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- Format: LTO-6
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- 1 year
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- Quantum SuperLoader 3, barcode reader (EMEA), 8-cartridge removable magazine, 30 data and 5 cleaning barcode labels, SFF8088 to SFF8088 SAS cable, Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors, product documentation.


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A/N: Firstly, allow me to extend profuse and grovelling apologies for taking so long to get the second chapter of this done, I've been suffering from writer's block and it's been driving me mad! Secondly I hope to be more prompt with the rest of the story, but I won't promise – you can't make me!
Disclaimer: If this was LMA's it would be bound and pretty in a book, on a shelf, in a store or library somewhere, as it is I am not she and the best I can manage is the internet. Please accept my apologies for this and for the borrowing of her illustrious characters.
Holding her tongue
"Oh, look!" Beth March exclaimed in what was an unusually loud voice for such a normally quiet soul. "Here comes Laurie!" She glanced over at her sister who was busy attempting to complete some embroidery; it was fraying about the edges and judging by the scarlet spots covering her fingers she had stabbed herself as many times as the cotton, but on the whole it was a good attempt for Jo. She was definitely improving. As Beth spoke however she winced as the needle came to rest in flesh rather than fabric once more.
"Is he?" Jo's eyes remained upon her work as she concentrated on biting back a curse, watching as a drop of blood welled up on the tip of her finger. There was little emotion in her voice at the question, but Beth could see the flush creep into her cheeks as her gaze remained downcast.
Beth opened her mouth to answer, but the brisk knock on the door beat her to it. With the smallest of sighs Jo placed her embroidery carefully on the little table next to her and rose to receive their guest.
Standing on the other side of the March's front door, Theodore Laurence waited patiently for it to be opened. When it finally was, there was little of the exuberance he would have found in the girl opposite him a few months earlier. Instead Jo creaked the door open wide enough that he could see her face and little else other than a thin, black slice of the dress she was wearing.
"Hello Laurie." The expression in her voice was as limited as that on her face; her emotions, as they had been since Amy's death, were carefully controlled and he could gain little idea of what she was thinking or feeling from her face.
"Hello Jo," he shuffled uncomfortably out on the cold porch. When it became apparent she wasn't going to invite him in or indeed even invite further conversation he forged ahead himself. "I brought over this book. I thought you might like to borrow it." He passed the book across and watched with something approaching nervousness as she perused the title.
"Thank you. That was very kind." The banality of this comment between two friends who had up until recently shared nearly everything irked him beyond words. What perplexed him even more however was his inability to drag Jo back from whatever dark place she had become lost inside. He would carry her kicking and screaming if he had to, he just needed to find a way to reach her. When she had finally allowed him back into the house the other week, rather than just nodding stiffly in greeting whenever they passed each other, he had thought he was beginning to make progress. Unfortunately she still seemed to be freezing him out, both literally and metaphorically he mused stamping his feet as his breath formed icy clouds in front of his face.
There was a long pause as the two of them tried to size each other up.
"May I come in?" Laurie was forced to ask eventually.
"Oh, of course," Jo took several steps back, swinging the door open as she went and inviting her friend inside. More awkward than he had ever felt in the March household, he walked with quick steps towards the sitting room.
"Laurie!" Beth looked up in delight and he felt himself smile. At least one of the sisters seemed genuinely pleased to see him and within minutes the two of them were chattering gaily about music, or at least Laurie was chattering whilst Beth listened with rapt attention. Jo looked on from the side, her placid face masking emotions in tumult. If only he had known how genuinely pleased she was to see him, but she was endeavouring to be seemly and it would be decidedly un-so to make such a fuss. Not that it would ordinarily have stopped her. Despite her resolution to be more ladylike she wouldn't have let it interfere with her friendship on its own, but it was as though someone had built a wall around her emotions since Amy died and she didn't know how to break it down again. She felt trapped inside her own head with all her thoughts and feelings, all her frustration that the only Jo March anyone ever saw any more was the polite, quiet, demure lady she had become. For others that wouldn't have mattered, it may even have been an improvement, but with Laurie it made her stiff, awkward and inarticulate.
Her two companions had progressed to tinkering on the piano by the time Jo even got around to saying anything else.
"That's a beautiful tune Laurie. Is it a new one you've learnt?"
The gentle melody stopped and the boy turned to face her. "No, I wrote it myself." There was a pause as though he had thought better of saying something but then continued anyway. "Of course you'd know that if you dropped by to visit any more." There was little blame in those dark eyes, but Jo found she couldn't meet them all the same. If she had she might have seen the pleading in them, he was trying so hard to reach out to her and with the old Jo a direct approach would have been best. Now he wasn't so sure, he felt as though he hardly knew her any more. For her part, Jo's gaze skated sideways to her sister's face as Beth anxiously looked from one to the other, before making a move to rise.
"I should perhaps… Marmee wanted me to… Please excuse me." Without further ceremony she slipped out leaving Jo with limited options, she could either watch the fire crackle in the grate or she could do what she knew she should and meet Laurie's eyes. Meet the challenge implicit in his statement.
She didn't know how long she would have looked at the flickering flames for if something of the old Jo hadn't battled it's way up within her. She just couldn't sit there and have him judge her, judge her absence in the way she knew he was doing. What was more infuriating still was that when she did eventually drag her eyes back up to his there was a knowing smirk playing about his mouth as though he had been sure she would do this all along.
"Well you needn't look so pleased with yourself about it," she informed him tartly, deliberately misreading his expression. "It might be beautiful, but it's not exactly Beethoven or Mozart is it?"
"So long as you like it Jo, I'm delighted with it," came the reply. She resisted the urge to cross her arms and sigh at his flippancy. Why could he never just be sensible? Unfortunately Marmee's well rehearsed warning of 'be careful what you wish for' proved to be abundantly true. Within moments all trace of mirth had vanished from Laurie's face. "The point still stands though; I haven't seen you in an age, you never come round to visit and – gosh, I can't even remember the last time I saw you have any sort of fun!"
