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When the news of the Iranian president's letter made the news on Tuesday, I wondered if Ahmadinejad signed the letter "Sincerely yours." AP analysts seemed to take the contents of the letter at face value. I thought it might be because of Ahmadinejad's protestations of sincerity. Why would skeptical journalists disbelieve the diplomatic communications of such a gentleman?
It turns out that the letter's closing salutation may well be worthy of note. In its editorial today, the New York Sun writes:
President Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush, widely interpreted as a peaceful overture, is in fact a declaration of war. The key sentence in the letter is the closing salutation. In an eight-page text of the letter being circulated by the Council on Foreign Relations, it is left untranslated and rendered as "Vasalam Ala Man Ataba'al hoda." What this means is "Peace only unto those who follow the true path."
It is a phrase with historical significance in Islam, for, according to Islamic tradition, in year six of the Hejira – the late 620s – the prophet Mohammad sent letters to the Byzantine emperor and the Sassanid emperor telling them to convert to the true faith of Islam or be conquered. The letters included the same phrase that President Ahmadinejad used to conclude his letter to Mr. Bush. For Mohammad, the letters were a prelude to a Muslim offensive, a war launched for the purpose of imposing Islamic rule over infidels.
At the American Thinker, Rick Moran meditates on the letter's 9/11 conspiracy theory involving governmental "intelligence and security services." He worries that Ahmadinejad's conspiracy theory will succeed like the Kennedy conspiracy theories in confusing the American public and obscuring the truth about what happened on 9/11:
The horror and tragedy of that day could end up being subsumed by questions about whether or not the buildings were sabotaged, or whether the Pentagon was damaged by a truck bomb, or if the entire incident was one gigantic government conspiracy to insure the re-election of George Bush.
We cannot let that happen. Considering that the War on Terror will probably be a generational conflict, we owe it to our children and grandchildren to keep what really happened on 9/11 from sliding away into the muck of conspiracy and fantasy. Otherwise, we run the risk of forgetting why we fight and why we must win this war.
Moran's excellent column is "Take off the 9/11 tinfoil hats."


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I will be speaking at a few more conferences this year and thought to add some comments about my plans here too. Here's the list of my upcoming presentations:
Oracle OpenWorld, 22-26 September 2013, San Francisco
- Session: Moving Data Between Oracle Exadata and Hadoop. Fast.
- When: Wednesday, Sep 25. 3:30pm
- Where: Moscone South 305
- What: I have been doing quite a lot of work on the optimal Oracle/Exadata <-> Hadoop connectivity and data migration lately, so thought that it's worth sharing. The fat infiniBand pipe between an Exadata box and a Hadoop cluster running in the Oracle Big Data Appliance gives pretty interesting results.
OakTableWorld, 23-24 September 2013, San Francisco
- Session: Hacking Oracle Database
- When: Tuesday, Sep 24. 1:00pm
- Where: Imagination Lab @ Creativity Museum near Moscone
- What: The "secret" OakTableWorld event (once called Oracle Closed World :) is an unofficial, fun (but also serious) satellite event during OOW. Lots of great _technical _speakers and topics. Might also have free beer :) I will deliver a-yet-another hacking session without much structure – I'll just show how I research and explore Oracle's new low-level features and which tools & approaches I use etc. Should be fun.
Strata Conference + HadoopWorld NY, 28-30 October 2013, New York City, NY
- Session: Hadoop Internals for Oracle Developers and DBAs
- When: Wednesday, Oct 30. 3:45pm
- Where: Murray Hill Suite @ NYC Hilton Midtown
- What: I will deliver an updated version of my Hadoop for Oracle DBAs session, where I explain the main similarities and differences between running a parallel query on an Oracle RAC database vs a MapReduce job on a Hadoop cluster.
I have also submitted abstracts to RMOUG Training Days 2014 and will deliver the Training Day at Hotsos Symposium 2014!
So see you at any of these conferences!

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Consumer Confidence Surges Again In June - June 25, 2013
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index jumped ahead nicely in June rising to a solid reading of 81.4. That was a notably better result than the downwardly revised 74.3 result in place during May. (Initially, the May score had been estimated at 76.2.)
The Present Situation Index, meanwhile, jumped from 64.8 to 69.2, while the Expectations Index soared from 80.6 to 89.5. This across-the-board strength suggests that the Federal Reserve, which last week indicated its desire to slow down the pace of bond buying by yearend and end the massive program by mid-2014, may well be on solid ground. In fact, this stellar result represented the third strong economic report to be issued this morning out of the three surveys in total released. (To wit, the other two reports showed a solid 3.6% increase in orders for durable goods during May and another healthy gain for new home sales last month.)
Meanwhile, Lynn France, the Director of Economic Indicators at the Conference Board observed that "Consumer Confidence increased for the third consecutive month and is now at its highest level since January 2008. Consumers are considerably more positive about current business and labor market conditions than they were at the beginning of the year."
What was so positive about the report was the broad improvement cited here, with each category gaining ground, as optimism is being sustained, apparently, by the better housing metrics, firming real estate prices, an irregularly better employment situation, and, until very recently, an unrelenting rise in equity prices.
Our sense, as noted, is that the Federal Reserve will now run with the improving numbers in durable goods orders, housing prices, new home sales, and consumer confidence to press ahead with its plans to slow down the pace of bond buying by yearend, or even before.
Importantly, we also sense that the nation's business expansion, which showed a decent, but not a remarkable, 2.4% gain in the first quarter (that rate will be revised tomorrow) will advance in that range in the second half, following a presumed slower pace of growth in the fast-concluding quarter.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.
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In World of Big Stuff, the U.S. Still Rules
PEORIA, Ill.—Robert LeTourneau, a roving American evangelist and inventor, decided in the mid-1930s that a plot of lakefront land a mile and a half northeast of downtown Peoria would be a fine place to make earth-moving equipment. Skilled labor and suppliers were plentiful; transport links were good.
