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A mastectomy is a surgery done to remove breast tissue. Mastectomy procedures include:
Breast-conserving surgery:
- Lumpectomy—The tumor and a small margin of normal breast tissue around it is removed.
- Partial mastectomy—Removal of part of the breast that has cancer and some normal tissue around it. This may include removal of lymph nodes or the lining of the chest muscle.
Breast-tissue removal surgery:
- Simple mastectomy—The entire breast is removed, including the nipple and areola.
- Skin-sparing mastectomy—The skin that covers the breast is left intact except for the nipple and areola. This surgery is similar to a simple mastectomy. It is done when immediate breast reconstruction is planned. The procedure has limitations and may not be an option for all women.
- Modified radical mastectomy—The entire breast, some lymph nodes in the armpit, and any affected chest muscle is removed.
- Radical mastectomy—The entire breast, lymph nodes, and muscles of the chest wall are removed (rarely done).
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Reasons for Procedure
A mastectomy is done:
- To treat breast cancer —removing cancer cells and any affected tissue
- To prevent breast cancer—women with a very high risk of developing breast cancer may have one or both breasts removed
- To treat severe side effects from previous treatment—some people with autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus or scleroderma may not be able to tolerate skin side effects from radiation therapy
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Bleeding and bruising
- Seroma—accumulation of clear fluid in the incision
- Infection
- Lymphedema—swelling of the arm caused by accumulation of fluid in lymph nodes
- Limited arm and shoulder movement
- Numbness of skin on upper arm
- Pain after the procedure, such as burning pr stabbing pain where breast was removed
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Your doctor may do the following:
- Physical exam
- Mammogram —a test that uses low-dose x-rays to make a picture of breast tissue
- Fine needle biopsy to test the breast tissue for cancer
- Blood and urine tests
Leading up to the surgery:
- Talk to your doctor about your medications and supplements. You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to 1 week before the procedure.
- Arrange for a ride home.
- Eat a light meal the night before the surgery. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight, unless otherwise instructed.
General anesthesia —you will be asleep during the procedure
Description of the Procedure
The extent of the surgery will depend on the type of mastectomy you are having.
For breast-conserving surgeries, an incision is made where the tumor is located. The tumor is taken out along with a small bit of normal tissue that surrounds it.
For breast-tissue removal procedures, the entire breast, and fatty tissue are removed. The doctor may also need to remove lymph nodes and portions chest muscles that support the breast. Tissue that is removed during surgery is examined under a microscope for any abnormalities. If you have skin-sparing surgery, the skin around the breast will be retained.
After either surgery doctor will then insert a tube to drain blood and fluids. Lastly, the area will be closed with stitches.
How Long Will It Take?
1-3 hours
Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia will prevent pain during the procedure. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.
Average Hospital Stay
1-3 days
Post-procedure Care
At the Hospital
Right after the procedure, you will be in a recovery room where your blood pressure, pulse, and breathing will be monitored. Recovery may also include:
- Pain medications
- Antibiotics to prevent infection
- Medication to prevent blood clots
- Getting out of bed and moving around within 24 hours of your surgery
If you had cancer and it has spread, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy may be needed.
During your stay, the hospital staff will take steps to reduce your chance of infection such as:
- Washing their hands
- Wearing gloves or masks
- Keeping your incisions covered
There are also steps you can take to reduce your chances of infection such as:
- Washing your hands often and reminding visitors and healthcare providers to do the same
- Reminding your healthcare providers to wear gloves or masks
- Not allowing others to touch your incisions
At Home
Recovery will take about 6 weeks. Self-care measures and medications will help ease discomfort. Activity may be restricted during this time, but complete rest is not necessary. The care staff will help you with exercises to help maintain arm strength and prevent lymphedema. To prevent infection at the incision site, follow instructions on how to clean and care for the wound.
Ask your doctor when you can begin wearing a light-weight prosthetic breast. You can be fitted for a more permanent one when the incision area has healed. If you want breast reconstruction surgery, talk to your doctor.
Call Your Doctor
Contact your doctor if your recovery is not progressing as expected or you develop complications, such as:
- New signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Increased redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Persistent nausea and/or vomiting
- Redness, warmth, swelling, stiffness, or hardness in the arm or hand on the side of the body where the lymph nodes were removed
- New or worsening pain and/or swelling in your feet, calves, or legs
- Lumps or skin changes in remaining tissue on mastectomy side
- Lumps, skin changes, or nipple drainage in remaining breast
- Symptoms of depression that last at least 2 weeks or longer
If you think you have an emergency, call for medical help right away.
- Donald Buck, MD
- Reviewed: 11/2015
- Updated: 12/20/2014
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A new Illinois anti-gang law has caused quite a stir in recent weeks, raising eyebrows among black policymakers and activists who suggest the law may have racial overtones. The legislation, signed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn in early June, permits state prosecutors to apply investigation tactics similar to that of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
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[Interview] 'Straw Dogs' Director Rod Lurie
Director Rod Lurie (The Contender, Nothing But The Truth) has had a long three years of dodging and absorbing criticism ever since it was announced that he would be taking the reigns on a remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 classic, Straw Dogs. Loosely basing his film on the book "The Siege At Trencher's Farm" by Gordon Williams, Peckinpah fashioned a unique statement about the politics of masculinity in his story about American mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and his wife Amy (Susan George) who visit her hometown in England only to find fissures in their marital dynamic. The cracks in their relationship are tested by the differing cultural environment and the local populace (including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie) and by the end of the film, well… things get a little out of hand.
