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BLUR (XBOX 360 or PS3) Kmart or Best Buy $40 w/ $20 Coupon (In Store) for $20
I just walked out of Kmart with Blur in hand for $22.39! All I did was print the coupon and it was subtracted from the sale price of $39.99. You do have to have "Coupon Printer" software installed but it isn't that bad, Disney and many other companies require it for coupons as well.
sale started today and the copon expires on the 30th, so this deal is good until Saturday the 26th! Get the coupon here
http://www.blurgamepromotion.com/ and hurry to your nearest Kmart or Best Buy for a killer deal on a fun and challenging rqcing title!
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Hm, just hope they accept a coupon on top of a sale price.
Awesome deal! Will try to redeem tomorrow morning, and repost with results.
Thanks a bunch!
It worked fine for me at my local Kmart last night around 8pm. I have read that some BB's are not taking them, they claim they got an email from corporate to stop taking them. It is a barcode scan coupon and the register knows if it is valid or not and well it worked for me!
These coupons are illegal and not manufacturer or distributer endorsed. The companies don't have to take them but probably will out of good customer service. Being employed by a retail store I'm honestly appalled when I have to ring something like this in. I'm all for good customer service but retailers need to grow a spine and say no.
Aside from the validity of the coupons, the problem to me is that you need to install software...to print a coupon. I looked up the program and found nothing but negative experiences with it. Also anyone can make a fake coupon, you don't need someone to make it for you for the price of your information.
That aside if someone wants to post the actual coupon that'd be great.
@bsgifford05: Illegal? If they were illegal, I doubt coupon printer would take it up....
You have lost it, lol... Because you can go to blurgame.com (their main website), and at the bottom is a link to this coupon site...
La Sigh @everyone claiming this coupon fake. Go to their main site blurgame.com, and see the link at the bottom for yourself, before you go accusing such things.
If it was not real, the register would not except them, they do scan it first and if it was not in the system it would not work. It's not like you can create some magic barcode that will trick their system lol. Plus as mentioned above it is offered right from the manufacture, hence "manufactures coupon"
Each coupon has it's own unique code I believe, that and the Coupon Printer program will only let you create one. I've used this for $10 off certain Disney Blu-rays etc... having to have it sucks, but the deals are worth it IMO!
And to touch again on the validity of them, the store that excepts them will be reimbursed by Activision when they submit the coupons like they do with all the others.
I'll pass on installing the malware from coupons.com, thanks anyway.
@stuntdriver: This isn't true. It IS possible to create fake coupons, just google it. There was a stint a few months back where retails stores were flooded with them.
@dysl3xicdog: Install, print, uninstall... Pretty simple.
Picked it up for $22 after tax and coupon at my local K-Mart. Good deal OP.
@kibouhou: Hmm... I just wouldn't think it was possible for something that was scanned. I just don't see how you can tell their system to discount said amount from a certain product.
The Blur/Activision coupon does not show up as a counterfeit. But man, look at all the rewards offered to find those creating them that are.
@stuntdriver: There are certain bar codes that don't check what you have already rang up and require you to enter the coupon value. There was a big problem with someone that found out one of these codes, and made tons of TGI Fridays frozen appetizers free with the code. I know all my local stores wouldn't take printed coupons for the longest time after that. They have since got most of those bar codes out of their systems, but there are still a few left in there.
@marrob: I have been reading (just now) that it is the freebie coupons that created most of these problems.
@stuntdriver: The only problem with your instructions (not bashing) is fairly simple; you may install, print, then uninstall... but then what's the purpose of uninstalling - your computer's vital stats (i.e. BIOS Revision, windows version, etc.) have already been sent out.
My solution was to just install it on another computer other than my own, and print from there. Someplace like work, library, school... They may even have some sort of "deepfreeze" program that'll wipe the program once the system shuts down anyway.
Oh, and fyi, the coupon totally worked for me. The only ones with which I've ever had issues were things like the Kmart stint a few months back... the "couponprinter" ones all seem to work just fine.
@arosiriak: Right, that could happen, and may but IMO it is still harmless and if it was not I could see it becoming a something bad for those that use it like the Sony rootkit fiasco. So that is why I am OK with using it.
What was the Kmart stint a few months back?
BTW, glad to see you and a few others are getting a great deal with this!
I am not condoning this in any way what-so-ever but there are sights just like this all over the place, one of the more prominent being cheetahmail.com where you can print coupons with barcodes and the whole works. Several coupons of the retailer I work for ended up on this sight and we wouldn't take them. The reason? they were illegally obtained and not endorsed by our company. Did I mention I am a manager at said retailer and have a pretty good idea what i'm talking about.
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The validity of this specific coupon aside a register will take the barcode because it doesn't know the difference. A picture of a barcode is just as good as the actual barcode. It's like downloading music illegally (any method in which you did not personally pay for the rights to use it), it still plays in your Ipod (or whatever) just like any music, but it was obtained illegally.
I will agree with that having to use "Coupon Printer" to get valid coupons is a bit sketchy (program wise) and what not, but I say without a doubt that the coupon for this game is 100% legit a manufacture endorsed coupon!
DUDE, I'm so all over this. Thanks!!!
just used it at local kmart worked... NO PROBLEMS!!!!
managed to get the game for $12 and change at best buy. the manufacturer coupon + $10 reward zone coupon. quite the steal.
Informed at my local Kmart that corporate told them not to accept the coupon anymore. No Blur for me.
Mannnnnn... I didnt have paper in the printer and canceled the print job so I could put some in. Only to b informed that I couldnt print anymore! funk!!!! stupid spyware is on my computer, what more do they want???
Can anyone confirm the region in which the Kmarts are not accepting the coupons?
Worked for me at BestBuy(in NYC) this morning.
Confirmed that Best Buy corporate has sent out a memo to all GM's that they are not to accept these coupons. HOWEVER, if you take a copy of your local Best Buy flyer to any Target store, they will price match the flyer and honor the manufacturer coupon as well. The caveat is that YOU MUST HAVE THE PRINTED FLYER for target to price match. Just went through this dog and pony show over my lunch break, and in the end, I'm holding my copy of blur for $21.49 after tax. I'm in the St Louis area.
If you sign up for bestbuy reward zone (for free) you can print out an additional $10 coupon. This will bring the price down to $10 plus tax. I haven't done it yet but others have said they accept both coupons.
picked it up for $11.79 after tax at my local Best Buy, using the $20 MFG Coupon and the $10 Best Buy RewardZone coupon.. Coupons FTW!
Wow, an additional $10 off... surprised they even did that being double up on deals. What I don't understand is why "corporate" for either of them would deny a legit deal...
hmm so kmart and bestbuy are no longer accepting these coupons...is it too late to say I told you so?
@bsgifford05: Nope, some are some aren't. It is still a legit coupon that has been accepted at Walmart, Target etc... perhaps they are just trying to stop it with the ongoing sale.
Just thought I'd add a bit of extra savings to this thread...
If you are purchasing from Best Buy, you can get an ADDITIONAL $10 OFF if you are a Rewards Zone member. Print the coupon below; valid through July 3:
This coupon is also good for Just Cause 2...
In order to redeem this, the $10 Rewards Zone coupon MUST BE SCANNED BEFORE the $20 coupon!
Ok, went out and did some searching/research.
Best Buy will only take one of the coupons (unless they don't go talk to their manager first, but most of the cashiers I dealt with were scared to do both without talking to management). Still brings it down to $20, which isn't bad at all.
Kmart is not accepting the coupon, because they say their sale price voids the coupon (then they spent about 10 minutes trying to read the small text to me instead of giving me my coupon back, cause I said I didn't want the game that much, but I still needed the coupon for testing, lol).
Target did it on the xbox 360 version, until sold out (price match, then coupon), but my local target did not get the PS3 version in yet.
Didn't try anywhere else, but I'm sure I could get walmart to accept it.
Oh, about the Kmart one. She actually tried to ring it up, but it had been updated in the system not to take the coupon. When she called a manager up, they were the ones telling me I couldn't use the coupon with the sale.
My attempts before Best Buy:
Kmart - took coupon, but wouldn't match their online price.
Sears - would match online price, but refused coupon
Gamestop - wouldn't take either
Walmart - Wouldn't match best buy without a printed circular, wouldn't take coupon
Target - wouldn't match either
Best Buy #1 - sold out, said they would've had to have manager approval
Best Buy #2 - Had a few in stock, took coupon without question.
@marrob: Bummer if Kmart is now denying it, especially since it is legit.
@jamiemadrox17: $39.99 was also the ad price in store as well.
Just tried at Best Buy, and they wouldn't take it. Cited the text on the coupon that says "not valid with any other offers or promotions", said i either got the sale price, or the coupon, but not both.
They scanned the coupon, and the system recognized it, but gave discount as $0.
Usually I'm a bit wary when it comes to printable coupons but took the chance. I took it to my local Best Buy before noon and they took it no questions asked. Scanned in without extra hassle. Don't know if they still are, I may have gotten in there before any notice was sent through the stores.
I think the coupon is legit but retailers are playing it cautious. With such a sizable discount I don't blame them. They don't get feedback about fraudulent coupon redemption until the coupons are sent in and they see whether or not the get their money back.
The game on the other hand I don't know how long I'll keep. I definitely would rather have purchased Split Second.
store get reimbursed the discount of a manufacturer coupon when a customer uses one. they have no reason not to accept it really.
I just used the k-mart one last night and it worked. Got it for $22.43. What a deal
@seiplej: Awesome, Glad to hear of more successful purchases. Sorry about the ones that get denied, perhaps price match at another store and then present the coupon.
The only reason they are not accepting them besides the $ amount is that they want as much money as they can in this economy. why only make $40 on a game when you can make $60 when they use the coupon on full price. Basically screwing us over to make a buck
I used the coupon at a Best Buy last evening. They took it without any question. They didn't even scan the coupon, just keyed in $20 off on the register.