Nearly eight decades later, Japan's Komatsu Ltd. KMTUY -0.76% , which owns the plant, still thinks Mr. LeTourneau chose the right location—even though most giant mining trucks made there are shipped overseas to Latin America, Australia, Asia and Africa.
About 80 miles south, in Decatur, Ill., rival Caterpillar Inc. CAT 3.45% makes its large mining trucks, most of which are exported. Caterpillar, No. 1 in this market, and No. 2 Komatsu account for roughly 85% of global sales of these trucks, roughly the size of two-story houses.
Their presence has created a cluster of skills and suppliers that feeds the industry. At a time when politicians are hoping for a job-creating revival of American manufacturing, this is one area where U.S.-based plants are still global champions.
Inside a dimly lit Komatsu building roughly the size of seven football fields, workers weld together the 30-ton frame of a mining truck. They choreograph their movements to avoid spraying each other with sparks or searing their eyes with blue light. "You almost have to make it a ballet," said Jim Mathis, a general manager at the plant. Some workers have fathers and grandfathers who made trucks here.
The U.S. had a deficit of $509.7 billion in trade in manufactured goods in this year's first nine months, largely due to gaping deficits in such major categories as consumer electronics and clothing.
But in certain areas—notably aircraft, industrial engines, excavators and railway and mining equipment—the U.S. exports far more than it imports. These industries produce relatively small numbers of very expensive goods, requiring specialized technology and labor. Their competitive advantage rests partly on expertise built by U.S. companies in making durable, high-tech weaponry and other equipment for the military—frequently applicable to other products.
"We have a very strong and very innovative military," said Cliff Waldman, a senior economist at Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, an Arlington, Va., research organization. That creates an infrastructure for manufacturing and spurs innovation in such areas as metallurgy and engines.
Determining where the U.S. can gain competitive edges is part of the challenge of creating more well-paid manufacturing jobs, a priority of the Obama administration, which is budgeting more money for research into manufacturing processes.
Can the U.S. return to a surplus on manufacturing trade? "Probably not," said Mr. Waldman, "but I think we will do better."
"We need to broaden our capabilities," said Gary Pisano, a professor at Harvard Business School, who writes about global competition. He prescribes more training of engineers and high-skill manufacturing workers, a longer-term investment horizon for managers and government support for research in advanced materials, biotechnology and nanotechnology.
Manufacturers benefit from clusters of suppliers and workers with specialized skills. Such clusters make Taiwan a powerhouse in semiconductors and China nearly unbeatable in smartphones and other consumer electronics. Illinois, home to such heavy-equipment pioneers as Caterpillar and Deere DE -0.35% & Co., has maintained its expertise in building large metal structures needed for mining, construction and agricultural equipment.
That local expertise attracted Komatsu. After being owned by Mr. LeTourneau, Westinghouse Electric and Dresser Industries, the Peoria plant was sold to Komatsu about two decades ago as part of the Japanese company's effort to establish a major American presence. Komatsu makes smaller mining trucks in Japan, but its largest trucks, able to carry as much as 360 tons of ore, come from Peoria.
Given decades of investment in skilled labor and nearby suppliers, "it's not so easy just to pick it up and start somewhere else," said Rod Schrader, CEO of Komatsu's U.S. arm. Global demand for large mining trucks is too small to justify more than one plant.
The global market for large mining trucks, those that can carry 200 tons or more, is likely to reach about 1,900 to 2,000 vehicles this year, up from 1,591 in 2011, said Peter Gilewicz, managing director of Parker Bay Co., a mining industry research firm. The trucks typically sell for $2.5 million to $6 million each, executives say.
More than 90% are built at North American plants owned by Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 6305 -0.33% of Japan and Liebherr Group, based in Switzerland. Hitachi aims to more than double its capacity for making mining trucks at a Guelph, Ontario, plant, through a 33 million Canadian dollar expansion. Liebherr makes mining trucks in Newport News, Va.
There are potential challengers in other parts of the world, including Belarus-based BelAZ and Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Corp. 600416 3.28% of China.
In Peoria, Komatsu over the past two years has expanded manufacturing space about 7% to 764,000 square feet, spread among three buildings, one dating to 1935. Most equipment isn't cutting-edge: There are about 575 factory workers and no robots.
Komatsu tried welding robots years ago, but "we couldn't get the quality where we wanted it," said Mr. Schrader. He said the company continues to look at automation possibilities.
Rio Tinto PLC's Bingham Canyon copper mine near Salt Lake City uses 89 Komatsu trucks. Because they are so big, pieces of the truck are partially assembled in Peoria, loaded onto highway trucks or railcars and assembled at the mine.
Like many factories, the Komatsu plant draws on both local and faraway suppliers. The diesel engines come from the Daventry, England, plant of U.S.-based Cummins Inc. Some of the electronics come from Asia, while certain steel parts are molded in Brazil. But Komatsu says the U.S.-made content of the plant's biggest-selling trucks is more than 70%.
—John W. Miller contributed to this article.
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Diddy Wins His First Oscar, Issues Statement
Congrats are in order for Sean "Diddy" Combs and his football documentary 'Undefeated.' The movie was honored with a 2012 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the annual Academy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 26). The Diddster will receive a golden trophy for his work as an executive producer on the film.
The win also marks an historic milestone as the movie's director, T.J. Martin, becomes the first African-American filmmaker to win an Academy Award. Overcome with excitement, Martin dropped the F-bomb during his acceptance speech. "We would like to acknowledge our fellow nominees, they have inspired us," he said. "They have inspired us in so many ways, they should be up here with us, actually, that'd be f—ing amazing." He would later apologize to reporters backstage for the gaffe.
Meanwhile, Diddy took to Twitter and dropped the S-bomb during his tweet-filled acceptance speech. "Holy S—!!!!" he wrote. He then added, "God is the greatest!!!! Thank you! DREAMS DO COME TRUE!! Hard work pays off!!"
