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In 2005, Wen King, a Taiwanese-American, visited Tibet for the first time. In Lhasa, many locals perceived her as a young Chinese tourist, and she felt palpable tensions as she toured the city.
In 2008, King returned to Tibet, this time travelling on a special, Chinese-issued travel document for Taiwanese citizens (China does not recognize Taiwan's independence, therefore, it will not accept Taiwanese passports.)
King was working with a local environmental group to document climate change. Her Taiwanese travel papers allowed her access to areas that, in the lead up to the Olympics in 2008, were closed to all non-Chinese tourists. She quickly became a police target. They visited her in her room in the middle of the night to interrogate her, ultimately arresting her under the charge of "illegally possessing state secrets."
Differing cultures meeting one-on-one
Though she was ultimately released, these intense personal experiences led King to Dharamsala, India, to work for the Tibetan cause. In 2009, she opened an ambitious social enterprise called Common Ground. Sitting just above the town square in McLeod Ganj, Common Ground is exactly what its name implies: a common space for people of different cultures to come together to share ideas on positive change, face to face, one on one.
The beautifully-appointed main room is a restaurant, serving both Tibetan and Chinese food. On any given day or night, young tourists and activists can be seen eating together, working away on the Internet, watching movies, or attending discussions.
King has entrenched herself in the community, and has earned a stellar reputation as a friend to many — including some she barely knows.
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In 2010, King came to know a new arrival, a young man named Tsewang Dhondup who had recently fled from Tibet. Dhondup's case was extreme; in 2008, during the uprisings in Kardze, he had pulled a monk out of the line of police fire during a protest. He himself was shot in the arm, and was added to China's 'most wanted' list. Through the help of villagers, he was able to hide in the mountains for a year, but his wound grew gravely infected. When he gained strength, he crossed the Himalayas on foot into the safety of India where he was treated.
Dhondup had to leave behind his young daughter, and after he was settled, he sent for her — intensely aware of how dangerous her life had become as a result of his actions. This came at a high price: the guide who brought his daughter from Tibet asked for a premium price because of the risk, $2,197.
King, without a second thought, helped pay the guide's fee, and began a fundraising effort with LA Friends of Tibet. If you would like to learn more about this effort, please visit LA Friends of Tibet.
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There should be more good people in the world like her. She is an inspiration
Esdward M, " I would imagine that the Palestinian people would be in full support of Tibetans homeland " Do you think so? I have never ever read in any news paper any thing about Pals who would ever support Tibetans. Why do you think the Tibetans have not become suicide bomber like Palestinians? Think hard. STOP buying Chinese made goods.
Come on China, really! Free Tibet and stop ruining anything and everything beautiful. Your reputation on this planet is way down. Free Tibet and it'll go up a bit. A bit.
So many troubled areas in the world, sad
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Tibet should be a free, independent country. There is nothing Chinese about it.
I would imagine that the Palestinian people would be in full support of Tibetans reclaiming their homeland.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture asked that a Troy retail store recall more than 500 pounds of ground beef products that could be contaminated with salmonella.
On Jan. 25, the USDA Food Safety Inspection and Service announced that Gab Halal Foods, located on Dequindre in Troy, was recalling the beef. A food recall is a firm's voluntary removal of distributed food products. The USDA initiated the recall because of concerns involving a cluster of salmonella illnesses that may be associated with eating raw ground beef in a restaurant in Macomb County, said Jennifer Holton, communications director for the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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The products, sold without a label, were also sold directly to consumers, the release states.
The beef was recalled after 17 people in five states became ill.
Holton explained that Saad Wholesale Meats supplied the ground beef to the restaurant, as well as to Gab Halal Foods and Jouni Meats on Dequindre in Sterling Heights. Jouni Meats recalled approximately 500 pounds of ground beef products Jan. 24.
Jouni Meats owner Khalil Jouni said there was no proof that his meat was tainted, and he said the USDA took the word of the restaurant when it reportedly showed a receipt from his meat shop.
"I feel that the USDA has singled me out instead of putting everyone that is involved," Jouni said. "Basically, they ruined my business name."
Jouni said the USDA didn't take any meat from his store to test it, and he said the possibility existed that the meat could've been contaminated elsewhere.
He said the recall has cast a cloud over his business.
"I had people returning meat," he said. "I've lost more than 50 percent of my income. It's ridiculous. I've sold $200. On an average day, I sell $1,500."
No deaths have occurred and about half of those who became ill were hospitalized. Federal officials could not be reached for further comment before press time.
State officials are investigating a cluster of nine cases, among which six people reported eating raw kibbeh Dec. 7 and 8. Not all of those who became ill in Michigan said they ate the raw kibbeh, a Middle Eastern dish, and the source of the exposures is still under investigation, according to a press release.
People became sick between Dec. 9 and Jan. 7, and they ranged in age from 2 to 87, five females and four males.
"We're working on a trace-forward and trace-back investigation," Holton said. "What we know is that people were taken ill with salmonella, and some may have eaten at the same location."
She would not name the restaurant. Officials at Saad Wholesale Meats, located in Eastern Market, could not be reached for comment.
Robert Berry, owner of Gab Halal Foods in Troy, said that while the matter is still under investigation, the company would refund any purchase of kibbeh sold to customers Dec. 6-8. He said that Gab Halal Foods is not affiliated with Jouni Meats.
Berry explained that the family-owned business has operated for 50 years and
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"All the machines are clean," he said.
According to the Food Safety Inspection and Service, the most common symptoms of salmonellosis are diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever within 12 to 72 hours. The illness usually lasts four to seven days. In some people, however, diarrhea may be so severe that the patient needs to be hospitalized. Older adults, infants and people with weakened immune systems are more likely to develop a severe illness.
