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At last! The Ashurst emerging artist submission went in yesterday the deadline is midnight on the 25th November. I am thrilled to have managed to get three works submitted, two from my series on crowds and a self-portrait too.
The opportunity of getting feedback is a major attraction for the prize submission. There was also some really helpful information contained on the prize blog site. There is a guidance and advice to the writing of a statement and also information about the quality of images that should be submitted.I at last have worked out the "size" of an image. The discipline of making a deadline, maintaining an artist statement and continually making new bodies of work is now firmly embedded in my annual routine.

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Around six months separate us from the premiere of the brand-new 2017 Lincoln Navigator L. Full-size crossover won't change its appearance too much, but real modifications come in the structure of the SUV. Body and all other parts are going to be made of less heavy materials, and some information came to us telling that body is going to be entirely made of aluminum. Dimensions should be same, but saving will be made on weight and fuel economy. With the vehicle still in developing stage, it is early to speak about mileage or performance. However, we found some interesting info about specs which we are going to share.
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Sport utility vehicles from Lincoln are well known for their performances and durability. That is because company is giving extra effort in developing their powertrains and all connected to them. New 2017 Lincoln Navigator L could get new engine, and it is 3.5-l V6. This twin-turbo EcoBoost drivetrain can develop 380 hp and 460 lb-ft of torque, serious numbers that launches this full-size SUV on top of the class. Additionally, Navigator L is using rear- or all-wheel drive, while three trims are available for various performances. Crossover can be purchased in Normal, Comfort and, top of the range, Sport trim. Estimated fuel consumption, with improvement due to weight drop should be around 18 mpg combined.
2017 Lincoln Navigator L redesign
The 2017 Lincoln Navigator L crossover will be build on Ford's P2 platform, so some similarities between vehicles from two companies are probable. Dimensions should be the same as for previous model, and this five-door SUV gets 20-inch wheels for base vehicles, and 22-inch alloy for top trims. Inside, infotainment is boosted with new audio system, and 4.2-inch LCD instrument screen and 8-inch touch-screen display. Two cabin variants are possible, Select and Reserve. Roof rails are revisited, grille is refreshed and new LED lamps are installed for appearance boost of the 2017 Navigator L.
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A few weeks ago, the topic of the "First Time User Experience" popped up in my Intro to Game Design Lecture.
For a while now, I've been trying to come up with an idea that would be a great starting post for this blog. However, recent events, both with the development of my final project for the semester and in my own gaming time, revealed to me that for my first blog post, the most fitting topic would be about the first time user experience. So without further ado … here's to two "firsts", I hope you enjoy!
At the end of most of my Game Design lectures, there's a small in-class task or report to complete, and this lecture was no different. We had to pair up with a friend and play a game that we were unfamiliar, but that our partner had introduced to us, while the other recorded notes about our behaviour.
I went first, I quickly installed one of my favourites, Hacknet onto my laptop, opened it up, and then told my friend nothing for the next 15 minutes as he fiddled his way through the game's unique text-based, linux-esque environment. It went relatively smoothly, though throughout the tutorial there were stretches of time where he got stuck, mostly because the tutorial required that he read. In his defence though, the tutorial doesn't really go about making sure you KNOW that the text is actually on the screen, it hides at the side of the screen without much flashiness. By the time we were through the tutorial, it was my turn.
My friend opened up Stardew Valley and I ran into similar troubles, mostly not knowing what to do or why I was doing it. For example, the controls weren't really explicitly given to me, so as I fumbled around town, I may have accidentally hit people with my hoe rather than strike up a friendly conversation with them. It was 15 minutes of fun and laughter, but it was also an interesting learning experience from a design aspect.
Flash forward about 3 or 4 weeks, and a group of friends and I are now collaboratively pitching some money in for an ARK: Survival Evolved private server, it's been a fun way to relieve some stress and just relax with each other after developing for hours on end.
During our first few hours in the game, we were having a pretty good time building the foundations for our adventures ahead, though the conversation quickly shifted gears, as it seems that it is now impossible for us to play a game without analyzing its design.
Before we get into that, let me just say that I've owned ARK for well over a year, but when I bought it, the game performed less than optimally on my PC. Even so, I still considered it to be a really fun and unique concept for a game, and its story was intriguing. However, when I finally got back to it a few days ago, I had forgotten most of the controls, meaning that the only person who knew anything about the game was one person out of the six of us.
Anyways, back to the topic at hand … After what seems like a bazillion questions and even more in-game deaths, we came to the realization that the game's learning curve probably turned a lot of players off really early on, which is unfortunate, because it's a legitimately fun game to play, especially with friends.
We discussed a few issues though, firstly there's no very obvious way to tell what the controls actually ARE. For example, even after rummaging around the island for a little bit, right after you spawn and gain enough EXP, you're presented with a level up notification that prompts you to open your inventory, but the question still remains: how?
The game doesn't explicitly tell you how to open your inventory to level up, just that you have to do it.
Now, this could be part of the design as well, ARK is a fairly hard-core survival game, so it could be that the designers expect you to figure things out for yourself, which is fair enough, but then you do run the risk of frustrating your players early on in their play sessions.
Personally, I like to figure games out for myself, so a quick look into the control settings isn't a huge inconvenience to me, and after you figure out the base mechanics, the game is really fun.
Luckily, the devs have recently added a "Survival Guide" into the game, which should aid newer players who are confused.
I also really appreciate the screenshots the devs included for each portion of the survival guide, they're very visually appealing.
I do think that an integrated tutorial would do better than a text-based one, and this sort of goes back to my points about text-based tutorials in Hacknet. Some people just don't like to read (which is an ironic statement, coming from someone writing a blog post).
At the end of the day though, I still really do love ARK, and I got into the game near the early stages of development. It's nice to see that the devs have stuck with it, and they've done a stellar job at optimizing the game, too.