Diddy is now the third hip-hop artist to win an Academy Award. Both Eminem and Three 6 Mafia won Oscars for Best Original Song in 2003 and 2006, respectively.
Diddy later issued a formal statement about him winning an Oscar for 'Undefeated'
Hello World,
Waking up the day after such an incredible experience is humbling.
I have had so many dreams, some came true others are still being worked on. That said, being apart of a film that shows the drive and determination of kids who seemingly have no hope, no future, and nothing but obstacles, has taught me that there is a universal spirit of faith and character in all of us that binds us. Their story is my story, is our story, is your story at some real level, we can relate. Once the flame is ignited in us, nothing can stop us. I hope to be that spark that makes everyone believe anything is possible. God bless you all and I thank you for sharing in this honor with me.
Sean Combs.
Again, congrats to Diddy for his big win.


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It's hard to think of another couple whose personal and professional lives were as intertwined – and successful – as those of Les Paul and Mary Ford. On the surface, their partnership looked ill-fitted from the start, but for most of their 15 years together – 20, if you include their five-year courtship – the relationship between Paul and Ford was a storybook tale.
By age 20, Colleen Summers (she adopted the stage-name "Mary Ford" after meeting Paul), was performing in The Sunshine Girls, a country-western trio who backed, among others, Gene Autry. By this time, the mid '40s, Paul was well on his way to becoming the world's most innovative thinker with regard to recording technology and the development of the electric guitar. Introduced to one another by Autry, the couple began a courtship, of sorts, as Paul's first marriage was deteriorating.
"Mary and I [went] together for five years," Paul later recalled, speaking to Modern Guitars. "She was a guitar hippie and she followed me around from city to city. Boy, I was the round wheel. She thought that there was no one who played like me or sounded like me. [Later] I decided I was going to do something with my group -- add a vocalist. It was then that I decided I'd have Mary sing …."
It was also during this period – specifically, January 1948 – that Paul suffered the devastating injury that nearly ended his career. In the wake of the automobile accident that left Paul's right elbow shattered, Ford (still going by the name, Summers) moved in with Paul and tended to him during his 18-month convalescence. "This was a frustrating time of recuperation, and she took care of me like an angel," Paul wrote, in the book Les Paul – In His Own Words. "I don't know what I would've done without her."
By 1949, Ford was performing with Paul, who had lifted Ford's new stage name from a telephone directory. On December 29, 1949, the couple married. Paul began hosting a 15-minute radio program, titled The Les Paul Show, for NBC Radio. The program featured his trio, which included Ford and rhythm player Eddie Stapleton. Playful interaction between Paul and Ford was interspersed in the performances, which included such tunes as "In the Mood" and "Tiger Rag." The show was later adapted for NBC TV as Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home, airing in 5-minute intervals as a fill-in segment between regular programming.
By the early '50s, Paul and Ford had become one of the biggest acts in the music world, having scored success with a radio show, a TV show and a seemingly endless string of hits. In 1951 alone, the duo sold six million records, with hits that included "How High the Moon" and "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise." Thanks to Paul's cutting-edge work in multi-track technology, the recordings often featured Ford harmonizing with herself, something new under the sun.
The sessions were produced at Les and Mary's home, with Paul later delivering the masters to Capitol Records. Other innovations included the use of "close miking," a new concept (now ubiquitous) that emphasized low-frequency sounds in the vocals. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple scored no less than 16 Top Ten hits. All told, they issued 28 hits for Capitol Records between the years 1950 and 1957.
Having amassed a considerable fortune, Paul and Ford established a woodland retreat in Mahwah, New Jersey, replete with a recording studio and an echo chamber carved into a nearby mountain. All indications were the couple was leading an idyllic life that included travel, glamour and such heady moments are appearing before the British royal family and performing at the Eisenhower White House. In 1955, however, with the advent of rock and roll, the Paul's charmed life began to fray. The couple separated briefly in 1956. Two years later, a jump to a new record label (Columbia Records) failed to reinvigorate record sales.
This period was addressed in an article titled "Father of Invention," written by Frank Houston for Salon.com. "Paul had made his art his life, but it was taking a toll on his family," Houston wrote. "The grind of recording and touring was exhausting Ford, and the recording duo was headed for divorce, but there was a cultural force looming that would spell the end of their career even sooner: rock 'n' roll."
In his book, The Early Years of The Les Paul Legacy, author Robb Lawrence concurred. "Things unfortunately were slowly deteriorating on the home front," he wrote. "Mary was used to relaxing at home and enjoying the easy-going lifestyle, while Les kept up his busy pace, going full-tilt and staying up late working long hours. Mary became exhausted from their active schedule and the raising of their two kids."
The marriage of Paul and Ford survived for five more years, but in May 1963, Billboard announced that the couple had separated. Ford moved to California, and a little more than a year later, their divorce was finalized. The parting had not been amicable, but as time passed, each looked back fondly on their years together. In an interview with Guitar International, Paul's affection for Ford was palpable as he recalled their first performance together.
"My brother forgot to hire a bass player," he said. "Mary had been following me around for five years. I told her that she should know what I play so she could play. [During the show] she sang church songs and a couple of hillbilly songs. So, I got her doing that and that's when the light lit! I turned to my dad and he was shaking his head, 'No!' I was shaking my head, 'Yes!' My dad said that I was a roughneck and she was so delicate, so the two of us would never make it together. But we did."


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Willie Nelson had a great idea in 1985.
He, Neil Young and John Mellencamp were the musicians behind the first Farm Aid, an American concert modeled after Live Aid that would serve to benefit the American farmer. The event continues to assist farmers around the nation who struggle with the financial uncertainty that goes hand in hand with the second oldest profession. During its run, Farm Aid has included hundreds of roots and rock musicians every year on stages around the country.
While Farm Aid has helped the plight of the American farmer on a national level, many still struggle, and many are right here in La Plata County.