When the wildly controversial original film was released in 1971 it was met with public outcry, forced edits by the US studio, and an `X' rating in the United Kingdom (in fact, 13 years after the film's release in the UK the uncut version was banned, which remained in effect until 2002). Many critics felt the film's exploration of violence and was both fascist and misogynistic. Whatever Peckinpah's true moral and sociological intentions may have been, the film is a masterpiece.
All of this obviously adds to the stakes of tackling a remake. Taking on one of the hallmark films of a legendary director, a film that touches on issues that are very much still culturally sensitive, well it's certainly a risk.
I had the chance to touch base with Rod Lurie this week to discuss his version of Straw Dogs which stars James Marsden and Kate Bosworth as David and Amy Sumner as well as Alexander Skarsgard as Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie. Rounding out the cast are James Woods, Rhys Coiro, Walton Goggins, Willa Holland and Dominic Purcell.
Speaking by phone from his hotel in New York, Lurie discussed the film's location shift to Mississippi, how his view of humanity differs from Sam Peckinpah's, and how James Marsden approached his character from a different place than Dustin Hoffman.
Note: Towards the end of the interview I asked Lurie about a central scene, in both the original film and the remake, and he declined to comment on it. I have omitted both my question and his response. Lurie did, however, offer to speak with me in a followup interview. If that falls into place I'll be glad to share some more in-depth discussion down the line.
Bloody-Disgusting: I actually haven't had a chance to see the new one yet. I was supposed to come out to New York and see it a few weeks ago and talk to the cast but –
Rod Lurie: Hurricane Irene cancelled all that, yeah.
BD: Well I'm a fan of the first one and thought it had an interesting take on the notion of masculinity, especially in the 70`s. So I wanted to talk with you while I had the chance. What attracted you to this project in the first place?
RL: What attracted me in the first place was, first of all the opportunity to make it, that's the first one. And my producing partner Martin Freeman was able to obtain the rights, and he asked me if I thought I wanted to direct it. And, like everyone else, I said "oh they're really going to come after me. I'm going to have a bullseye on my back". And that is exactly what happened as soon as I announced I was going to do it. But it was Dustin Hoffman who talked me into it actually, and he basically told me, you know Straw Dogs is a western after all and as a result what you can do is put your own spin on it. Peckinpah had his own point of view of humankind and you can put your own point of view on it. And we do have different points of view. Peckinpah is much more from that school of violence being biologically embedded in us and and I'm from the point of view that violence is conditioned into us. So we told the same story but from different points of view.
BD: Did you go back to the [book] "Siege Of Trencher's Farm" and extrapolate anything new out of it?
RL: No. No I didn't. I went entirely from the film. A little bit like Peckinpah, he didn't use the book really at all. In fact I went almost entirely off the Peckinpah film, that's what really interested me. That's the experiment that interested me.
BD: What were some of the benefits of transporting the story to Mississippi?
RL: Well the primary interest for me was to find a community, and it didn't necessarily have to be Mississippi, it could be many many towns in the United States but I wanted to have a town where sort of violence was a part of the town. For example a town where football is king, a town where hunting is king, a town where the preacher is talking about God smiting people from the earth. A town that where violence is so much a part of it that when it is perpetrated, barely an eyebrow is raised.
BD: Earlier you mentioned having a target on you when this was announced, which I think was in 2008 right?
RL: Right.
BD: And when I heard about James Marsden being cast I certainly remember thinking that he's such a kind of strapping and handsome person that he'd certainly be less nebbish than Hoffman's character in the original.
RL: That was very much on purpose because, you know, I could have hired one of those actors who are very Hoffman-like but, I decided not to do that because I decided it would be an impossible burden for that particular actor to carry. I went for a very different kind of David, someone who was not really a character actor at all, someone who was more of a movie star, someone more in the Redford or Paul Newman mode. I thought that would be less of a burden and create another contrast.
BD: Between Skarsgard and Marsden, Marsden is very much playing a different version of David from what I've seen [clips] at least and –
RL: I would say that and again that was very much done on purpose. The David that exists in the Peckinpah film is certainly a guy who is possessed of violence. That is what his very existence is. Within him there is a simmering violence. And I don't think that's true of my guy. My guy is a guy who is driven to violence, not a guy whose violence is released from him and therefore he is a different sort of character.
BD: You changed his profession to being a screenwriter, is there anything in your personal experience that informed that?
RL: In the original he's a mathematician, meaning that he lives by rigid rules and, by the way, is very non-confrontational and not argumentative because mathematics is '2+2=4'. My David is a screenwriter so he lives in a world of greater ambiguity and in fact he's writing a screenplay in the movie about Stalingrad.
BD: In the original it feels like Dustin Hoffman is baiting the violence a little bit.
RL: Well that's exactly what it is. Peckinpah said in the film that David was the heavy of the movie. So I think you have that exactly right. So now let's see whether or not mine resonates at all. I hope that it does.
Straw Dogs is in theaters September 16th.


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"With Congress battling over the budget, consumers have gotten the message that if they don't do a short sale before the end of 2013, they may be hit with a substantial tax bill," said Eastern.
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The number of short sales in King County surged 53 percent in 2012 as compared with 2011, according to a new short sale report released today by Washington Property Solutions, a short sale negotiating firm.
The number of REO sales ("real estate owned" properties owned by the lender) posted a steep decline – down 28 percent over the same period, according to the Washington Property Solutions 2012 Annual Short Sale Statistics Report.
The increase in short sales has been driven largely by major shifts in the way lenders are handling distressed properties, explained Richard Eastern, CEO of Washington Property Solutions. In an attempt to reduce their inventory of REO properties, lenders have made a number of changes to encourage short sales over foreclosure. Those changes include:
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- Making financing easier for those who want to buy short sales properties.
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Eastern notes that the shortened timeline has created a new sense of urgency among homeowners who are underwater to move forward on a decision.