Overall, learning about First Time User Experience has given me A LOT of insight into how games are made, and how to design them to introduce your players to your game in a friendlier manner, and I've also realized how easy it is to forget. My team and I forgot to add a "How to Play" section into our final game of the semester, so whenever a prof visited our game booth, we had to explain the controls to them. Fear not though, we did add a "How to Play" section later on.
I hope this first post gave you a good first reader experience and gave you an idea what to expect from me. I'll try to keep posts shorter next time, this is probably the longest they'll ever get, just over 1000 words, and I won't always be picking apart certain games or their design, either. I'm really looking forward to the next four years of school and –hopefully- this blog.
I encourage you to comment your thoughts on my post, give me suggestions and help me shape this blog for the future. See you in my next post, and thanks for reading!
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Russian oil giant Lukoil sold its Grib diamond mine to the Russian investment group Otkritie Holding for $1.45 billion in cash, according to Russian media reports.
The deal should be completed in the first quarter of 2017, subject to approval by several government offices.
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Yangon (Rangoon) was ripe with exquisite hand-painted lacquered pieces, decorated bamboo parasols and various antiquities, which can be
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Medium humanoid (human, shapechanger), neutral
Armor Class 12
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +4
Shapechanger. The weretiger can use its action to polymorph into a tiger-humanoid hybrid or into a tiger, or back into its true form, which is humanoid. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Keen Hearing and Smell. The weretiger has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
Pounce (Tiger or Hybrid Form Only). If the weretiger moves at least 15 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, the weretiger can make one bite attack against it as a bonus action.
Multiattack (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). In humanoid form, the weretiger makes two scimitar attacks or two longbow attacks. In hybrid form, it can attack like a humanoid or make two claw attacks.
Bite (Tiger or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with weretiger lycanthropy.
Claw (Tiger or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) slashing damage.
Scimitar (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage.
Longbow (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
Weretigers are ferocious hunters and warriors with a haughty and fastidious nature. Lithe and sleekly muscular in humanoid form, they are taller than average and meticulously groomed. Weretigers grow to enormous size in animal and hybrid form, but they fight in their more refined humanoid form when they can. They don't like to pass on their curse, because every new weretiger means competition for territory and prey.
Characters as Weretigers
The character gains a Strength of 17 if his or her score isn't already higher. Attack and damage rolls for the natural weapons are based on Strength. For the Pounce trait, the DC is 8 + the character's proficiency bonus + Strength modifier.
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Come one, come all…. Please consider attending our monthly PTO meeting on Thursday, December 5th at 7 PM. We will get to hear committee reports from various committee chairs, discussing a plan to fill a board vacancy and voting on the purchase of a movie license in order to host a family movie night at Martic.
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today I am showing you a simple 4 step pillow case tutorial. It's the same pattern like Ikea and many other furniture stores use for their pillow cases. We have that old leather couch in our living room and although I love the worn look of it, I wanted to add something new and fresh to the picture.Being an optimist I believe that spring is coming pretty soon, so it's time for a little redecoration!
For a 48x48cm pillow you'll need:
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Mark a length of 125cm on your fabric and add about 1,5cm of seam allowance. For the cuff, mark a line on the right side, then cut out the rectangle.
Fold and iron the narrow sides of the rectangle, then sew both with your sewing machine.
Turn the fabric around and fold it to the mark of your cuff. Make sure that the seam of the narrow side is on top! Then fold the cuff to the left side and pin it down.
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The Southeastern European nation of Romania has expressed interest in cooperating with Guyana in the area of Oil and Gas (O&G). Guyanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, during a press conference at his South Road, Georgetown, office on Monday made the revelation of the European country's offer of training in the petroleum sector. Mr. Greenidge has recently engaged in a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of that country Viorica Dăncilă.
According to the Foreign Minister, "Romania's interest in cooperating with Guyana is an interest that reflects a decision by the Romanian Government to treat Guyana and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as the focal points of their cooperation with the region. And in that cooperation, they have identified a wide range of areas in which they have an interest. There's oil and gas in which they have a capacity and are willing to do training." Other areas that the country has offered to provide assistance in include matters pertaining to governance and corruption, as well as the Information, Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
Mr. Greenidge went on to say that Guyana has seen increasing interest from other countries as a result of its petroleum resources. He pointed to several countries such as Jamaica, Brazil, Russia and Trinidad which have all expressed their desire for increased cooperation during bilateral talks. "When you have a meeting with a bilateral at the level of foreign affairs, the discussions are of a general nature. Countries may express a wish to deepen cooperation with Guyana. It goes without saying that when you are a prospective oil producer you will have more interest than if you don't have any special industries or commodities. In the course of these discussions the countries will offer to; say for example they have capacity in terms of an institute of Natural Resources or an institute that deals with oil and petroleum and gas, and would indicate that they have facilities that would enable them to undertake training of engineers and what have you," he stated.
The Guyanese Foreign Minister shared that subsequent to these talks, "the executing agencies which are the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources, or the Ministry of Energy depending on the specifics, will then take the matter up from there." He related that these offers are coming at a critical time as "we are at a point in which you clearly do not have sufficient skills and so the agencies ought to be seeking almost all the information on all who are offering to undertake the training and to see if they have Guyanese with the requisite level of skills for the intake."
He went on to say that if a country is offering to take students into an institution, the Guyanese Government will need to know what sort of skills they can generate, as "almost anything in oil and petroleum we need training in."


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September is my month, I'm excited. I'll post Sept 1st.
