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Project Joint Venture of B&W Subsidiary Awarded $110 Million Contract to Replace Equipment at Iowa Power Plant
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that a joint venture between a unit of its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) and architectural, engineering and construction firm Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. has been awarded a $110 million contract to replace auxiliary equipment at Interstate Power and Light Company's (IPL) Ottumwa Generating Station power plant in Ottumwa, Iowa.
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B&W announced in 2012 that the joint venture was awarded a contract to engineer, procure and construct (EPC) the plant's environmental control systems. The auxiliary equipment replacement will be performed concurrently with the plant's previously planned environmental upgrades. Material delivery for this portion of the project is scheduled for July 2014.
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Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a leader in clean energy technology and services, primarily for the nuclear, fossil and renewable power markets, as well as a premier advanced technology and mission critical defense contractor. B&W has locations worldwide and employs approximately 14,000 people, in addition to approximately 10,400 joint venture employees. Learn more at www.babcock.com.
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Hikers scramble as new fissure opens up at Icelandic volcano
Steam and lava have spurted from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of hikers who had come to see the spectacle.
The new fissure, first spotted by a sightseeing helicopter, was about 500 metres long and about a kilometre from the original eruption site in the Geldinga Valley.
The Icelandic Department of Emergency Management announced an immediate evacuation of the area.
It said there was no imminent danger to life due to the site's distance form popular hiking paths.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office said the new volcanic activity wasn't expected to affect traffic at nearby Keflavik Airport.
The long-dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland flared to life on March 20 after tens of thousands of earthquakes were recorded in the area in the past three weeks.
It was the area's first volcanic eruption in nearly 800 years.
The volcano's proximity to Iceland's capital, Reykjavík, about 32km away, has brought a steady stream of tourists to the area, even with the country in partial lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
Around 30,000 people have visited the area since the eruption began, according to the Icelandic Tourist Board.
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The first full trailer for the new reboot of Hellboy arrives on Thursday — but the first teaser for it is here right now. Take a look:
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Hellboy (Have you noticed they've totally given up on trying to differentiate remakes and reboots in titles now? It's not Hellboy: Resurrection, it's not Hellboy: The Next Generation, it's not 2 Hell 2 Boy, it's just Hellboy. And it even has the exact same logo as the original, del Toro Hellboy logo!) opens in theaters on April 12, 2019.
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The Computer Science Syndicate (now the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology) produced the following statement in response to the University Code of Practice relating to examinations of taught courses. It applies to:
Computer Science Tripos, Part IA
Computer Science Tripos, Part IB
Computer Science Tripos, Part II
The following data are retained by the Department:
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Final Mark Book | Indefinitely | College Director of Studies |
The marks contained in the final mark book and routinely released are those that were determined as being meaningful or helpful as indicators of examination performance. They include a mark for each unit taken (paper, practical, dissertation as appropriate), the overall mark and class, and the order of merit.
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Marks for individual questions | 1 month from publication of class list | Chair of Examiners |
Assessors' marks on scripts (transcription only) |
5 months from publication of class list | Chair of Examiners |
In Part IA, marks for individual questions in NST Mathematics and bench subjects are not available, as they are not supplied to the Examiners.
Assessors' marks on scripts consist for the most part only of marks and not of comments. The scripts themselves are not available to students.
The Syndicate determined that these data are, in general, neither meaningful nor helpful as indicators of examination performance, and they are therefore not routinely available. Collating these data is time consuming and expensive. Students are therefore discouraged from making requests for individual question marks or for assessors' marks on scripts except in exceptional cases in which their Director of Studies or Tutor agrees that there is a strong case in favour of requesting the information. In particular, a transcript of the assessors' marks on scripts is unlikely to produce any useful information for the student but will require a few hours' work to produce per student.
The process for deciding the final mark for Part II dissertations is described on the project assessment page.
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11 Tweets That Led to a Whole Mess of Legal Trouble
While some might argue that 140 characters aren't enough to adequately express a thought or have a conversation, others have discovered that a tweet or two is all it takes to end up in a courtroom. Here are 11 great tricks for tweeting yourself into a hot mess of litigation.
1. Threaten to "Destroy America" (But Not Really)
The difference between "party hard" and "terrorize" is pretty big, and also obvious. Once British slang is involved, though, it gets a little murky. Leigh Van Bryan, 26, tweeted "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?" meaning, "Come see me before I go to the States to get trashed, guys." But U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials read, "I'm on my way to bomb all the States. Come by if you want to help."
Van Bryan and his traveling companion were detained by Homeland Security overnight, during which they were interrogated about their plans. Though they tried to explain that "to destroy" is to "party quite hard in," the pair were put on a plane to Paris the next morning. Officials claim that in secondary interviews, details "revealed both individuals were inadmissible to the United States."
2. Joke About Blowing up an Airport
In January 2010, Paul Chambers was just a guy planning a trip from his home in Doncaster, England, to his girlfriend's in Northern Ireland, when a snowstorm threw a wrench in the works. Frustrated and afraid his upcoming flight would be cancelled, Chambers tweeted, "Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week to get your sh*t together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!"
Though the message was a joke and Robin Hood Airport did apparently get it together, two days before his scheduled flight five officers arrested Chambers at work, seized his computers and phone, and then interrogated him for eight hours before charging him with "sending a public electronic message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character contrary to the Communications Act 2003." Chambers lost his job, had to pay $1500 in fines, and lost another job after his new employer discovered his felony conviction in a background search.
The ensuing media frenzy prompted Stephen Fry to hold a benefit event for the Twitter Joke Trial defendant, vowing to pay Chambers' legal fees and declaring he was "prepared to go to prison... if that's what it takes," to support Chambers' right to "innocuous hyperbole." Thousands of people retweeted Chambers' offensive message over the last two years tagged #iamspartacus and #twitterjoketrial to highlight the absurdity of his arrest. (None of these people were jailed.)
