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Tom Charity: "If one film this year laid the groundwork for Wikileaks, it was the full-length version of Carlos, a magnum opus from Olivier Assayas full of insights into the way things are, from the complicity of states in acts of terror to the profound failures of the radical left."
Steve Erickson: "Vincenzo Natali's Splice was one of the year's queerest films, in every sense of the word. Few people noticed, although academic blogger Steven Shaviro wrote about it at length, but I think it's bound for cult fandom. A Canadian-French co-production designed to pass as a Hollywood extravaganza, it bombed in the US, possibly because it's as much about 'weird sex and snow shoes,' to lift the name of one book on Canadian cinema, as any Guy Maddin film. Offering a bisexual, transgender half-human mutant named Dren, briliantly played by Delphine Chaneac and a ton of CGI, as an anti-hero, it's not exactly LGBT-positive; like much of David Cronenberg's work, it often seems both radical and conservative simultaneously. Yet it's not homo- or transphobic either. Dren commits some awful acts but emerges more sympathetic than his human parents, a pair of arrested-adolescent hipsters who have no business raising a child of any kind, much less creating medical history."
Alex Gibney tells the Playlist about his favorite films of the year.
"Fifteen of the top 20 films on my official 2010 Movie List are largely or exclusively stories about couples and/or families," notes Salon's Andrew O'Hehir. "Since that list is nearly complete for the year — it's just possible another movie or two will still sneak in somewhere near the top — I've devised a sort of right-brain, impressive alternative to the familiar top-10 list: a slideshow of the most meaningful and memorable moments and performances I encountered in this year of moviegoing."
At In Contention, Guy Lodge notes that Mike Leigh's Another Year and Tom Hooper's The King's Speech lead the London Film Critics' Circle's nominations. Ray Pride picks a top 5 for a dozen categories at Newcity Film. Jacques Doillon's Just Anybody tops the Skandies' list of the Best Undistributed Films of 2008. From Todd Brown at Twitch, a "Dozen Discoveries from 2010. New Faces to Watch."
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World Weary Receptionist: "What's your name please?"
Me: "It's Lisa Jarmin."
World Weary Receptionist: "Oh, Rory's mum? He's the little boy with the toy meerkat who ate the antibacterial hand gel isn't he?"
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World Weary Receptionist: "Right, and can you tell me his symptoms?"
Me: "Well, his face is all swollen and he's off his food and he seems a bit hot to me. He's not talking much either. Seems a bit quiet, you know?"
World Weary Receptionist: "And are his glands up?"
Me: "Yes. Well, I think they are. They must be because his face is so swollen. Poor lamb, he looks just like a hamster with its cheeks full of f...."
I looked at Rory. He looked back with an expression that very clearly said "I am about to introduce you to a whole new level of mortification."
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World Weary Receptionist: "Tut. OK."
Me: "Rory, have you got something in your mouth?"
Rory looked at the floor and shuffled his feet in a delinquent manner.
Me: "Rory, SPIT. IT. OUT."
(Pause. Spit).
Me: "Hello? Turns out we won't be needing that appointment after all. He had a wodge of toilet roll stuffed in each cheek."
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That's just made me laugh out loud - half in appreciation of Rory's skills, clearly he's mastered the art of comedy at a young age, and the other half in terror as to what I've let myself in for in years to come! Eek! xxReplyDelete
Honestly, you will never be short of a laugh when you have a toddler around. you may have torn your hair out in clumps, but you will be laughing, albeit manically. xxReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 September 2011 at 18:53
Lise, I love you so much - thanks for sharing that, you've made me guffaw out loud :)ReplyDelete
OMG that is so funny. I am sure they are put on this earth to test usReplyDelete
Amazing story!! I used a pack of loo paper as a distraction technique in Tesco recently.... you should have seen it when we got to the checkout. It honestly looked like a rat had been living inside it and I was finding bits of spat out loo roll all over the house for hours after..ReplyDelete


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Seared steaks are finished in red wine and balsamic vinegar for a quick and simple dinner for two.
OK, I took liberty w/ this recipe & made a few changes. I let my filets rest for an hour (helps keep the meat tender...if you apply heat to chilled meat it shocks it & causes it to toughen up) before salt & peppering them (used Paula Deen's house seasoning). I also chose to broil mine & then pulled them out to rest again (this allows the juices to distribute evenly) before I started the balsamic mixture. I did not cook the steaks in the balsamic glaze, instead I doubled the amount of balsamic, added a bit of sugar & garlic (per previous reviews), used merlot but did not double it, & reduced it on the stovetop for about 10 minutes until it was kinda thick & syrupy. I topped my steaks w/ small amounts of crumbled gorgonzola cheese ...broiling for just a minute or two to melt the cheese. I plated the steaks & drizzled the balsamic "syrup" over the top. These were out of this world good! The sweetness of the glaze paired w/ the pungency of the cheese is a taste sensation that my hubby & I really enjoyed!!!! - 05 May 2006 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Here's the trick to make this recipe work: We seasoned the filets with salt and fresh ground pepper and let them rest out of the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes; THEN, we grilled them. In the meantime, we mixed the balsamic vinegar, red wine (used Bordeaux) and a generous pinch of brown sugar. Let it reduce and then served in little sauce cups alongside the filets. My husband LOVED this. I didn't want to take the chance of ruining some great filets by cooking them in the wine/vinegar mixture since a lot of people were turned off by this in their reviews. By allowing it to reduce, it was a little bit thicker (still a bit too thin for me however) and you can merely dunk your bite into the sauce, thereby adjusting how much or little you would like. Will make this again because of the simplicity of the recipe. - 10 Aug 2003 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
This glaze is the best sauce I've ever tasted. I think it's impossible to mess it up, you could put in any variation of the ingredients and it would still be tasty. I followed the recipe until the steaks finished, then took them out, and let the glaze cook down for about 3 minutes, adding brown sugar (1 to 2 tbsp.) and butter (1/2 to 1 tbsp). I forgot to double the recipe like everyone else mentioned, make sure you do! Not only is the sauce fantastic on the meat, but SO good with asparagus, dip bread in it, put it on potatoes. I'm going to make it over and over again. - 30 Jan 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)