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The present paper gives a method of optimizing the performance of a music learner using the "Kmeans clustering" algorithm in data mining. It also shows how to prevent music piracy by hiding musical data by giving some unique codes to music files. An illustrative example is provided using a note sequence in a Hindustani raga, namely, Bhimpalashree.
|Data mining, K-means clustering algorithm, raga, melody, performance optimization, music piracy
|How can a researcher help an artist to improve or optimize his or her performance without loosing the quality? This has always been a big question of perennial interest in music research. It is quite a challenge for a beginner or a music learner how to overcome the problem of repeating similar melodies while performing on stage. This is especially true in Indian classical music where it is expected that the artist would present the alankars (melodic embellishments) in an extempore fashion.
|On the other hand, there is another problem that a large number of music files are available on various websites and anyone can easily download these musical data because there are no personalized services to hide this information.
|In the present paper, both these problems are addressed using the "K-means clustering" algorithm in data mining. As it turns out, this algorithm can help in improvising the artist's performance and saves time. Moreover, it can hide the musical information in the form of some unique codes. While doing the clustering, if k is properly given, the data in the list may be properly grouped and the grouped music can be used as the user's preference [2].
|Data mining is an important application of computer science that has increasing relevance in research in the humanities. Data mining techniques can enrich our understanding of music and music cognition. They allow for analysis on a scale that is not possible with the qualitative analytical methods [3].
|It is an iterative clustering algorithm in which items are moved among sets of clusters until the desired set is reached. The cluster mean of Ki = {ti1, ti2 ….., tij} is defined as
|Melody may be mathematically defined as a sequence of notes "complete" in some sense as determined by music theory, taken from a musical piece (Chakraborty et. al. [1]). A melody need not be a complete musical sentence. It suffices if it is a complete musical phrase. A Segment is a sequence of notes which is a subset of melody but is itself incomplete. For example, {Ma, Pa, Komal Ni, Sa} is a melody being a complete musical phrase in the Hindustani raga Bhimpalashree being analyzed here but {Ma, Pa} is its sequential subset and hence a segment in this raga. Here a raga, which is the nucleus of Indian classical music, is a melodic structure with fixed notes and a set of rules characterizing a certain mood conveyed by performance. Length of a melody or its segment refers to the number of notes in it. Significance of a melody or its segment (in monophonic music such as Indian classical music) is defined as the product of the length of the melody and the number of times it occurs in the musical piece. Thus both frequency and length are important factors to assess the significance of a melody or its segment. For a more technical definition of significance of melody in polyphonic music, see Adiloglu, Noll and Obermayer [5].
|Musical data being chronological, the numbers representing pitches in different octaves will be the possible response entry corresponding to the argument time which would in our case be just the instance (1, 2, 3…) at which a musical note is realized. The tonic Sa is taken at the note natural C (i.e. the scale is C). Also, C of the middle octave is assigned the number 0 representing its pitch as the reference point for other notes of higher and lower pitch to be assigned numbers accordingly as 1, 2, 3…. or -1, -2, -3…respectively (detailed in table 1). This is the technique that is used for structure analysis and we are motivated by the works of Adiloglu, Noll and Obermayer [5]. Our database for analysis comprises of a sequence of notes of the song based on raga Bhimpalashree. This is given in table 4 in Appendix.
|Abbreviations: The letters S, R, G, M, P, D and N stand for Sa, Sudh Re, Sudh Ga, Sudh Ma, Pa, Sudh Dha and Sudh Ni respectively. The letters r, g, m, d, n represent Komal Re, Komal Ga, Tibra Ma, Komal Dha and Komal Ni respectively. Normal type indicates the note belongs to middle octave; italics implies that the note belongs to the octave just lower than the middle octave while a bold type indicates it belongs to the octave just higher than the middle octave. Sa, the tonic in Indian music, is taken at C. Corresponding Western notation is also provided. The terms "Sudh", "Komal" and "Tibra" imply, respectively, natural, flat and sharp.
|Musical features of raga Bhimpalashree
|Thaat( a method of grouping ragas according to scale): Kafi
|Aroh (ascent): n S g M, P, n, S Awaroh (descent): S n D P M g R S
|Jati: Aurabh-Sampoorna (five distinct notes allowed in ascent; seven in descent)
|Vadi Swar (most important note): M Samvadi Swar (second most important note): S
|Prakriti (nature): restful Pakad (catch): n S M, Mg, PM, g, M g R S
|Stay notes (nyas swars): g M P n Time of rendition: 1PM-3 PM
|Table 2 gives the melodic phrases and segments (built with the help of table 4 given in appendix)
|Remark: A melodic phrase should have at least three notes. If less, it can only be a segment.The other property of being complete in order to be taken as a sigle entity and hence qualify to be a melody we have already discussed earlier.
|In order to assign a unique code to a melody, each note in a melody group is multiplied to its position number and added. We should be careful that each and every value must be unique. Code calculation for melody groups:-
|Melody group/segment no.1. -2, 0, 5, 3, 5, 7
|= (1×-2)+(2×0)+(3×5)+(4×3)+(5×5)+(6×7)
|Proceeding in this manner, after calculating for every melody group, we finally get:
|92, 87, 11, 322, 5, 464, 154, 17, 110, 73, 185, 48, -98, -8, 452, 174, 90
|1. Take two means say K1=92, K2=87 and divide all the values in 2 groups, G1 and G2 by assigning each object to the group that has the closest mean.
|2. When all objects have been assigned, recalculate the positions of the K mean
|3. Now repeat it until the centroids no longer move.
|Our results are summarised in table 3.
|In the 2nd step we take the means of 1st G1 and G2 and then assign the values to both the groups which are closer to 227 and 16.8750 and so on. Finally we can see that at the 2nd and 3rd steps, groups are repeating. At this point, we stop further calculation.
|We conclude that at steps 2 and 3, groups are repeating themselves; that is to say, melodies are repeating. If performance is falling in the same groups repeatedly the performer can optimize his performance by avoiding the repetition of melodies again and again. It saves the time and increases newness and generates interest in the listeners.