In 2011, Chambers' first appeal was dismissed by a judge at Doncaster Crown Court and his fines and fees were increased to $4100. In February 2012, a second appeal reached the High Court. Chambers' solicitor David Allen Green says the Court's decision will have a "potentially immense significance" for everyone who uses social media, since this is the "first 'appellate' case on what constitutes a 'menacing' communication over the internet."
3. Tell Police You're Waiting at the State Capitol ... to Kill Them
The first person ever arrested for 140 characters worth of nonsense was 52-year-old Oklahoma City resident Daniel Knight Hayden, whose excitement about an upcoming OKC Tea Party rally was a little... overzealous. Hayden was so amped about overthrowing the government that he imagined a civil war on the capitol building steps and offered himself up as a martyr. The problematic updates included gems like "START THE KILLING NOW! I am willing to be the FIRST DEATH!" and "After I am killed on the Capitol Steps, like a REAL man, the rest of you will REMEMBER ME!!!"
This went on for a few days, but on April 14, 2009, when Hayden urged his followers to "Send the cops around" so he could "cut off the[ir] heads and throw the[m] on the State Capitol steps," the FBI decided to pay him a visit. He was arrested and charged with making interstate threats, and in 2010 Hayden was sentenced to eight months in prison for "knowingly transmitting a threatening communication."
4. Help a Bunch of Rioters Evade Police
The Pittsburgh Group of 20 rich and developing nations summit in September 2009 kicked off with a bang when anti-capitalist and anarchist protesters rioted, damaging public and personal property before police moved in to disband the crowds. Elliot Madison, a 41-year-old New Yorker, sent Twitter updates of the police force locations and movements to help other protesters avoid arrest. A similar tactic had been used in Iran and China in prior months during demonstrations in those countries, during which time the U.S. State Department asked Twitter not to perform a scheduled upgrade as it might temporarily restrict service.
This time, though, the tactic was called "hindering apprehension or prosecution by law enforcement," and Madison was arrested. When the FBI later raided his residence, they confiscated various items, including multiple dog toys and his Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVDs.
Madison and his lawyer argued that the charges (including "possessions of weapons of crime," which in this case was Madison's phone) were erroneous and a violation of free speech protection. By November, Pennsylvania agreed, and dropped all charges. But the state said his activities "may have been related to more expansive activities that went beyond the Pittsburgh G20 in both time and substance" and didn't rule out charging him in the future.
5. Accuse Your Former Fashion Designer of Being a Prostitute
Courtney Love had a falling out with designer Dawn Simorangkir in early 2009, apparently over money. Instead of settling the bill, Love took to Twitter, calling Simorangkir (among other things) a "drug-pushing prostitute." Thus began the first high-profile Twitter lawsuit, which Love lost. In 2011, the suit was finally settled for $430,000.
6. Accuse Your Former Lawyer of Accepting Bribes
Rhonda Holmes briefly represented Courtney Love in 2009. The professional relationship was dissolved and Love and Holmes parted ways, until Love requested legal help again several months later. The firm declined, inspiring Love to imply via Twitter that Holmes was paid to deny her legal counsel. Specifically, she said she was "devastated when Rhonda J Holmes esq of San Diego was bought off." After Love settled her previous defamation suit, Holmes filed her own, which is expected to go to jury trial this year.
7. Tell Your Followers They Should Switch Banks
Jean Ramses Anleu Fernández was "raided, arrested, sent before a judge, and sentenced" all in one day for "inciting financial panic," a criminal offense in Guatemala. The tweet (which has since been deleted) suggested that people who had money in state-controlled bank Banrural should withdraw their funds to disrupt the control of "corrupt people" over the financial institution.
Banrural was at the center of a national political scandal involving Guatemala's president, Álvaro Colom, who just days before had been implicated in the murder of an attorney who uncovered fraudulent transactions through the bank. Anleu Fernández admitted to posting the update about Banrural, which, amidst the outcry at his arrest, was retweeted thousands of times. His sentence involved house arrest and a hefty $6500 fine -- more than the $5000 per capita income in the country. Later, the murder in which the president was allegedly involved was ruled a suicide. Colom finished out his term in 2012.
8. Tweet Your Live-Action Mean Girls Reenactment
A 12-year-old boy, a 17- and two 16-year-old girls were arrested in Arkansas in January this year for posting "vulgar and derogatory rumors" about classmates from two separate accounts. The especially worrying tweets encouraged another student to kill himself and mocked a female student for having an eating disorder. The tweets were sufficiently hateful to earn all four students cyber-bullying charges, though no sentences have yet been handed down.
9. Be a Drunk-Driver-Enabling Social Media Platform
The Brazilian government filed a suit against Twitter in early February, citing concerns that the microblogging site undermines the country's efforts to curb drunk driving. It seems there are accounts that announce police speed traps and road blocks, ostensibly giving intoxicated drivers a chance to avoid the Breathalyzer and increased opportunity to injure or kill themselves and others on the road. The suit orders Twitter to pay $290,000 per day until all of the accounts are suspended. Twitter has not commented on the case, but a publicly posted content withholding policy states that the company has the "ability to withhold content from users in a specific country" when necessary to comply with national law and custom.
10. Create a Company Twitter Account, Then Take it With You When You Quit
Noah Kravitz was an editor for PhoneDog, a company that shares news and reviews about smartphones, communications devices, and telecom companies. The Twitter account he started (and used for his personal updates as well) had amassed 17,000 followers by the time he left PhoneDog in October 2011. A couple of months later, PhoneDog sent Kravitz a lawsuit totaling $340,000 -- $2.50 per follower per month since his departure. PhoneDog claims the followers are company property, and Kravitz counters that the account technically belongs to Twitter, therefore negating any claim PhoneDog has to its followers. The suit is not yet resolved.
11. And Sometimes, Not Tweeting Is the Problem
In November 2009, a stampede of frenzied teenage girls overtook a Garden City mall when some guy named Justin Bieber showed up. His manager Scooter Braun, who was in charge of keeping the peace, was arrested for not tweeting a notice from Bieber's account that the party was over and everyone had to go home. The charges state that Braun "created a dangerous safety situation" by failing to disperse the crowd, and he was arrested and charged with fire safety violations. After several months of litigation, the charges against Braun were dropped when the Biebs agreed to shoot an anti-cyberbullying PSA.


