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We're hitting the road north this June for Palm Creek Folk Festival's 25th birthday! We'll be playing the sundowner on Friday evening at 6pm and then again on Sunday night at 11pm by the lake (straight after Kallidad). Here's a link to the program…
Thankyou Palm Creek!
Big Love to all of the groovers who came along to our sets and to the crew for a fantastic weekend and happy 25th festival.
Thanks also to Paul Freeman at Pixel Studios for capturing the magic and to Ginni for the pic of the lovely Bam Bam.


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Monday, 30 September 2013
Where did September go?
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- Anonymous3:24 am, October 01, 2013
OMG… I just blogged about my eventful summer today and how I wasn't a good blogger either :P (http://muymajobv.blogspot.it/2013/09/life-summer-update.html) Julianne, every time I see your work I fall a little bit more in love with it… you are such a great designer and your characters have really earned a space in my heart! Love love LOVE how you've added them to your pics too, so cool :) Tomorrow some of them will be in my blog and I couldn't be happier :DReplyDeleteReplies
Ooooh Majo, thank you for all your gorgeous words!!! You made my day ;) and thank you also for featuring me on your blog....it was such a lovely post.Delete
I read about your last 3 months-WOW! You have been one busy girl! Congratulations on your e-course and your guest-blogging stints and winning competions...phew...you are on fire ;)) You deserve sooo much success, you are one talented lady...and well done too on your fitness regime, so so inspiring xxx

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I-24 to exit 76, (South) on Medical Center Pkwy/Manson Pike.
Road will turn into Fortress after Manson Pike intersection. Follow Fortress straight ahead, Turn RIGHT on Puckett Creek Crossing which will lead you into the community.
Puckett Downs offers a variety of luxury townhome models. Whether you're investing in your first home, or looking for a simpler lifestyle, Puckett Downs has a floor plan to meet your needs. And, with access to amenities like the pool and cabana, you'll find your new home extending beyond your front door.
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Take a Network Break! Provision a baker's dozen of virtual donuts and join us for our dash through the tech news of the week. Eyvonne Sharp joins us as guest pundit for this week's episode. Eyvonne is a consulting network engineer who blogs at ESharp.net.
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Show Notes
Story 1: Extreme Wants Avaya
Extreme Bids $100 Million For Avaya's Networking Business – Packet Pushers
Extreme Networks Signs Agreement To Purchase Avaya's Networking Business – Extreme Networks
Avaya Enters into Asset Purchase Agreement with Extreme Networks for the Sale of Avaya's Networking – Avaya
Story 2: HPE Gets Nimble
HPE to Acquire Nimble Storage to Strengthen Leadership in Hybrid IT – HPE
HP offers to buy Nimble Storage – Storage Mojo
Why did Nimble sell and why did HPE buy: We drill into $1.2bn biz deal – The Register
Story 3: Arista Puts EOS In A Container
Arista Announces Containerized OS That Can Run On Whitebox Switches – Packet Pushers
Arista Introduces Containerized Software for Cloud Networking – Arista Networks
Story 4: Cisco Splashed By Wikileaks
Cisco equipment Comprehsively Pwned by US Government – EtherealMind
The Wikileaks Vault 7 Leak – What We Know So Far – Cisco
WikiLeaks: We'll Work With Software Makers on Zero-Days – Krebs On Security
Story 5: Cisco Beefs Up HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex's some data center muscle, fuels HCI war – Network World
Cisco HyperFlex Delivers Three Times the Performance of First-Generation Industry Solutions – Cisco Systems
Story 6: Juniper Shakes It Up
Juniper Networks Announces Organizational Changes to Accelerate Innovation – Seeking Alpha
Story 7: Juniper CPU Clock Woes
CPU Clock Component Issue on Affected Juniper Devices (Intel Atom C2000 Faulty) – J-Net Community
Story 8: Is Google The Next Cloud?
Google Courts Enterprise For Cloud Platform – The Next Platform
Story 9: Dell Kills DSSD
Dell kills off standalone DSSD D5, scatters remains into other gear – The Register
Dell EMC Stops Production On DSSD – Storage Review
Story 10: US Hits ZTE With A Billion Dollar Fine
ZTE Fined a Record $1.2B For Breaking U.S. Sanctions – SDX Central
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. Announces $1.19 Billion Penalty for Chinese Company's Export Violations to Iran and North Korea – U.S. Commerce Department


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Home to Choice Food, Spas, and Art
I'll bet it has been a long time since you have been to Reno. It was for me, but recently I had the good fortune to revisit this Nevada gem that lies on the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada range. Things are good here, and it shows in the opulent new casinos and restaurants that now adorn the old silver mining hub.
The Setting
Reno is a place you can get your arms around, unlike its large and sometimes unfriendly competitor to the south. It is also perhaps the most family friendly of Nevada's gaming cities. Great skiing is less than an hour away along with white water rafting. The grandeur of Lake Tahoe is available with an even shorter drive of just 40 minutes.
Most of the hotels and casinos congregate in the downtown area on or near Virginia Street. One of the town's most upscale properties is just a few minutes away, and that is where we stayed on this visit. The Peppermill Resort and Casino has the spectacular design features of a top Las Vegas hotel but provided a much more "guest friendly" experience.
The Resort
The ambience at the Peppermill is more like what Vegas used to be. They appreciate their guests. This is not a corporate-owned casino but instead the crowning jewel of a small group of longtime investors. From the car valet to check-in, the employees went out of their way to make me comfortable in a way that is long gone from Vegas. Many of their employees are students at nearby University of Nevada, Reno, and they have been handpicked to excel in customer service.
As we checked in, I was captivated by the scenes playing out on large video screens throughout the Peppermill. This video art is the creation of Joe Ness, the director of the resort's Entertainment Electronics and Media Department. Hundreds of screens throughout the resort capture high-definition videos of exotic lands, nature, and wildlife along with local scenery. From the Great Wall of China to the beaches in Australia, the only movement is within the scene, and the results are entrancing. You will want more of this, and you can have it on several in-house TV channels in your room.
Our room was on one of the top floors in the newer Tuscany Tower, where old-world sophistication meets contemporary hotel comforts. For example, rich, thick curtains open electronically with just a slight touch, giving way to panoramic views across Reno toward the nearby mountains. Italian marble floors adorn the oversized bathrooms with Jacuzzi tubs and large showers. Did I forget to mention the LCD wall-mounted TVs encased in gold-lined picture frames? I think I could get used to this. Hand-painted Italian art and private foyers complete the experience. Visit PeppermillReno.com for complete details.
The Pool and Spa
Hearst Castle's Neptune Pool came immediately to mind upon gazing at the resort's Tuscany-inspired pool area. The two geothermally heated pools are open year-round and feature a waterfall and private cabanas. You will want to spend some time here, and maybe a lot of time if you have little ones in tow.
Spa Toscana encompasses 33,000 square feet and three stories of luxury pools and treatment rooms equal to the Golden Door or Canyon Ranch. The spa menu is extensive, including the increasingly popular "Oxygen Facial" which had a soothing and long-lasting effect.
The Food
On our first night we choose to dine at Chi, the resort's Asian-themed restaurant, and the result was a feast for all palates involved. The Peking duck was outstanding, as were the pot stickers and fried shrimp dumplings starter. The exotic Chinese decor included live fish tanks, home to the freshest menu choices.
For lunch the next day we visited the River Walk section of downtown and dined at Campo, a Mark Estee creation. Estee hails from a Greek-Italian background, and this has inspired his menu. I choose "The Swimmer" entrée, which was red snapper that day, and it was excellent. For starters we had the warm Castelvetrano olives and a kale salad. Both were very good. The restaurant has a large outdoor patio overlooking the Truckee River in this newly redeveloped section of Reno. For further information go to CampoReno.com.
Later that evening we had the pleasure of experiencing another Mark Estee establishment when we dined at Heritage Reno on the ground floor at the Whitney Peak Hotel. This trendy downtown restaurant has the feel of New York or Chicago with a large, enticing bar area framing the open seating and exhibition kitchen. My Pacific Northwest salmon entrée was perhaps the best I have ever tasted, and the heirloom tomatoes on the side were a perfect match. Estee has a line on the freshest ingredients for all his restaurants, and you will taste this right away. Go to RenoHeritage.com to prepare for this memorable feast.


