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Location-neutral businesses booming
Who says you have to be based where your company headquarters are?
Location-neutral workers in Steamboat Springs continue to comprise a big piece of the local economic pie. According to research group Yampa Valley Data Partners, location-neutral businesses account for nearly 2,000 workers in town and generate $54 million in annual income, more than the annual payroll of town's hospitality industry.
"It's an increasingly important component of the economy," says local economic analyst Scott Ford. "And location-neutral businesses pay on average 20 percent above our current median income."
Location-neutral employees can work anywhere they choose, provided the infrastructure is there to support them. Steamboat has everything these work-from-afar employees need, from high-tech broadband services with download speeds of 100Mbps and upload speeds of 20Mbps to competitive direct flight and shipping programs. For many, it's lifestyle more than broadband that's the deciding factor for relocating entrepreneurs.
"Broadband capacity doesn't really attract or repel them," maintains local entrepreneur Noreen Moore. "They want a sense of community, good schools and a safe place to raise children." Adds Ford: "Some work from home, others in offices scattered throughout the community, enjoying everything from the convenience and energy of downtown to the base area for its quick access to skiing. They simply choose to live where they want to."
The occupations fitting this mold are as varied as town's outdoor activities. From software techs and salespeople to graphic designers and writers, town is rife with workers whose business borders extend beyond Steamboat.
"There's definitely a thriving entrepreneurial spirit in this valley," says Jay O'Hare, founder of tech consulting business Altera Marketing Group and entrepreneurial community think tank Ignite Steamboat. "People with a location-neutral ethos are making up a growing chunk of our economic pie. And they love sharing ideas with each other."
What Steamboat has done best to lure this working category and economic driver, adds Ford, is simply maintaining its reputation as a great place to live, from its outdoor amenities to high rankings for its hospitals to schools. "Our strongest economic asset as a community is being a great place to live," Ford says. "If we focus on that, it's a win-win for everyone."
Business Profile: 305 Spin
Putting a new spin on location-neutral businesses, 305 Spin, founded by John Moore in Sedalia, Mo., in 1993, opened its Steamboat Springs office in September 2014 and has been blending its website services with the Steamboat lifestyle ever since.
Managed by locally raised Casey Barnett, who also runs location-neutral consultant ConnectTech, the company serves clients nationwide by providing such integrated marketing strategy tools as web development, SEO and social media services. Moore, who has skied Steamboat since 1986 and hails from the same town as resort founder James Crawford, established the office here for both the town's recreational amenities and business infrastructure.
"I met him at the annual Ski For Yellow event and then he hired me two years later," says Barnett. The company's core technology is in developing websites, extranets and intranets to grow brands online. This ranges from consumer websites that feature marketing, services, SEO and online transactions to content management systems, business-to-business extranet and intranet operations and backend data storage. It also offers email marketing manager tools, website analytics and more for whatever best fits its clients' needs.
The company's "code to ride" recruitment philosophy lures developers who share Moore's mountain town mantra: work hard and play hard. "We find people with an entrepreneurial spirit who also enjoy all the outdoor recreation Steamboat has to offer," says Barnett, adding that town's broadband access is crucial to the company's success. "Steamboat is a great place to come to, whether it's our workers or our clients. Work-life balance is a big part of our company motto, and Steamboat offers the best of both."
Since its opening, 305 Spin has produced more than 20 dynamic web sites for both local and national clients, with easy-to-use online content management systems for updating everything from pricing to news releases. Its frameworks are friendly for all browsers and platforms and offer as a rich user experience as the life its employees get to live.
"Certainly, there are cheaper and more business-oriented places to live, but Steamboat provides the great lifestyle component," says Barnett, who often meets clients skiing or biking. "It offers the chance to both play and work."
Broadband on the rise
The Yampa Valley has experienced a surge in location-neutral employment, due in large part to the availability of high-quality broadband service in Steamboat Springs and many parts of Routt County. Community partners continue to work toward abundant, affordable and redundant broadband service for all residents and businesses in Routt County.
In August 2015, Routt County, the City of Steamboat Springs, the Steamboat Springs School District, Yampa Valley Medical Center, Yampa Valley Electric Association and Colorado Mountain College kicked off a county-wide broadband planning effort to document current levels of internet service, identify gaps and suggest strategies to fill those gaps. The same group, in partnership with the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association, has also been working through Northwest Colorado Broadband to improve service to the public and anchor institutions in the community, successfully aggregating demand into a carrier-neutral location and securing service at significantly lower cost, with redundancy.
Routt County has finalized an agreement with NEO Fiber of Glenwood Springs to develop the broadband plan. "Broadband is essential infrastructure for business, government, education, healthcare, public safety, and the sharing of knowledge and entertainment," says Jane Blackstone, economic development director for the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association. "Steamboat Springs and more populated areas have good service. Now it's time to look at ways the public and private sectors can partner to bring high-quality service to the more remote areas of the county."
The move comes on the heels of last year's conversion of a school district administrative building room into a new carrier-neutral location (CNL), allowing Northwest Colorado Broadband to connect to middle-mile broadband provider Mammoth Networks, affording the city and county 150 Mbps and the school district 700 Mbps, a dramatic improvement to their connections. Mammoth Networks can scale the connection to 10 Gbps and beyond.


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Behold, the Halo Reach Falcon! My latest air vehicle which has all the general functions of the one in the game. Funnily enough, I actually created this over two months before posting it but I never got around to it. Although this is a nice creation in my opinion, it marked the demise of my Hornet air vehicle since I needed some of the pieces from it to make this and it needed a remodel anyway. So unfortunately, I can't get a shot comparing them or anything.
I have noticed that despite the falcon being around for a year already, not much people have tried creating it. But as I created this, I went more for simplicity, scale and playability rather than looks. This is really noticeable if you compare it to some other falcons out there, which make mine look pathetic. I think it turned out alright though. What do you think?
