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For Immediate Release
Paula Ross,
Director of Communications
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Mark Mitchell
OK.gov General Manager
405.524.3468 Ext. 120
Starting Today, Renew Your Vehicle Tag Online at CARS.OK.GOV
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – February 17, 2010 – Renewing your vehicle registration tag just got quicker and easier because Oklahomans can now renew online through the state's official Convenient Auto Renewal System (CARS). The secure online service is available at http://CARS.OK.gov, providing access for Oklahomans' commercial, non-commercial and farm vehicle registration renewals.
CARS also allows Oklahomans to sign up to receive an email when it is time to renew their tag with the Tax Commission's REMIND ME utility. Reminders will be sent the first day of the expiration month entered into the REMIND ME utility.
"CARS is intended to make renewing car tags a convenient, simple and easy process for all individuals," said Paula Ross, Oklahoma Tax Commission spokesperson. "CARS is open around the clock every day, including weekends, nights and holidays." Oklahomans can renew online if they:
• Wish to renew a tag for a noncommercial (automobiles; noncommercial/non-farm trucks; motorcycles; travel trailers; motor homes) or commercial (15,000 pounds or less laden weight) vehicle, that is not more than ten (10) months delinquent.
• Wish to renew a tag for a farm truck weighing (truck + load carried or pulled) 55,000 pounds or less, that is not more than ten (10) months delinquent.
• Have a valid credit/debit card or a checking account to pay for the renewal.
• Have insurance information ready, or are declaring a non-use vehicle.
• Have a driver's license number (if individual) or FEI number (if other than an individual).
• Have a printer connected to a computer in order to print the receipt and/or provide a valid email address to have the receipt sent to that account.
To begin the renewal process, users simply enter the last four digits of their vehicle identification number (VIN), tag number, and if renewing for a farm truck, then the user must enter the Agriculture Exemption Permit (SMX) number.
Motorists have the option to pay for their registration with EFT payments, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. The payments are processed through a secure payment engine, which abides by rigorous policies and procedures to ensure that Oklahomans can be confident that their payments are safe, private, and secure.
In the future, the system will be built to accommodate for other registration types such as military and mobile home.
The Convenient Auto Renewal System is a product of a partnership between the Oklahoma Tax Commission and OK.gov, Oklahoma's Official Web site that allows for no tax dollars to be used to build, operate, or maintain the service online.
About the Oklahoma Tax Commission
Since 1931, the Oklahoma Tax Commission has held the responsibility of the collection and administration of taxes, licenses and fees that impact every Oklahoman. The collected revenues fuel such state projects as education, transportation, recreation, social welfare and a myriad of other services. Additional information is available at http://www.tax.ok.gov.
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OK.gov is the Official Web site of the state of Oklahoma and a collaborative effort between the Oklahoma Office of State Finance (OSF) and Oklahoma Interactive, LLC to help Oklahoma government entities Web-enable their information services. OSF is responsible for OK.gov. Oklahoma Interactive operates, maintains, and markets OK.gov and is part of eGovernment firm NIC's (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of companies.
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) Miguel Maysonet carried 25 times for 160 yards and two second-quarter touchdowns as Stony Brook defeated Villanova 20-10 Saturday in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Maysonet, who was leading the nation with 156.5 rushing yards per game, scored on runs of 1 and 14 yards as the Seawolves (10-2) took a 14-0 halftime lead. The senior had a 47-yard run on the second drive.
After Wesley Skeffington added a 37-yard third-quarter field goal, Stony Brook recovered his onside kick and drove for a 29-yard field goal that made it 20-3.
The Wildcats (8-4) got their only touchdown, a 21-yard run by quarterback John Robertson, with 6:57 remaining after a 72-yard drive. But he was intercepted on Villanova's next possession, and with 1:21 left the Wildcats couldn't get past the Stony Brook 47.
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The governor is working hard to promote running the income taxes to zero.
The secretary of revenue and the governor's staff are out every day working to convince us that we need to keep the sales tax that passed three years ago. You know, the sales tax that the legislature promised to end.
They are also trying to convince us that ending the mortgage interest deduction and property tax deductions are something we need to do. A full-court press is going on to do that, but the debate is far from over and more information is needed before this issue is settled.
We are also seeing a lot of activity by a coalition called "Uncork Kansas" to allow liquor sales in grocery stores. While several of the liquor laws in Kansas are held over from prohibition days, I wonder about the implications of making liquor more readily available.
Alcohol and substance abuse create so many problems in society that keeping closer control would seem to me to be better than having liquor too easily available and convenient.
The utilities and telecommunications committee began hearings on a large and quite complicated bill regarding the use of Kansas Universal Service Fees. This is a deregulation bill that will allow more flexibility by phone companies which is needed as technology changes.
At issue is reduction of the amount that is normally in the fund (around $60 million) by reducing the monthly fee and how distribution of the fund will be made to various high-cost suppliers. Part of the issue is transitioning to the next generation of technology by putting in fiber-optics to replace the copper wire lines we are familiar with.
The Senate has recently voted on changing the judicial selection process and I anticipate the question will be before the full House soon. No doubt, votes are being counted to see if there is enough support in the House to pass it. This is a Constitutional amendment and requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate and House, but no signature by the governor, to be put on the ballot in August or November of 2014.
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Ryan pick shakes up Romney plan
In making Paul Ryan his running mate, Mitt Romney is discarding one of the most basic assumptions that has driven his campaign until now: Make the race about President Barack Obama, and Republicans will win back the White House.
Don't worry about being accused of being empty, or even demagogic, went the theory of the case in Boston: The more specific Romney's campaign, the more chance voters will be distracted from a simple referendum on the Obama economy. Run out the clock, come off as at least vaguely credible, and don't lunge for shiny objects that take you off-message.
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In selecting the 42-year-old House member from Wisconsin, a man identified with some of the most polarizing policy ideas in the Republican party, Romney has lunged for a shiny object in about the most dramatic way possible.
( Also on POLITICO: Romney: Ryan 'an intellectual leader' of GOP)
In this case, the shiny object is a sharply pointed weapon: the choice will instantly infuse a sullen, content-free contest with new energy and ideas but it's just as likely to lacerate Romney by handing Democrats a fresh line of attack.
Ryan's advantages are profound: he's young, Rust Belt, Catholic, serious, and – his top advantage – he will bring excitement and purpose to a campaign that had been devoid of both.
Many outside Republican strategists, however, are already fretting that the pick will likely turn out to be political malpractice—turning off independents and older voters, who depend especially on programs that are targeted by Ryan's budget plan that would cut entitlements.
For now, Romney's bold move is a gamble that in its own way is as breathtaking as the ultimately self-defeating one John McCain made four years ago with Sarah Palin. Whether it works will hinge on three big questions:
Is Romney really ready for a debate on big ideas?
It is hard to overstate the risks Romney is taking in making a choice that virtually guarantees a far-reaching debate about the broader role of government and the entitlement state. Simply put, it is a debate Republicans have almost never won when they've put it directly before voters in the past.
As Newt Gingrich learned when he squared off against Bill Clinton in the 1990s, and George W. Bush learned with his politically disastrous efforts at Social Security reform in his second term, voters may despise spending and deficits in the abstract but they like many of these programs in the particular.
It's not as if Romney doesn't know that. Last summer, when it looked briefly like Texas Gov. Rick Perry might be a credible threat for the nomination, Romney assailed him as a threat to Social Security in the same way that the Romney-Ryan ticket is going to be assailed by Obama.
The president earlier this year said Ryan's celebrated budget program, which has cuts to domestic spending and would impose a top-to-bottom overhaul of Medicare, amounted to "social Darwinism."
It is not even clear what kind of debate Romney will be engaging. Will he make a more narrow numbers argument—that popular programs need to be preserved for the next generation by reining in out-of-control costs? Or will he embrace the underlying premise of Ryan and many of his ideological allies—that programs that were born in the New Deal and Great Society need to be fundamentally rethought for a new generation?
If Romney has fully developed thoughts about these philosophical questions he has not revealed them so far—as the Ryan pick will force him to do in coming weeks.
And this debate will mean that the debate over who can do more to revive the economy will compete, and sometimes be overshadowed by, a debate about the broader role of government.


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Whether you're a night owl living with an early bird or a neatnik whose roommate's idea of cleaning is to relocate the dust bunnies, sharing space with someone isn't always easy. There are times when schedules conflict or habits don't mesh.
But the success of a shared living situation is determined by how you navigate the challenges and learn to compromise, not necessarily by your ability to avoid them. In fact, roommate challenges can be productive and lead to a higher level of understanding, which means the early bird and the night owl can coexist.
What Are Your Habits?
Before getting frustrated with someone else, think about which of your preferences are real needs and which are simply habits. For many students, living with roommates at school is the first time they've had to share their personal space. Habits and schedules are often subconscious, based on personal preference, and have likely never been problematic.