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Worry over the extension of Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Ac t provided an additional push to homeowners considering a short sale in 2012. Uncertainty over the future of the act continues to propel the short sale market.
"With Congress battling over the budget, consumers have gotten the message that if they don't do a short sale before the end of 2013, they may be hit with a substantial tax bill," said Eastern.
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I made a program to find primes, but it can't find any prime less that 7(e.g. 2, 3, 5) any ideas?
import math
from math import sqrt
x = 1
y = raw_input("What number do you wish to find all the primes below? ")
y = int(y)
while x < y:
a = 2
while a < x:
if x % a == 0:
a = x
elif a == x-1:
if y % a == 0:
a = x
print x
a = x
a = a+1
x = x+1
I do not see the connection of you algorithm with being prime, could you write the algorithm you are implementing in pseudo code and mathematical formulas? You are also importing sqrt but not using it (like normally used in primality test).
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Sorry I had the sqrt there to make it more efficient but I removed it while debugging. Right now I'm running the code to find all the primes below 1,000,000.
What the program is doing is looking for factors by running through and dividing each number by 2 then 3 then 4 and so on until it reaches the original number. I'll change the variable names, then it will make more sense. This code is a bit more up to date:
import math
from math import sqrt
primecount = 1
current = 1
end = raw_input("What number do you wish to find all the primes below? ")
end = int(end)
while current < end: # while loop two
divisor = 2#every number is divisible by 1 so I have to start a 1
z = int(sqrt(current)) + 1#no set of factors has both above it's square makes program effecient
while divisor < current: #while loop number one
if current % divisor == 0: # exits if there is a factor
divisor = current #exits while loop one
elif divisor == current-1: #gives an exit point
if exit % divisor == 0: #Makes sure it's not divisible y one last time
divisor = current #exits while loop one
print current, "The number ", primecount, "prime." #prints prime numbers
divisor = current #exits while loop one
primecount = primecount + 1 #helps count primes
divisor = divisor+1#keeps while loop one going
current = current+1 # move while loop two closer to end
If I left any unchanged,
a is divisor
y is exit
x is current
I fixed the code and made it a ton faster, it used to take about 4 hours to find all of them below 1,000,000 but now it takes less than a minute, and it recognizes all primes but 2 and 3. Here is the code:
import math
from math import sqrt
b = 1
x = 1
y = raw_input("What number do you wish to find all the primes below? ")
y = int(y)
while x < y:
while x == 2 or x == 3:
print x, "The number", b, "prime."
b = b + 1
x = x + 1
a = 2
z = int(sqrt(x)) + 1
while a < z:
if x % a == 0:
a = x
elif a == z-1:
if x % a == 0:
a = x
print x, "The number", b, "prime."
a = x
b = b + 1
a = a+1
x = x+1
Nice that you posted such a original code, even not so hugely fast. I tinkered it slightly to make exits from while normal, skip the even numbers and renamed your variables again by myself. I compared it to another personal implementation of sieve algorithm using generator functions to generate the multiples (not also so efficient as plain sieve). Sieve algorithms are of course much faster (http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/code/216871/1502178#post1502178)
import time
import itertools
# Returns an iterator for generating all primes < stop.
def primes_gen(stop):
if stop is None:
print("This algorithm doesn't support unbounded ranges")
raise Stop_iteration
# Find all primes by iterating though the candidates and checking
# if each is a known composite (multiple of some prime). _if not, build
# a composite iterator based on it and add it to the heap of iterators
# to check against.
# Based loosely on http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~oneill/papers/Sieve-JFP.pdf.
md = {}
def add_to_multi_dict(d, key, value):
if key in d:
d[key] = [value]
# This iterator skips all multiples of 2 and 3
# Can apply an optional multiplier
def better_iterator(n, mult = 1):
cycle = itertools.cycle([2, 4])
if (n+1) % 3:
while True:
yield n * mult
n += next(cycle)
itmaker = better_iterator
it = itmaker(5)
cur = next(it)
yield 2
yield 3
while cur < stop:
if cur in md:
all_iters = md[cur]
del md[cur]
for i in all_iters:
n = next(i)
add_to_multi_dict(md, n, i)
yield cur
if stop is None or cur*cur < stop:
it2 = itmaker(cur, cur)
n = next(it2)
add_to_multi_dict(md, n, it2)
cur = next(it)
def primes(stop):
limit = candidate = 1
primes_list = []
for candidate in 2, 3:
if candidate < stop:
while candidate < stop:
divisor = 3
if limit * limit < candidate:
limit += 1
while True:
if candidate % divisor == 0:
elif divisor >= limit - 1:
if candidate % divisor == 0:
divisor += 2
candidate += 2
return primes_list
# Runs the function described by the string s, then prints out how long
# it took to run and returns result (added by pyTony)
def timing(s):
t = time.clock()
r = eval(s)
print("%s took %f ms (%i results)." % (s, 1000 * (time.clock() - t), len(r)))
return r
if __name__ == '__main__':
max_prime = 1000000
printing = False
m = len(str(max_prime))
for primefunction in 'primes', 'primes_gen':
print('Using %s upto %i' % (primefunction, max_prime))
pr = timing('list(%s(%s))' % (primefunction, 1000000))
if printing:
print('\n'.join('%6i: %*i' % (ind, m, prime) for ind, prime in enumerate(pr, 1)))
to 01.12.2011 11:54:19,92 K:\test
Using primes upto 1000000
list(primes(1000000)) took 20984.728785 ms (78498 results).
Using primes_gen upto 1000000
list(primes_gen(1000000)) took 1960.589405 ms (78498 results).
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I'm very excited to kick off the Red Shoes Movement with an invitation to Live Your Best Life - Now! - a Women's Retreat in June that will be led by Umo Udo with Teena Dietz.