The Food Safety Inspection and Service advises all consumers to safely prepare their raw meat products, including fresh and frozen, and only consume ground beef that has been cooked to a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit. The only way to confirm that ground beef is cooked to a temperature high enough to kill harmful bacteria is to use a food thermometer that measures internal temperature, according to the Food Safety Inspection and Service.
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Soup and a Sandwich
Due in part to the fact that our school culture at Le Cordon Bleu is very student centered, and also just because it's really fun, each full-time chef instructor is charged with creating and managing a student based activity club. Being that we are a culinary school situated in the heart of one of the country's best and most ethnically diverse food cities, I decided that my club would focus on Chicago's huge selection of cuisines from around the world. I named it the LCB Ethnic Lunch Club, and every month I take a group of students to a different ethnic restaurant and introduce them to the cooking and culture of a far away country.
This past Friday afternoon, I met my students on the corner of Broadway and Argyle Streets, in an area on Chicago's north side densely packed with all manner of Southeast Asian markets, shops, and restaurants. The theme I had come up with for this meeting of the club centered on the common American idea of a "soup and sandwich" lunch, only with a French and Vietnamese twist to it.
We sat down in a restaurant that specializes in the Vietnamese dishes called Pho and Bahn Mi. Pho is a basically a huge bowl of rice noodles floating in a complex, aromatic beef broth, and it's garnished with your choice of items, ranging from tripe, flank steak, and sliced bull's penis, to bean sprouts, fresh green chilies, and fragrant herbs like cilantro and Thai basil. Bahn Mi is a baguette sandwich, filled with items like Vietnamese pork pate and headcheese, lemongrass and shrimp sausage, or crispy duck. It's then layered with pickled carrots and daikon radish, and spiked with slices of fresh green chilies and leaves of vibrant cilantro. There aren't many foods with flavor profiles more exciting than that!
The truly interesting thing about the Vietnamese soup and sandwich duo is that both are heavily influenced by the French occupation of Vietnam during the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. The big bowl of fragrant and meat filled beef broth comes straight from the classic French dish known as Pot au Feu, which is basically a boiled beef dinner, and the baguette and pork based charcuterie in the Bahn Mi sandwich is just about as French as anything could be.
Learning about the cultural connections and history behind the food you eat is certainly fascinating, and some people may argue that it can make your meal more enjoyable...my students certainly seemed to love this particular version of "soup and a sandwich". Try it yourself and see what you think!
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In the evening, sail for Valetta, Malta, and overnight at sea.
After lunch, take an inland tour to Sicily's southeast region, known for its Baroque towns. Visit well-preserved Noto, a small town situated on a plateau. In the evening, sail for the Aeolian Islands and overnight at sea.
In the afternoon, sail for Panarea, a quaint old-style Aeolian island. Explore the island and gather in the evening for a traditional farewell dinner at anchor. Begin the return trip to Catania and sail past the island of Stromboli, famous for its ever-active volcano. View the volcano as it erupts in the twilight. Overnight at sea.


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Students in Australia are protesting more than $2 billion in proposed cuts to higher education, which, according to Universities Australia, represents the largest funding reduction since the 1990s.
Secretary of State John Kerry told CNN on Monday that international students – in particular those from Japan -- are scared of coming to the United States because of fears of gun violence. "We had an interesting discussion about why fewer students are coming to, particularly from Japan, to study in the United States, and one of the responses I got from our officials from conversations with parents here is that they're actually scared. They think they're not safe in the United States and so they don't come," Kerry told the broadcaster.
The number of international students from Japan is on the decline, but, as CNN noted, there are also other demographic and economic explanations.
Many medical faculty members at McGill University are protesting plans to shift the medical school curriculum from a research orientation to a focus on family medicine, The Montreal Gazette reported. The government of Quebec is strongly encouraging the shift, and supporters of the plan said that it will produce physicians who are needed by various communities. But professors say that McGill has traditionally played a key role in producing the physicians who also conduct high-level research, and that this mission is being gutted.
London School of Economics claims that three undercover BBC reporters who accompanied a student group on a trip to North Korea put the students at risk, The Telegraph reported. The journalists, who feigned affiliation with LSE, accompanied 10 students to North Korea, where they conducted filming for a documentary that's scheduled to air today.
"At no point prior to the trip was it made clear to the students that a BBC team of three had planned to use the trip as cover for a major documentary to be shown on [the BBC program] 'Panorama,' " LSE officials said in an email sent to students and staff.
"It is LSE's view that the students were not given enough information to enable informed consent, yet were given enough to put them in serious danger if the subterfuge had been uncovered prior to their departure from North Korea."
The BBC maintains that students were twice warned that a (single) journalist would be coming on the trip. "The students were all explicitly warned about the potential risks of traveling to North Korea with the journalist as part of their group," a spokeswoman for "Panorama" said. "This included a warning about the risk of arrest and detention and that they might not be allowed to return to North Korea in the future."
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The president and other school officials at College Prep Academy, an English language institution in Duluth, Georgia, have been indicted for immigration fraud after an investigation revealed that they allegedly enrolled foreign female students with the understanding that they would not attend class but instead would work as prostitutes in local bars. The school, which was certified to sponsor students on F-1 visas in 2009, listed up to 100 students as enrolled even though federal prosecutors claim that fewer than half that number attended class.
"These defendants are charged with using a student visa program as a front to cashing in on bringing immigrants here to work in local bars," U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a statement issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "From manufacturing false documents, to charging thousands of dollars in tuition payments to maintain the immigrants on their rolls, the defendants are charged with subverting the purpose of the student visa program for profit."
ICE reports that students who are legitimately enrolled in College Prep Academy will be given the option of transferring to another institution or leaving the country.
Calls to College Prep Academy's listed number were not answered on Friday afternoon.