"I do have fun!" Jo was stung by the accusation. "Don't be so dramatic Laurie!"
"Well someone dearly needs to be, for you certainly aren't any more. Whatever happened to all the plays we used to put on?" She could tell that he was getting angry now, his voice rose sharply as he threw the question at her.
"They were silly and childish," she informed him hoping to inject some sincerity into her voice as she said it, to impress upon him that things just couldn't be as they once were. Why couldn't he see that? "We all need to grow up at some time, Theodore."
His face darkened ominously at her use of his Christian name. Standing abruptly he strode towards the window and stared out, hands thrust deep into his pockets and chin jutting out rebelliously. For a long minute she watched his back, regretting her lapse of temper. It was part of the reason she had stayed away from Laurie as much as possible; she had always been able to let her guard down with him, be herself, so he was the last person she should be around when trying to remould herself.
When he finally spoke again his words were clipped and terse. "Maybe we do Josephine, but what you're doing isn't growing up, it's hiding. You're pretending to be someone you're not and for the life of me I can't see why. It isn't going to bring Amy back you know!" The moment the words flew out of his mouth Laurie seemed to regret them, his shoulders hunched slightly against a blow he expected to fall.
As for Jo, she was more than ready to give it. At the mention of Amy's name she saw red, jumping to her feet, tongue prepared to deliver a stinging blow. How dare he bring her sister into it! And to accuse her of hiding, why, that wasn't what she had been doing at all! Her mouth was open to issue such a denial and a string of hurtful words were poised to spring forth in what would undoubtedly be an impressive tirade, but at the very last second she checked herself. Some of the training she had imposed upon herself over the past few months must have taken root somewhere. With one foot set forth to fly at the Laurence boy she rocked back on her heel and bit her tongue to silence it. As she inhaled deeply to still her whirling thoughts he turned to look at her and she narrowed her eyes dangerously.
"I think it might be best if you went home now, Laurie." She spoke with all the dignity and poise she could muster. Without waiting for his response she pivoted and walked towards the hallway. For a moment she stood there, her hand resting on the front door, unsure if he was going to follow and not caring if she was being rude. An icy, white anger had settled in her veins and she knew her options were either to remove him from her company as quickly as possible or shout at him until she was hoarse, and she wasn't sure she would be able to stop even then.
After a moment he stepped after her and without a word walked sombrely towards the door. Halfway out he paused and looked back at her. "I am sorry Jo," his voice was softer now. "I didn't come round to cause trouble, truly. Just..." he hesitated for a moment. "Just don't stay furious with me forever, please?"
They stood there, her eyes fixed belligerently on the curve of his shoulder, jaw set mulishly, before finally she relented and gave a brief nod.
Knowing it was the best he could hope for Laurie turned and walked out of the house.

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Chris Landis, a 10-year homebrewer with the Kuykendahl Gran Brewers, is at Saint Arnold today doing something Beer, TX readers will be very interested in.
He's helping brew the forthcoming Divine Reserve No. 10.
Landis earned that honor this spring when his English barleywine bested the bunch at the Big Batch Brew Bash. His winning recipe is now the basis for the Houston craft brewer's special release due out by the end of the year.
"I could not believe it when my beer won first place," said Landis, who works in electronics repair. "There are a lot of good barleywine brewers in this city."
Landis bottled his first barleywine on Jan. 1, 2004. He bottled this BBBB-winning entry in September 2008, the same weekend Hurricane Gustav was coming ashore in Louisiana. Thus, he called the brew "Gustav." By the time of judging last May, it had aged like, well … fine barleywine.
Soon, it will be known as DR10, when an estimated 3,000 cases roll off the docks with the familiar purple labels. That's roughly double the amount of DR9, a pumpkin imperial stout, which sold out practically immediately upon its Dec. 1 release.
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Don't take that as conceit. It really is likely to be a good beer, malty and potent at around 10 percent alcohol by volume. Landis said it's been incredible seeing the logistics of making a beer like this at the industrial level. For example, so much grain has to be ground — 9,000 pounds — to achieve the barleywine's alcohol level. It is being mashed in separate batches before heading to the 240-barrel fermenting tank.
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Saint Arnold originally had planned to have DR10 ready in September, in order to enter it in the Pro-Am competition of this year's Great American Beer Festival. But scheduling with the new brewery prevented that, so the beer will be held out for the 2011 GABF judging.
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By Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M is 76 days from kicking off its season, meaning the Aggies likely are about 62 days from naming a starting quarterback.
"They're being real vague about it," one of the prime candidates, Kyle Allen, said this spring via a sports website in his home state of Arizona. "They don't want to give anything out. ... Kenny Hill is an awesome quarterback and he had a great spring, and I believe I had a pretty good spring, too."
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A&M coach Kevin Sumlin has a long-standing policy that freshmen or first-year players don't visit with the media. But Allen, Rivals.com's top-rated quarterback this year, sat down with Sports360AZ back home in Scottsdale, Arizona, recently to fill in the curious about his first semester of college.
"The offensive scheme was real easy to pick up on," Allen said of Sumlin's straightforward approach to moving the ball.
Allen, a heady freshman who enrolled at A&M in January out of Desert Mountain High to get a jump on the playbook and drills, is the presumed leader to replace 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel — but then Jameill Showers was the presumed leader (among media) over Manziel two years ago.
We all know how that worked out (there's a stiff-armed trophy in the Bright Building whispering the answer).
As for the latest high-profile battle?
"If you came here for the answer, you can leave now," Sumlin told a gathering for the Touchdown Club of Houston this week. "I'm not telling you."
He then added what most Aggies hope to hear, based on the competitive nature of the crusade: "It will be an interesting race."