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KeePass browser plugins
In my last post about KeePass, I mentioned that you can integrate your KeePass password database with your web browser. In this post, I'll tell you more about how to do that and why it's an extremely handy thing.
Why bother?
So why would you want to bother with integrating your browser with KeePass? I mean, most browsers have a feature to remember your passwords anyway, so why not just use that? Or if you want to use KeePass, why not just use that auto-type feature I talked about in the last post?
It's true, you could just use the password manager that's built into your browser. Pretty much all of them have one, these days. Most of them will even secure your data with a master password. They may even synchronize your passwords to the cloud, so you can access them on more than one device. Granted, that's pretty handy.
However, browser password managers generally just do passwords - they don't allow you to enter extra information or attach files like KeePass does. They also don't work for things outside the web browser, like for security software such as VPN clients. So they don't provide you with a single, secure location for all your important account information. But more importantly, they're generally tied to a single browser. Sure, Google Chrome can store and synchronize all my passwords, but what if I decide I don't like Chrome anymore? Maybe I just bought a Mac and decided I really like Safari. Is there an easy way to get my passwords out of one browser and into another? I don't know.
By using KeePass with a plugin for your browser, you can get the best of both worlds. KeePass itself gives you more power and features than browser password managers and allows keeps you from being tied to a single browser. Using a browser integration plugin adds on the ability to have the browser automatically fill in your username and password when you visit a website. It's not quite as convenient as the browser-integrated password managers, but it still pretty good. And it's definitely a lot easier than trying to use auto-type or copy-and-paste to fill in password forms.
What are my options?
In general, there are a lot of plugins available for KeePass. Just look at the list. Or maybe don't - you probably don't care about 90% of those plugins. The main thing you need to know about is which browsers have plugins available.
Short answer: Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
Long answer: Chrome, Firefox, and Safari have proper browser plugins available. The Chrome plugin also works in Vivaldi and possibly other browsers that are based on Chrome. There are also form-filling plugins that work with Internet Explorer. To my knowledge, there is no plugin support available for Microsoft Edge.
For this entry, I'll just talk about setting up a plugin with Chrome. We're going to use a Chrome extension called ChromeIPass. It adds a KeePass button to the toolbar in Chrome and can automatically detect login forms on webpages you visit. It works with a KeePass plugin called KeePassHttp.
First, you need to install the KeePassHttp plugin. Start by going to the KeePassHttp website and clicking the "download" link, or just download it directly here. Sadly, KeePass doesn't have a nice way to install plugins - you just have to copy the plugin file to the KeePass plugins folder on your system. Inconvenient, but fortunately not something you need to do very often. On most computers, this will be
C:\Program Files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2\Plugins. So just copy the KeePassHttp.plgx file that you downloaded and paste it into that location. Since this is a system directory, you will probably be prompted to grant access. Click "continue" to copy the file. Note that if KeePass is running, you will need to close and restart it for it to detect the plugin.
Now that the KeePassHttp plugin is installed, KeePass will be able to communicate with Chrome. You just need to install the ChromeIPass extension. You can do that by going to the Chrome web store page here and clicking the "Add to Chrome" button.
So...now what?
OK, now that ChromeIPass is installed, what do you do with it? Well, not really much until it's time to log into a site. So pick a site that's in your KeePass database and go there - I'll use sourceforge.net for this example because it's a pretty standard login form.
The first time you try to log into a site using ChromeIPass, you'll need to connect it to your KeePass database. You should notice a KeePass icon is now in your toolbar. Make sure KeePass is running and click that button.
You should see a "Connect" button. Click that and KeePass will prompt you to add a new encryption key for the KeePassHttp plugin. This is a security mechanism - the KeePassHttp plugin encrypts its communication with your KeePass database and this is just the initial step where it sets that up. Don't worry about the details right now - just type in a unique name for the key, maybe based on your browser and computer, e.g. "Laptop - Chrome". You only have to do this the first time you connect a browser to your database - after that, the encryption is automatic.
Now that ChromeIPass is connected to your KeePass database, you can click the ChromeIPass button in your toolbar and click the "Redetect Credetials Fields" to fill in your username and password. Alternatively, you can just refresh the webpage and they should be auto-filled. You won't see anything in the browser yet, but KeePass itself ill prompt you to allow access to the password for this site. You can check the "Remember this decision" box to not be prompted to allow access the next time you visit this site.
(I should probably stop to acknowledge that this thing of having to grant a site access to your KeePass database before you can log in is kind of a drag. I agree, it is somewhat annoying. This is actually a security feature of KeePassHttp - that's the portion of this that runs inside KeePass itself and allows the ChromeIPass extension to talk to it. It actually has a lot of security-related settings. This is actually a good thing, though, because it essentially provides a way for other programs to read your KeePass database, and you want to make sure that malware or dodgy websites aren't able to do that. However, if you want to disable some of these settings, like prompting to allow access, you can do that by going into KeePass and selecting the "Tools > KeePassHttp Options" menu item. The KeePassHttp documentation has some more information on the available settings.)
The good news is that now you're done! After you allow access to KeePass, ChromeIPass will automatically fill in your username and password. If you selected the "remember" option when allowing access to the site, ChromeIPass will automatically fill in your login info the next time you visit the site, no action required. You will only have to allow access the first time you visit a new site of if you elect not to have KeePass remember the approval.
If you're so inclined, ChromeIPass has a number of other features, as detailed in the documentation. For instance, it can save or update entries automatically when you enter a password into a webpage; it has a built-in password generator that lets you create strong passwords right in the browser; it can customize the login fields for non-standard login forms; and it provides a handy right-click menu to fill in passwords and access other functionality.
Hopefully this will help get you started. Using a password manager is a must for keeping your accounts secure these days, and integrated browser support makes using one that much easier, which means you're more likely to keep using it.
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In less than one month my new class will begin through International House of Prayer University Online. After leading worship for over 22 years, I can honestly say I wish I had someone with experience to share tools with me to help as I tried to figure out the ins and outs of leading a team, working in different contexts, and all of the other things I didn't anticipate when I first began.
IHOPU put together a series of classes we are calling the Prophetic Worship Series. My class will focus on tools that will help us keep our hearts alive as we connect with God and engage His people in worship. We'll also discuss how to keep our worship sets invigorated with the knowledge of God, causing us to experience His presence in new and life-giving ways, and giving us the ability to lead His people into the highest calling of loving Him. Below is a youtube video where I share a few more details. Check it out and get registered while there is still space!
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Hattie Garlick visited New Covent Garden Market with a group of novice scavengers to learn the tricks of the dumpster diving trade. Click More below to watch her video.
|Fuchsia Dunlop - the full interview
At a relatively early age Fuchsia Dunlop became hooked on China. She decided to learn Mandarin at evening classes and eventually won a scholarship to study in Chengdu, Sichuan. It was there that she trained as a chef, the first westerner to attend the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine. As a result she is now one of the foremost experts on Chinese cuisine and has built up a large and devoted following across the world.
At Barshu in the heart of London's Soho, a Sichuanese restaurant where Fuchsia acts as consultant, she talks to Mark Hilton, who also decided at a young age to study Chinese and Chinese culture and has lived in Xiamen in South-East China for 12 years. Discussion ranges from her life in Chengdu to the effect of the country's rapid changes on its cuisine and the, often false, assumptions the west makes about Chinese food.
More on Fuchsia...you can see her in conversation with Prue Leith here.
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Ace Cafe on London's North Circular Road has been serving bikers since 1938. Hattie Garlick visited recently and learnt how, after being destroyed in an air-raid in 1940, it became the world famous haunt it is today getting through an astonishing 7 tons of sausages a year.
But how does a vegan survive in this world of leathers and bacon sandwiches? Hattie tracked down Vegan Biker Boy for some answers.
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Here is the first of a series of interviews and debates on genetically modified (GM) foods.
Agricultural journalist and author, Diane Montague, interviews Vivian Moses, Visiting Professor of Biotechnology at King's College London, and the resulting discussion sets out what GM is and what the major issues are. It is a fitting introduction to the discussions which will follow.
Next up will be Professor Jonathan Jones, FRS, head to head with Peter Melchett, Policy Director of the Soil Association. We will follow up with a round-table discussion with Professor Cathie Martin of UEA, Rupert Read of the Green Party and Dr. Charlie Clutterbuck of City University. As a policy to ensure no editorial bias, the debates are unedited. They have been broken in parts but that is purely for ease of watching as each one runs over an hour. So, anyone looking for quick soundbites should go elsewhere.
To our knowledge this is the first and only such series of debates and is intended to be a permanent record of something that affects each and everyone of us.
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The collective knowledge and wit of Matthew Fort and Jonathan Meades make this conversation one to savour! The iconoclastic Jonathan Meades is often considered to have been the best of all food critics during his tenure at the Times, and is still regarded by many as supreme. Meades airs his trenchant and outspoken views about today's chefs and the food scene generally. He cites RADA, "the Sandhurst for chorus boys", where he trained as an actor, as the place which instilled in him a lifelong discipline and, one suspects, his disdain for the pretentious.