Travis Myers, a resident life advisor at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada, says, "Sharing a smaller space can be difficult when, for most of your life, you never had to share with a family member. Understanding personal space, boundaries, and personality types is a huge part of community living, and accepting differences by respecting each other truly helps in these situations."
According to a recent Student Health 101 survey, 60 percent of the respondents listed noise as the most common cause of a conflict between themselves and their roommates. Other major concerns are privacy and differences in waking and sleeping schedules.
So how can you keep both yourself and your roommate happy when you don't see eye to eye?
Problem Prevention
The best way to deal with conflicts is to prevent them from occurring. There are a few things you can do at the beginning of the year to make living with any roommate easier. Here are some tips:
- Have an honest conversation about your schedules and habits.
- Make a verbal agreement regarding "room rules," or use an actual contract form.
- Set up ground rules for things such as having friends over, sharing food, and quiet hours.
- Arrange to have regular check-ins about how things are going. This way there will be designated time to air concerns and figure out solutions-before there's a blowup.
Communication Is Key
Melissa S., a sophomore at Concordia University in Quebec, Canada, isn't a morning person. When her roommate woke early, she often made a lot of noise. "I couldn't get enough sleep and I felt tired and cranky all the time. It was affecting my academics and my relationship with my roommate," she says.
Being considerate is a good starting point for living with roommates. In order to be mindful of your differences in schedule and habits, you have to talk with one another.
For Melissa, simple and direct communication helped. She explains, "I [approached] my roommate with the problem and explained to her how it was affecting me. I realized that she didn't even know her actions were causing me discomfort. She apologized and vowed to try and make as little noise as she could when she woke up and I bought a pair of ear plugs and a sleep mask to help me sleep better."
As with Melissa's situation, there are usually actions both you and your roommate can take to resolve the conflict. Communication opens doors for compromise.
Communication 101
In order to make your roommate aware that something's not working and you both need to figure out a resolution, it's important to communicate effectively. Here are some tips:
- Be calm. Remember that your roommate might not know how his or her habits are affecting you.
- Be courteous while concisely describing the issue and giving an example.
- Use "I" language. Instead of saying, "You are noisy," try, "I can't fall asleep if music is playing."
- Offer a solution that you think will work for both of you. Compromise between your needs and your roommate's. Allow him or her to offer suggestions as well.
Denise B., a recent graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin, suggests, "When talking with your roommate, don't have the attitude that he or she is the problem. You might be doing something offensive to him or her that you're not aware of."
Unbiased Help
Sometimes a situation requires guidance from others. Eric L., a freshman at Colorado Technical University in Colorado Springs, loved to play music in his room and didn't realize how this was affecting his roommate. He says, "My roommate isn't as crazy about music as I am. Recently I realized that he was spending less and less time in the room. I found out that he was upset about my music-playing habit, so I reached out to him."
If you find yourself in a situation where tension is high and one-on-one communication is difficult, find someone to help you talk things through. Residential advisors are trained to help, so don't wait until things are in crisis.
Lindsay Pratt, a residential advisor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, says, "I find the number-one reason why roommates get frustrated with each other is because they don't let the other know how they're affected by [differing] habits." She suggests consulting residential life staff to ease conflicts and encourage compromise.
Living with a person who has different habits and customs can be an educational experience. Remember that your own behavior affects your roommate as well. Open communication can prevent roommate conversations from becoming roommate crises, and with a little work and understanding, even opposites can share space successfully.
Take Action!
- Treat your roommate with respect and courtesy.
- Think about how your behavior might affect your roommate.
- Create a verbal or formal roommate contract.
- Address concerns head on.
- Contact the residential life office if you need help.
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It's Berserk Time!
By Chris Troy
And we're back FP Faithful, with possible the most bi-polar article to date! Today we'll be looking at the plethora of awesome new merchandise we've received based on the hit Cartoon Network show "Adventure Time", as well as a review of the newest Figma, Guts from the hyper-violent anime/manga "Berserk"! We'll lead off with Guts first, as there's less ground to cover, and because this is a sick-as-hell figure!
The "Berserk" franchise has been around forever, with Dark Horse comics releasing the manga for a few years, and got a 26 episode series from the early 2000s, which was a solid adaption for it's time. We also got a decent selection of toys and video game back then as well, but not much has been released since 2002/2003. With a new series of movies hitting Japanese theaters this year, Max Factory has decided it was time to release some cool figures, WHICH I AM SOOOO OKAY WITH, as it's a nice departure from the usual school girls that most of the series has consisted of. The Black Sword's is EXTREMELY well sculpted, as the detailing on this figure is nuts. And it being a Figma means it's fairly articulated as well, and it comes with a plethora of accessories to ensure certain familiar poses from the series can be recreated. Aside from the various joints and trademark Figma stand, Guts also comes with his famous massive sword "The Dragon Slayer", and a variant cannon arm/wrist thingie. Guts' cape is also removable to sheath his sword on his back. It's retails for about $50, which makes sense considering all you're getting. We have extremely limited quantities of the figure in, so if you want him, pick him up ASAP. Besides, by the time Figma Griffin comes out, Guts will probably be impossible to fine.
Alright, so let's move onto something a little more family-friendly. "Adventure Time" is one of those rare animated series that works on a time of levels, with a back-story that may or may not involve a nuclear war. I think it's rad, and advise you to pick up the DVDs and the awesome ongoing comic series written by Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics fame and published by Boom!. That being said, if you want something a little more collectible, Forbidden Planet and Jazware has you covered.
First there's the Slamcows, a cool modern update of those old wrestling buddies from back in the day. You have your choice of the main characters, Jake the Dog and Flynn the Human, and each 20″ plush has 5 electronic sayings. They go for about $35-$40 each. If you're looking for something a little cheaper and smaller, there's a selection of 2″ 2-packs, featuring a few variants of Jake and Flynn, as well as supporting characters like the Ice King, Marceline the Vampire, and MY personal favorite, Lumpy Space Princess. These go for less than $10 each.
If your looking for a cool role-playing (or cosplaying for at least several of our readers!) prop, we also have Finn's 24″ sword, which is a fairly solid replica on the cheap. That sells for about $30. We also have a variety of Adventure Time magnet sets, keychains, and shirts. The bottom line is that FP NYC has a ton of great Adventure Time stuff in stock, so if you want it, come get it!


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(Vogue US Sept 2011, all photos by Mario Testino)
While flipping through the big fat September issue of Vogue US, I came accross these beautiful pictures of Kate Moss's summer wedding by legendary photographer, Mario Testino. They are just too beautiful not to share!! I guess that's part of the perks with being a supermodel: you can be assure to have all the gowns, the deco, the photo and venue will be taken care of by your celebrity friends that also happen to be the best in the industry. And everything featured on Vogue's most important issue of the year!!!
Ah...I wish I can just call up Stella McCartney and ask her to design Ayden's outfit for whatever occasion that's coming up...hah...the closest I got was a few pieces from her last collaboration with Gap!
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The word brokenness refers to the state of surrender and defeat we experience when hardship comes into our usually steady and painless life. No one enjoys the feeling of brokenness, but the powerful benefits it brings to our spiritual growth are immense.
Being broken gives us an entirely new perspective on the Lord's plan for our lives. We are human beings, bound to earthly perceptions. Enjoying a steady stream of blessings has an interesting effect on most of us: It distorts our view of the Father, often leaving us to assume that He exists for us.
Most of our relationship with God is confined to asking Him to bless us. We ask God for healing, for success, for financial security. We ask Him to bless our family, to bless our jobs, to bless our plans. We ask and ask and ask.
If we are honest with ourselves, most of the time we spend in prayer is not really talking to the Lord at all. Think about it: Who is actually at the center of our prayers?
It may be shameful for some of us to realize that more often than not, we are at the center of our prayers. The end result of this is the subtle belief that God exists for our benefit. This distortion breaks God's heart and leads us far away from truly knowing Him for who He really is: our King and Creator!
When God says "No," when He takes away instead of adding more, when He divinely manages what we have, how much we have, and how long we have it, He is helping us keep our eyes on Him.
Do not despise these moments; instead, dwell in humility and recognize these feelings of brokenness as the voice of our Father calling us back into His loving arms.
Brokenness is the antidote to our self-centered nature.
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. — 2 Corinthians 4:8–10, NIV
Prayer: Lord, help us accept and embrace the moments of brokenness we have, and help us seek Your face in the middle of our suffering. Help our prayer to be focused on You and only You!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Claudia Longorio works as the Complementary Interventions specialist for Central America and the Caribbean. She lives and works in our Latin America regional office in Fla.
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Xbox One Adds New Backwards Compatible Game
Xbox 360's Hitman HD Pack is the latest game to receive backwards compatible support on Xbox One.
Xbox 360's Hitman HD Pack is the latest game to receive backwards compatible support on Xbox One.