On Sunday, The Lost Dog will put on a local version of Farm Aid, a benefit to help a local family whose farm is facing some financial woes. While this event has absolutely no tie to the national event or organization that puts on Farm Aid, there are similarities in that a family farm needs help, and some good people along with a few musicians are providing that help. Nelson wont be present, but Vince Herman will, along with local old-time band The Six Dollar String Band.
Its an event put together by Linda Illsley from Lindas Local Food Cafe, nee Cocina Linda, who is just trying to help her friends. Food from the familys farm was served at Cocina Linda, but shes more than a customer, shes a friend of the family who doesnt want to see another farm go belly-up. (The family has asked that their name not be printed for legal reasons.)
This benefit is certainly more than your average concert, but its also a chance to see a Durango New-Grass favorite in an intimate setting.
Herman remains the jovial front-man of both Great American Taxi and Leftover Salmon. Fans of both bands know the Nederland resident as the life of the musical party; the animated, parade-leading guitar player is always ready for nonsense and hilarity in whatever form it comes, always eager for late-night picking around the campfire wherever his tour schedule takes him. But as a solo artist, as he will be Sunday, Herman is a conscious folk singer, armed with a quiver of songs and between-tune banter thats both funny and insightful. His solo outings are rare, with his last local solo show coming in January 2003 at the Durango Arts Center.
As a Woody Guthrie fan, advocate and bearer of the late activist and musicians torch, hes all about doing the right thing for the working man or woman.
The Six Dollar String band is coming off a busy summer. The old-time quartet has been a regular on the Durango street and park circuit, with a few random shows at the Durango Farmers Market and some appearances at fundraisers around town.
Theyll perform in October at the Henry Strater Theatre as part of the Durango Heritage Celebration and also will be the house band at Studio & for a run of winter concerts at the Main Avenue arts collective.
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Reading through these biographies can quickly bring to mind the introduction of one of Garrison Keillor's introductions to one of his tales of the fictional town of Lake Wobegon - "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all of the children are above average." In these books, you will find no scoundrels. All of the citizens in these biographies are prominent, hard-working, highly regarded citizens who have contributed to the well-being of their communities. This, along with the fact that the bios were nearly always taken directly from the information submitted by the subject of the biography or by his family, means that they cannot always be taken as strict truth. Truth stretches easily here. Still, if we recognize this potential, these can be lovely little packages of information. Consider, for example, what we learn in this biography of Robert R. Pinkerton, found in the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1895:
It will be necessary to verify much of the info below, but a wonderful starting point has been found. Some of the possible follow-up research suggested by these finds is in blue text.
It will be necessary to verify much of the info below, but a wonderful starting point has been found. Some of the possible follow-up research suggested by these finds is in blue text.
- Robert R. Pinkerton is the son of Samuel Pinkerton. Check the census and local records for entries on Samuel Peacock
- Robert was born 17 January 1842 in Ireland.
- He immigrated to America at age 5 - about 1847. This told me to check Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine, documenting the period 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851 online at NARA.
- Five years passed between Robert's immigration to America and his moving to Wisconsin - This alerts me to search the 1850 U.S. census. Follow-up can be made in the local records when the family is found.
- Robert had a brother named John who lived with or near him in Waupaca, Wisconsin.
- Robert married Zelia Jewett in 1872. Look for marriage record.
- Zelia Jewett's parents lived in southern Wisconsin. Find Zelia's family on the U.S. or Wisconsin State census reports.
- Zelia died in 1874, after having one son, Walter Pinkerton. Look for cemetery record and probate records, if any.
- In 1895, Walter was in college in Monmouth, Illinois. This record led to the discovery of his going on to medical school after college and his becoming an M.D.
- Robert married 2nd to Maggie Cochran. Look for marriage record.
- Maggie was born in New York and her family traveled to Wisconsin with the Pinkertons. We know have a pretty good idea of where Robert spent his first five years in America. Find both families on the census in New York and in Waupaca County.
- We have the names of Maggie's parents and siblings. Can be used to find the family on the 1850 and later census and to find them in newspapers, marriage and other local records.
- We have the names of the three children born to Robert and Maggie, Rosa, Jennie, and Arthur, along with the fact that daughter Rosa died at age 7. Search census records, cemetery records, marriage records.
- Maggie Cochran Pinkerton died in 1889. Cemetery and possibly probate records
- Robert R. Pinkerton was a farmer who also speculated a bit in real estate and occasionally loaned money at interest. Land Records, Court Records
- Politically, he was a Republican
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They cheered for teams fresh from two-week trips on post office ships, and the microscopic populations of tide-lapped Pacific atolls. But the biggest roar of the night was reserved for the Queen who declared open the Commonwealth Games deep in the green-hooped half of Glasgow.
Piles of Scottish cliches unashamedly lay thick on the ground where the legendary Lisbon Lions once jinked their way to glory as Celtic Park reached out to put on a welcome which shattered so many entrenched political divides.
It could only be the Commonwealth Games: that last bastion of slightly anarchic unpredictability in a sporting world increasingly over-glossed into a shiny sludge of commercial profit and polished platitudes.
After all, the Games had not even begun and already befuddled squads of far-flung cyclists had embarked upon their quadrennial reckless road trip round the host city's major motorways. Novice swimmers and squash players have expressed their excitement simply to belong.
The opening ceremony cliches were slapped down with all the subtlety of a Glasgow kiss: from giant Tunnock's tea cakes and an oversized kilt to Proclaimers renditions and Scottie dogs leading in the teams. Even the sun seemed determined to set with a distinct orangey hue of Irn-Bru.
But the 40,000 capacity crowd did not seem to care one bit about the ceremony's somewhat tinpot attempts at innovation. They had waited seven years for this moment, since their city was awarded the honour by the Commonwealth Games Federation in Colombo in November 2007.