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The typical changes over time in dementia are described as "stages" – read more about the stages of dementia. The amount of care that a person with Alzheimer's disease needs varies by stage.
In the early stage, many people with Alzheimer's disease have memory-related problems such as:
Caregivers in the earlier stages of dementia support and help the person with dementia and thus are sometimes called care partners rather than caregivers.
During the moderate stage, caregivers must help the person with AD with time-consuming or distressing tasks. For example:
People in the late stage of AD often:
Support is crucial for caregivers in every stage, and they should be reassured that they are not alone and that help is available. Your local Alzheimer's Association is a good starting place to call when you need assistance or support in caregiving during any stage of dementia. Or call the Alzheimer's Association 24-hour helpline anytime at 1-800-272-3900. Also, be sure to visit the section of this website on Finding Support.
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Author Notes: Woohoo...local fava beans have hit the market. I adore fresh fava beans, even though they can be a bit of work, they are worth it and they really shine in this simple, yet totally scrummy, appetizer. Enjoy these with a cold glass of buttery chardonnay, the perfect foil to the equally buttery fava beans. —The Cautious Vegetarian
Serves: 4
slices baguette, cut on the diagonal
olive oil
pounds fava beans
tablespoons lemon juice
teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
salt & pepper to taste
cup creme fresche
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly brush both sides of the baguette slices with olive oil. Place on a cookie sheet and bake until lightly browned, about 10 to 12 minutes, turning them once during baking. Remove from the oven and set aside.
- Peel the fava beans, discarding the pods. Boil the beans in water until tender, about 3 to 4 minutes (maybe a bit longer if the beans are large). Drain the beans and let them cool slightly. When cool enough to handle, peel the skins off them. You should end up with about 2 cups of beans.
- Place the beans in your blender or processor. Add the lemon juice, thyme and salt and pepper. Puree until fairly smooth. Add the crème fresche and pulse until just blended.
- To serve, spread the bean mixture onto the bread slices.
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This is the last year of the 2004 Graduation Program
The Graduation Program is made up of the final three years of a student's schooling, Grades 10, 11 and 12. To graduate, students must earn a minimum of 80 credits: 48 credits (12 courses) from Required Courses, 28 credits (7 courses) from Elective Courses, and 4 credits from Graduation Transitions. A minimum of 16 credits at the Grade 12 level are required, including Language Arts 12. At McRoberts, all regular courses are 4 credits. Over these three years, students are expected to attempt 100 credits (25 courses) of course work.
• Required Courses: Language Arts 10, Language Arts 11, Language Arts 12, a Math 10, a Math 11, Social Studies 10, a Social Studies 11, Science 10, a Science 11, PE 10, a Fine Arts or Applied Skills, Senior Planning, Graduation Transitions
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Persona 4: Arena Available To Download Now
The Persona series of JRPG's have risen in popularity to such a degree lately that the remake of the 4th game in the series, Persona 4 Golden, is currently sitting high in the list of top games for the PS Vita. The characters populating the game's world are also more popular than ever, something that has given rise to a fighting game featuring them, Persona 4 Arena.
Persona 4 Arena is now available for download on both Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America costing $29.99, with future territories to be confirmed. A collaboration between ATLUS and Arc System Works, it features hand-drawn, high-definition 2D anime-style fighters and colorful, over-the-top special effects that bring to life a roster of characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4. The home console versions boast a host of additional modes and content not available in the arcade version, including a new Story mode and refinements from the arcade version which is still amazingly popular in Japan.
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The issue of global warming resulting in climate changes on a large scale on this planet has become very common to all levels of society.
Some of us still can only complain and comment without doing anything that had a positive impact of this incident, despite knowing that these are causal of us as well.
Exploitation of natural resources tehadap not diibangi with overcoming the negative impact of such exploitation. Starting from the collection, processing, use and disposal.
But some among us may already understand that positive change always begins with small things on our own. Because of a collection of individuals and collection of small things, will be a collection of diverse individuals in the face of this earth, and a collection of things useful for the survival age of the earth.
It's claimmed with brilliant ideas for environmentally friendly energy sources, efficient and cheap.
Geothermal and solar energy are probably the most sensible solutions to this problem. But again the question arises when we have to deal with the damage and the waste that already exists.
Then some of us were thinking hard and trying to create innovations to overcome the things that were questionable.
Stick to the principle of the Recycle – Reuse – Reduce, they also introduce a great technology to save the planet. At least for treating injuries suffered by our planet. The renewable energy, Opportunity fuels, turn the waste to energy.
N-Viro International Corporation has successfully developed several technologies to produce environmentally friendly fuel, efficient and cheap – with the additional consideration of industrial waste processing business.
A big step and very meaningful for all humanity to begin a new lifestyle. Living a healthy and healthful.
Technology developed by N-Viro are appropriate technologies. Like: Processing mixed solid waste land into arable land which ready to plant, soil treatment process that fully free of pests and waste factors, processing organic waste into fertilizer, appropriate, and of course environmentally friendly fuel.
So, we all can use it as a way to use the earth wisely and carefully saving the planet. Just like a cleaning coal for our alternative energy, free of dusts, ashes and hushes.
Thank you for the technology being introduced, and you have developed. Earth needs more people like you who are in environments.
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The PGA Tour has reportedly suspended Dustin Johnson for six months after he tested positive for cocaine, according to a Friday Golf.com report.
According to a Golf.com source, "Johnson has failed three drug tests: one for marijuana in 2009 and two for cocaine, in 2012 and 2014. He was previously suspended for the 2012 failed test, but that suspension was never made public." And "under the PGA Tour's drug-testing policies, the Tour is not required to announce any disciplinary actions against players who test positive for recreational drugs."
On Thursday, Johnson announced that he was taking a leave of absence from golf to "seek professional help for personal challenges I have faced."
"By committing the time and resources necessary to improve my mental health, physical well-being and emotional foundation, I am confident that I will be better equipped to fulfill my potential and become a consistent champion," he said in a statement.
Johnson's face reportedly turned white when he got a drug test at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst earlier this year, according to a Fox Sports golf reporter.
Last time #DustinJohnson was drugs tested was @usopengolf at Pinehurst. A Tour player who saw him says "his face turned white".
— Robert Lusetich (@RobertLusetich) August 1, 2014
As Golf.com noted, Johnson, who has made headlines for his engagement to Paulina Gretzky, the stunning daughter of Wayne Gretzky, will miss the PGA Championship, the FedEx Cup Playoff, and the Ryder Cup due to the suspension.