With the exception of opening against Florida in 2012 in its first Southeastern Conference contest, A&M has started the season with the likes of (alleged) pushovers since 2006: The Citadel, Montana State and Stephen F. Austin. Not this year, as the Aggies travel to SEC foe South Carolina on Aug. 28 in the first live game on the new SEC Network.
That will be quite a starting debut for either Allen (6-foot-3, 205 pounds) or Hill (6-1, 215), the latter of which at least earned playing time in four games last season, albeit blowouts against Sam Houston State, SMU, Vanderbilt and UTEP. (He completed 16 of 22 passes and gained 37 yards on seven carries along the way.) As for Allen, the extent of his college conquests to date is absorbing the A&M offense, as driven home by his equally brainy professor — offensive coordinator Jake Spavital.
"I spent about three days with coach 'Spav' and we just sat down, and I went through the playbook hard and I really learned all of it," Allen told the website. "(But) it's a lot different when you get on the field and (Spavital) actually gets to work with you — to see what my strengths are and what my weaknesses are and to see how he can improve me. He's a real smart dude, so that's good."
Allen's biggest weakness, however, can't be improved upon in the offseason — game inexperience. The nation, or at least those with the SEC Network, will learn how far he needs to go in a hurry on Aug. 28. Or ... perhaps Hill, son of former pro baseball pitcher Ken Hill, will continue his rise through the A&M quarterback ranks.
Finally, as for how closely Allen, who picked A&M over the likes of Alabama, UCLA and Notre Dame, kept an eye on the NFL draft and Manziel, who went 22nd overall to the Cleveland Browns?
"He's going to be a real good fit there," Allen said. "And he's going to really liven up their fan base."
Meanwhile, A&M fans need no livening on the quarterback front following the past two seasons of Manziel's exploits. Aggies will happily just take a continuation of standout play.
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Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Wednesday, official sources said.
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Marian Price McGlinchey was the only woman held at Maghaberry prison, Northern Ireland for almost nine months, before being transferred to Hydebank women's prison hospital due to frail health. Maghaberry prison has been experiencing ongoing extreme violence for far too long, without appropriate UN support. UK prison authorities have been working towards widespread prison reform, including Maghaberry. Escalations in violence have occurred even after prison reform policies were established and after UN human rights investigation confirmed human rights violations were continuing. United Nations need to return to Maghaberry prison to restore human rights for staff and prisoners. I am grateful that Marian Price was released from that location. Now I work towards her freedom from Hydebank. She was arrested after attending a political rally. She achieved bail on that charge and was re-arrested on the steps of the courthouse. Only after world wide protests and months of incarceration, was Marian connected with the tragic murders of two young British soldiers. We believe she is innocent and we campaign for her release.
Marian Price served time in an English prison years ago for her involvement in a bombing that has become infamous. There were no deaths as a direct result of the bombing, but one gentleman died of a heart attack, and even today people blame Marian and her affiliates for his death. She has been called a murderer. She is not. She did hard time as a youth for a crime that she believed was necessary to give voice to the need for political reform to sustain human rights. She paid her debt to Ireland and the world many years ago. After many years of hard time in England, Marian was released on her deathbed and she and her sister were given a Royal pardon of mercy and their freedom. Marian was starving, had fought prison authorities hard in an effort to be transferred to a prison on her home soil, and was suffering infection and a punctured lung due to assault by a physician. She endured extreme torture and she survived. She went on to become a proud voice in Ireland, and a proud mother and wife. She is a woman much loved by Ireland and the world. Marian Price believes in justice and peace.
Please view related news articles, and related links. In some geographic areas, sites campaigning for Marian's release are deposted on a regular basis and names are deleted from petitions. Please encourage others to become active about prison reforms in Ireland, the rest of the UK and your home area. If you have any information at all about Marian's situation, please contact me. I am also constructing a site on UK prison reform and would welcome any contributions to that effort.
Amnesty International will open a file on Marian Price McGlinchey or Maghaberry prison itself if we can collect specific details from several sources to justify them replacing an existing campaign. They, too, are forced to answer to others and follow strict rules. The faster we collect and present the information the have asked for, the faster we see the release of Marian Price and a return of UN negotiators and security teams to Maghaberry. Prison officials are begging for assistance.
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Elk Hair Caddis + Pheasant Tail + Super Duper = 711 Sep 2011, Posted by Gone Fishin' in
This morning I decided to head out to the relatively close, yet not as popular Clear Creek today. Many fly fisherman don't go to Clear Creek because a) there are mostly smaller fish and b) it is located right next to the highway. I like going to this creek because on good days you can really slay the fish. Today I asked my buddy Esteban to come fishing with me. He is not really into fly fishing so he brought his spin rod and fished with lures.
I have always had pretty good luck with Elk Hair Caddis at this river so that is what I tied on first. After a few casts, blam yao, fish on!! He wasn't that big, but none really are here. After fishing for a little bit and catching a couple more on the caddis I wasn't getting many more takes. Meanwhile, Esteban wasn't having much luck with the lures because the water was moving pretty quick. He tried fishing in a slower pool with a silver Super Duper and what do you know some crazy little fish liked the bling.
Since caddis wasn't working as much, I switched over to a Pheasant Tail nymph with an orange Thingamabobber as my indicator. After about two casts I had a fish go after the Thingamabobber and take my nymph at the exact same time! Normally on a day like this I would use a dry fly as my indicator, but I was feeling a little lazy to tie that one. It would have been pretty sweet to catch two fish on one cast.
All in all we landed 7 fish in just a few hours. Not as crazy as I have seen in the past but still a fun day at the creek.


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Overturn Citizens United
Sat., May 18, 2013
According to a recent article on CNBC entitled "Corporations find a friend in the Supreme Court," the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has allowed business to spend freely because of its decision in the Citizens United case, and has ruled against class actions, human rights issues and made arbitration the most likely way to resolve legal issues.
Close to three-quarters of all friend-of-the-court briefs were filed by pro-business and anti-regulation groups during the last three years. The Chamber of Commerce had 32 percent accepted by the court, while all other groups averaged one out of a hundred being accepted.