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Trojans Hang On to Defeat Mars Hill, 78-71January 15, 2014
MARS HILL, N.C. –After a stellar shooting performance in the first half that saw Anderson University women's basketball fire 51.6 percent from the field and drain eight 3-pointers, the Trojans held off Mars Hill 78-71 in South Atlantic Conference action Wednesday evening at Stanford Arena.
Leading the way was junior Lesley Woods, who connected on 5-of-10 3-pointers, including four in the first half, en route to a team-high 17 points, giving her double figures in three of the last four games. Following Woods was classmates Sierra Simpson and Jasmine Franklin with 14 points and 12 points, respectively, as the duo has scored in double digits eight times this season. Freshman Heather Jankowy posted 10 points, as sophomore Jennifer Monroe grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
Despite the road victory that avoided AU to fall below .500 for the second time this season, the Trojans were unable to contain sophomore forward Kelsey Espinosa who poured in a game-high 23 points on 8-for-14 shooting. Preseason All-SAC Second Team selection Ansley Ricker, the team's leading scorer, finished with 15 points, while Genice Lane dropped in 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds.
With Lane's nine rebounds, the Trojans minimized MHU's output on the boards, winning the battle underneath 49-31, including 17 offensive rebounds. AU improved to 6-1 when out-rebounding its opponent.
"This was a really good win on the road against a tough, scrappy and well-coached Mars Hill team," Anderson head coach Jimmy Garrity said. "I am really happy for our players. They have worked extremely hard and have remained positive and upbeat through this tough stretch. I'm really proud of our effort down the stretch to hang on and get defensive stops, rebounds and converting from the free throw line."
After the teams swapped the lead five times in the opening 10 minutes of action, Anderson faced a 18-17 deficit after Lane put in a lay-up. After the basket, the Trojans started a 7-0 run beginning with back-to-back 3-pointers from Woods and sophomore Madison Floyd, giving Anderson a 24-18 advantage.
MHU stormed back and brought the lead within four twice in the next minute, but AU began its second convincing run of the half at 8-2 over the next two minutes, beginning with Woods' second trey of the half.
The Trojans would eventually take their largest lead of the period of 15 when Franklin dropped in a lay-up for two of her 10 points for the first half. Mars Hill was able to chip away at the early double digit deficit as the Lions strung together a 9-0 run to move the score to 44-38 with a minute remaining. A Woods 3-pointer was the lone score of the final minute to send the Trojans into the locker room leading, 47-38.
After the break, Espinosa tried to bring Mars Hill (2-11, 1-8 SAC) back with back-to-back lay-ins, sending the score to 47-42. The Black and Gold responded quickly as Simpson scored on a runner in the lane, commencing an 11-0 run with Simpson scoring six points in the span that lasted just five minutes.
With their biggest lead of the game at 16, the Lions began their comeback and brought the AU lead to five at the 8:04 mark after Cadence Wilmoth dropped in a pair of free throws. After Anderson scored five straight points, the Lions began their second run of the half and eventually brought the game within one at 69-68 with 2:54 left.
Espinosa had a chance to even the score, but connected on 1-of-2 from the line and Woods answered the MHU run with her final 3-pointer of the game and 106th of her career, moving her two made 3-pointers from tying for 10th all-time in program history.
After the Woods' trey, Espinosa answered with a lay-in to bring the score to 72-70 with 2:22 left. Following the basket, MHU came up empty on the next five possessions as free throws from Simpson and Jankowy closed the contest, giving Anderson (8-7, 4-5 SAC) its first win of 2014.
The Trojans snap a four-game losing streak and score over 70 points for a game for the first time since scoring 87 against Newberry. Anderson is now 6-2 when leading at halftime this season.
AU looks to continue its winning ways and look for the season sweep as Lenoir-Rhyne visits the Upstate on Saturday. Tip-off from the Abney Athletic Center is set for 2 p.m.


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Once I win a battle against a Dry Bones, he collapses. But after a few minutes, he'll get back up and I'll have to fight him again. How can I kill a Dry Bones so that he stays dead?
There is only one way to kill dry bones permanently. However, you can only do it in Sandshifter Ruins. You need to open a coffin and have the door fall on the dry bones, then it will disappear and give you a few coins. If you leave the level and then come back, the dry bones will be back.
I haven't yet been able to do this, and I assume you are not supposed to be able to kill them permanently. In every Mario game that features Dry Bones, he always is able to resurrect - likely to do with the fact that he is already a skeleton, and thus cannot be killed as he is already dead.
In Super Mario 3, it was possible to kill a Dry Bones using a Star or the Hammer Suit (source).
However, from the same page it make no mention of how to permanently disable a Dry Bones in Paper Mario: Sticker Star (source), thus I would say there is no way to permanently kill a Dry Bones.
The only thing I noticed in regards to Dry Bones is that in certain rooms it is dark when you enter, and the Dry Bones are dead on the floor. As soon as you turn on the lights (by hitting the lamps from underneath) they wake up.
However, when I turned the lights out again they did not die, nor stay dead when killed. It's possible that they only stay dead if the lights are out when you enter a room.


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I read the questions asked on Stackoverflow.com about starting open source projects. I follow all the steps, but the issues still remains unanswered.
- How do you find out if you the dev. community of that project is not hostile. Are they tolerant to a few mistakes or not? I am a decent developer and I am good in algos,systems etc. But I don't have any experience in the whole process of open source projects. Like I have not done much merging of branches or merging of code. What process related things should I know of about a project. How will I know what process that particular project is following. Who tells me what to do? Or should I just pick up something feature/bug and fix it. What if someone else is also working on it.


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Selectfield picker component v overlay list scrolling
When using a selectfield in Sencha Architect, I've noticed that the picker component automatically scrolls to the selected item in the list , however the overlay list component does not.
Is this by design?
If so how do I get the overlay list to automatically scroll to the selected item?
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This question keeps coming up, but I haven't seen a working solution provided from anyone. Some 'off the top of my head' nonworking code has been offered, but I haven't seen anything that actually works.


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In Ashes Cricket, Currency Swings—Not Catches—Win Matches
Global Markets May Determine Australia's Prospects in Five-Test Series
SYDNEY—Australia's cricketers may blame poor umpiring, dropped catches, and technology blunders for their loss in the first Ashes Test against England. But their prospects in the current five-Test series may already be determined elsewhere: by global currency markets.
In a twist resembling a Shane Warne delivery, economists at Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. say there is a close correlation between Australia's fortunes in the 131-year-old contest and the strength of the nation's currency against the British pound.
The Ashes is cricket's marquee event, and Australia versus England its oldest rivalry. Each match, known as a Test, takes place over five days on an oval pitch. Even then there may be no winner—matches regularly end in a draw.
According to ANZ, the scorecard shows that the Baggy Greens, as the Australian cricket team is nicknamed for their caps, are more likely to lose when they're getting more bang for their Aussie buck. Conversely, a weaker Australian dollar seemingly inspires triumph.
Take the career of Donald Bradman as a case in point. A swashbuckling batsman, Bradman finished with a career average of 99.94 runs per innings that is still seen by many as the highest sporting achievement by an Australian. Indeed, it was so ingrained in the Australian psyche that it was part of the national citizenship test for years.
When Bradman strode to the wicket—the strip of dirt that cricketers play on—in 1928 to play in his first Ashes Test against England, the Aussie dollar was at its strongest level for more than a decade. The dollar then fell into the doldrums. Over the next 20 years Australia repeatedly won the Ashes, with a notable exception of the rancorous 1932-33 "Bodyline" series where England decided the way to win was to aim the ball at the bodies of opposition batsmen.
ANZ's economists have a quirky theory for this sustained period of Australian success. When the Aussie dollar is high, the value of leisure time for Australians in the U.K. is greater than while at home, they say.
"Cricketers may have more incentive to forgo training and other duties in lieu of local experiences which, on a relative basis, cost much less than at home," said Warren Hogan, ANZ's chief economist, who is based in Sydney. "Is it a coincidence that some of Australia's best consecutive results were during the Great Depression when the exchange rate was weakest?"
The current state of foreign-exchange markets is therefore something the Australians may want to ignore.
Despite a recent pullback, sustained demand from developing Asian economies like China for Australia's vast mineral and energy resources is keeping the Australian dollar near record highs. Feed its current lofty valuation of about 92 U.S. cents into ANZ's model and the outlook is bleak for Australian Captain Michael Clarke and his team, who are already firmly on the back foot.
In nail-biting circumstances, Australia this week narrowly lost the first Test at Trent Bridge in England by 14 runs. The next match begins at cricket's spiritual home in London—Lord's--on Thursday.
To be sure, ANZ's economists accept there are cracks in their pitch but they are determined to play on. "Questionable statistical methods have never stood in the way of the truly Bradman-esque economists," Mr. Hogan said.
He puts the correlation between the exchange rate and Australia's Ashes performance at 0.45, still a good knock short of statistical perfection of 1.00. As a result, he reckons England are on course to win by a margin of 1-3 Tests, which would give a shot in the arm to a country still struggling to recover after the global financial crisis.
"Sporting success in difficult times creates national heroes," Mr. Hogan says.
Angus Fraser, a former England cricketer, took a similar view.
"It may be where a country is at emotionally," said Mr. Fraser, whose first and final matches of a 46-Test career were against Australia. "If the nation is quite content with high employment and there's lots of opportunities, does sport become a little less important? Maybe when a country's struggling people tend to become more nationalistic."


