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A relaxed and self-assured Mitt Romney sailed above the fray at a crucial debate on Saturday night as his Republican rivals engaged in a spirited fight to determine which of them would emerge as his most formidable opponent when the party's nominating contest moves past New Hampshire.
January 7, 2012
I mostly missed tonight's debate, but who didn't?
33 comments:
- Andy R. said...
You need at least two candidates that aren't a joke to have a meaningful debate (or primary).
- Eric said...
I thought the Detroit Lions did a good job but Mitt Romney was just too strong for them.
- Peter Hoh said...
Did Mitt Romney really say that he thought Griswold was wrongly decided?
- Peter Hoh said...
Andy Borowitz tweets: When Gingrich talks about "moving to a 21st century model," Callista better watch her back.
- Wally Kalbacken said...
The question on contraception was really muddled by the moderator/questioner, but I thought Romney's response was equally bad - it's as if a Harvard Law grad (and IIRC, a Harvard Law Review Editor) was barely aware of Griswold. Not very impressive. I was watching the Saints take care of business, but the Missus watched the entire debate and said Newt was getting all the applause moments.
- Titus said...
Marriage is for procreation.
So when is Meadhouse going to give birth?
If you are going to post about Santorum's gay stance, or non gay stance, then better to also post about his hetero marriage stance.
And throw in some contraception in there while you are it darling.
And you wonder why the fags are basically nonexistent here now. Except, of course, republican fags. - 1/8/12, 1:05 AM
- The Crack Emcee said...
Andy R.,
You need at least two candidates that aren't a joke to have a meaningful debate (or primary).
Well they had six - but not one sporting a ball cap to one side.
That is what makes someone a joke, ain't it? - 1/8/12, 2:04 AM
- Christopher said...
"Well they had six - but not one sporting a ball cap to one side.
That is what makes someone a joke, ain't it?"
I must apologize Crack but I feel the need to correct you.
Wearing a baseball hat to the side does not make one a joke, it makes one a douche bag.
Please use the proper terms. - 1/8/12, 2:10 AM
- Andy R. said...
One of the things that atheists like to tell religious people is that although there are a ton of gods created by humans, atheists don't believe in any of them, and religious people don't believe in any of them except for one. For an atheist, it's easy to look at Zeus and Ganesh and Yahweh and Muhammad etc. and say they don't believe in any of them, and most religious people can look at the dozens of other gods out there and realize they were all created by man, but they cling to the one god of the religion that they believe in.
Something similar is happening in the Republican primary among the Republicans who are trying to pretend that a primary is still happening. I understand it's really problematic, for a number of reasons, to admit that Romney has wrapped this up, so they are trying to pretend that someone is still challenging him. But the really funny thing is that the rubes here cannot agree on who the challenger actually is.
Some people are rooting for Perry, so they admit that Paul and Gingrich and Huntsman and Santorum are all a joke (as were Cain and Bachmann as well), but Perry is the one and somehow he is going to shake that image of being a mildly-mentally-retarded version of Bush and get a second surge in the polls and blah blah blah but it's hard to take it seriously it's such a joke.
Other people think Gingrich is the one remaining non-joke candidate, and even though he gave a speech that all but announced that he knows he's out of it and he's just going to stick around to attack Romney, somehow he is going to be the nominee.
Watching these discussion threads where people admit all the non-Romneys are a joke except the one person they are rooting for are so funny and sad at the same time because you people can't decide who the non-joke candidate is and you don't realize that you all admit some of the candidates are jokes, but I'm the crazy one because I see they are all jokes.
And I think with her treatment of tonight's debate, our host has indicated she is done pretending to take any of these joke candidates seriously as well.
Perhaps in a later thread we can attempt to diagnose why people thought any of the other candidates stood a chance against Romney, and what it says about the Republican party that they were only able to field a single credible candidate in the primary (at a time when Obama was allegedly so unpopular) . - 1/8/12, 2:26 AM
- The Crack Emcee said...
I must apologize Crack but I feel the need to correct you.
Wearing a baseball hat to the side does not make one a joke, it makes one a douche bag.
Please use the proper terms.
Dear Christopher,
Why yes,...yes, I see it now - he IS a douche! Glory be, I don't know how I missed that!
Well, I kinda do. I mean, for two centuries the Democrats are slave holders and rooting for the KKK, and then, as the next century unfolds, they're white guys sporting their hats sideways and trying to convince me to side with them like it's "all good." What a douchey thing to do, huh?
Listen, Chris, man - may I call you Chris? No need to apologize. If anything, I should thank you because you've taught me a valuable lesson today:
Democrats BEFORE they start wearing their hats sideways - a "joke."
Democrats AFTER they start wearing their hats sideways - a "douche."
Joke/douche/joke/douche - whew!
Jumpin' Jehosephat, wait until my friends hear THIS,... - 1/8/12, 3:43 AM
- Andy R. said...
Me: There are no serious challengers to Mittens because all the other candidates are jokes.
"There is real concern that [Mitt] Romney will win without having to face one concentrated effort of a conservative challenger,"
-Richard Land, one of the most well-known Southern Baptist leaders in the nation, told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.
Fascinating! - 1/8/12, 4:08 AM
- frank said...
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- edutcher said...
Don't know about the Republican candidates, but Crack seems to have won the Althouse debate tonight with a strong second to Christopher.
- frank said...
Shit! Can't help it ! Crack Rocks!!
- traditionalguy said...
The "great debate" amounted to watching a team of dedicated Obama promoters working for ABC News pose and show off for their skills to their friends.
They sicced Ron Paul as their rabid attack dog to ridicule the GOP candidates.
Paul was continually thrown openings to use up the airtime repeating his paranoid, drooling world view that says the other GOP candidates are fools.
And their responding to Paul as a respected man made them look like fools for being used that way. - 1/8/12, 5:41 AM
- Richard said...