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The new format Kadampa desk calendar for 2018 depicts twelve beautifully rendered images that symbolize the spiritual path to enlightenment, together with quotations taken from the book How to Transform Your Life by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Through contemplating these images and quotations with faith, make every day count and be inspired to begin, make progress on and complete your own path to liberation and enlightenment.
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- Additional pages include explanations of Kadampa Buddhism, the twelve symbols of enlightenment, and the special events highlighted in the calendar.
The symbolism of the eight auspicious symbols reveals how to begin, make progress on and complete the Buddhist path to enlightenment.
The precious umbrella symbolizes the umbrella of the Buddhist community and teaches us that to make progress on the Buddhist path to enlightenment we should first come under the great umbrella of Buddhism by going for refuge to the Three Jewels – Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. The precious fish symbolize peace and harmony, indicating that having come under the umbrella of Buddhism we should always maintain harmony and joy. The precious vase symbolizes wealth and encourages us to take the precious jewels of wisdom and compassion from the treasure vase of Kadam Dharma. The precious lotus symbolizes purity, encouraging us to enjoy the purity of our mind and actions. The precious conch shell symbolizes the Dharma Jewel, encouraging us to listen to precious Dharma teachings and contemplate and meditate on their meaning. The precious indestructible knot symbolizes Buddha's realization of omniscient wisdom and encourages us to apply great effort to attain enlightenment, and the precious victory banner symbolizes Buddha's abandonment of delusions and mistaken appearance and encourages us to be victorious over the enemy of our delusions. The precious Dharma wheel encourages us to benefit others by turning the Wheel of Dharma, that is, by giving Dharma teachings. This is our final goal.
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Please note that this 2018 edition is an A5 Standing Desk Calendar
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|Illustrations from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche's How to Transform Your Life
|Tharpa Internal Code (Catalog Code)
|28 pages, full color throughout, 12 illustrated Buddhist images with descriptions, printed on 280 gsm silk art paper with a matt laminated cover, generous space provided for notes. Contains dates of the international festivals of the New Kadampa Tradition of Buddhism.


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What color space should my images be in?
If you're using BookWright, BookSmart, or Bookify for your project, your images should be either JPG or PNG files in the sRGB color space. Most images are already in sRGB since that's the default setting for digital cameras. If you're using our InDesign Plug-in, Lightroom, or PDF to Book workflow, your images can be CMYK or RGB of any profile.
How to change the color space of an image
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Is being attached with someone that much painful sometimes??
Attachment… What is attachment??? Any idea?? For her it's him,but for him it's just a bondage.
A girl started chatting with a guy. She knows him, but in her mind there's a different personality. Still both started following each other. From the start the guy was very much sure that he hasn't fallen for her. And she's also known. But then she started falling for him. Each day, everyday,everytime she started thinking about him, watching him.
She's started flying,singing, dancing on street, making fun… She found herself in him. She's just started living her dreams… He's also giving his love to her. He too started caring for her. She's just flying. But she had made mistake. She found her dream,her life in him. In his smile,she completely lost herself forever. She started loving like anything even though she knows he doesn't. He'll never.
Is she doing right??? For her it is. But for him…!!
Everything is going well with the combination of colors of emotions. But what is this… What she's observing is that there are some hidden words coming between both of them… Like, attachment, kidding…!! So what. What's the problem if she's attached to him too much?? What's the problem if she behaves like a kid sometime?
Seems like now it's become bondage for him… What should she do now? She should leave silently or should she just move on now? Or she should wait for something positive to happen? She's so confused now. He's is very confident with his words.
Both start having sleepless nights together in two very different places. He's still awake n thinking…. She's also still awake n watching his pics. Everything is clear to both of them; then why she doesn't understand that anything is going to happen anytime. Who's going to face problems…She?? No, both of them have to face it. Even though he's denying….but he forgets that though she doesn't know him very well but she can recognize him whenever he'd be sad. He also knows these things. Still he's behaving like mature person while still being a kid. Still she's thinking… Is she mad or trying with her heart to become mad??
Lots of things she's thinking at the same time, not for herself but for him. Is she's completely lost? She's just watching him smiling in pics. Staring like anything. Asking him… Is getting attached to you is really bothersome for you ??? If yes then she has to leave him because she can't stay away from him being his girl. Even though she doesn't want… She knows very well,it is not that easy like she's writing. Yes she's living in her world of fantasies where she believes some miracle will happen. And the problem is he's living in very much practical world where there's no place for miracle. Still she waits no matter what would happen… It's neither his fault nor her…because he always stopped her from falling for him but what she does is she falls… She's is not that much practical like him… She needs to understand. She can't live every dream just by keeping faith on miracles.
Now atleast she knows that there is no word called miracle in her world… She's being practical from now on,like him.
Planning to start new journey of life but without him…. Even though she knows she can't be without him….!!!!