In my opinion, the falcon in Reach isn't as fun as the hornet was in Halo 3. It really is a badass vehicle, but it could do with something better. Also as I write this, I really start to think of ways I could make my falcon better. For instance this interior sure does fit minifigs well, but it could use some more detail. In fact, I promise you that I'll improve on this the next chance I get.
Here I give you a shot of how the falcon compares with minifigures. I think I got the scale pretty right with this, the pelican was a tad too big, the hornet a little too small, but this was just right. By the way, this fits onto the landing pad I made for the firebase a little while back. Remember?
Like I was saying, the Reach falcon could be a bit more like its predecessor of Halo 3. So I added these attachable rockets! Just like the hornet, except even better. It's like making french toast with waffles. Now that I think about it though, this would be rather overpowered in game. But if you know you can do something, why not?
Here's another place you could put the rockets if under the hull doesn't tickle your fancy, snug under the wings. It sure does look better like this, but marines tend to hit their head on these highly explosive capsules of death when it's placed like this. I kinda regret the missiles now since I always got owned with a barrage of pain whenever facing a hornet on xbox live.
Well, that's all I have for now when it comes to falcons. I hope I quenched your gnarly thirst. 'Till next time
Well, that's all I have for now when it comes to falcons. I hope I quenched your gnarly thirst. 'Till next time

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This is a killer combination.
The epitome of nutritious, delicious, which is what Made by Margie is all about.
I had this a while ago in a restaurant and I've been hooked ever since.
By the time it arrived at the table we had been waiting a good four hours for it to arrive, so I couldn't tell if it tasted seriously delicious, or perhaps I was just ravenous. I suspected that they could have served me a sausage roll from a petrol station and I would have been in raptures, as I was that hungry, but I also sensed this was a pretty special combination. The fact that because we had waited so long for our food, we didn't have to pay for our supper meant it tasted even better. There is something about not having to pay for your food that makes it taste amazing.
I think its the same feeling I get, as a chef when I don't have to cook for myself. When I first started cooking professionally, I definitely noticed the number of invitations to go round to friends houses for supper dropped significantly. Instead of popping round for a homely plate of food curled up on a friends sofa, people started suggesting we just go to a restaurant instead. I probed a bit, and soon discovered people found it a bit intimidating cooking for a chef, as though they thought I might be judging their efforts. Even my lovely mama started waiting for me to arrive home, before she started cooking so she could check how I would do it. But honestly people have got this all wrong. Chefs are the best people to cook for, because they are the most grateful! Anything tastes amazing when you haven't made it yourself and someone has taken the time to cook for you, and I honestly think all my friends food tastes great!
Anyway, after eating this warm salad and steak, I was keen to see whether this combination was as good as I thought it was. I cooked it the next day at home and I was not disappointed. It's the perfect mix of crunchy, earthy (in a good way), nutty and fresh all in one delicious salad. It goes so well with steak, but is also amazing with a crispy roasted chicken thigh, or even on its own, it's a real winner. I absolutely love warm salads like this, they are so versatile. They are great straight from the oven, but then also take on another dimension when you leave them for a bit and they get to room temperature. They make a great supper, as left overs (if you have any…) can be wrapped up to take to work for lunch the next day and it's still completely delicious.
And as you will know, kale is the superfood du jour, so you can also feel super snazzy and fashionable whilst chomping on your supper. Kale is a nutritional powerhouse: it's low in calories, high in fibre and has zero fat. Need I tell you anymore? Oh, well it's also delicious, especially when you roast it in this way. I absolutely love sweet potatoes, and they are so much better for you then regular white potatoes. They have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients in them as well as being great for regulating your blood sugar levels.
This is such a comforting and gorgeous supper, I know you are going to love it. It's quick enough to make for yourself when you get home and are craving something lovely to eat, but special enough you could make it for someone you really like and they will definitely be impressed. And lets be honest, it's fun to make something that impresses people!
The great thing about serving steak in this way, means that one decent sized sirloin steak is enough to feed two people. Don't ask me why, but if you slice a steak before you serve it, it goes much further, without seeming stingy. It will leave you with plenty of room to have a pudding, such as one of my incredible healthy chocolate mousses, or if you are feeling more naughty, you could opt for this dreamy caramel croissant pudding.
- 1 sirloin steak
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 x 180g bag of kale, already sliced if you are sloth like, or if not, just slice it yourself making sure to take out the really woody stems
- handful of cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 50g pine nuts
- drizzle of balsamic
- drizzle of olive oil
- Maldon salt
- pepper
- Preheat the oven to 200C.
- Now peel the sweet potatoes and cut into cubes, roughly the size of a dice.
- Pop onto a large baking baking tray, drizzle with a little balsamic and olive oil and give a little pinch of salt and pepper.
- Now bake for 20 mins, turning them half way through.
- After 20 minutes, the sweet potato should be beautifully soft when you poke it with a knife but lovely and golden on the outside. Now, add the shredded kale. Lay the kale on top of the sweet potato, try to spread it out as much as possible so that it's not piled up on top of each other.
- Now add another little drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt and pop it back in the oven for 7 mins.
- After 7 mins sprinkle over the pine nuts and pop it back for another 2 mins.
- The kale should be crispy and the pine nuts should be golden.
- Now, add the halved cherry tomatoes. Add a drizzle of balsamic vinegar and give it a gently stir.
- Leave to one side, whilst you cook your steak. Remember the pan should be smoking hot before you add your steak. Add the oil and salt to the steak itself not to the pan. Then cook for about 2 mins on each side, for a beautifully rare cooked steak, depending slightly on the thickness of the steak and how you like it cooked.
- Slice the steak an serve with a pile of the the jumbled up salad. Finish the whole lot with a little drizzle of olive oil. Complete and utter heaven.


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The Conservatives started a very short price to win an overall majority in the General Election odds, writes Ross. Largely due to their abysmal campaign they have been drifting in the betting and certainly do not look a good favourite.
Conversely Jeremy Corbyn's Labour were given little chance with mass losses expected, but it seems the ultra left wing Corbyn has found some appeal among voters.
