Self ran a search on Diedinhouse and didn't find any evidence the grandmother had died in the house. After descending into the basement, he discovered the ghastly noises in the night came from the water heater kicking on.


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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today unveiled at the company's Build event that all attendees will be walking away with an Acer Iconia tablet, which we believe to be the Iconia W3. This Windows 8.1 tablet will help developers and those interested in the platform get stuck in with new features on the latest hardware.
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It's psychology. The staff can fix it..but how good is this staff? Clearly they can coach football, but there is more to it than that. I don't think the Hawks staff sees the issue. They can correct a kids play all day long, but until they correct how he thinks the issue remains.
The first half of the Miami game they looked like they were at the pro bowl, lots of joking around with the other team..Why? they are young, insecure and immature. I saw it, just the manner they had. You can see the tude and confidence at home. Like a dog off it's own property they don't have any bite outside their own back yard. Be it how they coach on the road, or the attitudes of the players for now they are back on their heels on the road. You are what you think. No more and no less. Now this staff has to change the way this team thinks, and that can't be found on film. Youth wins at home experience wins on the road. We are a shining example.
Dear PC..you can look up a theory called 'acting as if' learn it and teach it, or you can stick with the 4 year plan..perhaps make it 6?


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Some nice work from term 3 students. Building a shelter from a wrecked vehicle.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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Class Demo
Friday, November 16, 2012
The FZD art of book, Foundation 01, is finally out! :) Featuring selected works from FZD instructor in-class demos and student work. Available at our FZD School in Singapore. For international orders, please refer to the link below:
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Student Work
Some really nice student work from term 2. First project (first week 1 of 5) is to design a vehicle which needs to travel from Los Angeles to New York during some type of outbreak (Zombies, Disease, Vampires, etc.) and selected time period. Second project is a product to teach you science while out camping.
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This page describes new way of doing things, inspired by follwing packages in
- mingw32-gcc and other packages from
- arm-elf-gcc-base and other packages from
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Version compatibility
Following strategies allows to select compatible vesions of gcc, binutils, kernel and C library:
- General rules:
- there is correlation between gcc and binutils releases, use simultaneously released versions;
- it is better to use latest kernel headers to compile libc but use
--enable-kernelswitch (specific to glibc, other C libraries may use different conventions) to enforce work on older kernels;
- Official repositories: you may have to apply additional fixes and hacks, but versions used by Arch Linux (or it's architecture-specific forks) most probably can be made to work together;
- Software documentation: all GNU software have
NEWSfiles, documenting things like minimal required versions of dependencies;
- Other distributions: they too do cross-compilation
- Gentoo crossdev lists some working combinations.
- http://cross-lfs.org covers steps, necessary for building cross-compiler and mentions somewhat up-to-date versions of dependencies.
Building a cross compiler
The general approach to building a cross compiler is:
- binutils: Build a cross-binutils, which links and processes for the target architecture
- headers: Install a set of C library and kernel headers for the target architecture
- use linux-api-headers as reference and pass
ARCH=target-architectureto make
- create libc headers package (process for Glibc is described here)
- use linux-api-headers as reference and pass
- gcc-stage-1: Build a basic (stage 1) gcc cross-compiler. This will be used to compile the C library. It will be unable to build almost anything else (because it can't link against the C library it doesn't have).
- libc: Build the cross-compiled C library (using the stage 1 cross compiler).
- gcc-stage-2: Build a full (stage 2) C cross-compiler
The source of the headers and libc will vary across platforms.
--with-build-sysroot=/ to
Package naming
The package name shall not be prefixed with the word
cross- (it was previously proposed, but was not adopted in official packages, probably due to additional length of names), and shall consist of the package name, prefixed by GNU triplet without vendor field or with "unknown" in vendor field; example:
arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc. If shorter naming convention exists (e.g.
mips-gcc), it may be used, but this is not recommended.
File placement
Latest versions of gcc and binutils use non-conflicting paths for sysroot and libraries. Executables shall be placed into
/usr/bin/, to prevent conflicts here, prefix all of them with architecture name.