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What experiments could provide observable "stringy" effects.
All valid experiments are acceptable (also theoretical experiments).
What experiments could provide observable "stringy" effects.
All valid experiments are acceptable (also theoretical experiments).
I will once again state that string theory, any theory, cannot be proven right by any experiment. The experiment might validate the theory, i.e. come as a result of a prediction from the theory.
At the moment there does not exist one string theory in the manner that there exists one General Relativity theory.There are many models based on string theory, though.
Why such an interest? Because at the moment string theories are the only theories that can accommodate the Standard Model of particle physics and at the same time allow for the quantization of gravity, which has been the holy grail of theoriticians the past fifty years. That is they promise a "Theory of Everything, TOE).
What might disprove the usefulness of string theories for a TOE would be if supesymmetry were falsified at the LHC, for example. If nothing is seen other than the Higgs at the LHC, SS would seem as a nice try but bad luck. Then the usefulness of strings becomes doubtful. If SS is seen in the LHC and studied as well as the SM in the International Linear Collider to be built in the future, then strings will be good as candidates of a TOE.
since theoretical "experiments" are included, a proof that any consistent theory of quantum gravity has to be a special case of M-theory will do.


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I have a proverb in my native tongue saying something like "there is no cat chasing fish for God" which implies that anyone who does anything that may seem beneficial to you, is doing it for themselves. What is the equivalent proverb in English?
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In the UK there's "You don't get owt for nowt." (owt = ought = anything/something, and nowt = nought = nothing).
Also Look out for number one, often followed by If you don't, no one else will., which effectively expresses the same sentiment.
Plus, as Wayfaring Stranger comments, There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
Not a direct equivalent, but very close meaning as well, like the one of Wayfaring Stranger
It is a proverb that means that everything costs something, and anything that appears to be free must be deceptive (grammatically incorrect, it would use anything and not something, but it's idiomatic)
I would argue that although there may be expressions that approach the meaning of the expression that you have supplied there is no equivalent in English that is as good.
The expression as you have translated it from the original Tunisian is, quite simply, delightful.
I would respectfully suggest that you modify it in speech to say, "There's no cat chasing fish for God" or "There's no cat fishing for God"
This expression as it stands is a delight for the following reasons:
Finally, it is worth pointing out that English is a mongrel of a language that sucks up other language and idiom from all over Europe and the Rest of the World, from the grammatically suspect, "I'm loving it!" to words such as 'shampoo', 'pyjamas' and 'galore' and also including the sentence structure of languages that it has supplanted.
So I would implore you, for the sake of this great expression, use it as you have translated it and when quizzed by those who ask you about it, tell them it's an old Tunisian saying.
It's likely they will thank you.


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Minor league pressures franchise to pull plug on Ruger giveaway on '2nd Amendment Night'
"Second Amendment Night hasn't been canceled," Huntsville media relations director Nicole Collins told USA Today. "It's going on according to plan. The governing bodies of minor-league teams told us it wouldn't be in our best interest to have the raffle."
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One kick ass guitarist. May not be the best, but hawaii may not be the best holiday spot either. Doesn't mean it doesn't kick ass though. Joined Metallica in 1983 after Dave Mustaine was kicked out. The least whiney and monkey-like of four members.
*awesome guitar noises* *wicked guitar noises*
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The lead guitarist of Metallica and is one of if not THE best damn guitar player that has ever lived.
wow, kirk hammet just kicked the shit out of my dog.
by §cott June 05, 2004
Lead guitarist for Metallica, since 1983. Replaced Dave Mustaine. Gets a lot of shit from Megadeth fans and from idiots who otherwise don't like Metallica. He's a damn good player though.
Kirk Hammett can play faster than you or anyone you know, so think twice before saying that he "sucks", ok?
by bryan18 October 17, 2005
Kirk Hammet is the guitarist for metallica, but the act of pulling a Kirk Hammet refers to playing very fast pentatonic scales with a wah wah pedal over and over again instead of using your talent to actually play.
Guy 1 "Bro what are you doing man? that guitar solo sounded like shit"
Guy 2 "Brah what are you talking about, I couldn't come up with anything so I just Kirk Hammeted."
Guy 2 "Brah what are you talking about, I couldn't come up with anything so I just Kirk Hammeted."
by Katzmanbaby April 21, 2010
One of the fastest guitarist ever. If you see him in concert he does arpegio runs that will blow your mind. The only reason the new albums don't have solos is because James Hetfield writes all the songs and he never writes anything that pushes Hammet's skills.
Kirk Hammet is so badass.
He replaced Mustaine he must be good.
He replaced Mustaine he must be good.
by Spawn October 31, 2005
kirk hammet of metallica...what can you say other than one of the greatest guitar players of all time. when you play 200 plus dates on the same tour,(black ulbum)shredding the living fuck out of them guitars,man!!! you got to respect that....
kirk hammet of metallica kicks fucking ass!!!!!
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Kirk Hammet
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text: 22 February 2012 archive See all show photos "THIS is modern day romanticism," Gucci creative director Frida Giannini told us, by way of explanation for her autumn/winter 2012-13 collection. Romantic, yes – and dark without being sinister, despite the fact that there was barely enough light in there to even see the girls. We'd walked into a plush, dark plum carpeted catwalk which reminded us all of Christopher Kane's show and all the fun of the London fashion fair last week – but this didn't look like it was going to be light-hearted. It was good-looking though – combining Gucci's signature moneyed attitude with hard military lines and a touch of dandy grace: flat heeled riding boots, wide cut, cropped jackets with gold buttons and softly belted velvet smoking jackets, with plenty more velvet making up appliqué flowers on translucent chiffon and lace blouses, long skirts split at the back, riding trousers that flounced wide over each thigh, and very slightly glittering leopard print full length column dresses. The palette barely ventured from black – and when it did, barely so. Dresses and skirts smothered in feathers had an inky glow; purple, burgundy, navy, forest green, dark olive and brown subtly eased out of the black, while the models' hair - pulled back in two twisted strands either side of their forehead - gave the collection an innocent, nymph-like atmosphere despite the luxury androgyny on show. Wide genie pants worn with tunic dresses and Seventies style low-waisted billowing chiffon dresses, worn with simple heeled sandals, provided a taster of daywear, before silk dresses featuring barely there floral prints of fading tulips or pale yellow flowers were fanned stiffly at the hem which spiralled the body. Finally, a beautiful array of jewelled chiffon evening gowns appeared one after another - their embellishments in dark green or purple encrusting the entire bodice or simply gathering at the shoulder and hip and leaving the back bare. It might be too big a statement to wear on the Oscars red carpet, but we'd love to see somebody try. Frida Giannini is widely acclaimed to have made Gucci her own since taking on the creative directorship in 2006 – while her translation of the label has yet to carve out as strong identity for the brand as her predecessor Tom Ford did, her fresh contemporary femininity has landed, and sold, well there. SEE THE GUCCI SHOW ARCHIVE Dolly Jones Continue reading Back to top