Drudge's headline: "STEPHANOPO-MESS" The audience actually booed him at one point. The moderator getting booed, that's got to be a first. The ABC News team was unbearable bias. Bad "debate".
- Writ Small said...
Andy - your god / athiesm analogy is pretty interesting, but here's the thing.
If we accept your premise that all but Romney are "jokes," then there is one inescapable conslusion you may not want to face. As much of a "joke" as Perry or Gingrich or Santorum or Huntsman or even "crazy eye" Michelle may be, based on resume and views, each one of them is less of a joke candidate than Obama was. Republicans take experience, accomplishment and leadership seriously when nominating a man or woman for president, which gives you ample opportunity to observe our sharp criticism of our choices. If only the Democrats had similar standards, the country would perhaps not be in its weakest state in decades. - 1/8/12, 6:52 AM
- Mid-Life Lawyer said...
It's much simpler for the Democrats - they just have to choose between the African-American and the Woman.
- Bob Ellison said...
I only caught the tail end of the debate. The moderators asked one of those stupid fluff questions: "What would you be doing tonight if you weren't here in this debate?" Most of the group answered well, but not Newt. He said "I'd be watching the college championship basketball game." Romney corrected him.
- damikesc said...
The question on contraception was really muddled by the moderator/questioner, but I thought Romney's response was equally bad - it's as if a Harvard Law grad (and IIRC, a Harvard Law Review Editor) was barely aware of Griswold.
Why should anybody answer a ridiculous hypothetical?
Why not ask them how will we adjust the tax rate when the flat rate becomes law...in a week?
I have never heard ABC asking Obama what happens when people don't believe the US is a worthwhile credit risk...which is a markedly more plausible scenario then a state just deciding to ban contraception.
And why would it matter what a President thought about that in the first place? They would have zero involvement. - 1/8/12, 7:36 AM
- Jose_K said...
The lons id a good job but the only thing refs did not do was score by themselves. Onceand again they called wrong way against Detroit.Yes, the inthe stanford running they were right but a couple of right calls dont erase the awfull game calling
- Don't Tread 2012 said...
An ex-dem operative moderating a repub debate and coming off boorishly? Unheard of!!! Steffi is no Tim Russert, that's for sure.
Hatboy template employed on most of his posts:
Republican candidate X is a joke. Doesn't that make me smart?
wv - bilec - 1/8/12, 7:43 AM
- Don't Tread 2012 said...
Hatboy said
"...but I'm the crazy one because I see they are all jokes."
It takes one to know one.
Can I let you in on a little secret?
You would be one of the last people any independent-thinking citizen would listen to for insight into what the repubs should or should not do.
I hope that saves you from wasting your time in the future.
Going through life crooked-hatted and dumb is no way to live. - 1/8/12, 7:53 AM
- michaele said...
After every debate, I puzzle to myself, "what is it about Huntsman I find so off putting?" He seems to have common sense, he's pro business and has walked the walk in the policies he put in place while governor of Utah.
But....there's just an Eddie Haskell vibe to him. Smugly spouting off something in Mandarin just doesn't cut it. - 1/8/12, 8:04 AM
- Mark O said...
Griswald (not even Clark) was not mentioned in the debate. It was an irrelevant question poised for the purpose of showing Romney was against women's rights. Done by a Clinton flack who poses as a jounalist.
The Griz spin came later from the genius Debbie W-S. - 1/8/12, 8:26 AM
- Mid-Life Lawyer said...
The question about contraception was George Clinton's attempt to construct a Strawman. "The Republicans want to take away your contraception!"
I agree with Michaele on Huntsman, The Eddie Haskell comparison is perfect. He looks good on paper and I have tried to like him, but every time I start to warm up to him he makes a Nirvana reference or starts speaking Chinese and ruins the mood. - 1/8/12, 8:27 AM
- Don't Tread 2012 said...
"...The Eddie Haskell comparison is perfect"
Hat tip to Meade for using the perfect term to describe Huntsman in a past thread.
'Smarmy'. - 1/8/12, 8:32 AM
- Paco Wové said...
Andy, it seems as though within seconds of Althouse's posting anything about the Republican primaries, you show up to tell us how stuuuuupid! stuuupid!! hahahahaha!!! the republicans are. Two questions:
1) do you have it scripted, or do you sit there feverishly hitting 'refresh' every few seconds all day long; and
2) don't you think it's about time to think of something (anything!) new to say? - 1/8/12, 8:38 AM
- Bartender Cabbie said...
We know what we will get if any one of the candidates beat Obama. Nothing. More of the same. Hot Air and bullshit.
We did not know how the playoff game would pan out though. Which would most rather watch? Good ole American football or just more crap from our politicians. - 1/8/12, 8:54 AM
- Meade said...
"And you wonder why the fags are basically nonexistent here now. Except, of course, republican fags."
No, actually we don't. - 1/8/12, 10:09 AM
- DADvocate said...
My 18 year old football player son watched a great deal of it while I watched football. My son liked Newt most and then Mitt. After those two, the life factor seemed to drop sharply. He based his opinions primarily on foreign policy responses, which I found interesting.
- Palladian said...
Hmm... Andy R. is a non-Republican fag and he comments here a lot. I'm a non-Republican fag, and I've been hanging around here for 6 years or so... Chuck B. is a fag and not a Republican as far as I know. Likewise sonicfrog & coketown. Hell, even Zachary Paul Sire can't seem to stay away, and he's certainly not a Republican.
And of course Beth, the non-Republican lesbian, has commented here for a long time.
In fact there's only one supposed fag who comments here regularly who claims to be a Republican, though that claim, like almost everything that commenter writes, is dubious. - 1/8/12, 11:03 AM
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Hall of Famer never gave up during career, nine-year wait
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
So much has been written and said about how the man called "Hawk" was able to deal with extreme knee problems.
A little known fact is when Dawson broke in with the Montreal Expos in 1976, one member of the Hall of Fame actually questioned the outfielder's arm.