Swiss universities -- with high quality and low tuition rates -- are enrolling larger proportions of foreign students, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation reported. In 1990, foreign enrollments made up 23 percent of the Swiss student body. Today that figure is 38 percent. While educators are proud of the quality of students being attracted, some officials question whether the country can afford to educate so many people from elsewhere.
The European University Association has released a new analysis of the state of global university rankings. Various evaluation systems continue to proliferate and existing ones refine their methodologies, the report says. But some things do not change. The study notes "biases and flaws" that favor elite universities. Further, the report says that most rankings -- which tend to focus on research - "still not able to do justice to research carried out in the area of arts, humanities and social sciences."
RMIT University, in Melbourne, is attracting criticism for its decision to reject all applications from Iranian and Syrian students because of government sanctions, The Courier-Mail reported. However, a spokesperson from Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said there are no blanket bans that would prevent the admission of students from these countries.
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Pi Sigma Epsilon, the country?s only professional business fraternity for men and women interested marketing, sales management, and selling, will charter its 136th active chapter in a ceremony at the University of Central Arkansas on Friday, Dec. 3. ?I am very excited to have University of Central Arkansas as the newest PSE Chapter. The students there have worked very hard and have done a … [Read more...]
Student organizations to host World AIDS Day events
The University of Central Arkansas? Rotaract club will collaborate with the Healthy Environment and Life Protection (HELP) club to host World AIDS Day events on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Members of Rotaract and H.E.L.P. will distribute red ribbons and other awareness materials on campus throughout the day. The day?s events will continue in Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center Rooms 5a-b from 6-8 … [Read more...]
Business plan competition planned
The University of Central Arkansas College of Business Administration has established the UCA Business Plan Competition. All full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at UCA are eligible to enter the competition. The deadline for submitting a business plan is Feb. 8. Winners will be announced March 3. The business plan must represent the original work of each … [Read more...]
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The students of the Griot Society and the Office of Minority Student Services invite you to join in a celebration of culture and family. Kwanzaa is celebrated by millions of Americans and we want to share this experience with you. Come learn about the rituals and the purpose of this holiday. The celebration is free and open to the public. Celebrate Kwanzaa 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1 Student … [Read more...]
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A weekly listing of submitted presentations, publications and accomplishments by UCA faculty and staff. Drs. Paul Butt, Brooks Green, and Jerry Reynolds, all of the Department of Geography, attended the conference of the Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers Nov. 12-14 at Nacogdoches, Texas where they each presented papers. Dr. Butt?'s topic was, "Dietary Patterns and … [Read more...]
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Debbie Barnes, College of Education, received a $10,000 grant for the Arkansas Pathwise Mentoring Program. The grant, funded through the Arkansas Department of Education, will allow UCA faculty and public school faculty to be trained in the Pathwise Observation System which aligns with the curriculum. The grant will allow students, UCA faculty and public school faculty to use the same system … [Read more...]
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Nancy Reese, College of Health and Applied Sciences, received a $74,948 for a grant titled ?Center for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.? The grant will bring ground-breaking research in spinal cord injury to Arkansas and will result in the development of a non-pharmacological (exercise) method of controlling spasticity in patients with spinal cord … [Read more...]
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Dr. Carolyn Williams, College of Education, recently received a $5,000 grant for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Candidate Support Program. The grant will allow more area teachers to receive the certification and will allow UCA to continue as a leader in teacher preparation. … [Read more...]
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The Related Companies, in partnership with city pension funds, has forked over $270 million for a Bronx rental building portfolio.
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This is an open letter to you and the staff and volunteers at the Rescue Ranch for dogs on Oberlin Road.
My son and I just moved to Yreka. We have been looking for a place for my son to live.
Until moving to and working directly with communities in Siskiyou County almost 15 years ago, I don't recall ever meeting an "unpaid public official."
You're on your own, baby. That was the message the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors sent to our branch libraries six years ago, when they cut off all funding for staffing them.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Yreka Volunteer Fire Department and CAL FIRE personnel who responded to the grass fire just north of the city of Yreka on the evening of Sept. 28.
Scott Valley Libraries' Summer Reading Program is over now and the Etna and Fort Jones libraries would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for donating items for our end of summer raffle.
I can understand why the many people who take their walks in the morning and do not understand atmospheric processes can believe the stories of the contrail conspiracy pundits.
When looking at the map of the United States' wildlife corridors at www.wildlife.ca.gov/conservation/planning/connectivity/CEHC, you will see large red colored areas with thinner red lines running to the next large red colored area.
Letting all of you know that the Bathtub Gin Dixieland Band performance scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Avery Theater in Etna has been postponed.
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|Hwa-Chun Lin, Show-Shiow Tzeng, Chien-Lin Chen
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a admission control method in wireless networks and, more particularly, to a double-threshold admission control method in cluster-based micro/picocellular wireless networks.
2. Description of Related Art
Wireless networks provide wireless access to mobile users. With the growth of the number of mobile users and the emergence of broadband services, the demand for higher network capacity is increasing. In order to provide higher capacity under limited radio spectrum, micro/picocellular architectures for wireless networks have been proposed. These architectures have the advantages of higher throughput, lower power requirement for transmitters and higher radio frequency reuse due to reduced cell size.
With smaller cell size, the frequency of hand-off events will increase. This will in turn increase the overheads for processing hand-off events. To reduce the overheads due to frequent hand-off, Posner and Guerin proposed to reserve a number of guard channels at each base station for hand-off calls (See E. C. Posner and R. Guerin, "Traffic Policies in cellular Radio that Minimize Blocking of Handoff Calls, "Proc. 11th Teletraffc Cong. (ITC 11), Kyoto, Japan, September 1985). New calls are limited to use the rest of the channels. Therefore, new calls are not admitted when there are no free channels for new calls. However, new calls can still be admitted under heavy load when active calls hand-off to neighboring cells and release channels for new calls. Eventually, some of the cells may become congested resulting in increased hand-off dropping probability.