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I know its kind of a "hard to answer" question, but I was thinking, googling and reading about it for a week and I still can't make a decision. So, where do you think the future of computer security is? Web applications? Smartphones, Androids, etc? Computer security focusing on worms/viruses, which are a big threat in the last few years? I am asking, because I am choosing my polarizatoin on university right now. Thanks.
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The future or security depends on the domain, there are a few "curves/paths" to consider
Now that is a general picture of where security is going. There is a greater consciousness for security, and constant changes in vecotrs; however, single activities may be very complex, interact with many systems, so there is room for holes anywhere.
It sounds like you are looking for an area to specialize in for your studies. My recommendation would be to get as broad as possible experience - everywhere you can. Unless you are planning on being in QA, as a security person, you need to be well rounded. In a corporate IT security role, you will need to primarily know how to manage the operating system security and security process. Do you know how AD works, how to set up permission? RACF for mainframes? PAM on linux? You may find that you would have a half security half sys admin role. If you are a hardcore programmer, you know C++ and assembly, then you could get a position as a virus researcher or developing algorithms to stop decompilation. These jobs are far fewer, but if you have the qualifications you will have fun looking through code and trying to bend it. If you want to be a pen tester, you really need to know how network traffic works, patch management, how to research exploits given information you discover on the fly (e.g., found this service I have never seen, connect with telnet/netcat and try to get a response or find someone who knows how the service works and try to get it to give me data). You could also be in QA or development or do application and web application pen testing, which requires knowing effective programming and just knowing how to spot things which are wrong.
Ideally, you should get experience everywhere. Unless you find a small niche shop, you will likely be doing a wide array of "security things". You might also end up in Audit, which often in IT is security-focused, but is not quite security. You are unlikely to be a "worm specialist". If you have programming chops, you may be asked one week to look at an iPhone app, the next week a web app. You need to know how to write those types of apps first before you can start to break them.
Likely, your background is either sys admin and IT or its programming. If its programming, learn as many languages as possible, make sure you understand databases as most apps regardless of devices, desktop, or web will write data to databases. If you are a systems or general IT guy, you might not be a "code" guy and instead you can focus on system hardening and network level security (firewalls, SIEM, log management).
Again, the key is to be a quick learner and to experiment in a lot of area. Grow your knowledge over time. You are better off long term being a generalist; you could be a SAP identity management specialist, but if you can't find a company who has SAP or cares about security or if SAP just dwindles in popularity, it will get real tough real quick.
I think it's safe to assume that computer security is only going to become more and more prevalent as time goes on and as our reliance to computers gets greater and greater.
The last two years have put computer security on the radar of many people who may not have paid any attention to it if it weren't for the brazen efforts of Anonymous, LulzSec, UGNazi, etc. These people made a clear point in that if Sony and FBI have security holes that can be exploited, than less sophisticated systems certainly can too. There have been a lot of SysAdmins that have been double and triple checking configurations of their systems in light of the actions of some.
Even on a personal level, rootkits and Trojans are becoming more vicious and better at concealing themselves, making it easier to harvest online banking credentials and wipe out an account in the blink of an eye. Many people don't comprehend how systems security works, and as a result are looking for someone with experience and the credentials to prove their experience. I predict that many people are going to be looking for computer security experts in the coming years.


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When a person sits on a bike, the air pressure in the tires must go up because of the additional weight. With 100 PSI in 700x23 tires on a riderless bike, what is the air pressure when a 100 lb rider is sitting on the bike? A 200 lb rider?
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An alternative way to calculate the solution:
The pressure in the tyre is 100psi. Pressure equals force divided by area. The surface area inside the inner tube (for a 700x23c tyre) is (very) roughly 7.2cm x 210cm = 1512cm square [or in square inches = 234insq]. The total forces involved on an unladen wheel are therefore 100 'pounds per square inch' x 234 square inches = 23400 'pounds'. By sitting on the bike, one adds another 100 pounds to the wheel and thus to the forces, ie 23500 'pounds'. Assuming the inner tube does not change surface area ie the wall in contact with the ground is deformed in shape but overall not stretched or shortened, then the final pressure will be 23500 'pounds' divided by 234insq = 100.4 psi. Overall an increase in pressure by 0.4%.
I have used different assumptions/ approximations to previous posts:
As a first approximation you could use zero.
But more accurately, with a 23mm tyre you probably have about 20mm diameter of air inside. A 700c wheel is ISO 622, so has an inner radius of 311mm. So your tube forms a torus with major radius 321 and minor radius 10mm. A litre is a cubic decimetre (a cube 1/10th of a metre or 10 cm on a side) so it's easier to use dm for this. So, major radius = 3.21dm, minor = 0.1dm.
Now, at 100psi with a 200lb rider the flattened area is 2 square inches, or 1290 mm². So we want the volume of a toroidal section having that flat area. Conveniently the section is an ellipse, so the area is π (major radius)(minor radius) (and a circle is πr² because both radii are the same). As a first approximation let's say that the minor axis is half the width of the tyre (so 10mm) and see what happens:
That seems a little on the short side, but it's vaguely plausible, so what's the volume? Unfortunately the volume of a toroidal section is a bit beyond my rusty calculus, so I'm going to cheat. A lot.
First, what arc does this represent?
That's about 3.5° each side of the centre of the flat spot.
How deep is it? Since sine X = x for small x, and we definitely have small x, if we go out 20.5mm from the centre of the flat spot we've got a right triangle 20.5mm on the long side. The short side is that times sine 3.5° as above:
As you can see that's a pretty flat shape, so even a crude pyramidal approximation is not going to matter too much (if it's out by a factor of 5 or 10 it's not really going to matter, it's still going to be "roughly zero" as a fraction of the total volume above).
Conveniently we can express the volume of a pyramid as a factor of the area of the base:
The area from above was 1290 mm², which we need to divide by 100² to get it in dm² for the volume calculations = 0.129 dm²
What fraction of the original volume is this?
See, even if that's out by a factor of ten, we're still looking at a volume change of 10-5. So the pressure change will be about the same, a change of 1/1,000,000 the actual pressure.
If this was the XKCD guy's "What If" I'd now work out how fat you'd have to be to cause an appreciable change in tyre volume. But I'm not, so I shan't.
I'm sure it's possible to calculate this but my bike was only a few steps away so it seemed easier to just measure the pressure change. I connected a floor pump with a pressure gauge and pumped the back tire to 100 psi on a 700x23 tire. I then sat on the saddle and watched the pressure gauge. It didn't move. I stood up and tried a second time with the same result. I'm sure it changed a bit but it was less than the resolution of the basic pressure gauge on my pump. Or maybe it was just a lousy experimental design.
I weight about 180 pounds.
So, experimentally with two trials, the answer is the pressure doesn't change very much.
There's a very simple way to accurately estimate this: use Boyle's gas law which states that the product of pressure and volume is constant. Thus if the air volume in your tire decreases by 10% (which I think is a huge overestimate), then the new volume V2 is 0.9 times the old volume V1. Hence the new pressure P2 must be 1/0.9 = 1.11 times the old pressure, i.e. pressure increased by 11%. I'd conclude that pressure is barely affected by the weight of the person, if the tire has enough pressure to support you in the first place.
All the deformation where the tire is in contact with the ground is NOT space lost.
If I push in a perfectly round balloon it will deform to a different shape. The volume in the balloon will go down and the pressure up. But the decrease in volume is far less then the volume displaced by my hand. Yes a balloon is elastic and will expand. This is true for even an inelastic balloon.
Under no load a tire is round. This is not by chance. The tire has a fixed amount of material. The tire will assume a shape that creates the largest volume for a fixed amount of material - a circle. Under the operating range we are examining the circumference of the tire does not change - the tire does not stretch.
Under load the tire deforms to a different shape - an ellipse.
The equation volume for the of a circle is:
Assume under load the tire displaces to r2 = 2r1 at the point of maximum displacement.
So roughly a 10% loss of volume at the point of maximum displacement.
For r2 = 2 r1 the length of the patch with the ground is about 2 r
On a 700 / 25
( 50*17/18 + (700π - 50) ) / 700π
Pressure increases inversely to volume
Lets look at a patch of 50mm X 25mm
I realize I Moz looks at it from all the displacement is lost.


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Severe storms packed with powerful winds were an unwelcome wake up call for many in the small community of Penrod, Muhlenberg County.
"When it came past the trailer it just shook it real hard and sounded like a big whistle coming through," says Cody Buchanan
"Our trailer kinda lifted off the foundation and went back down," says Darlene Cook
"I heard some strong wind blowing and something hit the side of the house," says James McIntosh.
Chainsaws are the tool of choice for the long clean-up ahead.
Roads are blocked, roofs are considered scrap and power poles lie cracked in half.
One mobile home now sits upside down, wheels up. The mess is Darlene Cooks former home.
"I thank the good lord for saving us and we were not living in that trailer any longer," says Cook.
Up the street a church sits without a roof. Unfortunately, it's a problem they have seen before.
"I said oh no not again because we just had a steeple blew off in July. We had the roof replaced and now it's off again," says Larry Howard.
Off and into a nearby cemetery. Despite the damage in all directions some homes were somehow left unscathed.
"We are thankful. I mean it hit all around us. We thank the good lord for looking over us you know," says James McIntosh, who lives directly next door to the church missing a roof.
While some are counting their blessings, others are amazed at the sheer force of mother nature.
"It's just awesome what it does. You just never know. It can do anything just in a minute," says Larry Howard.
As crews descend on the area to restore some normalcy to the community. Residents of Penrod hope to never experience weather like this ever again.
Despite all the damage the local fire department tells us there were only minor injured reported.