Marlins radio play-by-play announcer Dave Van Horne, then a broadcaster in Montreal, recalls Dawson's career with the Expos. At the time, Van Horne was in the booth with Duke Snider, a Hall of Fame center fielder with the Dodgers.
"I remember when Hawk first came up, my partner on the air was Duke Snider," Van Horne said on Wednesday. "Duke said, 'I think Andre will wind up in left field, because he doesn't have the arm to be in center or right.'
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Dawson's work ethic was recognized on Wednesday. In his ninth year on the ballot, Dawson was elected into the Hall of Fame.
A Miami native, Dawson attended Miami Senior High and Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. Dawson, 55, is about to enter his 11th season as a special assistant in the Marlins' organization.
Universally respected for his class and character, Dawson on Wednesday experienced relief and exhilaration after enduring so much pain during his playing days.
"He was a blessed athlete," Van Horne said. "He had many wonderful attributes, physically and mentally, for the game of baseball. He had to work at it, and he did."
Accompanied by his wife, Vanessa, and daughter, Amber, Dawson addressed the media on Wednesday afternoon at Dolphin Stadium.
Playing on the artificial surface at Olympic Stadium in Montreal wore down Dawson's knees. The pain he went through was so severe that he considered retiring with fewer than five years of service time.
"He was saying, 'I think I'm going to walk away,'" Vanessa said. "I said, 'You worked too hard for this.' He said, 'You don't understand the pain.' He would be the first one to the ballpark every day.
"I was like, 'Give it another shot, dude. You've worked too hard. The odds were against you making it. Now, you've made it. Just don't throw in the towel.'"
Player | Total Votes | Percentage |
Andre Dawson | 420 | 77.9% |
Bert Blyleven | 400 | 74.2% |
Roberto Alomar | 397 | 73.7% |
Jack Morris | 282 | 52.3% |
Barry Larkin | 278 | 51.6% |
Lee Smith | 255 | 47.3% |
Edgar Martinez | 195 | 36.2% |
Tim Raines | 164 | 30.4% |
Mark McGwire | 128 | 23.7% |
Alan Trammell | 121 | 22.4% |
Fred McGriff | 116 | 21.5% |
Don Mattingly | 87 | 16.1% |
Dave Parker | 82 | 15.2% |
Dale Murphy | 63 | 11.7% |
Harold Baines | 33 | 6.1% |
Andres Galarraga | 22 | 4.1% |
Robin Ventura | 7 | 1.3% |
Ellis Burks | 2 | 0.4% |
Eric Karros | 2 | 0.4% |
Kevin Appier | 1 | 0.2% |
Pat Hentgen | 1 | 0.2% |
David Segui | 1 | 0.2% |
Mike Jackson | 0 | 0% |
Ray Lankford | 0 | 0% |
Shane Reynolds | 0 | 0% |
Todd Zeile | 0 | 0% |
Dawson eventually did walk away, but after 1996 when he closed out his career with the Marlins.
"He spent more hours in the training room, almost on a daily basis, to have those knees nursed through one season after another," Van Horne said. "I think that speaks to his courage, to his heart and to his great determination."
To this day, Dawson continues to push his body. In remarkable physical condition, he works out daily.
Not even the anticipation of a call from the Hall of Fame on Wednesday took him away from his routine. On Wednesday, he was awake at 6 a.m. ET, went to the gym, then spent a good part of his morning visiting the graves of his mother, Mattie Brown, grandmother, Eunice Taylor, and a lost uncle.
Dawson noted in his news conference that he didn't know if he would hold up all day. Of course, he did, fielding numerous questions.
The Hall of Fame informed Dawson that he was being inducted at 1:40 p.m. ET, just 20 minutes before publicly announcing the results on the MLB Network.
Dawson actually felt he wasn't getting in because the call came so close to the announcement. At 1:19 p.m., Dawson sent a text message to P.J. Loyello, the Marlins' senior vice president of communications and broadcasting. The text read, "I guess it's not going to happen."
The nine-year wait eventually did happen for Dawson, who gave his wife a thumbs-up sign while he was on the phone.
"I sit here today, because a lot of things were instilled in me early on," Dawson said two hours later. "To always give it your all, and don't really beat yourself up with whatever the outcome was. That was really my main goal, to enjoy the game, to play game as I did as a kid."
Dawson's mother passed away in 2006. Thursday would have been her 71st birthday.
"Before she passed, she said, 'Baby, [the Hall of Fame is] going to happen. Don't worry about it. Be patient,'" Dawson said. "'You did what you did for a long time. The Hall of Fame, they can't take it away from you. They can prolong your entry, but they can't take it away from you.'"
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Writing for a web-based readers and search engine spiders is much like writing for newspaper readers. Because the web is a dynamic environment, readers have notoriously short attention spans. Important points and keyword phrases need to be mentioned early in the copy and, by the end of the third short paragraph; the reader should know what they are supposed to do next. Subsequent paragraphs are used to support the story told by the first three. The goal is to hold their interest long enough to confidently direct them to the next step.
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When applying text to a page, content optimizers need to think about its placement against other elements present on the page. How headlines or "strong†text looks beside an image is as important as the slight algorithmic bump that emphasized text brings. More important to the goal of improving the page is making it accessible to all users. Adding descriptive Alt-tags to images helps visitors who use screen readers and gives SEOs opportunity to insert relevant keywords into the alt tags. While I still use h1 and h2 tags, I tend not to worry as much about SEO considerations as I do page layout considerations. As long as the target keyword phrases are prominent in the titles, meta description, body text and judiciously used as anchor text, I trust the search spiders to find them.
I am far more concerned about where the pages I work on are being found. An emerging consideration in content creation asks the question, "What if it plays better in Pittsburg than it does in Cleveland?†Search engines are getting far better at delivering the right information to the right person. Knowing that there are fewer common standards in search engine results, content optimizers have to think about the regionalization of search.