Theresa May could prove a victim of her arrogance and self confidence. She thought this was an opportunity to gain a huge majority, and despite current odds, she may regret the decision to call this election so early. The Tories, once the party of low taxation, have drifted to the left to fill the void by Corbyn's move even further left. It does not play well with true blue voters. May is prepared to raise taxation if she wins. What happened to the party of low taxation?
There is also confusion regarding Conservative policy. Social care costs are a big issue. Anyone with dementia is opted out of the NHS system unless they have no money, no savings and no home. David Cameron's plan was to cap social care costs at £72k. Theresa May back-tracked on that policy plan, wanting those with dementia to use up all their savings and the value of their home before the government looks to pay anything. It does beg the question, what did those people pay their taxes for? It seems strange one disease, dementia in all its forms, is exempt from the NHS system unless you have nothing. What next, will cancer be opted out too?
The backlash to the removal of any cap was so strong that the Conservative leader had to do a U-turn and state there would be a cap. However in a show of extreme arrogance she has not stated what that cap will be and also lied by denying her change in policy. Could the cap be 72k? Or could it be high at, say, 500k? The latter would be a level where it is effectively no cap at all.
While the furore over the 'dementia tax' has died down, this is an issue that is close to many people's hearts. In a high-tax regime like the UK, for the government to wash its hands of any financial responsibility is understandably unpopular – particularly with the wealthier and / or older voter. Theresa May is certainly trying to bite the hands that feed her votes. It is little surprise the General Election betting has altered so markedly. The suspicion is that in similar vein to the EU Referendum odds, the bookies prices have not actually adjusted enough to reflect the reality of the situation. We could now be staring at hung parliament territory, if not the unthinkable – a Corbyn majority.
The General Election odds still suggest a Labour victory is extremely unlikely, almost impossible. However the bookmakers' markets have been useless as a guide in recent UK elections. The last election and the Brexit vote were both completely wrong.
The left wing has always made the most noise in British politics, while Tory voters keep quiet and do their talking in the ballot box. So it is no surprise that Corbyn seems to have greater popular support than may have been anticipated. His platform has been based on a series of unrealistic spending promises, with no idea where the money will come from. He has stated he will tax the rich, and certainly if Corbyn could get his way the UK would be in for 90% taxation at the highest level. However, even if he won a Labour majority, the infighting within his own party would be intense, such is the broad spectrum of opinion. Labour is a broad church with Blairites on the right through to the Corbynites on the extreme left.
In that eventuality it might be time for anyone who, after paying their tax, can still afford a one-way ticket out of the UK to get on the first flight. However anyone in a low paid job can expect the giveaways to start, the economy to collapse and unemployment to rocket.
In a sense these are the two broad approaches for the British electorate to weigh up: An arrogant opportunistic Tory leader who looks to tax those with wealth who are unfortunate enough to contract Alzheimer's Disease or the most left-wing leader Britain will ever have seen, who will destroy the economy. Neither are particularly appealing to right-minded people in the middle ground.
However the General Election odds play out this week, our feeling here at JustBookies is that Theresa May will be looking at a vastly reduced percentage of the vote compared to expectations when she launched this very shoddy Conservative campaign. She had appeared to possess some real quality, but now we know that was a mirage.
This is going to be a very interesting vote to watch unfold. Just as we write this, the Tories look abysmal value at 1/10 for an overall majority. All other parties such as UKIP, the SNP and the Liberal Democrats are irrelevant in themselves. They make a lot of noise, despite having either no real purpose or substance. However despite their 'bit part' credentials, they could be shaping the future of this country if we get into hung parliament territory. If that happens then arrogant and complacent Theresa May will have missed an open goal.
As for our betting tip, our fancy looking at the General Election odds in the comparison tables above would be for a hung parliament (ie: 'No Overall Majority'), but heaven help us all if we do collect from the bookies on that wager.


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According to medical experts it has been discovered out that "hardly 10 percent of brain is used by individuals", despite of sharp IQ and concentration level. Sometimes due to aging issues and stress factors the cognitive ability gets restricted and causes to lose mental ability, where user lives in disturbed mode.
The advertorial page of Ion Z described that it has power to lift up the brain power up to 82% and improve focus by 100% with a boost to energy level. The product has been described as cerebral enhancement supplement that triggers the cognitive ability. Still the advertorial describing its qualities is only meant for promotional purpose and we haven't received any clinical evidence showing the real effectiveness of the product.
According to manufacturers Ion Z includes clinically tested and widely accepted ingredient sources like Arginine-ketoisocaproate, Ornithine alpha-Ketoglutarate, amino acid boosters, Glutamine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, Vitamin B12, Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, Minerals and Antioxidants.
However, despite of showing their characteristics none of those sources proved a single percent effectiveness in improving the mental ability. There are few websites that declare these ingredients as of no use and artificial fillers only.
The official website has described briefly that if formula is used for a long duration it would deliver benefits like: improved short term memory, higher focus on objects, improved concentration, enhanced brain ability, high IQ and improved long term memory.
However, prior to these pre mentioned promises made by manufacturers of Ion Z you need note here that it is not meant to treat, cure or diagnose any medical condition. The final results may vary from person to person, depending on their health status and at last entire features mentioned of the supplement are not evaluated by Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
So far we didn't achieved any positive sides looking after the official website and it completely looks a new one. There aren't enough reviews and ratings mentioned by the customers, in fact few persons even described the negative outcomes they received after using Ion Z and described it as scam product.
If you are a very new internet surfer then it is necessary to remember that reputation of these online websites selling nutra products aren't good and accepted by customers. Few ingredients of the supplement may aid to improve some health standards but overall it would never deliver results as per the promises made.
If you ask for its purchase today then you would only avail it through 14 day trial and afterwards a high amount would be charged automatically from your credit card. Since it's a trial offer so you would not be allowed for refund back policy. Overall Ion Z proves to be an expensive deal and would not drive results prior to promises made.
If you are the one experiencing mental disability then better would be to get consulted with physician and ask for better medication that is safe and risk free.