I met Umo through the NMF LeaderImpact program and was impressed with her compassion and ability to help people take ownership of their lives. She is an ordained Presbyterian minister and serves as the Director of Spiritual Care at Catholic Charities. She is a certified professional coach and a trainer on topics related to Intercultural Effectiveness and Spirituality. She describes herself as a very resilient woman who likes to help others tap into their resiliency. Her personal mission is not only to help women create their best life, but to create and live their best life now, because - as she says, "The present moment is what we have."
So what is this retreat all about?
This retreat is about helping a woman think about her current state of life, creating what she wants, and setting up accountability. What makes this retreat exceptional is that it helps a woman follow through on her plan by creating a system of accountability. It's easy to get excited after a weekend getaway, but then what? This is where Umo comes in.
What makes her retreat special?Umo's retreats are guided with what she calls the 7 C's: Cleanse, Clarify, Claim, Create, Challenge, Commit, and Celebrate
Cleansing is about looking for those obstacles in women's lives that prevent them from moving forward. Then she focuses on helping women find their unique core values. She centers many activities on drawing out and defining vision, purpose, and dreams. Finally, Creating (yes, with a big C) is about getting into the nitty-gritty of vision and what it is women want to create in their lives. She emphasizes that a vision or dream doesn't have to be about material things; it's about a woman's unique definition of success. The key is to be intentional with her vision.
Umo's favorite part about doing these kinds of retreats is witnessing people's harmony. "It's amazing how they are transformed in under 48 hours," she says. "It gives me joy because I know that this is the beginnning of their journey."
What's the skinny on this retreat? How do I sign up?
The retreat will be held June 25 - 27, 2010 at the Villa Maria Retreat Center, located near Red Wing, MN - about 90 minutes from the Twin Cities. It begins at 4:00pm on Friday and concludes Sunday at 2:30pm.
Cost is $350.00 for early bird registration by Monday, May 31, 2010. Regular registration is $375.00. This includes the retreat experience, accommodations, linens, meals, and refreshments.
Cost is $350.00 for early bird registration by Monday, May 31, 2010. Regular registration is $375.00. This includes the retreat experience, accommodations, linens, meals, and refreshments.
Special Offer!! The first five registrants will receive two sessions of personal coaching after the retreat. This is a $200.00 value.
Please call Umo at 612-414-9539 or email her at mailto:email@example.com for more information and to register. Or ask me, and I'll email you a brochure.
Do you have any red shoes?
"Not yet. I'm still looking for the ones that say, 'This is it.'"
Umo, I know exactly what you mean. You may not have found your red shoes yet, but their spirit has certainly found you! Good luck with your retreat!


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New ride for jamberoo.
I heard that jamberoo is opening a new slide in 2012. I think its going to be one of them aqua launch slides how you get launched up hill like the one in white water world. i guess that will go where that huge carpark is that is never used that you can see from the top of the chairlift. not sure but i cant wait! theres going to be other changes before then too, i think a secong lazy river thing and a bowel slide due in 2009. so im excited to see how jamberoo makes itself even better. but has anyone else heard anything else about this?
Yes, on other websites there has been quite a bit of talk about it. It should be a rather large expansion. The Taipan was the first stage of these developments. Along with a bigger lazy river, and possibly a Proslide Tornado / Behemoth Bowl. And not to mention the HydroMagnetic Waterslide mentioned (Like Super Tubes HydroCoaster at WhiteWater World)
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The Religious Politics of Hellsing Ultimate
Examine the religious politics of Hellsing Ultimate and how the conflict between the Protestants (The Hellsing Organization) and the Catholics (The Iscariot Organization) impacts the narrative and echoes past and current real life tensions. Possible real life issues to explore are the differences between Protestant and Catholic doctrines and the cultural influence of the Protestant Reformation, especially in England, given that the main setting of Hellsing is London.
Race and Gender in Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow is a supernatural show with a black female lead (Abbie) and a white male lead (Ichabod). At times, especially in the second season, Abbie would be sidelined so the narrative could focus more on Ichabod's love life, and now, as of the season three finale, Abbie has been killed for Ichabod's sake.
Analyze the intersected representation of both race and gender in Sleepy Hollow. How is Abbie portrayed compared to her white male counterpart? How are other characters, such as Frank and Jenny, treated within the show's narrative? When it comes to attempts to portray female characters other than Abbie, how are they presented? What is the effect of the characters of color who only appear when their culture is appropriated for story purposes? (Big Ash.)
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Sims 4's Increased Gender Diversity
Recently, Sims 4 received an update that allows players more options to customize their Sims' gender identities and personal expression. The update includes new choices where the player can decide 1) whether their character's frame is masculine or feminine, 2) whether the character prefers clothes deemed masculine or feminine, 3) whether the character can become pregnant, and 4) whether the character can use the toilet standing up.
What impact will being more inclusive to gender identities beyond strict binary norms have for players, especially for players who are not cisgender? Are there any games that provide similar options or ways of pushing gender boundaries? Would it be beneficial for more games to adopt similar means of customization? Are there ways the Sims could go even further to explore gender identity?
Mercy and Revenge in Dishonored
Dishonored is a stealth game where the main character is an assassin/bodyguard named Corvo Attano. After Corvo is framed for killing the queen, he embarks on a mission to find and rescue her daughter. During this quest, the player can choose to kill several targets (High Chaos) or find other means to incapacitate and evade enemies (Low Chaos). These choices affect the difficulty level and ending of the game; High Chaos causes more guards, rat swarms, and plague victims (zombies) to appear in areas. As well as that, non-hostile NPCs tend to become more openly hostile or nihilistic.