Now, in another article called "Judge asks enviros for ideas to punish gas company," the Supreme Court struck down an $18 million penalty, saying it was too excessive, so limiting the lower court judge to fining the company $500 or the equivalent in community service. On the question of community service, it is unclear whether the judge can force the chief executive officers and other higher-ups to do community service, and has asked environmentalists for ideas.
More than 350 cities and 11 states have called on Congress to overturn Citizens United. It's time we do the same thing.
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This Mykonos Villa is the largest and most luxurious in a private gated community of 11 luxury villas on 55,000 meters of unspoiled hillside overlooking the cosmopolitan yet secluded Panormos Beach. It's a true beach villa, located just 150 meters from the Beach.
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What an interesting WFMW challenge–what's the best parenting advice I've received?So many unrelated bits and pieces come to my mind.Tiny Babe AdviceWith newborns, the best discovery we made was a middle ground between feeding on demand and scheduling. We ended up creating a pattern, or an order of events. Let me see if I can remember–it's been a while, you see. The Boy will soon be six years old. But if memory serves me, we would feed, play, nap. Feed, play, nap.The baby would wake up to be fed, we'd keep him up for a while (sometimes just a minute or two in those first weeks) so he could watch me from a bouncy seat or bat at toys on a blanket. After a while, eyes would get droopy and we'd put the baby to bed again. When he awoke, we could start that order again.As the baby grew, we could stretch out the awake/play time as well as the nap time. In the end, the baby would almost always fall into a schedule all on his or her own without us having to set a clock and make it happen. I guess we were, in essence, feeding on demand; but the pattern gave the baby a little structure. We found it to be a great compromise that gave everybody some parameters and expectations, though when things were mixed up due to travel or visitors or whatnot, we'd of course add feedings or skip a play time if the baby was too sleepy.Toddlers on UpDon't promise anything I'm not absolutely certain I can deliver. I would make a promise that I couldn't keep due to circumstances out of my control, and everyone would be crushed. In an effort to be honest and manage the children's expectations, I must have eliminated that phrase ("I promise") from my vocabulary pretty early on so as not to promise anything. "We will try to go the library," I would say, "but we might not be able to." I learned to do this because so often something would happen–the repairman would stay an extra hour and throw off our schedule, or an important phone call would come through–and we'd have to delay or cancel. What seemed to work best was to be very vague, or to keep quiet altogether.Natural ConsequencesBooks and friends both recommended that I use the word "consequence" with the kids. This amused both family and perfect strangers. "Tommy, stop that right now or I'll give you a consequence." Nobody knew exactly what that consequence would be–including the old lady standing nearby at the grocery store, or even me, for that matter! Sometimes the threat of some kind of consequence would be enough to cause the child to stop what he was doing. It also bought me a little creative thinking time. I could come up with a consequence that matched the behavior, which leads to another bit of advice–when disciplining a child, try to make the consequence a natural consequence. If the child didn't want to take a bath, the consequence wasn't to sit in a corner (at least not for long)–the consequence was to take a bath. Or if the child refused to put away her clothes, then she put away her clothes as well as someone else's clothes. It's hard to generate logical, natural consequences sometimes, and I'm sure I've made some illogical leaps; but I've tried to follow that principle.Don't Overschedule KidsIt's hard to say how much one piece of advice affects a child's development–and there's no way to turn back time, try it a different way, and see how they'd turn out–but we chose to keep life pretty simple when the kids were little, even when neighbors were tempting us to sign them up for classes, clubs and teams. This allowed for plenty of free play, where experimenting and imagination flowed. In fact, we still try to keep life simpler and slower than most people do in our suburb.We've certainly signed our kids up for teams–they've tried the neighborhood swim club, recreational soccer, and junior high softball–and they've taken classes such as art and music, but we have avoided overscheduling. When we've let things get out of hand and leaned toward the hyper-scheduled lifestyle, we're anxious and snippy with each other. Some families can handle that fast-paced, nonstop, fast-food-in-the-van-en-route-to-Little League lifestyle. While we certainly have busy seasons, we try to build in breaks. We prefer a slower pace and are a healthier–and I think closer, more intimate–family when we preserve that.Those are a few pieces of advice that have made a difference. I think I might add to the list as things come to mind.** Updated with link back to Rocks in My Dryer and old WFMWs **Please visit Rocks in My Dryer for more great ideas!
My previous Works-For-Me-Wednesday Ideas:A-B-A-B (Always Bring A Book)What Doesn't Work For MeOutlook for EverythingWorks for My Daughter (tent for a little solitude)21st Century Calling CardsBuying LocallyWorks-for-my-Friend Wednesday (Storage for Hospital Stays)When Life Is Crazy-Busy, Do the Next ThingProjects Contained and PortableCastile Soap for a Simpler Life (and blemish-free face)Post-It Annotation for Library BooksEveryday Mom-Mobile Essentials & Travel NotebooksMoney-Motivated KidsDrawers-by-the-DoorMake the Most of Internet Lag TimeStoring Dishes: How Low Can You Go?Crepes? Mais, Oui!Containerize Kids' LaundryLet It Snow, Let Us Slow (Crockpot Steel-Cut Oatmeal)Family LoveFestJoy of Lifelong Learning–For Free!MP3 AccompanistMP3 Note-taking


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WWE.com has set up a page for their upcoming music album, WWE: The Music, Vol. 8. There will be an exclusive Wal-Mart version of the album that features the themes of Santino Marella, Hornswoggle and Ashley.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin's DVD The Legacy Of Stone Cold Steve Austin debuts at No. 1 on this week's Billboard top 10 selling sports/recreational DVDs chart. The DVD is followed by the Raw DVD (which was ranked number one for four weeks in a row), The Shawn Michaels Story: Heartbreak & Triumph, and John Cena: My Life.