./configure would have at least following parameters:
_target=<your-target> # e.g. i686-pc-mingw32 _sysroot=/usr/lib/${_target} ... ./configure \ --prefix=${_sysroot} --sysroot=${_sysroot} \ --bindir=/usr/bin
This is PKGBUILD for binutils for MinGW. Things worth noticing are:
- specifying root directory of the cross-environment
- usage of
${_target} and
${_sysroot} variables to make the code more readable
- removal of the duplicated/conflicting files
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configure and make commands from dedicated directory (so-called out-of-tree compilation) and remove whole
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The Commonality in Processual Trends in the Urbanization Process: Urbanization and the Redistributive Function in the Central Andes
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for Latin American Studies, 1971 - Andes Region - 44 pages
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THAT VERSE from a fairy tale popular in my childhood so many years ago still applies today, as I no doubt have mentioned.
Better still, communications are better and more available than ever. For decades the vast kingdom of China was hidden behind a "bamboo curtain," but no more.
I have enjoyed following the pro career of China's No. 1 woman tennis player, Li Na.
The family name is Li and the whole name is written as Li Na.
SHE WAS born in Wuhan, Hubei in 1982 and is 31.
Li Na has won more than $11million in her many tennis matches. playing right-handed with a two-handed backhand. Her current ranking, worldwide, is No. 6. She also has achieved an enviable record in doubles.
Whether these were mixed doubles my sources did not say, but I do find it interesting that the only sports that allow men and women to compete on an equal basis are tennis and perhaps golf.
Li Na's father, Li Shengpeng , was a professional badminton player and later worked as a sales rep for a Wuhan based company. He died from a rare cardiovascular disease when Li Na was 14.
AT AGE SIX Li Na started playing badminton, following her father's footsteps. Just before she turned eight, Li made the transition from badminton to tennis when she and her parents were convinced by coach Xia Xiyao of the Wuhan youth tennis club that this would be the right career move for her.
Li joined China's National Tennis Team in 1997. In the following year, Li, sponsored by Nike, went to John Newcombe Academy in Texas to study tennis. She studied there for ten months and returned to China. Li turned professional in 1999 at age sixteen.
At the end of 2002, Li left the national tennis team to study part-time at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where she completed her bachelor's degree in journalism in 2009.
The Chinese media cited various reasons for this. Some reported that the relationship between her and her teammate, future husband. Jiang Shan, was opposed by the national team's management, some reported that her coach Yu Liqiao, was too strict and demanding, while other reports claimed that her request for a personal coach did not go through.
HOWEVER, Li returned to the national team in 2004. Jiang Shan married Li on January 27, 2006 and became her personal coach. Li quit the national team as well as the state-run sports system in 2008 under an experimental reform policy for tennis players. This change was called "Fly Alone" by Chinese media.
As a result Li had the freedom to pick her own coaching staff and she could keep more of her winnings. Only 8 to 12 percent of her winnings go to the government as opposed to 65 percent previously.
Li Na has a tattoo on her chest, and hid it for many years since tattoos are not widely accepted in China, especially on women.
Hidden tattoo or not, I predict much more will be heard from this talented athlete.


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newarenanow wrote:I'd relax a little though. Geno missed 7 games, and until Crosby scored 11 points in 3 games, he was having the same type of numbers.
Geno could easily go on a very hot streak. Let the season play out.
True....although Sid's goal numbers have been good all year. The troubling thing for me is the fact that Geno's goal output, beginning with the 2008 playoffs (except for a few hot stretches last season), has not returned to what it was two years ago.
After the 2008 season, I thought Geno would turn into a 50-60-goal machine like Jagr, Kovalchuk or Gabby. Call me selfish as a fan, but this season has been a letdown. I was looking forward to him developing into more of a dominant force. But hey, I grew up watching Bure, Mogilny, Lemieux, Hull, Shanahan, Selanne, Jagr. Perhaps the expectations were high, but I think Geno is better than all of those players except for two. The numbers right now don't support that however.


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Here in Ghana, I get a lot of stares because I am white. I also get a lot of stares because I do things that most Ghanaians do not. Because people often stare at me, sometimes it is difficult to do things out in public that might not be deemed as "normal". Here's a list of things I wish I had the courage/confidence to do here. (Some of them I have done…try to guess!)