|At the same time, by assigning unique codes to each melody group, we have personalized musical data which tackles the other problem of music piracy as our strategy can be easily extended to hide music files.
|[1] S. Chakraborty, K. Krishnapryia, Loveleen, S. Chauhan, S. S. Solanki and K. Mahto,
Melody Revisited: Tips from Indian Music Theory, International Journal of
Computational Cognition, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2010, 26-32
[2] D. M. Kim, K.S. Kim, K. H. Park, J. H. Lee and K. M. Lee, A Music Recommendation System with a Dynamic K-means Clustering Algorithm, Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, 399-403, 2007, IEEE DOI 10.1109/ICMLA.2007.97
[3] Matt Munz, Data Mining in Musicology, Yale University, April 28, 2005
[4] http://home.dei.polimi.it/matteucc/Clustering/tutorial_html/kmeans.html
[5] K. Adiloglu, T. Noll and K. Obermayer, A Paradigmatic Approach to Extract the melodic Structure of a Musical Piece, Journal of New Music Research, Vol. 35(3), 2006, 221-236
[6] Dutta, D., Sangeet Tattwa, Pratham Khanda (in Bengali), Brati Prakashani, 5th ed, (2006)


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Introduction To Hoshin Kanri
Hoshin means—Compass/Vision, Kanri means Management. Therefore, Hoshin Kanri can be translated into Policy Deployment, Vision Management, or Strategy Deployment.READ MORE
Hoshin means—Compass/Vision, Kanri means Management. Therefore, Hoshin Kanri can be translated into Policy Deployment, Vision Management, or Strategy Deployment.READ MORE
As with any metric, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)—the powerful core metric used in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)—can be misunderstood and misused. In fact, we see it grossly misused at times.READ MORE
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People have been waking up to discover the sad news that former American President George Bush Junior, is still alive.
As many people have been asking the question…The younger one, or the old one? We can confirm that the stupido one, the small, younger, chimpy one is still very much alive.
Local soldier, Peter Thape, who lost both legs fighting in a war that George Bush Junior started for no reason, was saddened to hear the news about Bush Jr. continuing to live on.
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Watch full-lenght episode in HDV quality!Abella was fucked from the time this hottie signed on to shoot with us. We knew this wench was into this and loves being pushed to the limit, but once this hottie is restrained she becomes an entirely different person. She switches from porn star to a primal creature that screams from the pain, yet her slit drips from her suffering. This babe is put in several different positions, each one designed to serve the the purpose of tormenting this doxy and making her orgasm. This babe is flogged, spanked, clamped, caned, and fucked.


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I noticed this extraordinary 1923 Frank Lloyd Wright designed house at the real estate blog JoyofPasedena.com. Located in Pasadena, California, it is currently on the market for $4,995,000. It has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms and it is STUNNING!
Here is a historic photo of an exterior wall:
Today, the signature block designs are still completely intact:
In 1923, the home cost nearly $17,000 to build (seven thousand over the planned budget).
Have a look inside…
This house is known as La Miniatura, or more formally as: The Millard House.
La Miniatura is the first residence to utilize Frank Lloyd Wright's highly inventive textile block building system. The Millard House is internationally recognized as one of the the world's most important works of residential architecture. It is one of four homes built in this style. This residence is truly a work of art.
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This historic home recently underwent a multi-year renovation project.
I think it was a very successful renovation… the home still looks and feels true to its origins.
For more details and many more exquisite photos, see the house's website at: http://www.millardhouse.com/.
I'm not 100% sure if this is accurate, but I read somewhere that some of those blocks are actually perforated right through to the interior. So parts of the house are open to the outside air!
In the photo below, you can see how certain blocks have a + shape cut out in them, and there doesn't appear to be glass involved!
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First Listen: Frits Wentink & DJ Boring – 'Cannot Compare' (Shall Not Fade)Tweet
Since debuting in 2016 with an EP from the mighty Mall Grab, Bristol label Shall Not Fade have certainly made their impact on the dancefloor. Building a close community of artist friends in its three years of existence, the vinyl only imprint run by Kieran Williams counts Steve Murphy, DJ Octopus, Steven Be Calm, Contours, Lake Haze, and TRP as regular contributors.
Their brand new double-vinyl (and first) compilation LP 3 Years Of Service celebrates just that, showcasing the label's constantly evolving club-focused sound by inviting 10 existing and freshly signed artists to contribute new material, with Skream, Mella Dee, TRP, Loods and Adriyano amongst the bunch of house and techno talents.
Today we spotlight the upbeat house jam from Frits Wentink and DJ Boring's jam. Following up their recent joint EP on Bobby Donny, 'Cannot Compare' sees the two producers once again combine nicely, with twitchy drums, rolling subs and starstruck melodies aplenty.
3 Years of Service LP is out November 16 on Shall Not Fade.
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The Prodigy Daughter Of The Medicine God - CHAPTER 2 (Part Two)
The Drugstore Space
The old man hesitated before answering immediately: "Well, I know but I'm afraid that the megalgia of setting the broken bones is not something that normal people can sustain! I..." He threw his eye on the vassal, "Was caught by this laddie when I was visiting my patients at their homes, only got a few common medicine herbs in my medicine box, there's no anesthetic prepared!"
"He'll suffer to death without anesthetic." Feng Yu Heng said coldly.
The old man agreed: "Moreover, not only the bones need to be connected, the rotten meat of the knees is supposed to be scraped too. Look at the swollen wound, I'm afraid that…...Alas, look at this barren wasteland, how about to let this laddie carry you on his back and follow me back to the capital medical center."
"No way." The brocade robe man turned him down without any hesitation, "Just treat me here."
The old man waved his hands: "No way no way, I don't dare to treat this injury without any anesthetic."