Regarding Ace Steel, a developmental wrestler who was released by WWE a few weeks ago, former creative team member Court Bauer had been pushing for Steel to be hired for a long time and finally got him a gig doing the Donald Trump angle as an impersonator on Raw last year. Steel won everyone over and was given a developmental deal. Last summer, there was an idea for he and Colt Cabana (who Steel trained, along with CM Punk) to be brought up to the main roster to play Edge's henchman, with Steele being the serious one and Cabana being the goofy one. However, Edge went down with an injury, and the idea went on the backburner. When Edge returned from injurt last November, WWE went with the Major Brothers instead, who were already on the roster but weren't doing anything.
WWE is looking to hire people in the following jobs for the company website; Flash/Interaction Designer, Interactive Designer, Digital Media Analyst and Director, Digital Content Development.
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Numbness and Tingling Overview
What is numbness and tingling?
A person with numbness and tingling has an abnormal feeling or loss of sensation on the surface of the skin. Chronic diseases, such as diabetes and alcoholism, may cause numbness and tingling. A variety of neurological diseases, such as stroke, spinal cord disease, herniated disk, and peripheral neuropathy may also cause numbness and tingling.
What are the symptoms of numbness and tingling?
Symptoms that may occur with numbness and tingling include skin rash, dry skin, cool or mottled skin, burning pain, increased sensitivity to touch, weakness, and fatigue.
How does the doctor treat numbness and tingling?
The treatment for numbness and tingling depends on the cause. Treatment for numbness and tingling may include physical therapy, occupational therapy, or vitamin supplements. A variety of medications are used to treat symptoms of numbness and tingling, including narcotic pain medications, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, tricyclic antidepressants, and anticonvulsants.
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- Overgaard E, Brandt LP, Ellemann K, Mikkelsen S, Andersen JH. Tingling/numbness in the hands of computer users: neurophysiological findings from the NUDATA study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2004 Oct;77(7):521-5. [15558303]
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The Fisher Medical Centre established in 1885 provides medical services to over 14,000 patients over almost 400 square miles of the Craven area. We work from our main premises in Skipton, and our branch surgery in Gargrave.
We provide a wide range of medical services. Our experienced team of GPs, Nurses and Healthcare Assistants help us to offer many other services to treat illness and maintain good health.
We have long been at the forefront of developments in general practice: We have been involved in training future GPs for many years; over the last few years we have started to help in the training of new doctors by having medical students from Manchester University attached to us and we are also involved in research projects. We hope to combine the best of family doctoring with a commitment to providing the best of modern medical care.


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Artist Michelle M. Vara has created a commemorative sculpture with steel from the World Trade Center that will be permanently displayed inside the Wilton Fire Department starting Sept. 11, the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Vara, of Wilton, is completing the piece at her Ballard Road Art Studio. She calls the 50" by 57" sculpture "Respectful Remembrances." It seeks to unite and uplift, while honoring the past. Firefighter Ray Baily acquired the metal, and brought it to Vara.
"As an artist, it is invigorating to have been given such an eminent opportunity," she said. "You can see the sever duress the iron has been through by the bends that are in it. It encapsulates immense spirit and energy."
The Wilton Fire Department wanted a piece that everyone could touch and connect with. Vara incorporated an arched, rusted piece of Angel iron – representing the escape from Manhattan on the Brooklyn Bridge, the bending, but not breaking, of strength; a ¾-inch round down post, intentionally bent, wavy and rusted; a small offshoot of ¼" flat stock; and the circle – representing inexhaustible implications, unity, and all the forces -medical, fire, rescue, military – that worked collectively.
"The remembrance of life lost, given and shared, the innocents of a nation changed and our troops on the front, even now, are also meant to be implied in the overall of this piece," the artist said.
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There are a lot of Android devices out there. I know that probably sounds like a negative thing, and there are a lot of people out there who probably mean that as a negative thing, but I don't. Not right now. I think it's great that Android has become the "standard operating system," in so much that it's the go-to platform for most everyone. So, yes, there are a lot of Android handsets out there, and that's a good thing!
It honestly is kind of comical that the majority of them do come from one company, though.
At first, when Samsung just flooded the whole market with new devices, everyone pointed it out as a bad thing. Kind of like "Android is everywhere" was a bad thing. While other manufacturers were busy launching a ton of smartphones, like HTC back in the day, Samsung was busy launching a ton of devices over a wide range of markets. This is a company that releases refrigerators, after all, so there's a real possibility that a house out there, somewhere, is all Samsung.
Of course, it shouldn't come as a surprise that I want to focus more on the mobile side of things. To be honest, I think this is where it gets really interesting. Sure, you could have a Samsung-branded refrigerator, maybe even a phone or tablet, too, but I don't really count that as having a "Samsung home." Close, but no cigar. I thought about including TVs in there, too, but until Samsung announces some Android TV support, I don't think we can count that.
So, let's keep it mobile. I've asked about investing in an ecosystem in the past, and there's probably no doubt that if you do find yourself buying the majority of Samsung-branded products, it's because you're a fan of Android, but let's just look at the hardware options. (But if you've attached yourself to Samsung due to their Windows/Windows Phone options, feel free to include those, too!) Keep in mind that doing this, even just focusing on hardware and just focusing on mobile, it still gives us plenty of devices to look at for outfitting our selection.
I'm actually curious about this because of Samsung's efforts to release a ton of devices every single year. They've obviously made this their status quo. They want to make it so that there are a ton of options for you to choose from, from phones to tablets, all in varying sizes and feature lists, so you can find the right device. But, at the same time, they want to make it so that if you want a small tablet for reading in bed, a bigger tablet for your couch or traveling, and a smartphone to fill the ranks, you don't have to look anywhere else but Samsung.