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Physical therapy in Laguna Beach for Pediatric Issues
As adults, we are able to identify where pain is coming from and verbalize it correctly to a physical therapist or other pain management professional. However, when it is a child who is experiencing pain, or dealing with some level of injury, it is more complicated to figure out what is wrong in order to determine the type of care the little one in our life needs. Furthermore, because a child's body is always growing, it is important for an adult to understand how this can contribute to a healthy existence and promote good playtime activities and responsible practices for staying fit and healthy.
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As is the case with any type of pediatric care, a parent or guardian wants to make sure they are taking the correct steps and working with the right professionals in order to benefit their child. An adult never wants to worry that they are overdoing or under-doing treatment, or doing something unnecessary altogether, just because their child may not be able to correctly tell them where or how it hurts or verbalize the issue they may be having.
This area of our site is dedicated to help parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, or any responsible adult who has a child, understand how to keep them healthy and happy when they are playing hard and having fun. It is this area where you will find resources to support and care for your child regardless of their activity, their sport, or their age.
It is our aim to provide resources to you that cover a wide variety of pediatric issues in order for you to help your child run, jump, play and feel the way a kid should feel....great!
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Oregon and Washington have identified Foster Farms brand chicken as the most likely source of the infections in their states. Testing conducted by the Washington State Public Health Laboratories identified the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg in four intact samples of chicken collected from three ill persons' homes in Washington.
State public health officials are interviewing ill persons to obtain information regarding foods they might have eaten and other exposures in the week before illness. Information available to date indicates that consumption of chicken is the most likely source of infection for many of the ill persons.
The CDC reports that since June 4, 2012, a total of 128 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 13 states.
- 31% of ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.
- Most of the ill persons have been reported from two states, Oregon (39) and Washington (56).
The number of ill persons identified in each state with the outbreak strain is as follows: Alabama (1), Alaska (11), California (9), Hawaii (1), Idaho (2), Massachusetts (1), Montana (2), New York (1), Oregon (39), Utah (3), Virginia (1), Washington (56), and West Virginia (1).


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by Peter Tracy
In the spring of 2017, I found myself sitting in Meany Hall, watching characters wander back and forth singing odd melodies accompanied by enormous, sculpture-like instruments arrayed across the stage. The instruments buzzed, rattled, and rang in ways I'd never heard before, but which immediately drew me in: I wasn't sure just what I was watching, let alone what I was listening to—but I liked it.
This was the Seattle production of Harry Partch's monumental music drama Oedipus, and it was an eye-opening experience. Later, I learned from a friend who played in the Partch ensemble that it was open to just about anybody: all you had to do was ask. Soon after, I did, and that decision has shaped my life as a musician ever since.
That Harry Partch's one-of-a-kind instruments have been living in Seattle for the past five years is incredible, and it is one of the many things that currently make our city artistically unique. The instruments and the ensemble members who love them dearly are intimately connected to the local music community, and a new community of its own has even grown around the instruments during their stay here. For all of us in Seattle who have had the chance to interact with, listen to, and enjoy the instruments, however, there is a catch: the instruments may not be here for much longer.
The music of Harry Partch is difficult to describe, and in a sense it's impossible to separate from the instruments it was written for and the man who wrote it. Partch was a mid-20th century American composer who wanted to get away from Western classical music's standard tuning system, which divides the octave into the twelve equally spaced pitches we see repeated on the keys of the piano. He felt this system, which is referred to as equal temperament, limited harmony unnecessarily, and that music would be better served if it allowed for notes that fell somewhere in between the black and white keys. Music that uses these kind of "in between" notes and tiny intervals is often referred to as microtonal, and it can be jarring for those of us who are used to the Western classical tuning system. But for Partch, getting rid of equal temperament opened up a whole new world of harmony and sound that he thought was well worth pursuing.
To make this possible, Partch built an entirely new set of instruments, from enormous marimbas to microtonal lap guitars and percussion instruments made from airplane nose cones, cut Pyrex containers, and even artillery shell casings. All of these instruments utilize and fit into his own tuning system (a form of just intonation), and he composed pieces more or less exclusively for these instruments throughout his life.
But to reduce Partch's work to an experiment in just intonation is really to miss the point: his instruments are works of visual art in their own right which allow for a combination of music, dance, and theatre that is whimsical, energetic, and one-of-a-kind. It's the imagination and passion which resulted in the creation of these instruments that is really at the heart of Partch's world.
"If you consider it in parts you sort of lose some element of what's important," said Chuck Corey, director of the ensemble and keeper of the instruments, "But if you look at it as the whole thing, here was a guy who at a certain point had this vision of working in just intonation, and the direction he decided to go was to build 50 instruments over the course of his life. That's really interesting."
I first met Chuck about three years ago after a concert, where he was surrounded, as usual, by the instruments under his care. Dressed in the everyday attire that also serves as the Partch ensemble's concert dress, he fielded a stream of questions from audience members and performers alike, who wandered freely around the stage: Why is this instrument called the Kithara? Where should we move the Chromelodeon? Can I try out the Cloud Chamber Bowls? At the time I was just an enthusiastic audience member like the rest; there was no way I could have known what kind of impact the instruments would come to have on my musical life.
In a certain sense, Chuck's story with the instruments began similarly. On his first day of college at Montclair State University, he was introduced to Dean Drummond, the late director of the ensemble who curated the instruments during their stay in New Jersey. After a brief tour of the instruments, one thing lead to another and Chuck quickly found himself playing on concerts, picking up vocal parts, and helping out with instrument maintenance.
"It was exactly what I needed at that point as a composer and student of music: to be introduced to new sounds, new tuning systems, new tone colors," Chuck said. "Any preconceptions I might have had going into an undergraduate music program were just thrown out on day one."