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This view shows an ancient lift bridge over the C&O Canal in Williamsport, MD. A Western Maryland branch that served a power plant used this bridge; the rails are still in place (best seen next to the shed at left). There is a rusted siding on the far side of the canal that passes through the trees and crossed the WM branch on a diamond (still in place). Judging by the height of the trees and the condition of the track, it has been several decades since any trains passed by here! Highway bridge is US 11. Photo by Mike Palmer, November 2003.
This spur does not appear on most atlases, but it is shown on the local city map for the Hagerstown area! This branch left the Western Maryland main on the north side of Williamsport, passed through a cut west of town, and then terminated at a power plant on the Potomac River.
The cut (out of view to the right of the photo) is now used as a dumping ground for trash and other debris. Remnants of the track are still in place within the boundary lines of the C&O Canal Park, and some ties are still in place in the gravel parking lot for the local canal museum.
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In addition to the Western Maryland Railroad's Williamsport Branch which connected the Western Maryland Railroad with the Chesapeake & Ohio Barge Canal, as a transhipment point, the Hagerstown Railroad (later Hagerstown & Frederick Railway, even later Potomic Edison) had a branch line that ran from Hagerstown to Williamsport, largely on a private Right-of-way. This standard gauge trolley line was one of the last to survive on the H&F Railway excepting the Frederick to Thurmont, MD line.
Dan Rousseau
Haslet, TX
The Williamsport branch was in fact the western terminus of the Western Maryland Railroad prior to the construction of the Hagerstown to Cumberland main in the early 1900's. The branch left the WM mainline at P.V. Jct. just NW of Williamsport. It served the C&O Canal's coal and grain traffic, as well as the Cushwa basin of the canal and some other mills in he area. Later on after the canal was abandoned (1924) the WM Railway served a Potomac Edison Power plant over a lift bridge that spanned the canal. The lift bridge survives, it's on of few of its type remaining. The power plant stopped rail shipments of coal sometime after 1980 and the line was abandoned.
Greg McGaha
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I wanted a quick and easy way to share files, images, scripts etc. I searched for this about two years ago, but couldn't find it. So I wrote my own, and wrote about it on my norwegian blog.
Recently Omg! Ubuntu! wrote about a Nautilus Imgur-uploading script, and I wrote a small comment saying that I've used the same for some time, only to my own servers and using SCP. I said it also supported FTP, but I don't know where I took that from, it doesn't and I have no need for FTP :-)
Anyway, this is how it works:
- Right click file (or files!) in Nautilus
- Choose script -> Send to Thor (where Thor is the name of a server)
- Wait a bit, and you will get a small notification saying that the file is uploaded
- To make it easy to share, the script sets your selection clipboard to the url, so that you can just paste away
I use this directory structure, mostly:
You may download the send_via_scp script here.
I'm also pasting in this version of the script, just so that it doesn't disappear.