This strategy is working for them, clearly. Samsung has been the leader of Android for quite some time now, and dethroning them from that position seems pretty impossible at this point. So it's working globally, but instead of looking at the macro, let's look at the micro. At individual households. Is Samsung's effort to fill the market with their devices, from wearables to tablets, actually working to make them the single manufacturer in someone's home? And if it isn't for you, do you know someone who's adopted Samsung as their one-and-only manufacturer? Let me know!


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- Large meteoroid boomerangs around Earth: For the first time on record, a meteor has grazed in and out of Earth's atmosphere, slowing enough to become a temporary satellite that perhaps lasted a full orbit. (Sky & Telescope)
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- Russia sells another Soyuz seat to a space tourist: ABC News has learned that singer Sarah Brightman, of "Phantom of the Opera" fame, will be the next tourist in space, sometime in 2014 or 2015. (NASA Watch)
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- Methane emissions can be traced to Roman times: "We can see that already 2,100 years ago during Roman times, some cultures were spreading out and burning large amounts of wood for fuel in furnaces to work with metals that required intense heat to process." (Science Daily)
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I'm working on a more concrete RIF XML Syntax proposal, trying to nail down the various issues that have been floating around. Here's a run through of the issues, each with a proposed solution, and finally an example of a simple ruleset using this syntax. I do not yet have an XML schema for this, which I know I'm supposed to produce, and I don't have software to translate between this and any other formats yet -- I just doing it by hand at the moment. I expect to do more on this before Tuesday, but I wanted to get at least this out now. -- Sandro ================================================================ ISSUE 1. Leaf Class == Visible Class See thread starting with http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2007Jul/0055 PROPOSED/USED: visibility of syntactic classes is determined and indicated solely by their place in the syntactic class hierarchy (ie change "TERM" to "Term", etc.) (otherwise classes can't be visible in some dialects and invisible in others.) ================ ISSUE 2. Const vs Literal See thread starting around http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2007Jul/0081.html PROPOSED/USED: change the abstract syntax for Term to be this: class Term subclass Var property name: xs:string subclass Constant subclass Literal subclass TypedLiteral # for example: 3.1 property datatype: xs:anyURI property lexicalRepresentation: xs:string subclass PlainLiteral # for example: "Hello" property content: xs:string property language: xs:string? subclass NamedConstant subclass GlobalConstant # for example: http://eg.org#p property name: xs:anyURI subclass LocalConstant # for example: p property name: xs:string subclass Uniterm property op: Const property arg: list of TERM NOTE that some of this structure is not visible in the RIF XML syntax. For example, a PlainLiteral value is serialized by just including the text value -- the property name "content" is not used. ================ ISSUE 3. xsi:type vs rdf:datatype There are two different conventions for indicating the datatype of a literal data value occuring in an instance document. Unfortunately, they do not appear to be compatible; there appears to be no way to specify xsi:type in RDF/XML. Note that the SPARQL results format (which is not RDF/XML) used xsi:type in one version and then took it out. See http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-rdf-sparql-XMLres-20050801/#changes I don't know the full story there. PROPOSED/USED: Use rdf:datatype instead of xsi:type ================ ISSUE 4. rdf:RDF vs rif:Document document-level wrapper rdf:RDF isn't necessary for RDF/XML, but some apps (like RDF Validator) seem to require it anyway. It helps make it clear that this is intended to be parseable as RDF. PROPOSED/USED: use rdf:RDF wrapper ================ ISSUE 5. Literal data values in lists Unfortunately, RDF/XML parsetype="Collection" does not allow literal data values. (very, very annoying.) So how do you write a condition like p(5)? Here are the options I see (written in Turtle, to make it clear what triples are actually being conveyed in the RDF/XML). OPTION 1 Define a non-standard dialect of RDF/XML, "RDF/XML with the li patch", which allows "rdf:li" to be used to put literals into lists. [ a rif:Uniterm; rif:op [ a rif:LocalConstant; rif:name "p" ]; rif:arg ( "5"^^xs:int ) ] OPTION 2 Use a bnode which is owl:sameAs the desired value. [ a rif:Uniterm; rif:op [ a rif:LocalConstant; rif:name "p" ]; rif:arg ( [ owl:sameAs "5"^^xs:int ] ) ] OPTION 3 Use a bnode which is has a rif:value of the desired value. [ a rif:Uniterm; rif:op [ a rif:LocalConstant; rif:name "p" ]; rif:arg ( [ rif:value "5"^^xs:int ] ) ] OPTION 4 Use a bnode which is has a rdf:value of the desired value. [ a rif:Uniterm; rif:op [ a rif:LocalConstant; rif:name "p" ]; rif:arg ( [ rdf:value "5"^^xs:int ] ) ] OPTION 5 Don't try to use RDF datatypes -- just fully serialize our abstract syntax. [ a rif:Uniterm; rif:op [ a rif:LocalConstant; rif:name "p" ]; rif:arg ( [ a rif:TypedLiteral; rif:datatype "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int"; rif:lexicalRepresentation "5" ] ) ] OPTION 6 Don't use parsetype Collection -- just use first/rest OPTION 7 Don't use rdf:Lists at all -- use rdf:Seq. Concerns -- rdf:Seq support is weak. Can the values be constrained using OWL? It's not closed -- you don't know if you have a partial graph. Would that ever matter....? OPTION 8 Don't try to use RDF/XML :-) PROPOSED/USED: OPTION 4 (rdf:value) [but I don't like any of the options] ================ ISSUE 6. Use multivalues instead of lists where order has no meaning The current abstract syntax says things like: class Ruleset property formula : list of Rule although the order of rules in a ruleset has no semantics in BLD. PROPOSED/USED: have an unordered collection mechanism in ASN07, written using the Kleene operators (*,+,?), and using them for such cases, like this: class Ruleset property formula : Rule* class Forall property declare: Var* property formula: Clause ================ ISSUE 7. Allow structure sharing, so that instead of ... <op> <GlobalConstant> <name>http://example.com/app#p</name> </GlobalConstant> </op> ... repeated wherever we need app:p, we say: ... <op> <GlobalConstant rdf:nodeId="p"> <name>http://example.com/app#p</name> </GlobalConstant> </op> ... the first time, and <op rdf:nodeId="p" /> each later time. 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During the last several months, I can not think of one day when I turned on the news that the Arizona Immigration Law SB-1070 requiring enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws wasn't in play somewhere. A Time Capsule might look like this:
- Localized demonstrations of illegals demanding the same rights as "other citizens"
- Demonstrators denigrating the U.S. Flag and raising the Mexican National Flag
- Boycotts of Arizona business and activities (even by schools)
- Support for SB-1070 from other States (except Kansas)
- President of Mexico files protest of discrimination
- U.S. Attorney General files suit against Arizona (SB-1070)
- U.S. Secretary of State complains to United Nations on SB-1070
Even here in Kansas we watched as Co-Author of SB-1070 and candidate for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach invited America's Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Olathe. Following threats of protests the event was moved to a more secure facility in Overland Park and even there experienced protests and a bomb threat.