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CU-Boulder researchers are helping develop the next generation of the Internet—a more mobile version—and the campus' Office of Information Technology is using this new technology to provide mobile wireless Internet service on campus buses.
The university recently used the WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) wireless protocol to extend its wireless network to the campus buses running between the main Boulder campus and student residence halls at Williams Village, located about a mile to the east.
A tablet-wielding student in one of these residence halls can now jump on the campus wireless network while waiting at the bus stop, board the bus and ride it to campus, all during one uninterrupted session on the campus wireless network.
"The Internet, and the way that people access the Internet, is changing," said Dirk Grunwald, CU-Boulder computer science professor. "Internet access has grown increasingly mobile. Originally, only large mainframes used the Internet. That changed to desktop computers, laptops and now smart phones. The next generation Internet needs to directly address the mobile users of the future."
Grunwald is part of a GENI (Global Environment for Network Innovations) WiMAX project to implement and study a test WiMAX system that will be part of a collection of such systems on several campuses across the country.
While Wi-Fi wireless service—the kind most of us are accustomed to using in coffee shops and hotels—is designed for short-range wireless coverage, primarily inside buildings, WiMAX is designed for mobility and outdoor connections that can be maintained at highway speeds.
The university's Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program, or ITP, is employing WiMAX technology in a laboratory setting to allow students first-hand experience with this technology.


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Im building my blog in rails and I want to enable comments
I would like to have something posterous-like with a "facebook connect" and "login with twitter" option. The user can login with one of them and then post. No anonymous posts.
I dont want to add more login-services, just stay simple (i.e. no disqus)
How can I do this?


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The main point of drinking on purim is to be drunk. So why did the Rabbis establish the requirement to drink wine? Vodka gets one there faster and cheaper, so it should be preferable to drink it, as Chas Hatorah al mamonam shel yisrael?
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We drink wine to remember the miracle. The miracle was about venahafoch hu - whatever the non-Jews wanted to do to us we did to the non-Jews.
One of the things that was supposed to happen to us is "וּשְׁלָלָם לָבוֹז" - take our money and spend it all on booze.
Since a person cannot drink away all his money on cheap vodka, the Rabbis helped us and made us use our money on expensive wine.
Another possibility is that we want to remember the whining that Haman did to his wife about Mordechai (which was the beginning of the miracle).