After becoming an integral part of both the student and professional ensemble, Chuck moved on to graduate school, but returned after finishing his doctorate. Unfortunately, Drummond passed away soon afterwards, and Chuck found himself as the only person with an intimate knowledge not only of Partch's often difficult-to-decipher notation systems, but of how to care for the instruments and move them safely from place to place.
"No one else was really fluent in sight-reading the notation, nobody else had gone through the process of what happens when something breaks or how to take the instruments apart and put them back together again," Chuck said. "So it sort of struck me that either I was going to take this over, or no one was going to do it."
Somewhere along the way, the Montclair School of Music decided it didn't have the resources to keep the instruments at the university, and they essentially became homeless. Previous concerts in Seattle had been met with enthusiasm, and faculty at the University of Washington School of Music expressed interest. So after a lot of hard work and a lot of good fortune, Chuck and the instruments made their way to Seattle in 2014, and have been here ever since.
For local percussionist Paul Hansen, good fortune and fate certainly seem to have conspired to bring the instruments here. Amazingly, Paul first heard Partch's music at the age of 11, thanks to a gift from his father.
"When that first The World of Harry Partch album came out in '69, [my father] brought it home and said 'Hey, I think you'd like this.' Castor and Pollux just put the hook in me, and I said 'Oh my gosh, I want to play these things someday.'"
Soon, Paul was reading Partch's explanations of his method in his book Genesis of a Music and listening to any recordings he could get his hands on. Paul's father had set into motion what would become a lifelong passion for his son, and throughout the years Paul listened to each new recording Partch made while dreaming of someday playing these instruments.
Nowadays, Paul is a fixture of the ensemble by anyone's standard. With his long gray hair, healthy sense of whimsy, and penchant for the Diamond Marimba, he's become an indispensable member of the group who seems to embody the quirky spirit of the instruments which we've all come to love. During our conversation at a recent instrument move, Paul told me that when the instruments came to Seattle, he was first in line to get on board.
"When they got here I just sort of showed up on the doorstep like a stray dog," Paul said. "Chuck was just standing there wondering, 'Who the hell is this guy?'"
One of the beautiful things about the ensemble is that it allows for these sorts of encounters, and that it's open to anyone in town with a passion like Paul's. But this hasn't always been the case: it was only upon moving to Seattle that Chuck decided to open the ensemble up to the community. At Montclair, only current and former students and faculty members could join, effectively keeping the ensemble to a semi-select few.
"You never know what you're missing by limiting things to just people at the university," Chuck said. Keeping the ensemble open helps immensely in filling parts for the wide variety of instruments involved in any given piece, and the extra hands are certainly helpful when the instruments need to be packed up and moved to and from the stage. But beyond practical matters, this openness really embodies the spirit of the instruments and the music.
"These instruments really exist to be touched," Chuck said. "Anytime I do a lecture or a demonstration for a visiting group I try to set aside time at the end for people to get their hands on the instruments, and when people around town ask to get a tour of the instruments I always make sure they get a chance to do that. Sometimes just playing a few strings on the Kithara is enough for someone to say 'Hey, is the ensemble open to anybody?'"
Other integral members have come to the Partch instruments through the University of Washington, like Luke Fitzpatrick, a local violinist, composer, and the artistic director of the Seattle-based new music collective Inverted Space. Although it was a concert of Partch's music here in 2012 by Drummond's New Band Ensemble that really piqued his interest, it wasn't until the instruments came to UW, where Luke was working toward his doctorate, that he became intimately involved in the ensemble. Luke was immediately interested in exploring Partch's works for Adapted Viola and voice, and has since started composing his own works for the instrument.
"I have a really close connection to the Adapted Viola since I've been playing it so much," Luke said. "But I think you still connect with all the instruments in certain ways just by playing in the ensemble. It's a beautiful thing."
The Partch Ensemble's resident soprano, Sarah Kolat, also entered the fold through UW. As a scholar of American music, Sarah is passionate about Partch, the unique significance of his work in music history, and especially his writing for voice, which incorporates aspects of speech and plenty of microtones. In fact, Partch's initial goal in creating the instruments was to be able to harmonize spoken words, which don't often match the pitches of our usual tuning system. This fixation on the human voice led to what he calls "intoned voice," a method of singing that Partch felt was more expressive of both the text and the essence of the individual singer.
"If you are an avant-garde or 20th century vocalist," Sarah said, "and you have the Partch instruments in the basement of the music building, it's criminal for you to not participate. That was my thinking going into [the ensemble]: in theory, this is something that every 20th century vocalist would want to do, but not many have the opportunity to do it."
Each of these ensemble members find something different to love in Partch's music—something which they all say has transformed their musical lives in some way. Luke, for instance, feels a connection to the physicality and movement of Partch's aesthetic, the way just playing the instruments can turn into a sort of dance.
"It has this philosophy of the performer being connected to the actual performance: your whole body is connected to the playing and the emotion," Luke said. "Everything is a resonant body, I think that's the thing that's so amazing about his music. Obviously you have the instruments, which are resonant bodies, but you also have the actual performers who are also resonant bodies. That's really changed my outlook on writing and performing."
Paul, on the other hand, loves the organic nature of the instruments and the music—how amazing it is that these instruments of scavenged materials can make such incredibly expressive sounds. Sarah says this organic sense of personality is something that the audience in Seattle, no matter how much experience they have with classical music, can connect with.
"I think that [Partch's music] has a much broader appeal than most modern and contemporary music in this town," she said. "There's a real warmth and heart in both the ensemble and the music itself. The instruments too: these are a man's life work. So I think there's something here that people are really viscerally responding to."
What all these core members of the ensemble—as well as the dozens of students, faculty, and community members who perform on the instruments—have in common is a deep affection for the instruments and the music. Luke, for instance, referred to each instrument whose box we opened while moving as "a friend of ours."