They cheered with equal fervour for an athletes' parade in which world record-holding runners rubbed shoulders with home-town heroes from lands they may never have even heard of: the list of flag-bearers included Australian track cycling star Anna Meares and David Christian, a lawn bowler from the Norfolk Islands who claims to be a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian.
In doing so in front of a global television audience in the millions, they provided a timely reminder that top-level sport need not all be about press conference psychology and the number of noughts streaking out on its chief exponents' cheques.
Nonetheless, the stars have come to grace Glasgow's 11 days of sporting action, providing a timely rebuttal to those who see the Commonwealth Games and what they represent as an increasingly antiquated or outdated notion in today's super-sleek, PR-orchestrated sporting world.
The world's fastest men and women - Usain Bolt, David Rudisha and Mo Farah, for starters - will tear round a revamped Hampden Park; some of Australia's leading swimming stars will surge through the water in Tollcross, and Olympic champions will grace venues as diverse as the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre in Carnoustie and Strathclyde Country Park.
At the very same venues, swimmers who are barely club class and cyclists already swept off course by the broader nuances of the British highway code will do their absolute best to keep the uniqueness of the Commonwealth Games intact.
Most will never dream of achieving the sporting heights of so many of the Games' greats, not least local boy Sir Chris Hoy whose eponymous velodrome will host all the competition's track cycling events.
Once the last reluctant Scottie had been cradled round the track and the last breath of bagpipes had drifted away into the fast-blackening Glasgow night, Hoy was afforded the honour of handing the Commonwealth Games baton to the Queen who duly declared the Commonwealth Games open for business.
They will rarely reach the consistent sporting heights of an Olympics, but friendships will be forged which mean more than times on digital clocks and last longer than all those two-week hauls to get here on ships otherwise packed with postcards and parcels.
Scotland flag bearer Euan Burton, the judo player, savoured the moment.
"It was a phenomenal reception when we entered the stadium. It's a windy evening and the flag is fluttering high. I'm so proud to be leading the team," he said.
"It's my first Commonwealth Games and there's no better place for a Scotsman to be."
And Niue lawn bowler Hina Rereiti was equally exhilarated, proudly holding aloft her country's flag.
"It is a great honour for us to come here," said the 54-year-old. "Our lawn bowlers have just one green to play on at home but we are going to give it our best shot and try for medals."
There was a brief moment of embarrassment when the baton containing the Queen's speech refused to open and release the manuscript. Hoy instinctively rode to the rescue.
Somehow late on a Glasgow Wednesday night, with the bright colours of the 71-team participants blazing out of a united infield, the Commonwealth Games seemed more relevant than ever.
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The Men's Ministry was established to help the men of our church in—Mind, Body, and Spirit—to reach their rightful spiritual position through Biblical preaching, teaching, and fellowship. Its vision is to empower our men to become better husbands, fathers, partners, family members, disciples, stewards, and leaders.
Seeking to transform our community, the Social Action Commission will create an infrastructure and develop pragmatic and achievable social action programs and policies designed to make measurable progress.
From the moment you arrive at Reid Temple-North, these ministries will engage and uplift you through sound, song, movement, dance, and prayer. At special times of the year, such as Easter and Christmas, all of the choirs and ensembles come together to stage major dramatic productions honoring our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. They also participate collectively in Fine Arts programs prepared for the church's annual Music and Worship Conference.
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Steppe Eagle
(Aquila nipalensis)
Facts about this animal
The Steppe eagle (A.n. nipalensis) has a total length from tip of the bill to the tail of 72 to 81 cm, weigth is 2.4 to 3.9 kg. General appearance is dark brown. Wing flight feathers are blackis, with primaries being banded. Legs and cere are yellow. the bill is grey wih a dark tip. Iris is brown. The second subspecies (A.n. orientalis) is slightly smaller and paler.
The breeding populations move south from about October, on fairly broad fronts.Western populations pass both north and south of the Caspian Sea, with main concentrations crossing into Africa at either end of the Red Sea after having flown through Israel and Suez or straight across Arabia to Yemen. Individuals wintering in Africa return from January-February. Movements of the eastern populations are not well known, but some almost certainly winter with western populations in north-east Africa (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).
Nests are built on the ground or on trees.
|Name (Scientific)
|Aquila nipalensis
|Name (English)
|Steppe Eagle
|Name (French)
|Aigle des steppes
|Name (German)
|Name (Spanish)
|Aguila Esteparia
|CITES Status
|Appendix II
|CMS Status
|Appendix II
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Jiri Bohdal
|Souht-eastern Europa, Russia east to Lake Balkash and Eastern Kazakhstan, Altai and Tibet east to Manchuria. Winters in South Asia, Middle East, Arabia, Eastern and South Africa.
|Open dry habitat like steppe and semi-deserts, in mountains up to 2.300 M, in lowlands and low hills.
|Wild population
|Global population trends have not been quantified, but this species is thought to be not global threatened and still common in many areas. Has disappeard from Romania, Moldavia and Ukraine due to habitat destruction.
|Zoo population
|62 birds of the subspecies nipalensis and 13 of the subspecies reported to ISIS (2008)
In the Zoo
How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 20 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
Find this animal on ZooLex
Photo Copyright by
Jiri Bohdal
Why do zoos keep this animal
The Steppe eagle is of major educational interest because it is a typical representative of the genus Aquila, which includes also the Royal and the Imperial eaglesSteppe eagles are often used in flight shows and may serve as ambassadors for the threatened grasslands of Central Asia. Steppe habitats in central Asia have suffered important land use changes during this century which are similar to those that have been pointed out as the causes of the decline of steppe birds in western Europe. In Central Asia, Steppe eagles are also of cultural interest as, in their Asian range, they are widely used for traditional falconry. Zoos may also keep Steppe eagles for animal welfare reasons as they may accept to care for injured birds which cannot be returned to the wild.


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Thursday, February 9, 2012
* Valentine's Day T-Shirt Tutorial: Heart Doily Shirt
The girls and I love seasonal holiday t-shirts and
it's so much more fun when you make your own!