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Recommendations for Prevention of Varicella
Date of ACIP vote: June 2005 and June 2006
Provisional recommendations for prevention of varicella:
- All children <13 years of age should be administered routinely two doses of varicella-containing vaccine, with the first dose administered at 12-15 months of age and the second dose at 4-6 years of age (i.e., before a child enters kindergarten or first grade). The second dose can be administered at an earlier age provided the interval between the first and second dose is at least 3 months. However, if the second dose is administered at least 28 days following the first dose, the second dose does not need to be repeated
- A second dose catch-up varicella vaccination is recommended for children, adolescents, and adults who previously had received one dose, to improve individual protection against varicella and for more rapid impact on school outbreaks. Catch-up vaccination can be implemented during routine health care provider visits and through school and college entry requirements. Catch-up second dose can be administered at any interval longer than 3 months after the first dose
The two-dose varicella vaccination schedule is similar to the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination schedule. Measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine is licensed and indicated for simultaneous vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella among children 12 months through 12 years of age. For routine immunization, use of licensed combination vaccines, such as MMRV vaccine, is preferred over separate injection of equivalent component vaccines
- Middle, high school and college requirements. ACIP reiterates its previous recommendation that official health agencies should take necessary steps, including developing and enforcing school immunization requirements, to ensure that students at all grade levels (including college) and children in child care facilities are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases, including varicella. For varicella, this recommendation adds middle school, high school and college requirements to the child care and elementary school entry requirements already covered by the 1999 recommendation (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4806.pdf). School and child care immunization requirements should be implemented when provision of varicella vaccine has been well incorporated into practice and supply is adequate. Western Health Advantage Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Approved/Revised: June 2006 Reviewed: July 2011
- Varicella vaccination of HIV-infected children. HIV-infected children ≥12 months of age in CDC clinical class N, A, or B with CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts ≥15% and without evidence of varicella immunity should receive two doses of single antigen varicella vaccine at a minimum interval of 3 months. Varicella vaccine was recommended previously for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic HIV-infected children (CDC clinical class N and A) with age-specific CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts ≥25% (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4806.pdf). Because data are not available on safety, immunogenicity or efficacy of MMRV vaccine in HIV-infected children, MMRV vaccine should not be administered as a substitute for the component vaccines when vaccinating HIV infected children
- Prenatal assessment and postpartum vaccination. Women should be assessed prenatally for evidence of varicella immunity. Upon completion or termination of their pregnancies, women who do not have evidence of varicella immunity should receive the first dose of varicella vaccine before discharge from the healthcare facility. The second dose should be administered 4 to 8 weeks later (at the postpartum or other healthcare visit). To ensure administration of varicella vaccine, standing orders are recommended for healthcare settings where completion or termination of pregnancy occurs
- Vaccination of people ≥13 years of age. Varicella vaccine was recommended previously for people ≥13 years of age without evidence of immunity who 1) have close contact with people at high risk for severe disease (health care providers and family contacts of immunocompromised people) or 2) are at high risk for exposure or transmission (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00042990.htm ). The ACIP now recommends that all other people ≥13 years of age without evidence of immunity be vaccinated with two doses of varicella vaccine at an interval of 4-8 weeks. The vaccine may be offered during routine healthcare visits
- Second dose varicella vaccine for outbreak control. During a varicella outbreak, people who have received one dose of varicella vaccine should receive a second dose, provided the appropriate vaccination interval has elapsed since the first dose (3 months for people 12 months to 12 years of age and at least 4 weeks for people ≥13 years of age)
Contraindications and precautions to use of varicella vaccine are available at: CDC
Revised criteria for evidence of immunity to varicella includes any of the following:
Documentation of age-appropriate vaccination:
- Preschool-aged children ≥12 months of age: one dose
- School-aged children, adolescents, and adults: two doses
- Laboratory evidence of immunity or laboratory confirmation of disease
- Born in the US before 19803
- A healthcare provider diagnosis of varicella or healthcare provider verification of history of varicella disease
- History of herpes zoster based on healthcare provider diagnosis
For children who have received their first dose before age 13 years and the interval between the two doses was at least 28 days, the second dose is considered valid
Commercial assays can be used to assess disease-induced immunity, but they lack adequate sensitivity to detect reliably vaccine-induced immunity (may yield false negative results)
For healthcare providers and pregnant women, birth before 1980 should not be considered evidence of immunity
Verification of history or diagnosis of typical disease can be done by any healthcare provider (e.g., school or occupational clinic nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, physician). For people reporting a history of or presenting with atypical and/or mild cases, assessment by a physician or their designee is recommended and one of the following should be sought:
- a) an epidemiologic link to a typical varicella case OR
- b) evidence of laboratory confirmation, if laboratory testing was performed at the time of acute disease.
When such documentation is lacking, people should not be considered as having a valid history of disease, because other diseases may mimic mild atypical
Last review date: July 1, 2011


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My grandson Jax is on the Peewee football team
and my husband Kelly is the head coach.
The team won the North Cascade League division this past weekend.
They were so excited as you can see from the above picture.
This is my grandson and this picture was also the Photo of the day in the local paper.
This group of kids and coaches worked so hard and it all paid off last weekend.
They had to get up early and ride a ferry over to the mainland to play.
My daughter Darcey was the team mom kept the excitement going even after the game by having everyone meet at Jump place. The energy these kid have is amazing!
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|The Author, Dr. Akin Fagbemi
Fellow Nigerians, on Sunday, August 13, 2017, the Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU] under the leadership of Professor Biodun Ogunyemi declared a nationwide strike due to the failure of the Federal government to implement the 2009 agreement and Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2013. As you are reading this, there is a shut down of teaching, research and learning activities in our institutions.