- Tie a baby to my back and walk around the market
- convince my roommate I'm "a gay"
- buy food and then invite the people in line behind me to my meal
- stand up and start azontoing in the middle of my final exam
- pay a taxi driver to let me drive….and then crash on purpose
- pay someone at the market to carry my groceries and things on her head in a basket and then pretend that she is chasing after me and try to run away
- sit down on the ground in the middle of a crowded area and eat a meal
- invite people to my nearly finished sachet water
- agree to marry someone and actually follow through with it
- skip down the street while singing out loud "OBRUNI OBRUNI OBRUNI OBRUNI OBRUNI ORBUNI!"
- chase after stray chickens, dogs, and goats with a machete
- talk with a lisp and pretend to be a gay O"bruno"bruni
- approach a random Ghanaian and pretend like he is a long lost friend that I haven't seen in a long time and when he extends his hand for a handshake start azontoing
- invite my taxi driver or trotro mate to my beer
- smear chocolate on my hands and then run down the street trying to high five everyone with my left hand
- wear two different shoes out and and about and try to convince people who tell me otherwise that they match
- take a poop in public
- go to a chop bar restaurant with out a shirt on
- attempt to carry a bible on my head
- wave down taxis just so they stop and then cross the street
- buy sugar cane sticks and then fight in public and pretend they are light-sabers
- pay a hawker to let me hawk her items for the day
- buy 24 bags of plantain chips from a window in a trotro and then try to sell them to the other passengers inside
- pretend to be blind and then start azontoing with my cane
- blog about inappropriate topics knowing even my Grandma will read it
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Mickey Thompson Baja STZ All-Terrain TiresPosted in How To on October 1, 2011
Looking for a tire that does what you need it to do, and without a bunch of fancy overly-large lugs and tread voids that will decrease your fuel economy? Look no further than the new Baja STZ from Mickey Thompson.
Created during a time of high fuel prices, a slumping economy, and an ever-increasing need for the do-all truck, Mickey Thompson bore a tire that would not only minimize rolling resistance (for better fuel economy) but also get better bite in the dirt than other all-terrain tires on the market. It does all this at a price of about $200 per tire (depending on which size you get, of course) and is a great choice for your daily-driven truck.
Mickey started with STZs ranging from 30 to 33 inches tall, made for factory-sized 16- to 20-inch wheels, since this tire is a perfect OE replacement for many stock or mildly-lifted trucks. You'll see other sizes come along in the near future if Mickey doesn't currently have the perfect size for you.
The Mickey Thompson Baja STZ is made to be an original-equipment replacement tire, and therefore fits most stock trucks and trucks with leveling kits.
Our test truck was a 2004 Dodge Ram 2WD 1500 with a lift knuckle in the front. We chose some 275/70R17s that fit on the truck's factory 17-inch wheels with about a 31-inch height at 40 psi (when loaded with the truck's weight). The STZs filled out the wheelwell a little better than the factory offering did, but still don't get close to rubbing anywhere.
Initial Impressions
These tires have been great to us so far. The Baja STZs truly impressed us on some rather steep trails with a 2WD truck. We were expecting the truck to make it a few feet and spin out—like most all trucks do, no matter what tire, when in 2WD and facing up a steep trail. But these tires kept pushing the truck up the trail!
Since their primary intended use is on the street, it was no surprise that Mickey made these STZs stick to the pavement well, especially in corners!
Since they're brand new, we only got a few weeks with them before shipping this issue to the printers, so we haven't put too many thousands of miles on them yet. But they're in a continuous testing process now and we'll have more for you in the future.
Specifications as Tested
Make/model: Mickey Thompson Baja STZ
Mounted on: Stock Dodge Ram 2WD 1500 17x7
Size on sidewall: 275/70R17
Load range: E
Max load (tire): 3,195 pounds
Tire hardness: 60 on Type-A tire durometer (while cold)
Tread depth: 33/64
# plies in tread: Eight
# plies in sidewall: Three
Weight of tire: 49 pounds
Measured diameter unloaded: 32.75 inches
Measured width unloaded: 10.75 inches
Measured tread width: 9.00 inches
Available sizes: 30 to 33 inches tall
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