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Thelma Carpenter was born in Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 15,1922, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and her career spanned seven decades. She was performing on radio programs like Jack Darrell's "Kiddies hour" and the "Horn and Hardart Children's Hour" at age five and had her own show on WNYC by the time she was 11. After winning an Apollo Theatre amateur night in 1938, she headlined at Kelly's Stable on legendary 52nd St. while still in her teens. She was heard by producer John Hammond, who placed her with Teddy Wilson's band, with whom she appeared at the Famous Door and made her first recordings for Brunswick in 1939. She joined Coleman Hawkins' orchestra in 1940 and recorded "He's Funny That Way" for RCA Bluebird. In 1943, she replaced Helen Humes with the Count Basie band, with whom she toured for two years and made numerous broadcast recordings, as well as the Columbia single "I Didn't Know About You." She made her Broadway debut in "Memphis Bound" with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in 1944 and replaced Dinah Shore as featured vocalist on the weekly "Eddie Cantor Show" for the 1945-46 season on NBC. She also signed her first contract as a solo artist with Majestic Records, releasing a dozen sides including "My Guy's Come Back," "Can't Help Lovin' That Man," "Hurry Home" and "Harlem on My Mind," as well as a swing version of "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" backed by the Ames Brothers in their recording debut. She later recorded two sides with pianist Herman Chittison for Musicraft and four sides for Columbia. In 1947, she returned to Broadway in the hit revue "Inside U.S.A." with Beatrice Lillie, followed by a revival of "Shuffle Along" in 1952 and the musical "Ankles Aweigh" in 1955. She also did extensive nightclub work and headlined stage shows at such theaters as Loew's State, the Capitol and the Palace. She made early TV appearances with Duke Ellington, Jackie Gleason and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. She signed with Coral Records in 1961 and had a hit single answering Elvis Presley with "Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight" and recorded the album "Thinking of You Tonight," released in 1963. In 1968, she was hired as standby for Pearl Bailey in "Hello, Dolly!", soon taking over the matinees and playing more than 100 performances. She created the role of Irene Paige in "Bubbling Brown Sugar," and was signed by Bob Fosse to play the Irene Ryan role of Berthe in the national tour of "Pippin." She co-starred as the mother in a TV sitcom version of Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" and in 1978 made her major film debut as Miss One in Sidney Lumet's production of "The Wiz" with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. She played the mother of Gregory and Maurice Hines in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club" and had TV acting roles on "The Love Boat," "The Paul Lynde Show" and "Cosby," as well as the movies "Call Her Mom" with Connie Stevens and "The Devil's Daughter" with Shelley Winters. Her last major singing performance was on the 1993 all-star NBC special, "Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame." She died of a heart attack in 1997.
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If you are looking to be more creative in your look, or act as your own hairstylist, then you need to get the Sensationnel Totally Instant Weave Wig – Seville. This is a piece for the creative mind that wants to take charge in their look. This half wig cap is built with combs in the front and back, as well as a drawstring, to ensure that virtually any style that you can think of can be created. It also comes in a variety of colors, from solid colors to only highlights. Made out of high quality futura fibers, the Seville is also heat resistant, so you can take you curling or straightening iron to it and craft the perfect look. The next time you are feeling creative, get the Sensationnel Totally Instant Weave Wig – Seville and get to work!
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KPN is working with Baltimore City Schools on their 21st Century Schools Initiative. They are in the process or renovating, refurbishing, and building over 20 schools in Baltimore City. KPN is creating a master Furniture Spec, which will include every piece of furniture that could go into any of the Elementary, Middle, and High School buildings in the city. Once complete, the spec will be given to the designer for each school so that they can select the furniture from the list based on each school's individual needs. This method insures that the schools will have a cohesive furniture scheme with variation based on the programs, specific classes, and grade levels of the school. Along with putting together the furniture list, KPN is also creating floor plans that demonstrate possible furniture layouts for the designer. Every specific room category will have a plan with all the furniture to go along with it.


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From the previous list...
- Pedley Fraggle - Episode 408: A Brush with Jealousy
- Yvette Fraggle - Episode 412: Space Frog Follies
- Freda Fraggle
—Scott (message me) 17:55, January 8, 2014 (UTC)
Fraggles' measurement of time
User:HalfShadow added a paragraph about the Fraggles' means of measuring time -- that they understand a day and a year, but not a week or a month. Is there a source for that? Where in the series do they not understand what a week means? -- Danny (talk) 22:04, February 5, 2010 (UTC)
- Due to lack of inactivity, I added a cite tag for now until we figure it out. —Scott (talk) 18:41, February 15, 2010 (UTC)
- In Episode 118: The Minstrels, Cantus stated he'd found his flute "many many many days ago", suggesting they have no term for time longer than a day or a year. HalfShadow 23:32, April 11, 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think that necessarily means they don't understand a week or a month. That's likely just that "ancient-wisdom-elder" speak (for lack of a better name). ---- Jesse (talk) 00:49, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
- Also in Episode 109: The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles, Gobo mentions the treasure map he found was made "a milion squintillion days ago". I honestly don't think they have an understanding of weeks or months Frankly, I'm unsure how they measure years, to be honest. HalfShadow 03:24, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think that necessarily means they don't understand a week or a month. That's likely just that "ancient-wisdom-elder" speak (for lack of a better name). ---- Jesse (talk) 00:49, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
- But that's just your presumption, and then there's Episode 105: The Thirty-Minute Work Week (explaining Fraggles have to work thirty minutes out of every week). We can get into fan theories as to how long a Fraggle day or week is, but it's really best not to go into it at all (and we'd have to go through every episode to prove that they never mentioned months or years, either). -- Andrew Leal (talk) 04:17, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
Fraggle Reproduction
I'd like to add something about Fraggle reproduction and I'm having trouble finding a source. I know I read or heard somewhere, though I'm not sure if it was in the DVD documentaries or an interview, that ultimately a decision was made not to explain how Fraggles were born, despite earlier considering having them be hatched (which is why they wonder what an egg is in Episode 201: Wembley's Egg), and that's also why they stopped showing mothers holding baby fraggles in group shots. So if anyone can find the source faster than I can, it would be appreciated. Andrew Leal (talk) 19:44, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- It's the Terry Angus interview on Muppet Central. http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/angus3.shtml Interesting addendum, though: In The Terrible Tunnel, the Storyteller Fraggle starts to tell the story of the Famous Fedora Fraggle (at Mokey's request), but doesn't get very far before Wembley interrupts her. All we hear is, "The Famous Fedora Fraggle was first hatched on the first--" So this episode must have been made before the decision not to "go there." -GrantHarding 19:48, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- Right, it was considered and then abandoned. I could have sworn I'd seen concept art of a Fraggle hatching as well, though. Still, good to have a source then. Andrew Leal (talk) 19:50, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