While on stage it may look like a large and random assembly of people, the Partch Ensemble in Seattle has really become a community: a group of people who come together to do something rather difficult, rather odd, and rather fun that they all feel passionately about. As Chuck put it, "We're the ones who care about it, that's the connection. That's all you need."
And that's why it's so sad to see them go. Like Montclair University before it, UW has decided not to renew the Partch instruments' residency here in Seattle, and the collection will likely be moving on to a new home in the coming year. Perhaps it was just a matter of time: like Partch himself, the instruments seem to be inherently nomadic, never quite settling down in one place for long.
For Chuck, the ideal home for the instruments would be somewhere they can be out in a performing hall at all times to be interacted with and played upon. Unfortunately, at least for the moment, it looks like that kind of space is not forthcoming in Seattle. Chuck was clear, though, that departing from Seattle would mean the end of an important chapter in the Partch instruments' history.
"We have a lot of momentum right now with the ensemble, with the local audience, and with national and international awareness of what we're doing," Chuck said. "It would be a shame if we couldn't continue that."
It is also worth remembering what we as a musical community in this city will miss with their possible departure. This is something more than another new music ensemble leaving town: it is a loss of the soul, energy, and humor of the Partch instruments, as well as the community they have brought together.
There will at least be a few more chances to see the instruments played in Seattle on Nov. 19, 21, and 22 at UW. The concerts on Nov. 19 and 22 feature works by Partch—including Two Settings from Lewis Carroll and two scenes from The Bewitched—alongside the boundary-bursting music of composers like Henry Cowell and John Cage. The Nov. 21 concert is entirely dedicated to Partch's music, featuring classics like Barstow, Castor and Pollux, and And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma (one of Partch's only pieces without voice in which he calls for almost the full range of instruments).
The instruments' future afterwards, however, is far from certain. Whether you're a fan of art songs, dance, experimental music, or poetry, the instruments have something for you—something you can't find anywhere else. And that's why these last concerts are so special. As we prepare to open a new chapter in the lives of the instruments, my hope is that this November, alongside Partch fans new and old, we can celebrate the instruments' time here, the friends they've made along the way, and the ways in which they've changed our city for the better.
The final concerts featuring the Harry Partch Ensemble at UW are Tuesday, Nov. 19, Thursday, Nov. 21, and Friday, Nov. 22, as part of UW's Festival of Historical Experimental Music for Percussion.
For more information about the Harry Partch Ensemble, please click here.


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Yankee Dog vs Fenway Frank
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As a foodie, food blogger extraordinaire, culinary creator, girl who loves to eat, whatever you want to call me, I almost hate to admit that one of my favorite foods is yes, the hot dog!
There's something about a delicious, juicy grilled dog nestled in a nicely toasted, warm bun with a slight drizzle of ketchup that makes my mouth water every time!
While in New York I was lucky enough to attend a game at the beautiful new Yankee stadium!
First stop: obvi, hot dog and beer!
This is me, taking my "ketchup-placing-strategy" very seriously!
And now the ultimate moment has descended upon us. The time for Yankee Dog consumption.
Um ya people, that was delicious. I don't think I even made it away from the condiment counter before the whole thing was gone and I was back in line for numero dos!
A little background on my Yankee Dog. While downstairs at the stadium there are Nathan's hot dogs, upstairs there are Hebrew National. I'm telling you all, that's the good stuff! Something about that "kosher-ness" that really makes for a delicious dog!
Just in case you're not a dog lover like myself, never fear, Yankee Stadium has their own sushi.
Yup, they're high-class in New York. I mean you can't expect Jay Z to eat a hot dog, can you? Are you now picturing Jay Z grilling up a dog for Beyonce, because I definitely am!
But never fear Zooey Deschanel, you and the other Celiac peeps can eat at Yankee Stadium too!
All in all, a beautiful evening at the ballpark!
Two weeks later, the challenge was on. It was time for me to cross #10 off my bucket list and attend a Red Sox game at Fenway Park.
While checking this item off, I felt another blog post coming to me, the show down between the Yankee Dog and the Fenway Frank. New York vs. Boston. Yankees vs. Red Sox. Who would win in the best darn dog contest?
After eating dinner at two different restaurants prior to arrival at the game, I still felt it was my duty to take down a dog and complete the challenge. So I maneuvered my way around the most confusing sports stadium in America to find my perfect Fenway Frank. One frank purchased, a squirt or ketchup and I was ready to go.
Chomp, chomp, chomp.
And the winner is…
The Yankee Dog, by a mile! No offense Boston, your city won my heart, but your Fenway Frank was a disappointment!
Barely warm, no juiciness to be found and the flavor just wasn't there! Must be that "all beef Kosher-ness" that really puts the Yankee Dog over the top!
The battle is not over, I still must try dogs at each and every baseball stadium in America before I can name a true winner. But for now, the Yankee Dog has my heart!
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Banyan Project founder Tom Stites refers to Haverhill and cities like it as "news deserts" — that is, as communities so underserved by local journalism that government accountability and civic life are harmed. He and local activists hope to launch Banyan's first online news co-op, Haverhill Matters, later this year. (I touch on Banyan in the Epilogue to "The Wired City.")
Two generations ago, though, the mid-size industrial city, located in the Merrimack Valley near the New Hampshire border, was the scene of a daily newspaper war. According to an account recently published by the city's online nonprofit radio station, WHAV, a newspaper strike led to years of debilitating rivalry between the established Haverhill Gazette and the upstart Haverhill Journal.
The Journal was started by the notorious William Loeb, owner of the Manchester Union Leader (now the New Hampshire Union Leader), in December 1957. The Gazette had temporarily ceased publishing after it was struck by members of the typographical union. And Haverhill merchants, worried that they had no place to advertise their Christmas wares, went to Loeb and asked him to do something. He published a couple of free shoppers, and then decided to start a full-fledged newspaper.