Founded in 1978, – replacing the Nigerian Association of University Teachers (NAUT; established in 1965) –ASUU has a history of militancy. Its first national strike was in 1988 to agitate for fair wages and university autonomy, leading to its proscription that same year on August 7 by General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida. In 1990, it was unbanned two years after.
|Ex-Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida...'First to call ASUU's bluff'
Two years later, on August 23, it was banned. By September 3, 1992, a truce was reached. But again, another two years later, in 1994, ASUU went on strike; it also did in 1996. All those years were moments that the military dictatorships of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Sani Abacha reigned supreme.
|Late General Sani Abacha....'He also stamped ASUU out of sight for a long while'
It would appear that with the advent of democracy in 1999, the academic union might shed its militant toga. Barely three years into the democratic administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ASUU was unsparing in its agitations for rights of its members –in 2007, it went on strike for 93 days and in 2008, it called for a two-week "warning strike" demanding for improved salary scheme and reinstatement of 49 lecturers that were kicked out of the University of Ilorin.
|Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo....'He equally got a head ache from the ASUU Strike pill'
A year later, the union went on another strike that lasted three months over disagreements it reached with the Federal Government which the latter was accused of not keeping. By October 2009, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by both parties and the strike was called off. There was respite for about four years.
By July 1, 2013, ASUU embarked on an industrial action that was only stopped in December –16 –of that year. During that time the union continued to press for the welfare of its members and sometimes for that of the students and the state of government-owned universities. It is 2017, and the narratives of ASUU has not changed.
|Late President Umaru Yar Adua....'He took sad pill from ASUU strike in 2009'
The government of Nigeria is only paying lip service to the education sector, Nigerian universities are chronically-underfunded. Should we talk about the maggot-ridden toilets in halls of residence? Should we talk about the crowded dormitories? Laboratories are without adequate instruments and materials for practical sessions. In lecture theatres, students crouch, stoop, or stand in the soul-benumbing struggle to gather learned dictations from uninspired dons.
The Federal Government must address the rot in the educational system, they must inject money to the sector for the development of our centres of knowledge. The sector has been paralyzed and it is hemorrhaging: the All Progressives Congress is now at the centre so they must proffer a lasting and workable solutions to the quagmire bewildering the sector. The collapse of Nigerian universities is the collapse of Nigerian society as a whole.
|President Muhammadu Buhari...'Can he take the ASUU Strike pill?
ASUU must know that after several negotiations, promises of money will follow on the part of the Federal Government, and the strike will be called-off. Who then loses in this scenario? It is the students who lose, and the education system. What are we projecting to the international community as far as tertiary education is concerned in Nigeria? I, therefore, hope that ASUU will soften its stand during its negotiations with the Federal Government on this current strike, while calling-off the industrial action with immediate effect.
|Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC Government's Spokesman...'What will his Government do to eradicate the crisis of poor education in Nigeria?'
Moreover, inasmuch as I support the strike being embarked by the Academic staffs of Public Universities, ASUU must also be accountable: they must allow the Federal Government to go on with the Forensic audits. Also, they should succumb to the Treasury Single Account [TSA].
The economic prosperity of nations lie in creativity and inventions which drive productivity and value worthy of intellectual property protection. The wealth of nations can be easily assessed by quality and quantity of intellectual property rights. For Nigeria to be part of the cream of leading economies in the world, it must be ready to increase the level of crea tivity and volume of inventions on a global scale. However, this is driven by the quality of manpower which is a direct product of the education sector


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No Verizon iPhone till 2011 says an analyst.
Look for the iPhone to be exclusive to AT&T for at least the rest of 2010 and first half of 2011 says an analyst.
According to Brian Marshall, a Wall Street analyst at BroadPoint AmTech, "AT&T had to do something dramatic to get the iPad." So what they did was to give Apple the rock-bottom pricing it wanted for 3G data. No other US 3G carrier can touch the $29.99 all-you-can-eat plan, and so, Marshall told Computerworld's Gregg Keizer, "AT&T was able to negotiate a six-month extension on the iPhone exclusive."
So it seems that all those people who thought that $29.99 iPad unlimited data plan was "to good to be true" were right. However true as it is, it was a business decision to extend AT&T's exclusivity through the key Christmas shopping season.
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Dunoon Dazzles is going to be a Christmas cracker of a day, jam-packed with seasonal cheer. With just one week to go, here are FIVE reasons why you should come along.
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It's all about proper old-fashioned festive fun. As well as funfair rides, we've got loads of free activities taking place all day, including face painting, street theatre from The Walking Theatre Company, antics from Big Rory, the giant Scotsman and mischievous dog Ochie, Santa's grotto, reindeers and a carnival mask workshop at Burgh Hall Dunoon.
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Pick up some unique gifts at the Christmas Market , including quirky printed t-shirts from Signapple, outdoor gear from Argyll Outdoors, crafts from Bulldogs and Butterflies and jewellery from Lapwing Designs and more. Plus Dunoon's shops will be pulling out all the stops. White Rabbits Boutique, for example, is holding a special Dunoon Dazzles sale across the whole weekend. That's your Christmas shopping sorted!
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We've got music and dancing throughout the day, building up to our 'Tribute To Christmas' from 3pm onwards on the Main Stage. Sing and dance along with some of the country's top tribute acts, including Michael Bublé Christmas Tribute, Abbatones and One and Only Direction. We'll also have performances from Dunoon Choral Club, Govan Salvation Army Brass Band and Dunoon Grammar School Pipe Band. And we're really looking forward to Tina Cairns School of Dancing's "Frozen"-themed routine. Expect dancing Olafs and little princesses.
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The Speech and Drama Department at Penn Valley is also the home of a new Mass Communications program.
The core speech course is Speech and Drama (SPDR) 100 (Fundamentals of Speech). This course emphasizes the organization and delivery of speaking in public settings. In addition, there is a new Fundamentals of Human Communication (SPDR 102) course and other courses in speech and acting.
Introduction to Modern Communication (MSCM 112) is the introductory course in this program. This course emphasizes the evaluation of media content in news, entertainment, and advertising.