Finding your regional audience
One piece of SEO software I really like that is called Enquisite. Designed to tell users how pages within their websites rank from the points of view of search engine users in regional markets around the world, Enquisite provides extraordinary information about what ranks well where. Having used Enquisite for over a year, Metamend finds it an indispensable tool.
When we develop new content or think about making changes to existing page content, we check how that site is performing in regional search markets using Enquisite. Because search engines have become extremely good at targeting where a search engine user is located they are able to serve regionally relevant information to different users in different places. While the overall object is high rankings for search queries everywhere, the advent of personalized, localized and "universal†search results make us consider create regionally specific content for the strongest markets indicated by Enquisite.
Helping site visitors move from their point of entry to an essential action or a conversion is an important part of content optimization which will be fully addressed in the ninth essay in this series. To touch on it briefly, if the overall site optimization effort goes according to plan, search engine users will be able to find specific product pages on the first page of search results. That's an optimal visitor but a content creator has to think about directing visitors who find their way to a page from a link on another site.
Internal links are important enough to obsess on. Designing a practical and elegant navigation path through a website is essential to gaining and retaining converting visitors. A big part of an elegant navigation path is how internal links are written and phrased; a process that also has an effect on a search engine's impression of the site.
Internal links should be short and, whenever possible, be phrased with the most relevant keyword targets to the page the link leads to. A link leading to "Health Products†is far more compelling than one leading to "Green Wingnuts Products†and gets another mention of a target keyword phrase in an area that associates it with the page the link leads to. A similar approach should be taken to phrasing links in a sitemap file.
Content optimization comprises the bulk of the work SEOs do when working on a website but that work doesn't stop when the initial optimization process ends. Content optimization also includes the regular creation of new pages and periodic changes of existing content. These topics will be covered in future essays in this series, most likely in the ninth and tenth articles, Conversion Optimization and Keeping it Up.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:employeeservice="services.employeeservice.*"
xmlns:valueObjects="valueObjects.*" …>
protected function deptDg_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
getDepartmentsResult.token = employeeService.getDepartments();
<s:State name="Employees"/>
<s:State name="Departments"/>
<s:State name="EmployeeDetails"/>
<s:CallResponder id="getDepartmentsResult"/>
<valueObjects:Employee id="employee"/>
<fx:Binding source="empDg.selectedItem as Employee" destination="employee"/>
<s:Label x="50" y="50" color="#1239E3" fontSize="20" fontWeight="bold" text="XYZ Corporation Directory"/>
<s:Button id="empBtn" x="50" y="100" label="Employees" enabled.EmployeeDetails="false" enabled.Employees="false"/>
<s:Button id="deptBtn" x="140" y="100" label="Departments" enabled.Departments="false"/>
<s:DataGrid id="empDg" includeIn="EmployeeDetails,Employees" …/>
<s:DataGrid id="deptDg" includeIn="Departments" x="50" y="130"
creationComplete="deptDg_creationCompleteHandler(event)" requestedRowCount="4" width="650">
<s:GridColumn width="150" dataField="name" headerText="Name"></s:GridColumn>
<s:GridColumn width="100" dataField="id" headerText="ID"></s:GridColumn>
<s:GridColumn width="150" dataField="manager" headerText="Manager"></s:GridColumn>
<s:GridColumn width="100" dataField="budget" headerText="Budget"></s:GridColumn>
<s:GridColumn width="100" dataField="actualexpenses" headerText="Expenses"></s:GridColumn>
<fx:Object id="id2" actualcontractors="actualcontractors1"
actualexpenses="actualexpenses1" actualsalary="actualsalary1"
actualsupplies="actualsupplies1" actualtravel="actualtravel1"
budget="budget1" businessunit="businessunit1" costcenter="costcenter1"
estcontractors="estcontractors1" estsalary="estsalary1"
estsupplies="estsupplies1" esttravel="esttravel1" hrrep="hrrep1"
locationcity="locationcity1" locationstate="locationstate1"
locationstreet="locationstreet1" locationzipcode="locationzipcode1"
manager="manager1" name="name1"></fx:Object>
<s:AsyncListView list="{getDepartmentsResult.lastResult}"/>
<s:Form includeIn="EmployeeDetails" x="36" y="310">
<s:FormItem label="Last Name">
<s:Label id="lastnameLabel" text="{employee.lastname}"/>
<s:FormItem label="First Name">
<s:Label id="firstnameLabel" text="{employee.firstname}"/>
<s:FormItem label="Title">
<s:Label id="titleLabel" text="{employee.title}"/>
<s:FormItem label="Department ID">
<s:Label id="departmentidLabel" text="{employee.departmentid}"/>
<s:FormItem label="Cell Phone">
<s:Label id="cellphoneLabel" text="{employee.cellphone}"/>
<s:FormItem label="Office Phone">
<s:Label id="officephoneLabel" text="{employee.officephone}"/>
<s:FormItem label="Email">
<s:Label id="emailLabel" text="{employee.email}"/>
<s:Form includeIn="EmployeeDetails" x="323" y="310">
<s:FormItem label="Office">
<s:Label id="officeLabel" text="{employee.office}"/>
<s:FormItem label="Street">
<s:Label id="streetLabel" text="{employee.street}"/>
<s:FormItem label="City">
<s:Label id="cityLabel" text="{employee.city}"/>
<s:FormItem label="State">
<s:Label id="stateLabel" text="{employee.state}"/>
<s:FormItem label="Zipcode">
<s:Label id="zipcodeLabel" text="{employee.zipcode}"/>
<s:FormItem label="Photo File">
<s:Label id="photofileLabel" text="{employee.photofile}"/>
<s:TextInput id="searchTxt" includeIn="EmployeeDetails,Employees" x="494" y="100"
prompt="Last Name"/>
<s:Button id="searchBtn" includeIn="EmployeeDetails,Employees" x="630" y="100" label="Search"/>
<s:Button id="updateBtn" includeIn="EmployeeDetails" x="476" y="268" label="Update"/>
<s:Button id="deleteBtn" includeIn="EmployeeDetails" x="554" y="268" label="Delete"/>
<s:Button id="addBtn" includeIn="EmployeeDetails,Employees" x="630" y="268" label="Add"/>
In this tutorial, you create different "pages" in your application. HTML applications use pages as screens, but in Flex, you use a related but different concept called states. As you'll see, unlike HTML, states do not necessarily appear in separate files.