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The company requires no minimum bids and opens all auctions up to the public. It additionally offers financing and leasing opportunities on items. The company sells insurance policies on its auctioned equipment and refurbishes items in its facilities where equipment gets painted, cleaned and repaired. Ritchie Bros. also ships the equipment and provides quotes upon request.
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The Freemium Model: Is Acquiring Customers Worth the Cost?
Acquiring new customers and retaining those who have already purchased products or services should be a primary concern for any organization. A great deal of thought goes into developing acquisition and retention methods, including setting the price for the goods or services. The freemium model of pricing is one price method geared toward attracting customers.
What is the Freemium Model?
The freemium model is a hybrid pricing model that starts out free of charge to customers, but the company then offers a premium version available for a price to those same customers. The free version is intended to provide the customer with a large enough sample of the premium product or service that the customer will then feel inclined to pay the premium price to receive the full version.
The freemium model of pricing is not new. It was often used by software companies in the 1980s to sell shareware or lite versions of retail software.
Copying a piece of software for distribution was inexpensive at the time, requiring the cost of a floppy disc or a CD-ROM for distribution. A stripped version of the full premium piece of software would be burned onto the disc. Often, the stripped version would be time-limited or have many more advanced features removed. Some free software versions would retain access to all of the features but not allow users to save anything produced with the software. No matter the approach used, the desired result was to have the customer pay for the premium version containing the full piece of software.
How the Freemium Model is used today
Freemium model pricing is still being used today, largely in the software world, where placing restriction on the use of certain sections of code is easy. Lite versions of popular software still exist, providing enough key features to make freemium users opt for the highly priced premium versions. However, some software companies offer their lite versions at a reduced rate, rather than for free.
Freemium pricing is also gaining popularity in Web-based services such as online productivity software or online games. Many of these services operate like the shareware versions of software once released on floppy disc or CD. Now, however, users are offered a slightly reduced user experience with premium add-onsor, in some game titles, upgradesfor a price.
Targeting relevant customers
Any company considering a freemium pricing model must determine if there truly is a way of monetizing its free customers into premium users. One popular method is the cross-sell. By requiring free users to accept advertising or emails sent from the product or service provider, the customer base becomes one large marketing pool. Developing a marketing campaign targeted at these customers is easier than going after random individuals, because the company producing the freemium model product already has some idea of the customer's tastes.
Freemium model pricing can be a sustainable and profitable if the free version of the product or service provides enough inherent value to prompt the user into purchasing the premium content. The freemium model is a way to get the product or service into the hands of the customer early on and hook that person without having to face the initial resistance of a buying decision.


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~Title: Sweet Joanie Artist: Neil Young ~From: 'Unsung Hero' bootleg Words and Chords by email@example.com (cal woods) My guitar could be half a step low, or the tape a half-step high... Chorus: A D Sweet Joanie, from Saskatoon E Here's a ring for your finger D That looks like the sun A But it feels like the moon Sweet Joanie, from Saskatoon Don't go, Don't go so/too? soon Verse: A Em7 Who lives in an old hotel D E By the ancient ruins? F#m Only time can tell D Time can tell Verse: 'Go easy' the doorman said The floor is slippery So 'watch your head' This message read Chorus: Sweet Joanie, from Saskatoon Here's a ring for your finger That shines like the sun But it feels like the moon Chorus: Sweet Joanie, from Saskatoon Don't go, Don't go so/too soon


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347. Good morning, gentlemen. May I welcome
you to the Committee and say that we are going to require plenty
of voice from all of you because this room absorbs sound, but
I am quite convinced, with your background both in the trade union
movement and with consumers, that you are all capable of making
yourselves heard. Would any of you wish to start with any general
remarks, or may we go straight to questions?
(Mr Spence) I would like to make three
points which cover the crucial elements of the evidence we have
submitted. First, that water charges based on 1973 rateable values
are no longer credible or understood by the public; we believe
that to be fact. The current system of water metering takes no
account of ability to pay which is an important consideration
for government, and the draft Bill provides an opportunity to
put the issue of water charging on a fair, progressive basis,
and council tax bands provide the machinery to do that in a consistent
way across water companies. These points are at the heart of our
evidence and are the focus of our response.
348. Can I ask what evidence you have of that?
It is all very well saying that it is a fact that people do not
find this credible any more, but what evidence do you have of
(Mr Spence) Our members work in the valuation office
agency which has a responsibility for maintaining council tax
bands and non-domestic rating systems and they often get queries
from the public about what is the basis for water charging as
much as questions about the council tax bands and non-domestic
rating systems. It is very difficult based on a system that was
last looked at in 1973 to be able to respond with any credibility
to that, so the evidence from our membership is that it is not
a defensible or credible system any more: it requires people to
understand it and relate it to the world today.
349. If it is anecdotal, are you talking about
a consistent pattern right the way across all the different offices
in which your members work?
(Mr Spence) It is a general response. Before submitting
evidence, we tested the opinions of our members and that was a
consistent reaction across the 84 officers we have up and down
the country.
Mrs Dunwoody: I think that is quite helpful.
350. You still have not produced any evidence
other than the fact that this is what your members think. Could
you tell me why redistribution of wealth, which it would be through
the system you are suggesting on progressive charging under council
tax bands, should happen through charging for water rather than
a direct council tax and benefit system?
(Mr Spence) The first point is that everyone recognises
everyone needs access to water; it is socially unacceptable that
people would not have access to water in today's society. That
then leads on to the question of how it should be charged for.
There is a general acceptance that there should be some recognition
of ability to pay, and one of the problems in the current arrangement
with water metering is that we have people who are on unmetered
charging subsidising people on metered charging systems which
effectively means, because it tends to be the more well-off people
on metered charging systems, that the less well-off are subsidising
those people. If one were to say that the less well-off should
be relieved by a tax of benefit system, what we are then saying
is the taxpayer should relieve the less well-off in order that
they can have the money to subsidise the better off who use water
meters, and that seems inconsistent to us in any sense of social
351. But the subsidy could be argued precisely
the other way round, because the people who have to have meters
are those who have swimming pools and sprinkler systems for their
gardens who are at the top end of the income bracket, and they
of course will be paying a very substantial charge for their watermuch
higher than under the rateable value system.
(Mr Spence) Certainly from the evidence we have drawnand
I am quite happy to provide further evidence on thisin
terms of proportion of income, the less well-off pay a greater
proportion of their income on water charges than the well-off
352. But that is inevitable?
(Mr Spence) There is a gap of the less well-off paying
something like 2.4 per cent of their income and the better-off
paying 0.9 per cent.
353. Of course, because the less well-off pay
rather more for a loaf of bread than the well-off do: that is
self-evident, but if we are to make decisions about redistribution
of the wealth, that should be transparent through the tax and
benefit system so people can see the transfers and the redistribution
that is taking place, rather than being hidden within the system
of water-charging which, inevitably, will be capricious. It is
capricious if it is on 1973 rateable values; there will also be
anomalies if you move to council tax bands.
(Mr Palmer) Firstly, just as a practical argument,
currently water is charged on ability to pay so one's starting
position is different for water than for other utilities. Secondly,
if you have rebates through the tax and benefits system, they
are going to go to a much smaller number of people than the current
number of people who benefit from the ability to pay provisions
in the rateable value scheme.
354. If we are going to move, what further legislation
is required given that there was a Bill only in the last session?
(Mr Palmer) The key starting point is to encourage
the water companies to come up with tariffs which include council
tax provision. At the moment, whilst they have a theoretical right
to propose such tariffs, they are not encouraged to.
355. I know what the present position is but,
in your assessment of this, can this be done under existing legislation
by regulation, or will it have to be done by new primary legislation,
and do you think that is realistic given we had a Bill in the
last session?
(Mr Harrop) I believe provisions under local government
legislation need to be changed, although I am not a lawyer, but
that would be a relatively straightforward procedure and could
be inserted as a section in this Bill. It would not require a
large tranche of legislation.
356. Who would be the substantial losers if
the basis of water charging were to be moved to the band system?
(Mr Spence) It depends on how that is applied. There
would be fairly significant effects and losers if you just transferred
the council tax bands as they stand across and applied them, but
you do not have necessarily to utilise the same ratio between
the bands that there are for council tax in terms of establishing
water tariffs. This is an area where various options have been
modelled in research we have commissioned that demonstrate that
you can alter the ratio of the council tax payments to each other
in order to establish a system that reduces the incidence effect
on, particularly, the lower council tax bands where the ability
to pay is an issue.
357. How could this be avoided?
(Mr Palmer) We have written a report which analyses
different charging structures with the aim of finding scenarios
which minimise the winners and losers. What you find is that you
have a number of winners and losers in each council tax band primarily
because the revaluations from 1973 to council tax bands of the
current day can differ substantially between houses.
358. But you cannot expect, can you, to maintain
a system that in itself archaic?
(Mr Palmer) No. What we are trying to do is modernise
the system whilst retaining an ability to pay. That is what we
are trying to argue, on the unmeasured tariff.
359. By virtue of your argument you are almost
suggesting that the council tax itself is unfair?
(Mr Palmer) It has an element of progressivity which
is a lot less than the rateable values are. Our proposals are
on the wider front, to widen the ratios of payments between council
tax bands.