Feng Yu Heng was unwilling to hear their argument anymore, she held her hands in cross between her loosened sleeve and felt the heat spreading as she stroked her right wrist. For a moment, she saw things that she shouldn't see—— The pharmacy which she opened in the provincial capital during her past life.
The double-storey pharmacy, combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, also associated with the sale of crutches, wheelchairs and much more simple medical apparatus and instruments. It was no different than the pharmacies which could be seen everywhere in the street in the Twenty-First Century, she sold everything that she should sell, including the new and old remedies. She just sold more remedies that provided specially by the army, including the empty capsules and some semi-finished products.
Feng Yu Heng tried to get some remedies, she could actually concoct the remedies and get it from the pharmacy without a hitch by using her thoughts.
She was truly surprised for a while. Subconsciously, she was taking a step to leave. I must find a quiet and no one place to look over this novelty I just found out.
How could she know that the moment she just moved her legs, a sword was touching her neck, and she could feel the coldness of the sword against her neck.
"Don't move." It was the vassal's voice.
Feng Yu Heng really did not dare to move now.
As the saying goes, the lackeys are even more difficult to deal with. Perhaps she could fight her courage with his master, but this fool vassal were never brainy, his sword must have no eyes.
She squinted at the cold sword, it was sharp and penetrating, and it seemed to be able to cut the hair.
"I'm sorry, little girl. Regardless of whatever your identity is, just blame that you shouldn't've seen my master here today." The tip of sword shook as his voice died away.
Of course Feng Yu Heng was not going to wait for the death to come to her, just before she could take any action. A "ding" sound came from the cold sword and it fell on the ground with a bang.
"Master!" The vassal turned around quickly, ran towards the brocade robe man and knelt down, "Master please calm down."
The brocade robe man waved his hand randomly, "She's only a kid, just let her go."
"But what if the information was leaked…..."
"Bai Ze." The brocade robe man's became heavy, "I don't want to repeat the same words the second time."
"Yes." The vassal called Bai Ze lowered his head, silently picking up the sabre on the ground, didn't dare to say anything more.
Feng Yu Heng glared at Bai Ze and then shifted her eyes to the old doctor who were now staring at the injury and seemed to be at his wits, said in earnestness: "You should learn more from your master. Even if you want to silence someone by killing him off, don't ever do it in front of the useful people. Doctor is always private and opaque, if he does mind what you have done in front of him, he can fiddle with the treatment to disable your master's legs."
"Don't be gone too far in your advance!" Bai Zhe stomped his feet.
The brocade robe man chuckled, "You're young to know so much senses. Bai Ze, you should learn from her as she's right."
"Stop saying it." He cut Bai Ze off, looking towards Feng Yu Heng, "Go home. Didn't you say that your mother's still ill?"
Feng Yu Heng stared at him for a while, grudging to take her eyes off the lotus pattern between his eyebrows. Otherwise how to say that the man shouldn't have a too good looking, their handsome would make some of the women lose their principle——
"That what…..Let me help you." Feng Yu Heng wanted to slap her big mouth after the words came out of her mouth. Knew what was "only take care of yourself"? Where got you?
"How do you want to help?" The brocade robe man on the contrary was willing to corporate so she didn't get the opportunity to regret her words.
Feng Yu Heng moved her eyes to other way, didn't want to look at his lotus pattern anymore,stretching her hand into her sleeve, making a painkiller sprayer with her thought. This thing were not yet on the market, it was developed specially for the usage for the emergency during the mission of army. She had kept one box for her own sake, waiting for an opportunity to sell it, she never thought she would die on account of the plane accident before she could sell it.
"Kill the pain first, of course." Feng Yu Heng shook the sprayer in her hand, "Old Mister, as you saw just now, they wanted to silence me by murdering me to guarantee the secrecy of their hiding place."
The old man had been scared enough before, he collapsed at once when he heard what she said, sitting paralyzed on the ground, trembling like a leaf.
Feng Yu Heng gazed at the brocade robe man, "You have to say a word, give a promise or something like that, not only to engage for your life safety, and also keep it as a secret that I've helped you."
Bai Ze's heart wrenched as he heard her words, then he asked again: "Who on earth are you?"
Feng Yu Heng couldn't help but feel helpless: "I'm just a kid from a mountain village, I met a Persian ages ago and he gave me something good. Now I'm gonna use this good thing to save your master and I don't want anymore people to know that I've got a good thing. You got it?"
Bai Ze nodded after analyzing her words,"Yes, I got it."
The brocade robe man stared at the bottle in her hand, with curiosity in his eyes, he saw that Feng Yu Heng was not going to explain more, so he turned to the old man, and said: "Old Mister you just treat me as a normal patient, do what you should do, then I'll certainly ask Bai Ze to send you home, and I'll never hurt your life."
"Re...Really?" The old man was not quite convinced by him.
"Only if you don't divulge anything that happened tonight. Really."
"I did nothing tonight, I just lost my way when I visited my patients at their homes, just lost my way."


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Thursday letters: Focus on energy
Wind power
Regarding "Base air quality rules on science, not politics" (Page B9, Sept. 16), the op-ed misstated the costs and reliability of wind power and ignored how new wind power development under the Clean Power Plan can benefit the state. According to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) data, the cost of wind power has declined 66 percent since 2009.
In fact, the DOE's 2014 Wind Technologies Market report found that the average wind power purchase agreement signed in 2014 fell to only $23.5 per megawatt hour - almost half the price of the traditional power sources cited in the essay.
As a result of these cost reductions, wind is one of the lowest cost compliance options for proposed Environmental Protection Agency rules, and that's good news since wind energy makes sense for Texas with or without the EPA because wind is cheap and abundant here.