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Interview with Rebecca Trogner...
I would like to thank Rebecca for stopping by to share The Last Keeper's Daughter with us today. I looks like the kind of novel that you sit down to read and find that you just can't put it down. Let's see what Rebecca has to say about Last Keeper's process and her writing process.
Cloey: When did you become interested in writing?
Rebecca: I started writing in my teens, just small stuff, nothing that I showed anyone, little snippets and scenes. It wasn't until around five years ago that I really thought about writing a book. It seemed a daunting task at first. How was I ever going to write hundreds of pages? But once I got started it wasn't as difficult as I thought, and I found that I loved to sit down and lose myself in the story.
Cloey: What inspired you to write The Last Keeper's Daughter?
Rebecca: I've always loved reading about vampires and I wanted to write a character, Krieger, who is ancient and unapologetic about being a vampire. So many of the books I read in this genre portray the vampire as being a tortured soul and I didn't want that. I wanted Krieger to be at peace with himself and his place in the world. I wanted to explore the interaction between an ancient vampire and a young woman. I wanted to write a book that meshed all the genres I found interesting together. The Last Keeper's Daughter has the paranormal, romance, mystery, and a tiny bit of horror.
Cloey: Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
Rebecca: I'd rather let the readers decide what the message is for them.
Cloey: Who was your favorite character and who was your least favorite character to develop and why?
Rebecca: My favorite character to write was Detective Dale Hunter, mainly because of his sense of humor. He's a human who gets tossed into this unbelievable world and helps to solve the murders. It surprised me that I loved to write him as much as I did.
My least favorite character is Walter Ayres, the father of Lily. In the beginning of my story he gives his daughter to Krieger Barnes, a vampire king. While it turns out for the best, I still can't imagine doing that, and the other things that are revealed in the story.
Cloey: What did you enjoy most about writing The Last Keeper's Daughter?
Rebecca: I enjoyed everything about writing this book, because it's my first, because I can see everything so clearly in my mind, because it's set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and in an area of Virginia that is dear to me. I wanted it to be modern and gothic at the same time, and I think I achieved that.
Cloey: What were the challenges (research, literary, psychological, and logistical) in bringing the story to life?
Rebecca: Honestly, the main challenge was to push forward and not let myself become overwhelmed about writing a book. I researched about psychological trauma, Roman and Greek Gods, England, and some ancient languages, but I enjoy that so I didn't see it as a challenge.
Cloey: What are you working on now?
Rebecca: I just finished the sequel to The Last Keeper's Daughter. I wrote a romance/erotic novel (non-paranormal) that I'm shopping around right now. I have a free paranormal romance on my blog called Chains of Cronus that I add a chapter to each week.
Cloey: What do you like to read in your free time?
Rebecca: Everything! I just finished Gabriel's Inferno and Gabriel's Rapture by Sylvain Reynard, In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson, and The Passage by Justin Cronin. I love to read about history. Put a David McCullough novel in front of me and I'm happy.
Cloey: Share with us something about yourself that we wouldn't see in your bio or on any other blogs (this can be anything from the type of music you like, your favorite color, or even your favorite meal - share whatever you want your fans to know about you)
Rebecca: I love art and my favorite artist is Sir Frederic Leighton. Two paintings in particular, Flaming June and Cymon and Ipihigenia, were very helpful in getting me into the right frame of mind to write scenes with Krieger and Lily.
Cloey: Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing with us today, The Last keeper's Daughter looks like a very good read and I can't wait to read it.
Book 1 in The Last Keeper's Daughter Series
Rebecca Trogner
Genre: Paranormal Romance Mystery
Publisher: Crescent Moon Press
Word Count: 86,360
Book Description:
Born into old money, Lily Ayres lives at Waverly, her family's estate situated at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Paris, Virginia. She is a strange, small, almost mute, young woman who has no idea that her father has given her to the Vampire King Krieger. Walter Ayres is the King's Keeper and part of a secret society of historians who unearth, preserve, and attempt to understand relics of long forgotten civilizations.
Lily has never felt comfortable in the human world, but after she suspiciously falls down a flight of stone steps, and is healed and claimed by Krieger, she realizes there is another world. In this Other Realm she feels a sense of belonging, and begins to untwine the mysterious event which left her mentally and psychologically damaged. When Walter disappears in England, Lily works with human and supernatural beings to uncover his whereabouts. With each new discovery, she is pulled deeper into the vortex of magic, intrigue, and dark desires that permeates the supernatural world. The revelations revealed unfold a story of deception and betrayal that threaten to tear the thin veil between the supernatural and human world asunder.
About the Author:
Rebecca Trogner lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and frequently crosses the Blue Ridge Mountains that were the inspiration for Krieger's home. She always dreamed of being a writer, but got sidetracked by the day-to-day adventures of life. With the encouragement of her family, she has finished her first novel and is currently writing the next book in The Last Keeper's Daughter series. Rebecca lives with her husband and son, and a rescue dog named Giblet. To find out more about the author visit www.rebeccatrogner.com.
Website: www.rebeccatrogner.com
Blog: http://blog.rebeccatrogner.com
Twitter: @RTrogner
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/RTrogner
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Edit: VERY IMPORTANT: back up your Apt-DB.pdb before install!
It should be able to cope with upgrading a 1.0 or 1.1 full version DB, but remember:
- disable, and disable after-reset
- reset
- install new Apt.prc AND new AptAssist.prc
Let me know how quickly your eyesight goes with the small font :-)
1.2b1 25/05/2008
- improved popup list and star menu 'resistance' to background events interrupting it.
Star should virtually always stick now.
- change try and fix cmlx problem of triggers disabled after cradle on 650
- added Menu->Apt->Toggle Font. Toggles between 14 and 10 trigger rows for small screens.
Is a per-app setting (probably you only need to set if for *Defaults*)
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- added Apt:Call action to call a Tag trigger
- *removed* paste command bar icon, space-to-usefulness ratio too low, can also use
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- increased max macro/popup length 20->30
- key queing/reinjection when busy:
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- only queue if we would have handled it anyway
- kill key after queuing so we don't get 'something else handles it then we handle it later'
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1, Fast Trade
According to this type of delivery, we will log in your account and hands over the FUT Coins into your account.
You do not have to do anything else until we have transferred the coins in your account.
Please do not log in your account during the delivery.
We will inform you via email after the transfer finished.
Please pay attention to your email box it may be in your trash can.
Note: "Account name" is your PSN Email Address.
For the account security, please change your password before you place the order and change the password back after the order finished.
You may fill these information as follows:
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2, Game Account
Buy Game Account, Get FUT Coins. We will send you an account with equivalent coins you bought.
Please read the following steps carefully.
Step1 Buy an account with enough coins from fifacoinsbuy
Step2 Check the total max price of your players
Step3 Set all the players on market on your original account
Step4 Buy all the players with new account
3, Regular Trade
Pay attention: The player you put in must be the same player which you list on the market,
and your desired amount needs to be within the price range of the player you list in the market.
For example, you want the coins for 500k you need to list a player which the price range is 300k-500k.
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Buy now price: 5,000
Starting price: 1,200
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(For 150,000 coins, for example, you need to list 30 contracts of one type in the auction house.)
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5.) Enter the value of the added contracts. The guideline is the best variant, but if you have already listed some contracts, please enters the other value.
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Daily Deal Sites for New Business – Love them or Hate Them?
Everybody loves a deal. For some of us it is engineered into our fabric – nothing gives the same kick as knowing you bought something at 70% below the asking price. As consumers the internet has brought access to so much choice that it makes it so easy to shop around and find the cheapest offer. For small businesses it means that the competition is even greater and in order to take a seat at the table you have to offer your services or solutions at a huge discount.
Daily deal sites such as Groupon, Living Social, Google Offers, Yelp and Facebook deals work on the premise that as a business owner you offer a discount or special offer which the daily deal site company the distributes to a group of local customers who are encouraged to purchase and share the deal.
The Good and Bad of Daily Deal Sites
On the plus side, taking part in daily group deal campaign can boost brand awareness exponentially, getting your brand in front of higher volume of consumers in your local area. On the downside, the level of discount that you need to offer coupled with the high revenue share percentage you are required to provide to the daily deal site in order to participate means that a majority of the campaigns are essentially loss leaders which can cost you more money than you make.
The Daily Deal Sites Bring a Flood of New Customers
Yes they do however the people taking up the deal are often only interested in the discounted deals which make deal campaigns less effective in customer acquisition than other methods of marketing. While volume may be high, number of customers cashing in on the deals is unlikely to become long term, loyal customers or even spend more than the deal offers.
Get the Best out of Daily Deal Sites
To make group deal campaigns work for you, it's important to optimise each customer visit and put in place a long term customer acquisition strategy. The only way to do this is by providing outstanding customer service and then capturing the details of the deal takers by encouraging people to sign up to your newsletter, follow you on Twitter, Google+ Local and Facebook; and putting together a follow up marketing campaign that attempts to get that person back into your store or restaurant or up and cross sell different products and serviced to them.
For instance, you might offer smaller, time-sensitive discounts on other products services, 'specials' available on that day, before they leave your premises or website.
The main goal of using the daily deal sites is to convert enough of the deal takers in to regular patrons of your business who are happy to pay full price to experience your service.
5 Top Tips to Make the Most Out of Daily Deal Sites.
Be aware of the cost implications
As a small business owner you will need to offer a steep discount, often in the region of 50% and then give the service provider a percentage of the revenue, which again can often be 50%.
E.g. If your product's retail value is £100 then with a 50% discount applied you will be offering this product or service at £50.
You then have to pay 50% of £50 to the service provider = £25
That means you are receiving £25 for a product or service that usually sells at £100, however you still need to take into consideration your costs. If your costs are over £25 then you are making a loss on every item that you sell.
Read the terms and conditions
If you are committed to using a daily deal site make sure you do a comparison of all the ones that work in your area. Compare their uptake level, the percentage of revenue they expect and also take into consideration how, and more importantly when, they pay. Some of the sites stretch the payments out over a couple of months meaning that you don't see the return for some time.
Manage demand
Make your deal time specific where possible, so that the deal is only valid off peak, Mon-Thur or out of season months, when the children are back in school. If the deal is placed at the wrong time when you have a solid flow of customers the extra influx could lead to over capacity meaning that the service level drops. This could result in you losing regular customers or your brand reputation being tarnished.
Get peoples details.
Make it a priority to get the details of those people who take the deals. Get their email address and ask them to connect with you on social media increasing the word of mouth marketing. If you have the capability to get deal makers to leave a review of your business online, people are usually happier and more positive because they have had a good experience at a cheap price, meaning that the review will be of a positive nature and can be used as reputation marketing in the future to attract more paying customers to your business.
Track how many people redeem your offer.
Ultimately with any form of online marketing you want to know how many people are taking up your deals and more importantly how many of those deal takers you are converting into regular, full paying customers. The results will prove if it is worth doing again.
As part of a marketing mix a daily deal site campaign can be a great way to increase brand awareness, drive some new customers to your business and convert those into loyal advocates of your business or brand. On the flip side if a campaign is managed incorrectly it can end up costing a business.
If you have any experience or advice on using daily deal sites let us know by leaving a comment below.