The WHAV article, by Tim Coco, is full of colorful details, especially concerning the federal antitrust case that grew out of the rivalry. In a nutshell, Loeb secretly paid businessmen to buy ads only in the Journal and to badmouth the Gazette at every opportunity. And the Gazette sold ads below cost, which can in some circumstances be illegal. But it was great for readers while it lasted. As Coco puts it at the beginning of his essay:
News media competition helps ensure the inner workings of every government department are exposed to the light of day and held accountable, every service club talk is covered and every military personnel homecoming is treated with reverence.
On the other hand, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Wyzanski, who presided over the antitrust hearings, concluded it was impossible for two daily papers in a city the size of Haverhill to operate profitably unless they offered "limited news coverage" and "inferior general quality." The Gazette quickly ran into trouble, and in 1958 it was acquired by a consortium of newspaper publishers. The unstable rivalry persisted until Loeb shuttered the Journal in 1965.
Eventually the Gazette was acquired outright by The Eagle-Tribune, headquartered in North Andover but traditionally associated with Lawrence. The Eagle-Tribune started a daily Haverhill edition and converted the Gazette to a weekly. In 2005, The Eagle-Tribune and its affiliated papers on the North Shore were bought by CNHI, a Birmingham, Ala.-based chain. And as Coco notes, in March 2012, The Eagle-Tribune closed the Gazette's Haverhill offices.
"After 191 years," Coco writes, "The Haverhill Gazette no longer had a physical presence in Haverhill."
Now, nearly a half-century after daily newspaper competition came to an end in Haverhill, the city is on the verge of becoming a hotbed of experimentation in community journalism. In addition to the Banyan Project, WHAV has launched something called the "Democracy, Independence and Sustainability Project."
I'm hoping there's going to be a lot more to come as 2013 unfolds.
Update: After I posted a link to this on Twitter, John Dodge let me know that another, lesser-known daily paper called the Independent published in Haverhill in the late 1970s. Begun by longtime Gazette staffers, Dodge says the Independent couldn't survive because the DeMoulas supermarket chain wouldn't buy any ads.
- Editor hangs up after accusing reporter of "harangue"
- Banyan Project eyes Haverhill for its first news co-op
Photo by Marc N. Belanger via Wikimedia Commons.


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A little over three weeks ago, we debuted Windows Azure Mobile Services—a turnkey backend solution for your Windows Store app. As part of our continuing commitment to open source, we are happy to announce today that the Mobile Services SDK will be available on GitHub, and as always we are welcoming community contributions. We are also proud to announce that we are partnering with Xamarin to deliver the ability to write iOS and Android apps in C# and then tie them to a scalable and secure Mobile Services backend.
Subsequent Mobile Services preview releases will add full support for native iOS, Android, and Windows Phone apps through the Windows Azure portal.
For more information, please visit the Mobile Services developer center.
Mobile Services on GitHub
The Windows Azure Mobile Services Repository contains the Mobile Services SDK. We will continue to develop the Mobile Services SDK openly and transparently in this repository. All code in this repository will be fully supported by Microsoft, and community contributions are welcome! You can find Windows Azure SDK contribution guidelines here.
Mobile Services & Xamarin
Xamarin is partnering with Windows Azure Mobile Services to expand the Mobile Services SDK to iOS and Android platforms. Xamarin products empower more than 175,000 developers to write native apps for iOS and Android—all in C#.
Mobile Services and Xamarin share a common goal: freeing developers to focus on what really matters. Mobile Services reduces the friction of configuring a scalable and secure backend and lets mobile app developers focus on delivering a fantastic user experience. Xamarin allows mobile app developers to make the most of C#, and enables mobile developers to support more devices with less code.
For tutorials and more information on how to get started, please visit the Xamarin blog and developer center.
Questions? Ask in the Mobile Services Forum. Feedback? Email us at: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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righty ho,
here is the nitty gritty for my first pop~up shop
which will pop up outside of Tolt Yarn and Wool
as the weather has been tres hot hot hot,
i am hopeful it will continue that way.
however rain or shine,
i will be there,
along with a motley crew of forsaken souls and preloved goodness,
(actually rather a vast amount as i have been manically downsizing my collection of beloved finds
and emptying my closet)
Our #2 who will be visiting for a few weeks
and i have roped her into being my right hand pop~up shop man
haha hehe
i may well be even more quiet then i have been of late, over the coming weeks,
for tis summer and with one of my clan returning for a few weeks
and working on packing up and shipping out our #3 to start his life in scotland,
plus other things that need to be pondered,
it would seem wise to spend my time in the moment,
with them.
i will be popping by though, from time to time
and have high hopes of sharing the bigger sized pebble vest
when i have unearthed the scribbled notes i have lost
under the piles of preloved goodness i have collected
in the middle of our shed
all ready for thee big pop~up shop weekend...
be there or be square :)


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In a recent article on The Conversation, Steve Hatfield-Dodds argued that sustainability was possible in Australia without sacrificing economic growth.
He also argued the necessary policy changes would not require fundamental changes to Australians' values. This research was based on a detailed paper in Nature and modelling undertaken for CSIRO's recent National Outlook Report.
Contrary to this pro-growth outlook, I will argue that sustainability would be almost impossible to achieve in practice without ending growth in population and consumption per person.
I'll also argue that the claim that we don't need to change our values cannot be proven (or disproven) by the method used by Hatfield-Dodds and colleagues. Recent experience suggests we may need to change our values.
This debate is important, because the argument that sustainability is compatible with growth is likely to be misused by those who have vested interests in endless economic growth.
Growth and sustainability are rarely compatible
The Nature paper upon which Hatfield-Dodds' article is based offers new, valuable, quantitative insights. Unfortunately the qualitative result, that growth and sustainability are compatible, is only true under very restrictive conditions.
This can be seen from considering the well-known identity for environmental impact I, derived by Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren: I = PAT, where P is population, A is "affluence" (which can be measured by GDP per person) and T is technological impact I/GDP. Breaking down impacts into the three factors is useful, because each factor can be addressed with separate policies.
Using this formula we can see that in the special case that technological impact T is zero, environmental impact is zero even if GDP continues to grow.