However, many of the merciful quest options include ruthless endings for Corvo's targets, even when he is ultimately sparing their lives. The targets are often subjected to more suffering, though the result is a less imbalanced world. Analyze how Dishonored explores the concepts of mercy and revenge with its Chaos system. What do the environmental consequences and brutal depictions of mercy say about Dishonored's world and the notion of vengeance?
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Death in Medieval English Literature
Explore how Medieval English literature deals with the theme of death. For real life context, the article could examine the devastating impact of the bubonic plague on not just England, but the whole of Europe. The quick spread and constant recurrences of the Black Death (as well as the high casualties) spurred contemplations about death, mortality, and religion. Examples of works that capture the anxiety of impending death are "Gawain and the Green Knight" (and most tales involving King Arthur's court), "The York Play of the Crucifixion," and the morality play "Everyman."
What do these stories say about how one should spend their time before death? Why is there an emphasis on urgency? In stories where death is personified, what is its true nature?
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Social Issues in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories
Examine the social issues Flannery O'Connor explores in her short stories, as well as any potential historical contexts. O'Connor's short stories primarily take place in the Deep South (O'Connor was Georgian) and create a Southern Gothic atmosphere. They also depict life during the Jim Crow era. Issues to explore could be religion (O'Connor was a staunch Catholic in the heavily Protestant South), Old versus New (post-Civil War, post-Reconstruction) South, race, and class.
"A Good Man is Hard to Find": This short story deals with the conflict between the Old South and the newer generation. The grandmother of the family reminisces on how the Old South was better than modern times and how children now have no appreciation or respect for their own state. Also, when the grandmother encounters a serial killer, she tries to argue about morality and religion to spare her own life.
"The Artificial N*****": This story, with a racial epithet in its title, deals with a poor white man (Mr. Head) and his grandson going to Atlanta, which contains more black people than the rural area. Class and race intersect as Mr. Head grooms his grandson to have a prejudice against black people, and the grandfather expresses resentment and insecurity at seeing a wealthy black man, as well as when he believes he will not be able to "teach" his grandson racism. The title refers to Jim Crow-era statues that depicted extremely grotesque and demeaning caricatures of black people, which also connects to minstrel shows (performances that depict white people in blackface).
Other potential short stories and issues to explore are 1) xenophobia and the Holocaust in "The Displaced Person" and 2) disability in "The Life You Save May Be Your Own." (O'Connor suffered from lupus, an autoimmune disease that made her body deteriorate until her death.)
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Impact of Setting in The Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Anne Rice's The Lives of the Mayfair Witches (1990-1994) is a Gothic horror trilogy that involves the history of a family of witches. Starting with The Witching Hour, the prose goes to great lengths to describe both antebellum and contemporary New Orleans. There are florid descriptions of the heat, the cracked streets, the rotting architecture, and the sprawling flora overtaking the Mayfair manor.
Points of analysis: What impact does the vivid imagery have on establishing the atmosphere and the history of the location? How does this incredibly detailed, setting-focused technique connect to other works of Southern Gothic literature, such as Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird or Flannery O'Connor's short stories? How do the elaborate descriptions affect the more fantastical or surreal aspects of Gothic horror?
White Leads and Race in Horror Films
Movies such as The Grudge, The Forest, and The Other Side of the Door take place in countries such as Japan and India. However, rather than the protagonists being people of color, the lead roles tend to go to white American or English actresses such as Sarah Michelle Gellar, Natalie Dormer, and Sarah Wayne Callies. Indeed, white people do exist in these countries, but there is a dearth of leads of color in horror, even when a white person would likely be the setting's racial minority.
Analyze the potential racial implications. What are the possible reasons for casting predominantly white actors (for example, the often-cited "star power"), and does this suggest anything about the horror genre and its treatment of race? Are there any films that do not adhere to this trend? Going beyond white characters abroad as the premise, the article could possibly unpack horror movies such as Night of the Living Dead (black male protagonist killed by mistaken gunfire) and Candyman (black male antagonist killed by mob for an interracial relationship with a white woman).
Great insight here. I took a Graphic Novels course, which taught me a lot about comics, and it really is sad that comics are often not considered a "legitimate" medium. They're either seen as too childish or too mature (see: Seduction of the Innocent).
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From one vampire lit junkie to another, thanks for the kind words and the recommendations!
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Thanks, and no problem! I'm glad I could help. 🙂
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Great work here! The tragic, family/grief aspect of Batman is pretty compelling. Bruce tries to give others the family he lost, and it causes him a lot of strife. Still, he keeps trying, which, as you said, makes him heroic.
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Thanks! ☺
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Thanks! Your thesis sounds awesome. I'm really intrigued to see what the future holds for vampires. I haven't read anything that quite blatantly makes a direct correlation between vampirism and contemporary technology. I will say though, the notion about vampirism possibly being connected to the spread of technology and the worries that go with it (malware, compromised privacy, intrusion from third parties) sounds brilliant, and I'd love for future vampire stories to keep that theme in mind.
It's similar to Dracula's travel to London and the spread of vampirism being linked to disease, yes, and that also reminds me of a school lecture I sat in where there was a similarity established between the printing press and the bubonic plague. Writing spread like wildfire, but so did the plague, which was exacerbated by spaces where people needed to be in close proximity to one another (the theatre). There were also people who thought written accounts were less "pure" than oral ones because written translations cannot appropriately capture the spirit of words.
I could see these notions being brought into a contemporary or futuristic setting. Knowledge spreads more instantly and with a wider audience; it's even more uninhibited than the printing press because so, so many resources and means of accruing knowledge are available on any computer, smartphone, tablet, etc. The closest thing I can think of that deals with this theme as a fearful notion off the top of my head is Cell by Stephen King. While not dealing with vampires, cell phones signals essentially turn people into zombie-like killers.