You are going to create three states. The first is the interface you already built that appears when the application starts. The other two states will be Departments and EmployeeDetails, which will appear when a user clicks the Departments button or selects a row in the DataGrid, respectively.
In Design mode, use the States view to create a new state called Departments based on the existing state, <State1>. In Departments, delete the existing DataGrid and add a new DataGrid called deptDg and a Button. Rename <State1> to Employees (see Figure 1).
Unlike in HTML pages, in Flex applications the same component can be part of more than one state. The XYZ Label and the Employees and Departments buttons are included in both the Employees and Departments states.
Take a look at the generated code. You will see the two states defined; the Application states property is set equal to an array of State objects for which you assign names:
<s:State name="Employees"/>
<s:State name="Departments"/>
The first DataGrid now has a property, includeIn
, set to Employees, the only state for which it should be displayed:
<s:DataGrid id="empDg" x="50" y="130" width="650"
Similarly, the second DataGrid is only included in the Departments state. Components without an includeIn
property (or an excludeFrom
property) are included in all states. Multiple states can be specified by using a comma-delimited list.
Bind the Departments DataGrid to the getDepartments()
service operation and configure the return type to be an array of new Department objects. Use the Configure Columns wizard to customize the DataGrid (see Figure 2). Change the id
property of the new DataGrid's typicalItem
object from id1
(which was used for the empDg DataGrid) to id2
Take a look at the generated code. All the code should look familiar. The generated typicalItem
object though, was assigned the same id
as that used in the empDg
DataGrid, so give it another name, like id2
<s:DataGrid id="deptDg" ...>
<fx:Object id="id2" actualcontractors="actualcontractors1" ...></fx:Object>
In Design mode, set the Employees Button's enabled
property to false
in the Employees state and the Departments Button's enabled
property to false
in the Departments state (see Figure 3).
Switch to Source mode. The enabled
property of each Button has been set to false
for a single state:
<s:Button id="empBtn" x="50" y="100" label="Employees"
<s:Button id="deptBtn" x="140" y="100" label="Departments"
In Design mode, change the color of the Label and then switch to the other state; the color is changed for only the selected state. Apply the new color to all states by selecting Apply Current Properties to All States from the Label's context menu (see Figure 4).
When you first set the color in Design mode, some state is selected so you get the code color.somestate=somevalue
. When you select to apply current properties to all states, this becomes color=somevalue
instead and will be the value for all of the states that you have specified to include this component in.
Base the new EmployeeDetails state on the Employees state. In Design mode for the new state, drag out a Form container from the Layout section of the Components view and place it below the DataGrid (see Figure 5).
From the Data/Service view, drag out the getEmployees()
operation and drop it on the Form container. Using the wizard, create a noneditable form that uses the existing
call (see Figure 6). Arrange the layout as shown in Figure 7 by dragging out a second Form container, dragging FormItem controls from one Form to another, and setting FormItem labels.
In Flex applications, a Form is simply a container that makes it easier to align your controls. Unlike HTML, it is not used to group data for submitting data to the server.
Here, you are not making a service call to retrieve the details for a specific employee because you already have all the details for every employee on the client. When getEmployees()
is initially called to populate the DataGrid, all the employee data is retrieved. Thus, you only need to show the data for the selected employee in the form, which you will start in the next step. If you have lots of records with lots of fields, you initially may want to retrieve only the properties of the employees you are going to display in the grid and then make a service call to getEmployeesByID()
to retrieve all the data for a specific employee to be displayed in the form.
Switch to Source mode and look at the generated code. You will see your new EmployeeDetails state defined in the states tag and you will see two new Form tags. Note that the text
property of all the Label controls in the FormItem tags are bound to a property of an employee
<s:Form includeIn="EmployeeDetails" x="36" y="310">
<s:FormItem label="Last Name">
<s:Label id="lastnameLabel" text="{employee.lastname}"/>
Look in the Declarations section. You will see the employee
object defined as an instance of the Employee class:
<valueObjects:Employee id="employee"/>
Below the Declarations block, create a Binding
tag and set its source
property to the selectedItem
property of the empDg
DataGrid cast as an Employee object and set the destination
property to the employee
<fx:Binding source="empDg.selectedItem as Employee" destination="employee"/>
The as
keyword must be used to cast the selectedItem to an Employee because the selectedItem
property is defined as a general object but the employee must be an Employee object.
Add four Buttons (updateBtn, deleteBtn, addBtn, searchBtn) and a TextInput (searchTxt) to the EmployeeDetails state (see Figure 8). Give the TextInput a prompt value of "Last Name". Switch to the Employees state; you will not see the new components. Return to the EmployeeDetails state, select the Add Button and in the Property view, specify to also include the Button in the Employees state (see Figure 9). Repeat for searchTxt
and searchBtn
and then run the application (see Figure 10).
Select an employee in the DataGrid; nothing happens. You have now created three states representing "pages" in your application. You will write event handlers to switch between the states, populate the details form, and search the employees in the next tutorial. You will wire up the Update, Delete, and Add Buttons in Module 2: Modify the database.