In addition, Naghshineh and Acampora proposed a call admission policy for cluster-based micro/picocellular wireless networks such that the call hand-off dropping probability and forced call termination probability can be kept below a predetermined level (See M. Naghshineh and A. S. Acamporo, "Design and Control of Microcellular Networks with QOS Provisioning for Realtime Traffic," J. High-Speed Networks, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 53-71, 1996). An admission threshold at the cluster level is used to limit the admission of new calls. When a new call arrives, the call is admitted if the number of active calls in the cluster is less than the admission threshold; otherwise, the call is rejected. The admission threshold can be properly selected such that a predetermined level of call hand-off dropping probability and forced call termination probability will not be exceeded. This policy remedies the drawback of the policy proposed by Posner and Guerin. However, this policy poses another problem. Since new calls arrive at the cells randomly, some of the cells in a cluster may become congested before the number of active calls in a cluster: exceeds the admission threshold. Therefore, the above conventional call admission methods are not satisfactory, and a novel method that can mitigate and/or obviate the aforementioned problems is desired.
The object of the present invention is to provide a double-threshold admission control method in cluster-based micro/picocellular wireless networks for decreasing the hand-off dropping probability, so as to avoid call blocking and increase network throughtput.
To achieve the object, the admission control method of the present invention is used in cluster-based micro/picocellular wireless networks for determining whether a new mobile user is admitted to enter a cell upon arriving the cell, wherein a cluster has a plurality of cells and a cell has a plurality of channels. The method provides a cluster level threshold and cell level threshold. When the number of occupied channels in the cluster is less than the cluster level threshold and the number of occupied channels in the cell is less than the cell level threshold the mobile user is admitted to enter the cell. Otherwise, the mobile user is refused to enter the cell.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
With reference to
The environment considered in the above system architecture is a large two dimensional space consisting of a plurality of cells 11. In general, the shape of a cluster 16 may be irregular, and the numbers of cells 11 in the clusters 16 may be different. For simplicity, the shape of each cluster 16 is selected to be equilateral parallelogram with W cells 11 on each side, as shown in FIG. 2. The number of cells 11 on each side of a cluster 16, W, is at least 2. Fixed channel assignment policy is used in the present system model. The number of channels in a cell 11 is denoted by C. The number of channels in a cluster is CW2.
The purpose of call admission control is to reduce the probability of a cell being in the congested state by limiting the admission of new calls such that the probability of a hand-off call encountering a congested cell is acceptably low. The present invention provides a call admission policy with two levels of admission thresholds, namely, cluster level threshold and cell level threshold, for cluster-based micro/picocellular wireless networks. When a new mobile user 13 arrives at a cell 11, the mobile user 13 is admitted if the number of occupied channels in the cluster 16 is less than the cluster level threshold and the number of occupied channels in the cell 11 is less than the cell level threshold. Hand-off calls are not restricted by the thresholds. The cluster level threshold is used to reduce the probability that a cluster 16 becomes congested under heavy load. The purpose of the cell level threshold is to reduce the probability of localized congestion in a cell 11.
On the contrary, if the number of occupied channels in the cluster 16 is more than the cluster level threshold or the number of occupied channels in the cell 11 is more than the cell level threshold, the mobile user 13 is refused to enter the cell 11.
Let the admission thresholds for a cluster 16 and a cell 11 be denoted by T and t respectively. The cluster level threshold, T, is equal to or less than the total number of channels in a cluster 16, CW2, and the cell level threshold, t, is equal to or less than the number of channels in a cell C. When T=CW2, it is equivalent to not placing any threshold at the cluster level. Similarly, when t=C, it is equivalent to not having a threshold at the cell level. It is obvious that t must be at least one and T must be at least W2; otherwise, one or more cells 11 will never admit any new call.
With the use of the cluster level threshold and the cell level threshold, the call hand-off dropping probability can be restricted not to exceed a predetermined maximum level and that the throughput of the network is as large as possible. For the selection of the thresholds, first of all, the combinations of the cluster and cell level thresholds that can guarantee the predetermined call hand-off dropping probability under any load condition are found. Then, a particular combination of cluster and cell level thresholds that results in the maximum throughput of the network among the combinations which satisfy the bound on call hand-off dropping probability is found.
For example, when considering a system in which the number of cells 11 on each side of a cluster 16, W, is 7, and the number of channels in a cell, C, is 120, the asymptotic call hand-off dropping probability is plotted in
To verify the advantage of the method in accordance with the present invention, the performance of the call admission policy (denoted by "cluster and cell thresholds") proposed by the present method and the conventional policy (denoted by "cluster threshold") proposed by Nagtshineh and Acamporo is compared under the condition that both of the policies provide the same maximum level of call hand-off dropping probability. The maximum level of call hand-off dropping probability is selected to be 10−5. The number of cells 11 on each side of a cluster 16, W, is 7. The number of channels in a cell 11, C, is 120. From
Although the present invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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|Mar 5, 1996
|The Trustees Of Columbia University
|System and method for connection control in mobile communications
|Jun 7, 1996
|Mar 16, 1999
|Lucent Technologies Inc.
|Call admission control for wireless networks
|Dec 19, 1997
|Apr 11, 2000
|Acampora; Anthony
|Hybrid universal broadband telecommunications using small radio cells interconnected by free-space optical links
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|Identifying significant behaviors within network traffic
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|Albert Hoglund
|Method and device for controlling admission of users to a cellular radio network
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The weekend of celebration also presented twenty-one finalists on the platform representing various categories of performing arts ministry and yeilded over all first place winner Choir Boi Cam, second place winner Jake Hughes and the MVP for season 4, Demetrice Everett. Spotlight artist for season 4 was announced as well and that honor went to Sounds of Imani out of Detroit, MI. The music was phenomenal and the competition was tight as every performer brought their "A" game to the platform truly making it hard for the judges to score top honorees.