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Ok, I haven't released another copy of it just yet because I am stumped with some of its coding... well the playlist. I had two decisions either save the playlist in the registry or save it on the harddrive in a file, which I opted for saving on the harddrive. Now the filelist saves and it loads (saves on closing and loads on opening, YAY!) however for some reason I can get it to save the full path of it, but when it retrieves the data from the file - which shows the full paths - I cannot get it to show just the filename along with, when saving, it saving the full paths again. Writing this makes it sound soooo much easier but I can't seem to get it to work.. all those loops and trys.
When I sort it out I'll release another copy... of which will mean all I have to add afterwards is the capability of it changing to another track when it has finished playing the current track. Not so hard IMO.


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Oil, Islam and Women
A professor at UCLA has really outdone himself. Political science professor Michael Ross has released a study concluding that women in the Middle East are not oppressed because of their Islamic religion. Nope. They are oppressed because of oil. According to Ross, the oil boom puts more men than women in the workplace and decrease women's political representation. Because of this, oil-producing states have stronger patriarchal norms, laws and governments.
In other words, "gender inequality" has nothing to do with the peaceful, serene religion of Islam. The religion that blocks young school girls from leaving burning buildings because they aren't wearing their headscarves is not to blame. The religion that justifies the beating of your wife is innocent. The religion that forces young girls into marriages isn't the problem. Nope. Islam has absolutely nothing to do with it. It must be the evil wealth that is gained by being an oil producing country. In fact, this guy goes as far to say that "changes in global energy markets could ultimately influence the status of women in dozens of oil producing countries." Reading between the lines: stop producing oil, otherwise women will continue to be marginalized.
Do you know why these fools spend their lives teaching in universities? Because they couldn't survive in the private sector .. that's why.
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Hastings Direct gave 'A Helping Hand' to the Bexhill Senior Citizens Club with a donation of £250 which will go towards the replacement of the club's 40 year old central heating boiler.
Hastings 'A Helping Hand' scheme provides financial, professional and physical support to local charities, community groups and individuals on a monthly basis.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
It is good to be writing again. Things changed again and now I am in Boston on a project.
My training in Bangalore was fantastic. Made the best of friends and went home (Lucknow, India) for a week after almost 2 years.
Came back and had Ruby training in ThoughtWorks Chicago office and then moved to Boston. The project, I am working on, is one of the best project I can work on in terms of the client. It is going to be a world changing event and it feels good to be a part of the history.
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If the QR code on your Walmart receipt will not scan, it is usually due to a printing issue.
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Advances in Consumer Research Volume 19, 1992 Pages 299-303
Eva M. Hyatt, Appalachian State University
This paper provides a framework for the investigation of the cognitive processes underlying the formation of judgments regarding products typically owned by members of different social groups, termed consumer stereotyping. It is an attempt to extend the cognitive perspective to the social realm of consumption. Based on the well-estabilshed notion that products provide symbolic, social meaning about their owners, principles from the social cognition literature are extended to explain how and why such consumer stereotypes are formed. This proposed line of research provides a way to empirically test many of the theoretical concepts that have been developed regarding product symbolism.
Most of the growing number of studies taking the cognitive perspective in consumer research deal with the various cognitive processes (attention, encoding, storage, retrieval and inference-making) as they apply to advertising or product information (e.g., Burke and Srull 1988; Johnson and Fornell 1987; Sujan and Bettman 1989), and not to information about consumers themselves. That is, the cognitive processes driving the formation of social judgments regarding product ownership by consumers have not yet been investigated. This paper brings together findings from various areas of cognitive psychology, social cognition, and consumer behavior to provide a framework for a new line of research termed consumer stereotyping which addresses these issues.
The process of consumer stereotyping may be defined as the formation of generalizations about consumption objects possessed or used by members of a particular social category. More specifically, it is based on the well-established idea that people associate ownership of certain products with membership in a certain social group. Such products take on symbolic qualities associated with the group and become descriptive of the group members. From this perspective, the consumption objects owned and used by consumers are viewed as social traits and behaviors. These consumer traits become organized in memory so as to affect later processing of related information. This viewpoint has been neglected in the field to date by consumer researchers utilizing cognitive theory and methods. Instead, they view the products people consume as inanimate objects or bundles of attributes with little concern for their symbolic significance. This is an attempt to extend the cognitive perspective to the social realm; i.e., to try to understand some of the mental processes driving the social symbolism of products.
Before developing the concept of consumer stereotyping in more detail, a distinction needs to be made between it and the well-known concept of segmentation. Segmentation is the process of dividing a market into consumer groups who merit separate marketing mixes based on some similar characteristic(s). This is similar to consumer stereotyping in that both concepts involve the categorization of consumers into homogeneous groups according to some descriptor variable(s). However, segmentation is a managerial function aimed at gaining competitive advantage, whereas consumer stereotyping is a natural process people engage in due to cognitive limitations. The investigation of consumer stereotyping focuses on the cognitive processes underlying the association of products with various social groups and the biases in information processing that result.
The following literature review brings together findings from various areas of research that are integral to the conceptualization of consumer stereotyping that follows.
Product Symbolism
There is an established notion in the marketing and consumer literatures that products provide symbolic meaning to and about their owners above and beyond their functional uses (Levy 1959; McCracken 1988; Mick 1986; Solomon 1983). This symbolic meaning is often social in nature. In this sense goods and services are a type of social tool that serve as a means of communication between people (Grubb and Grathwohl 1967). The essence of a product, then, becomes not the physical product itself, but the relation between the product, its owner, and the rest of society. This is especially true of socially visible products that are more central in the process of social interaction among people.
These arguments support a fundamental assumption of the notion of consumer stereotyping--that the products people own comprise items of social information about them. That is, a product is a socially perceivable trait or an identifiable unit of social information about its owner. Hence, consumers have product-ownership "traits" in addition to personality traits. Product-ownership traits represent the "extended self" (Belk 1988). Belk's conceptualization of the extended self posits that consumption objects actually become part of the self, much like personality traits. The extended self research deals with how people encode who they are into external expressions (i.e., product ownership), while consumer stereotyping research is concerned with how observers decode external product ownership information into meaningful impressions of the consumers of those products.