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Influenza virus vaccine, inactivated Side Effects
For the Consumer
Applies to influenza virus vaccine, inactivated: intramuscular solution
Other dosage forms:
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by influenza virus vaccine, inactivated. In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
If any of the following side effects occur while taking influenza virus vaccine, inactivated, check with your doctor or nurse immediately:
Incidence not known:- Cough
- difficulty with swallowing
- dizziness
- fast heartbeat
- hives, itching, or skin rash
- puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue
- tightness in the chest
- unusual tiredness or weakness
Minor Side Effects
Some of the side effects that can occur with influenza virus vaccine, inactivated may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:
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- muscle aching or cramping
- muscle pains or stiffness
- nausea
- pain at the injection site
- swollen joints
- Chills
- redness, bruising, or swelling at the injection site
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to influenza virus vaccine, inactivated: intradermal suspension, intramuscular solution, intramuscular suspension, nasal spray
The most common adverse events were local reactions, myalgia, and headache.[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Tenderness (89%), erythema/redness (76.4%), pain (73.8%), induration (58.4%), swelling (56.8%), injection-site pruritus (46.9%), itching (28%), bruising (18%), injection-site ecchymosis (14.9%), mass (11%)
Common (1% to 10%): Reaction, hemorrhage
Postmarketing reports: Cellulitis, injection site inflammation, injection site sterile abscess[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Crying abnormal (41.2%), malaise (38%), fever (16%)
Common (1% to 10%): Chest tightness
Rare (less than 0.1%): Death
Postmarketing reports: Hot flashes/flushes[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Myalgia (40%)
Common (1% to 10%): Chills/shivering, back pain
Postmarketing reports: Muscle weakness, arthritis, arthralgia, myasthenia[Ref]
Nervous system
Very common (10% or more): Headache (40%), drowsiness (37.7%), lethargy (14%)
Common (1% to 10%): Migraine
Postmarketing reports: Neuralgia, paresthesia, convulsions (including febrile seizures), encephalopathy, neuritis or neuropathy, transverse myelitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, abnormal gait, dizziness, hypoesthesia, hypokinesia, tremor, somnolence, syncope, facial or cranial nerve paralysis, encephalopathy, limb paralysis, confusion, paralysis (including Bell's Palsy), vertigo, exacerbation of symptoms of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy (Leigh syndrome), meningitis, eosinophilic meningitis, vaccine-associated encephalitis[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Runny nose/nasal congestion (58%), cough (15%), upper respiratory tract infection (13%)
Common (1% to 10%): Sore throat, cough, oropharyngeal pain, rhinorrhea, wheezing, pharyngolaryngeal pain, nasopharyngitis
Postmarketing reports: Rhinitis, laryngitis, dyspnea, dysphonia, bronchospasm, throat tightness, pharyngitis, epistaxis[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Vomiting (15%), nausea (14.9%) diarrhea (13%)
Postmarketing reports: Dysphagia, abdominal pain, swelling of the mouth, throat, and/or tongue[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Loss of appetite (33.3%), decreased appetite (21%)[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Irritability (54%)
Postmarketing reports: Insomnia[Ref]
Postmarketing reports: Allergic reactions including anaphylactic shock, serum sickness, and death; Stevens-Johnson syndrome[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Infection, influenza-like illness
Postmarketing reports: Cellulitis[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Facial swelling
Postmarketing reports: Pruritus, urticaria, rash, angioedema, sweating, flushing, pallor, rash, erythema multiforme[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Reddened eyes
Postmarketing reports: Eye pain, photophobia, conjunctivitis, eye irritation, eye swelling, eyelid swelling, ocular hyperemia[Ref]
Postmarketing reports: Transient thrombocytopenia, lymphadenopathy[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Pleuropericarditis with effusions
Postmarketing reports: Tachycardia, pericarditis, vasculitis, vasodilation/flushing[Ref]
Postmarketing reports: Vasculitis with transient renal involvement[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Dysmenorrhea[Ref]
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OAK HARBOR - Jake Scott rushed for 223 yards on 36 carries and scored five touchdowns as Oak Harbor defeated Eastwood 34-7 Friday night.
Scott carried the ball 36 times for 223 yards.
The Rockets actually trailed 7-0 early in the second quarter as Marquise Pitts rambled 64 yards with 8:44 left to put Eastwood in the lead.
Scott went eight yards for his first score with 2:51 in the half, then put the Rockets ahead for good on a 29-yard run with just 1:07 left.
The second half was all Scott with touchdown runs of 7, 15 and 10 yards.
Brian Mallernee was 7 of 12 passing for 100 yards for the Rockets (2-1).
Oak Harbor rolled up 17 rushing first downs and 4 by pass for a total of 357 yards. Eastwood (1-2) had just four first downs rushing and two passing for a total of 183 yards.
Woodmore 35, Tiffin Calvert 28
TIFFIN - Woodmore rolled up 406 total yards total offense.
Wildcat quarterback Jon Sandwisch was 9 for 19 for 114 yards and one TD - a five yard pass to Cody Lockhart. Sandwisch also scored on a three-yard run.
Running back Jake Zollinger had 17 carries for 156 yards and one TD.
Pierce Fonseca had TD runs of 1 and 4 yards.
Calvert quarterback Nathan Ritzler was 17 for 36 for 251 yards through the air and threw a 10-yard TD pass to Brandon Ritzler.
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Sunil Gavaskar, the legendary opening batsman from India turns 65 on Thursday. During his time, Gavaskar was known as one of the greatest batsmen against fast bowling. He went onto score 10,122 runs at an average of 51.12 in 125 Tests. He also played in 108 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for his country.
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It was back in 1971 when he made his Test debut against the West Indies. He went onto score 771 runs at an average of 154.8 and India won that series too. Gavaskar was also a fine captain of the Indian team. Under, him, India won the World Championship of Cricket in 1985 in Australia.
In his last Test against Pakistan at Bangalore in March 1987, Gavaskar played a terrific innings of 96 on a turning wicket. India though, lost that game.
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BT Earnings Beat as Web Customers Fight Corporate Dropoff
Amy ThomsonBT Group Plc, the U.K.'s former phone monopoly, reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings as free sports channels attracted more broadband customers and offset declines in its other businesses.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization were little changed from a year earlier at 1.44 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) in the first quarter ending in June, the London-based company said in a statement today. That beat the average 1.42 billion-pound estimate by analysts in a Bloomberg survey.