The weekend was filled with great performances from artists all over the world to include great christian comedy, spoken word, traditional gospel, urban gospel, christian pop/rock and much more. For full details on the Prayze Factor People's Choice Awards platform and all of the winners for season 4 please visit www.prayzefactorawards.com.
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Iced black tea w/2 pumps of peppermint. Haiiiiii!
Make sure you bring your body spray or cologne with you. Because you're gonna be feasting like no other for quite some time. The bulgogi and the beef are... Ugh, so bomb.
Try the Lemon Peppermint w/aloe & pearls! Not too sour, not too minty. Just right, thus delicious!
I highly recommend the earl grey if you're a fan of the tea. It's their deliciously sweet take on it.
Huuuuge pizza slices now by the slice instead of by the lb!
Get the parihuela if you're into seafood. It's broth is flavorful!
Pair the skinny margarita with al pastor, carne asada, and shrimp tacos on Taco Tues and you've got ya'self a good time. Just saying!
Get the tots during happy hr, red wine sangria, and/or the lavender lemonade.
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The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at California Department of Insurance.
submitted transcript and resume by mailing it to Sacramento. get an on-site interview by email and get the result by phone two weeks later interview by 3 senior and 1 assistant at the same time, like a panel went over the resume, so be familiar with your resume mainly conversational people are really nice and friendly
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at California Department of Insurance (San Francisco, CA) in January 2014.
Well organized interview. Frist is a forty five minutes paper test that covers all the knowledge about accounting, auditing. There are questions about logical, critical thinking. Interview questions are not hard, almost all behavior questions. This is the entry and development class for the Insurance Examiner series. Incumbents are assigned duties and responsibilities commensurate with their respective background and training. Positions are permanently allocated to this classification when a major portion of the duties performed does not include the more responsible, varied and difficult assignments found in the Insurance Examiner series.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at California Department of Insurance (Los Angeles, CA) in October 2010.
1. Academic Performance: major fit, GPA, Writing cources 2. Extracurricular Activities and leader ship experiences 3. Commitment to Actuarial Career: Why do you want to become an actuary? 4. Actuarial Exam plans and future career development 5. Personality and Characters: attention to detail, easy going person 6. Some behaviol questions such as how do you solve conflicts in a team? All the interviewer are senior actuaries in the actuarial office, they are smart, attentive and also easy going. Many of them were previously professors.
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I applied online. I interviewed at California Department of Insurance (Los Angeles, CA) in July 2010.
You create a profile on usajobs.gov and upload your resume. Then you apply for jobs based on a filtered job search. If you skills match their minimum criteria, they will send you a letter to schedule an interview. Process that took several weeks to arrange an interview appointment. After the interview, the department sends you a response letter in the mail.
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The process took 1 day. I interviewed at California Department of Insurance in June 2011.
Very welcoming and pretty straightforward behavioral questions but with 5 people. It went on for about an hour and it went well.
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Hans and I have been to Torremolinos many times and over the years, we have tried many different ways to get there. I will document here the many routes we have taken, starting with the latest:
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 --- Toronto to Zurich - SWISS AIR
Thursday, January 29, 2015 --- Zurich to Malaga - SWISS AIR
Saturday February 28, 2015 --- Malaga to Frankfurt - LUFTHANSA
Stayed overnight in Frankfurt --- IBIS Frankfurt Airport - Kelsterbach --- 52,00 Euros
Sunday, March 1, 2015 --- Frankfurt to Toronto - LUFTHANSA
Total Price for two: $1467.32 - booked thru Flightnetwork.com
Wednesday January 29, 2014 --- Toronto to Brussels - JET AIRWAYS
Thursday, January 30, 2014 --- Brussels to Malaga -
Saturday March 1, 2014 --- Malaga to Brussels
Stayed overnight in Brussels - IBIS Brussels Airport - Diegem --- 52, + 4,25 City tax = 56,25 Euros
Sunday March 2, 2014 --- Brussels to Toronto - JET AIRWAYS
Total Price for two: $1698.30 booked thru Flightnetwork.com
Torremolinos offers an excellent bus service PORTILLO AUTOBUS. Hans and I have used the bus on many occasions. For example, when we go up into the mountains to Mijas, the bus is only 1.25 Euros and it's about an hour trip there. We also took the bus to Marbella to visit our friends. That was 3.70 Euros and it was about an hour trip there.
Other destinations and prices - valid October 2007:
Torremolinos - Algeciras - duration 2 hours 40 min. - 9.56 Euros
Torremolinos - Benalmadena - duration 20 minutes - 1.10 Euros
Torremolinos - Cordoba - duration 3 hours 30 min. - 12.97 Euros
Torremolinos - Estepona - duration 1 hour 40 min. - 5.86 Euros
Torremolinos - Fuengirola - duration 50 minutes - 1.25 Euros
Torremolinos - Granada - duration 3 hours - 10.21 Euros
Torremolinos - Jerez - duration 4 hours 40 min. - 18.55 Euros
Torremolinos - Malaga - duration 35 min. - 1.25 Euros
Torremolinos - Marbella - duration 1 hour 5 min. - 3.70 Euros
Torremolinos - Mijas - duration 1 hour - 1.25 Euros
Torremolinos - Ronda - duration 2 hours 25 min. - 8.49 Euros
Buses are pay on enter to the driver. When at the bus station you can buy your tickets there. All the buses are labelled with their destination point and stops are frequent along the main roads.