Product ownership, then, can be studied using social perception methods. The study of consumer stereotyping in particular is concerned with investigating the social perception of products that are typically associated with membership in various groups. At this aggregate level, perceived patterns of product usage by members of various social groups can be ascertained and investigated in much the same manner as are the perceived personality and behavior patterns of such groups studied by social stereotyping researchers.
Categorization and Schema Theory
The organization of social information into categories provides the basis for giving it meaning and plays a central role in social perception. Rather than hold each discrete piece of information separately, people make their social world manageable by categorizing (Ostrum, Pryor, and Simpson 1981). People do not see others simply as individuals who perform isolated behaviors, but as group members exhibiting patterns of behaviors. This simplification of a complex world is the major task of category systems: to provide the maximum amount of information with as little cognitive effort as possible (Rosch 1978).
Rosch has posited a model of categorization based on schema theory. Her research involves the semantic meaning of concrete objects, but can shed light on social categorization as well. This model pictures categories as organized around salient prototypes (Rosch 1975). That is, the internal structure of a category is composed of a central meaning or prototype based on the clearest instances of that category, surrounded by other less representative members. This results in varying degrees of membership in every category, with members being somewhat good or bad representatives of the category according to their degree of deviation from the prototype. The prototype itself, which may or may not exist in reality, represents the mean or central tendency of all attributes relevant to category membership, with more salient attributes contributing more to this average. Thus, a network of attributes is formed, with fuzzy edges of categories overlapping with each other and the more prototypical core remaining distinct. Semantically, this implies that the prototype has more associative links to the category label than less representative members (Rosch and Mervis 1975).
Social categories, or groups of people based on some descriptor variable such as gender, race, or social class, are more heterogeneous than are natural object categories. That is, the underlying internal structures and the formation and inference-making processes characterizing social categories are much more wide-ranging (Lingle, Altom, and Medin 1984). Social categories often form overlapping classes which may include some of the same individuals as members in several different categories. Any one person can be categorized into a large number of groups, and any one attribute of that person, such as ownership of a particular product, can be associated with many different groups.
An attribute which is used to assign an individual to a particular category is known as a membership attribute. So when someone performs some behavior or exhibits some trait that is very typical of belonging to a particular group, he or she is quickly compared to the stereotype representing that category and, if the similarity between attributes is high enough, is assigned to that group. Inferences are then made about the likelihood of other associated attributes being present. These are known as inference attributes, and are ascribed on the basis of category membership. Both processes occur in consumer stereotyping.
A category, as described by the prototype model, is a type of schema. Schemas lead to expectations about the structure and content of incoming information (Hastie 1981; Fiske and Taylor 1984). Schema theories deal with the differences between actual incoming stimulus information and its abstract mental representation. Incoming information is interpreted in light of what it should look like according to the schema that is invoked; i.e., a schema is a normative structure against which incoming data are matched (Taylor and Crocker 1981).
Such information is then encoded and stored along with category labels according to this schematic organization. During retrieval, other information in the same schema or in closely related schemas is easily confused with the original information, so that as time goes by, the original facts and details become blurred with schema-generated associations and inferences, and incorrect generalizations or biases can result (Hamilton 1981). This is especially the case when a particular descriptor or category label dominates the processing of information about someone, which seems to be the case with information regarding strangers or unfamiliar persons (Ostrum, Pryor and Simpson 1981). Less congruent or typical characteristics of that person may become less accessible in memory, thus forming the basis for stereotyping. For example, if I see a man wearing a sweat suit and running shoes (membership attributes), my schema for "athletic," along with my stereotype for "jock," may be invoked. Later, when recalling information about this incident, I may incorrectly remember that he was also carrying a gym bag and may forget the color of his hair. I may also infer that he was in good physical condition (inference attribute). Any specific piece of information can be evaluated, then, as either incongruent, congruent, or irrelevant with reference to the schema, and will be differentially recalled accordingly (Hastie 1981).
The concept of a stereotype was originally conceived of as a "picture in our head" of a typical member of some social group that has been handed down to us by our culture and used to rationalize and defend our social position, as well as to simplify the confusion of the outer world (Lippmann 1922). More recently, it has been established that the normal cognitive processes discussed thus far are adequate for explaining the existence of stereotypes. No motivational construct is needed to explain the biases that exist in social information processing (Taylor, Fiske, Etcoff and Ruderman 1978; Taylor and Crocker 1981). They occur simply because people take short-cuts (due to processing limitations) in the interest of cognitive efficiency, and use only the most readily available, consistent, and salient information when making judgments. Incoming social information is inevitably selected, simplified, and categorized according to certain invoked descriptor variables. This labeling produces biases in memory that lead to biased perceptions of various social groups (Allport 1954). A stereotype is, then, simply the social equivalent of the prototype, possessing all the attributes most typically associated with a particular group (Brewer, Dull, and Lui 1981; Fiske and Taylor 1984).
When processing incoming information about a particular group member, that particular descriptor variable or category label dominates the encoding, organization, and retrieval of information about that person as well as the inference-making process, so that certain characteristics of that person may become less accessible in memory, or may even be ignored altogether in the encoding process (Ostrum, Pryor and Simpson 1981). Social information becomes organized around the stereotype of the descriptor category, and the unique features of each group member are ignored. Different members of the same group are treated as equivalent through the use of shared labels, then, and cognitive energy and capacity is thus conserved (Cantor and Mischel 1979); however, this is at the cost of lost information and oftentimes incorrect generalizations (Taylor and Crocker 1981). When discrepant information is present, stereotype beliefs are much more likely to be broadened or new subtypes to be added to the network than they are to be thrown out or changed (Weber and Crocker 1983); i.e., stereotypes are very resistant to change.