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Insight into the journey of a successful candidate
GlobalSportsJobs takes pride in working closely with some of the largest and most prestigious organisations in the international sports industry to help them source the best talent from around the world. But what is the process for qualifying and interviewing potential candidates for cross-border roles and what steps do candidates need to take once they are shortlisted?
For the next instalment in our series of insight features with candidates that have successfully driven forward their sports industry career using the GlobalSportsJobs network, we spoke with Shahin Rasti who last month embarked on a new challenge as Commercial and Marketing Manager at the International Paralympic Committee after seeing the vacancy advertised on a 'Jobs by email' alert.
Please tell us about your career background prior to applying for the role at the IPC
I started my career on a graduate scheme at the International Tennis Federation, which gave me a great insight and perspective on working for a leading sport's governing body. I then accepted a role at Slingshot Sponsorship, a global sponsorship agency. This was invaluable experience in working with a host of leading rights holders, helping them engage with diverse and passionate brands. After my time at Slingshot, I spent almost two and a half years at Keith Prowse, as Head of Sales for the Aegon Championships; part of a commercial joint venture between Keith Prowse and the LTA.
How did you become aware of the IPC vacancy?
I subscribed to the daily jobs update from GlobalSportsJobs, which is really useful because it updates you via email with up-to-date and relevant vacancies.
What was your strategy for submitting a strong application?
The key I find to any application is always focussing specifically on what the employer is looking for and highlighting why you have the relevant skills and experience for the job, as well as including examples of proven results. I think another undervalued aspect of a good application is trying to get your personality across as much as possible. Nowadays employers are looking for more than just a list of previous experience, so I tried to do this as much as I could.
How did the IPC approach you and what was the interview process?
The HR Manager wrote to me personally and arranged the first round, which was a phone interview with her. The second stage was a set of assignments based on hypothetical sponsorship proposals and IPC commercial strategy. The third stage was a phone interview with the Commercial and Marketing Director and the final phase was a face-to-face interview at the IPC Head Office in Germany, presenting to the Commercial and Marketing Director.
What sort of questions did they ask at the interview and how had you prepared?
The first stage consisted of basic questions about the IPC and my career thus far and the second and third phases were based on the specific IPC assignments. The Final interview was a mixture of rigorous questions about my presentation and why I would be suited to the position. In terms of preparation, I did extensive research into the IPC and its marketing strategy for the upcoming years, as went through my own previous experience in detail.
How did they make the offer and were there any negotiations involved?
They offered me the job over Skype and then proceeded to send me a formal offer over email. I was happy with the package so there were no negotiations needed.
What are your main responsibilities as Commercial and Marketing Manager?
My main responsibilities include sourcing new commercial revenue for the IPC through strategic brand partnerships, managing the partner marketing programme, creative strategy and activation, business development, working with our dedicated agencies, account management and contract services and negotiation. Clients include Samsung, Panasonic, Visa, ATOS, Ottobock, BP and Allianz.
Are there any key character traits shown by everyone in your team?
Even though I have only been in the role for a few weeks, the three traits that really stand out within my team are passion, commitment and motivation. The Paralympic movement and the IPC as a whole is a unique and inspiring environment to work in and it is clear to see that everyone is striving to grow and develop the movement as much as they possibly can.
What key skills do you think are required to be successful in a career at the IPC?
Firstly, I think you need to have excellent people skills. The IPC is a very diverse and international organisation - we work with all types of people on a day-to-day basis and anyone looking to join the team must embrace this. Another important skill to possess is being able to take a wider perspective on your role. It is not your typical sports job. The IPC is ultimately a development organisation and even though we work very closely with the IOC, our goals and outlook are very different. It's about more than just sport, it's about human rights values and inspiring the global community of physically and intellectually impaired people.
What do you love about working there?
I think the best aspect of working for the IPC is the international nature of the job, whether it was spending my first week in Doha for the IPC Athletics World Championships, working and meeting with all our NPCs and partners around the world, or leaving London to work in a prospering European market like Germany. Furthermore, I take great pride in being part of an integral and leading sporting organisation. People often forget that the Paralympics is one of the biggest events in the world and that is a great pinnacle to work towards.
What did you do when you are not working? How do you relax?
Having just settled in Germany, I am trying to build a routine but in my spare time I love playing sports, from football to tennis to rugby. However living in Germany is also a great opportunity to learn a new language and to travel around Europe, so I fully intend to take advantage of this.
If you had a successful experience applying for a role via GlobalSportsJobs, we'd like to hear from you. Please contact email@example.com and one of the team will get in touch. For further sports industry insights and tips & tricks on how you can optimise your applications, please click here to visit our Inside Track content hub.


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Transporting cables and cable hauling can be a difficult task. It involves loading, unloading and the transportation of cables. Cables can be of different types and made out of different materials.Therefore, each type of cable requires transportation and hauling in a different way. Cables can sustain damage very easily in multiple ways. Since they are large and expensive, it is crucial to keep them safe since even a little damage can cost you a lot. The real issue is transporting heavy cables that require your special attention.
Here are a few safety tips to follow when transporting heavy cables:
- In order to transport cables, use cable reels to prevent the damage in the first place.
- All reels must be transported in an upright position. Do not ship reels while they are lying on their sides. This can cause severe damage to the cables and make them snag.
- Reels must be pushed or moved in a similar upright position by moving the cable with a reel mover or fork lifter.
- Use a cable dispenser stand for installing and dispensing reels of cable or other types of rope.
- Cables that have to be placed on other reels should be wrapped to prevent damages. When doing any sorts of adjustments in general, compare to the original reel for cable length.
- Install cable end caps on the ends of cables.
- Secure both ends of the cable.
Keeping the above safety measures in mind, your cable transportation will go well, without causing any damage to the cables.


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Protest/Appeal Rights
Any determination made by the UIA concerning an employer's liability, the coverage of a worker's services, an employer's tax rate, or the payment of benefits to a worker, can be appealed. After a "determination" is issued, a protest may be filed and a "redetermination" is issued. From a Redetermination, the matter may be appealed to an Administrative Law Judge.
The protest or appeal must be in the UIA's possession (not merely postmarked) within 30 calendar days after the determination or redetermination was mailed or personally served.
The UIA has published a booklet to help employer and claimants in preparing for a Referee hearing. The booklet is called "A Guide to UIA Appeals Hearings" and is mailed with every Notice of Hearing.


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Tuesday 4 June 1940
|Winston Churchill
Western Front: The Dunkirk bridgehead collapses on 4 June 1940 and the Germans occupy the port at 10:20. There are still 40,000 French soldiers and stragglers from all of the Allied armies who go into captivity. There also are piles of British and French equipment which the Germans will put to use.
The Germans immediately re-deploy their forces for an operation south towards Paris. The new attack will be Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
The French try attacking at Abbeville again at 03:00 pursuant to General Georges' plan. Little reconnaissance is performed beforehand, and communication - especially between French and British formations - is inadequate. The French tanks and British infantry attack at different times, and some of the attacking formation arrive only at the last moment.
French tanks of 2nd Armoured Division, part of the 4th Army Group under General Huntziger, advance at Abbeville, but run into a minefield in a sector they mistakenly believe still to be held by the 51st Highland Division. Instead, the highlanders have pulled back during the night, and the Germans planted mines in the evacuated territory. The Allies lose at least fifty tanks, numerous other armoured vehicles and take 1000 casualties. The Germans retain the high ground northwest of Caubert and the attack is a complete fiasco.
Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo ends at 03:40. The Allied navies have rescued 338,226 men, of which 112,000 are French. The evacuation greatly exceeded expectations of perhaps 50,000 evacuees, and thus is considered a great victory. Destroyer HMS Ivanhoe is one of the last ships out, and is hit with a bomb on its deck crowded with French soldiers.
Besides the tens of thousands of Allied troops who now are POWs, left behind in Dunkirk are
- 880 field guns,
- 310 guns of large calibre,
- some 500 anti-aircraft guns,
- about 850 anti-tank guns,
- 11,000 machine guns,
- nearly 700 tanks,
- 20,000 motorcycles, and
- 45,000 motor cars and lorries.
All together, the Allies left behind 2,472 artillery pieces, 84, 427 vehicles and 657,566 tons of supplies. In addition, the Allies have lost at least 89 merchant ships (126,518 tons), with 9 destroyers sunk and 20 damaged. In addition, the RAF has lost 80 scarce pilots killed.
Air losses by both sides are a subject of great controversy. The RAF lost 106-135 planes, while losses for the Luftwaffe vary from 100-240.
|Dunkirk after the battle.
European Air Operations: In retaliation for the Luftwaffe's Operation Paula of 3 June, the French air force bombs Munich and Frankfurt, while the RAF sends 57 bombers to attack the Ruhr and Rhineland munitions factories.
The Luftwaffe bombs the port of Le Havre.
General Weygand asks the British for 20 RAF fighter squadrons, and the request is refused.
Battle of the Atlantic: Kriegsmarine pocket battleships Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, and Admiral Hipper, along with a squadron of destroyers (destroyers Karl Galster, Hans Lody, Erich Steinbrinck & Hermann Schoemann), depart for Norwegian waters under Admiral Wilhelm Marschall.
British Government: Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives a stirring speech in the House of Commons. He states that Operation Dynamo, which brought 350,000 troops back to England, had turned a defeat into a victory:
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender... until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and liberation of the Old."The speech, Churchill's most famous, receives a mixed reception. The British love it, and it is considered the height of jingoistic rhetoric. On the other hand, the French find little cheer in the idea that England now envisions itself fighting alone.
|The Dunkirk docks are now quiet.
Norway: The evacuation of Narvik and Harstad begins pursuant to Operation Alphabet. The evacuation takes time because considerable military infrastructure has been created by the British. There are about 4900 Allied troops on the first ships out of Narvik, which is composed of 6 fast transports escorted by Royal Navy training cruiser Vindictive..The transports, actually passenger liners, hide in the fjords and small craft bring them the soldiers.
The Norwegians continue attacking General Dietl's mountain troops near the Swedish border.
Ireland: The government sets the size of the army at 40,000 troops.
Italy: The Italian high command sends its submarine fleet to sea.
China: The seesawing Battle of Tsaoyang-Ichang continues. The Chinese 5th War Area counterattacks and recovers Nanchang and Yicheng.
Chiang Kai-shek sends representatives to Macau to discuss peace terms with Japanese representatives. There is no progress.
Soviet Military: General Andrei Eremenko becomes the leader of the Soviet 3rd Mechanized Corps, while Konstantin Rokossovsky takes over the Soviet 5th Cavalry Corps.
French Homefront: The refugee crisis is increasing, and it becomes known as L'Éxode ("The Exodus"). Tens of thousands of French citizens inhabiting norther French cities such as Chartres and Lille are heading south, while southern French cities such as Marseilles and Bordeaux are swelling in size.
June 1940
June 1, 1940: Devastation at Dunkirk
June 2, 1940: Hitler Visits France
June 3, 1940: Operation Paula
June 4, 1940: We Shall Fight
June 5, 1940: Fall Rot
June 6, 1940: Weygand Line Crumbling
June 7, 1940: British Evacuating Narvik
June 8, 1940: Operation Juno
June 9, 1940: Norway Capitulates
June 10, 1940: Mussolini Throws Down
June 11, 1940: Paris an Open City
June 12, 1940: Rommel at St. Valery
June 13, 1940: France Goes Alone
June 14, 1940: Paris Falls
June 15, 1940: Soviets Scoop Up Lithuania
June 16, 1940: Enter Pétain
June 17, 1940: The Lancastria Sinks
June 18, 1940: A Day of Leaders
June 19, 1940: U-boats Run Wild
June 20, 1940: Pétain Wilts
June 21, 1940: Hitler's Happiest Day
June 22, 1940: France Is Done
June 23, 1940: Hitler in Paris
June 24, 1940: Six Million Jews
June 25, 1940: German Celebrations
June 26, 1940: USSR Being Belligerent
June 27, 1940: Malta in Peril
June 28, 1940: Channel Islands Bombed
June 29, 1940: Gandhi Insists on Independence
June 30, 1940: Channel Islands Occupied