Murder-minded $40 three-pack arriving January 29 in North America for Xbox 360 and PS3; Europe and PAL regions February 1.
Fox hires Spanish director Daniel Benmayor to direct upcoming Hitman 2 film; production planned to start this fall.
Eidos-inspired action film sees decent US debut after coming under heavy fire from critics.
Three-game compilation set for Io's Hitman series arriving June 20; Kane & Lynch preview disc bundled in.
Filmwad.com gets the first shots of Deadwood star Timothy Olyphant playing Eidos legendary assassin Agent 47.
Xavier Gens to begin shooting game adaptation in Bulgaria this week says Variety; Desperate Housewives star confirmed as villain.
Some of today's best music is being written especially for video games. In this feature, we interviewed six of gaming's leading veteran composers.
The British publisher blames the soft market in the US for its 2004 fiscal year loss, confirms a PSP title in the works, and says Tomb Raider VII is due ...
Composer Jesper Kyd announces the release of his Hitman: Contracts soundtrack on the Sumthing Else Musicworks record label.
Agent 47 is back with characteristic vengeance in the newest iteration of IO Interactive's stealth action franchise. This walkthrough includes walkthroughs for all twelve missions, as well as general tips ...
Though Hitman: Contracts is atop the charts, reorders fail to materialize, prompting the publisher to issue a profit warning to investors.
Eidos and Io are letting PC gamers scope out their killer stealth action game.
The third installment in Eidos' killer-for-hire action series ships out today.
We look at another example of how there are multiple solutions for every obstacle in the game.
The third installment in Eidos' assassin trilogy has gone gold.
We take an updated look at the numerous ways that the next Hitman game will let you accomplish your goals.
We check out a near-final version of Eidos and Io's upcoming game.
Eidos adds new screens, information to the killer sequel's internet lair.
Take a sordid journey into Agent 47's past in the newest entry in the Hitman series.
Take a sordid journey into Agent 47's past in the newest entry in the Hitman series.
Agent 47 is back for round three, and we take our first look at his latest and bloodiest adventure yet.
Award-winning composer and producer Jesper Kyd is currently working on the soundtrack for IO Interactive's third-person action sequel.
Eidos and Io Interactive release the first official information on Hitman: Contracts for the PC, PS2, and Xbox.
Eidos' latest trading update mentions that a third Hitman game will be released sometime in 2004.
IO Interactive is reportedly working on the next game in Eidos' Hitman series.
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Kings, Ducks set to play at Dodger Stadium in 2014
New York, NY – The National Hockey League announced on Monday that the 2014 Coors Light Stadium Series will make a visit to Los Angeles for an outdoor contest at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25, 2014.
The league's 2012 champion Los Angeles Kings will play host to the Anaheim Ducks in a regular season tilt in the first outdoor NHL game played in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, the southern-most outdoor NHL contest and first-ever outdoor game played in the Golden State.
"With their meeting in the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series, the Ducks and the Kings will write the next chapter in the exciting story of NHL hockey in Southern California," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said. "At a venue that represents so much glorious sports history, this match-up of Stanley Cup champions will raise our outdoor initiatives to bold new heights. We know the game will be a treat for our fans, and we thank the Ducks, the Kings, Coors Light, Dodger Stadium and the Los Angeles Dodgers for bringing it to life."
It will be the second time that the Kings have laced up the skates outdoors, after the team played an exhibition contest versus the New York Rangers in the parking lot of Caesars Palace at Las Vegas on Sept. 27, 1991.
The NHL Stadium Series will also feature Detroit against Toronto in the Winter Classic on New Year's Day at Michigan Stadium and Chicago versus Pittsburgh on March 1 at Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears.


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A few months ago I was covering an event at the Bristol Elementary School with photographer Trent Campbell — the sort of story I sometimes offer up self-deprecatingly to friends when I talk about my job. This, I'll joke, is the bread and butter of community journalists: elementary school assemblies and small town police logs. In Bristol, a handful of students spent all year growing out their hair for Locks of Love, and Trent and I were on hand at the end-of-year assembly to document the big cut: snip!
The truth is, while the haircut beat may not be as glamorous as national political reporting or big environmental exposes, I love writing these small stories. The students are awestruck at the flash of Trent's camera and the sight of my pen, dutifully transcribing their words. What for me is a routine stop in the course of my day, a short article to bury somewhere below the fold, is for them a chance at fame, at immortality.
After the assembly I was chatting with a group of 10-year-olds, their hair shorn in uneven bobs, when I caught one of the girls eyeing my digital voice recorder. There'd been a lull in our conversation, and I was catching up with my notes.
"It must be fun to be a newspaper girl," she said bashfully.
It is, I told her. It is tremendous fun to be a newspaper girl.
I've been thinking about that moment a lot lately. After just more than two years at this newspaper, this week is my last at the Independent. Just a few weeks before my conversation with that fourth-grader, I made the decision to head off to graduate school in August. Not just any graduate school, mind you, but school in Wyoming, which between you and me feels about as far away as Mars.
I have every intention of coming back to Vermont, of making my home in this place I've mapped for myself in dozens of filled reporters' notebooks. But I'm bracing myself for unfamiliar work and unfamiliar faces, and the thrill and terror of starting over someplace new. It's hard for me to remember this now, but I was just as skittish when I showed up, a rookie reporter, for my first day on the job at the Independent. As I filed my first stories, I felt queasy that my day's work was on display not just for my boss and my coworkers but also for 20,000 or so readers.
I was a stranger to Vermont in many ways, though I'd spent four years here bent over books in college. I got lost on back roads, and that first winter drove my car into a snowy ditch not once, but twice. And yet, when I wasn't at my desk hammering away at the news, I fell in love, helped build a house, and wound up, seemingly overnight, making a life for myself here.
And along the way, you invited me into yours.
There was the band of Addison County dairy farmers who cheerfully put up with me during a bus trip to Montpelier a year and a half ago. As I tagged along on their mission to testify at the capitol, they patiently answered my city girl questions, and spoke candidly about their passion for their livelihoods and their fear in the face of economic uncertainty.
I sat in Sam DeVries' living room in Addison, gingerly inquiring about the family's heartbreaking choice to auction off their dairy cows. His wife, Alisa, was eight months pregnant with her fourth child at the time, and she spoke with me while her three older children careened around the kitchen. The oldest paused to show me a massive spider he'd caught, trapped in an economy-sized pretzel jug. The littlest at the time peered at me from around the door jamb.
"Peter is three, and Peter would just keep asking, 'Why does the chopper have to go away? Why does the equipment have to leave?' That was his thing," Alisa told me. "And we would just tell him, 'It needs to go to another farmer. They need it more than we do.'"
I sat in the audience at the Hancock Town Hall while the students of the tiny Hancock and Granville village schools marked the closing of the ancient, well-loved one- and two-room schoolhouses. Though I was an outsider in the towns, it was hard to remain unmoved when the students launched into their version of "So Long, Farewell," bidding adieu to the classrooms where their parents and grandparents once studied.
There was plenty of good news to cover, too. Almost two years ago, I moved through a dark, brisk night on the north slope of Snake Mountain, feeling my way by sound and dumb luck to the sugarhouse-turned-laboratory where science teacher Rodney Olsen and a band of fourth-graders were catching and identifying owls. The birds were small and wide-eyed, perfectly still: watching.
At the Lincoln Community School, students bustled about in costume before a pitch-perfect dress rehearsal of their end-of-year play. The students had been studying the issue of migrant labor in the county, and I had to scrape my jaw up off the floor when the sixth-graders brought me up to speed on the North American Free Trade Agreement. When a thank you note arrived a week or so later, signed by every member of the class, I tacked it to my refrigerator.
I got a lesson in beekeeping from Chas Mraz in Middlebury, and a crash course in large animal medicine from Annie Starvish, a young veterinarian in Vergennes. Ninety-eight-year-old Bill James in Bristol showed me the meticulous list of every trip and vacation he took with his late wife of more than 60 years, and I found my tutorial in devotion. Come August, I gleefully threw on my boots and headed to Field Days, feeling a bit like a school kid playing hooky while I spent the workday interviewing 4-H farm kids, carnival ride operators and the ringleader at the traveling pig races.
This is the strange miracle of being a reporter: You can drop into your neighbors' life and start asking questions. It's thrilling, heady work, but these stories deserve a careful touch and honest treatment. Ours is a time when fewer than a third of Americans, according to the Pew Research Center, believe that news organizations generally get the facts straight — but in Addison County, readers trusted a 22-year-old rookie to do just that.
For that, thank you. It's been great fun being your newspaper girl.


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That's new at Funstuff Kennel!
Funstuff Goldens R-Litter and Funstuff Flatcoats I-Litter are born. We have both Golden- and Flatcoat-puppies available.
Claudia Berchtold & Claudia Stark
I am breeding Flat Coated Retrievers since 2009 under the FCI Kennel-Name "Funstuff".