Also, thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely put The Vampire Lectures on my to-be-read list!
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Thanks! I thought the point about Bella seeking divinity through vampirism was pretty cool too; it's expanded upon in one of the lecture videos I linked. 🙂
|Vampires in Literature: Opera Cloaks, Sparkles, and Prevailing Themes
I've always enjoyed Throne of Blood, and this sounds and looks like a great adaptation too. 🙂 Excellent analysis.
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A weekend of wines and world class cuisine in the mountains!
Enjoy four days of tastings, events and seminars such as "The Toast of Telluride" and "The Grand Tasting", culminating with the "Morning After Cocktails."
Mingle with winemakers, chefs, sommeliers and fellow wine enthusiasts in the beautiful setting of Telluride, its fine dining establishments and al fresco in the mountain air.
It's a bit early to have information about the 2017 Telluride Wine Festival, but it's not too early to book lodging. Many veteran festivarians book their condos and hotel rooms a year in advance and the town of Telluride is mostly sold out six months before the festival! Come back later for more information on this festival.


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Assalamualaikum wbt.
hello alls!
and today's post is about my dear friend ina yang sudah berkahwin dengan jejaka impian beliau! so happy for you dear. majlis semua berjalan lancar, wedding yang sangat cantik, everything was so perfect!
akad was done on thursday 10/9/2015. and i think it was perfect because families and both bride and groom can prepare for their big solemnisation day on Saturday (12/9/2015). the akad was held at ina's crib in seremban, sangat dekat dengan rumah mak aku. dengan sekali lafaz, ina is already somebody's wife! OMG!
and of course, ina is so gorgeous. seri pengantin tau.
i yang rasa nak nangis. tapi ina tak nangis langsung. one tough girl lah u ni.
the wedding that saturday was held at GMI, Bangi. pelamin Ina sangatlah cantiknya. and everyhting has been prepared by ina's parents and family. they have good taste i tell you. everything was so perfect! kalau aku tak kahwin lagi, i would love to have a beautiful wedding like this. dah terlambat agaknya. huhu..
the pelamin is actually all white, but the colours keep on changing because of the lights. how cool is that! above- pink at the right side, purple at the left side. below - vice versa. gila cool.
and of course some drama here.
we love you ina. hope we can go for vacations dengan lebih kerap. eh.
and last but not least, semoga perkahwinan ina kekal till jannah. and our friendship also kekal till jannah. we are very happy to see you happy and found true love. and of course, kami doakan supaya ina cepat dapat baby so that we can be the old and noisy aunties. but no rush, really. haha!
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After months of bunker-stocking, NASA-calling, and party planning, Dec. 21, 2012 passed with the world still firmly in place.
If you believed, however, that the end of the Mayan calendar's 13th baktun would indeed signify the end of the world, you might not want to breath easy just yet.
Matching up modern calendars with Mayan predictions is tricky, German researcher Nikoali Grube told Spiegel Online. He says the 13th baktun may not actually be over until December 24.
Nevertheless, Grube emphasizes that whatever the exact date, the end of the baktun -- a period of time lasting 144,000 days -- represents the end of a era, not the end of the world. The change is comparable to the turn of a millennium.
In fact, Grube says, Mayan artifacts include many references to dates that stem far beyond December 2012.
"You find dates in Mayan texts that are thousands or millions of years into the future," he told Spiegel Online.
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L of boy group INFINITE is captivating his TV audience. L is showcasing his natural acting abilities in his current tvN drama, 'Shut Up Flower Boy Band (written by Seo Yoon Hee, directed by Lee Kwon). On the February 14th episode, L put on a very convincing performance. On the episode, L hurt his hand while running to attend a rock festival, but he still managed to put on a passionate performance on stage for his audience. He rushed to get to the festival for Byung Hee (played by Lee Minki), and though his hand was dripping with blood, he was passionately playing the guitar and only focused on his performance so that the show would be successful. After the show, L runs into Kim Yerim and it seems as though he is trying to suppress his emotions that surface upon seeing her. Instead of telling her how he feels, he is extremely cold to her, frustrating the viewers watching from home. Read more on Allkpop.


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Softbank Hawks: Hawks have practice game against Doosan Bears
by Gen on Feb.22, 2010 @ 2:39 pm, under NPB, Spring Camp
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...Notes from Monday's practice game against the Doosan Bears:
D.J. Houlton pitched a perfect inning and struck out 2.
The Hawks' offense combined for 12 hits.
Hawks beat the Bears, 4-2.
...Akira Nakamura will go under the knife on the 23rd and will require 2 months for a full recovery.
Makoto Sato will have surgery on his right elbow (右ひじ滑膜ひだ切除手術 - removal of synovial plica in the right elbow) on the 25th and will be out for about 3 months.
...Yuichi Honda's photo book (本多本) went on sale on Monday. The book contains lot of pictures of Honda, along with an interview. The book costs 1,400 yen.
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...The Hawks are playing a practice game against the Doosan Bears on Monday.
...Additional notes from Sunday's practice game against the Yomiuri Giants:
Kenta Nakanishi started in left and batted 8th.
Shotaro Ide hit his home run off Satoshi Fukuda.
...Nobuhiko Matsunaka took 75 swings and hit 16 out during BP on Sunday. Hiroki Kokubo spent about 50 minutes taking BP.
....Kokubo wants to play in an exhibition game on the 26th against the Hiroshima Carp (about 2-3 trips to the plate).
...Tsuyoshi Wada threw 100+ pitches during a bullpen session on Saturday. His Sunday workout included some light training, like playing catch.