For example, in the energy sector, if all energy generation came from renewable sources and if all renewable energy technologies could be made with renewable energy, then the environmental impact of CO₂ emissions would be zero.
Although it is now technologically possible to transition to an energy sector based entirely on renewable electricity, with zero CO₂ emissions during operation (see here and here too), continuing GDP growth and energy consumption would still expand industries that are not carbon-free.
Hatfield-Dodds and colleagues do not make the extreme assumption of zero technological impact. However it's clear from I = PAT that to continue with economic growth and reduce environmental impact, the technological impact T has to decrease faster than growth in PA which is GDP. To my knowledge, the only successful examples are at a local scale for limited periods of time for the energy sector alone, for example the town of Guessen in Austria, as you can see in the video below.
In practice, this is extremely difficult under circumstances where vested interests such as the fossil fuel industry are resisting the necessary transition towards clean technologies in the US, Australia and many other countries.
Hence there is no guarantee that environmental policies that allow continuing growth in the global economy and population will be sufficient, or implemented rapidly enough, to be compatible with ecologically sustainable development.
So while sustainability and growth are theoretically compatible in a special case, combining them does not offer a low-risk future. To be safer, we must cease global growth in both population and economic activity per person, and transition from polluting, resource-intensive technologies to clean ones.
Can value changes be dismissed?
The second claim is that we won't have to change our values to achieve sustainability. However, the modelling used does not, and cannot, model values directly. Instead the argument appears to be an indirect one based on the unsupported assumption that major extensions to policies, that exist only to a modest degree in a few places around the world, do not require value changes.
To see how unlikely this is, let's take climate-energy policies as an example. There are very few countries with policies and associated institutions and mechanisms capable of transitioning to a zero carbon energy future: Denmark, Germany, Iceland and Scotland (not yet a country) spring to mind.
But Australia and the UK as a whole are going backwards. A paper by one of Hatfield-Dodds' co-authors, Heinz Schandl, finds little evidence for significant decoupling of economic growth from biophysical growth in Australia, China and Japan over 1970-2005.
On the basis of the current environmental crisis (which goes beyond climate change), it can be argued that the only way these major policy changes could be accepted by governments and implemented would be by much greater pressure on governments and other power-holders from citizens and consumers than exists at present. This pressure is necessary to obtain effective sustainability policies and their implementation.
It seems unlikely that such a necessary, massive growth in the social movement for ecologically sustainable and socially just development could come about without a substantial change in societal values. So, contrary to the article's assumption, effective policies and value changes are not alternatives. Instead it is societal value changes that drive effective policies.
What needs to change?
Some of the more difficult value changes, that may be required to attempt to increase environmental protection while economic growth continues, include widespread community support for:
more generally, environmental tax reform that taxes polluting products severely
tight mandatory energy efficiency standards for all buildings, appliances and equipment
major expenditure on railways
greatly increased densification of cities around public transport routes and nodes (to stop loss of habitat for biodiversity from urban sprawl and to reduce transport energy use)
plantings over huge areas
a ban on nitrogenous fertilisers
a shift to low-meat diets (the opposite of the current trend in rapidly developing countries)
much greater overseas aid, to assist poor countries to participate in the sustainable development process.
These are all major extensions of policies that exist to limited degree in some places in the world. They require collective action as well as individual, as Hatfield-Dodds acknowledges.
But they are very unlikely to be implemented by governments without a massive change in community values and practices leading to a powerful social change movement.
A really effective response to the climate crisis alone may require very radical policies and institutional changes similar to those used by combatant countries in World War II. Unfortunately governments would not consider, let alone implement, such measures in peace-time without value changes leading to widespread community support.
Mark Diesendorf, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, UNSW, UNSW Australia
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.


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Short oval motor racing is a fun day out for all. Race meetings usually consist of between 12 and 15 races. We race, come rain or shine. Racegoers are more than welcome to bring a picnic, maybe some chairs or a blanket to sit on, on the spectator bankings.
If you are a first time visitor to any of our tracks, here are a few tips... Remember – this is very much an outdoor pursuit, and weather conditions are a key factor of the day. For further information on each race day, check the website – especially the detailed meeting previews.
The track is high up in the Blackdown Hills located next to an old WWII airstrip and is therefore exposed to the elements. Always remember to bring additional clothing to keep warm and a brolly (these can be left in your car where you can easily pop back out to collect if the weather turns wet). There is a limited amount of spectator viewing area which is under cover. There is a raised seating area on the home straight, and the majority of the track is surrounded by grass banks so you might wish to bring your own chairs to sit on and enjoy the atmosphere that is unique to short oval motor racing.There is a Disabled Parking section in the car park. This is accessed from the entrance to the car park at the Honiton end (west) of the stadium. From the Disabled Parking area, there is a tarmac path to the turnstiles. Once inside the stadium, less than 25 metres from the turnstiles, there is a ramp leading up to a Disabled Viewing Area.Hot and cold food is always available from one of our numerous mobile caterers, as well as ice-creams; snacks; jacket potatoes; sweets; and hot or cold drinks from our very own tuck shop. We also have a licensed bar present at the majority of our meetings throughout the season. The track shop is always open where you can browse and purchase clothing, photos, magazines and other memorabilia which could be a souvenir of your day - just remember to come back again!
The track is located in disused tin mine area and can at times be a little dusty, so come prepared. We recommend you bring additional clothing during the colder times of the year, and you are always welcome to bring your own chairs.Limited parking within the raceway is available where you can watch the action from the comfort of your own vehicle but please note, during bigger meetings, arena parking does become limited.There is a trackside area for Disabled Parking - admission to this area for blue badge holders. Wheelchair users are advised that the terrain can be rocky and uneven in places, but from where vehicles park in this area, to a position for viewing would be a very short distance of under 25 metres.Hot and cold food food is available as well as ice-creams; snacks; jacket potatoes; and hot or cold drinks. We also have a mobile bar present at the majority of our meetings throughout the season.