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Well, I'm engaged. Now what? (Please read all posts)
Please read through this whole thing. It's really a rollercoaster of emotions and I'd love some support and advice.
This is a followup to http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/95b27beb-cc63-4226-855a-34ce69591c8b/would-you-feel-comfortable-buying-an-engagement-ring-online#26
So I'm engaged. You may be asking "Wow, did Gemvara really prepare a ring and ship it in just 11 days?" and the answer to that is no. I never got to order the ring. Unfortunate circumstances arose. My girlfriend's mother had a heart attack last Monday and was rushed to the hospital and kept under heavy sedation.
On Wednesday, we were informed that she had little to no brain activity and there was a good chance she may not wake up. My girlfriend went for a walk to be alone with her thoughts for a bit, as I sat with her father. I was very distraught as I knew I wanted her to be at the wedding, or at the very least, be involved in the wedding process in some fashion or another. CONTINUED...
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Her father and I came to the unanimous decision that I should propose that day. I asked for his daughters hand in marriage, he gave us his blessing, and as we hugged it out, I received a text from my girlfriend, who was in a different part of the hospital, saying "I want to have the wedding next year on Mom's birthday" Unknown to her, she had just removed all doubt in my mind that this may be a strange idea. "Well I guess she's on board then."
One problem remained: I didn't have a ring to propose. Her father said that since his wife couldn't wear the rings while in the hospital, I should borrow them. So I drove to their home from from the hospital to retrieve the rings that had been dropped off at the house and returned to the hospital. CONTINUED...
When I arrived, my girlfriend and her father were standing in the hallway. I asked if they would follow me into the hospital room. I stood at the foot of her mom's bed, took her by the shoulders and said "I know you're going through a really tough time, and I don't want you to go through it alone. I want to be there for you no matter what happens" I got down on one knee, and pulled out a jewelry box which was wrapped by a pair of earbuds (I was in a hurry!) and asked the four words that frighten every man:
"Will you marry me?"
She couldn't even answer. She burst out crying and nodded her head slowly in approval, and we embraced. After a minute of happy tears, I said "C'mon, let's go get that brain activity up." We walked to the side of her mother's bed and started shouting that we were finally engaged and she needed to get up and come to the wedding. CONTINUED...
Sadly, She passed away two days later on Friday, and the funeral was on Sunday followed by the burial. Jewish tradition is to bury the deceased as soon as possible. My girlfriend will be in mourning for a year, and we plan to get married either June/July/August of 2013 (Complications prevent us from having it on her mothers birthday as we had hoped.)
So it's been a pretty hectic time and I've been helping the family for the past week, but this doesn't change the fact that I am now engaged. Most people plan that their engagement will be awesome, and you never expect something like this. But I digress...
Does anyone have any advice for a newly engaged couple on what we should be doing at this time? Please keep in mind that we are Orthodox Jews and not all of your suggestions will be relevant, and I apologize if I shoot down suggestions. Thank you guys in advance for all your help. This community has always been kind to me, even when it's loving sarcasm.
Have you done any financial planning? Have you resolved where you plan to live once you are married? If you are planning to buy and have the means, it's a home buyers market right now in most places. If you are planning to buy and have never owned a home before, look into the First Time Homebuyer's program in your community. Do you both want the same kind of wedding, or do you need to work out any differences on that?
Oh, my goodness. You've brought tears to my eyes, and that's very hard to do. First, for the engagement news: Mazel Tov! I send you virtual hugs, and share your sorrow.
I also invoke that kind and thoughtful person, @sgoman5674, who may be the most likely to offer good suggestions for you.
I hope that you are able to choose June as the wedding month. I don't know the area of the country you are in, but have always loved backyard weddings. If you were close to me, I'd volunteer my own (I'm sure you are not; the population of Jews of any kind in this area is vanishingly small).
Blessings to you, and to your bride to be, and my sympathy to both your families.
@moondrake: Currently we are working on the slight religious differences. My family's community is more religious and will probably be against any secular music, so we plan to have the wedding either in her community or between the two locations. First half will be traditional and the second will have more modern music and maybe mixed dancing at the end. We haven't gotten to the whole house thing yet, but we will certainly start thinking about it. Thank you
@shrdlu: Thank you very much! I've told this story many times over the past week, and most people seem to cry, so don't feel defeated by that fact. At this point we are looking at mid July, but again, it's up in the air. There is no real rush to reserve any locations as a large number of jewish engagements last only a few months, so we have plenty of time in that respect. My dad likes the idea of an outdoor wedding, but only because it's cheaper :P
I'm terribly sorry for your loss. You must indeed love her and know her and her family well to have gotten engaged in that way. It's always a little surprising to me when such major life events happen so naturally (in reference to the engagement). Hmmm, when I say naturally, I guess I mean you two seemed to be very much on the same page.
My wife and I have been that way since we've known each other and had a wonderful time together during our engagement, but it wasn't because of anything special. We spent as much time together as we could (we had other life events that limited that time together), and we prepared for our future. I'm a little confused as to what you want advice about. Enjoy your time with each other. Do fun stuff together. Plan your wedding together. Talk about your future, hopes, dreams, fears, etc.
@thepenrod: Thank you much. The reason the engagement happened so naturally was because we have been sorta "pre-engaged" for a while. We would randomly just start talking about kids and the wedding and such things as if we were already engaged, and really we just needed to make it official.
Advice-wise, everyone's minds are so blah from the crazy events that have transpired, that we can't think straight and I was just looking for some form of guidance to get us started on the right path.
Just some advice. Those "slight" religious differences may seem minor now, but once children show up parents' emotions often flare up.
Strangely enough, the topic of religious differences and children came up one my first date with my wife, to whom I've now been married for over 17 years, so obviously it's something we've overcome. My wife was raised Jewish in an observant household, but abandoned most of the more obscure tradtions after she'd moved out. And I'm a hardcore atheist who makes Bill Maher look like the pope.
What we agreed to on that first date was that religion is not heredetary. It is a choice and children, once they're old enough to reason for themselves, should be allowed to choose their own beliefs. They should certainly be exposed to both parents' belief systems but we both agreed that telling kids they had to believe/practice something just because mommy and daddy do is not fair to the kids.
And yes, we really did bring it up. The first date was THAT spectacular.
And now a continuation because I ran out of space before I could offer any congratulations. So, congratulations!
I proposed without the benefit of a ring either. Granted, I proposed to my wife in the aftermath of the Northridge Earthquake (hey, something good had to come out of that day), and since I hadn't planned on proposing I didn't have a ring to give her. But she did accept the proposal, and whenever people asked I told them I'd put a ring on layaway at a department store that had been demolished in the quake...
I have an observant friend at work, so I'm going through him right now. First impressions, after sharing everything in the thread thus far, is 1) "Wow, that's a long engagement" and 2) "We tried to have no strictly enforced separation at my wedding, but the florists (seriously, the florists) put up barriers on their own."
Obviously the first does you no good, as the date is significant for you two. The second may be something to watch out for, though, being that more conservative communities like to get their hands on details like that.
Here's my two cents: This is advice that was given to me 1000 times over, but I didn't realize its importance until after our wedding day--enjoy every minute together.
@elforman: For the first post- We are aware of the fact that there will be some religious issues with the kids, as I'm more right wing and she is more left wing. We will certainly be discussing issues, but the only major issue I can think of won't be until 12 years after we have a daughter, so plenty of time.
For the second post- Thank you for the congrats. That's a very nice way to propose as well. Tragedy followed by good news seems to be a good combination. It's actually how I informed my parents. "Her mom may be brain-dead, but we're engaged." The wording was much more careful than that, but that's the gist of it.
@abramokids: Sadly, the only good thing about my brief marriage was our lovely garden wedding. We were poor, we had less than $1,000 to spend on everything, but we put together a really wonderful event. Although we wore the traditional tux and gown, we had a native American ceremony. My ex is an anthropologist and I have a deep love of Native American traditions and beliefs so it was the right choice for us. A family friend owned a property in Lincoln National Forest, so we were married in a beautiful garden bordered by tiger lilies and surrounded by thousands of acres of untamed forest. A co-worker with home baking business baked the cake as a wedding gift. The kids of another co-worker came and played chamber music on a violin and cello. We had a cookout instead of a plate dinner, and I spent a good deal of the money we had on a case of classy champagne. The garden was part of a summer home and the family friend let us stay there a week for our honeymoon. It was wonderful.
Or rather, the amount of time passing between then and now (he referenced shloshim, I think I have a good source here) rather than the date.
Condolences for your loss, and mazal tov in equal measures. Families are amazing, and it's amazing that your family story will have new chapters written just as old ones come to a close.
The best advice I can give is, don't sweat the wedding. Seriously, just don't. There are a million details, and for every firmly-held opinion, somebody is going to hold a conflicting opinion just as firmly. So take a page from Sun Tzu and be like water--give way with no resistance at every possible opportunity. If there are one or two points you personally need to hold firm with, do it--but be honest with yourself, is this about making sure X happens at the wedding, or about having control of the process? Control is overrated; let someone else have it.
In the grand scheme of things, weddings are not really about the bride and groom, despite all the cultural cues telling the bride "It's Your Day!" No. It's the community's day, to celebrate its continuance through new families coming into being.
@abramokids: Well, you have over a year so I wouldn't worry too much about the wedding. Based on the kind of relationship you have, I would say that for the next few months, let those conversations happen naturally as you and your fiance think about things. That also gives her time to grieve. I'm sure she'll want to go do some things to distract her at times, but you also don't want to over do it. My recommendation is to do something enjoyable every week for an extended period. Not dinner and a movie but go to a museum or something like that. Plan a long date day every week. Those days will give you longer periods of time to just have fun, or to talk about ideas and plans for the wedding, or to remember and grieve.
I also recommend that you take her someplace special as soon as possible to celebrate your engagement. And if you haven't talked about it yet and if it's okay with her dad, have her mom's rings adapted or remade or stones reset or engraved.
@lotsofgoats: Thank you for the input.
1) According to Jewish law, my feonce will be in mourning for 11 months, and is not permitted to attend any parties or celebrations, including her own, hence the long engagement. Also, we like having well laid out plans.
2) I have been to many a party where there was a plant barrier, including my own High School graduation. As was mentioned earlier, we plan on having seperate seating/dancing at the begining and then breaking down the barriers towards the end of the wedding
@dergage: Thank you. Certainly words to live by.
Ugh. So sorry to hear about your wife's mother. Really must have been difficult to balance out the emotions, one minute elated and the next sorrowful. I commend you and your father-in-law for the courage to embrace the situation and insert some joy into it. You have my deepest condolences and blessings for a life of happiness with your bride.
As for what to do.... I suggest that you buy your fiance a wedding planning binder/book. My wife just loved hers'. It was a great tool at laying out the whole process from start to finish. It contained lots of great ideas, creative alternatives to traditional, money saving tips, and many other insights.
Mazel tov on the engagement and my condolences for your loss.
Seeing as you have an observant family (families?) something traditional might be best. Give it a couple of months, then start talking to her. See what she wants in the wedding and go from there. I know that she wanted it to be on her mother's birthday and since that isn't going to work out, perhaps slide in an homage to her? Either something public for everyone to see, or something just for her. I think that she would really appreciate that.
@codex: Agreed about the wedding details. Compromise is key.
The bride and groom are the two people who, despite being the center of attention, really get to enjoy and experience the whole thing the least. While everyone is gathering, they're usually off taking pictures or getting dressed. For instance, I didn't get a single bite of the hors d'ourves at my wedding. (Someone snuck some out to my wife.) Then the ceremony is usually rigidly choreographed. Finally, at the reception, the bride and groom are constantly dragged from one activity to another, to the point where the entire ordeal will feel like one big blur.
So just compromise when you can, let go of things that won't matter and go with the flow.
However, if there is anything that you feel you must be absolutely rigid about, then perhaps it's good that it comes up before the wedding and not after, as it may be a sign that you're not as compatible as you think. Get those issues out in the open as soon as possible.
@lotsofgoats: Ah, if he knows about Shloshim, you have a good source indeen. Shloshim is the thirty days after the burial where the family is still semi-mourning. After Shloshim, everyone stops mourning, except for children of the deceased, so she will still be going for the year
i realize you have been together for a long while, so this may sound silly. get pre-marrital counseling from whatever source you both feel comfortable with. the counselors (may i suggest someone from your belief system) have more experience with what you will experience in your future.
@codex: Thank you. That's very good advice and something I will need to keep in mind, seeing as I am a bit of a control freak.
@thepenrod: I was just saying a couple minutes ago, that there are no parties for a year. Jewish tradition says you have an engagement party, but due to the circumstances, that won't be happening. Perhaps we will celebrate when she finishes mourning. I will certainly be spending more time with her doing things, as she just finished a semester in college and will be very lonely at home this summer
@jimmyd103: Thank you very much. That sounds like a really good idea, and I will certainly look into getting one
@thedogma: Thank you very much. As for why the date had to be changed, it coincides with a period in which marriage is pretty much forbidden. We are thinking of having the civil marriage on her mom's birthday, the jewish wedding a few weeks later, and celebrating the anniversary on the civil date
@moosezilla: We may indeed do some counselling, however we would be more comfortable finding someone on our own, but thank you for the thought, and this will help serve as a reminder to look into such things
@abramokids: You are so funny. Hopefully the comment will just disappear, like the wind. I have realized that a June wedding would put far too much stress on the both of you (I just glanced at my calendar, and realized that June is nearly here). July's a good month, too. ;-} Be sure not to get too close the the 4th. Best thing about holidays is that the weekend after tends to be easiest for those that will have to travel long distances.
I liked the idea suggested by someone else about using the bride's mother's rings, but that's a question best left up to her and her father, and it's awfully soon to be thinking about it.
Let me drop in my congrats while I'm here. :)
@abramokids: My post was before you said that. Also, I meant the two of you, not a party. Consider it a commemoration.
I'm much more familiar with ancient Judaism and I have no expectations that I know or understand current customs and traditions. (Ironic that "current" and "tradition" can be used together but they can when you are talking millenia.)
@shrdlu: Oh dear, I believe you misread the year. It's July of NEXT year.
As for the rings, a decision has been semi-made. She wants a new ring of her own, because I asked that she keep it on at all times, and she told me that for comfort reasons, it would need to be a different kind of ring. She has a tendency to take her rings off when she sleeps/ relaxes/ etc.
Currently, she is wearing her mother's wedding ring on her necklace
@inkycatz: Thank you very much
@thepenrod: I understood that you had not yet seen that, and I tried to convey that in my post. Guess I didn't do a good job. Oops.
@abramokids: Nope. I understood which year. I just extrapolated a year out from now, is all.
I think having a new ring is the right thing to do.
Would you consider sharing the bride's name with us? Either that, or choose a name we can refer to her by. It would make the discussions so much easier.
I'm still campaigning for a backyard wedding, you know. I love weddings. :-D They're just the happiest time ever.
@shrdlu: She says we can refer to her as Light. That's not some weird poetic thing like how she is the light in my life (although she is.) She says if she ever joins Woot (which I think is an inevitability) her username will be some variation of that name
I built our chuppah for our wedding. If you plan on having one I would recommend building it - way cheaper.
@jordan711: My understanding is that the Jewish wedding halls all have Chuppahs ready to go that they use over and over, but if that turns out not to be the case, or if we have it outdoors, I can certainly look into making my own. I consider myself to be fairly handy :P Thanks for the advice
First off, my condolences and congratulations as well! Being engaged is very exciting!
@thepenrod had a great idea about just letting things progress naturally -- do activities that give you lots of time together...and thus time to talk!
Also have to agree with @elforman about compromise...this is definitely true.
@moosezilla is spot on here. My fiance and I are currently going through pre-marital counseling right now and have gone through a couple of books.
(101 Questions Before Saying I Do)
We're both Protestant Christians, and go to the same church, so thankfully there's no real issues that way, but I've seen others with different belief backgrounds do alright...it's DEFINITELY something that you're going to want to talk about BEFORE the big day...at least get it out in the open.
@jimmyd103 is correct as well -- those wedding planning books list everything! So many things that you probably wouldn't have thought of right away!
Glad @johnnys13 comment was removed! Ridiculous!
Most before me have said what I wanted to say to you, and with warmth & eloquence. Joining in with my heartfelt sympathy to you and yours. Congratulations on your new life, too.
Will only add: I am astounded & heartened at the depth of your feelings. The thoughtful & open expression of your love is refreshing. In a time of throwing aside values, yours prevail. Thank you for sharing with us. I've learned something from you.
One word: Delegate.
Your time is valuable. These things are stressful.
Enroll support and help liberally.
(ETA: Yes, new ring. New.)
My ex-fiance and I had our wedding date picked out as July 7th, 2013. We liked that date because July 4th is a Thursday, so people could come to D.C. and make a long weekend out of it.
Just an idea...if you have extended family around the country, the holiday weekend would give you more time to see them if you don't get to see them often.
And, Mazel Tov!
@abramokids: First - and most importantly - condolences on the loss of your mother-in-law/your fiancee's mother, and mazel tov on your engagement!
My advice, FWIW, is a bit different than previous posters. My suggestion would be to let wedding planning be for a while; the loss of one's mother is often one of the formative events in a woman's life, no matter how old she is when she loses her mother or what the relationship was like. I think it's extremely touching that Light's mother was able to witness your engagement and that she knew of it, as well as very touching that you were able to propose with her mother's ring. My ex-boyfriend showed up at my mother's funeral, the first time I'd seen him since we'd broken up a year earlier, and we ended up getting back together; I used the relationship as a distraction from my grief and that was a huge mistake in the long-term. (continued)
Focusing on the engagement and wedding planning would probably be a welcome pleasant distraction for Light right now, but that's not necessarily a good thing in the long-run. I highly recommend Hope Edelman's book Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss; I've only read the first edition, although it looks like it's now in a revised second edition. It was recommended to me by my second cousin who lost her mother when she was 21; I found the book both enormously painful and helpful: painful to read the stories of women at all stages of life discussing how they missed their mothers at different milestones - graduations, weddings, childbirth, child-rearing, menopause, reaching the age their mother was at the time of her death - and realizing that the loss of my mother was something that I'd never "get over" but would instead revisit in different ways at different points in my life. (continued)
I also recommend the companion book, which consists of letters women wrote to Edelman after the publication of the first edition; understanding that I wasn't alone, that others had experienced the same thing, and I could survive it if they had, no matter how difficult, was extraordinarily valuable. It looks like Edelman has published a third book, Motherless Mothers: How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become. I am not a mother and I'm not sure at this point in my life if I ever will be a mother, but I may visit this anyway. At the time these books were published - and when my parents died (1999) - Edelman's books were the only ones available that specifically looked at motherless daughters rather than parent loss in general; looking at The Parent Corp, it appears that there are several other books available that touch on motherless daughters, but I'm not familiar with any of the others. (continued: sorry!)
My condolences on your loss.
And for the wedding, just remember-the wedding is one day, the marriage is a lifetime.
Okay, one piece of early-engagement-planning advice that I give to anyone who will stand still long enough to hear it. :) I've observed that couples who are newly engaged often tend to rush into wedding planning and the period of engagement becomes very much about wedding planning. This is a special time in your relationship: soak up the attention that you'll receive, enjoy the time together and the love between you, and try to stay in the present moment even as you're planning your wedding and discussing things about your future life together.
A brief thought about asking Light to wear her ring all the time: be careful asking her to do something that may turn out to be somewhat impractical. (continued)
My fingers swell/shrink quite a bit with weather and hormonal fluctuations (i.e., resizing wasn't the answer). I was nervous wearing my rings when my hands soaked and I found picking flour, etc., out of them to be a huge pain. After misplacing my rings over and over, I started just taking them off when I walked in the door and putting them in a basket. I am not sure of your reasons for asking Light to never take off her ring, but it's unusual for people to never take them off (I have known men who never took off their ring once in 30+ years of marriage, but I can't think of any women I know who say the same thing; I think rings must come off for labor and many (most?) women find that their rings don't fit in late pregnancy). I'd hate for Light to feel like she was letting you down if she decides that she'd rather shower without them, for example.
I wish you two a future filled with love, laughter, and joy, and I hope that you'll continue to update us on your plans as they develop.
In regards to not feeling "prepared" or what have you without a ring, remember this: she is saying "Yes" to YOU, her lover and best friend, not to a shiny piece of high-pressure carbon. A very good friend of mine told her boyfriend-at-the-time that she did not want to see a ring in his hand when he proposed. Instead, the day after he popped the question, they went ring shopping together, to pick out the symbol of their commitment. They just celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
Obviously your fiance's one of those women whose heart and feelings need no physical gift, other than your shared love and commitment. Wise woman. And may God bless you both on this new adventure! Take pleasure in the little things.
Sorry for your loss. If you can, I would give yourself extra time to let your fiancee grieve for her mother before stressing her out with wedding stuff. We were engaged for a couple years and early on I just tried to nail down the date and get location ideas, then book the location as soon as I was sure (book it as soon as possible: deposits are usually refundable). The best advice I was given is to decide what your priorities are early on and why they're a priority. Don't try to compete with your friends or the blogs or what everyone in the wedding industry says you HAVE to do. Just figure out what will make you two happy and represent your personalities. Also, it's just a single day and is over in a flash so don't sweat the small stuff. Some things about my wedding day didn't quite go right, but nobody else noticed except me. I look back and remember the love I felt and being surrounded by family/friends and not the things that went wrong.
@sgrman05: Thank you very much, and congrats to you as well!
@gmwhit: Thank you. You're too kind! I honestly just do what I think is right and I've been getting so much positive response to what I honestly felt was the most logical and sincere thing.
@pemberducky: Thank you very much. New ring is definitely the way to go
@levenhopper: I mentioned that we had hoped to have it on her mother's birthday. What I didn't mention was that her mother's birthday is July 3rd. It would have been amazing to have pre-celebration fireworks for our anniversary, but as mentioned, it coincides with a time when marriage is not permitted
@flyinggirl: Very important to remember. Thank you very much
@neuropsychosocial: Don't think I forgot about you! Thank you for the extensive and insightful input. I will try to address all the things that you mentioned, but forgive me if I miss anything:
Books- The jewish mourning period is actually very therapeutic. You have people walking in and out of your house for 7 days and everyone tells stories about the person or anything else really. Even if a mourner is closed off at the beginning, they tend to open up towards the end. Today is day 6 of mourning, and while at the beginning, Light didn't want to talk about much of anything, now she has completely opened up and is having full conversations.
Light is definitely a reader, but I don't know whether or not she would want to read those kinds of books. Everyone has their own way of dealing with issues, and what may be right for some, may not work for others. That being said, I will still pass on your book suggestions and let her use that information as she sees fit. CONTINUED...
@neuropsychosocial: Wedding planning- This is basically the same idea as with the books. It may be helpful for her to focus on this rather than having sad thoughts all the time. Again, I will discuss this with her as well, but she seems really happy when we make plans. Both of us are planners by nature.
With a username such as yours, I can safely assume you know what you are talking about and I picture you as a counselour of sorts, so I will be going over all the above with Light
Wearing the ring at all times- My main reasoning is that she takes off her watch and rings when she relaxes, she sometimes can't find them. Losing an expensive tiny object disturbs me :/ She has agreed to wear it at all times (As I type this, Light is looking over my shoulder saying "I told you I'm not taking it off!" and this is her choice) We are getting a ring with inlaid (inset?) stones to avoid problems such at dirt/snagging on things. It was never a demand but a request
I think that about covers it...
Every comment and bit of advice I've read here is what I would have said (but not have said as well) had I gotten here earlier.
It feels very odd and a little sad to say Mazel Tov! and then offer condolences in the same sentence, but what else can one do? My heart and thoughts are with you both, in sorrow and in joy.
@unpetitfou: Thank you very much. Our relationship is certainly the kind where material things are not needed, but I would feel like a bad person if I didn't follow the standard. Light has insisted that she doesn't want diamonds on her ring, and my biggest concern is that people will think "He gave you an engagement ring with Garnet? He must not love you enough." or "What a cheapskate. WHERE'S THE DIAMOND???"
I don't want her to go through any embarrasment because of these little things that the world just expects.
I think I completely digressed...
Anyway, yes, our love for eachother is more important than some rocks