A 'State summation' of the bill reads "The bill would require all state officials, agencies, and personnel to fully comply with and support the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The bill would also require all law enforcement officers to inquire into the citizenship and immigration status of any person arrested for a violation of state law or municipal ordinance, regardless of the person's national origin, ethnicity, or race. If an arrestee is determined to be an alien, the bill would require the officer to verify if the alien is lawfully present in the U.S. with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and cooperate with any request made by ICE to detain or transfer the alien to the custody of the federal government. The bill would also prohibit any official or agent of a state, county, or city law enforcement agency from being restricted from information regarding any individual or exchanging the information with any other federal, state, or local government agency. Also, the bill would prohibit state, county, or city law enforcement agencies from discouraging officers to ask individuals their citizenship or immigration status."
So what does all this have to do with Kansas and why would I chose to write about it again as I have clearly shown in previous postings that our Kansas elected government is very pro-illegal immigration? Well, once again a reader of NOlathe has supplied some great material to pursue but please first read these two posts as preparation:
- https://nolathe.net/2010/02/17/kansas-senate-funds-illegal-immigration/
- https://nolathe.net/2010/02/18/topeka-the-ultimate-one-party-town/
Let's start with the 'State summation' above, it was written by Duane A. Goossen, Kansas Director of the Budget on February 27, 2008 regarding Kansas SB-458. http://www.kslegislature.org/fiscalnotes/2008/458.pdf Huh? I thought we were talking about illegal immigration enforcement in Arizona? How did we end up here? Well, two years before Kris Kobach co-authored Arizona SB-1070 he co-authored Kansas SB-458. Wait until you see who testified in opposition of Kansas SB-458 http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/458.pdf I think one could easily predict "lawn care", "construction", "law firm" companies and any organization with Hispanic in the title to be listed in opposition. (NOTE: January 2011 Kansas implemented new digital system making all "links" to previous documents non-operatable. Try this http://reformkansaslaws.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/sb-458-the-illegal-immigration-relief-act/ )
Take a look-
Verbal Testimony- Opposing SB458
- Wichita Independent Business Association, President and Kansas Independent Business Coalition President, Tim Witsman. 445 N. Waco Street, Wichita, KS 67202
- Artistic Designs Lawn and Landscape Inc. HR Manager, Nestor Leon. PO Box 860576, Shawnee, Kansas, 66286. 913-888-7320
- Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, Sister Gemma Doll
- Hermes Company, Inc. Dalton Hermes, owner
- Julie Frady
- Kansas Board of Regents, Reginald L. Robinson, President, and CEO. 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 520, Topeka, KS 66612. 785-296-3421
- Kansas Catholic Conference, Arch Bishop Joseph F. Naumann, D.D, 6301 Antioch, Merriam, KS 66202. 913-722-6633
- Kansas Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO, Amy Blankenbiller. 835 SW Topeka, Blvd, Topeka, KS, 66612. 785-357-6321
- Kansas Farm Bureau, Terry D. Holdren, National Director
- Kansas Grain and Feed Assoc. Duane Simpson, CEO/Vice President. 816 SW Tyler, Suite 100, Topeka, KS, 66612. 785-234-0461
- Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Assoc. David M. Dayvault, President, Abercrombie Energy, LLC. CFO, 800 SW. Jackson St. Suite 1400, Topeka KS, 66612
- League of Kansas Municipalities, Sandy Jacquot, General Council. 300 SW 8th Ave. Topeka, KS, 66603. 785-354-9565.
- Johnson County Government, The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners, Steward J. Little, PhD, Little Government Relations. 800 SW Jackson, Suite 914. Topeka, KS 66612. 885-235-8187.
- MO/KS American Immigration Lawyers Association, Angela J. Furguson, Chairman.
- Public Health Dept. Director, Joseph M. Connor. 619 Ann Ave. Kansas City, KS, 66101. 913-321-4803.
- Central Plains Development, Owner, Robert A. Snyder. 3620 Sunnybrook, Wichita, KS. 67210. 316-312-3583.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church of Topeka, Sister Maria Luz Hernandez
- Society for Human Resource Management, Director of Governmental Affairs, Michael P. Aitken
- The Mdivani Law Firm LLC, Emily Haverkamp, Immigration Attorney. 7007 College Blvd. Suite 460, Overland Park, KS. 66212 913-317-6200 firstname.lastname@example.com
- The Mdivani Law Firm LLC, Mira Mdivani, Immigration Attorney, 7007 College Blvd. Suite 460, Overland Park, KS. 66212. 913-317-6200.
- Kansas Business Coalition, Ally Devine
Written Testimony- Opposing SB458
- United Methodist Women of the Kansas East Conference, President Sue Littrell, and Social Action, Susan G. Fowler.