Our Dogs live with us in our house where also the puppies of my litters are born. From the very beginning they have close contact to me and my family.
As soon as they are old enough the puppies meet many different people and have various experiences in the puppy garden.
I always try to breed interresting combinations in order to produce healthy Flat Coated Retrievers that fullfill the breed standard in type and temperament.
I believe, that we have the duty to give our dogs the best and happiest life possible.
I try to train all my dogs according to their talents.
We have the power to influence our dogs' lives. We can train them and give them our love or we can ignore them and use them as breeding machines.
Our dogs - however - always will answer by giving us all their love.
I try to be aware of this responsibility every day.
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Men have forgotten this truth. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed"
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MAYVILLE – A 42-year-old unemployed former oral historian with the Marine Corps traveled from his Virginia home to Clymer, where he is believed to have sought out and then killed Clymer School Superintendent Keith L. Reed Jr. last Friday, investigators say.
Anthony R. Taglianetti II, of Woodbridge, Va. was identified as the prime suspect in Reed's death at a Thursday afternoon news conference by Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph A. Gerace and District Attorney David W. Foley.
"He is who we believe is responsible for the death of Mr. Reed," Gerace said. "This is not a random act of violence. This individual wanted to do harm to Mr. Reed."
Gerace added the attack "had nothing to do with [Reed's] employment at the school."
Reed, 51, who was superintendent since last November, was shot multiple times outside of his home on Clymer-Sherman Road. His body was found Monday about 150 feet from his home by a sheriff's K-9 unit.
Gerace said Chautauqua County law enforcement agencies have been in contact with sheriff's officials in Prince William County, Va., just south of Washington, D.C., where Taglianetti is believed to have returned after Reed's death.
"Mr. Taglianetti is at large right now," Gerace said Thursday afternoon. "We are doing everything in our power to find him and get him apprehended and question him."
A nationwide law enforcement bulletin has been issued for Taglianetti, the sheriff said, adding that local police and those in Virginia are actively looking for him.
"We consider him to be armed and dangerous," Gerace added.
Taglianetti is described as a 6-foot, 250-pound white male. Besides being a former Marine, Taglianetti, according to public records, is a licensed hunter and fisherman in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"We have information that puts Mr. Taglianetti in Clymer on Friday," Foley said. "We believe he is in Virginia at this time."
Authorities said Taglianetti has no identifiable connection to Western New York and no prior record of serious crimes.
Public records show he was arrested in June 2007 on a misdemeanor reckless-driving charge in Virginia for allegedly driving 71 mph in a 45 mph zone. That charge was dismissed, however, in September 2007, records show.
Authorities were withholding additional details of the crime and the suspected motive in the case other than to say it was "personal" and not "professional" in nature.
Gerace and Foley continuously rebuffed reporters' questions about Taglianetti's suspected motive, details about the shooting, the type of weapon used, number of shots fired and where Reed was shot.
What is known, however, is that Reed was last seen alive at about 8:30 to 8:45 p.m. at his stately home set off behind an expansive front yard.
Reed, who lived alone with his dog, was first reported missing over the weekend, authorities said, after he failed to show up for a scheduled event and then could not be contacted by school officials, which was drastically out of character for him.
Chautauqua County sheriff's officials initiated a search after colleagues filed a missing-person's report. At about 9 a.m. Monday, a sheriff's K-9 dog found Reed's body on his property. He had been shot several times, police said.
A funeral service for Reed, who colleagues and neighbors have said was dedicated to his job and well-liked in the school district, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the United Congregational Methodist Church in Salamanca. He will be buried in Crawford Cemetery in Salamanca.
An Olean native, Reed was a Salamanca High School graduate who went on to earn a bachelor's degree at St. Bonaventure University. He later earned a pair of master's degrees – one in education and another in administration – from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania, according to an obituary published in the Olean Times Herald.
Reed, who is survived by his parents, Keith Sr. and the former Shirley Spink of Salamanca, has three daughters, Katelynn Olin, and Megan and Allison Reed, who all live in Horseheads. He also is survived by a brother, Kevin, of Kill Buck.
Reed's family, friends, colleagues and members of the Clymer School Board went to the O'Rourke & O'Rourke Funeral Home on River Street in Salamanca on Thursday to pay respects.
Many said they had heard the news of the manhunt for Taglianetti.
Taglianetti, who himself has a pair of master's degrees, was featured in alumni notes in a spring 2008 on-line publication at the University at Albany.
In it, Taglianetti described himself as "a full-time oral historian" with the Marine Corps Historical Division Oral History Branch, a post he had held since 2006. At that time, Taglianetti was to "become director of the Oral History Branch" and was "awaiting approval of a workshop proposal for the 2008 Oral History Association Convention" in Pittsburgh.
The Sheriff's and District Attorney's offices in Chautauqua County are being assisted in the investigation by State Police and the FBI.
Gerace said investigators are "going to use all available resources" to locate and apprehend Taglianetti but asked for the public's help. Anyone with knowledge of Taglianetti's whereabouts is encouraged not to approach him but to call a local law enforcement agency's emergency number or the Sheriff's Office at 753-4232.
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There is nothing like a Labor Day party at Joey Seay's beautiful arts and crafts home in Goshen. Lots of his friends were there and a good time was had by all.
Later in the week, Debbie Scoppechio, Creative Alliance founder and CEO with her husband Rick Duffy, Creative's COO, hosted a monumental 25th Anniversary party for the agency at their offices on West Jefferson. The party featured the Pointer Sisters in a party tent set up in the middle of Jefferson Street. It looked like more than 2,000 people were there to offer their congratulations. Everyone who was anybody and some who were nobody were there and having a grand time.
Charity Homes
Norton Commons will host Louisville's newest and most exciting home show this fall. They are building and decorating 13 new homes just for this event, featuring the latest in home building technologies, architectural design and interior decorating trends. And each home will represent a different charity with a portion of the proceeds benefiting these very deserving causes.
Historic Homes Foundation has been selected as one of the organizations to benefit from this very special event. Tickets cost $16 if purchased online, $15 if purchased via phone or in person. Tickets may also be purchased by contacting Gutherie Zaring at 502.494.4605 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Global Stamp Competition: Chemistry as a Cultural Enterprise Lida Schoen | added on Sep 13, 2010 | Netherlands The Global Stamp Competition (IUPAC's CCE, Christiane Reiners and Lida Schoen) was launched at the opening ceremony of IYC 2011 in Paris on January 27-28, 2011. The competition was open to students all over the world in 3 age categories (12-14, 15-18 and undergraduates / teacher students from all subjects (not only chemistry!)
IYC Chemistry award Siobhan Murphy | added on Sep 12, 2010 | Ireland PharmaChemical Ireland will sponsor an IYC Chemistry Award at SciFest, this is a is a local one-day science fair held in third level colleges and open to all second level students. A SciFest fair includes a competition and exhibition of projects, a selection of science talks, science demonstrations in the college laboratories
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A World without Polymers Giancarlo Galli | added on Aug 29, 2010 | International We will hold a video and essay contest celebrating IYC. The topic will be to imagine a "World without Polymers" and to write about the detrimental effect on society if polymers were absent. We expect to award prizes including a trip to the World Chemical Congress for award winners.
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PACIA National Conference 2011 - The Business of Chemistry John Osborn | added on Aug 17, 2010 | Australia The Australian Plastics and Chemicals Industry Association (PACIA) National Conference is the highlight industry event of the year for the chemicals and plastics industry in Australia. The theme in 2011 will be 'The Business of Chemistry' in support of the International Year of Chemistry 2011 initiative.
Writing the World Jane Langley | added on Jul 23, 2010 | United Kingdom Writing the World is Cool it Schools annual poetry competition. We have now launched 'Chain Reactions' a brand new theme all about chemistry.


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MIDDLEBURY — The town of Middlebury is applying for a $15,000 federal grant to plan for a local, passenger rail station in anticipation of ramped-up train service along the western part of the state.
Middlebury Town Manager Bill Finger said making progress toward a passenger rail station would also likely enhance the community's chances for landing federal aid to replace the two railroad underpasses on Main Street and Merchants Row. Those two underpass projects have been on the Vermont Agency of Transportation's to-do list for several years.
MONTPELIER — Patti Casey traces her musical inspiration back to her teenage years, when she watched folk acts like Banjo Dan take the dusty stage at Addison County Fair and Field Days.
"At the time, I was star struck," she said.
MIDDLEBURY — An ad hoc committee studying the feasibility of a major retail-commercial-residential project on town- and college-owned land behind Middlebury's Ilsley Public Library will update the public on its work early next year.
At issue is an "Economic Development Initiative (EDI)" being crafted by the town and Middlebury College. It's a project intended to complement the recently completed Cross Street Bridge and the new entrepreneurial opportunities the new downtown structure could present.