The consumer business, which sells broadband and TV access to homes, was the only unit that reported sales growth, logging a 10 percent increase in revenue. BT is luring customers for its high-speed broadband packages by offering Web customers free access to three sports TV channels. The company added 341,000 premises to its fiber broadband service in the quarter bringing its total to more than 3 million.
"Sport continues to do very well," Chief Executive Officer Gavin Patterson said on a call today. "The base is growing and it's growing in spite of this being effectively the slowest time of the year."
BT shares rose 1.5 percent to 393.8 pence at 8:49 a.m. in London trading, taking the advance to 3.8 percent this year.
The company is also developing new mobile-phone plans, through a partnership with wireless company EE, as it looks for new sources of growth outside the shrinking market for home-phone lines.
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BT's revenue fell to 4.35 billion pounds in the first quarter from 4.45 billion pounds a year earlier. Analysts had estimated 4.35 billion pounds.
Revenue at BT's global services business, its largest unit by sales, declined 6 percent to 1.65 billion pounds. BT Business, which serves U.K. companies, fell 3 percent to 762 million pounds while Openreach, the network BT makes available to other carriers, was unchanged at 1.25 billion pounds.
"We've seen some improvement, but there is a degree of caution that we're seeing from customers," Patterson said on the call. "We're also seeing technology changing where customers are moving away from traditional voice products and more toward" digital voice products, "and you're going to see some price deflation on the back of that."
Adjusted profit before tax rose 7 percent to 638 million pounds from a year ago. Earnings per share, excluding some items, climbed to 6.5 pence from 5.9 pence.
When BT started the BT Sport and ESPN channels in 2013, it committed to spending 1 billion pounds in three years on sports rights. Since then, the company has agreed to spend another 897 million pounds for three seasons of UEFA Champions League and Europa League soccer tournaments starting in 2015.
The company's biggest competitor for TV customers, British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, has announced plans to buy Sky Italia and a stake in Sky Deutschland AG, which would give BSkyB access to 20 million subscribers in five countries.


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Diagnosis. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society website. Available at: http://www.lls.org/lymphoma/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/diagnosis. Accessed April 7, 2016.
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. American Cancer Society website. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003126-pdf.pdf. Accessed April 7, 2016.
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116014/Non-Hodgkin-lymphoma-NHL. Updated May 5, 2016. Accesses October 6, 2016.
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Merck Manual Professional Version website. Available at: http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/hematology-and-oncology/lymphomas/non-hodgkin-lymphomas. Updated October 2012. Accessed April 7, 2016.
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MOBILE, Ala. (CBS/AP) JaMarcus Russell, a former Oakland Raiders quarterback, has been charged with possession of a controlled substance - codeine syrup - after being arrested at his home in Alabama on Monday, police said.
The 24-year-old former LSU star and the No. 1 draft choice in 2007 was arrested as part of an undercover narcotics investigation, said Mobile County Sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Myles.
Myles said Russell did not have a prescription for the codeine.Russell, who graduated from high school in Mobile, was booked into the city jail and released soon afterward on $2,500 bond, online records show.
The Raiders released Russell, considered one of the NFL's biggest draft busts, in May after he won only seven of his 25 starts and was benched. He completed just 52.1 percent of his passes in his career with 18 touchdowns, 23 interceptions, 15 lost fumbles and a passer rating of 65.2.
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Revision as of 14:50, 8 August 2012Kamianets-Podilsky (Pусский: Каменец-Подольский, Ukrainian: Кам'янець-Подільський) is a city in Western Ukraine. UnderstandThis is one of the earliest towns in Ukraine, first mentioned around 1060 as a Slavic town controlled by Lithuanians, but evidence suggests that the Dacians and later the Trypillians had lived there in prehistorical times. The town is a natural crossroad for trans-Carpathian and trans-Ukrainian trade, which attracted Germans, Armenians, Lithuanians, Jews, Ukrainians, Russians and Romanians to live here until World War II. Now, the town is almost exclusively Ukrainian. A large fortress was built here to watch over the River Smotrych and some evidence suggests that a fortress has existed on this natural outcropping of rock since 2 millennia ago. Get inBuses from Chernivtsi, Vinnitsa, Lviv or Kiev take 1.5, 4, 5 and 6 hours, respectively. The buses from Kiev cost around 85 UAH but can faster marshrutkas (minibuses) can be 100 UAH from Vokzal (the railway station) in Kiev. The buses from Chernivtsi are not as frequent as Lonely Planet may lead you to believe. The buses from Vinnitsa are rare but exist. If you plan to go to the spectacularly located castle in Khotyn on your way to or from KP and Chernivtsi, you can visit it in route as it sits almost exactly on the route between the two cities. There is train service to Kiev via Khmelnitsky taking 6 hours, but arriving/leaving at awkward times. A better option is the night train, which takes 12 hours. SeeThe ancient fortress (Stara Fortetsya) is the major attraction of this town. StayHotel 7 Days[1] - close to the central square, high standard, single rooms from 260 UAH. Hotel Texas - near the bus station. Skovorode - not close to tourist attractions. Stone Flower - near the fortress. TIU KP - centrally located. Karmaliuk - Close to the bus station and not far from the train station. Fil'varky-Tsentr - not far from the fortress, close to bus station, in the uptown. Price: from 190 UAH per double/twin room, breakfast included. Xeniya - Price: from 200 UAH per double/twin room, breakfast excluded. Reports from trusted sources state that a room off peak at a "babushka's" apartment will cost only around 30 UAH. EatPid bramoyu (In the Gateway) - near the fortress, nice design combining medieval and national Ukrainian motifs. Waitresses don't speak English. Prices: dinner for 2 persons ~250 UAH.
DrinkKava u politsmeystera (Coffee from a Policeman) - not far from the fortress, nice design. Waiters speak English. You have to take the menu from and order on the bar, the order will be brought to your table. "Coffee Ice Cream" is worth trying. Although the name suggests that coffee is the main drink here, you can have a good dinner as well. Prices: dinner for 2 persons ~180 UAH.