The wind industry has already invested $26 billion in the state, and with 7,500 MW of new projects under construction that investment will continue in the coming years. These projects help provide a new tax base that funds schools, roads, and emergency services, while also benefitting private landowners.
Real-world experience and studies also demonstrate that wind power is reliable. Iowa and South Dakota produced more than 25 percent of their electricity from wind last year, and wind powers more than 12 percent of the electricity in nine states in total.
Low-cost, reliable wind power can help keep Texans' electricity prices low and our economy growing for years to come as Texas transitions to a cleaner, cheaper, locally-made electricity future.
Susan Sloan, Vice President, state policy, American Wind Energy Association
Capture carbon
There is definitely one thing I agree with in Bernard Weinstein's essay especially regarding EPA's proposed set of regulations to reduce carbon emissions.
There should be a cost-benefit analysis on various approaches to reducing carbon emissions. But there should also be an analysis of the cost of doing nothing. In addition, I suggest doing a cost-benefit analysis comparing the Obama EPA's regulatory approach with an approach favored by conservatives such as former Reagan Secretary of State George P. Shultz. Shultz promotes a carbon tax fee.
Privately funded economic analysis of this carbon fee approach shows the average American household actually economically benefiting, in spite of added energy costs alluded to by Weinstein.
Congress should do its own analysis of these approaches to reducing carbon emissions (regulations vs. carbon fees), because it will assuredly be costly to continue to do nothing.
Jim Rine, Houston


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When you're embarking on your board career, starting your journey to search for roles, approaching people about board positions, go for interviews, it's important that you understand what's the paradigm that you're operating in. What are the rules of the game? By understanding what is really going on throughout the board recruitment process, then you […]read more
What does the Royal Commission mean for Board Directors?
The final report for the Royal Commission has landed and the commentary is running on overdrive as the government, opposition, the banks and key industry players put their spin on the results. I use the word 'spin' deliberately, as it seems to me that the PR teams are carefully crafting the key messaging around the […]read more
So Many Networking Events, So Little Time
If you are looking to network for maximum impact you are going to want to connect with Chairman, Board Directors, and the key influencers who recommend board director candidates which can include lawyers, accountants, partners in private equity, venture capital and advisory firms, as well as corporate headhunters. The vast majority of board search assignments […]read more
The Role of Board Leadership
A good board fit happens when you find a position that matches your values, skills, time required, availability and interests. With a good fit, you can have a productive and fulfilling board experience. There are different types of boards, different organisational structures, and wide variances in compensation, from zero to significant. As you start to […]read more
Why You Need to Become a Next Generation Board Director
Board membership has long been an arena that many aspiring business executives perceive as highly exclusive. One of the most predominant misconceptions in the board recruitment market is that board positions are only available to an elite group of "inner-circle" executives and access to such a select group is by invitation only. Another common misconception […]read more


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With her forehead resting in her right hand, Rachel Robinson quietly wept as her friend was included among the names of the dead read out at Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity on Tuesday.
Robinson had come to the church to take part in a monthly memorial for people who have died from issues tied to homelessness, including exposure, poverty, violence, illness, addiction and neglect.
Eight people, including three women, were added for January and February, along with long-time housing advocate William Easter and several people who died the previous year. In some cases, in this ceremony and as it has been done in the past, the only marker used is Jane or John Doe.
"It's a lot of John Does and that makes me so sad," Robinson, 46, said after the service. "Everybody needs a name. Everybody needs an identity. Everybody needs all these things just so that they can get through life. Being a John Doe, goodness gracious, that is just so sad."
Among those named was Robinson's friend Crystal Papineau, 35, who died after she was trapped inside a clothing donation bin, and Hang Vo, 58, who was crushed by a garbage truck as she slept on a grate.
Robinson is a peer worker at Sistering, a women's only drop-in on Bloor St. W. where Papineau, who struggled with addiction and mental health issues throughout her life, was a frequent guest.
"I'd always get a hug. It didn't matter what condition she was in I would get that hug and that meant so much to me," Robinson said. Even when Papineau was in a dark place, she said, a sweetness remained.
After the memorial, attendees marched to City Hall to deliver an open letter to Mayor John Tory and paper hearts bearing the names of more than 100 dead. The letter was accepted by a member of Tory's staff.
Homelessness and affordable housing were already on the official agenda with the discussion of a new Toronto housing market analysis during the morning session of the planning and housing committee.
The report was prepared at the request of the city's affordable housing office and was produced by the Canadian Centre of Economic Analysis and the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) using 24 key housing indicators.
Among the issues identified was a lack of affordable rental stock, an aging and expanding population, the stagnant income of existing tenants and the poor state of already limited social housing.
The results were "grim," the authors concluded. Among key findings, 87 per cent of low-income households, with incomes of $30,000 or less, were paying more than 30 per cent on shelter costs. Much of the new rental stock is coming through the secondary market, mostly condominiums, and those increasingly high monthly costs mean middle-income earners are effectively blocked from ownership, the authors wrote.
"Unremedied, the housing situation in Toronto will produce consequential challenges for equity, cohesion, and economic prosperity in the city," they wrote.
Speaking to the committee, CUI director Jeff Evenson said a range of factors — including desiring easier access to services — mean more people are cramming into certain parts of the city.
"There is no release valve for that, so we get increasing numbers of people in unsuitable situations," including overcrowding or renting places they can't afford, he said.
Worsening the problem is a range of factors that don't allow for development in large portions of the city, he said, which are caused by a mix of policy and market demand.
Councillor Brad Bradford made a successful motion requesting that the affordable housing office "include benchmarking and evaluation criteria for key housing indicators" in annual reports going forward.
"What is not captured in this report is the amount of suffering that continues to plague so many to residents on a daily basis due to a lack of safe and affordable housing," said speaker Steve Meagher, addressing the committee on behalf of the Shelter and Housing Justice Network.