The girls and loved the craft on the cover of February's Family Fun Magazine.
We picked up some long sleeved t-shirts at Target on clearance ($4 each!)
and already had fabric paint and doilies in the house.
Jean over at the Artful Parent also has a great tutorial for her Heart Doily Shirts!
For another twist on this same project check out Dana's Made It post
(she printed hers on another piece of fabric and appliquéd it to her shirt)
Our plans to print Valentine's day t-shirts were derailed by a couple of head colds
and some school work but finally, one evening this past weekend
we were able to print some shirts!
Because we were making these in the art studio in the evening, the lighting
is not ideal -- sorry about that!
We inserted a piece of cardboard inside each t-shirt before printing to protect
the backside of the shirt and to give it some stability.
Then we used a little dab from a glue stick to attach each doily to the center
of each shirt.
We used Tulip brand fabric paint from Michaels Craft Store.
Note: you can also buy fabric paint at Walmart and JoAnnes
but I could only find the puffy kind at Walmart and I don't think the project would
turn out as well with puffy paint so check your labels!
We applied the fabric paint with a foam craft brush (and some regular kid paint brushes)
If you use real paint brushes wash them out as soon as you're done
so the fabric paint doesn't ruin them!
You'll want to tap or dab the paint onto the shirt.
This was too tricky for "C" - she kept trying to brush the paint onto the shirt
and then it would shift the doily so I ended up taking over for her and she was my assistant.
"E" and I thought Rainbow would be fun for a couple of the shirts
so we made one for each of the girls.
I need to get a shirt for myself!
E's Rainbow painted doily on the gray t-shirt before we peeled it off.
We also made a white heart on a red shirt for "E"
The 4 new custom-printed Valentine t-shirts drying in my art studio.
The instructions for the fabric paint say to allow it to dry for 72 hours
before you wash the shirts. The shirts were dry the next morning so the girls
went ahead and wore them to school.
My in-house models showing off their fancy new shirts the next morning!
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If I rebuilt my solution every thing would succeed but after that if i pressed F5 (build) the whole solution would get built again but it would error out. Now this doesn't make any sense because the difference between Build and Rebuild is that Rebuild always compiles and links all files + all dependencies, while Build only compiles and links files that have changed since the last build. So everything should be fine. The thing about our solution is that the we have some post build events that do some IL merge, etc… the...
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Koenen family
Koenen was the name of an important Mennonite family in Hamburg and Friedrichstadt a.d.Eider, Germany. The progenitor of the family was Jan Koenen of Haffkrug near Lübeck, who later operated a sugar refinery in Altona. Isaac Koenen (later a member of the Hamburg-Altona Mennonite Church) and several other Mennonites had previously been living in the immediate dominion of Wickrath (Kreis Grevenbroich, south of München-Gladbach) of the Reformed Baron Wilhelm Thomas von Quadt (1632-1670, censured by Emperor Leopold I in 1663 for having Mennonites in his dominion, but nevertheless confirmed as baron in 1667). In Friedrichstadt there were the merchant Jan Koenen, whose son Abraham (1697-1778) was a preacher for 50 years at the Friedrichstadt Mennonite Church, and the councilor and merchant Lukas Koenen (ca. 1690), whose son Lukas, chairman of the church, moved into the "ferry-house" in Tonning in 1742, and according to a royal contract leased the ferry to Norderdithmarschen, for which he paid an annual sum of 226 Talers.
Roosen, B. C. Geschichte der Mennoniten Gemeinden Hamburg-Altona. Hamburg, 1886.
Dollinger, R. Geschichte der Mennoniten in Schleswig-Holstein. Hamburg and Lübeck, 1930.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 517.
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Dollinger, Robert. (1957). Koenen family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 November 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Koenen_family&oldid=145597.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 211. All rights reserved.
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Hanna (US - BD RA)
Gabe's review is now augmented with images straight from the Blu-ray disc...
16-year-old Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) has spent her entire life in the wiles of Finland, raised by her ex-CIA operative father Erik Heller (Eric Bana). Here Hanna is trained in all means of survival, martial arts, and general combat. Erik has crafted her into a perfect machine, and now he is forced to let her loose on her life's mission – murdering CIA officer Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett). Erik presents Hanna with a transmitter that will lead Marissa to their location, and leaves her to her fate, with plans to meet up in Germany after the dirty deed is done.
Contrary to popular belief, I'm actually pretty easy to please. I can thoroughly enjoy movies as both high and lowbrow art. But my favourite movies are often the ones that sit somewhere between pure entertainment spectacle, and thoughtful, cultural endeavors. I enjoy reading beneath the surface, and recognizing themes just as much as I enjoy being awed by colourful photography, and the rollicking action scenes. Joe Wright's Hanna appeals to both sides of my fandom, and is, as of this writing, one of, if not my favourite movie of 2011. Hanna is not a literal motion picture. Like Inglourious Basterds, The Phantom of the Paradise, Streets of Fire, or even Star Wars it's meant to be read mostly through references and themes, not logic. And like those films, Hanna utilizes common and often mythical literary tropes to tell a familiar story. More specifically it's a modern retelling of classic fairy tale motifs. Something similar was done with similar flare by Wayne Kramer when he made the sadly under seen and undervalued Running Scared. Hanna is also one of the more appealing 'fish out of water' stories in some time. Wright and his screenwriters play through the expectations, such as the first date, first kiss, first best friend, with hilarious anti-grace. Other stuff, like Hanna's first experiences with technology, is appropriately frightening. Wright and screenwriters David Farr and Seth Lochhead are clever to acknowledge clichés without spending too much time on them. Very few of us are unclear on where this particular story is going, but most of us will be surprised with the execution.