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Bits. 3 Attachment(s) Hi I am posting this regarding bits. I one of my horsey magazines nearly all this pictures of the poines have a dutch gag on, and in that magazine they call they 3 ring snaffles. So what are your opions on them? Do any of you use them? And there are also the hanging cheek snaffle which my friends uses. I was just wondering Do any of you use them? I was also wondering if you cou;d post a picture of the type of bits you use? I think this could help every one out. I use the snaffle on my pony Archie. Also every bit is a harsh as the riders hands. |
My mare's favorite bit is kimberwick bit: http://images.auctionants.com/5-159581.jpg I use it for general riding. She holds her head well and is happy with it. She hates pretty much any other bit including snaffles. But since I'm training her to back while engaging her hindquarters, I've been using a twisted snaffle: http://www.kotrading.com/ProductImages/reinsman/117.jpg She wouldn't back worth anything with the kimberwick so I put this on to wake her up a little bit. She finally realized she was supposed to move away from the pressure and is now backing nicely, hindquarters working well. I barely have to touch the reins now so I'll probably start using the kimberwick again. And I totally agree with you, a bit is only as cruel as the riders hand. Even the gentlest bit can make a horses mouth sore with rough handling. EDIT: Swapping pics |
http://www.adamshorsesupply.com/prodimg/168476.JPG ^ I rarely have to use it. I mostly use voice commands with my mare. It's more like an emergency brake. I think any bit could turn ugly with the wrong rider. I always cringe when I see someone riding a horse or pony with a huge curb bit, and they're constantly yanking on the reins. |
1 Attachment(s) My boy was really hard mouthed, so I was looking for a different bit. I did some researching and came up with NP Sweet Iron Loose Cheek Western Curb Bit. I tried it and he seemed to like it alot better than what he had. So this is what we use now: Attachment 58843 My girl just uses a rope hackamore. It seems to fit her well and she likes it better than having a bit in her mouth. |
3 Attachment(s) So The first image is Ike in the new head gear. It was used for racing but its just around his ears and to the bit now. he throat latch was to tight so I took it off. No nose band. I'm looking to get bit guards to make sure the bit doesn't slide through his mouth. We just started using the Loose ring (picture 2) and its ok in the ring so far. gets him more relaxed faster but we just started riding this season (two days) This bit I learned is only good in the ring as he doesn't have the best breaks so although he stops in the ring he doesn't on the trail. hahaha The third slow twist full cheek snaffle is what I have been riding him in for the past seven or so years. He responds well to it I just wanted to try something milder. What do you guys think? Also, does the loose ring look alright? or do i need a different bridal |
also, He will never back up unless i'm on the ground (only about two steps then his head is in the air and he stops) I back him by hand up slopes and he understands and backs straight. Also I have driving reins and can back him up when i'm on the ground using those (and the bit) but even after training him to do this with no resistance he still wont back under saddle. His saddle fits so I'm not sure what to do next. might I need a different bit? |
i've never had a need to use a three ring/pessoa/dutch gag like the first bit you posted so i have no comments/info there. same with the second bit. my gelding has been through several bits in the years that i've owned him, all in the belief that i wanted him in the softest thing i could possibly put him in. turns out he is just NOT a fan of a french link/double broken type snaffle (of course after idk how many different versions of that i tried!). this is his current bit (or the best google image i can find that looks like it). it's a loose ring eggbut snaffle and it's some type of metal that i can't seem to readily identify but he loves it. love love love. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31h0pObE-5L.jpg |
Eccodecco - be careful removing the throat latch, it is there for a very good reason aka to stop the bridle falling straight off if they scratch their face or such. I was trail riding with a friend a few years ago, both on our ottbs. She was not overly into cleaning her tack and as a result her bridle was quite stiff and cracked. A kangaroo jumped out in front of us and her horse spooked quite violently. The throat latch snapped, and he took off flat out up the track. As soon as my friend tried to pull him up, the action on the bit pulled the head piece over his ears as he ducked his head down, and the bridle came off. Hence, I would NEVER ride if my throat latch was looking a little 'unhealthy', let alone without one altogether. As for bits, my horse is currently in a loose ring french link snaffle, but is very fussy in the mouth so I have been recommended to try a hanging cheek/baucher which apparently will stablise the bit in his mouth a little more. |
Yes, I have use the three ring gag. I most often use it with two reins, one on the snaffle and one on a lower ring. The idea of the rings lower than the "snaffle" ring is that when you pull back, the bit rotates. This pushes the ring that the bridle attaches to forward as the bottom rings are pulled back. This forward rotation pulls the crown piece of the bridle down onto the poll nerve. This is sensitive and gets the horse's attention without putting painful pressure on the mouth. The two sets of reins allows you to use just the snaffle. If you use only one set of reins, I would suggest you never use the bottom ring. It simply has too much pressure to use alone. The second bit is a baucher bit. I have used them and really like them a lot. They stay really stable in the horse's mouth and horses often really like them. My most commonly used bit is a fat double joiinted Herm Sprenger bit. I NEVER use any bit made of twisted wire, slow twists, corkscrews etc etc etc. Smooth only! |
I'll use just about anything, but I love Mylers (of most types) and most types of short- to medium-shank curb with a two- or three-piece mouth. If the link in my signature is any indication, I'm an addict (I also have the bits you have pictured profiled in the thread). |
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela will remain in a Pretoria hospital through Christmas, the government said on Monday.
In a statement on his website, President Jacob Zuma said that Mandela is responding well to treatment.
"We also humbly invite all freedom loving people around the world to pray for him. He is an ardent fighter and will recover from this episode with all our support," said Zuma, who visited Mandela on Saturday.
Mandela, 94, has received round-the-clock care since an acute respiratory infection in 2011. He was hospitalized for a lung infection on December 8; and on December 15, he had successful endoscopic surgery to have gallstones removed.
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