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If you've ever wondered what it's like to step into the batter's box at the Home Run Derby, T-Mobile can take you there.
Read about the latest sports tech news, innovations, ideas and products that impact players, fans and the sports industry at SportTechie.com.
Baseball fans will now be able to experience what it's like to compete in a Home Run Derby. At this year's Derby, part of the All-Star Game festivities in San Diego, T-Mobile is using virtual reality to put fans in the batter's box. "We're taking the Derby out of the ballpark and letting fans step up to the pate with 2015 Champion Todd Frazier in a first-of-its-kind VR experience for the Home Run Derby," T-Mobile president and CEO John Legere said in a statement.
The VR experience will allow fans to step into the shoes of players like Todd Frazier, last year's Home Run Derby winner, and see what it's like to belt home runs in one of the year's most anticipated events. Fans can share their scores on social media and compete with their friends. The experience will be available at the Fan Fest in San Diego during All-Star week, as well as at T-Mobile stores across the country.
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Fans will also have more access then ever to the Derby through the player Social Lounge, which will feature behind-the-scenes looks, player commentary and more via MLB's social media accounts.
The use of virtual reality and social media may spark a larger movement of increased fan access to games and special events. VR access is planned for the Rio Olympics, and the UEFA Champions League final featured a unique VR experience as well.
The Home Run Derby is scheduled for July 11 at Petco Park, and viewers at home can watch on ESPN. The All-Star game will be played on July 12.


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A dramatic scarf totally worth of envy from onlookers. One side of the scarf has batik work in steel blue and black colour. The reverse is predominantly mustard yellow with a forest green coloured border. All over red and yellow kantha stitches.
Size: 45 x 200 cm
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GVC has, over the last 10 years, successfully relocated thousands of pets to and from all corners of the globe and we have in doing so gained a huge wealth of knowledge and experience in the requirements of international pet transport.
We are aware of all the important details, have encountered many sacenarios and successfully dealt with them all.
In accordance with our principles of "Quality Care", the welfare, safety and comfort of your pets in transit are our main priority.
We have an extensive network of IPATA approved fellow pet shippers around the world who share our passion of Quality Care, a number of whom we have worked closely with for many years.
We know how stressful and difficult times of relocation and transit can be and we therefore strive to make the process as easy, uncomplicated and smooth as possible.


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George Santayana
The Poet's Testament - Poem by George Santayana
I give back to the earth what the earth gave,
All to the furrow, none to the grave,
The candle's out, the spirit's vigil spent;
Sight may not follow where the vision went.
I leave you but the sound of many a word
In mocking echoes haply overheard,
I sang to heaven. My exile made me free,
from world to world, from all worlds carried me.
Spared by the furies, for the Fates were kind,
I paced the pillared cloisters of the mind;
All times my present, everywhere my place,
Nor fear, nor hope, nor envy saw my face.
Blow what winds would, the ancient truth was mine,
And friendship mellowed in the flush of wine,
And heavenly laughter, shaking from its wings
Atoms of light and tears for mortal things.
To trembling harmonies of field and cloud,
Of flesh and spirit was my worship vowed.
Let form, let music, let all quickening air
Fulfil in beauty my imperfect prayer.
Comments about The Poet's Testament by George Santayana
* Sunprincess * (9/16/2015 8:00:00 PM)
.............nicely penned....love the theme ★ (Report)Reply
Savita Tyagi (9/16/2015 3:23:00 PM)
Lovely poem. I give back all till no more left to give is the sentiment that one can feel most satisfied about. (Report)Reply
Augusto Lunedi (9/16/2015 2:29:00 PM)
P.S. Who translated it and why weren't they given credit? (Report)Reply
Augusto Lunedi (9/16/2015 2:28:00 PM)
Very nice in English, but I would bet it's even better in the original Spanish. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of it in Spanish? Thanks. (Report)Reply
Seema Jayaraman (9/16/2015 6:36:00 AM)
the mellow flight of time...the ultimate truth that we can only give back to earth anyways it was never ours take..beautiful poem (Report)Reply
Edward Kofi Louis (9/16/2015 2:35:00 AM)
The poet's testament is the testament of life! Nice work. (Report)Reply
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Silver Zenana carriage [Vadodara] 4302475
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1895
Photograph of a silver carriage at Baroda, Gujarat from the Curzon Collection, taken by an unknown photographer during the 1890s. The solid silver two-wheeled carriage is drawn by white bullocks and belonged to Gaekwar Sayaji Rao III (ruled 1875-1939), 12th Maharaja of Baroda. He owned a collection of exotic transport, which also included golden carriages and a miniature carriage drawn by deer. They were displayed to visitors and used on ceremonial occasions. It seems unlikely that this is a zenana carriage, which would have been enclosed to ensure the seclusion of female members of the royal household when travelling.