MIDDLEBURY — The ID-4 Second Language Committee is recommending that Mary Hogan Elementary School begin offering a Spanish program beginning next fall — initially to students in grades K-2, but ultimately to all grades by the 2015-2016 academic year.
The recommendation, made to the ID-4 school board on Nov. 22, comes after almost a year of study following a petitioned request by more than 90 residents seeking resumption of world language instruction at Mary Hogan. The school dropped French classes several years ago, primarily due to financial reasons.
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CHARLOTTE — Three Mexican farm workers who earlier this month complained to the Vermont Department of Labor that a Charlotte dairy farm hadn't paid them have found new jobs at an Addison County farm.
Cheryl Connor, co-convener of the Addison County Migrant Farm Worker Coalition, said that there has been an outpouring of community support for the three workers, who filed a claim for $4,494 in unpaid wages in recent months from their former employer, dairy farmers Robert Jr. and David Mack of Charlotte.
ADDISON COUNTY — Although none of the local girls' high school soccer teams finished above .500, all four had fine moments and benefited from outstanding individual contributions that are recognized here in the 2010 Addison Independent Girls' Soccer All-Star Team.
Coach Dwight Irish's Vergennes squad had the most success, compiling a .500 regular season and earning a home playoff game. They were sparked by, among others, high-scoring junior Kenadi Dattilio, the 2010 Addison Independent Player of the Year, and three other Commodores who are recognized here.
VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen on Nov. 16 in a 5-0 show of hands backed creating a discount for seniors on their annual sewer bills, but officials acknowledged it would probably be a year before the rate break could take effect.
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Saturday and Sunday's area sports calendar and upcoming area events
Today. E.D. White Catholic, H.L. Bourgeois and South Lafourche at E.D. White's Cardinal Classic.
Today. Covenant Christian Academy at St. Martin's Tournament.
Today. Thibodaux and Terrebonne at Plaquemine Tournament.
Today. Vandebilt Catholic at Sunkist Shootout in Lafayette.
Today. Houma Christian at St. Martinville Tournament.
Today. Central Lafourche and South Terrebonne at East Ascension Tournament.
Today. St. James at Denham Springs Tournament.
Today. Terrebonne and Ellender at Central Catholic Tournament.
Today. H.L. Bourgeois at St. Amant Tournament.
Today. Vandebilt Catholic at Vermillion Catholic Tournament.
Today. Central Lafourche at Haynes Tournament.
Sunday. Vandebilt Catholic at Vermillion Catholic Tournament.
Today. E.D. White Catholic at St. Landry Tournament.
Today. H.L. Bourgeois at Morgan City, 11 a.m.
Today. Thibodaux at Mandeville Tournament.
Today. Nicholls State at Nebraska, 2 p.m. (Radio: 100.3-FM, 1600-AM)
Today. Nicholls State at Texas Southern, 7 p.m. (Internet audio: www.geauxcolonels.com)
Today. Hornets at Bobcats, 6 p.m. (Radio: 640-AM, 1490-AM; TV: FSNO, NBATV)
Sunday. Panthers at Saints, noon (TV: FOX, Radio: 870- AM)
Today. Thibodaux resident Jason Matherne will embark on a 126.2-mile solo ultra marathon on Feb. 8 in raising money for the March of Dimes. The mission of the March of Dimes is to help mothers have full-term pregnancies and research the problems that threaten the health of babies. Matherne, 38, hopes to finish the race (called Rouge-Orleans), which begins in Baton Rouge and ends in New Orleans and follows the Mississippi River levee system, in 28-30 hours, only stopping at designated aid stations along the way. Matherne is in the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Deputy reserve unit. To pledge a rate per mile donation or a lump sum, contact Matherne at 985-859-7613 or Kristen Pitre at 985-665-1470 or check out his Facebook page.
Today. The Cajun Youth Athletic Association is currently holding registration for its upcoming Cal Ripken Baseball and Babe Ruth Baseball leagues. Registration for the Houma-based leagues ends on Monday. Ages are 9 to 12 years old for the Cal Ripken League and 13 to 15 years old for the Babe Ruth League. The cost is $60 per player for the Babe Ruth League and $50 per player for the Cal Ripken League. For information, call president Roy Himel at 791-9803, secretary Tracy Bourg at 232-3329, Cal Ripken League director Shawn Chiasson at 637-4727 or Babe Ruth League director Aaron Dazee at 709-3131.
Today. The Louisiana Baseball Academy is hosting winter pitching workouts until Jan. 18. The workouts will be held at the LBA Indoor Facility, which is located at 3007 West Park Avenue in Gray. The workouts, which will help strengthen and develop skills in young pitchers, will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the first sessions lasting from 5-7 p.m. and the late sessions from 7-9 p.m. The cost is $300 for the 18-day workout, which is less than $17 per two-hour session. Space is limited, and LBA is accepting on 16 players per session. For information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the website at www.lbabaseball.com.
Today. The Thibodaux High "Playmaker" basketball camp is set for today at Thibodaux High for boys and girls 7-14 from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $20 per camper. For information, contact Thibodaux High girls basketball coach Damon Robinson at 504-329-0155 or email him at email@example.com.
Jan. 5-6. The Southland Hogs travel baseball team have tryouts for its 2013 12U travel team on Jan. 5-6 at the Houma Air Base youth complex. The tryouts will be held from noon to 3 p.m. each day, and players must be age 12 on or after May 1, 2013. For information, contact Lanc Crochet at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the Hogs' website at www.southlandhogsbaseball.com.
Feb. 8. The annual E.D. White Catholic Cardinal alumni prayer breakfast will be held from 7 to 8 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Envie banquet room in Thibodaux. The cost is $12 per person and Nicholls State head baseball coach Seth Thibodeaux will be the guest speaker. Those interested are asked to respond with payment to the E.D. White Alumni Association at 555 Cardinal Drive, Thibodaux La,, 70301, by Feb. 1.


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Rohit is an engineer who found himself turning through pages and pages of PDFs. The solution he created, from his site:
Now the simple solution would be to buy myself a jog wheel / spinner. Give the jog wheel a slight twist and its momentum would keep it gliding over pages and pages of the boring PDF. But I'm an engineer. So I decided to build myself one (obviously the phrase "Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap" does not apply to engineers).
Rohit reverse-engineered the pinout for the chip on a USB mouse to find the right pins to attach the VCR head to. Once finished, his device works like a charm, and looks pretty sharp too.
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Wouldn't it be great if you could be 'connected' to a group of other sysops so that you could share tips on running your systems!? Wouldn't it be great if there were an organization promoting good operating practices!? Wouldn't it be great if there were a group that could inform you of important regulatory matters!? Wouldn't it be great if there were a group that worked on technical developments so that packet radio could continue to be fun!?
There is! The TAPR BBSSIG. The SIG is to make store-and-forward operation more efficient, and give you a 'voice' in policy, regulatory, organizational and software issues which affect BBS and packet activities.
View BBS Hierarchical Addressing Protocol
View Position Paper on Packet Bulletins
BBS Hierarchical Addressing Protocol
Barry Buelow, WA0RJT
Dave Wolf, WO5H
Roy Engehausen, AA4RE
Hank Oredson, W0RLI
Greg Jones, WD5IVD
Date: August 30th, 1994
Accepted by TAPR Board January 31st, 1995:
The TAPR BBS Special Interest Group recommends the adoption of the x.3.4 hierarchical address protocol.
After discussion of previous articles on hierarchical addressing standards (1,2) and taking into account international issues of regional/state name sizes, the TAPR BBS Special Interest Group recommends the adoption of the x.3.4 standard on an international basis. x is defined as 2, 3, or 4 letter region names as defined by the country.
Examples of x.3.4:
Regional identifiers may be duplicated in different countries (i.e. AK, Alaska, USA, could be used in another country as a regional identifier); however, Country and Continental identifiers SHOULD NOT be used as regional names.
It is important to note that there is a distinct and significant difference between HIERARCHICAL ADDRESSES and FLOOD DESIGNATORS. Hierarchical address elements are common to all messages (bulletins, P and T types) and are the foundation of the digital forwarding system. Flood designators are used for routing and filtering bulletins. Geographical flood designators are likely based upon hierarchical address elements. It is therefore important that any attempt to establish standards concentrate first on hierarchical address elements. Standards for flood designators can follow.
It is the purpose of this document to generate a changing recommendation that reflects current hierarchical routing. Reference Tables at the end will be changed as necessary to reflect current configurations within the international BBS network. These tables will need to be changed and updated in order to meet future needs of user and sysops.
Hierarchical Routing Syntax Summary
This summary uses a modified Backus-Naur form to summarize the syntax for hierarchical addressing.