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Creating for a cause
Abel Arts Collective harnesses the power of art to change the world
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer 06/12/2014
Erik Abel has always tried to serve the greater good through his art. The Ventura-based artist and designer has donated original artwork to numerous nonprofit organizations, including Save the Waves, SurfRider Foundation and Heal the Waves. He's also collaborated with famous brands like outerwear giant Patagonia and skateboard manufacturer Sector 9 (a subsidiary of Billabong) helping them design apparel and other items that support their charitable initiatives. Abel enjoyed the work and was pleased with his contributions, but more and more he felt as though something was missing. "After you've sent off your art, you don't see how things change. And it's no fun writing a check," he says. "The hands-on aspect is what was missing in our nonprofit partnerships." Craving deeper involvement led him to form the Abel Arts Collective with his fiancée and partner, Nellie Stadtherr.
The Collective aims to bring together artists, development organizations and communities to produce public art projects. "We want to focus on giving back through art," says Stadtherr, "and we really feel that public art helps raise awareness. It makes a statement, and helps people have a greater connection to something." Stadtherr holds an MBA in sustainability management from Presidio Graduate School, spent four months in Indonesia doing an internship for Mercy Corps and has worked extensively at bringing for-profit and nonprofit organizations together to carry out environmental and humanitarian objectives. Her marketing savvy and coordination skills are a good foil for Abel's artistic sensibility. (The sale of his commercial and fine art will also add to the coffers.) Artists who partner with the Collective will have a powerful combination of talents guiding them. "We hope to provide artists with fundraising and coordination assistance, and collaborate with the nonprofit [on their behalf]," Stadtherr explains. "Philanthropy has always been important to me, and art is super-important to Erik. So the Collective is a way for us to create something together that allows us both to shine."
The Collective's very first project was in March in the town of Gigante, Nicaragua. The tiny village nestled on the Pacific Ocean is a favorite among surfers but badly in need of infrastructure. Community development organizations Surf for Life and Project WOO (Wave of Optimism) had recently built a health center, and wanted it to be warm and bright — a space that the youth of the community felt connected to and comfortable in. That's where the Abel Arts Collective came in. Abel created a design in his bold, geometric, somewhat tribal style, and then he and Nellie presented it to the Project WOO kids. "They redirected and redesigned it, and gave pointers on what they felt needed to be included," Abel recalls. Changes were made based on their input, and the kids helped paint the mural as well. The children's sense of pride was palpable; they were excited to share the mural with friends, family, teachers — everyone in Gigante. "The objective was to create something meaningful to the community with the community," Abel says. "Having their input from the beginning allowed them to be personally involved and take ownership."
Less than a year old, from the Collective's conception to completion of the mural was only about seven months. It's still awaiting its 501(c)3 nonprofit status. The Abel Arts Collective is continuing to define its mission, but hopes its scope and reach can be broad. An avid surfer, Abel is passionate about environmental health (one look at his past collaborations will attest to that) but both he and Stadtherr recognize that help is needed in many places. "One of the reasons I wanted to create the Collective is because there are so many areas where I'd love to make an impact, and physically I just can't," Stadtherr explains. "But this community we're creating can help other organizations doing all of these different types of work." Abel agrees, adding, "Our idea is that we'll have several projects ongoing in various arenas and areas."
So what's next for this art-and-philanthropy organization? The founders aren't quite sure. But after they get married in June and spend a month in Bordeaux for the Festival Vagabonde art and surf event (Abel is a featured artist) they intend to focus on something local, utilizing the talents of one of the many artists that reside in Ventura County. After that, the opportunities seem endless. Stadtherr and Abel admit that their ambitions are big, but they're prepared to face upcoming challenges with an adventurous spirit. "This is a hybrid of all these different ideas we have," Stadtherr says."Working in different areas, for different causes, connecting with other artists — that's going to be really exciting."
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+1 votes Matt Smith › May 7, 2012
Mostly open with some scattered trees. Short holes with poor baskets. O.k. for a little city park course. Go if close, don't make a special trip.
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+0 votes Doug Lowe › May 31, 2011
Short and simple. Nice (close) practice course.
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Excellent example of trying to shoehorn a disc golf course into a place where it doesn't fit. It's not bad, but not great-- and there is often a crowd of people around you doing other things.