Each of the background topics just reviewed focuses on a different aspect of consumer stereotyping, but all are essential for a complete understanding. More specifically, product symbolism theory stresses the socially descriptive nature of products and their relationship to consumers. Categorization theory is concerned with the cognitive organization of information into categories around distinct prototypes. Seeing stereotypes as prototypes reflects the focus on the organization of information and points to the need to investigate what information about category members is accessible, to what degree, and why. Schema theory adds the idea that the mental representation of information within a category or schema is often different from the original incoming stimulus information due to biases in encoding. This is in turn reflected in the biased retrieval of information and in biased inferences made based on such information. Finally, the stereotyping literature looks at the heuristic nature of the stereotyping process, in which a salient descriptor variable dominates the processing of information in order to conserve limited cognitive space. All together we get a well-rounded picture of the cognitive view of the consumer stereotyping process. The major difference between the cognitive investigation of stereotyping in general and that of consumer stereotyping is that the attributes organized around the social stereotype are products or consumption objects owned/consumed by (or inferred to be owned/consumed by) group members rather than personality traits or other behaviors. Thus, the goal in this proposed line of research is to ascertain whether people have product ownership stereotypes of consumers belonging to various social groups and, if so, how the cognitive processes resulting in such stereotypes operate.
Each consumer stereotyping incident involves the following cognitive processes. It begins with exposure to a member or members of a social group. For example, an observer might be waiting in line at the post office and overhear several men in front of him or her that appear to be friends. They are talking about an upcoming turkey shoot and one man is describing his new Winchester shotgun. As they leave they agree to meet Friday night at a local country saloon. The observer deduces that these are typical rednecks, and watches them leave the post office. He or she pays selective attention to traits/behaviors that might further confirm his or her deduction. One man climbs into a Ford pick-up as he reaches into his Levi shirt pocket for a dip of snuff. The other two men get into a Volvo and one man opens a bottle of Coke as his friend lights up a Marlboro cigarette.
Certain behaviors are ignored altogether, while others are encoded into internal representations and stored into long-term memory. All these processes are affected by a pre-existing stereotype of rednecks as a social category. If the observer later attempts to retrieve the stimulus information, certain biases in recall are likely to result, which in turn can affect inferences or further deductions made about the three men. A feedback loop is possible, in which the original stereotype can be affected and modified to better explain the situation.
The study of consumer stereotyping involves the investigation of expected findings regarding the major cognitive processes involved in group stereotyping: encoding of incoming information, storage or organization of information in long-term memory, and inference-making based on this information; i.e., it makes predictions regarding what kinds of biases are likely to occur in a stereotyping incident like the one just described.
The encoding of information is the transformation of external stimuli into internal representations; i.e., the interpretation of incoming stimuli that are attended to. In a stereotyping incident more attention is paid to information that is either congruent or incongruent with the group stereotype. Less cognitive energy is required to encode information that is consistent with prior expectations since it readily fits into the existing cognitive structure, while more is required to encode and make sense of inconsistent information. For example, if I see a yuppie wearing a Polo shirt I can quickly assimilate this fact, whereas if he is drinking Busch beer I might have to think about what circumstances may have led to this atypical event. As a result, both pieces of information will be more accessible in long-term memory than will information that is irrelevant to group membership (e.g., he was also reading a copy of TV Guide).
One issue relevant to the encoding process is whether people engage in category-based (overall comparison with group stereotype) or piecemeal-based (attribute-by-attribute) processing. Category-based processing is more likely as the salience of the category label, the match between incoming product ownership information and category-based expectations, and the degree of short-term memory load increase (Fiske and Pavelchak 1986). Memory is much stronger and faster for category-based processed information. Thus, by presenting experimental subjects with group membership and product ownership information about a consumer, while varying such factors as salience of social group membership, congruence of product ownership profile with pretested expectations, and/or memory load task, and then measuring recall of congruent, incongruent, and irrelevant products, one could better understand the encoding processes underlying the social symbolism of products.
This involves the notion that information is organized into social categories centered around stereotypes. Since typical traits are closer to the stereotypical core, there are more links to them in the long-term memory network and thus should be relied on more heavily when new information is being stored (Cantor and Mischel 1979). For example, I have a node close to the center of my yuppie stereotype for BMW. Closely attached to this node may be places that the typical yuppie might drive to in his BMW, such as the country club to play golf or the symphony. Also close to this node might be the kinds of clothes that the typical yuppie might sport around town in. More typical products should also be retrieved easier, faster, and earlier. By measuring and comparing recall levels, reaction times, and order of recall for products of varying degrees of typicality, as well as collecting cognitive responses regarding which products helped subjects remember other products, some light should be shed on the internal structure of category representations concerning social consumption behavior.
The process of gathering together information, interpreting that information, and making some judgment or inferring additional information is heavily influenced by preexistent expectations (Fiske and Taylor 1984). By knowing the category membership of an individual, people are able to draw inferences about unobservable attributes that may aid in the social judgment task at hand. For example, if I know someone is a yuppie (or categorize him as one), I may confuse information in my yuppie stereotype as being something I know about this fellow in particular so that I have a more complete picture of him. This can be studied by asking experimental subjects to infer additional products owned by profiled group members. Certain stereotyped patterns should emerge. Other types of inferences that are likely (depending on congruence of group membership and product ownership information) include intrusions of stereotype-congruent products in recall measures, generalizations about product ownership from one group member to another, and certain affective responses.
The effects of consumer stereotyping have been proposed to be wide-ranging and diverse. By studying the cognitive processing of product ownership information about group members as has been suggested, a rigorous empirical investigation of the social symbolism of products is possible. This is especially needed in the field of consumer research at present in order to provide a balance with the heavy use of qualitative methods in symbolic research. Understanding the specific cognitive processes driving the social symbolism of product ownership would help to illuminate the valuable descriptive work that has already been done in this area.
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Here Are The Most Famous And Ridiculous Mansplainers Around
The Most Famous And Ridiculous Mansplainers Around
Mansplaining: when men try to explain equality and diversity to women. It's the most annoying, privileged thing in the world. But men do it all the damn time and here are the biggest culprits. Just stop, fellas.
DL Hughley – DL Hughley is one of the worst culprits of mansplaining, telling women what they need to do all the time. Remember, he was explaining to Black women why they shouldn't judge Rachel Dolezal.
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