Update: February 2010
Took the bus to Marbella and the cost is now 3,95 Euros
Update: February 27, 2012
Took the bus to Marbella and the cost is now 4,38 Euros
Trains to Malaga and Benalmadena
Trains run every 30 minutes between Malaga city centre and Fuengirola, stopping at Malaga Airport, Torremolinos, Benalmadena (Arroyo de la Miel) and several smaller stops en route.
Timetables can be found HERE
The following information was correct as at February 2011:
Trains leave Malaga Centro-Alameda on the hour and half past the hour from 05:30 – 22:30.
Torremolinos' central train station is located on Avenida de Jesus Santos Rein, in the heart of the city centre, just a few minutes walk from the busy shopping street of Calle San Miguel.
The station is recognisable by the unusual appearance of its entrance (something of a space-age look, resembling a greenhouse perched on top of a brick wall - see attached photo), which leads downstairs to the underground platform and rails.
Malaga Airport to Torremolinos takes 11 minutes and costs 1.55 Euros
Torremolinos to Arroyo de la Miel (Benalmadena) takes 7 minutes and costs 1.55 Euros
Torremolinos to Malaga Centro-Alameda takes 27 minutes and is slightly more expensive at 1.65 Euros
Trains are modern, with TV screens on board that show the name of the next stop and the time to the next stop. Additionally, stops are announced in both Spanish and English.
Tickets can be purchased from interactive touch-screen machines at each station. You can choose from several language options available on screen, machines accept both notes and coins and change is given.
Use your ticket to enter the platform via a turnstile (which validates your ticket). Note: keep your ticket at hand as you'll need it at the end of your journey to exit the turnstile at your destination station.
By bus to Marbella
One day in April 2011 we took the bus from Torremolinos to Marbella. It runs more or less every half hour and takes one hour to get there.
Please note that you need to buy the ticket in the ticket office across the street beforehand. We asked the driver but he does only sell tickets at the stations after the starting bus terminal. The fare was Euro 4.21 one way in April 2011.
The Marbella bus terminal is not in the city center. It has a kiosk/café and free public toilets (bring your own paper).
From Torremolinos to Gibraltar
We opted for a "shopping tour" which meant that we were picked up by a coach in front of the hotel. It took forever to pick up all the people in the various towns like Benalmadena, Fuengirola, Mijas costa, Marbella and Estebona.
The trip took almost 4 hours one way and we had a good 4 hours in Gibraltar. We paid Euro 13.90 per person for the trip in April 2011. We booked the trip in a travel agency in La Carihuela.
Alternatively, take the public bus from Torremolinos to La Linea which is 5 minutes walk from the border. It's easy to cross the border on foot. Apparently, the proper bus takes less than 3 hours and costs a bit more than the tour. It doesn't run very often, so carefully check the timetable.
A reliable Rental car
When we travel, we like to be independent to do our own thing and it usually involves getting off the beaten track. As a result, we almost always hire a car if it makes any sense at all given the circumstances of where we are visiting. In this case, because Sue's sister was joining us from England for eight days of our trip, I had to go one size larger than normal to accommodate three suitcases. It turned out to be a diesel Ford Focus station wagon with a 5-speed manual transmission. There was enough space in the rear for the suitcases plus a few other odds and ends as well as a flap that covered-up everything from prying eyes. However, I did not like the fact that it had a big 'Goldcar Rental' sticker on its rear window, advertising that fact to the world.
We hired it from Red Ribbon Car Hire Spain but picked it up from the Goldcar desk 500-km distant at the Alicante airport - at a daily rate of 18.26 Euros. However, when all the extras like insurance and diesel surcharge were added in, the total for 18 days came to 618 Euros.
Everywhere we went in Spain, we found the roads to be in excellent condition - even on small secondary roads in the Sierra Nevadas or along some 'off-the-beaten path' coastal roads. I must be a crazy driver, because the legendary Spanish drivers did not bother me at all. The biggest problem with this Group F-size car was in towns, trying to squeeze it into one of the few small parking spots that one might chance upon. It did not give us any mechanical problems during the 3240-km (~2000 miles) we drove it.
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Manchester to Malaga Airport
Malaga airport (Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport ) is the nearest airport to Torremolinos, and is the main International gateway to Andalucia. It is located 8km from Malaga.
Planes arrive from over 60 destinations in Europe, North Africa, Russia, Middle East and North America. In 2009 nearly 13 million passengers passed through. In 2010, Terminal 3 opened, and a second runway is due to open in 2012.
We travelled here at the end of January, so it wasn't too busy, but in the Summer Season I should imagine that it is very busy-I spotted at least 40 baggage carousels!
Most UK airports have flights to Malaga, 4 of us flew with Monarch Airlines from Manchester to Malaga. (Due to the price and times - allowing us the longest time in Torremolinos. (Though our flight was altered pre-departure, meaning that we had one day less than intended-and we had a 2 hour delay on the departure to Manchester)
I travelled hand-luggage only, which meant a 10kg weight limit (case/holdall dimensions should not exceed 56cm x 45cm x 25cm) liquids carried in a clear plastic sealable bag in containers upto 100mls only to total up to 1 litre.
The Malaga Airport Guide http://www.malagaairport.eu/ contains lots of useful information about flights to Malaga (and the different carriers), transport to/from the airport (bus/train/car hire/taxi etc)
Address - Avenida Garcia Morato 29004 Malaga
to be continued.......
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Our journey to Torremolinos
We flew to Malaga with Easyjet from London Gatwick but returned with Monarch as that enabled us to travel at a better time of day, and only cost a couple of pounds more. Monarch also has the small benefit that you can pre-book seats when you check in online at a reasonable charge, eliminating the mad rush for seats that you get on other budget airlines.