- Heritage Lawns LTD, Wes Ory, President
- Wichita Area Builders Association, President/CEO Wess Galyon
- Artistic designs lawn and landscape, Inc. Duane Lukowsky, PO Box 860576, Shawnee Kansas, 66286, 913-888-7320
- Associated General Contractors of Kansas, Associate Government Affairs Director, Eric Stafford, 200 SW 33rd Street, Topeka, KS 66611, 785-266-4015
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. HOA Chapter, Jim Kistler, President and CEO, 6950 Squibb Road, Suite 418, Mission, KS, 66202 913-831-2221
- Dominican Sisters of Great Bend Kansas, Sister Rene Weeks, OP President
- Grass Roots Inc. President, Lance Shelhammer, II. Olathe KS.
- Topeka Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Christy Caldwell, Vice President Government Relations. email@example.com
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, President and CEO, Carlos Gomez.
- Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City, MO. 600 E. 103rd St. Kansas City, MO 64131. 816-942-8800
- Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa, Oklahoma, Paul Kane
- Social Security Administration, Assistant Inspector General for the Office of Audit, Steve Schaeffer
- Justice and Peace Center, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Esther Pineda, CSJ. Concordia, KS,
- Kansas Building Industry Assoc, Inc, Executive Director, Chris Wilson
- Kansas Business Coalition, Amy Blankenbiller
- Kansas Cooperative Council, Executive Director, Leslie Kaufman, PO Box 1747 Hutchison, KS, 67504. 785-233-4085. firstname.lastname@example.com
- Kansas Corporation Commission, Mathew A. Spurgin, Litigation Council. 1500 SW Arrowhead Rd, Topeka, KS 66604, 785-271-3100
- Kansas Families for Education, Executive Director, Kathy Cook. 15941 W. 65th Street, #104 Shawnee KS, 66217. 913-825-0099
- Kansas Manufactured Housing Assoc. Executive Director, Martha Smith. 3521 SW 5th Street, Topeka, KS 66606, 785-357-5256. email@example.com
- Kansas Pork Association President/CEO, Tim Stoda. 2601 Farm Bureau Rd. Manhattan, KS, 66502. 785-776-0442. firstname.lastname@example.com
- Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association, Don Sayler, President/CEO, 3500 N. Rock Road, Building 1300, Wichita, KS, 67226. 800-369-6787. email@example.com
- Kansas Society of Human Resource Management – State Council Wichita Society of Human Resource Management, Trinidad Galdean, 8301 E. 21st Street North, Suite 370, Wichita, KS, 67206. 316-609-7900
- Kansas National Education Association, Mark Desetti. 715 SW 10th Ave. Topeka, KS 66612. 785-232-8271.
- Kansas League of United Latin American Citizens, Policy and Advocacy Director, Elias L.Garcia.
- Community Activist, Topeka, Nancy Ochoa.
- Overland Park Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of Government Relations, J. Kent Eckles. 9001 W. 110th Street, Suite 150, Overland Park, KS, 66210. 913-491-3600.
- Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Member of Leadership Team, Sister Linda Roth
- The Builders Association and Kansas City Chapter, AGC, Director of Governmental Affairs, Dan Morgan. 632 W. 39th Street, Kansas City, MO. 64111. 816-531-4741.
- The Kansas Contractors Association, 316 SW 33rd Street, Topeka, KS. 66605. 785-266-4152 email@example.com (written)
- Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment, Division of Health Cindi Treaster, Director Farm worker, Refugee and Immigrant Health
- Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, Ed Klumpp (written)
We find that Kansas cities (League of Kansas Municipalities), Johnson County Board of Commissioners, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce and the Social Security Administration are PRO-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION? Okey, it's still up to a vote, so how did our Kansas Senators vote on SB-458? The Kansas Senate with a Republican Majority must surely respect the Kansas Republican Party Platform and vote in support of SB-458 right?
REPUBLICANS VOTING YES [2011 Update]
Jim Barnett, Emporia.
Les Donovan, Wichita.
Tim Huelskamp, Fowler. [U.S. Congress]
Nick Jordan, Shawnee.
Phil Journey, Haysville.
Ralph Ostmeyer, Grinnell.
Peggy Palmer, Augusta.
Mike Petersen, Wichita.
Dennis Pyle, Hiawatha.
Mark Taddiken, Clifton.
REPUBLICANS VOTING NO [2011 Update]
Barbara Allen, Overland Park.
Pat Apple, Louisburg.
Karin Brownlee, Olathe. [Kansas Secretary of Labor]
Terry Bruce, Hutchinson.
Pete Brungardt, Salina.
Jay Scott Emler, Lindsborg. [Majority Leader]
Carolyn McGinn, Sedgwick.
Steve Morris, Hugoton. (President)
Roger Pine, Lawrence.
Roger Reitz, Manhattan.
Derek Schmidt, Independence. (Majority Leader) [Kansas Attorney General]
Vicki Schmidt, Topeka. (Assistant Majority Leader)
Jean Schodorf, Wichita. (Assistant Majority Whip)
Ruth Teichman, Stafford.
Dwayne Umbarger, Thayer.
John Vratil, Leawood. (Vice President)
Susan Wagle, Wichita.
Dennis Wilson, Overland Park.
David Wysong, Mission Hills.
Julia Lynn, Olathe.
Jim Barone, Frontenac.
Mark Gilstrap, Kansas City.
Donald Betts, Wichita.
Marci Francisco, Lawrence.
Greta Goodwin, Winfield.
David Haley, Kansas City.
Anthony Hensley, Topeka.
Laura Kelly, Topeka.
Janis Lee, Kensington.
Chris Steineger, Kansas City.
So to all you Kansans that firmly support Arizona SB-1070 and want to vote those bums out that oppose it, how about we start with Kansas SB-458 and vote our own bums out first! Real Change has to start in our own backyards. Until then, Cry Me a River Kansas! I'll start with bum-ett Karin Brownlee who's only contribution on illegal immigration was to make it illegal for illegal aliens to be forced to pay union dues. You think I'm kidding?
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