[ ] = optional
@hierarchial_address bbs.[#octothorpe.][region.]country.continent bbs valid callsign as defined by local communications authority #octothorpe. #area.[#octothorpe.] #area area as defined by the local region See Table 4 for list of current area identifiers region 2,3, or 4 character region identifier as defined by the country. See Table 3 for list of region identifiers country 3 character country identifier as defined by ANSI X.12 and EDIFACT. Published in ISO 3166-1981(E/F). See Table 2 for country identifiers continent 4 character continental identifier. See Table 1 for continental identifiers.
1. Jenkins, Lew (N6VV), Dave Toth (VE3GYQ), and Hank Oredson (W0RLI). 'International Routing Designators.' Proceedings of the ARRL 7th Computer Networking Conference. Columbia Maryland. October 1, 1988. pp. 91-93. (ird.1988.pdf 680K).
2. Clark, Tom (W3IWI). Some comments on the 'Hierarchical Continent Address Designator.' Proceedings of the ARRL 9th Computer Networking Conference. London, Ontario Canada. September 22, 1990. pp. 278-279. (hcad.1990.pdf 347K).
|EURO - Europe
|NOAM - North America (Can, USA, Mex)
|MEDR - Mediterranean
|CEAM - Central America
|INDI -Indian Ocean
|CARB - Caribbean
|MDLE - Middle East
|SOAM - South America
|SEAS - South-East Asia
|ASIA - The Orient
|AUNZ - Australia/New Zealand
|NAFR - Northern Africa
|EPAC - Eastern Pacific
|CAFR - Central Africa
|NPAC - Northern Pacific
|SAFR - Southern Africa
|SPAC - Southern Pacific
|WPAC - Western Pacific
|ANTR - Antarctica
View entire BBS Hierarchical Addressing Protocol
Position Paper on Packet Bulletins
In the fall of 1994, the question of packet BBS bulletins and what they are came into question. The following details the debate and outlines what TAPR's response to the issue was.
Message to BBS SIG on October 22, 1994
I will be working with Dave Wolf, WO5H, and the TAPR BBS SIG to generate a TAPR response to the message that Fred Sober posted. It seems that many of the comments that he made in his bulletin regarding the origination of packet messages routed using flood distribution (bulletins) were out of context with the letters shown below, unless it was intended for amateurs sending messages intended from non-amateur reading. We will detail these thoughts in an upcoming message. Both of the following letters were received today (Saturday, October 22, 1994) from Norman Bliss, WA1CCQ, Regulatory Information Supervisor at the ARRL. Thanks to Norman for faxing these so promptly. These are the letters, sent between John Johnson of the FCC and Fred Sober as of the dates listed. Please note that the letters are over a year old. I have not received copies of the letters that Fred Sober had sent to the FCC which these are the responses. These have been scanned in and checked by hand, so there might be mistakes that are not intentional on my part. The last part is a copy of the packet bulletin sent by AB6GQ@KM6PX.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM concerning his views on the issue. The important points in the letters below indicate that messages (private or bulletin) are considered to be within the rules since they are intended to be sent to other amateurs. A one-way transmission would result on packet radio, like any other amateur mode, when a message (private or bulletin) was originated 'intentionally' to be read by non-hams. I would like to state that John Johnson's response to the letters of question are well phrased and explained regarding the issue. Cheers - Greg Jones, WD5IVD President, TAPR
Page Contents:
- Position Paper on Packet Bulletins
- Letter from John Johnson, 08 JUN 1993
- Letter from John Johnson, 27 SEP 1993
- Packet Bulletin from AB6GQ@KM6PX.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM, to SYSOP@NCPA, which was forwarded to ALLUS at a later date of the first message.
Position Paper on Packet Bulletins
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
approved and released by the Board of Directors, October 28, 1994
There has been a recent flurry of activity on the packet networks as documented here on BBS SIG over some packet bulletins issued by Frederick Sober, AB6GQ, an Official Observer Coordinator in the Sacramento Valley section of the ARRL. The concern expressed by AB6GQ is that packet bulletins whose contents do not relate to amateur radio are in violation of Part 97. I have reviewed AB6GQ's bulletin, two letters from (FCC Personal Radio Branch Chief) Johnny Johnston, and discussed the matter personally with AB6GQ by phone on Sunday, October 23rd. Here is a brief history of events, primarily reported by Frederick: in 1993 as an OO, AB6GQ was contacted by several local packet BBS sysops who were concerned over the content of bulletins addressed, for example, to ALL @ ALLUS, ALL @ WW, and so forth. The content of many of these bulletins did not include ham radio-related subject material, and they wondered if this was a violation of Part 97. According to Frederick, he contacted his section manager, who advised for him to get in touch with League headquarters. He was advised by a League Regulatory Information staffer to contact the FCC directly. Someone at the Hayward field office referred him to Washington. An exchange of correspondence with Johnny Johnston ensued (texts of Mr. Johnston's letters have been transcribed to the SIG from copies obtained by Greg Jones). AB6GQ has been advised that the League is going to 'undertake an educational effort' about which something will appear in QST after the first of the year. Frederick advises he is going to wait for further word through the League chain of command for his next, if any, action regarding packet bulletins. Because the spark which created this particular packet 'crisis of the day' was a statement to other amateurs from an Official Observer Coordinator, and because there was a reported exchange of correspondence with an FCC branch chief, Greg Jones, President of TAPR, received numerous phone calls asking for TAPR's position on this matter. Greg discussed this situation with several League officials and other respected advisers prior to discussing it with the TAPR BoD. Subsequently, Greg requested that I draft this position statement for TAPR. To be succinct, most of the flame wars and great debates over permissible communications exhibit a problem with semantics, not a lack of specificity in the rules. Packet* is not some mutant communications form that is not definable by the rules. Packet is no more or less privileged than any other form of amateur communications. (*packet is used here, but this argument extends to all legal forms of amateur digital communications which are used for the forwarding of bulletins) Did you know that Part 97 comes complete with its own dictionary? 97.3 includes a list of definitions for the terms used in the document. Two definitions that are either overlooked or misinterpreted by many are 'broadcasting' and 'informational bulletin.' 'Broadcasting' specifically means transmissions intended for reception by the general public (see 97.3 (10)). The term 'informational bulletin,' defined by Part 97.3 (23) has no relation to what we refer to as a packet 'bulletin.' Part 97 defines an 'informational bulletin' as a one-way transmission to hams of a message of subject matter composed solely of interest to the amateur service. A good example of an informational bulletin is a transmission of ARRL bulletins from W1AW. To conclude that all of this means that a packet bulletin must be confined to amateur-only subject material is using terribly convoluted logic. Except for unproto, their is no one-way packet mode. It takes two to tango. A packet bulletin is entered on a BBS from the originating station in a two-way communication. From then on out, that packet bulletin is a third-party message. If it gets forwarded from one BBS to another, it is a third-party message being forwarded during a two-way communication. 97.113 lists prohibited communications and their exceptions. There is no specific prohibition against content with potentially controversial or frivolous subject material. This particular 'crisis of the day' arose , as so many others have arisen, because of message content. There is general agreement that many of the bulletins traversing the network aren't worth the electricity used to forward them. Studies in several metropolitan areas show that over 70% of the bulletins NEVER get read. They just get listed. This means users are being very selective about what they read. They DO have a choice. So do sysops. The process of reducing the amount of what many of us consider to be 'noise' on our boards begins with each of us exercising leadership at home. If someone posts a SALE @ ALLUS bulletin on your board trying to unload a camping tent, tell them nicely that this isn't appropriate. If you have a religious fanatic or political alarmist climbing on the electronic soapbox (and that soapbox has your callsign stenciled on the side), it's time for a heart-to-heart. Easy? Not always. Whoever said that running a BBS was gonna be easy? What are you doing to get the word out that packet radio, while sometimes loose, is not a free-for-all. Ham radio, ALL facets of ham radio, because of the wide constituency we have, is a place where people have to be responsible. It's much harder to educate than legislate, but which do you think has the more effective results? The lessons learned: If you've got a question about the rules, use the resources available to you WITHIN the amateur community INSTEAD of making an end run straight to the Commission. Document who you speak with and what was said. Get whatever you can in writing. Think of the potential impact on ALL of amateur radio when a small chunk of the overall activity (such as packet in relation to everything else) is the focus of possible new regulation or enforcement. This is not to suggest that the rules be violated or that anyone stick their head in the sand about abuses that may exist. It is better to try to take care of business ourselves, as we are encouraged to do in the rules, than to invite possible over-regulation by the FCC. This issue may be put to rest forever preferably by the League setting the record straight that packet bulletins are not one-way transmissions or broadcasting, and that 97.113 is explicit about permissible content of amateur communications. Incidentally, I found AB6GQ to be very open about this incident and very surprised to find himself at the eye of a hurricane. He admits to a degree of initial naiveti in his effort to be a responsible OO (and now an OOC). Frederick wants everyone to know that he and his team of OO's don't have a hidden agenda and most importantly, they aren't vigilantes. They wanted some answers to questions about packet bulletins. Some missteps and miscommunications (by numerous people) led to something being given far more relevance than it deserved. submitted October 24, 1994 Dave Wolf WO5H TAPR BBS SIG Chair
Letter from John Johnson, 08 JUN 1993
Mr. Frederick A. Sober
506 Oakland Avenue
Roseville, California 95678
Dear Mr. Sober:
This is in reply to your letter of May 11, 1993, requesting clarification of information bulletins on amateur service packet networks. Specifically, you ask about the status of bulletins that are not addressed to a particular amateur station and the type of communications that are permissible in information bulletins.