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Roemer Plaza, Suffolk University - Boston, MA
Boston's City Hall Plaza remains unimproved after decades of criticism, but its miniature twin, one block away on Beacon Hill, has been completely remade as Suffolk University's first and only campus landscape space. The former barren, brick, backdoor to the McCormack State Office Building, and roof to a parking garage, is now a lively amphitheater plaza with human-scaled spaces. The feature element, a carved granite plinth at the toe of the amphitheater, commemorates the wonderful open spaces that are the legacy of the Metropolitan District Commission, formerly headquartered on this site.
Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
Brigham & Women's Hospital: Brigham for Transformative Medicine - Boston, MA
A new research and outpatient clinical building is the southern anchor for Brigham and Women's Hospital. As part of our work to bring nature into the hospital across the campus, this building has three new gardens: a rooftop terrace overlooking the Emerald Necklace Riverway, an enclosed garden to be viewed by patients in the oncology infusion unit, and a ground-level park connecting the campus with the Riverway.
Kendall Square Main Street - Cambridge, MA
A first step in Kendall Square's renaissance as Massachusetts' technology hub is the reconstruction of Main Street. Working with the infrastructural constraints of the MBTA tunnel and station only inches below the pavement, the project eliminates the existing median, widens the sidewalk and creates compelling spill-out spaces for new eateries, including one of Cambridge's most popular homegrown, Clover.
Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
The Steel Yard - Providence, RI
"The project is a public intervention that upends commonly held notions of blighted neighborhoods and shows the potential for not simply 'adaptive,' but real, actively engaged re-use."
-Drake Patton, Executive Director, The Steel Yard
"KMDG brought clear thinking and sound opinions, but always in the best spirit of collaboration. Best of all, they had a major impact with limited resources; KMDG knows how to do more with less."
-Peter Gill Case, Founder, Truthbox, Inc.
Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
Brigham and Women's Master Plan - Boston, MA
A new, translucent polycarbonate and steel canopy is our primary catalyst that rejuvenates the entry court for Brigham and Women's Hospital. Coupled with strategic planting measures, the canopy more clearly expresses arrival and entry, as well as creates a better environment for waiting. An intensively used space, the 45 Francis Street entrance was primarily paved and sparsely planted. The rejuvenated space welcomes visitors with a larger covered drop off and increased plantings around the perimeter. Efforts to extend the plantings beyond the limited planting area available at grade resulted in vine covered vertical screens which adds dramatically to the amount of green in the entry court.
Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
Central Square - East Boston, MA
Initially envisioned as a transportation project to improve the roadways and streetscape of Central Square, KMDG advocated for the opportunity to also improve Bertulli Park, the historic green space at the center of the square at the same time. The overall design vision is for more engaging public open space that is better connected to its surrounding neighborhood and enhances the retail vitality of the square. In the highly used park space, KMDG introduced contemporary detailing using a palette of simple and enduring materials.
Shanghai Bund - Shanghai, China
"The redevelopment of the Bund has at once reconnected the dynamic urban fabric of Shanghai with its riverfront. The design strategies orchestrate a powerful sequence of experiences and spaces and have succeeded in transforming the Bund into an extension of the city's living room."
-Shannon Bassett, "Better City, Better Bund" in Topos Magazine October 2010
Photo Credit
Tim Griffiths Photography
R-Line Rapid Transit Improvements - Providence, RI
A unique collaboration between RIPTA (Rhode Island Public Transit Authority) and City of Providence Department of Planning and Development with the Department of Arts and Tourism, developed the opportunity for art-based transit shelters to be located along RIPTA's new rapid bus R-Line corridor. KMDG crafted design guidelines for public transit to serve as a placemaking tool. The guidelines detail stop-by-stop recommendations for transit shelters, public art, seating, trash cans, and bike racks based on stop location, sight lines, pedestrian movements, traffic patterns and ridership counts. KMDG also developed a call for artists, helped facilitate the selection of artists, and managed the final detailing of artist works to fit into the shelter designs.
Shelter art panels by Jennifer Dalton Vincent
Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
Boston Schoolyards Initiative - Boston, MA
"At the Young Achievers School, before the renovations, teachers held recess in a parking lot and struggled to encourage play while keeping the children safe. The new outdoor space was designed to encourage 'natural play,' a term for informal interactions with natural materials, like logs, gardens, and trees."
-Julia Ryan, "'Nature is a Powerful Teacher': The Eduational Value of Going Outside" in The Atlantic October 2013
Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
Kennedy Plaza - Providence, RI
A new design to reinforce Kennedy Plaza as a place of prominent scale for Providence, while functioning well for commuters.
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Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
Park Five - Beijing, China
Sited between the third and fourth ring roads in Beijing, this 1,000 unit condominium complex by the world's largest residential developer, China Vanke, is home to Chinese and foreign professionals who work in the nearby embassy district. All of the four courtyards are built over underground garage structures. Landscape space is highly regarded by Chinese developers and residents, and KMDG is proud to have designed these gardens in the Chinese capital.
The Box Office - Providence, RI
Together with The Steel Yard, this speculative office building, built of stacked shipping containers, is a landmark player in the remaking of Providence's Industrial Valley. Sited on a former lumberyard, the transient nature of the containers is countered by their anchoring to the ground by the site strategy of stairs and ramps lifting up from the ground plane. Stormwater moves through cuts in the remnant pavement, gaps from which the green landscape springs.
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Condor Street Urban Wild - East Boston, MA
An abandoned brownfield, this was the first of Boston's urban wilds to be designed by a landscape architect. Intended primarily as wildlife habitat, space for active recreation is not provided. Instead, the contaminated soil is capped as a tall landform, inviting people to walk up and view passing oil tankers at their deck level. This project was led by Mark Klopfer with Kaki Martin as job captain into the construction document phase while at Hargreaves Associates.
Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
Signature Flight, Boston MA
Placed directly on the ground, the latest terminal at Boston's Logan Airport is a throwback to an earlier age of aviation where one walks directly onto the tarmac to board a plane. Serving private and corporate jets, this small terminal has an exterior waiting room in the form of an enclosed garden. A wood scrim civilizes the concrete and barbed wire 'blast wall' separating the airfield from the public realm. The outdoor space of the terminal becomes an oasis carved out of a paved and industrial district of the airport.
Photo Credit
Christian Phillips Photography
Al Maryah (Sowwah) Island Landscape Master Plan
As part of its Plan 2030, Abu Dhabi is expanding its commercial core to Al Maryah (formerly Sowwah) Island. Collaborating with Boston architects over,under and Utile, our team developed architecture and landscape design guidelines to shape a vision of this city center as a vibrant and pedestrian-centric urban realm that meets Abu Dhabi's new Estidama sustainability code.
MIT West Annex Lot - Cambridge, MA
Vassar Street, the home to MIT's utilitarian chiller plants, athletic buildings, parking garages, and the historic Metropolitan Fire Safe Storage Warehouse, presents an interesting opportunity to provide a public face for a new temporary facilities services building. The narrow space between building and sidewalk, the temporary nature of the project, and the limited budget inspired a strategy using colored chain link fencing. Anchored to the ground, the chain link Colored scrims of chain link anchor to the ground providing armatures for vines to climb, and cantilevered in the air, the chain link takes on volume and encloses plantings of bamboo. making an interesting screen for the building within the narrow space between the building and sidewalk.
Kendall Square: Longfellow Bridge Median - Cambridge, MA
At once a city gateway and a traffic code compliant safety median, the Longfellow Bridge median is made of repetitive free-standing steel angles. Changes to height and orientation reveal a highly saturated paint scheme on the inside of the angle that becomes highly visible in winter and recedes into the planting scheme in warmer months. Perception of the colors and rhythm change depending on mode of transport over the bridge: foot, bike, or car.
Holocaust Memorial - Puchovichi, Belarus
Working with an American benefactor, KMDG has designed a memorial for a holocaust site, south of Minsk, where over 1200 Jewish men, women, and children of Puchovichi were killed in September 1941. Separated from the road at the outskirts of the village, the site is concealed from view beyond a farm field, on a small wooded hillside. Vertical granite posts, spaced evenly to reveal a path along the field/woodland edge, mark the procession to the site. As the path approaches the summit of the hill, a wall with tablets describing the events that occurred here, directs one's ascent to the grave sites. The existing concrete slabs remain in situ with new stone edging and perimeter tree plantings added to further define the space and commemorate this site.
Causeway Street, Boston Streetscape
Dramatically transformed, and unfortunately vacant, after the demolition of the overhead MBTA Green Line train, Causeway Street appears regularly on national television as the home to the Boston Garden sports venue. This project gives Causeway the ability to close-off traffic and celebrate winter sport championships in a dramatic urban realm. On a daily basis it serves as a rich arrival point to commuters disembarking at North Station, and is home to a lively entertainment and growing residential district.


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The impact a Biggleswade woman's fight for a cure for a rare form of cancer has been recognised.
Angela Butcher died in January 2013, just four month after being diagnosed with small cell ovarian cancer.
But in the short time she had before her death she started fundraising to initate research and give hope to others.
And now that fight has been recognised.
Her family, parents Linda, Mike and brother Mark Butcher, have received news from the chief executive of The Eve Appeal, Athena Lamnisos, that: "the Small Cell Ovarian Cancer Research Project, which aims to develop International Research Collaboration and a Patient Research Registry, has officially started and is accredited to Angela Butcher from Biggleswade who has been the inspiration and focus of this pioneering research programme".
Mum Linda said "Friday was a very special day – Angela did it!"
But the research now needs volunteer patients to consent and take part in the research programme.
The second challenge is to raise sufficient funds to extend the research from 15 months to a full five-year research programme, leading to clinical trials, so fundraising is full steam ahead.
The next event for Angela's small cell ovarian cancer research at The Eve Appeal is Angela's Par 3 Challenge which is on Saturday, July 2 at Letchworth Family Par 3 Golf Course.
To date Angela's Research Fund stands at an incredible £45,618.07 as family and friends havecontinued to fundraise.
Said Linda: "Angela's family are indeed very proud of Angela and very grateful to the Eve Appeal, the Research Team, family and friends for their support in turning Angela's hopes into reality."
Angela had classic symptoms of ovarian cancer in March 2012 but because of her age at the time, only 30, it didn't register with the nurses or doctors at her local health centre.
Her persistence that something was wrong finally led to scans and then surgery in July 2012.
But by then the cancer had spread and she was told the diagnosis and prognosis for the rare and aggressive form of cancer in September.
She died in St John's Hospice.
>For the Par 3 Challenge or to support Angela's Fund in any other way, phone Linda on 07730 319209 or message Mark James Butcher on facebook.
>If you know anyone with small cell ovarian cancer, please ask them to make contact via www.sc-ovca.org or Tel 01223 746716.