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Stating the obvious you say but in the past I have turned a blind eye to this, thinking that the Breeding thread can be somewhat of a graveyard in terms of poster visits but recent activity has shown this is not necessarily true.
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Maybe it's common knowledge to some, but it wasn't to me and I've seen quite a few people mention it over the years. Once fields are out it's hard to know what the exact conditions of the race were. Short of having a gazette which changes anyway...
From time to time, usually within this Australian Forum you will see members banned without an explanation, and may wonder why.
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Could you/Tidal Surge draw a tougher heat for yourselves Dot :confused:
I was emailed a copy of this newsletter this month - something I had not caught up with in the past so I thought I should go back and look at the first 2 issues (it is released bimonthly).
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Can someone please explain LCRT to me> Says last chance to race truly but what are the ramifications of that statement?
First of all Catch Your Breath going 1.53.9 at Kilmore on Sunday and today Fearless Leader going 1.55.9 at Horsham. How many more records will fall this summer?
Big news Kev
With the beginning of a new month I thought I would start a spreadsheet to track Odds-on faves in Vic.
What a day to pick as the very first meeting was Mildura today
They had 6 Odds-on faves today and they all LOST
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Personally, I am quite happy with them now myself, but have the feeling from talking to some harness "people" that they think that reverting back to how...
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Wet weather has seen me enjoying Trots Vision and reading John Bradley's Modern Pacing Sire Lines (1999) between races. I thought I might share a few interesting facts in this thread while recommending JB's book which I think is still available
Just a question for a European trotting fan here. Been reading a bit about Maori's Idol here + watching some Youtube videos about him. Looking at his pedigree I wonder about his sire, Ike Frost. Did Ike Frost produce many trotters or was Maori's...
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While $24.80 is not a sensational return, I Am I Cried was extreme outsider of the 6 horse field in R2 at Yarra Valley today (all the other runners were <$9)
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Only the trotter, Hambletonian winner Atlanta has earned more.
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"Weird Al" Yankovic is a genius, which is probably why his parody of "Blurred Lines" (like virtually all of his parodies) stays away from the controversy around Robin Thicke's tune (and by "controversy," I mean even Pharrell agreed his lyrics were creepy) and turns it to a different kind of insidious, culture-wide problem: the abuse of grammar by pretty much everyone on the Internet. As much as I associate Weird Al with the 90s, this video is one of the best and least-clueless depictions of the Internet I've seen in something professionally made. Weird Al is awesome. If you don't agree, I don't really know what you're doing in this article, anyway.
Pretty much everyone is incredibly pumped for the Week of Weird Al, which started yesterday with his star-studded "Happy" spoof, "Tacky," and will continue with new videos and songs every day until 7/21. All of these songs, of course, are on his new album "Mandatory Fun," available for purchase anywhere money can be turned into music online. We will make sure to bring these to your attention as they hit the Web.
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The shooting occurred around 2:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Aloft Mount Laurel Hotel on the 500 block of Fellowship Road, according to state police.
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The world's largest grain merchant is truly massive. Though you may never have heard of Cargill, you are likely to have consumed something that it produced, processed or distributed fairly recently. From fats, fertilizers and fnancial services, to coal, cocoa, cotton, container shipping and chickens, Cargill's portfolio is as broad as it is deep. The largest private company in the USA, in 2009 it had a turnover of $116.6 billion. (1)
If this was Gross Domestic Product, it would have been the 54th richest country in the world, just after New Zealand. (2) But the company wields power far beyond that of nations.
Ingrained power
Cargill is one of a terrifyingly few companies that have control of the global grain trade: as of 2007 three companies controlled nearly 90% of it. (3)
Buying where it's cheap and selling where and when prices rise, Cargill exercises its market muscle ruthlessly. Whilst the price of staple foods, which Cargill sells, has risen dramatically in recent years, the price of tropical crops such as cocoa and cotton, which Cargill buys, have hardly risen at all. Cotton and cocoa had lower nominal prices in June 2008 than in 1995, the year the World Trade Organization was established. (4)
During the food crisis of 2008, the World Food Programme (WFP) released an urgent appeal for aid, stating that nearly a billion people faced hunger as a result of high food and fuel prices. According to US-based consumer organisation Food and Water Watch, Cargill contributed to the creation of the crisis through its dominance in the global cereal market, and its trading in food and energy futures markets. (4)
The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme testifed to a US Senate Committee in 2008 that speculation on commodity markets had signifcantly contributed to the crisis.4 As food riots broke out in many countries, Cargill's profts soared. It reported an 86% increase in profts during the frst quarter of 2008 compared to 2007. (5)
CEO Greg Page was unapologetic: "Cargill had an opportunity to make more money in this environment, and I think that is something that we need to be very forthright about." (6)
Addiction and dependency
Cargill has been instrumental in the introduction of genetically engineered crops, which create a situation of addiction to fertilisers and dependency on seed companies. (7)
In 1998 Cargill sold its international seed operations to Monsanto, with which it formed a worldwide joint venture, Renessen, specialising in genetically modifed animal feed. (8) The company has refused to separate genetically modifed (GM) crops from traditional ones and due to its position as a major grain processor and distributor, this has helped to create a situation where non-GM animal feed is increasingly diffcult to come by: 85% of compound animal feed in Europe now contains GM or GM-derived material. (9) ASDA recently reneged on its commitment to source non-GM animal feed in its poultry and eggs. (10)
In the United States, Cargill's 150-year history is peppered with lawsuits, many of them related to the company's alleged price fixing,11 and monopolistic, anti-competition activity. (12)
But internationally, the company is unlikely to face repercussions: one of its former executives practically wrote the rule book for the global food trade. Daniel Amstutz, President of Cargill Investor Services from 1972 to 1978, was the US chief negotiator for agriculture in the Uruguay round of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations.