We found Malaga to be a large modern airport with a reasonable range of shops, several places to eat etc. At that time of year it was very quiet and pleasant to use on both our outward and return journeys. Our accommodation, the Apartamentos Bajondillo, provided free shuttle service to and from the airport, so we were met on arrival, and after a short wait for another flight to arrive, were escorted to the bus parked in the underground car-park, and in just 15 minutes or so found ourselves at the apartments and ready to start our weekend!
Bus Torremolinos to Mijas
Mijas is one of the many Andalucian White towns, it can be reached by public bus within around an hour from Torremolinos
We were informed that we had to catch the bus (services 14,16 121) from the bus station, so that's where we headed on Sunday morning.
The 121 was waiting in its bay, checking the time-table and with fellow passengers, we had a short wait, so we had time to grab a pastry from the nearby supermarket, and I grabbed a coffee at the bar of the adjacent cafe.
A ticket to Mijas costs 1.40 Euros one way, which You can buy from the driver-change appreciated!
As we set off, the bus did stop at a few places in Torrie, where it might have been easier for us to wait!!!
It was quite a pleasant drive, passing through Benalmadena, and away from the coast, up on hairpin bends to Mijas.
There were roadworks with traffic lights, but we timed it right, and passed through with no problems.
At Mijas bus station (Don't expect a Bus Terminal/garage etc-it's in a quiet square), there is a time-table-check this out before your return, and double check with the driver!
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The train from Malaga to Fuengirola - Renfe.
There is a train running from Malaga to Fuengirola every half an hour. Fuengirola is the final station and from there the train returns back to Malaga. It is a cheap and fast way to travel. I used this train a lot as I love Fuengirola. The train is modern, clean and there is a security guard on-board so you feel very safe. There were incidents some time ago of people being robbed on the train, thus the security guard on-board.
The trip from Torremolinos to Fuengirola lasts ca 15-20 minutes and a return ticket costs 3,20 euros (2010). One way costs 1,55 euros so it is strange really that a return ticket (ida i regres) costs a little more?
The trip from Torremolinos to Malaga lasts longer, ca 25 minutes as it goes first to the airport. A return ticket costs 2.05 euros (2009).
The train station is situated on Avenida Jesús Santos Rein on Plaza de la Nogalera.
You can get a train timetable at the Information centers in Malaga and Fuengirola, but not in Torremolinos. You might be able to get the timetable at the train station in Torremolinos though.
Since Hans and I did our own arrangements this time and did not go through a tour company, getting to our Bajondillo Apartment in Torremolinos was our own responsibility. So after getting our baggage at Malaga Airport, we just went outside, headed for ground transportation - taxi area and took the first cab in line. It's only a short distance to Torremolinos and the cost of the fare was 15 Euros.
On our return trip, we had the person at the Lobby of our Apartment call a taxi for us when we were ready to leave. The taxi was there in a few minutes, took us to Malaga Airport in his impressive taxi with a sun-roof and leather seats and wanted 20 Euros. Of course, I complained that it was 15 Euros to get to our Hotel and it should be 15 Euros to bring us back to the airport. He shrugged his shoulders, said "OK" and took my 15 Euros that I had ready in my coin purse, to pay him. mmm very interesting!!!
Update: February, 2009
The taxi fare from Malaga Airport to our Bajondillo Apartments is now 17 Euros
Update: February, 2010
The taxi fare from Malaga Airport to our Bajondillo Apartments was 20 Euros - way too much for a 20 minute taxi ride in my opinion.
If walking is not your thing for whatever reason, there are buses which will take you around both Torremolinos and neighbouring areas including Malaga, Ronda, Marbella, Estepona as well as far as Granada and Tarifa. The main bus station is at Calle Hoyo and the Portillo Bus Company travels just about everywhere on the Costa del Sol.
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Getting Around
Getting around Torremolinos is much easier than I imagined just from reading the tourist books. Walking is they key although you will find in some areas quite a lot of steps to negotiate. Some are not too bad if you are stopping at the shops along the way, you can take your time.
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Cable Cars
The cable car rises up around 700 metres to the Calamorro Peak. The journey takes around 12 mins in a car which takes 4 people. The view from the top is spectacular and on a clear day can stretch down as far as Gibraltar and across to Morocco and the Rif Mountains. You can walk the distance to the cable car station just behind Tivoli Amusement Park.. At the top there is a café.
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Driving to Torremolinos
The main arterial road through Torremolinos from the Northeast is Calle Hoya which then becomes Avnida Palma de Mallorca.
From Malaga, take the N-340/E-15, Marbella take N-240/E-15.
Madrid is 550kms to the north via E5, E15 and E902.
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I know this hotel has a good reputation and that's what I thought until today. We are Austinites and booked a room there over a month in advance for one night. We assumed our reservation was for the date we requested, but to our surprise we found out that it was booked for the wrong month, but same day. This is humor error since they do not have a computer system. They do not believe in "the customer is always right". They charged us a fee for not showing up for the room rate. We had no idea until we received our credit card bill. This was news to us because we only assumed our room was reserved. What I'm complaining about is the way the staff, managers and owner treated the situation. We were told that they do not make mistakes and that we would not receive money back. I just want to warn anyone out there who may be making a reservation to double check the date you are reserving because in the end it will be your word against theres and apparently they do not make mistakes! The way we were treated was uncalled for and not normal for Austin!
Excellent hotel!!
Stayed here for a week in September and loved the place. The pool area was lovely and we practically had it to ourselves the whole time. The staff were great and really helpful and the room was cleaned beautifully every day.
We on purpose chose the cheapest room, so it was a bit small, but cosy. We did sneak a look at some of the others and they looked really nice- would loved to have stayed in one- but we are always of the opinion that we prefer to spend our money on seeing the sights, eating and drinking, than on a room you only really sleep in. The only bad thing was the air con unit was so noisy there is no way you could sleep, so we did wake up cooking every morning. That could have just been our room-we never complained 'cos lets face it, we Brits often don't, do we? so we may have been moved if we'd asked so I can't moan.