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Technology Tournament run by Twickenham Rotary Club
Tue 20th March 2018 at 07.30 - 16.00
The Technology Tournament will take place again this year at Richmond Park Academy on 20th March 2018
Wow! What an amazing event was held on Tuesday at Richmond Park Academy! Eva Peters from the Rotary Club of Twickenham had brought together 100+ students and teachers from 9 local schools to design and build a solution to a task using only materials supplied. With no idea what the task was until the day, it was superb to see them all taking their tables in the hall and getting their heads down to problem solve.
The challenge for 2017 was to design, develop and build a working model vehicle to clear accumulated rubbish from a length of gutter pipe. Working in teams of four they could only use basic materials including strips of wood, dowel, tape, cardboard, glue, elastic bands and an electric motor. The results were judged on the basis of the best design, team working and success at the testing stage.
Of course this event was too big for one person alone to run – even one Club alone! Members from the other four Rotary Clubs in the borough (Twickenham upon Thames, Richmond, Kew Gdns and Teddington & the Hamptons) supported Eva and Twickenham RC in the organisation and running of the event.
How did all this happen? Well - go back a year and find Eva and her team running the first Techno Tournament with 11 teams of Foundation level students from 8 local schools at the Mall School in Twickenham. It was such a success it had to be repeated and expanded this year. Eva needed to find bigger premises and Tracey O'Brien, Deputy Principal of Richmond Park Academy offered the school's main hall.
So it was that on Tuesday 28th March, 22 teams from 9 schools in Richmond borough participated in the 2017 tournament. The larger premises meant that the competition could include Intermediate and Advanced level students. Not wanting to be left out of the fun there were also 2 teacher teams in a category of their own!
Prizes were handed out enthusiastically by the Mayor, Councillor David Linette. Foundation winners were Richmond Park Academy, Intermediate: Radnor House and The Lady Eleanor Holles School won at Advanced level.
Event organiser Eva Peters said "This was another great example of our local Rotary Clubs working together and I would like to thank all the volunteers who helped and everyone who took part. We are also grateful to Richmond Park Academy for hosting the event. All the youngsters enjoyed the experience and we were impressed by the enthusiasm and imaginative ideas that the tournament produced".