There are no specific rules for packet network operations. Section 97.111(b)(7) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. / 97.111(b)(7), authorizes one-way transmissions that are necessary to disseminate information bulletins. Further, Section 97.3(a)(23) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. / 97.3(a)(23), defines an information bulletin as a message directed to amateur operators that consists solely of matters that are of direct interest to the amateur service. Information bulletins addressed to "ALL" or "ALLUS" are permissible, if that means they are for all amateurs stations or all amateur stations in the United States. If such information bulletins, however, are intended for all persons or all persons in the United States, they are not permissible because that would constitute broadcasting. Broadcasting is defined in Section 97.3(a)(10) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. / 93.3(a)(10), as transmissions intended for reception by the general public and broadcasting is prohibited by Section 97.113(c) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. / 97.113(c).
Because of the diversity of interests shared by amateur operators, it is not possible to make a list of permissible topics. All amateurs operators, however, are required to comply with the Commission's Rules. In particular, your attention is invited to Section 97.113 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. / 97.113, which specifies the types of communications that are prohibited.
I trust this reply is responsive to your inquiry.
John B. Johnson
Chief, Personal Radio Branch
Letter from John Johnson, 27 SEP 1993
Mr. Frederick A. Sober
506 Oakland Avenue
Roseville, California 95678
Dear Mr. Sober:
This is in reply to your letter of July 16, 1993, requesting additional information concerning information bulletins which are permitted in the amateur service as one-way transmissions. Specifically, you request clarification regarding permissible message content in an information bulletin, and a definition of the word "intended" which was used in our letter to you of June 8, 1993, when discussing recipients of information bulletins.
Section 97.3(a)(23) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. / 97.3(a)(23), is clear that the information bulletin must be directed only to amateur operators and must consist of subject matter that is of direct interest to the amateur service. In other words, the sender must want the information bulletin to received only by amateur operators. Further, the content of the information bulletin must concern a topic that is in some way related to, or connected with, the amateur service so that it fulfills the requirement of the definition that it be of "direct interest" to the amateur service.
The word "intended" was not meant to be a word of art in our letter. We were merely paraphrasing the definition of an information bulletin contained in Section 97.3(a)(23).
I trust this reply is responsive to your inquiry.
John B. Johnson
Chief, Personal Radio Branch
Packet Message from AB6GQ Original from AB6GQ to SYSOP@NCPA
Path: !KC6PJW!WX3K!WB0TAX!KA6EYH!KA6EYH!W6PW!KA6FUB!WA6RDH!KM6PX!
From: AB6GQ@KM6PX.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To : SYSOP@NCPA
Hello dedicated SYSOPs. My name is Fred Sober, and I am the Official Observer Coordinator for the Sacramento Valley Section of the ARRL. I am sending this bulletin at the suggestion of some of the local BBS SYSOPs, who thought you should be aware of the following info:
Approximately one year ago, I initiated a series of correspondance with John B. Johnson, Chief of the Private Radio Bureau of the FCC. Due to the confusion of Amateur Radio Packet BBS users regarding the permissible message content of bulletins, and the growing tendency to abuse the system, we requested FCC clarification regarding the definition of "One-Way Bulletins" and "Bulletin Message Content" as it specifically applied to Amateur Packet Radio. The position of the FCC is as follows:
- Any packet message or bulletin sent to ANYTHING other than another
specific Amateur Callsign (EXCLUDING the callsign of the BBS) is
considered to be a "One-Way Bulletin," and as such must comply
with Part 97 in terms of permissible message content for such
bulletins. Also stated was the definition of "anything" (above),
which is such addressing as to ALL, ALLUS, ALLCA, Food, Drugs,
Guns, or anything else, other than another specific amateur
- The information sent MUST NOT BE INTENDED for anyone but other
licensed Amateur. "Intent" is determined by "Message Content," not
by the mental intent of the message originator.
- The Information sent MUST BE RELATED TO, AND OF INTEREST TO
- Any Packet Bulletin which contains material which relates to anything not directly related to amateur radio, or of interest to amateur radio operators only, is considered to be "Broadcasting." This includes material on Cars, Guns, Politics, Food, Jokes, Current Events, etc. etc. etc.
In the above listing the emphasis was supplied by the FCC in the letter I have on file.
For further clarification you may refer to the "FCC Rule Book" published by the ARRL, (1993 Edition). On Pages 6-6 and 6-7 the topic of information bulletins on packet radio is discussed. The highlighted section in the box is a paraphrase of the letters I have on file from the FCC.
Upon notifying the ARRL Rules Department of this Clarification, they made the determination that the abuses in this regard were] so widely spread and prevalent, that the League and the Official Observers needed to undertake an educational effort regarding this ruling, prior to beginning a notification effort on the individual offenders. This would prevent an overwhelming overload of the OO Program.
Some BBS SYSOPS, such as KM6PX, upon learning of this clarification voluntarily and unilaterally decided to set the clarified standards as the operating standard for their BBS's. They began editing and deleting any bulletin traffic which did not comply with the above.
Technically, with the latest rulings by the FCC, the BBS SYSOP is jointly responsible for violations of Part 97, by operators which originate a bulletin through their BBS into the system.
Technically, the FCC can at any time begin issuing NAL's to the Operators and SYSOPS for any bulletins in violation of the above.
Practically, I do not know when the OO Notices and NAL's may start being issued, but it behooves you as a BBS SYSOP to be aware of the current rulings and facts, and hopefully to be in compliance prior to any notification or enforcement actions being taken.
73, keep up the good work! Fred Sober, AB6GQ


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I really like watching others ride and seeing their personal style. How do you ride? Surf, freestyle, freeride, wake, oldschool, mixed. Post your videos or photos. We need some entertainment here on KF when the wind is down.
This one was about a week into learning toeside backrolls in Mui Ne, Vietnam last year.


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Jake's of Saratoga
12175 Saratoga Sunnyvale Road
Saratoga, CA 95070
(408) 257-5858
Locals have been ordering their pizza at Jake's of Saratoga for more than 25 years because it's as good as it gets. This friendly, casual restaurant is a great place to meet up with family, friends or the team. Create your own special or order one of Jake's Signature Pizzas such as the Gilroy Special – a crispy crust loaded with ranch sauce, garlic, chives, green onions, pepperoni, Italian sausage, mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and monterey jack cheese. Extras include a heated enclosed patio and HD TVs so you can watch the latest games, or you can order ahead and take your pie home.
4565 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 248-6244
Although donning an unusual name, there's nothing odd about the food at By-Th'-Bucket. It's a full-service, Italian-Mediterranean restaurant and its pizza can't be beat. Order in or to go. "One size fits all" pies are hand-crafted with Italian-style pizza dough, homemade pizza sauce and four different kinds of cheese. The flavors range from the simple No Meat Th' Margherita – tomatoes, basil, garlic and fresh mozzarella – to the Macho Man Meat Pizza – Italian sausage, ham, linguica, pepperoni and salami. There are also "West Coast" Thin Crust selections. The average price is $15.50 and the pies are large.
Patxi's Chicago Pizza
441 Emerson St
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 473-9999
There are plenty of die-hard pizza fans who must have Chicago-style stuffed pizza. If you're one of them, lively and vibrant Patxi's is the place for you. It serves up hearty, oozing deep-dish pizzas and even includes some Chicago "décor" in the mix. Relax and enjoy the wait – deep-dish pies take upwards of 25 minutes to bake – while Patxi's cooks your selection to order. Try the Chicago "Stuffed" – half Classic Meat and half BBQ Chicken – or perhaps you might like to sample the Greek artichoke heart, feta, green olive and red bell pepper pie. The restaurant also offers a vegan pizza – spinach, crushed garlic, red onions and Daiya vegan cheese on a whole-wheat crust. In addition, Patxi's serves traditional pan pizzas with regular or extra-thin crusts: choose white or whole-wheat flour and design your own from the extensive list of toppings. Patxi's is glad to supply you with a to-go box if you can't finish because you, like the pizza, are "stuffed."