The GATT Uruguay round is widely regarded as representing the most substantial liberalisation of world trade in agricultural products and paved the way for the creation of the World Trade Organization. It also brought agriculture into the global patent regime. Amstutz returned to agribusiness as a consultant soon after, but the revolving door continued to turn...
Amstutz popped up again as a diplomat in post-invasion Iraq in 2003, placed in charge of the 'reconstruction' of Iraqi agriculture, much to the outrage of the international community. Oxfam's policy director Kevin Watson said: "Putting Dan Amstutz in charge of agricultural reconstruction in Iraq is like putting Saddam Hussein in the chair of a human rights commission... This guy is uniquely well-placed to advance the commercial interests of American grain companies and bust open the Iraqi market – but singularly ill-equipped to lead a reconstruction effort in a developing country". (13)
Cargill cashed in on the post-invasion US administration's abolition of taxes and tariffs on imported products, fooding the market with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wheat. According to journalist Greg Palast, "For Iraqi farmers, already wounded by sanctions and war, this was devastating. They could not compete with the US and Australian surplusses dumped on them". (14)
Greed feeding Hunger
Food aid is big business. In the USA, it has accounted for 15% of rice exports and 12% of wheat exports over the last two decades.15 Cargill has been a big benefciary: since the 1950s it has become the main contractor of US food aid funded under Public Law 480. (16)
It has been estimated that seven out of ten countries receiving this aid went on to become seven of the ten best customers for US grain.17 The US aid programme has allowed Cargill to get rid of surpluses of GM crops rejected by Europe. This has created a dangerous situation of dependency for peasant farmers worldwide.
Writing in 2000, when Ethiopia was on the brink of a famine in which eight million people faced starvation, Michel Chossudovsky described how the policies of international fnancial institutions and US biotech corporations, including Cargill, had sowed the seeds of famine in the frst place. A key element of this was the contamination of indigenous seeds and landraces with genetically engineered food aid. (18)
Deforestation and biofuels
Wherever there is an agricultural commodity with notorious issues associated with it – such as cocoa and cotton, with endemic problems of child labour in their supply chains – it seems you find Cargill. Perhaps it is no surprise, then, that Cargill is a key player in the global palm oil trade. It owns plantations, exports the product and also, through various companies, imports and trades it in the USA.
It is the USA's biggest palm oil importer. (19) In 2003 the company claimed that it exported 11% of Indonesian crude palm oil. (20) Palm oil production in Indonesia and elsewhere has had a devastating effect on local communities and environments, while the associated deforestation and the destruction of peatland is a major contributor to climate change. In 2007 Greenpeace reported that Indonesia had become the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, behind only the USA and China. (21)
Cargill vehemently denied claims made by the Rainforest Action Network in May 2010 about alleged illegal clearing of Indonesian rainforest, stating they were "categorically untrue". (22)
The campaign group stood its ground, responding: "We stand by the evidence released in our report that Cargill's plantations in Indonesia are cutting down rainforests, violating the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), and are out of compliance with Indonesian law." (23)
In Brazil, the company is implicated in deforestation associated with its soy operations. Greenpeace claims that two years after the company announced plans to build two grain silos, a $20m terminal and its own port in the heart of the Amazon, satellite images showed that deforestation rates had doubled in the region. (24)
Friends of the Earth are calling on supporters to tell supermarkets that they don't want to eat products from animals fed a GM diet, see www.foe.co.uk/get_involved/natural_resources.html and go to 'Ask Supermarkets to stay GM free'.
Cargill: a threat to food and farmingFood and Water Watch, download from www.foodandwaterwatch.org
Eating up the Amazon Greenpeace, download from www.greenpeace.org
Cargill – Arrogance Incorporated Corporate Watch GE Briefng Series, download from http://archive.corporatewatch.org/
Invisible Giant Cargill and its Transnational Strategies Brewster Kneen, Pluto Press 2002.


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In the Midwest, we BAKE Chicken (with Lime, Spices and Garlic)
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Author Notes: Julie Goree (now JG Pettit) wrote this recipe down for me on a recipe card when we were in junior high (junior high is the middle school of the Midwest). She had gotten these cute recipe cards that said "kissin' wears out cookin' don't" on a reproduction of a Pennsylvania Dutch painted wall medallion. I think that Julie, our mutual friend Carol Ekholm, and I exchanged our best recipes. I still make this recipe and Julie's recipe for Oatmeal Bread. I serve the chicken with Mollie Katzen's Baked Stuffed Potatoes (lightened up with greens and no mayo) and a green salad. It's a very nice, modest recipe that wears well. You can tinker with the seasonings if you like. It is good cold or at room temperature and can easily be multiplied to feed a crowd. —luvcookbooks
Serves: 4-6
bone in, skin on, chicken thighs and drumsticks
tablespoon kosher salt
tablespoons olive oil
tablespoons water
juice of 2 limes
teaspoons ground ginger
teaspoons curry powder
teaspoon cayenne pepper
cloves minced garlic
- Stir the kosher salt into 4 cups of water until dissolved. Pour over the chicken pieces in a plastic container with a lid and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
- Pat chicken dry. Discard brine. Preheat oven to 400.
- Mix together oil, water, spices and minced garlic. Paint chicken with flavoring paste. Place on rimmed baking sheet covered with foil or on a rack (really, the rack is better but I don't have one). Bake with skin side up for about 40 minutes, until juices in the thigh run clear. If you have extra spice mixture you can baste the chicken, but leave at least 30 minutes for the skin to crisp. If necessary, turn up the heat to 450 for 5 or 10 minutes to be sure that the skin crisps..
- Enjoy with a cold beer!
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