Sadly the film's greatest shortcoming is its strict adherence to its subtext. Non-literal stories don't need to avoid making sense to still be successful on the fantasy level. In fact, a simple, and concrete base story is usually the best way to work out such a film. Hanna's basic plot is simple – Hanna must move from point A to point B, and kill the Wicked Witch – but it's cluttered with subplots, not to mention the fact that father Erik's whole plan is ill-defined at best. These subplots, most of which revolve around Erik and Marissa's past, lead to some fabulous sequences, but lead to logic holes that threaten to undermine our suspension of disbelief. The more enduring value is in the unexpected turns, which help propel this familiar tale into unique areas. Among the most unique elements are the supporting characters that help and hinder Hanna along her journey. Two of these characters steal most of the show – Marissa the wicked witch, and Sophie, the talkative pixie. Marissa is presented as Hanna's opposite, and her hyper-modern lifestyle is often juxtaposed directly with Hanna's forest wasteland. Marissa is a slave to fashion, she's obsessed with oral hygiene, her hair is kempt and short, and she surrounds herself with cold steel and concrete. She's also loud, authoritative, and has a singsong southern accent. Hanna's tempered manner is also juxtaposed in a more wistful manner through her instant friendship with Sophie, a young British girl on holiday with her neo-hippy family. Sophie is every inch the modern girl, from her clothing, to her speech patterns, and her bizarre, Twitter-speak-like inability to internalize any of her thoughts ('I'd rather like to be a lesbian, but not one of those fat ones, one of those supermodel-looking ones, but I think I'd only hold hands with my girlfriend, and I'd probably marry a man'). It's a testament to Jessica Barden's performance and timing that the character is charming, rather than obnoxious.
All themes and subtexts aside, I'm pretty sure that Hanna exists less because Wright felt an overwhelming need to tell this particular story, and more because Wright wanted to prove he could make more than period set weepies, and placating bumsploitation dreck (guess my opinion on The Soloist). This is a 'show-off movie', similar to Blade II, Dressed to Kill,or any number of the Italian horror movies I like to champion so often, and is most easily judged on its form over its content, which is really the secondary element. I find it especially telling that Danny Boyle and Alfonso Cuarón were previously attached to the film, because I see very much of 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire and Children of Men in his direction. Of course, this could just be an effect of all three filmmakers borrowing from similar sources. Besides basing many of his action beats on more recent minted prodigies, Paul Greengrass included, Wright borrows from many European sources, including a little Ingmar Bergman, a dash of French New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, and probably most distinctly, Italian directors like Bernardo Bertolucci and Michelangelo Antonioni. The Italian influence is quite evident during the final act, which sees Wright letting go of all previous veneers of normalcy, and diving into almost joyful, Fellini-inspired madness, where the natural vs. modern themes are all but abandoned in favour of fantastical fairy tale houses, broken carnival rides, and pieces of plastic dinosaurs.
Of all the awards I'd like to see Hanna nominated for, there is one that I can't imagine it not deserving to win come Oscar time – editing. This film is nothing if not an experiment in editing techniques, and how far they can be pushed without pressing the audience into an overwhelmed and frustrated state. The intensity and speed of the editing changes drastically, ensuring Wright and his editor Paul Tothill exhibit skill in both frantic and subtle. Hanna's early escape from Marissa's forces, for example, is deliriously cut together like a rock video, creating the illusion of movement through a binary strobe of images. Wright and Tothill echo this later when Hanna is chased by evil miniboss Isaacs (Tom Hollander), and his oi boys through a shipping yard. These scenes are juxtaposed with more traditional, softly cut scenes, scenes featuring hidden edits, and even a few subliminal cuts. Of course, the most impressive piece of business in the whole film is a flawlessly executed single take that follows Bana as he leaves a bus, walks through the station, realize he's being followed, leads his enemies into the subway, and does battle with multiple opponents. It's not quite up to the new standards set by Cuarón when he made Children of Men, but it's more complex than longer shots seen in recent films like Tom-Yum-Goong and Oldboy. It could probably make Orson Wells smile.
The action is well executed, and delightfully old school in terms of physical ability. Wright proves that a handheld look can work for hand-to-hand combat scenes, assuming the geography of a fight is appropriately established, and the characters remain enough in frame to discern their movements. He also avoids excessive and arbitrary cutting when fists start to fly, and utilizes very little slow motion (one fight is almost entirely shot in slo-mo, but this is to represent a sense of melancholy), yet still manages to create a sense of both motion and chaos. Perhaps Christopher 'No One Can Tell What's Happening When Batman Fights' Nolan should consider hiring him for the second unit on Dark Knight Rises. The brutal realism is occasionally hindered, however, by the PG-13 rating, which is pushed quite far, but appears to have been achieved through a selection of lumpy cut-aways. Wright points out a deleted gunshot wound, and some reduced CG blood on his commentary, and some cut shots of a certain character that has been tortured to death. I'm torn on this particular issue. An R-rated film would probably be more effective, but I recognize that idealistically the film should appeal to younger girls, though I doubt many went to see it in theaters.
Hanna is a visual feast above everything else, and as such my expectations for this Blu-ray release were pretty high. For the most part I'm satisfied, but there is more inconsistency between scenes than I had anticipated. Research tells me that the film was shot both digitally and in 35mm, which might be the basis for this minor inconsistency, though the sheer quantity of lighting styles could also have an effect on the situation. For the most part, though, this 1080p transfer is beautiful, vibrant, and swimming with detail. The roughest stuff is mostly handheld, and largely shot around dusk or well lit night. These scenes are obviously supposed to be gritty, and the grain and lack of sharp details aren't really an issue, but I don't recall the blacks being so noisy in theaters. Dusk light scenes also feature some very browned (or occasionally greened) blacks. The colour schemes change throughout the film, though a basic theme of green, blue and orange permeate the entire production. Villains are sometimes represented by neon reds, and cold greens, and tend to dress in whites and blues (except Marissa, who is consistently marked by orange and green). The good guys, specifically the family unit, are often represented by an orange/gold glow. These representations seem to have less to do with the characters than Hanna's feelings during the scenes they inhabit, however. Among the palette themes are set pieces painted with a similar shade of blue/green, which is pale enough that it doesn't pop, but which creates effective contrast. Of all the major colour cues, though, I find the brief scenes shot in the misty forest around the fairytale park the most majestic. The greens here are so lush you can practically touch them. Detail levels are impressive, and even during the slightly washed out dark sequences important information is not lost. There is a problem with over-sharpening artefacts over some of the wider shots, but haloes are minimal overall.