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Skip's Place Pizza
299 1st St
Los Altos, CA 94022
(650) 949-1170
For almost 40 years, Skip's Place Pizza has been dishing up the best specialty-crafted gourmet pizzas in Los Altos, and the service comes with a smile. Boasting a crisp, chewy crust, the pies have a home-cooked feel with a good variety of fresh chunky toppings from which to choose. At lunchtime, call ahead for speedy service: order the mini special which comes with a salad and beverage. For a bigger feed, try the gourmet vegetarian Spinach and Walnut Pizza topped with roasted garlic, roasted red bell peppers, spinach, basil pesto and honey walnuts. Want something a bit more hearty? This pizzeria bakes an interesting pie with homemade pico de gallo and Mexican chorizo, all topped with cilantro. There is free parking right across the street and Skip's delivers to Los Altos and Los Altos Hills.
Mio Vicino
1290 Benton St
Santa Clara, CA 95050
(408) 241-9414
Located in the old town area of Santa Clara, Mio Vicino's has been serving locals aromatic pizza and fine Italian dishes since 1992. The small restaurant is a neighborhood tradition and even the staff is full of familiar faces: it's really as though you are home. Mio Vicino's uses high-quality ingredients in its pies. Order the Meat Combo Pizza, a meat lover's dream, where the sauce is almost buried under layers of sausage, linguica, salami and pepperoni, with red bell peppers, mushrooms and olives topping the succulent dish. Or, if your taste runs to a lighter meal, try the Shrimp Pie: prawns, rock shrimp, pesto, pine nuts and cheese. Call ahead if you'd like your pizza to go.
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Oh yeah, grapes/raisins/etc are WAYYYYY more toxic to dogs than chocolate.Quercus wrote:Edit: Also grapes and grape products apparently, which I didn't know:Grapes, raisins, sultanas, currants
Any quantity of these can be toxic. Cooking or baking doesn't reduce the risk of poisoning.
Poisoning may initially result in vomiting and diarrhoea and subsequently in kidney failure (which may occur a few days after the initial effects).
Chocolate (really, the theobromine) if in small enough quantities usually the worst a dog will get is the shits (and, badly) so your biggest risk is dehydration but they tend to recover. So like if it was a Hershey bar, eh, Hershys is basically fake chocolate anyway there is very little theobromine. Americans call really shitty things chocolate!
OTOH, like, two grapes can kill a dog. Also watch apples that they don't get the core (seeds have cyanide and while not a ton, dogs are smaller and more easily affected!) but apple itself is fine.
Onions and garlic are also really bad for dogs.
Everyone hears about chocolate always, and while they shouldn't eat it, these other lesser spoken things tend to be far far worse. Perhaps in part due to because no one talks about it so no one pays attention to if their dog eats them?
Oh and in particular in herding breeds, MDRI mutation is a common drug resistant mutation that means ivermectin and other certain class drugs can easily kill. Knowledgable vets have trended away from ivermectin and other similar class drugs for dogs to 'be safe' as there are alternatives, but not all pay attention and there are times when ivermectin is the best option as well and they forget to think. But also your problem with herding breeds is cattle and livestock they herd, they can still be exposed and if they are MDRI, a little teeny exposure can be lethal (like, takes a chomp of cattle poo from one treated with ivermectin). I always recommend anyone who has a herding breed (BC, aussie, collies, mixes of, in particular) get the little test done if they dont know (easy cheap swab test kit you can send for on your own) because not all vets pay attention to what breed they are treating, and you should know!


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"The Broncos are going to beat the New England Patriots on Sunday," the Globe columnist wrote this week. "Sorry, that's just the way I see it. I am not rooting for the Broncos. I am not into Satanic worship. Please do not kill my whole family. I am often wrong (remember the 2013 Boston Red Sox, destined for last place?) and hopefully for New England fans, I will be wrong again."
Indeed, he will be.
That call is less of a hunch than it is a recollection, not so much Xs and Os as it is an acknowledgment of competitive fire. These aren't your children's Patriots, they're more like the ones who utilized all their weapons en route to a trio of Super Bowl wins a decade ago. Despite losing a litany of players to injury, including Tom Brady's most dangerous receiver in tight end Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots' offense is as balanced as one could possibly imagine. For the first time in years, the Patriots aren't dependent on the arm of Brady. Running back LeGarrette Blount has given this team a dynamic it hasn't been privy to in some time, allowing Brady to go back to being what made him a three-time champ; being the best game-manager in the NFL.
The last time Brady failed to throw a touchdown pass in a playoff game, as he did in last weekend's 43-22 win over the Indianapolis Colts, was during his team's 23-20 win over Billy Cundiff and the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship game two years ago. In 25 career playoff games, he's failed to throw a touchdown only four times, all New England wins, including his first two career postseason games against the Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers.
That doesn't mean the Patriots win if Brady doesn't get a touchdown, but it speaks volumes about the supporting cast around him, the running game, and the cerebral superiority he brings to the gridiron. If Brady was more Joe Montana early in his career, he morphed into rival Peyton Manning not long after the 2006 AFC title game. Since that game, Brady is only 5-5 in the playoffs, 12-2 prior.
But a funny thing happened in losing Wes Welker to the Broncos, Aaron Hernandez to murder charges, and Rob Gronkowski to (another) injury. Brady was forced to recognize his remaining weapons, likely giving Julian Edelman a big payday in the process. Danny Amendola became a decent replacement for Welker, and he soon learned how to utilize Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins after some initial growing pains, not to mention sideline hissy-fits. For the first time in years, Brady's favorite receiver wasn't named Randy Moss, Welker, or Gronkowski. This season, he went by an all-too-familiar moniker.
The open one.
That Brady is a lot more dangerous than the one that has lost back-to-back Super Bowls.
But if Saturday's win was indeed more geared toward the ground, perhaps Sunday's game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High will add a mix of Brady vs. Manning that petered out in the last meeting when the Broncos continually insisted on running the ball. This is Manning's moment in the sun, of course, another chance to prove he's not a playoff wanna-be in search of his second Super Bowl win. But the absence of Denver cornerback Chris Harris , who left the win over the Chargers midway through the third quarter and is out for the rest of the year with a torn ACL, simply can not be discounted. With the absence of Harris, Philip Rivers and the Chargers put a scare into the Broncos, turning a 17-0 game into one decided in the fourth when San Diego put up 17 points. The Patriots can ill-afford to put themselves in that kind of hole, but the comeback spoke volumes about what Harris means to the Denver defense.
Denver allowed 1,626 yards on the ground during the regular season, seventh-best in the NFL. The Broncos allowed 4,070 yards in the air during the regular season. Only five teams allowed more.
But that's not why the Patriots are going to win on Sunday, earning their seventh trip to the Super Bowl in franchise history. Just like it used to, the game is going to come down to Bill Belichick's game plan, and the players' execution of it from there. And the Patriots are more equipped to follow through on that philosophy than they have been in seven years.
Peyton will be left at the altar once again. Brady and company will hop the Acela to Manhattan in another week for another Super Bowl appearance.


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An ETF for Elon Musk Fans
Here's one ETF that puts weight into both SolarCity and Tesla.
Few U.S. chief executive officers are as hot as Elon Musk these days. Musk is the CEO of not one, but two of the highest flying publicly traded companies in the U.S. SolarCity (NASDAQ:SCTY), the maker of solar energy systems for business and residential customers, has seen its shares more than double in the past month.
Musk's other company, electric car maker Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), is up about 74 percent in the past month. Indeed, it is a good time to be Elon Musk and it is has been a good time for his fans that have bought shares of SolarCity or Tesla.
Despite the popularity of Musk and his companies, accessing both stocks via one ETF is currently difficult. One ETF can be considered the Tesla ETF, that being the First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund (NASDAQ:QCLN). QCLN allocates over 15 percent of its weight to Tesla.
SolarCity for all its bullishness is not even included among the Market Vector Solar Energy ETF's (NYSE:KWT) 34 holdings, but the larger Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE:TAN) does feature an almost 5.7 percent weight to the stock. Neither ETF features Tesla, however.
Investors looking for exposure to both stocks via one ETF should consider a fund that has been called the Elon Musk ETF. That ETF is the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (NYSE:PBW).
While the weights are not staggering, SolarCity and Tesla are PBW's two largest holdings at weights of 4.75 and 4.74 percent, respectively. Based on Wednesday's closing prices, buying one share each of SolarCity and Tesla would cost about $131. Admittedly, this is should not be a deciding factor in making investment decisions, but for $131, investors can get about 24 shares of PBW.
Indeed, PBW did not have a good Wednesday, falling by almost 4.3 percent. However, the impact of SolarCity and Tesla on this ETF is palpable as the fund has surged over 25 percent in the past month. Of course, soaring solar stocks are part of the reason PBW has performed so well.
The ETF features a significant allocation to the solar space with names such as First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) and SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR) found among the ETF's top-10 holdings.
Until other alternative energy ETFs rebalance to include larger weights to both SolarCity and Tesla, PBW will reign as the Elon Musk ETF. It appears some investors are already buying into that concept as PBW has hauled in almost $10.1 million of its $177.9 million in assets in just the past month, according to PowerShares data.
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