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NOTICE FOR LAST PATCH: Defensive Curl now scales with armor, not AP. This build isn't effective anymore with only 2 abilities. I'm disappointed too.
Whoa, why did this guy make an AP Rammus build?
Because, it works...
This guide is a good example of playing outside the norm, while still being effective.
Powerball: (Active): Rammus accelerates in a ball towards his enemies, dealing magic damage and causing reduced movement speed to nearby enemies on impact.
Cooldown: 11 seconds
Range: 300
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 Mana
Magic Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+1 per ability power)
Slow: 28 / 36 / 44 / 52 / 60%
Info: This skill is amazing with the 1:1 ability power ratio, all you have to do is aim. The reason you get this skill up is to start doing tons of damage early.
Defensive Ball Curl: (Active): Rammus goes into a defensive formation for 6 seconds, increasing his armor and magic resistance and returning magic damage to attackers.
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Range: 300
Armor and Magic Resistance: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150
Magic Damage: 26 / 32 / 38 / 44 / 50 (+0.25 per ability power)
Cost: 50 / 50 / 50 / 50 / 50 Mana
Info: Surprisingly, this is an amazing spell against any attack damage champions when you go AP. My build gives around 700 ability power so one melee attack on you will do 225 damage to them. Not bad if you are against tf or ashe. Also the biggest bonus is probably the fact that this goes with Rylai's Crystal Scepter. That means if they melee attack you, then they are slowed. Its like AP Randuins Omen.
Puncturing Taunt: (Active): Rammus taunts the unit into a reckless assault, reducing their armor and forcing them to attack Rammus for a few seconds.
Cooldown: 9 seconds
Range: 325
Armor Reduced: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Duration: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 seconds.
Cost: 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 mana.
Info: Whats not to love about this ability? The only problem is that this spell doesn't go with AP or Rylai's... ugh.
Tremors: (Active): Rammus creates tremors beneath him, dealing magic damage per second to nearby units and structures.
Lasts 8 seconds.
Duration: 8 seconds.
Range: 300
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Magic Damage: 65 / 130 / 195 (+0.3 per ability power)
Cost: 120 / 120 / 120 Mana
Info. This is going to be one of the best ability power moves Rammus can get. It might not seem like much but .3 ability power per 1 is amazing for a damage per second spell. As said before, with the 700 ability power this build gives, it will deal 405/second for a total of 3240 after the 8 seconds. Not bad for an armadillo.
Skill Sequence:
1. Powerball.
(Optional: Flash in if there are minions in the way)
2. Pop Defensive Curl.
3. Taunt them.
4. Use Ultimate.
5. If they start to run away, Ghost.
6. Repeat if necessary.
Basically this build focuses on a glass cannon approach.
If you want to replace the first Archangel's for a Rod of Ages (extra health) that would still work.
Towards beginning game, try to be mainly defensive. If they attack your tower, use your taunt scare them away.
As you near mid game, it would be wise to start ganking. Powerball in and use your combo. Right now you can get golem buff and it would help yourself a lot by doing so.
Late game, just powerball in, flash past minions, and wreak havoc as they all degen health like crazy.
Hope you enjoyed this guide and good luck with AP Rammus!


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|At the helm in 1994.
He joined the MCC groundstaff in 1959 after hearing the best 'grass' in London was at Lord's.
In 1962, Turpin met the controversial 'Peat Poet' and head groundsman at Old Trafford, Todd Manning. The two men became close friends and it surprised no one when Turpin made the move north in 1963.
"Things were really heavy at Lord's" recalled Turpin in 1970. "Groundsmen were forever being dragged before the president of the MCC for all sorts of minor things like crooked ties, nose bleeds, or burnt eyebrows.
"Being mentored by Todd changed me forever. He taught me there was more to life than sweeping and watering. The whole vibe at Old Trafford was very different to Lord's and I really got into it.
"No one cared that the groundsmen were growing opium and the concubines living in the cellar under the old printing department were hardly a secret. We tried to lure them out some years later when the whole scene got a bit freaky but in those days we knew nothing about Stockholm syndrome."
Turpin spent an idyllic 15 years under the tutelage of Manning before their partnership went the way of uncovered pitches thanks to a newly appointed and especially vigilant steward by the name of Malcolm Spanner.
"I was puzzled by the sporadic appearance of animals grazing on the field on non match days. It took a while but I eventually figured out that groundsmen were using them to place orders with drug dealers operating from trees near the Brian Statham Stand," said Spanner in 1991.
"A sheep meant they were after a few ounces of cannabis, unless it was shackled to a cat with a white stripe painted on its back; in which case they were after skunk.
|"Yes sir, no sir, three bags full."
"A horse indicated they wanted heroin, and the number of goats grazing represented the required number of crack cocaine rocks. The addition of a Turkey meant stocks were low and they were at risk of suffering from withdrawals."
Manning was arrested and imprisoned in 1978 after Spanner relayed his observations to the police. The poet refused to implicate his right-hand man and Turpin slipped the net despite being caught in the act of strapping a crow to a walking cane.
He weathered the storm and succeeded Manning as Head Groundsman within a matter of weeks.
Turpin proved to be as relaxed a leader as his predecessor but by now he was fighting a losing battle. Despite his best efforts young groundsmen were far more likely to be 'Goths' or 'New Romantics'. It was an ill match: "They were perfumed and image conscious whereas I reeked of solvent fumes and was frequently unconscious."
Turpin became increasingly isolated. "By the start of the 1980s I was the last of a breed and became pretty introverted," he admitted shortly before his death.
"When the opportunity to take early retirement came up I jumped at it. You can only get by being stoned on your own for so long - eighteen years in my case."
Experimental to the end, he suffered a fatal heart attack whilst sitting in Soho Square with a meerkat on his lap.