The unfortunate reality, he said, is when people are moved from the emergency shelter system into housing it is not a straightforward story of success as people will still be experiencing deep poverty.


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I love a time devoted to diving inward to find more clarity and renewed insight into your hopes for the future. It's a good time to see how far you've come and practice being gentle with yourself.
I sat in my window seat on the plane ride home, scribbling furiously in my journal about 2018…
when suddenly the teenage boy in the middle seat PUKED ALL OVER THE ROW. His mom was completely unprepared, vomit went everywhere. I tried to press myself against the window, trying not to show any emotion so the poor thing wouldn't feel even worse! The last line from my journal literally reads "I literally just got thrown up on by the boy sitting next to me so BYE 2018!"
HAHAHA. I never saw this coming for my trip home. I could have let it piss me off and ruin the rest of the day- or I could tell everyone and laugh at my own ability to get into these situations. I mean come on, it's funny! Super gross… but hilarious. Without even realizing it, I had turned the situation around.
I sat around the breakfast table on New Year's Day, recounting this story to my best friends. We chose to share our reflections and goals. I told them that I realized it has become harder as I've gotten older to always be the person I want to be. To always know WHO I want to be. When we were younger, it wasn't such a choice. We didn't constantly edit our actions and thoughts, questioning our every move. We just ACTED, we LIVED, we let ourselves BE. I used to be so effortlessly positive and happy.
When that got stolen from me 3 years ago, I dove into my grief. I tried to do it SO RIGHT. I put thought and time and intention into it. But… did that make it too much of a focus in my life? I don't think so- or at least I hope not. I needed that time. I needed that hard work. And now I'm feeling ready and determined to reclaim my emotional freedom. I am excited to be joyful.
Y'all there's something major that I have worried about with this blog, so I want to make sure it gets addressed.
I have struggled from the get-go with what kind of it impression it makes for me to talk about death all the time. If I were just randomly popping up on my Instagram feed with pictures of my mom constantly and dwelling on grief, that would be worrisome. I think, to many, it comes across that way. But this is kind of my job now. I have taken joy and pride in my work. Because that's what it is, it's a creative project. It's work. And at the end of the day, I can put that aside and turn back to the happier things. It's a hard balance, devoting my writing to grief, while clarifying that it doesn't rule my life.
But sometimes, I don't want to write. Sometimes, if I have a really good week, I struggle to come up with a topic- because the journey of grief ought to come with peaks and valleys, and I don't always feel like writing about the sad stuff. When I'm in a good mood, I don't want to turn away from it.
At the end of the day, though, I consider it a gift that I have come to this point, where I get to have deeply personal and important vulnerable discussions about the less-than-pretty parts of life. I feel it is a privilege, and something I am called to do. I am willing to lay it all out on the table if it will help you out.
I hope you know that I do not let the loss of my mom define me.
I won't lie, when I first lost her, I thought it really did define me. It took time and perspective, but I came to realize that there was a power in owning my story- power that I didn't need to let go of. But it does not need to overshadow the other things that equally contribute to my identity.
It is vitally important to not let your grief define you.
Let me say it for the people in the back. YOUR GRIEF DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
The loss you have suffered contributes to your story, and your story is a huge part of who you are. But your grief is not the ONLY plot point in your story. Alongside it, there will be others you love, incredible memories, talents, personality traits, and who even knows what may lay in store in the years to come.
I made a decision when I started this blog. I didn't want to sound like I was giving advice. I don't think it's possible to have all the answers and I certainly don't think I know everything, if anything! All I know is that, as I stumble through this stage of life, some things work and some things don't. I'm just willing to share my stories in hopes that you might possibly benefit.
I will continue to use my story to help others. I will continue to share my vulnerabilities to keep each other company in hard times. But I just want to make sure you guys know that I don't go through my day constantly pondering death and loss. I refuse to mope. I do not needlessly dwell.
So if it doesn't help you to have weekly triggers, only come to this place when you are in need of a resource. Do not let grief rule your life. And I will always be here for you.


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I love making goodies from scratch — especially homemade, organic mozzarella cheese. Homemade mozzarella is the best thing you will ever eat.
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Make sure you also have a few special tools on hand, too: cheese cloth, a large stock pot, a medium sauce pan, a strainer, a slotted spoon, and a food thermometer
Now you're ready to make some amazing homemade mozzarella cheese!
- 1/2tablet WFN Fromase Rennetdissolved into 1/4 cup water
- 2/3 cup Organic Lemon Juice
- 1gallon Organic Whole MilkMake sure the milk is NOT ultra-pasteurized
- 1/8cup Kosher Salt
- 6cups water
Pour 1 gallon of organic whole milk (not ultra-pasteurized) and 2/3 cup organic lemon juice into a large stock pot.
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While the milk is heating, dissolve 1/2 tablet of WFN's Fromase Rennet into 1/4 cup water and set aside.
Once the milk has reached 90 degrees Fahrenheit, take the milk off the heat. Stir in the dissolved rennet. Continue stirring the mixture for 30 seconds.
Cover the milk and set aside for 10 minutes.
Place the coagulated milk (now curds and whey) back on medium heat, stirring gently, until the mixture reaches 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once the mixture reaches 110 degrees Fahrenheit, take the pot back off the heat. Gently scoop out the curds into a strainer lined with cheese cloth.
Once all of the curds have been placed in the cheese cloth, twist the top of the cheese cloth so it closes over the curds.
Proceed to twist and squeeze until most of the liquid (whey) has been removed from the curds. Let the curds sit in the cheese cloth in a strainer to allow for extra liquid to drain.
While the whey is draining out of the curds, put 6 cups of water and 1/16 cup of salt into a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat.