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A Swoon in the Woods.
I started this quilt a long time ago.
We had just closed on our house, and I was getting into quilting in a big way. In lieu of planning the renovation the house so badly needed, though, we went for one last hurrah to visit family. To not take advantage of the much-cheaper shipping within the US seemed like a waste, so I sent a bunch of stuff to myself while we were there, including a fat quarter bundle of A Walk in the Woods and a paper Swoon pattern. I started cutting this quilt out in January of 2012, intending to make it for my sister W, who didn't get a quilt before that trip because I ran out of time.
I made a block after we moved into our newly renovated house (May 2012), then it sat there.
Then I had friends get married in October 2012, so for their wedding, I made two more Swoon blocks, for huge cushions, as a refresher...
...so I pulled the pattern out, ready to get it started again. And it sat there.
(You can see where this is NOT going.)
I forced myself to make two more blocks in the intervening year, always with the best of intentions to finish the quilt...until a new half-yard bundle came through my mailbox and I was distracted. Or I suddenly had a project with a deadline that I absolutely needed to finish! Before anything else! RIGHT NOW!11!!!1!!
The problem was, I really disliked making this block. I think it is so beautiful, but the method really irritated me. Maybe because it seemed like a lot of effort that cound easily be circumvented with a few clever tricks. (And, it totally can. I just bought the Mini-Swoon pattern which is entirely different, and works much how I thought the pattern originally did, which is to say, MANY FEWER STEPS.)
However. Last month I got so sick of myself that I pulled it out again and said ENOUGH. I did nothing else until it was done. I had help, of course, in the form of television (thank youuuu Arrested Development and Community) and I had already vowed I could send this off to my longarm quilter. I finished the top, and I was delirious, so I decided to make the back extra nice and I even added a strip of HSTs.
I machine bound it, because our other sister's kidlets are little and grabby and sticky so I figured my sister would want something she could throw in the washing machine at any time. I prefer to machine bind, for durability. The backing is Michael Miller Cotton Couture which is my favorite backing fabric ever. It's so soft and smooth to touch, it makes it nice to snuggle under.
And now it is done.
I really wanted to make a quilt for my sister. She's creative, an artist, loves foxes, and when I bought the fabric, blue and bright red where totally colors she loved. (I hope they still are!) I would say that this quilt challenged me, but in truth, the first block challenged me the most. Once I picked it up again I found that I'd learned so much in the intervening months that it was just sewing by rote to get it finished! I felt overwhelmingly guilty at not being able to finish this for my excellent sister, who is clearly deserving of a nice snuggly quilt.
Here's hoping it gets there in time for Christmas!
Name: A Swoon in the Woods
Finish date: December 2013
Made with: A Walk in the Woods by Aneela Hoey for Moda Fabrics, background & sahing Kona Snow, Backing Michael Miller Cotton Couture in Wedgewood
Patched on: Bernina 440QE
Quilted by: Jeannette Bruce of The Quilting Platypus


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by Joyce Liska
Everyone gathered in the wee hours of the morning in the Millwoods GC parking lot on Sunday, February 8 with great excitement and anticipation of our Silver Star trip. Unfortunately, Scott our bus driver was not accustomed to the habits of seniors and their determination to be early. Despite Scott's late arrival we still managed to load up and leave exactly on time.
A big thank you to our vounteer baggage handlers.
Forty-four members participated in our tour. We welcomed three new members who were a great addition to our tour. They were Greg Heenan from Hinton, and Sharon Velpel and Arlene Anton from Winnipeg. Mary Lou Gutscher, a former member now living in Kitchener, Ontario, also joined us but she ended up spending most of her time at Silver Star hot tubbing and relaxing!
Accommodations were at the Creekside Condos and the Bulldog Hotel. The Condos were very comfortable and spacious. The Bulldog Hotel had remodelled, and the rooms were very welcoming. A continental breakfast was provided daily.
Skiing was fabulous – great weather and great snow. Who could ask for more? A highlight was the trip to Big White on Tuesday. It was one of those picture perfect ski days – beautiful sunshine and loads of snow. The Ski Hosts were wonderful. Everyone claimed their Ski Host was the best.
Our wine and cheese reception was held at the Wildwood room of the Creekside Condos. It was a challenge to find the room but, once we did, everyone had a wonderful time socializing and enjoying pizza and many other delectable treats. Everyone pitched in and helped, which is typical of our club.
The group dinner at the Den was excellent. Food was delicious and well prepared. The salad with coconut shrimp was a big hit. Everyone was happy to have a choice of their favorite dinner.
Before we knew it, our last ski day had arrived. A light snowfall came down making it a Christmas card beautiful day. That evening, we met again for another wine and cheese reception.
Our trip back saw many content and happy skiers relaxing and sharing stories of their great ski week.
A big thank you to our tour hosts Joyce Liska, Hilda Kohls, Linda Porter and Merilyn Arneson.
Here is the recipe for Snowballs which were a big hit at our reception:
In a heavy saucepan, melt 2 Tbsp. butter and 3/4 cup brown sugar.
Add 1 small pkg. 500 grams chopped dates and 1 well beaten egg.
Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and dates are soft.
Remove from heat and add 2 1/2 cups rice crispies cereal and 3/4 cups raisins. Mix well. Cool slightly. Grease hands and shape into small balls. Roll in unsweetened medium coconut. Store in a cool place.


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Taree is on Bucketts Way and Pacific Highway (A1)
Taree is 8.5 kilometres west of the Pacific Highway from the northern entrance and 4.5 kilometres from the southern entrance which is also the start of Bucketts Way and the township lies on the banks of the Manning River. The beautiful parks of Fotheringham Park, beside the river at Victoria Street and Queen Elizabeth Park, on the riverbank end of Pulteney Street are great places to enjoy a picnic, feed the birds or simply sit and enjoy the river.
The Taree Visitor Information Centre is open 7 days a week from 9.00am-4.30pm (Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday) and there are plenty of car parking spaces and several parking spaces for caravans.
21 Manning River Drive,
Taree North NSW 2430
Phone: (02) 6592 5444
Freecall: 1800 182 730
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Just outside the inland southern Dutch city of Dordrecht a strange scene meets the eye: steel superstructures of dozens of big and small ships rise like buildings from behind a line of trees.
Anchored in rows up to four deep, cargo carriers, tankers and barges registered in ports such as Gibraltar, Malta and Limassol quietly sway in Dutch Harbor, a mothball yard for ships waiting for a bargain buyer.
Nowhere is the evidence starker that global shipping has sailed into turbulent waters resulting from Europe's debt crisis than here along a 400m pier — essentially a cheap parking space for ships too expensive to run or formerly owned by shipping firms that have gone insolvent.
"In the last few years our business has picked up substantially," said Gerard Heuvelman, manager of the family-run port on the Dordtsche Kil, a tributary connecting two main southern Dutch arterial waterways.
In sharp contrast with Rotterdam, Europe's busiest port, a mere 60km downstream, the 25 laid-up ships at Dutch Harbor — some weighing as much as 10,000 tonnes — lay silent, "crewed" by one or two watchmen to keep an eye on operations and security.
"At least half the ships here belong to firms that have gone bankrupt. The other half belong to companies that have no work for them," Heuvelman told reporters.
"It has never been as bad as this," added Carel van Lynden, an expert lawyer in the ship-brokering industry in Rotterdam. "Until 2008 things had been going well — everybody wanted a slice of the shipping industry pie during the boom times. Lots of orders were placed."
"But because of first the financial crisis and now the euro crisis, less goods are being shipped and less ships are required. Many of the ships ordered when things were still going well are only being delivered now — basically there is a huge over-capacity," Van Lynden told reporters.
The WTO last month slashed its global trade growth outlook for the year to 2.5 percent from a previous 3.7 percent, citing the eurozone crisis and weak growth in the US and China as key factors.
With the IMF likely to lower its own growth estimates for the global economy this week, also naming the eurozone crisis as a major contributor, the global shipping industry has been hard hit.
In Germany, which controls 40 percent of the global container shipping market, more than 100 shipping businesses have shut down and a further 800 are threatened with insolvency, Britain's Daily Telegraph said in August.
Analysts at the London-based global shipping industry tracker Lloyd's List Intelligence said that the number of idle container ships around the world has grown from 254 in August to 268 at the start of this month.
A report last month by the authoritative Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) in Bremen, Germany, said second-hand ships are being sold off at bargain prices because there are now so many on the market.
"Due to the continuing difficult market situation, especially for smaller units [ships] that have been displaced due to a cascade effect it is highly likely that this figure [from Lloyd's] will increase in the coming weeks," the Germany-based ISL added.
The Netherlands has always been seen as a haven for those quickly wanting to sell a ship to cover costs, because of the country's unique maritime laws.
Public sales of ships are so popular here they are even called "Dutch auctions."


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