To further your enjoyment of, and involvement in, a short oval motor race meeting, there is always full access to the Pits Area. Always take care, as there are many moving vehicles, but racegoers can have a wander around the Pits Area, taking photos if you so wish, as you marvel at what goes on behind the scenes, with drivers repairing and preparing cars for their next race.
A full PA system is in place at all of our tracks which provide you with commentary for each race, and official results at the end of the race. Our commentary team will give you a brief overview of each Formula on show and a full background to the race itself but Always remember to purchase a programme as this is packed with information and will indicate how many races are run during any given meeting. If you are a first time visitor, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of information and detail that goes in to running a full meeting. Don't worry though, as any member of the Autospeed team will be more than happy to answer any questions you have, and more than likely, a seasoned racegoer standing nearby will do likewise. When you get home, please feel free to contact Autospeed via our detailed website and provide your feedback on your day with us - we are always looking for ways to help improve your experience with us.
Typically, we would recommend you arrive between half an hour to an hour before the event. That way, you can catch the last period of pre-meeting Practice, which typically runs from 11.30am to 12.30pm. By taking in a few minutes of the pre-meeting Practice, you will be able to familiarise yourself with surroundings. This will give you an indication of the speeds of the cars, and the noise and sight of the racing - spectators are quite close to the track. At any stage of the race meeting, you can enter the Pits Area, where it is possible to get right up close to the race cars and drivers. At 12.50pm, weather permitting, there is a Grand Parade, ahead of the first race at 1.00pm.
If you have any other questions please read our FAQ section. If we still have not answered your question, please feel free to drop us an email via the contact page on the website.
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2013 The Hopewell Rocks ride
I looked at the google map of Prince Edward Island, and it slowly sunk in that I'd ridden to every cape and along every coastline on the island. What now? I'd find myself in familiar territory if I rode out in any direction. Then I thought of Hopewell Rocks provincial park on Shepody Bay in New Brunswick and google informed me that it was a mere two and a half hours away! A quick check of the tide tables and I was delighted to find that if I left the island in the late morning, I'd arrive at the park in time for low tide at 12:19, and be able to walk the beach for the following shots. Perfect!
The flower pot rocks of Hopewell Rocks
Crapaud PE to The Rocks Provincial Park NB http://goo.gl/maps/oLBuW |
Those blue lines on the map above do nothing to indicate how cool it was in the morning, and as my brother-in-law Kirk and our friend Mike was meeting me at 0930 in the morning, I showered up and looked at what gear I had laid out the night before, which included some insulated coveralls that I eschewed in favour of wearing three pairs of pants. That proved to be a mistake as our first hour saw us riding in temperatures of three to four degrees, and while my heated grips and jacket made my hands and core nice and toasty, I could definitely feel the cool wind on my knees, thighs and calves. When we crossed a very windy Confederation bridge, I found that I'd left behind something very important to the ride, as I tried to snap a photo of the Cape Jourimain lighthouse and the camera failed to turn on! I tried again with extra care, and realized that I knew exactly where the battery was... In the charger beside my bed where I'd left it last night. Bugger! That meant that the only camera I had with me was my cellphone, and although it takes some great pictures, I'd have to stop for every shot, open up the tank bag and pull off a glove in order to operate it, and the sensor isn't as good as that of my Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3.
We rode off the bridge, and took the first exit off of the Trans Canada onto NB 955 that is a truly beautiful ride along the coast of Cape Jourimain, through a small slice of Acadian New Brunswick, that is a delightful twisty stretch of road that is a bit of a shortcut towards Port Elgin from the foot of the Confederation Bridge. The fall colours and light in the area made me curse the lack of my camera, but I consoled myself with the thought that I'd already photographed much of the coast earlier this summer.
NB 955 along the coast |
I can be such an idiot, but I warned Kirk and Mike when we stopped at the Dieppe Tim Horton's that they may lose me from time to time taking pictures, but I'd do my best to catch up, which wouldn't be terribly hard as Mike found that stator on his KLR didn't like the load placed on it by his heated vest if he rode over 104kph.
Tim Horton's stop |
Entering and leaving the city of Moncton simply reminded me of how much I detest traffic and the whimsical actions of cagers. Once we were across the bridge and heading south on NB 114, I relaxed and enjoyed the sweeping progress of the road that parallels the Chocolate river.
In the distance, the Petitcodiac river fed by a tributary |
A tributary of the Petitcodiac river |
As you leave Moncton and ride south on NB 114, you'll see many sites like this, but it may be impossible to stop for as they tend to be curved stretches of road with narrow shoulders, and I was fortunate enough to be able to park for them in the light traffic that Saturday afternoon.
NB 114 is a wonderful bit of road, although fairly well travelled with towns up and down its length, I found it a bit rough on the Versys suspension in places, but a fun scenic jaunt, and I wasn't feeling like pushing it that day which is probably a good thing considering how cold the asphalt was. It was certainly more entertaining than our ride out from PEI with the exception of NB 955.
How much time do I have?!!! |
We arrived at the park, and as it was late in the season, the gates were closed, the parking area closed up tight, but not tight enough to keep out those who braved the cool autumn temperatures and closed gates to to see the sights on this lovely October day. It's about a kilometre from the gates to the Flower pot rocks, and there were more people there than I thought there might be.
The overcast sky played hob with my pictures. |
Someone had placed this ladder for determined site seers such as myself. Thanks! |
But not quite. Enter at your own risk |
So that's where they are! |
The intrepid explorers await my return... |
I think the tide is starting to come back in now |
NB 114 has this and much more in store for you |
The rest of the ride, we could feel the temperature drop, and our butts begin to burn, just to the point where you start moving around trying to ease the pressure. By the time I got back into Crapaud, I was cold, tired and elated at a wonderful fall ride, and perhaps the last full day ride I would be able to do at these temperatures, for I've seen -1 in the forecast for this coming week, and that doesn't bode well for a bike with a rear tire that is almost on the wear bars.
If that's it for the season, then I'm happy that I ended it this way. No regrets with the exception of leaving my camera battery behind. DOH!
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