Once the water reaches 190 degrees Fahrenheit, remove the curds from the cheesecloth. Put the curds into the salted water and let it heat for about 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes has passed, take the ball of curds back out of the water and begin to knead it. Sprinkle kosher salt into the curds as you knead them.
After you have kneaded the curds for a minute or so, place them back into the hot water. Leave them for another 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes has passed, take the ball of curds back out of the water and knead them, again. Add Kosher salt as you are kneading it. Once you have kneaded it for another minute, wrap the cheese in plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator.
Leave the cheese in the refrigerator for an hour.
Now your cheese is ready to slice and eat. Enjoy!
When you've finished, try serving it sliced with a light drizzle of raw honey. It's delightful!
Have you ever made homemade mozzarella cheese before?
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I knew the slag-tips, my memory child.
I knew the slag-tips, my memory child.
Knew them as I knew the back of my bed.
Then they craned away some hardcore,
and the more my landscape changed.
I found it again as the crane slept
with its windows boarded up.
I saw beneath the strata,
the black slag and the ochre ash.
In the midden black I cut out
the jam jars of the potted past.
The stoneware ginger beer bottles,
empty of cheer in the caesarean slash.
Shivering on my window still they stand.
Refugees. But that's not all they say.
"Doctor Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney Cure"
on one chewing gum ancient glass,
"my arse!" ran the child's humour away
down a memory, on a temporary road,
delightfully not so sure-footed,
careering on the edge.
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sedge gullies squeezed oozed hidden frogs.
Then step through. The black glass slag is clinking
grubby pennies, spilled by the dirty hands
that grabbed industry's bags of gold,
and left this child's slag-mind a map.
However hard the history underfoot,
on boy's and girl's own stony ground,
against all the odds they flowered there.
Of all the unexpected places, they sit
upon a castellated circle, a red brick crown.
Each allotted a gang seat in this council
of child-adults saying it, see?
A remnant in secret, a gun emplacement,
and WWII has no place in this fairy tale.
Gingham dressed girls,
and short-trousered boys,
know that something bigger will whisper,
when they are grown and far away.
From memory's lips the truth will tip
and a cool breeze will kiss their lips.
Their childhood crumbled with the tips.
Many a keystone fatefully dislodged.
Many an edifice sent crumbling down,
pulping the salad days.
Under a foundation of hard slag
the bloody knees ran contrary.
Beating the boundaries the slag kids
annealed the glaze of the "then" days.
Memories set aside, inside, to visit
again, and again, and again.
I am doing that right now with you.
When I went back recently
it was all gone. Everything.
Every single thing.
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Thanks in Advance
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So who is reponsible the cable?
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Sunday, November 05, 2006
Lightness In The Dusk
There are few film directors that master such a consistency of tone as Aki Kaurismäki. The Finn has, over a career of twenty years produced a string of films, at once hyper-stylised and grimily realist that assume effortlessly the same register every time, be they deadpan comedies such as the Leningrad Cowboys movies, the London-set I Hired a Contract Killer or his masterpiece, the 1996 film Drifting Clouds, one of the most moving films I have ever seen. The perfection of Drifting Clouds was detailed in its beautiful final shot and the presence, in the form of a childhood photograph, of Kaurismäki's longtime leading man and close friend Matti Pelonpää, recently deceased, as the dead child of the couple in the film.
Kaurismäki returns with Lights in the Dusk (or, much better, in French, Les Lumières du faubourg - the suburban lights), a film about a hapless night-watchman with plans to start up his own business and his entrapment by a femme fatale in the pay of a criminal gang, who are plotting the heist of a jewellery store on his watch. Kaurismäki has famously declared his preference for ugly actors because they are dramatically more interesting, though his collaborators here, Janne Hyytiäinen, as Köstinen, the taciturn and endlessly optimistic security guard and Maria Järvenhelmi as Mirja, the woman by whom he is ensnared, are like Brad and Angelina compared to the actors he normally uses.
Kaurismäki does not worry too much about scrupulous accuracy in his portrayal of day-to-day life; his characters smoke an improbably huge amount everywhere, work and at the cinema included, but he is more faithful to the emotions of people, particularly those on the receiving end of harsh blows in life. For all the mannerisms of the actors the situations ring true, and the humanistic concerns of the little man and his looking-out for others, even in the face of crushing setbacks is as prevalent as ever. As the title indicates there is a clear homage to the Chaplin of City Lights being paid here (and the French title is all the better with this in mind) and Kaurismäki provides a recurring shot of traffic flowing in and out of a bland suburban artery of Helsinki, an image that is both haunting and evocative of lives passing in stolid passivity, like the lives of his characters. For a film that is unremittingly bleak in its subject matter, Lights in the Dusk, possesses a gentle touch that belies the roughness of life for its protagonists. Life might be ugly for Kaurismäki's characters but their dignity is 100% intact.
Kaurismäki is a particularly admirable man himself, having progressed to filmmaking via a number of unglamorous jobs such as postman and, like Köstinen in the film, dishwasher. He has enjoyed a fair degree of commercial success both in Finland and abroad though when he had the opportunity to adapt Juhani Aho's Juha, one of the key texts of Finnish literature, he did so by filming it as a silent black-and-white film. It may have been seen by few people but it was memorable for those of us that saw it. A measure of the man's grace can be gained from his reaction a few years back to the refusal of a visa by US immigration to the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami - possibly the greatest filmmaker alive - by himself refusing to attend the New York Film Festival, where his last film The Man Without a Past was been shown. His reasoning? "Well, if they don't want an Iranian, they'll hardly miss a Finn." Fantastically down-to-earth. The Finns are proud of Kaurismäki and well they might be.
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"But the real question is," he asks, leaning forward, "why do you think you need to write from a black character's point of view?"
"Well," I say, hedging, "I mean, I feel like my point of view is kind of over-represented."
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