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By John Martin, CCA Director, Northern Part-time Faculty
Thanks to CCA, I was privileged to attend the 10th biannual conference, of the Coalition for Contingent Academic Labor which met at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City for four days in August. The conference is an international gathering of faculty from United States, Canada, Mexico and even one from Korea.
This gathering is a place to meet and hear the ranks of part-time faculty from community colleges and universities on issues regarding attacks on higher education and contingent, non-tenure track faculty throughout the industrialized world.
Scores of workshops
There were scores of workshops there as well as various thematic workshops throughout the conference from such topics on health/social security and retirement; academic advancements/evaluations and recognition; unions/federations; labor rights/contracts; union/political/cultural rights; and forms of struggle and achievement.
Some noteworthy quotes jotted down while I was there: "Teaching is a strategic profession and it should not be marginalized." "Teaching is not a hobby and should never be treated as one." "The victims of precarious workers are students." "Education is public property." "The fragile nature of the work is due to the fragile conditions of the protected against the non-protected."
Professional faculty
It was made clear throughout the conference that the central job of every country and union is to "professionalize" all faculty because that is what is necessary for student success. Although this is certainly a labor issue, it must become a student issue first. It was stressed that "All faculty working conditions are [tied to] students learning conditions" and that the rise of "neo-liberalism" [market capitalism] and globalization is driving the move toward more precarious workers and ultimately toward privatization.
This one theme was central for me. One speaker commented that neo-liberal arguments are resonating due to the economy with more contingent academic laborers, less resources to teach and a sustained unrelenting attack on public institutions and public workers. That 'austerity' is the natural plan wanted by capitalists with a market-based model to privatize public services and education. Austerity policies (beyond neo-liberalism) will move us to fascism and "barbaric capitalism."
Huge increase in part-time
Case in point: it was stated that in the last 40 years there has been a huge increase of contingent academic laborers. They have been exploited through low wages, lack of benefits and job security. Statistics show that nationally there has been a 60 percent growth in part-time staff in the last 12 years while simultaneously increasing tuition representing both the starvation and exploitation of labor.
A speaker from British Columbia described the "ghettoization of faculty" and how it bodes sadly for the future. In BC, they use a variety of terms to describe part-time faculty, including non-regular faculty, adjuncts, contingents, provisional and part-time. There has been no recent hiring of full-time/tenure track faculty in order to save money. However, they have been increasing administrative staff. Sound familiar?
The problems they face are not uncommon or unfamiliar for all if us in the states: integration of non-regular faculty into the community, the marginalization of faculty who cannot make financial commitments and a negative atmosphere of the academic institution in general are the norm. BC is working toward pro-rata salary while facing the fact that all employers are looking to save money on the backs of faculty.
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The COCAL experience is one where all faculty can gain insight into the plight of higher education and the global future of progressive thought. The struggle of part-time faculty is the struggle for all faculty, students and higher education in general.
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STEUBENVILLE - The Jefferson County commissioners Thursday discussed two programs that could save the county about $250,000 a year in electric and other utility bills.
Commissioners received an update from a representative of Johnson Controls about a program that is designed to save the county $120,000 a year in utility costs. The county financed the installation of new lights throughout county buildings using lower-wattage bulbs and the installation of plumbing fixtures that will reduce water consumption. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning units also will be updated.
The state is offering the program to counties throughout the state.
Johnson Controls was selected by the county commissioners to implement the program.
The county is financing the program over 15 years. County Commissioner David Maple said the county will pay $120,000 a year for 15 years to pay for the improvements to reduce utility costs. Maple said Johnson Controls has stated the county will see a minimum savings of $120,000 a year. Maple said the county has set up line items in the budget to track the amount of savings.
"We will be able to track it to make sure we at least break even," he said.
Maple said the county was conservative on what utility-savings projects were selected. If the energy-savings projections work, Maple said the county may proceed with other projects.
"It is a win-win situation. We use less natural resources and pay less in energy costs," Maple said.
Commissioners also were presented a contract by an electric broker that could save the county $130,000 a year. The electric broker went to electric suppliers to get lower rates. The county was paying a higher electric rate at various locations, including the county fair grounds. Some of the electric rates will be cut in half, according to the electric broker.
Commissioners tabled the contract for one week until additional information can be included in the document.
Commissioners also heard from county Engineer James Branagan about a project to replace a section of retaining wall along Permars Run Road (county Road 77).
Commissioners agreed to advertise the project for bids. The estimate is $55,000.
Branagan said a private bridge at the section of collapsed retaining wall fell into the creek. He said the homeowner was told to remove the bridge from the creek. When that didn't happen, Branagan said his crews removed the fallen bridge because it was considered a safety hazard.
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Friends Are More Trouble Than Foes
Sir Michael Sevenson and his squire, Fisk, were just beginning to enjoy the quiet life. They really should have known better. When Lady Rosamund runs away from home to marry a traveling player, former knight errant Michael makes a noble promise to help the object of his unrequited love. The quest takes our would-be heroes to the coastal town of Huckerston, where savage sea pirates called wreckers terrorize the coast. With the help of a reluctant Fisk, Michael plans on catching the wreckers and winning back his lady; but when mysterious murders and dangerous accidents threaten the town and its players, love might be the least of his problems. . . .
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