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Strong Communications Make Our Military Battlefield ReadyPosted by shidoshi1000 in Geek Speak on Apr 11, 2017 8:44:00 AM
By Joe Kim, SolarWinds Chief Technology Officer
At our recent user group meeting in Washington, D.C., I had conversations with some of our Army customers, which reminded me of a blog written last year by our former Chief Information Officer, Joel Dolisy. It is exciting that our software can support their mission.
No one needs reliable connectivity more than the nation's armed forces, especially during the heat of battle. But reliable connectivity often can be hampered by a hidden enemy: latency and bandwidth concerns.
The military heavily relies on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for calls, web conferencing, high-definition video sharing, and other bandwidth-heavy applications. While this might sound more like the communication tool for a business boardroom, it is equally applicable within the military, and compromised systems come with potentially life-altering consequences.
Use of these highly necessary communication tools can dramatically strain even the most robust communications systems. As such, Defense Department IT managers must leverage their efficacy while helping to ensure that colleagues remain in constant contact with minimal lag, stuttering, or disconnection.
How can IT administrators and those in the field make sure their networks supply crucial connectivity to meet the needs of soldiers and commanders? How can they guarantee reliable data and communications anytime, anywhere?
We can look to the U.S. Army, which successfully deployed software and solutions that meet today's essential need to remain connected. The Army's recruiting message is "Army Strong." Attaining that strength requires troops be battle-ready the world over. Today, that also means maintaining uninterrupted communications and deploying technology that can monitor, analyze, and reduce—if not eliminate—network outages.
The Army developed Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) to provide secure and reliable communications of all forms—voice, video, and data—from any location, at any time. The network is built on software that helps the Army manage networks in a number of ways, yet creates seamless and smooth communications.
Network bandwidth analysis solutions help to ensure optimal network performance for even the most bandwidth-intense applications. Performance monitors identify potential performance issues that managers can rectify quickly before the problems interfere with communications or cause outages. Configuration management lets Army IT personnel easily manage multiple configurations for different routers and switches to help to ensure communication remains unimpeded. Traffic analysis maintains optimal network and bandwidth usage. The Army has also deployed solutions to monitor the quality of VoIP calls and WIN-T wide area network (WAN) performance, and troubleshoot issues through access to detailed call records.
A Communications Blueprint
In short, the organization is working hard to ensure that warfighters and others securely remain in touch at all times. After all, the heat of battle is when the need for communications is greatest, and helping to ensure that troops stay connected from the front lines and the command post is an absolute must.
Through WIN-T and supporting technologies, the Army laid out a communications blueprint that other defense organizations can—and should—emulate. It has created a solution that enables soldiers to maintain constant voice, video, and data communications, even when in remote and challenging spots and while on the move. It's an impressive feat very much essential to today's always-on warfighter.
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Last page of chapter one! Tomorrow: chapter two, less facial hair, and sunlight! Stuff shows up better and my life is easier.
Oh, this page is all mysterious~~. Also, werewolf toes and the milk in her refrigerator is gigantic. Oops. I guess milk is kind of big, though. Sure. They just buy big milk. Ignore me.


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Editor Sally Menke, long-time collaborator with Quentin Tarantino, was found dead in Beachwood Canyon, LA this morning. She was reportedly out hiking with her dog and sources suspect she got disoriented and collapsed due to the extreme heat experienced on Monday in the region, sending her off the edge of the ravine where her body was found. She was only 56.
She had edited all of Tarantino's films since Reservoir Dogs and had earned two Oscar nominations through the collaboration. She avoided the limelight, but was well loved for her work with the director. She said of her profession, "editors are the quiet heroes of movies and I like it that way. We have a very private relationship with our directors, mostly conducted in very dark rooms."
An editor myself and great admirer of her work, my condolences go out to her friends and family.


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(January 21, 2014)
Magale Library to host exhibit for Shreveport Pastel Society
SHREVEPORT, LA — Centenary's Magale Library will host an art show featuring works by members of the Shreveport Pastel Society through the month of February in the front gallery. The exhibit will open Saturday, February 1, with a Meet the Artists reception from 3-5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Feeding the Ducks by Kay Smith
The Shreveport Pastel Society formed after a workshop with nationally recognized artist Alan Flattman of New Orleans in 2005. The Society has 16 active members who exhibit their work in three to four shows per year. Members have studied in workshops with pastelists Bob Rohm, Kitty Wallis, Maggie Price, Elaine Leedy, and Susan Ogilvite.
According to their artist statement, the Society does not have competitions nor do they set limitations on the artists as to size and subject matter. Instead, they paint as individual artists and show their work for sale.
The Shreveport Pastel Society's exhibit will be available for viewing through February in the lobby of Magale Library during regularly scheduled library hours.
Those who are interested in joining the Shreveport Pastel Society must submit an application and three digital photos of their work to email.
For more information on Magale's current art exhibit, contact Kristi Kohl at email or 318.869.5047.


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Miranda Kerr's Diet Plan:
- Yoghurt with fruit salad
- Boiled Eggs- white portion only
- Lime water
- Green Tea
- Crisped breads with tuna salad
- Lime water
- Dandelion Tea
- Potato and pumpkin.
- Fish or Salmon steak
- Green tea with ginger.
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Kerr's exercise routine also includes running, boxing, Pilates and yoga. Miranda does warm up for 5 to 10 minutes then runs 5 kms, along with her trainer. And in the gym, she does tasks like boxing, resistor balls, and weight work followed by leg presses, calf raises and leg extension exercises to keep her legs shaped and toned. She loves to meditate and does deep breathing to stay stress free.
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I love to decorate with Holly at Christmas time. Today I designed a card useing Susan's Garden Notes Holiday Holly & Berries dies, along with her Garden Notes Poinsettia and Garden Notes Whitepine Bough & Pine Cone dies.
Susan has a video at this LINK to show you how to make her Holly die cuts very realistic. I have made many holly leaves using Susan's technique, and love the look. I decided to create the holly a little different today; I used white glossy card stock, shaped the leaves with Susan's Flower Tool Kit, then colored them with a green marker, leaving the edges white. Next I sponged on a very light tan ink over the white edges. I love the way Susan shows us to make dimensional berries. When these Holiday Holly & Berries are completed, they look so real!
Two red poinsettia were created with Susan's Garden Notes Poinsettia dies. Below the arrangement, I added a few of Susan's Garden Notes Whitepine Boughs.
The beautiful sentiment is one of the Quietfire, A Way With Words" die cut sentiments. The sentiment was die cut using ECD 100 lb Soft Finish Cardstock, that was attached to Elizabeth Craft Clear Double Sided Tape. The adhesive covering was pulled off and sprinkled with ECD True Red Silk Microfine Glitter.
Under the sentiment, I added the ECD Holly Border. For the berries, I used Susan's instructions to create dimensional berries. Elizabeth Craft Designs Line and Corner Peel-off Stickers were used to complete the card.
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