We loved Austin itself. One of nicest and cleanest I have ever been to and the parks were really something special.
Sixth Street is great if you like live music (the reason we wanted to visit Austin in the first place)- but we never could work out the pricing in the bars- one minute a round would be $4, the next, $12! We know there must be happy hours and stuff- but they weren't well advertised- unless I just missed them.
The motel is located in the South Congress area, and has loads of bars, restaurants and wicked antique and gift shops. Its a mile or so into the city itself, but regular buses run from the outside of the motel for 50c, or free on the less frequent dillos and on hot 'ozone' days.
We were there when there was an arts and craft festival on and the atmosphere was great- it felt like being at glastonbury. I can only imagine how good SXSW would be.
One thing I have to comment on, and I don't want to offend anyone, but I have just never seen anything like it and I laughed till I cried- we saw loads of dogs dressed up in sunglasses, jackets, hats and with little purses round their necks- some were even being carried around dressed up like this in little baby carriers. There was a stall selling the stuff and I so wanted to get a kit for my dog- but I can just imagine how people would react in good old Derby!!
Like the saying goes- KEEP AUSTIN WIERD- its a fantastic place!!
We'll be back
A good place, but you need to have your expectations in line with what the Austin Motel is offering: a nice motel with some character, not a luxury spot. The rooms have been updated enough to be comfortable, the plumbing worked, the mattress was good. The price was reasonable for the location. We stayed in one of the smaller rooms, which was fine because we weren't spending much time in it, but when we go back, we'll try to get a larger room, just to have an extra place to sit besides the bed (only one chair in our room).
The pool area is great, although I might ditch the metal chairs if it were mine. Nice decorative touches such as fountains and little concrete "sculptures" all around. The staff, contrary to the earlier persons review, were polite and helpful, not only to us to also to the others we observed.
Downsides: it's right on Congress, and street noise abounds. We turned the air conditioner up a little and didn't have a problem. No in-room coffee makers, but the coffee in the lobby is okay (i.e. much better than the usual brown water).
Basically, check the website. Either it will appeal immediately, or you'll realize that the La Quinta is more your style. For us, it's all we need
Liked it a LOT
I'd read the previous comments, so called ahead and talked to the front desk staff---my back's a little iffy and I wanted a good mattress. They gave me room 138, which was GREAT! 2 queen beds (and still a lot of room), tile floors, plenty of light. This room also overlooks the pool and has its own gated parking spot. We found the staff to be very helpful and the location is unbeatable. We'd definitely stay there again and would definitely ask for the same room. You just can't beat being walking distance to fantastic live music, shopping, and restaurants. And hey, if you don't like quirky, you should probably just book at a chain motel....me, I want to reward people who are KEEPING AUSTIN WEIRD.
Funky, fun and practical
Pleasant room, tile floor, large bathroom, nice retro style furniture.
Can preview all rooms on their web site before booking. Reasonably priced, great coffee next door, interesting shops up the street. Good, plentiful and cheap food at Magnolia's up Congress. Great music across the street!
Great location, cool little place
neat motel, great location; the location is reason enough to stay here.
within walking distance of great live music (continental club), good food, and trendy boutiques.
Avoid this place like the plague
This motel had the worst staff that I have ever dealt with in the service industry. They refused to take my 18 yr old daughter s credit card even though she was a part of the wedding part for my older daughter. They were extremely rude to several other guests at the wedding. The guests who stayed next door at the San Jose had nothing but rave reviews.
Loved the funky Austin Motel and neighborhood
My niece whose wedding we were attending recommended that we stay at the Austin Hotel because it was unique and fun. She was right on. The rooms are themed--ours was the CA Garden Room and filled with 40's furnishings....no coffee maker, no hair dryer, 'window' air conditioner...but who cared...A wonderful 40's style pool made it worth while. Good dining was right out the front door--Sol Y La Luna and Guero's---wonderful Mexican breakfasts. Good music was across the street at the Continental Club. Ice cream and a coffee shop almost at your doorstep. Lots of fun shops in a 3 or 4 block area on S. Congress. Go the first Thursday of the month and enjoy free music, sidewalk vendors, and shopping until 10 or even later at "1st Thursday on S. Congress"We ventured to 6th Street music venues. Left a little after midnight when the streets and clubs were inundated with lots of fun seeking people. Other good eating places: Jovita's, Polvo's, La Mexicana Bakery, and Artz Rib House.We will return!!! This time we will ask for Room 106.
Not just room 133N!
Heard this was a cool place to stay. Okay, maybe the sign and pool area are cool, but this does not make up for the rooms. Yuck! My white socks were dirty in a matter of minutes! We actually stayed in 2 different rooms-the poolside suite was better but I still can't advise staying here.
Take a pass on this place. I f you want to stay in this neighborhood, try Hotel San Jose.
Fear Room 133N
First of all, the sign is cool. However, it seems no one has heard the term "eight percenting". The room I stayed in literally SUCKED. Nasty carpet. It smelled like moldy lysol. Very poor appointments. No night stands but there is a scratchy beat-up rattan loveseat. A clock would have been nice. A tiny closet which was laughable. No room to unpack and store your stuff. The bathroom? Hot water drips out of the sink and spits out of the shower. Even at that rate, the shower stall refuses to drain. (Mom! My toes are pruney!) There is absolutely NO place to stow your bathroom gear. Ohhh, and the bed! Have you ever seen a sway back horse? MMmm Hmmh. You want ice? Ya gotta schlep it from the solitary machine located next to the side walk by the office. Did I mention the distance and stairs? All that AND a shrill 15 minute warning phone call to vacate!
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