I did note that the deleted/extended scenes tended to feature richer black levels, and more overall fine grain. This leads me to believe that there was either a mistake in this transfer, or that some kind of digital filter was placed over the film, and hadn't been applied to these scenes.
The image quality is up for argument, but the sound quality is not – this DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix is just about perfect. The basic theme of this contradictory mix, which is both stark and soft, and busy and aggressive, is the sounds that define the miracles and fears of the modern world. Most scenes are presented in an aurally subjective manner, which sticks the audience into Hanna's sound experience without being literal about it. The early parts of the film exact the bitter silence of bitter cold. There's an underlying hiss of wind, or crackle of fire, but the overlying theme is silence. The void of noise will then be sharply cracked with a punchy sound effect, ensuring that both gunshots and crackling underbrush have a similar shocking effect. It's important to note (though hard to miss) that the forest settings have no music, and that the Chemical Brothers hard and heavy techno soundtrack doesn't really burst onto the track until armed forces first appear to take Hanna. More on the music in a sec. Hanna's fascination and fear concerning modern society is most implicitly aurally explored when she's left alone in her Moroccan hotel room. Here every channel is alight with the whoosh of the ceiling fan, the buzz of the fluorescent light, the ringing of the phone, the laugh of the television and the scream of the electric kettle.
Music plays part throughout the film as soon as Hanna leaves her solidarity. This is most obviously explored in the Chemical Brothers' electronic score, but is also expressed during Hanna's experiences with adopted families. The RV park has a buzz of reggae flutter through the backgrounds, Josie's family sings and dances together, there is an extended sequence featuring a group of Spanish gypsies singing, Knepfler introduces himself via 'Hall of the Mountain King', and Issacs' presence is often represented with the whistling of a menacing tune. Some viewers have found the Chemical Brothers' score abrasive and overpowering. I can certainly see that point of view, it is quite loud, but don't agree at all. Hanna is such a modern theatrical experience I don't think the belligerence is uncalled for, or out of place. At the very least we can agree that the crashing drums give the LFE channel something expressive to do.
The extras begin with director Joe Wright's feature length solo commentary track. Wright sets off strong by describing his inspirations, whilst explaining his visual and thematic inspirations. The tone flutters a bit, and the technical jargon can bore, but his discussion of subtext, including parenting themes, fairytale tropes, character archetypes, and even some less than obvious social issues is fascinating. He even points out a gag at the expense of Americans, and our good teeth. Wright is appropriately self effacing as well, both calling himself out for cheap shots, and pointing out the basic weaknesses of the script (interestingly enough he doesn't ever, to my memory, refer to screenwriters David Farr or Seth Lochhead, and creates the impression that Hanna is largely his film alone). His pace is consistently speedy, to the point that his words can begin to melt together at some points, and after about an hour there is a bit of repetition, but overall this is good listening.
Next up is an alternate ending (1:20, HD). This is less of an 'alternate ending' than a brief coda that doesn't actually change anything about the previous ending. This is followed by a collection of deleted scenes (3:50, HD). These mostly fill in minor gaps in the story, and though often amusing was rightfully excised in favour of more efficient storytelling. 'Adapt or Die' (13:10, HD) is a behind the scenes featurette concerned with the action choreography, and Saoirse Ronan's training. It features on-set footage, training footage, and interviews with Joe Wright, stars Saoirse Ronan and Eric Bana, and stunt coordinator Jeff Imada. 'Central Intelligence Allegory' (9:00, HD) explores the fairytale motifs, and their clash with the traditional CIA motifs. It includes storyboards, discussion of the science fiction aspects of the film (which are largely ignored by the film), discussion pertaining to the specific archetypes, and interviews with Wright, writer Seth Lochhead, producer Leslie Holleran, actors Ronan, Bana, Cate Blanchett, and Tom Hollander. 'Chemical Reaction' (6:10, HD) features discussion concerning the Chemical Brothers' soundtrack, including interviews with Wright, Holleran, and a single Chemical Brother, Tom Rowlands, who speaks over the phone as to not reveal his visage. Here we learn about the basic process, which involved composing some of the music before filming. The disc is completed with 'Anatomy of a Scene: The Escape From Camp G' (3:10, HD), which follows the production of the hyper-modern escape sequence, 'The Wide World of Hanna' (2:10, HD), an exploration of the production's continent skipping locations, a promo trailer (1:30, HD), and BDLive trailers.
Hanna wasn't quite as magical the second time around, but it still deserves a wider audience, and I hope it finds it on Blu-ray and DVD. From a technical standpoint director Joe Wright and his crew achieve near perfection, and the actors' performances are solid the whole way 'round. The story works conceptually, but is lacking a proper polish, and features some inconsistencies and holes that threaten the audience's sense of suspended disbelief. This 1080p transfer is a bit inconsistent, but for the most part I'm assuming this was the intended look, and the DTS-HD 5.1 soundtrack is among the best I've heard this year, thanks in no small part to the Chemical Brothers' throbbing soundtrack. The extras are a bit brief, but cover most of the necessary bases, and include a solid director's commentary.
* Note: The below images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
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Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 6th August 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DVS 2.0 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish and French
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Alternate Ending, Deleted Scenes, Anatomy of a Scene, Adapt or Die, Central Intelligence Allegory, Chemical Reaction, The Wide World of Hanna, Promo Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Eric Bana, Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng, Jessica Barden
Length: 111 minutes
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